Last call to members for entries to the Christmas Blitz. With the House now being open for 20 December (today) we are organising a Christmas Blitz which will be submitted for ECF Blitz rating (new this year). The format will be dependent on the number of entries but will be a minimum of 9 rounds of G4+2 and a maximum of 15 rounds of G3+2 or somewhere in between. The event has been circularised to the Club’s mailing list. To […]
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Lightning Championship 2022-23 The 37th running of our Lightning Championship, played annually since 1986-87 without a break, even for covid. The history of lightning tournaments at W&WCC goes back even further, before it was run as a championship. The latest incarnation produced a new champion from the ranks of our recent recruits: Ashley Freeman set a pace that none could live with and he won with a round to spare, finishing with 5½/6. Philip Staniland having been one of Ashley’s […]
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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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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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Making use of a Tuesday with only a 4 board Essex Minor match in the calendar, Krishna Raikundalia devised and ran a very different kind of handicap tournament from that with which our members are familiar. The handicap was that the stronger player had to play an assigned gambit and the greater the rating differential the more unsound the gambit (though not always as risky). Class will out: Ashley Freeman won on 6½. His only ½ point dropped was to […]
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An evening of Handicap Blitz once again proved a levelling experience, with several fancied players dropping points to lower rated opponents. Several new names were included in the list, one of whom, Ryan Colclough, spectactularly headed the table on 5/6, along with resident speedster, Terry Whitton. David Smith was next on 4½, followed by Tu Sennan, Paul Barclay and Michael Wilson on the third step of the podium, each with 4 points. Terry Whitton now leads the Grand Prix with […]
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The Club Blitz Championship, the first activity of the New Year, atrracted 24 entries and once again witnessed keen competition. After the final round, in which Istvan defeated John Cawdery, there was a tie for first place between John Cawdery and Istvan Karacsony on 5/6. The Blitz Champion is decided by tie-break. The first tie-break is Sum of Progressive Scores and on this, the Blitz Champion is John Cawdery (SoPS = 20), while Istvan’s SoPS is 18. Very well played […]
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