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, […]
Open this postPlate 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 […]
Open this postKnockout R2: Match G
Played 18 July 2023 at Wanstead Board WANSTEAD A R1 R2 CHELMSFORD 1 Hodgson, John H 2147 (W, B) ½-½ 1-0 White, Russell P 2059 (B, W) 2 Gill, Oliver 2088 0-1 1-0 Mueller, Jens 2056 3 Spearman, David 2037 1-0 1-0 Myall, Ivan J 2018 4 Cawdery, John 2026 ½-½ 0-1 Wilson, Edgar 2001 […]
Open this postKnockout R1: Match D
Played 13 July 2023, at Barking Board BARKING A R1 R2 Thurrock 1 Goldberg, Jeff A 2123 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Sandu, Silviu 1561 (B, W) 2 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1945 1-0 1-0 Eastwood, Tomas 1480 3 Ramage, Colin R 1845 1-0 1-0 Crane, Malcolm K 1525 4 Robinson, James M 1896 1-0 1-0 Goodliffe, Ralph […]
Open this postKnockout R1: Match A
Played 26 June 2023, at Chelmsford CC Board CHELSMFORD R1 R2 Loughton 1 White, Russell P 2061 (B, W) 1-0 0-1 Bowmer, Kevin 2029 (W, B) 2 Myall, Ivan J 2012 ½-½ 1-0 Stirling, William J 1931 3 Chandler, David C 1877 1-0 ½-½ Middleton, Stephen 1822 4 Smith, Ryan M 1962 1-0 1-0 Malinik, […]
Open this postKnockout R1: Match E
Payed 27 June 2023, at Wanstead Board Wanstead B R1 R2 BASILDON 1 Whitton, Terry D 1896 (W, B) 0-1 1-0 Somogyi, Tamas 2139 (B, W) 2 Staniland, Philip 1852 1-0 1-0 Gedvilas, Arunas 1911 3 Barclay, Paul R 1726 ½-½ 0-1 Staff, Robbie 1891 4 Karacsony, Istvan 1631 1-0 0-1 Savin, Paul A 1823 […]
Open this postKnockout R1: Match B
Played 22 June 2023 at Barking CC. Board Barking B R1 R2 WANSTEAD A 1 Clow, Ken W 1705 0-1 0-1 Spearman, David 2233 2 Berkley, Stephen W 1659 0-1 0-1 Cawdery, John 2017 3 Wickham, Michael 1924 0-1 0-1 Freeman, Ashley 1976 4 Sinha, Anup 1691 1-0 0-1 Hunnable, Ian D 1994 5 Default […]
Open this postKnockout R1: Match C
Played 19 June 2023, at Ilford CC Board ILFORD R1 R2 Wanstead C 1 Barton, Tom A 1893 (W, B) 1-0 0-1 Diniz Afonso, Davi 1720 (B, W) 2 Ghose, Rahul 1871 0-1 1-0 Nickals, Peter A 1640 3 Twitchell, Neville H 1850 1-0 1-0 Lataille, Matthias 1635 4 Subramanian, Venkatesh 1899 1-0 1-0 Li, […]
Open this postIn memory of Syd Kalinsky
Tomorrow, 18 June 2023, we shall be holding the double event of the Essex Team Blitz and the ECA Lightning Championship, at Ilford CC’s venue at the Redbridge Social Centre. “Team Blitz and Lightning” day was sponsored by the late Syd Kalinsky since 1997. This, the first such event since his passing, is being held […]
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