Played Wednesday, 9 July 2025 at Loughton Board Loughton R1 R2 Brentwood A 1 Somerfield, Adrian P 1920 ½-½ ½-½ Bowden, Karl 2021 2 Stirling, William J 1883 ½-½ 0-1 Hughes, Gavin James 1830 3 Estevez Fernandez, Josue 1838 0-1 0-1 Willoughby, Christopher 1819 4 Middleton, Stephen 1865 0-1 0-1 Coote, Trevor D 1779 5 […]
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Played Monday, 7 July 2025 at Chelmsford Board Chelmsford R1 R2 Brentwood B 1 Myall, Ivan J 1939 1-0 1-0 Kingsley, Malcolm P 1817 2 Wilson, Edgar 2015 1-0 1-0 Willoughby, Andrew P 1632 3 Gaponov, Igor 1854 1-0 1-0 Fisher, Russell 1578 4 Spurr, Michael 1873 1-0 1-0 Ellis, Colin L 1384 5 Harrington, […]
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Congratualtions to Mary Cawdery (Wanstead) on her triple crown at the British Championships heading a success story for Essex. Event Essex Interest Score Place U10 Rapid Mary Cawdery (Wanstead) 5½/9 Girls Champion U10 Blitz Mary Cawdery (Wanstead) 5/9 Girls Champion* U10 Mary Cawdery (Wanstead) 5/7 =3rd and Girls Champion U14 Shiva, Shrishti (Chelmsford) 3/7 Girls […]
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Today we launch the 2025 edition of our regular feature following the fortunes of Essex players at the British Chess Championships. This is accessible from the Features menu above. The British Championships 2025 take place from 3 July to 10 August in Liverpool. All Championship and supporting tournaments take place in St George’s Hall, apart […]
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Played 3 July 2025, at Basildon Basildon R1 R2 Wanstead B Somogyi, Tamas 2079 (W, B) 1-0 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1870 (B, W) Baptie, Justin P 1943 1-0 1-0 Murrell, Mark RA 1827 Bara, V Radu 1901 1d0 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1734 Gedvilas, Arunas 1901 1-0 ½-½ Lataille, Matthias 1685 Millward, David J 1691 […]
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Played 25 June 2025, at Thurrock Bd Thurrock R1 R2 Wanstead A 1 Ralys, Vincas 1868 (W, B) 1-0 ½-½ Mulay, Partha 2123 (B, W) 2 Byram, Tye A 1719 0-1 0-1 Spearman, David 2047 3 Wilson, Mathew 1670 1-0 0-1 Cawdery, John 2027 4 Van Litsenborgh, Rudi 1650 0-1 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2002 […]
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April Rating Lists Southend Easter Chess Festival – 17-21 April 2025at Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UNhttps://southendchesscongress.org/ The April rating lists are out (1 April 2025) which are used for all players’ eligibility for the rating-limited sections. All ratings on the Festival website entries lists have been updated and all players are […]
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Entries are now open for the Southend Easter Chess Festival 2025 which takes place from 17-21 April 2025, at Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN. The Festival embraces the 6-Round Rapid on Thursday 17 April, followed by the 7-Round Congress from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April. Full details for the […]
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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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