Essex U2050 retain SCCU crown

SCCU U2050: Essex 11-5 KentAt Wanstead. First v second, final match of the SCCU stage. Essex would retain the SCCU U2050 Championship with a win or a draw; Kent would steal the crown with a win and relegate Essex to third to boot. The Kent squad was average 1895, but they found Fortress Wanstead was […]

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Knockout Final

Wanstead complete Cup and Plate double Played 19 September 2023, at Wanstead Board WANSTEAD A R1 R2 BARKING A 1 Hodgson, John H 2118 (W, B) 1-0 ½-½ Goldberg, Jeff A 2146 (B, W) 2 Gill, Oliver 2086 1-0 1-0 Ismailov, Roman 2107 3 Spearman, David 2034 1-0 ½-½ Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1958 4 Cawdery, John […]

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Wanstead B win Plate at a canter

Played 6 September 2023, at Loughton Board Loughton R1 R2 Wanstead B 1 Bowmer, Kevin 2031 (W, B) ½-½ 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2049 (B, W) 2 Stirling, William J 1892 0-1 1-0 Bancroft, Paul 1989 3 Middleton, Stephen 1868 ½-½ 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1924 4 Horan, George 1819 0-1 ½-½ Staniland, Philip 1877 […]

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Last call for entries to the 125 Festival

Festivities for the ECA quasquicentennial – 2/3 September 2023 at Wanstead House – are close at hand, time to enter the weekend’s events if you have not already done so. For full details and online entry head over to the 125 Festival page Our featured picture shows the last Essex team to win the ECF […]

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Knockout Semi-Final: Match L

Played 24 August 2023, at Basildon Board BASILDON R1 R2 BARKING A 1 Baptie, Justin P 1888 (W, B) ½-½ ½-½ Goldberg, Jeff A 2150 (B, W) 2 Somogyi, Tamas 2127 ½-½ 0-1 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1958 3 Kraszewski, David 1985 ½-½ 0-1 Ramage, Colin R 1826 4 Staff, Robbie 1856 0-1 ½-½ Robinson, James M […]

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Knockout Semi-Final: Match K

Played at Ilford CC, 21August 2023 Board ILFORD R1 R2 WANSTEAD A 1 Ghose, Rahul 1861 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Hodgson, John H 2152 (B, W) 2 Twitchell, Neville H 1850 ½-½ ½-½ Spearman, David 2044 3 Page, Jeffrey 1757 0-1 0-1 Cawdery, John 2019 4 Jaiswal, Adhar 1652 0-1 0-1 Mulay, Partha 1976 5 […]

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Plate Semi-Final: Match S

Played 9 August 2023, at Thurrock Board Thurrock R1 R2 Wanstead B 1 Omoruyi, Jaden 1779  (W, B) 0-1 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2045 (B, W) 2 Sheppard, Barry S 1780 0-1 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1914 3 Baig, Huzaifa 1584 0-1 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1885 4 Eastwood, Tomas 1592 0-1 0-1 Barclay, Paul R […]

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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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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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