Knockout Mayhem

It will be a while before OTB chess returns to normality and we are entering a sort of hybrid period where the Club has resumed over-the-two-board chess, but not many others have, or will, for a while and the return of League chess is still a long way off at the moment. So online chess still has a place and the Club has entered the League of Mayhem’s second Knockout tournament. Not only entered, but successful! A win in the […]

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League of Mayhem – Season 2

League of Mayhem Season 2 finished on Thursday, with Wanderers losing 1½-2½ to Kings Head, Pawnstead going down 1-3 to Charlton Chess Nuts, but Wanstead TBC winning 2½-1½ against East Ham Nightshade. Final positions: Wanstead Wanderers finished 5th of 13 teams in Division 1, being top of a group of four teams on 12 Match Points, heading this group on Game Points. The Division was won by HMC 1 by a street, with 21 MP, no fewer than five MP […]

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7th LoM Grand Swiss Rapidplay

David Rogers (from Charlton Chess Addicks) is organising a 7th Grand Swiss Rapidplay Tournament with free entry for all registered members in the League of Mayhem. Details Event: 7th LOM Grand Swiss Rapidplay Date: Thursday, 18th February 2021 Time: 7pm start Battleground: Lichess Time Controls: 10 mins + 5 sec increment Number of Rounds: 5 (or 6 if there are more than 32 players entered) Entry Fee: Free to all registered LOM members 1st Place Prize: Engraved Winner’s Trophy How […]

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Success amongst the Mayhem’s mayhem

Played on Thursday 21 January there was unexpected success for the club’s first foray into the League of Mayhem’s invitational Team Battle blitz Arenas. With no club tournaments scheduled and a spare Thursday presenting during the second half of the League of Mayhem current season, skipper Peter Nickals entered a team into the league’s fourth Team Battle blitz (G5+3) for league participants, in the guise of our Lichess Arena social team. The previous two events had been won comfortably by […]

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More Mayhem

The League of Mayhem has made further adjustments to the already modified Division 1 Fixture List. This is to avoid as much as possible clashes with the Junior 4NCL which starts on 21 January, playing on alternate Thursdays. The updated remaining fixtures for Wanstead Wanderers are shown on the LoM1 page. Link: LoM1

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Mayhem in Mayhem

The two Hackney teams in the League of Mayhem, Division 1, have withdrawn from the competition, so the aptly named League has needed to revise the fixture list for the remaining matches. The revised fixture list has been updated on the LoM Division 1 page. Wanstead Wanderers have a Bye in the next round (7 January), so their next fixture is Round 9 on 14 January, against Imperial College. Meanwhile, in Division 2, on 7 January Pawnstead play Braintree Knights […]

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Mayhap Mayhem

All three of the Club’s teams in the League of Mayhem were in action tonight. The first and third teams each won by 3-1, against East Ham Dragonglass and Lewnatics respectively, but the second team lost 2½-1½ to Braintree Knights. Find match details and games on the Activities menu: Activities/Online Club/LoM D… or use the links below. Next matches for all three teams is on 12 Nov. LoM 1 | LoM 2 | LoM 3

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