Essex League (Essex CA)

Essex Chess Leagues

Welcome to the results reporting and display service for the Essex Chess League incorporating the U1650 Essex Chess Minor League under the auspices of the Essex Chess Association. 

Visit our website for information about the Association and our activities at https://www.essexchess.org.uk/ The left hand side panel displays the four competitions that are running in 2024/2025.

To access information about participating clubs including Registered Player Lists, select the club from the  'Clubs ' option at the top of the page  

Fixtures can be accessed from the menu above or from the Events/Club pages. All divisions and the Minor League for the 2024/25 season will be on an all play all, home and away basis. 

League Rules 2024-2025 Season: 

The ECA Rules Compendium for 2024-25 is published. This includes both the Essex League Rules and the Minor League Rules and is available via the following link:

 Essex League Rules (C19) 2024-25 

This 2024-25 version of the League Rules still bears the “(C19)” covid mark, but brings back in a number of the previous full set “pre-covid” Rules as the first stage of reintroducing the full pre-covid provisions. In any event, the League Rules have developed in a number of ways since covid, so there will be changes – natural evolution – during recent seasons which will be retained. 

Barred Lists 2024-25 Season: 

The barred list and amendments are published here.

Barking 

Division 1 

David Sands 

Jeff Goldberg 

Zaki Harari 

Roman Ismailov 

John White 

Sebastian Polunak 

Division 2 

Peter Jaszkiwskij 

Colin Ramage 

James Robinson 

Rajyeshwar Ramesh Mathompat 

Basildon 

N/A 

Brentwood 

N/A 

Ilford

 Division 2 

N/A 

Loughton 

Division 2 

Adrian Somerfield 

Kevin Bowmer 

Bill Stirling 

Josue Estevez-Fernandez 

Southend 

Division 2 

Julian Corfield 

Neil Sutherland 

Howard Grist 

Matthew Shaw 

Minor A Team

 Ben Middleton

 David King 

Minor B 

Joshua Davis

 David Ruppert 

Thurrock 

Division 3 Thurrock 1 

Tadeusz Heim 

Tye A Byram 

Mathew Wilson 

Minor A 

Brendan Gibbons 

Jake Maguire 

Minor B 

Farhan Abedin 

Derek Reynolds 

Rudi Van Litsenborgh 

Upminster

 Division 1 

Alexandr Pereslavtsev 

Martin McCall 

John Davenport 

Scott Robson 

Rob Gill 

Andrew E Robertson 

Division 2 

Aidan Corish 

Leslie J Crane 

Sergey Pereslavtsev 

Rasike Attanayake 

Minor A 

Daniel Fajuyitan 

Ian Smith 

Minor B 

Peter Biggs 

Geoff Cooper

Wanstead 

Division 1 

Artur Sygulski 

Partha Mulay 

David Spearman 

John Cawdery 

John Hodgson

 Steve Rix 

Division 2 

Wanstead 2 

Paul Bancroft 

Ashley Freeman 

Terry Whitton 

Ian Hunnable 

Wanstead 3 

Davi Diniz Afonso 

Istvan Karacsony 

Philip Staniland 

Mark Murrell 

Witham 

N/A 

Writtle 

N/A 

End of barred list 

Other Information 

You can review previous season's results by selecting "Previous Seasons" from the menu banner above. Results from seasons of the Essex Leagues prior to 2021/22 can be viewed at: https://www.essexchess.org.uk/activities-archive/essex-league-archive/ Please note that the Essex Chess Association has a separate "organisation" entry on the LMS dedicated to its non-league rated activities whether over-the-board or online. The Essex rapid Team Knockout can be found there as can the result of the annual Champions vs Rest of League match.