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Essex U1850 Team for 2025-26

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Alan Riddoch

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Team fixtures

DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamStart
25-Oct-2025Essex8-8Middx13:30
15-Nov-2025Surrey10-6Essex14:00
29-Nov-2025Essex8-8Kent13:30
17-Jan-2026Essex –Surrey13:30
31-Jan-2026Middx–Essex 
07-Mar-2026Kent–Essex 

Played: 3; Won: 0; Drawn: 2 Lost: 1; Points: 2/6; Games – For: 22 Against: 26.

  • U1850 Player Stats
    U1850
    Player Stats
     U1850 @ 15 Nov 2025 Rtg P W D L Pts %
    Jake Maguire 1799 2 2 0 0 2 100.00
    Trevor Dickerson 1680 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
    Colin Li 1714 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
    Philip Staniland 1838 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
    Nilesh Upadhye 1838 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
    Ryan Colclough 1715 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
    Peter Burgoyne 1656 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
    Ashwin GopiKrishna 1826 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
    Jeffrey Page 1652 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
    Ian Hunnable 1833 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
    Neville Twitchell 1809 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
    Paul Barclay 1767 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
    Peter Nickals 1711 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
    Paul Kenning 1797 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
    Alan Riddoch 1761 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
    Malcolm Kingsley 1842 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
    Ian Morgan 1805 2 0 0 2 0 0.00
    Rayyan Asif 1724 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
    Ian Reynolds 1827 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
    George Hillman 1700 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
    Ian Woodward 1743 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
    Mark Rivlin 1707 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
    Muhammad Faheem 1606 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
                   
     23 players   32 11 6 15 14 43.75%
  • Middx - H
    U1850
    Played Saturday, 25 October 2025, at Wanstead
      Essex v Middx
    1 Kingsley, Malcolm P 1842 (1842) [W] 0-1 Jayakumar, Bharath 1835 (1835) [B]
    2 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1836) 1-0 Hazell, Peter 1825 (1825)
    3 Reynolds, D Ian W 1827 (1827) 0-1 Sturt, Charles A 1797 (1815)
    4 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1825) 0-1 Kennelly, Paul 1807 (1800)
    5 Twitchell, Neville H 1809 (1809) ½-½ White, David J 1771 (1764)
    6 Morgan, Ian P 1805 (1805) 0-1 Thursby, Richard C 1711 (1711)
    7 Maguire, Jake 1799 (1801) 1-0 Jones, Keith S 1709 (1701)
    8 Kenning, Paul H 1797 (1797) ½-½ Zurstiege, Frank 1696 (1696)
    9 Barclay, Paul R 1767 (1773) ½-½ Fincham, Leon HJ 1703 (1695)
    10 Riddoch, Alan E 1761 (1761) ½-½ Colter, Nigel 1694 (1694)
    11 Asif, Rayyan 1724 (1724) 0-1 Padam, JJ 1687 (1687)
    12 Li, Colin 1714 (1708) 1-0 Cooke, Charlie 1658 (1658)
    13 Hillman , George 1700 () 0d1 O’Caolaidhe, Cormac 1656 (1656)
    14 Dickerson, Trevor A 1680 (1680) 1-0 Balatoni, Richard A 1591 (1591)
    15 Burgoyne, Peter A 1656 (1656) 1-0 Santosh Kumar, Darsh 1471 (1493)
    16 Page, Jeffrey 1652 (1652) 1-0 Lewis, David 1404 (1380)
      Average: 1762 8-8 Average: 1689

    Skipper Alan Riddoch found a welcome strengthening of the upper order for this team due to a raft of U2050 players, whose ratings had dropped below 1850, all making themselves available. These players, however, contributed just ½/4 – a baptism of fire! – yet their presence enabled the Essex tail to wag. Essex held a two point lead at 7½-5½ and needed just one point from the last three games in play. Middx pulled back one point on Board 4, which had looked dicey for Essex for some time, but the other two games held the prospect of two halves and a narrow Essex match win. Ian Reynolds’ N+P ending was level until two moves before the end when it fell Middx’ way; 7½-7½ with just Neville to come. This was a rook and minor piece ending, with an imbalance typical for Neville’s games, with both players in their last minute ‘playing on increments’. Neville went a piece up, but had to return it to relieve pressure on his cornered king, after which the tension in the position eased and a draw was agreed to finish the match all square.

