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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Chris White RIP

Some sad news from Colin Ramage Chris White has recently died, aged 74. Chris was a regular player for many years for Barking in the Essex League and Woodbridge in the London League, having started playing at the Ilford Club in his school days. He was a strong player at his best, reaching a grade […]

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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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Knockout Final

Wanstead complete Cup and Plate double Played 19 September 2023, at Wanstead Board WANSTEAD A R1 R2 BARKING A 1 Hodgson, John H 2118 (W, B) 1-0 ½-½ Goldberg, Jeff A 2146 (B, W) 2 Gill, Oliver 2086 1-0 1-0 Ismailov, Roman 2107 3 Spearman, David 2034 1-0 ½-½ Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1958 4 Cawdery, John […]

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Wanstead B win Plate at a canter

Played 6 September 2023, at Loughton Board Loughton R1 R2 Wanstead B 1 Bowmer, Kevin 2031 (W, B) ½-½ 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2049 (B, W) 2 Stirling, William J 1892 0-1 1-0 Bancroft, Paul 1989 3 Middleton, Stephen 1868 ½-½ 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1924 4 Horan, George 1819 0-1 ½-½ Staniland, Philip 1877 […]

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Last call for entries to the 125 Festival

Festivities for the ECA quasquicentennial – 2/3 September 2023 at Wanstead House – are close at hand, time to enter the weekend’s events if you have not already done so. For full details and online entry head over to the 125 Festival page Our featured picture shows the last Essex team to win the ECF […]

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Government funding for chess

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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Knockout Semi-Final: Match L

Played 24 August 2023, at Basildon Board BASILDON R1 R2 BARKING A 1 Baptie, Justin P 1888 (W, B) ½-½ ½-½ Goldberg, Jeff A 2150 (B, W) 2 Somogyi, Tamas 2127 ½-½ 0-1 Jaszkiwskyj, Peter 1958 3 Kraszewski, David 1985 ½-½ 0-1 Ramage, Colin R 1826 4 Staff, Robbie 1856 0-1 ½-½ Robinson, James M […]

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Knockout Semi-Final: Match K

Played at Ilford CC, 21August 2023 Board ILFORD R1 R2 WANSTEAD A 1 Ghose, Rahul 1861 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Hodgson, John H 2152 (B, W) 2 Twitchell, Neville H 1850 ½-½ ½-½ Spearman, David 2044 3 Page, Jeffrey 1757 0-1 0-1 Cawdery, John 2019 4 Jaiswal, Adhar 1652 0-1 0-1 Mulay, Partha 1976 5 […]

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Plate Semi-Final: Match S

Played 9 August 2023, at Thurrock Board Thurrock R1 R2 Wanstead B 1 Omoruyi, Jaden 1779  (W, B) 0-1 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 2045 (B, W) 2 Sheppard, Barry S 1780 0-1 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1914 3 Baig, Huzaifa 1584 0-1 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1885 4 Eastwood, Tomas 1592 0-1 0-1 Barclay, Paul R […]

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