ESSEX LEAGUE 2000/2001
FIRST TEAM FIXTURES (DIVISION 1)
| Date | Opponents | Venue | |||
| 10/10/00 | Powdermill | Home | 6 | - | 4 |
| 14/11/00 | Southend-on-Sea 1 | Home | 5½ | - | 4½ |
| 18/1/01 | Basildon 1 | Away | 3½ | - | 6½ |
| 14/2/01 | Writtle | Away | 4 | - | 6 |
| 19/2/01 | Brentwood 1 | Away | 7 | - | 3 |
| 27/2/01 | Upminster 1 | Home | 7 | - | 3 |
| 27/3/01 | Ilford 1 | Away | 4½ | - | 5½ |
| 8/5/01 | Barking 1 | Home | 7 | - | 3 |
Michael Bridger v Ian Hunnable, Wanstead & Woodford v Southend on Sea, Essex League Division 1 14/11/2000 (notes by Ian Hunnable)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.a3 a5 [The books give 12...0-0 and if 13.b4 e5!] 13.Qc2 0-0 14.Bg5 e5 [14...h6 appears too weakening. The text frees Black's position with a strong counter-attack.] 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Rab1 Unnecessarily defensive. In the post-mortem we looked at 17 h3 which is a great improvement on the text. Instead, Black can now go on the attack. 17...Ng4 18.Ng3 [White had to play 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qg6 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qxg6 21.Bxg6 Bd6 which is only slightly better for Black] Nxf2 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Bf5 [White has miscalculated on f2 as 20.Rxf2 is met not by 20...Bd4 but by 20...Rxf2 21.Qxf2 Bd4; Now the plausible 20.Qg6 is met by Philidor's 20...Nh3+ etc. Faced with a difficult position, White can only find one of several ways to lose a piece.] 20...Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Nh3+ [Now I pondered whether there was any difference between my intended 21...Ne4+ and 21...Nh3+. It was some time before I noticed that the former meets with 22.Be3!] 22.Kh1 Nxg5 23.Ne7 [I was more concerned about 23.Qe2 although Black has adequate resources with 23...Rae8 (or 23...Bf6 24.Qh5+ Nh7) 24.Nh4 Rf6] 23...Ne4 24.Nxd5 Ng3+ 25.hxg3 Qh6+ 26.Kg1 Bd4+ 27.Rf2 Rxf2 28.Qa4 Rf4+ 0-1
SECOND TEAM FIXTURES DIVISION 2
| Date | Opponents | Venue | |||
| 3/10/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 3 | Home | 6 | - | 2 |
| 7/11/00 | Roding & Loughton 1 | Away | 5½ | - | 2½ |
| 5/12/00 | Brentwood 2 | Home | 7½ | - | ½ |
| 3/1/01 | Grays 2 | Away | 6 | - | 2 |
| 23/1/01 | Upminster 2 | Home | 5 | - | 3 |
| 13/2/01 | Grays 1 | Home | 3½ | - | 4½ |
| 28/2/01 | Billericay | Away | 4 | - | 4 |
| 16/3/01 | Southend-on-Sea 2 | Away | 7 | - | 1 |
| 3/4/01 | Ilford 2 | Away | 5 | - |
3 |
| 24/4/01 | Waltham Forest | Home | 5 | - |
3 |
THIRD TEAM FIXTURES (DIVISION 2)
| Date | Opponents | Venue | |||
| 3/10/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 2 | Away | 2 | - | 6 |
| 17/10/00 | Roding & Loughton 1 | Home | 5½ | - | 2½ |
| 18/10/00 | Grays 1 | Away | 3 | - | 5 |
| 6/11/00 | Brentwood 2 | Away | 6½ | - | 1½ |
| 5/12/00 | Waltham Forest | Away | 2 | - | 6 |
| 19/12/00 | Upminster 2 | Away | 3½ | - | 4½ |
| 6/2/01 | Ilford 2 | Home | 2½ | - | 5½ |
| 13/3/01 | Grays 2 | Home | 6 | - | 2 |
| 20/3/01 | Southend-on-Sea 2 | Home | ½ | - |
7½ |
| 27/3/01 | Billericay | Home | 4½ | - |
3½ |
FOURTH TEAM FIXTURES (DIVISION 3)
| Date | Opponents | Venue | |||
| 19/9/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 5* | Away | 3 | - | 3 |
| 10/10/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 5 | Home | 2 | - | 4 |
| 1/11/00 | Grays 3 | Away | 4½ | - | 2½ |
| 28/11/00 | Grays 3 | Home | 5 | - | 1 |
| 4/12/00 | Brentwood 3 | Away | 5½ | - | ½ |
| 23/1/01 | Upminster 3 | Home | 3 | - | 3 |
| 13/2/01 | Upminster 3 | Away | 3 | - | 3 |
| 15/2/01 | Barking 2 | Away | 2 | - | 4 |
| 20/2/01 | Roding & Loughton 2 | Away | 5 | - | 1 |
| 27/2/01 | Barking 2 | Home | 2½ | - | 3½ |
| 3/4/01 | Brentwood 3 (defaulted) | Home | 6 | - | 0 |
| 1/5/01 | Roding & Loughton 2 | Home | 4 | - | 2 |
* This match finished 4-2 in favour of the 5th team over the board, but the 5th team subsequently proved to have fielded an ineligible player.
FIFTH TEAM FIXTURES (DIVISION 3)
| Date | Opponents | Venue | |||
| 19/9/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 4* | Home | 3 | - | 3 |
| 10/10/00 | Wanstead & Woodford 4 | Away | 4 | - | 2 |
| 17/10/00 | Upminster 3 | Home | 2½ | - | 3½ |
| 25/10/00 | Grays 3 | Away | 4½ | - | 1½ |
| 30/10/00 | Brentwood 3 | Away | 5 | - | 1 |
| 7/11/00 | Upminster 3 | Away | 3½ | - | 2½ |
| 14/11/00 | Grays 3 | Home | 5 | - | 1 |
| 23/11/00 | Barking 2 | Away | 2 | - | 4 |
| 9/1/01 | Barking 2 | Home | 2 | - | 4 |
| 30/1/01 | Roding & Loughton 2 | Home | 6 | - | 0 |
| 20/3/01 | Brentwood 3 (defaulted match) | Home | 6 | - | 0 |
| 17/4/01 | Roding & Loughton 2 | Away | 3 | - | 3 |
* This match finished 4-2 in favour of the 5th team over the board, but the 5th team subsequently proved to have fielded an ineligible player.
League tables and individual match details now appear on the Essex Junior Chess Association site.