The Essex Online Team Blitz will be played on Sunday 13 December 2020, starting at 10.00 am. The location will be lichess.org.uk. Teams are four boards and games will be played with 7 minutes on each clock, no increments (G7). Six teams have entered, in draw order: EssexGirls, Barking, Wanstead, Ilford, Southend and EssexBoys. Links: […]
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In the SCCU Inter 1675 competition, Essex Pascoe beat Kent Haddrell 6-2, despite conceding a board by default. Meanwhile, Essex Philpott came back from a two point deficit to level their match against Berkshire Inter 4-4. Details of the above matches with all the games can be found on the Teams’ pages (links below). For […]
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If things look a little different, your eyes do not deceive you! We have had a mini-makeover, principally changing the “theme” (template) with a new colour scheme. We have also taken the opportunity to change the nature of the Home page, by reintroducing the “posts” to the Home page. And we now have a front […]
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Entries are open for the first Rapid of the Essex Online programme, 2020-21, at 7.00 pm on Monday 23 November 2020. 5 Rounds Swiss, one or more sections according to entry. Full details on the online Entry Form, the only way to enter. Entrants must be Members of the ECA and the ECF and must […]
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SCCU Members’ Online Team Championships To be played at 2.00 pm over five Saturdays – 28 November, 5 December, 9 January, 16 January and 23 January – at the standard play rate of all moves in 60 minutes with 15 second increments – the Southern Counties competition is the forerunner of the second season of […]
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The Essex Online County Challenge took place this afternoon, as three matches, each in a rating band: 1820+, U1820, U1610. Three of the teams were called “The Rest”, playing Away, the Home teams being North Essex (1820+), Essex (U1820) and Wanstead (U1610). In the top match, North Essex recorded a win by 5-2. The Rest […]
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The first event of the new Essex Online programme takes place very soon, on Monday 9 November at 7.00 pm. This will be a G7+2 ECF Online rated Blitz with a minimum of 5 rounds, depending on entry and games will be played on lichess.org starting at 7.00 pm. Head over to the Entry page […]
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An exciting programme of online events is being planned for this Season, 2020-21, embracing Blitz, Rapid and Standard play competitions; individual and team. The organising team, Tournament Secretary, Ian Hunnable, with Mark Murrell and Tom Barton, are putting the finishing touches to this programme and will publish very soon. The programme kicks off quite soon, […]
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On the evening of 5 September 2020, on chess.com, the epic North v South Challenge took place, over no fewer than 108 boards. The last time this challenge was played was 1894, which followed the first such match in 1893. One wonders what would have been the reaction of the players who participated in either […]
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The last round of the first ECA Online Championships produced some sparkling play, a triumph for Organiser, Mark Murrell. The Open was particularly well-contested and was finished out by David Sands with a win with black over Russell White, to become the first EssexOnline Champion. Indeed the top three all won with Black in the […]
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