Essex Philpott win SCCU Inter

SCCU Members’ Team Championships – Round 5 Mark Murrell reports on the last round of the SCCU events: Essex Philpott take full advantage as Surrey falter, falling short of the further half-point they needed to tie their match against a resurgent Kent Haddrell and deny Essex on tie break. The Surrey skipper, Trevor Jones, was […]

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SCCU Members’ Team Tournament

Mark Murrell’s bullet-point report on today’s action: Major 2050 The Essex fight back in the Major was not enough to overturn the first leg deficit, two late withdrawals proving costly for Essex’s attempt to claw back ground. Inter 1675 Surrey’s winning streak comes to an end at the hands of Essex Philpott and Kent bounce […]

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One of each

Three teams were in action yesterday in the SCCU Online events. Essex Pascoe spoilt their 100% record with a loss by 5½-2½ to Surrey Inter, while Essex Philpott won by nearly the same margin, 5-3 over Kent Haddrell. In the Minor event, Essex shared the points with Berkshire; 2-2. Details and all the games can […]

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Pascoe win, Philpott salvage a draw

In the SCCU Inter 1675 competition, Essex Pascoe beat Kent Haddrell 6-2, despite conceding a board by default. Meanwhile, Essex Philpott came back from a two point deficit to level their match against Berkshire Inter 4-4. Details of the above matches with all the games can be found on the Teams’ pages (links below). For […]

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SCCU Inter 1675

Today the two Essex teams in the SCCU Inter 1675 section are in action. Essex Pascoe play Kent Haddrell, while Essex Philpott take on Berkshire Inter. Matches are over eight boards. The games start on lichess.org at 2.00 pm and you can follow the action live. The best place to start is the ECF LMS […]

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Calling squad Essex

SCCU Members’ Online Team Championships To be played at 2.00 pm over five Saturdays – 28 November, 5 December, 9 January, 16 January and 23 January – at the standard play rate of all moves in 60 minutes with 15 second increments – the Southern Counties competition is the forerunner of the second season of […]

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