Sims Cup Match C

Played 3 July 2025, at Basildon Basildon R1 R2 Wanstead B Somogyi, Tamas 2079 (W, B) 1-0 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1870 (B, W) Baptie, Justin P 1943 1-0 1-0 Murrell, Mark RA 1827 Bara, V Radu 1901 1d0 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1734 Gedvilas, Arunas 1901 1-0 ½-½ Lataille, Matthias 1685 Millward, David J 1691 […]

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Sims Cup Match B

Played 25 June 2025, at Thurrock Bd Thurrock R1 R2 Wanstead A 1 Ralys, Vincas 1868 (W, B) 1-0 ½-½ Mulay, Partha 2123 (B, W) 2 Byram, Tye A 1719 0-1 0-1 Spearman, David 2047 3 Wilson, Mathew 1670 1-0 0-1 Cawdery, John 2027 4 Van Litsenborgh, Rudi 1650 0-1 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2002 […]

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Southend 2025

April Rating Lists Southend Easter Chess Festival – 17-21 April 2025at Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UNhttps://southendchesscongress.org/ The April rating lists are out (1 April 2025) which are used for all players’ eligibility for the rating-limited sections. All ratings on the Festival website entries lists have been updated and all players are […]

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Southend 2025

Entries are now open for the Southend Easter Chess Festival 2025 which takes place from 17-21 April 2025, at Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN. The Festival embraces the 6-Round Rapid on Thursday 17 April, followed by the 7-Round Congress from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April. Full details for the […]

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Double trouble

Essex came away empty handed from their double header against Surrey at Cheam on 7 December 2024. The Essex U2050 team lost narrowly 8½-7½ in a closely fought match. Scores were level with a handful of games still in play, Surrey edging the verdict on the run-in. Essex’ four wins came from Edgar Wilson, Robert […]

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Cometh the hour…

The lack of volunteers at the time of the Association’s AGM in June threatened, in the emotive words of ECA Secretary John Chapman, to turn Essex into a “chess desert”. The brutal logic being: no organisers, no competitions. That unthinkable scenario, with the Association so recently having celebrated its 125th Anniversary, has thankfully been avoided. […]

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Knockout Plate: Match T – Plate Final

Played 18 September 2024 at Witham Witham & Maldon R1 R2 Loughton Mitchell, Steven 1953 (W, B) 1-0 0-1 Somerfield, Adrian P 1907 (B, W) Williamson, Paul L 1908 1-0 ½-½ Middleton, Stephen 1848 White, Simon A 1508 1-0 1-0 Van Tol, Martin 1721 Steele, James D 2076 1-0 1-0 Kershaw, Graham J 1656 Stiffell, […]

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Knockout Cup: Match N – FINAL

Played 12 September 2024, at Barking BARKING R1 R2 BASILDON Sands, David A 2175 (B, W) ½-½ ½-½ Somogyi, Tamas 2096 (W, B) Goldberg, Jeff A 2111 ½-½ 1-0 Baptie, Justin P 1958 Ismailov, Roman 2102 0-1 1-0 Kraszewski, David 1964 Robinson, James M 1944 1-0 1-0 Gedvilas, Arunas 1937 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1892 ½-½ 1-0 […]

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Knockout Cup SF: Match L

Played 22 August 2024, at Basildon BASILDON R1 R2 CHELMSFORD A Somogyi, Tamas 2108 (W, B) 0-1 ½-½ White, Russell P 2065 (B, W) Kraszewski, David 1942 1-0 1-0 Myall, Ivan J 1975 Gedvilas, Arunas 1933 0-1 1-0 Wilson, Edgar 2001 Laundy, Peter R 1904 0-1 1-0 Spurr, Michael 1881 Millward, David J 1685 1-0 […]

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