6 December 2025
SCCU U2050: Essex 7½-8½ Surrey At Wanstead. Surrey not used to winning at Wanstead took an early lead but Essex fought back to level. Then Surrey took a two point lead, but Essex managed to fight level at 7-7, with two games in play. Surrey squeezed a win out of one of these to reach 8-7 with Essex needing to win the last game to draw the match. However, with only a level position and little time left, this was an extremely difficult task and the draw was soon agreed, Surrey returning home happy.
6 December 2025
SCCU U1650: Herts 6½-9½ Essex At Wanstead. Herts defaulted the away fixture between these two teams last season and by rule had to concede venue in this year’s match, which was therefore played at Wanstead. As this is a single round section, next seasons’s 2026-27 match is a home fixture for Essex, so Essex will have home advantage three season’s in a row, before the normal alternation of venue resumes in 2027-28.
In this year’s fixture Essex had the advantage of and average 149 rating points a board and it showed, Essex winning the bottom 10 boards by 6-3 and one draw, the top six boards being shared, 2-2 plus two draws.
29 November 2025
SCCU U1850: Essex 8-8 Kent At Wanstead. Nothing much between the teams, Essex having a small rating advantage per board. But it was Kent it was Kent who edged ahead with the early results. And it was Kent who first reached the tantalising 8 points and with one game left in play at 8-7 it was Essex’ game to rescue and it was Colin Li who did the business winning that final game for a final score of 8-8.
29 November 2025
SCCU U1450: Essex 9½-2½ Herts: At Wanstead. There was a gulf between the two teams, with Herts defaulting bottom board. The gap between the two sides was stark, shown by Essex sweeping the bottom half 6-0, with the top half going to Essex 3½-6½.
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