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 Rapid and the Congress are given on the Festival website southendcongress.org where the Entry Form (pdf) can be downloaded and Online Entry is available.
Southend is the last remaining Congress in Essex and the event at which the Essex Championship and Essex Minor Championship are awarded. The current Essex Minor Champion is Ryan Colcough who won the Southend 2024 U1900 section. All W&WCC members are eligible for these two Essex trophies.
Match stats updated
With the last matches of 2024 having been concluded, the player stats have been updated; head over to the Match Programme page. Note: this only applies to the standard play match stats. We still have to update the Roy Wagstaff Memorial Shield table and the Philpott Rapid matche stats, but at least its a start!