Essex came away empty handed from their double header against Surrey at Cheam on 7 December 2024. The Essex U2050 team lost narrowly 8½-7½ in a closely fought match. Scores were level with a handful of games still in play, Surrey edging the verdict on the run-in. Essex’ four wins came from Edgar Wilson, Robert […]
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The lack of volunteers at the time of the Association’s AGM in June threatened, in the emotive words of ECA Secretary John Chapman, to turn Essex into a “chess desert”. The brutal logic being: no organisers, no competitions. That unthinkable scenario, with the Association so recently having celebrated its 125th Anniversary, has thankfully been avoided. […]
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With the sudden death of Sean Horan just before the ECF quarter final, Essex have found themselves without an U1650 and U1450 captain in addition to the already vacant U1850 team captaincy. The ECA Executive at its recent meeting has resolved to only enter County Teams which have a captain. At the present time this means […]
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There is a technical problem with the Essex at the British page ongoing at the moment which is preventing update of the page. Our Internet Service Provider is looking into it and we hope to resume normal operations shortly. Update 3 Aug, 01:31 – problem fixed. Now catching up with the data.
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The British Chess Championships are under way in Hull and we today launch our regular feature “Essex at the British”. You can of course follow all the events on the BCC website, but “Essex at the British” is the only place you will find details of all the Essex stars at your fingertips, in one […]
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ECF U2050 SF: Essex 6-10 ClevelandAt Newark (Notts) A first meeting between Essex and Cleveland. Exchange of team lists revealed that Essex had an advantage of an average 105 points a board. But Essex, with a hat-trick of Championships at this level, were in for a shock. There is a cogent theory that says that […]
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ECF U1450 QF: Greater Manchester 4½-7½ EssexAt Syston. From Acting skipper, Mark Murrell: Essex U1450 team is off to the semis after a battling against-the-odds performance, against the reigning National Champs and this season’s NCCU Champions. Essex came back from behind three times before powering home with two wins to finish. Our U11s doubling up […]
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The excellent news that the long-held efforts to get chess recognised at UK Government level have finally borne fruit has been announced by the ECF. The August issue of Chess News to ECF members says: As we go to press we’ve just received the fantastic news that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has […]
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Last round today. All games start at 10:00 am, which allows for play-off for the British Championship, if needed. Max Pert, who was playing in the U16 Championship which finished yesterday, today gets a game as a filler in the main British Championship. Thus, IM Richard Pert and his twin brother GM Nick Pert, and […]
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The Championship and the Major Open are now into their third round, but the Weekenders have finished, to be replaced by the AM and PM Weekday tournaments and the two Senior age groups. So lots of action. If that’s not enough for you, there is also the second of the Rapid events, this one in […]
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