Robin Slade and Richard Pert are running the 3rd Brentwood Rapid on Saturday 24th August at Brentwood School… See full details via the link below. Link: 3rd Brentwood Rapid details (pdf)
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Category Archives: External events
Essex at the British
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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Essex at the British 2024
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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Essex U2050 retain SCCU crown
SCCU U2050: Essex 11-5 KentAt Wanstead. First v second, final match of the SCCU stage. Essex would retain the SCCU U2050 Championship with a win or a draw; Kent would steal the crown with a win and relegate Essex to third to boot. The Kent squad was average 1895, but they found Fortress Wanstead was […]
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Teams 2023-24 up and running
Having emerged from the AGM in June with absolutely no County teams personnel at all, the ECA is happy to announce that the four rating-limited teams entered for the County Championships now have team captains and, what’s more, one deptuty team captain. Team Captains for 2023-24U2050 – Michael Spurr; Deputy Captain, James Robinson;U1850 – Mark […]
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Essex at the British – the pace increases!
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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Rearguard action saves the day
From Mark Murrell Last season Kent teams in the closing stages of the SCCU County Championships were responsible for ending Essex ambitions and how close they came on the final day of the present Essex U1850 and U1450 campaigns. In the U1450 Kent raced into a 3-0 lead whilst in the U1850 three early draws […]
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Battles Royal at Wembley
From Mark Murrell Middlesex playing at their fourth venue this season, at Clayhill Community Center, Wembley Park, seemed to hold all the cards for a difficult away trip for both Essex U1850 and U1450 teams, particularly as the U1450 team lost a key middle order player over night due to illness. Just how Essex like […]
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Crowning glory
From Mark Murrell As champions elect going into dead rubbers for our Essex U2050 and U1650 teams and the longest excursion of the campaigns, skippers Mark Murrell and Malcolm Crane nevertheless assembled competitive teams whilst taking advantage of the opportunity to introduce new players to Essex over-the-board county chess. It was not however all plain […]
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Reverse Double
From ECA Match Captain, Mark Murrell: Essex made up for a double defeat away to the visiting Surrey teams back in November with a double home win both the Essex U1850 and U1450 teams turning the tables – and some – in the case of the U1450s, who as a result top the table with […]
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