Played Tuesday, 23 September 2025, at Wanstead Bd Wanstead B R1 R2 Thurrock 1 Whitton, Terry D 1861 (B, W) ½-½ ½-½ Ralys, Vincas 2040 (W, B) 2 Murrell, Mark RA 1815 0-1 0-1 Maguire, Jake 1484 3 Staniland, Philip 1792 0-1 0-1 Wilson, Mathew 1698 4 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1790 1-0 1-0 Gibbons, Brendan 1437 […]
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Played Tuesday, 23 September 2025, at Wanstead Bd Wanstead A R1 R2 Basildon 1 Hodgson, John H 2087 (W, B) ½-½ ½-½ Somogyi, Tamas 2063 (B, W) 2 Spearman, David 2058 ½-½ 0-1 Kraszewski, David 1938 3 Cawdery, John 2007 ½-½ 1-0 Bara, V Radu 1901 4 Freeman, Ashley 1986 0-1 1-0 Gedvilas, Arunas 1910 […]
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Played Thursday, 28 August 2025 at Basildon Bd Basildon R1 R2 Brentwood 1 Somogyi, Tamas 2068 (W, B) 0-1 0-1 Haydon, David L 2404 (B, W) 2 Baptie, Justin P 1986 0-1 0-1 Bowden, Karl 1993 3 Kraszewski, David 1965 0-1 0-1 Willoughby, Christopher 1834 4 Bara, V Radu 1907 1-0 0-1 Coote, Trevor D […]
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The date is: Saturday, 13 September 2025 The venue is: Wanstead House The events are: Morning – Essex Blitz Championship 2024-25: 7 rounds G5+2Afternoon – Essex Rapid Championship 2024-25: 6 rounds G15+5 Wanstead House hosts the Essex individual speed events of the 2024-25 season, this Saturday 13 September. These comprise the Blitz and Rapid Championhips. Each […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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