  • Surrey - A
    U1850
    Played Saturday, 15 November 2025, Away
      Surrey v Essex
    1 Pearson, Charlie 1842 (1853) [W] 1-0 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1913) [B]
    2 Alcock, Graham P 1825 (1836) 0-1 Maguire, Jake 1799 (1884)
    3 Boughen, Andrew 1815 (1820) 0-1 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1866)
    4 George, Olufemi 1805 (1805) 0-1 Upadhye, Nilesh 1838 (1838)
    5 Fox, James 1813 (1766) ½-½ Kingsley, Malcolm P 1842 (1833)
    6 Bredenoord, Conrad 1765 (1764) 0-1 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1827)
    7 Polanyk, John 1773 (1764) 1-0 Paul Kenning 1797 (1789)
    8 Baker, Matthew JD 1720 (1743) 1-0 Morgan, Ian P 1805 (1782)
    9 Crosswell, Neil 1739 (1737) 1-0 Riddoch, Alan E 1761 (1763)
    10 Abouchakra, Ibrahim 1742 (1736) 1-0 Woodward, Ian P 1743 (1724)
    11 Markov, Alexey 1697 (1704) 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1715 (1718)
    12 Velikov, Georgi 1704 (1697) 1-0 Rivlin, Mark 1707 (1707)
    13 Wickham, Michael 1690 (1682) ½-½ Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1699)
    14 Garrood, Anthony 1688 (1682) 1-0 Burgoyne, Peter A 1656 (1674)
    15 Bogerd, Ethan 1647 (1679) 1-0 Page, Jeffrey 1652 (1628)
    16 Jones, H Trevor 1666 (1660) 1-0 Faheem, Muhammad 1606 (1600)
      Average: 1746 10-6 Average: 1758

    Essex won over the top six boards by 4½-1½, but the story of the other 10 was a tale of woe, with eight losses against one lone win and a draw.

    Game

  • Surrey - H
    U1850
    To be Played Saturday, 17 January 2026, at Wanstead
      Essex v Surrey
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  • Middx - A
    U1850
    To be Played Saturday, 31 January 2026, Away
      Middx v Essex
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  • Kent - A
    U1850
    To be Played Saturday, 7 March 2026, Away
      Kent v Essex
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U1850
Player Stats
 U1850 @ 15 Nov 2025 Rtg P W D L Pts %
Jake Maguire 1799 2 2 0 0 2 100.00
Trevor Dickerson 1680 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Colin Li 1714 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Philip Staniland 1838 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Nilesh Upadhye 1838 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Ryan Colclough 1715 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Peter Burgoyne 1656 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Ashwin GopiKrishna 1826 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Jeffrey Page 1652 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Ian Hunnable 1833 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Neville Twitchell 1809 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Paul Barclay 1767 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Peter Nickals 1711 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Paul Kenning 1797 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
Alan Riddoch 1761 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
Malcolm Kingsley 1842 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
Ian Morgan 1805 2 0 0 2 0 0.00
Rayyan Asif 1724 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ian Reynolds 1827 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
George Hillman 1700 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ian Woodward 1743 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Mark Rivlin 1707 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Muhammad Faheem 1606 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
               
 23 players   32 11 6 15 14 43.75%
U1850
Played Saturday, 25 October 2025, at Wanstead
  Essex v Middx
1 Kingsley, Malcolm P 1842 (1842) [W] 0-1 Jayakumar, Bharath 1835 (1835) [B]
2 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1836) 1-0 Hazell, Peter 1825 (1825)
3 Reynolds, D Ian W 1827 (1827) 0-1 Sturt, Charles A 1797 (1815)
4 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1825) 0-1 Kennelly, Paul 1807 (1800)
5 Twitchell, Neville H 1809 (1809) ½-½ White, David J 1771 (1764)
6 Morgan, Ian P 1805 (1805) 0-1 Thursby, Richard C 1711 (1711)
7 Maguire, Jake 1799 (1801) 1-0 Jones, Keith S 1709 (1701)
8 Kenning, Paul H 1797 (1797) ½-½ Zurstiege, Frank 1696 (1696)
9 Barclay, Paul R 1767 (1773) ½-½ Fincham, Leon HJ 1703 (1695)
10 Riddoch, Alan E 1761 (1761) ½-½ Colter, Nigel 1694 (1694)
11 Asif, Rayyan 1724 (1724) 0-1 Padam, JJ 1687 (1687)
12 Li, Colin 1714 (1708) 1-0 Cooke, Charlie 1658 (1658)
13 Hillman , George 1700 () 0d1 O’Caolaidhe, Cormac 1656 (1656)
14 Dickerson, Trevor A 1680 (1680) 1-0 Balatoni, Richard A 1591 (1591)
15 Burgoyne, Peter A 1656 (1656) 1-0 Santosh Kumar, Darsh 1471 (1493)
16 Page, Jeffrey 1652 (1652) 1-0 Lewis, David 1404 (1380)
  Average: 1762 8-8 Average: 1689

