Essex League Division I: WW2 5½-2½ Basildon At Wanstead. True, Basildon are figthing against relegation, but they have two games in hand which, if they were to win both, would take them to 8 points, one above WW2’s current score of 7. There was little between the teams on paper, WW2 1893, Basildon 1926, which equates to about 4 grading points on the old ECF grading system; i.e. nothing at all. There were wins from Ashley on top board, giving […]
Open this post... From Mark Murrell Nigel White’s Essex Minor League (U1650) team win the the League in style with a 4-0 whitewash to their nearest title contenders Southend B, depite being outrated away and with a match in hand. I think this is our first title win in a competition where the team’s average rating cannot exceed 1500. Way to go Alex, Almas, Nigel and John! See Table and Match card below. Links: Minor League Table | Match card v Southend B | […]
Open this post... Older members will remember “TW3”; David Frost et al. This is the WWCC take on a busy week with Round 6 of the Club Championship on Tuesday and four away matches over Wednesday and Thursday; “four teams, at Gt Baddow, Basildon, Barking and Chingford which severely stretched our resources. No reserves anywhere!” (MM). The Wednesday matches brought a splendid result for WW2 away to Writtle when they pulled off a 4-4 draw, a squeak away from a smash & grab […]
Open this post... Essex League Division I: Wanstead II 4½-3½ Writtle. At Wanstead. Lightning strikes twice. The last time Wanstead II were in Division I was the covid-19 truncated 2019-20 season. In that campaign Wanstead II won away to Writtle by 4½-3½. Wind on six years and “the bees” sting Writtle again; consecutive victories! Read Mark Murrell’s stirring report on the EL2 page. Wanstead II are now 4th of seven teams, above Writtle, Basildon and Upminster I. Essex League Division III: Wanstead IV […]
Open this post... Update to Club Members of positions vacant. Two of the team captaincies left vacant at the AGM have now been filled: Essex League 4th team: Pete Meadows North Circular League 2nd team: Ian Hunnable That leaves two vacancies, Essex League 2nd and 3rd teams, which are currently being covered by Fixtures Secretary, Mark Murrell, in addition to EL 1st team captain, Tournament Secretary, Fixtures Secretary, Designated Safeguarding Lead and his involvement with the Junior section. While this is a great […]
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The two Wanstead teams in the Essex Knockout – Wanstead A and Wanstead B – both reached the finals of, respectively, the Cup and the Plate. In the Finals, played on Tuesday 23 September, both avoided defeat, finishing 5-5 in each match, yet both had the anguish of losing on Board Count. True. Wanstead A reversed a 3½-1½ defeat in Round 1 against Basildon, Wanstead A winning Round 2 by the same score to reach 5-5, but in R2 Basildon […]
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The London League Fixture List saga is hopefully completed with publication of the re-drawn list. WW fixtures are completely re-drawn with new dates and a mostly new set of venues, now including the home venues of clubs with their own central London venues (some of which are changed from last season). We have now re-drawn our London Chess League page both the match cards and the venues list below that. The only thing that is unchanged is the list of […]
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