SCCU U1650: Essex 10½-5½ SurreyAt Wanstead. At the start of play skipper Malcolm was bemoaning the loss of some of his top players who were available for the original match date back on October 1st but not for the rescheduled match. On paper, Surrey out-rated Essex over the top 10 boards, but Essex won by […]
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SCCU U1850: Essex 10-6 KentAt Wanstead House Essex fielded their strongest team of the campaign, but Kent held the edge by nine points a board. At one point in the early results Essex were two down and it was not until the eighth result in the match, at 4.25 pm, that Essex U1850 took the […]
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Mark Murrel reports on another Essex double. SCCU U2050: Surrey 7-9 EssexAt Cheam. The U2050 team became the first qualifier for the ECF Counties Championships with two matches to spare after a steady-as-she-goes away win against Surrey at Cheam; and its still November! Only Kent and Middlesex can now catch run away leaders Essex if […]
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From Steve Abbott Essex have won this years competition, for the third time in the last four years. Congratulations to the Essex A team of: Peter ColemanStephen WilliamsTrevor CarrAndrew LewisJon ManleyMartin FleuryTony StebbingsJohn Sargent. Thank you, Steve. Essex have three teams in the County & District Correspondence Chess Championships. Essex B, captained by John Davenport, […]
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SCCU U2050: Essex 12½-3½ KentAt Wanstead. Great effort today against an under-strength Kent, but nevertheless making the most of the rating advantage and pressing for those extra half points for a 9 point winning margin: 12½-3½. Kent took the early lead, Sasha beat the Kent skip to level and from then on it was plain sailing. […]
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SCCU U2050: Essex 10½-5½ SurreyAt Wanstead. The first match of the new campaign featured last season’s two ECF U2050 County Championships Finalists – and who can forget that famous Essex come-from-behind victory? Faced with travelling across London on a train strike day, Surrey are to be commended for not postponing, while their U1650 team (also […]
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U1650 Match v Surrey, 1 October, at Wanstead Saturday’s U1650 match v Surrey at Wanstead, has been postponed to 10 December. The train strike resulted in only four players willing to travel from Surrey. The U2050 match, also at Wanstead start 13:30, is still on, though keep an eye on this page, in case. Links: U1650 […]
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Essex Knockout Plate Final Played 21 September 2022, at Thurrock Thurrock R1 R2 Ilford 1 Omoruyi, Jaden 1778 (B, W) 0-1 1-0 Subramanian, Venkatesh 1924 (W, B) 2 Sadhasivam, Mangalaram 1758 0-1 0-1 Barton, Tom A 1863 3 Abedin, Farhan 1526 0-1 0-1 Twitchell, Neville H 1824 4 Wilson, Mathew 1875 0-1 0-1 Ghose, Rahul […]
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Essex Rapid Knockout Final Played at Wanstead, 20 September 2022 WANSTEAD A R1 R2 BARKING A Hodgson, John H 2191 (W, B) ½-½ 0-1 Goldberg, Jeff A 2118 (B, W) Mulay, Partha 2022 ½-½ 0-1 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1963 Cawdery, John 2030 0-1 1-0 Ismailov, Roman 2076 Rix, Steven JL 2045 1-0 1-0 Robinson, James M […]
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Essex Knockout Semi-Final – Match L Played 1 September 2022, at Barking BARKING A R1 R2 BASILDON Sands, David A 2202 (B, W) 1-0 1-0 Baptie, Justin P 2160 (W, B) Goldberg, Jeff A 2113 1-0 0-1 Somogyi, Tamas 2141 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1969 0-1 0-1 Kraszewski, David 1965 Robinson, James M 1901 ½-½ 1-0 Laundy, […]
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