Skipper Alan Riddoch found a welcome strengthening of the upper order for this team due to a raft of U2050 players, whose ratings had dropped below 1850, all making themselves available. These players, however, contributed just ½/4 – a baptism of fire! – yet their presence enabled the Essex tail to wag. Essex held a two point lead at 7½-5½ and needed just one point from the last three games in play. Middx pulled back one point on Board 4, which had looked dicey for Essex for some time, but the other two games held the prospect of two halves and a narrow Essex match win. Ian Reynolds’ N+P ending was level until two moves before the end when it fell Middx’ way; 7½-7½ with just Neville to come. This was a rook and minor piece ending, with an imbalance typical for Neville’s games, with both players in their last minute ‘playing on increments’. Neville went a piece up, but had to return it to relieve pressure on his cornered king, after which the tension in the position eased and a draw was agreed to finish the match all square.

U1850
Played Saturday, 15 November 2025, Away
  Surrey v Essex
1 Pearson, Charlie 1842 (1853) [W] 1-0 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1913) [B]
2 Alcock, Graham P 1825 (1836) 0-1 Maguire, Jake 1799 (1884)
3 Boughen, Andrew 1815 (1820) 0-1 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1866)
4 George, Olufemi 1805 (1805) 0-1 Upadhye, Nilesh 1838 (1838)
5 Fox, James 1813 (1766) ½-½ Kingsley, Malcolm P 1842 (1833)
6 Bredenoord, Conrad 1765 (1764) 0-1 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1827)
7 Polanyk, John 1773 (1764) 1-0 Paul Kenning 1797 (1789)
8 Baker, Matthew JD 1720 (1743) 1-0 Morgan, Ian P 1805 (1782)
9 Crosswell, Neil 1739 (1737) 1-0 Riddoch, Alan E 1761 (1763)
10 Abouchakra, Ibrahim 1742 (1736) 1-0 Woodward, Ian P 1743 (1724)
11 Markov, Alexey 1697 (1704) 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1715 (1718)
12 Velikov, Georgi 1704 (1697) 1-0 Rivlin, Mark 1707 (1707)
13 Wickham, Michael 1690 (1682) ½-½ Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1699)
14 Garrood, Anthony 1688 (1682) 1-0 Burgoyne, Peter A 1656 (1674)
15 Bogerd, Ethan 1647 (1679) 1-0 Page, Jeffrey 1652 (1628)
16 Jones, H Trevor 1666 (1660) 1-0 Faheem, Muhammad 1606 (1600)
  Average: 1746 10-6 Average: 1758

Essex won over the top six boards by 4½-1½, but the story of the other 10 was a tale of woe, with eight losses against one lone win and a draw.

Game

U1850
Played Saturday, 29 November 2025, at Wanstead
  Essex v Kent
1 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1913) [B] 1-0 O’Mara, Patrick K 1846 (1851) [W]
2 Maguire, Jake 1799 (1884) ½-½ Madden, Steve 1844 (1835)
3 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1866) 1-0 Sands, Alan VH 1838 (1839)
4 Kingsley, Malcolm P 1842 (1833) ½-½ Waters, Andrew C 1826 (1837)
5 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1827) ½-½ McAllan, Ian 1818 (1836)
6 Reynolds, D Ian W 1827 (1806) 0-1 Padovan, Rudy 1804 (1823)
7 Johnson, Roderick S 1800 (1800) ½-½ Childs, Peter L 1814 (1812)
8 Kenning, Paul H 1797 (1789) 0-1 Thorpe, Ashley 1742 (1783)
9 Morgan, Ian P 1805 (1782) 0-1 Sodeke, Boye 1736 (1771)
10 Billingsley, Adrian 1782 (1768) ½-½ Lane, Robert E 1803 (1770)
11 Riddoch, Alan E 1761 (1763) 0-1 Farahmandpour, Ehsan 1791 (1767)
12 Moth, Simon C 1747 (1742) ½-½ Marshall, Chris 1747 (1749)
13 Woodward, Ian P 1743 (1724) ½-½ Lightbown, Sean M 1732 (1740)
14 Li, Colin 1714 (1710) 1-0 Mandelli, Federico 1689 (1705)
15 Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1699) ½-½ Bernard, Chris PJ 1687 (1660)
16 Meadows, Pete 1678 (1682) 1-0 Dovey, Andrew JW 1672 (1650)
  Average: 1782 8-8 Average: 1775

 

U1850
To be Played Saturday, 17 January 2026, at Wanstead
  Essex v Surrey
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U1850
To be Played Saturday, 31 January 2026, Away
  Middx v Essex
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U1850
To be Played Saturday, 7 March 2026, Away
  Kent v Essex
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