The Essex teams in the Inter 1675 are named after former Essex team captains: Roy Heppinstall the last Essex MC to win the ECF Counties Championship, Jim Pascoe Match Captain in the early 1960s when matches were played over 75 boards! and John Philpott, whose U175 team won 13 SCCU titles in 15 seasons (1996-97 to 2010-11) and five national titles (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004).
Team navigation: Heppinstall | Pascoe | Minor
| Date | Home Team | v | Away Team |
| 28 Nov 2020 | Essex Pascoe | 5-3 | Essex Philpott |
| 05 Dec 2020 | Berkshire Inter | 4-4 | Essex Philpott |
| 09 Jan 2021 | Essex Philpott | 5-3 | Kent Haddrell |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Surrey Inter | 3½-4½ | Essex Philpott |
| 23 Jan 2021 | Essex Philpott | 5½-2½ | Kent Steele |
Played 28 November 2020
| Essex Pascoe | v | Essex Philpott | |
| 1 | Philip Gregory 1915 (B) | 0-1 | Harry Zheng 1915 |
| 2 | Edison Figueroa 1908 | 1-0 | Michael Spurr 1863 |
| 3 | Andrew Swales 1765 | 1-0 | Peter Nickals 1795 |
| 4 | Jay Sharman 1608 | ½-½ | Peter McCarron 1735 |
| 5 | Nandi Korossi 1601 | ½-½ | Urbi Modhura 1675 |
| 6 | Purba Audhora 1555 | 1-0 | Dai Harris 1570 |
| 7 | Davide Segat 1525 | 0-1 | Istvan Karacsony 1559 |
| 8 | Matthias Lataille 1511 | 1-0 | Cole Walsh,1275 |
| Average 1674 | 5-3 | Average 1674 |
Played 5 December 2020
| Berkshire Inter | v | Essex Philpott | |
| 1 | Robert Starley 2178 (B) | 1-0 | Harry Zheng 1915 (W) |
| 2 | George Green 1825 | 1-0 | Michael Spurr 1863 |
| 3 | John Richardson 1750 | ½-½ | Peter McCarron 1735 |
| 4 | Peter Tickner 1713 | ½-½ | Gerald Conley 1683 |
| 5 | Simon Sellick 1563 | 1-0 | James Evans 1638 |
| 6 | Witold Koreywo 1555 | 0-1 | Dai Harris 1570 |
| 7 | Gordon Birch 1503 | 0-1 | Istvan Karacsony 1559 |
| 8 | William Chen 1275 | 0-1 | Rezin Catabay 1353 |
| 4-4 |
Berks took a 3-1 lead. Essex steadied the ship with the two draws, before winning the last two games to level.
Played 9 January 2021
| Essex Philpott | v | Kent Haddrell | |
| 1 | Ian Reynolds 1915 (B) | 0-1 | Trefor Owens 1960 (W) |
| 2 | Harry Zheng 1915 | 1-0 | Howard Turner 1930 |
| 3 | Peter McCarron 1735 | 1-0 | Andy Heard 1855 |
| 4 | Gerald Conley 1683 | 0-1 | Patrick O’Mara 1758 |
| 5 | Istvan Karacsony 1559 | 0-1 | Stefan Sainiuc 1600 |
| 6 | James Evans 1638 | 1-0 | Robert Mitchell 1413 |
| 7 | Emmet Clarke 1503 | 1-0 | Michael Davies 1278 |
| 8 | Nigel White 1443 | 1-0 | Timothy McBride |
| Average 1674 | 5-3 | Average 1634 |
Bloodthirsty encounter – no draws! Games below.
Played 16 January 2021
| Surrey Inter | v | Essex Philpott | |
| 1 | Anastasis Kafetzopoulos 2050 (B) | ½-½ | Ian Reynolds 1915 (W) |
| 2 | Shivam Agrawal 1953 | 1-0 | Edgar Wilson 1953 |
| 3 | Mike Wickham 1675 | 0-1 | Charukgan Muhunthan 1840 |
| 4 | Pawel Slonczuk 1668 | 1-0 | Gerald Conley 1683 |
| 5 | Michael Gunn 1923 | 0-1 | Istvan Karacsony 1559 |
| 6 | Pablo Telford 1563 | ½-½ | James Evans 1638 |
| 7 | Jai Kothari 1563 | ½-½ | Nigel White 1443 |
| 8 | Marco Flaccavento 1275 | 0-1 | Rezin Catabay 1353 |
| Average 1672 | 3½-4½ | Average 1673 |
Essex bring Surrey’s streak to an end.
Played 23 January 2021
| Essex Philpott |
v | Kent Steele | |
| 1 | Partha Mulay 2140 | ½-½ | Keith Nevols 1938 |
| 2 | Charukgan Muhunthan 1840 | 1-0 | Tony Packham 1833 |
| 3 | Michael Spurr 1863 | 0-1 | David Helps 1675 |
| 4 | Lakshan Siddharth 1713 | 1-0 | Andy Flood 1593 |
| 5 | Istvan Karacsony 1559 | 1-0 | Maxamillian John 1563 |
| 6 | James Evans 1638 | 1-0 | Lee Brockwell 1510 |
| 7 | Rezin Catabay 1353 | ½-½ | Michael Doyle 1383 |
| 8 | Ruquayya Rida 1275 | ½-½ | David Avery 1275 |
| Average 1673 | 5½-2½ | Average 1597 |
Report by Mark Murrell:
Essex Philpott took full advantage as Surrey faltered, falling short of the further half-point they needed to tie their match against a resurgent Kent Haddrell and deny Essex on tie break.
Essex Juniors secured the win for Essex, with Rezin Catabay and Ruqayyah Rida both holding their games from inferior positions with tenacious draws after Kent Steele drew first blood and wins for the ever-improving Lakshan Siddharth and Charukgan Muhunthan.
Last to finish Partha Mulay had the luxury of simply playing out for a draw. An all-round team effort coming up on the rails so strongly in the second half of the competition.