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Summer rapid season round up

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Mark Murrell draws together the details of an active and successful summer: Synopsis Lawrance Cup retained (on tie break) Summer League Champions (after a play-off) Essex Knockout Champions (regained from Wanstead 2!) Finchley Cup runners up (Barking had to win something !) Ashley Freeman leads the John Philpott Trophy (NCCL Cups & Rapid Championship to come) 47 members in action (including 13 juniors) in 446 appearances !! The summer of 2022 was one of the most keenly contested rapid seasons […]

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Wanstead retain Sims Cup

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Having defeated Writtle away in the Semi-Final, the Wanstead A team had one more stern test to retain the Sims Cup for the Essex Summer Rapid Knockout: another showdown with Barking A. Wanstead has held the Sims Cup since 2019, while the Knockout was sidelined by Covid lockdowns. Wanstead A has had to wait a long time to erase the memory of 2019 when it was Wanstead B team that won the all-Wanstead Final that year. Congratulations to Skipper Ashley […]

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Wanstead Festival postponed to 2 October

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The Wanstead Festival, which was to have taken place on Sun 18 September, has been postponed to Sunday 2 October 2022. Those members who had pledged support to Paul Barclay for the original date, please confirm to Paul your availability for the new date. The revised “September programme” is: Tue 13 Sep Summer League Play-off Final   Inbetweeners 3 + 2 rated blitz   Start of U1650 Ladder Tue 20 Sep Essex Knockout Final – Wanstead A v Barking A […]

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September programme

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The new season got underway on Saturday, 3 September, with the return of our annual match away day at Hastings. Result: Hastings 8-7 Wanstead Details to follow. The programme for the rest of the month is given below: Tue 06 Sep Opening Night Tandem Simul Tue 13 Sep Summer League Play-off Final   Inbetweeners 3 + 2 rated blitz   Start of U1650 Ladder Sun 18 Sep WWCC at the Wanstead Festival Now 2 October 2022   Chess on the […]

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A Team reach Essex KO Final

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WRITTLE R1 R2 WANSTEAD A* 1 White, Russell P 2111 (B, W) ½-½ 0-1 Hodgson, John H 2185 (W, B) 2 Myall, Ivan J 2009 1-0 0-1 Mulay, Partha 2017 3 Wilson, Edgar 1988 1-0 ½-½ Rix, Steven JL 2057 4 Moore, John C 1973 0-1 ½-½ Freeman, Ashley 1930 5 Mueller, Jens 2019 ½-½ 1-0 Whitton, Terry D 1909   3-2 2-3   (BC: 10) WRITTLE 5-5* WANSTEAD A (BC: 7) * WANSTEAD A win on Board Count Playing […]

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Essex Knockout R1 – A Team v Barking B

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WANSTEAD A R1 R2 Barking B Cawdery, John 2044 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Naumov, Igor 1727 (B, W) Rix, Steven JL 2058 1-0 0-1 Saunders, Richard 1784 Freeman, Ashley 1901 1-0 ½-½ Mike J Cresswell, 1743 Hunnable, Ian D 1991 1-0 1-0 Chtym, Vladimir 1458 (Terry Whitton) 1d0 1d0 Default   5-0 3½-1½   WANSTEAD A 8½-1½ Barking B Barking had notified that they were a player short, so Terry Whitton was not required to attend and Barking’s task, already […]

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Knockout Semi-Final Replay

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The Knockout Semi-Final between Loughton and WANSTEAD B finished all-square, with neither tie-break able to decide a winner! This requires a full replay, unprecedented in this competition. The replay, with WANSTEAD B having home advantage, is fixed for tonight, 17 September, starting at 19:45. Winners will be at Home to WANSTEAD A. Link to: ECA Website

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