Teams for 2021-22 have been Archived.
Essex County Chess
Essex teams play in the County Championships for chess players of a wide range of standards to compete against opponents of similar playing strengths, initially from other Southern Counties and, if a qualifying place is secured, nationally. Any player who does not have a published rating can be allocated a tournament rating by the respective championships controllers on the submission of an indication of playing strength. Matches for teams of 12 or 16 players are usually played with a 4½ or 5 hour playing session on a Saturday afternoon.
Eligibility conditions for representing Essex are one of:
(i) Birth in the County;
(ii) Five years’ residence in the County at any time;
(iii) Two months immediate previous and present membership of a club either in or affiliated to the County;
(iv) One month’s immediately previous and present residence in the County;
(v) Present attendance as a student at a school, college or university in the County.
The boundaries of Essex are defined in the west by the River Lea, in the north by the River Stour and in the south by the River Thames.
Players who would like to represent Essex in the County Championships, but who are not yet involved in the County Match Programme, are invited to contact the appropriate Captains as listed below to indicate their availability.
For 2022-23 Essex has once more entered four teams in the SCCU Counties Championships, under each of the rating-limited sections: U2050, U1850, U1650 and U1450. The SCCU Championship is a qualifier for the ECF national stage.
Once again,there was insufficient support to run an Open team, so only the rating-limited sections have been entered.
ECA Match Captain
Mark Murrell
Essex team captains for 2022-23
U2050 – To be advised; until the new U2050 team captain is announced, please contact ECA Match Captain, Mark Murrell.
U1850 – Peter Nickals
U1650 – Malcolm Crane
U1450 – Malcolm Crane
To contact any of these captains, use the Contact Form under the Directory menu above (sub item ECA Officials/Contact ECA Officials) and select from the dropdown the appropriate team captain as the official to contact. For ease of access, follow the link below.
Match details and player statistics
There is a page for each team. These carry all fixtures, match cards, reports and games, etc., together with player stats. The Aggregate Stats (Website Trophy) are given on this page, below.
2022-23 Team pages: U2050 | U1850 | U1650 | U1450 | SCCU on ECF LMS
Aggregate statistics – Website Trophy
The Website Trophy is awarded to the player with the highest score from matches for the County, embracing all matches played in the Season.
The winner of the Website Trophy this Season is, Ryan Colclough of Wanstead with 8 points from 12 games. Many congratulations, Ryan!
No fewer than 123 players (not counting ‘Default’ and ‘Walkover’) have represented Essex during the 2022-23 County Championship campaign. The Season involved 435 games, during which only ONE game was conceded by default. This is a fantastic tribute to the hard work of the Team Captains and the unwavering support by the players; yet this is not an isolated instance, but is a constant feature of Essex participation in the County Championships, season on season.
Website Trophy conditions: The Trophy shall be awarded to the player with the highest aggregate score in matches for the County and is open for annual competition. All games played for the County, from the first SCCU match to the last ECF stage match, count towards the trophy. Points gained by default during a match count as if gained by play over-the-board, provided that the player travelled to the match and was present. Default points conceded by the opposition in advance, including whole match concessions, for which the player(s) were not required to travel, do not count towards the trophy. In the event that two or more players tie for the same highest total at the end of the season, the player with the higher percentage performance (i.e. having gained his/her points from fewer appearances) will be awarded the trophy. Should two or more players have the same highest score and identical performance percentage, the trophy shall be shared.
