Knockout – Essex Chess Association

The Essex Knockout competition goes back many years. Originally, this was a standardplay competition playing thoughout the regular League season. However, this eventually fell in popularity until it was in a moribund state.

The competition was revived in 2001 as a summer event in rapidplay format, each match being two G30 rounds. This page records the winners of the Summer Rapidplay Knockout.

A Plate competition was added in 2003.

Knockout winners

Year	Winners	Score	Opponents	Year	Winners	Score	Opponents
2001	Ilford	11-1	Chelmsford	2011	Barking*	*6-6	Writtle
2002	Ilford	7½-4½	Writtle	2012	Barking	8-4	Wanstead A
2003	Ilford	6½-5½	Barking	2013	Wanstead A	9½-2½	Ilford
2004	Barking	6½-5½	Wanstead A	2014	Writtle	6½-5½	Wanstead A
2005	Writtle*	*6-6	Barking	2015	Barking A*	*5-5	Writtle
2006	Writtle	9-3	Barking	2016	Writtle	6-4	Wanstead A
2007	Barking	6½-5½	Wanstead	2017	Writtle	5½-4½	Wanstead A
2008	Writtle	7-5	Barking	2018	Barking A	5½-4½	Writtle
2009	Barking	8½-3½	Writtle	2019	Wanstead B	7½-2½	Wanstead A
2010	Barking	9½-2½	Ilford
*=Won on tie-break Note: from 2015 number of boards was reduced to 5.

Plate winners

Year	Winners	Score	Opponents	Year	Winners	Score	Opponents
2003	Chelmsford	7-5	Wanstead B	2012	Ilford	7½-4½	Southend
2004	Ilford	9½-2½	Wanstead B	2013	Upminster	8-4	Wanstead B
2005	Wanstead A	9½-2½	Upminster	2014	Upminster A	9½-2½	Upminster B
2006	Ilford	6½-5½	Chlemsford	2015	Upminster A	6-4	Wanstead C
2007	Upminster	7-5	Thurrock	2016	Barking B*	*5-5	Wanstead B
2008	Roding & Loughton	6½-5½	Brentwood	2017	Upminster A	7½-2½	Upminster B
2009	Upminster	6½-5½	Thurrock	2018	Wanstead A	7½-2½	Ilford
2010	Upminster	7-5	Basildon	2019	Upminster A	8½-1½	Barking B
2011	Thurrock	5½-2½	Ilford
*=Won on tie-break Note: from 2015 number of boards was reduced to 5.