With the post-covid Essex League and Essex Minor League now geared to go – first fixture already played! – best now to bookmark the new location of all League information; fixtures, results, tables: the ECF League Management System. For the first time, team captains will be able to input match results online, on the LMS […]
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Barking (Essex League Champions) 3½-8½ The Rest of the League Eighteen months after the last pawn was moved in the 2019-20 Essex League, Barking who were finally declared Champions at the ECA AGM on 24 June 2021, challenged The Rest to the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season (2021-22), as we cautiously return to over-the-board […]
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Following the AGM in June, the first task of new League Secretary, Tom Barton, was to get the Essex League up and running again. This was no small task, requiring a re-build in these Covid times, with no League chess since the 2019-20 competition was brought to a grinding halt by national lockdown. There was […]
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The pre-season regional County Challenge competitions, Major and Minor, attracted just three counties in the south east, Essex, Kent and Hants. Kent actually entered three teams, one in the Major two in the Minor. Essex had the fillip of winning both competitions, reward for the players’ effors and for Peter Nickals, who made all the […]
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The Finals were held on 18 September with full anti-cheating regimen, run by the match Arbiters on Zoom. You have to hand it to Northumberland: they entered all three online Championships, Open, Major Open, U1800 and swept the board winning all matches in all three competitions; most impressive. Essex contested the Major Open Final against […]
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An away steal, a home romp and an inter Essex match too, Upstarts 4-2 Timeless, combined with two junior tournaments with over 40 entries, made for a busy day for the second Back to Real Chess Festival. Essex Major made the first away trip by an Essex County team team since County competition ceased for […]
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The last matches in the qualifiers for the online Minor Open and U1800 would see both Essex teams go through if they could win. Both would meet the all-conquering Northumberland, who are also in the Open Final. Essex Minor Open romped past Gloucestershire, Essex winning 8½-3½. In the other matches, Northumberland beat Hants (already out […]
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A well-ventilated Wanstead House was a hive of activity on 14 August, with the County’s junior players at the forefront, welcoming the first ECF rated team matches in the county for some 17 months whilst our leagues engage in careful preparations for the new season as more of our county clubs open again. Only three […]
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Junior Rated Rapid and Beginners Tournaments Saturday 14 August 1:30pm to 5pm The Hall at Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT To coincide with the return of County Chess to Wanstead House, the Essex Chess Association in conjunction with the local junior chess clubs of Ilford and Wanstead & Woodford is hosting an […]
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The two Essex teams in the ECF Online County Championships still have their destiny in their own hands after Essex Minor Open defeated Cumbria 9-3 and Essex U1800 lost to Northumberland 7½-4½ in a three-cornered contest. For details and all the games, follow the links below. The Essex teams face Gloucestershire and Leicestershire respectively in […]
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