| Aggregate stats @ 01 Jul 2023 | P | W | D | L | Pts | % |
| Ryan Colclough 1624 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 66.67 |
| Alexandr Pereslavtsev 1722 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7½ | 75.00 |
| Kenneth Jardine 1440 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7½ | 75.00 |
| Ben Harte 1726 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 87.50 |
| Taylor Duke 1348 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 85.71 |
| Ruqayyah Rida 1565 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.00 |
| Mangalaram Sadhasivam 1645 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.00 |
| Peter Kukiewicz 1227 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 83.33 |
| Cennydd Bowles 1509 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 71.43 |
| Igor Naumov 1804 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4½ | 90.00 |
| Martin McCall 1958 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4½ | 75.00 |
| Russell Fisher 1438 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4½ | 75.00 |
| David Battiscombe 1264 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4½ | 56.25 |
| Matt Garwood 1312 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4½ | 50.00 |
| Christopher Willoughby 1731 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.00 |
| George Horan 1879 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 80.00 |
| Ian Hunnable 1913 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 80.00 |
| Sean Horan 1519 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 66.67 |
| Howard Berlin 1428 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 66.67 |
| Peter Jaszkiwskyj 1990 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 66.67 |
| Neville Twitchell 1965 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 57.14 |
| Michael Spurr 1857 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 87.50 |
| John Moore 1970 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 70.00 |
| Jeffrey Page 1644 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3½ | 58.33 |
| Edgar Wilson 2009 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3½ | 58.33 |
| Krishna Raikundalia 1542 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3½ | 58.33 |
| Trevor Dickerson 1702 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3½ | 58.33 |
| Malcolm Kingsley 1850 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3½ | 58.33 |
| Vladimir Chtym 1513 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3½ | 50.00 |
| David Smith 1602 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3½ | 43.75 |
| Michael Harrison 1282 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.00 |
| Chris Hampton 1879 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75.00 |
| Joshua Davis 1493 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 |
| James Robinson 1903 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 |
| Philip Staniland 1855 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 |
| Ian Woodward 1805 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50.00 |
| Colin Ramage 1900 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 50.00 |
| Taha Undre 1575 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 42.86 |
| Ian Morgan 1785 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 42.86 |
| John Jestico 1469 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2½ | 83.33 |
| Mihaita Blagianu 1626 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 62.50 |
| Ivan Myall 1994 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 62.50 |
| Nigel White 1418 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 62.50 |
| Derek Reynolds 1499 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 50.00 |
| Richard Ball 1418 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2½ | 41.67 |
| Sergey Pereslavtsev 1587 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2½ | 31.25 |
| Tony Saunois 1151 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
| Jay Demetriou 1477 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66.67 |
| Malcolm Crane 1488 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.00 |
| Peter Burgoyne 1668 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40.00 |
| Peter McCarron 1731 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28.57 |
| Mathew Wilson 1550 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 75.00 |
| Jay Sharman 1654 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 75.00 |
| Matthew Shaw 1934 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 75.00 |
| Dhanyadha Bharathi Mugilan Chitra 1439 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Huzaifa Baig 1522 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Barry Sheppard 1810 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Gavin Hughes 1957 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Paul Barclay 1804 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Ralph Goodliffe 1397 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 50.00 |
| Simon Moth 1792 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 37.50 |
| Leslie Sargent 1351 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 37.50 |
| Harvey Garfield 1518 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1½ | 37.50 |
| Mark Le Gassicke 1364 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1½ | 30.00 |
| Charukgan Muhunthan 1878 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Baig Huzaifa 1522 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Mariusz Waszkielewicz 1420 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Nolan Pereira 1457 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Rudi Van Litsenborgh 1423 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Ashwin Anjulan 1330 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Thomas Winter 1773 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Zain Qureshi 1394 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Vittorio Nigrelli 1753 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| David Flynn 1906 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Banky Akinyosoye 1484 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Grace Wilde 1256 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Oscar Waszkielewicz 1205 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Edison Figueroa 1890 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Joshua Swead 1569 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Mustapha Rahaman 1667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| John Figgins 1637 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Len Whittaker 1398 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Christopher Wray 1269 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Ian Reynolds 1953 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 |
| John Chapman 1282 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.00 |
| Andrew Willoughby 1734 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.00 |
| Steve Rix 2033 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25.00 |
| Peter Nickals 1728 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25.00 |
| Alan Riddoch 1784 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.00 |
| Tom Barton 1935 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Raul Ghose 1929 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Terry Whitton 1892 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Aradhya Mukherjee 1502 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Ashley Freeman 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Czeslaw (Sebastian) Ponulak 1960 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| James Evans 1878 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Stephen Berkley 1761 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Peter Lundy 1840 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Silviu Sandu 1411 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| David Filer 1619 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Colin Li 1596 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Tomas Eastwood 1550 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Abijan Sureshkumar 1350 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 25.00 |
| Trevor Coote 2047 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 25.00 |
| Paul Kenning 1834 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 25.00 |
| Zebedee Jones 1628 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 25.00 |
| John Wright 1750 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 25.00 |
| Mark Murrell 1908 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim Arbuckle 1733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vladimir Parols 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Myles Brunger 1523 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Charlton Siddo 1782 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Rivlin 1710 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Keith Cook 1661 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Hooper 1188 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Zoe Veselow 1688 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Colin Newton 1719 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Cresswell 1660 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andrew Offord 1644 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rajyeshwar Ramesh Mathompat 1393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pharrell Galloway 1341 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Davi Afonso Diniz 1596 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Rezaul Islam 1150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Default | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Walkover | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| 123 Players | 435 | 183 | 128 | 124 | 247 | 56.78% |