Rounds 3 and 4 of the Essex Online Rapid Championships were played on the evening of 8 February (apart from a pair of games played early). Open Leaders after R4 =1 Ian Hunnable, Russell White, 4/4; =3 Martin McCall, Ashley Freeman, 3; =5 Dmitry Molostvov, Felix Todd, Julian Corfield, 2½. 18 players U1600 Leaders after […]

This evening’s Essex Online Blitz on lichess.org regretfully had to be abandoned when the Lichess server went down. It came back up, only to crash again and did this several times. The tournament had completed Round 1 and we were trying to get Round 2 played, when the problems began. While, had we persisted, we […]

The third in the series of Essex Online Blitz tournaments takes place this evening on lichess.org, starting at 7.00 pm. Games will be played at the rate of G5+2 (5 minutes + 2 seconds per move increments on each clock per game). Nominally two sections, but there is apparently a clash with a junior event, […]

The first Esssex Online Rapid Championships received an excellent entry of 35, enabling two sections – Open and U1600 – to be run, each playing 7 double-rounds (14 games) on Monday evenings. These neatly fit into the gaps between 25 January and 22 March (inclusive) in the run up to Easter, before the start of […]

Entries have  closed The Championships commence at 7.00 pm on Monday 25th January and will comprise the Open Championship and the U1600 Championship contended for in separate Swiss paired sections over 7 double rounds. Each round will comprise two games at G20+10 against the same opponent, one as White and one as Black. Competition ratings […]

Entry deadline 7.00 pm Sunday 24 January With an extended lockdown in store, the Essex Online team has added an additional event to the 7.00 pm Monday nights programme. Starting Monday 25 January, this individual doubled-leg G20+10 Championship will fill the void between the scheduled Rapid and Blitz tournaments in the run up to Easter […]

The second Essex Online Rapid, G10+5, on 11 January was won by Russell White (Writtle) with 5/5, followed by David Spearman (Wanstead), 4 and Edgar Wilson (Writtle), 3½. 16 players entered. The U1600 section, played as a 7-player all-play-all at G10+2, was won by Purba Audhora (Essex Juniors) with an excellent 5½/6, 2nd John Staplehurst […]

The second Essex Online Team Blitz was played this morning on lichess.org and finished with a convincing victory for Barking, with 16½/20. Barking were pressed hard by Wanstead who remained just half a point behind through three rounds, but the clash between the two leaders in Round 4 ended in Barking’s favour by 3-1. Barking’s […]

The Essex Online Team Blitz will be played on Sunday 13 December 2020, starting at 10.00 am. The location will be lichess.org.uk. Teams are four boards and games will be played with 7 minutes on each clock, no increments (G7). Six teams have entered, in draw order: EssexGirls, Barking, Wanstead, Ilford, Southend and EssexBoys. Links: […]

Entries are open for the first Rapid of the Essex Online programme, 2020-21, at 7.00 pm on Monday 23 November 2020. 5 Rounds Swiss, one or more sections according to entry. Full details on the online Entry Form, the only way to enter. Entrants must be Members of the ECA and the ECF and must […]