Played: 12; Won: 6; Drew: 6; Lost: 0 – Essex League Division 3 Champions A team drawn exclusively from our Junior Club was pitched into the Essex League, Division 3, as Wanstead IV. There are some pretty experienced players out there and 12 matches is long haul, not a sprint. Wanstead IV started very steadily. Very, very, steadily: a draw 2½-2½ with Ilford II, Wanstead giving 300 rating points was a good start. This was backed up by further draws […]
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Not the latest popularity poll of letters of the alphabet, but the fortunes of the Club’s teams in the Essex Knockout. Wanstead A and Wanstead B, who did the Cup and Plate double in 2023, have both exited from the current competition, though each did so in the most noble way: a 5-5 scoreline, losing on Board Count, so undefeated over-the-board. WANSTEAD A had the first round Bye as defending Champions, then defeated the hot favourites BRENTWOOD A, Away, by […]
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The first Knockout Champion is John Cawdery, overcoming Ashley’s “draw odds” advantage to win a 72 move game, which was screened live on the Internet as it unfolded. This was an extra point of interest for the players in the other room, contesting “Bonanza Night”, with the KO final being screened alongside the Bonanza pairings. The Knockout competition was an initiative of Ashley Freeman and it was fitting that he fought his way through to the Final. For a long […]
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The 1st W&WCC Knockout Final will be played tonight, 28 My 2024, between: John Cawdery and Ashley Feeman The game will be broadcast live on the Internet and can followed, move-by-move, at this link: WWCC Knockout Final Play starts at 7.30 pm. Ashley as Black has “draw odds” – visit the KO page to find out how this works. Link: Knockout page
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NC1 had already retained NCCL A with their 5½-½ win over Ilford on 10 April. Now have only a 100% record to chase. From Mark Murrell, the happenings of Thursday, 9 May: We have some catching up to do with League results and stats, but currently have this in hand. Look back soon, with progress. Update: CL2, NC2 and NC3 still to do, then Aggregates. Links: Essex League (WW) | Essex League on LMS | Central London Lge Div 4
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Match: Friday 2 February, Southend 1 v W&W 3 – Essex League Division II postponedThere are scheduled train strikes across c2c and Greater Anglia on Friday 2 February; part of a week-long action by Aslef. Appropriately, we agreed with Southend that if the strikes were not called off by Friday 26 January, the match would be moved to Friday 8 March. This agreement has now been actioned and the above match has been postponed to Friday 8 March. For the […]
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The opening London League fixture against Streatham 2, which was to have been played on Weds 11 October, has been postponed due to unavilability of the venue. New date yet to be announced. Link: London League page
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