ECA 125th Anniversary

On 28 July 1898 the Essex Chess Association came into being. To celebrate the quasquicentennial as our 125th year draws to an end a weekend festival of chess will take place over the weekend of 2/3 September 2023 at Wanstead House incorporating a commemorative 125 individual Rapid tournament on the Saturday afternoon followed by a social […]

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Plate Semi-Final: Match R

Played 1 August 2023, at Wanstead Board Wanstead C R1 R2 Loughton < 1 Li, Colin 1567 (B) R1 0-1 Stirling, William J 1905 (W) 1 Jones, Keith S 1679 (W) R2 1-0 Stirling, William J 1905 (B) 2 Diniz Afonso, Davi 1700 0-1 0-1 Horan, George 1788 3 Siddo, Charlton 1679 0-1 0-1 Moth, […]

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Last day at the British

Last round today. All games start at 10:00 am, which allows for play-off for the British Championship, if needed. Max Pert, who was playing in the U16 Championship which finished yesterday, today gets a game as a filler in the main British Championship. Thus, IM Richard Pert and his twin brother GM Nick Pert, and […]

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Essex at the British – the pace increases!

The Championship and the Major Open are now into their third round, but the Weekenders have finished, to be replaced by the AM and PM Weekday tournaments and the two Senior age groups. So lots of action. If that’s not enough for you, there is also the second of the Rapid events, this one in […]

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Plate R1: Match N

Played 19 July 2023 at Loughton Board Loughton R1 R2 Barking B 1 Stirling, William J 1925 (W, B) ½-½ 0-1 Naumov, Igor 1732 (B, W) 2 Middleton, Stephen 1825 1-0 1-0 Pastukhov, Boris 1791 3 Horan, George 1776 1-0 1-0 Berkley, Stephen W 1660 4 Kershaw, Graham J 1694 0-1 0-1 Mathompat, Rajyeshwar Ramesh […]

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Knockout R2: Match G

Played 18 July 2023 at Wanstead Board WANSTEAD A R1 R2 CHELMSFORD 1 Hodgson, John H 2147 (W, B) ½-½ 1-0 White, Russell P 2059 (B, W) 2 Gill, Oliver 2088 0-1 1-0 Mueller, Jens 2056 3 Spearman, David 2037 1-0 1-0 Myall, Ivan J 2018 4 Cawdery, John 2026 ½-½ 0-1 Wilson, Edgar 2001 […]

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Knockout R1: Match D

Played 13 July 2023, at Barking Board BARKING A R1 R2 Thurrock 1 Goldberg, Jeff A 2123 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Sandu, Silviu 1561 (B, W) 2 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1945 1-0 1-0 Eastwood, Tomas 1480 3 Ramage, Colin R 1845 1-0 1-0 Crane, Malcolm K 1525 4 Robinson, James M 1896 1-0 1-0 Goodliffe, Ralph […]

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Essex at the British returns

The British Championships congress approaches, running from Thursday 20 July to Sunday 30 July, in Leicester, with more events than ever. There is already a fine Essex presence, 40 strong as we write, including a “baker’s dozen” from Wanstead. We will keep up a daily blog in our Features pages – link below – with […]

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Bittersweet

Two Essex teams battled through to the ECF Finals, the same two teams which were successful in a double championships last year, U2050 and U1450. On this occasion, one title gained by default, the other lost by a margin, makes for a bittersweet experience. The U2050 FInal was conceded by Warwickshire the day before the […]

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U2050 Final is off!

Essex retain U2050 national Championship, by default Due to have been played Saturday, 1 July, against Warwickshire, at Staines, Warwicks have conceded the match as they were unable to raise a full team. So, a complete contrast to Essex’ come-from-behind victory in the 2022 Final against Surrey. Essex retain the U2020 national Championship, but to […]

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