ECF U2050 Final: Essex 8½-7½ SurreyAt Wanstead. At one stage, Essex were four points down at E 2½-6½ S and there were some glum Essex faces. Then Essex won two in a row before another Surrey win, so Surrey were still three up at E 4½-7½ S. Just four now left in play from which the skipper had realised that Essex “only” needed 3½ as 8-8 was sufficient, Board Count for once being in Essex’ favour. But Essex only lose […]
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Finals day! Two Essex teams compete in the ECF County Championships Finals today: U2050 and U1450 and in each case the opposition is Surrey. For once the Finals are being played at other than a central venue, in the case of the U2050, U1650 (Surrey v Warks) and U1450, the venue is Wanstead House. There was a central venue arranged in Nuneaton, but the booking fell through so the fallback of finding local venues kicked in. The Wanstead House matches […]
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Played 29 June 2022, at Loughton LOUGHTON R1 R2 Wanstead C 1 Van Tol, Martin 1758 (B, W) 1-0 1-0 Lataille, Matthias 1579 (W, B) 2 Moth, Simon C 1753 1-0 ½-½ Smith, David 1521 3 Groce, Ken 1645 1-0 0-1 Ryan Colclough 1549 4 Kershaw, Graham J 1750 0-1 1-0 Jestico, John V 1418 (s) 5 Demirdelen, Ozan 1472 0-1 0-1 Green, Alfred 1409 3-2 2½-2½ LOUGHTON 5½-4½ Wanstead C John Jestico substituted for Punit Todi in […]
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Played 28 June 2022, at Wanstead WANSTEAD A R1 R2 Barking B Cawdery, John 2044 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Naumov, Igor 1727 (B, W) Rix, Steven JL 2058 1-0 0-1 Saunders, Richard 1784 Freeman, Ashley 1901 1-0 ½-½ Mike J Cresswell, 1743 Hunnable, Ian D 1991 1-0 1-0 Chtym, Vladimir 1458 (Terry Whitton) 1d0 1d0 Default 5-0 3½-1½ WANSTEAD A 8½-1½ Barking B Barking had notified that they were a player short, so Terry Whitton was not required […]
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Played 13 June 2022, at Ilford CC Ilford R1 R2 BARKING A 1 Barton, Tom A 1855 (W, B) 0-1 1-0 Sands, David A 2215 (B, W) 2 Twitchell, Neville H 1855 0-1 ½-½ Goldberg, Jeff A 2118 3 Subramanian, Venkatesh 1900 0-1 ½-½ Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1977 4 Page, Jeffrey 1788 1-0 0-1 Robinson, James M 1919 5 Ghose, Rahul 1623 0-1 1-0 Ramage, Colin R 1849 1-4 3-2 Ilford 4-6 BARKING A Ilford won Round 2 by […]
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In addition to the Essex Championship being awarded at the Southend Congress, the Essex Minor Championship 2021-22 will be awarded to the highest placed eligible competitor in the “Leigh on Sea” FIDE and ECF U1900 at the Southend Easter Chess Congress, 15-18 April 2022. Entry to the Congress is available by post or online at the Congress website: https://southendchesscongress.org/ The holder of the Essex Minor trophy (2019) is Elie Gamal, (formerly Basildon, now of Brentwood CC). The trophy is in […]
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SCCU U2050: Essex 9½-6½ KentAt Wanstead. In many ways a strange afternoon. The early results produced one Kent win among a string of draws. Then a clutch of Essex wins turned things around to a two point home advantage. Yet still the match was not clear and everything remained in the balance until near the end of the match. When the dust had settled, Essex had won by a margin of three points! Essex are joint leaders with Surrey, on […]
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SCCU U1850: Essex 7½-8½ Middx At Wanstead. Essex appeared to be set for a comfortable home win, 4 points up with five games still in play; just one more point needed. But one by one, Middx pulled back the deficit until they completed an amazing turn around to steal the points, winning the last five games to finish. Incredible. SCCU U1450: Middx 3-9 Essex At Willesden. An experience that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Late advice from the […]
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Barking (Essex League Champions) 3½-8½ The Rest of the League Eighteen months after the last pawn was moved in the 2019-20 Essex League, Barking who were finally declared Champions at the ECA AGM on 24 June 2021, challenged The Rest to the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season (2021-22), as we cautiously return to over-the-board chess, having lost the 2020-21 Season to the pandemic. Before the match, Barking were presented with the League Championship trophy. Despite holding a clear rating […]
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The pre-season regional County Challenge competitions, Major and Minor, attracted just three counties in the south east, Essex, Kent and Hants. Kent actually entered three teams, one in the Major two in the Minor. Essex had the fillip of winning both competitions, reward for the players’ effors and for Peter Nickals, who made all the match arrangements and team raising. Essex success in the Major was by dint of winning both matches against Kent, the key away victory being spectacular, […]
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