Date and Venue
Sunday, 9 November 2025
At Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT.
Limited parking on site but available in surrounding streets and the car park off the High Street.
Light refreshments (tea, coffee, biscuits) will be available.
Conditions
ECA Conditions of entry and ECF Safe Play Guidelines apply to both events:
ECA conditions of entry (Link to ECA website);
ECF Safe Play Guidelines (Link to ECF website).
Pairings & Results
Pairings and Results for both events will be available live from this website via the links below, or from the main menu bar above.
Team Blitz Pairings & Results by Vega
Individual Lightning Championship Pairings & Results by Vega
Essex Team Blitz Championship
When: Sunday, 9 November 2025, 9.45 am for 10.00 am
Where: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT
Control Team: Mark Murrell and Ian Hunnable
- Open to ECA affiliated clubs and Essex juniors;
- Four (4) players per team, who must all be bona fide members of the Club;
- Maximum 10 teams. Clubs wishing to enter additional teams may do so and will be accepted subject to this overall limit. Early entry is advised;
- Entry Fees £10 per team; each subsequent team, £8. Pay cash on the day;
- All-play-all, Berger pairings;
- Arrive by 9.45 am. Schedule: Round 1 at 10.00 am with a new round every 20 minutes. Prize Giving 1.00 pm. Access to Wanstead House from 9:30 am;
- 7 minutes blitz, NO increments;
- Essex Team Blitz trophy and cash prize to winning team; individual Board prizes;
Entries: The following 10 teams have entered:
Barking
Brentwood
Brentwood School
Chelmsford A
Chelmsford B
Chelmsford Juniors
Ilford
Thurrock
Wanstead A
Wanstead B
Rules of play
- “Clock move” applies, as usual with our Team Blitz, “touched piece” DOES NOT APPLY. “Clock move” means that you can change your move, take back a move and even move a different piece, until you have pressed your clock which completes the move. NB: the opponent must wait until the player’s clock press which completes the move, before replying.
- Should a player displace any piece this must be corrected in that player’s own time and if on move before clock press;
- Illegal move loses;
- Digital clocks in operation:
- The clocks show a large black flag when one clock has expired its time limit; that player has lost on time;
- If both clocks are down to zero, the one showing the large black flag expired its time first and that player has lost on time;
- Players must play on the same board throughout save that where squad rotation applies players must remain in their submitted board order (e.g. 1,2,4,5); round selections must be made when submitting the previous round’s result;
- Scoring – Game Points then tie break of Match Points;
- Games will NOT be submitted for rating as “clock move” games are not eligible.
Entry by email to: tournaments@essexchess.org.uk with your team list and Captain’s name and email. Closing date for entries: Friday, 07 November 2024.
ECA Lightning Championship
Individual Championship for the Judah Kalinsky Trophy
When: Sunday, 9 November 2025, 9.45 am for 10.00 am
Where: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT
Controllers: Ian Hunnable and Mark Murrell.
- Play starts 2:30 pm;
- Entry on the day: Adults £10, Juniors £5;
- This is an Essex closed event;
- A buzzer sounds every 10 seconds. The player on move must make their move while the buzzer sounds – not before, not after;
See – Rules for Lightning Chess - FIDE Laws of Chess, Articles 1-5, apply including the ‘touched piece’ rule;
- Illegal move loses;
- 6 or 7 rounds depending on entry;
- Swiss pairing by Vega, depending on entry;
- Schedule: Round 1: 2:30 pm with a new round every 25 minutes; time saved will accelerate the schedule.
Prizes: According to entry, including first and second plus a Junior prize.
