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Only the real additions are noted here. Minor roadworks go on all the time. If the date on the front page suggests an update not mentioned here, it will be an odd new result (in, say, the National Club or ECF Schools or ECF Counties National Stage) which does not involve SCCU people. The Links page was last updated 13.2.08. The Ragbag gets added to any old how, but last changed 5.2.08.

19 Apr 2008
  • National Club Under 100. Played yesterday: the SCCU half of the semi-finals.
18 Apr 2008
  • Open Forum. John Wheeler on Universal Membership schemes. Roger de Coverly replies.
17 Apr 2008
  • Open Forum (General department). Neil Graham replies to Sean Hewitt
  • Open Forum (Mobiles etc department). And to David Fryer
15 Apr 2008
  • Open Forum (General department). Sean Hewitt writes about the ECF-stage draw.
  • Open Forum (Mobiles etc department). David Fryer on descriptive notation and the Laws
14 Apr 2008
13 Apr 2008
  • Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow answers Richard Almond's letter of four days ago.
  • ECF Counties Championship. We have just received the definitive (we hope!) draw, sent to match captains rather late this evening. We don't promise to have it on the site before tomorrow.
  • We should have said two days ago (sorry!) that the ECF Schools Championship has reached the Quarter-finals.
10 Apr 2008
  • ECF-Stage draw: a further development, affecting the Open and Minor Counties. See Notes after the draw.
09 Apr 2008
  • Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow on compliance with the Laws (plus a Richard Haddrell footnote). Richard Almond continues the Mobiles correspondence.
08 Apr 2008
  • Our question of two days ago is answered. The (almost) final Counties Championship draw is on the ECF website. We reproduce it, with one or two remarks, in the ECF-Stage page.
06 Apr 2008
  • National Club: two SCCU wins. By default in the Major (Wanstead reach Final), and for real in the Minor Quarter-final.
  • Another nugget of information in the Counties Championship. See foot of ECF-stage page. How much longer can the ECF delay telling us the Draw?
  • Open Forum. Ian Hames on the Laws
05 Apr 2008
  • Fresh intelligence in the Counties Championship. See our latest note at the bottom of the ECF-Stage page.
03 Apr 2008
02 Apr 2008
  • National Club Major & Minor. One more result in each, both with SCCU interest; and the Semi-final draw in the Minor
31 Mar 2008
30 Mar 2008
  • U175 29.3.08 Surrey 13 3 Kent
  • SCCU Jamborees 30.3.08. Middx take U180, Surrey take U135
  • It appears some Counties have been arranging illicit National-Stage matches. See our new note at the bottom of the ECF-Stage page.
29 Mar 2008
  • U175 29.3.08 (bare match score) Surrey 13 3 Kent
  • U100 29.3.08 Surrey 6 6 Kent. Surrey take U100 title.
  • This concludes the SCCU stage of the competitions. Please check our league tables.
  • National Club Major: one new result, between foreigners
28 Mar 2008
27 Mar 2008
  • We have today received the papers of the ECF Council meeting 26th April 2008. Elements of them puzzle us. We report briefly in the ECF page.
  • Open Forum. On mobiles: Tim Spanton, Mike Gunn, Simon Brown and Bernard Cafferty
26 Mar 2008
  • Open Forum. Tim Spanton, Mike Gunn and Kevin Thurlow: on mobile phones and the Laws and the Border League.
25 Mar 2008
22 Mar 2008
  • National Club U100: some updating. The competition proper (but not the Plate) has reached the semi-finals.
21 Mar 2008
  • Open Forum. Paul Buswell responds to Martin Benjamin. Roger de Coverly and David Lettington join the debate.
20 Mar 2008
  • Counties National-stage draw. In case you missed it, an announcement appeared on the ECF website today. It doesn't advance things much, rather the contrary, but we reproduce it at the foot of the ECF-Stage page.
19 Mar 2008
18 Mar 2008
  • U100 15.3.08 Herts 6 5 Middx (with 1 double default). The top two teams are known, but their order is not.
17 Mar 2008
  • National Club Major & Minor. Some new results, plus a bit of catching up
  • Also some results in the ECF Schools National stage. With SCCU involvement.
16 Mar 2008
  • U175 15.3.08 Kent 12 4 Sussex with 8 Sussex defaults
  • U100 15.3.08 Essex 4 8 Surrey
  • National Club Major & Minor. One new SCCU result in each
13 Mar 2008
  • Open Forum (Grading department). Roger de Coverly writes.
12 Mar 2008
10 Mar 2008
  • U125 8.3.08 Middx 8 8 Essex; Surrey 5 11 Kent. The U125 is complete.
09 Mar 2008
  • U175 8.3.08 Essex 8 8 Middx; Sussex 9½ 6½ Surrey. Essex retain Montague Jones.
  • U125 8.3.08 Sussex 8 8 Herts. Middx take Ebony. It looks as though we could have said this three weeks ago if we'd noticed. Sorry, Middx.
  • Please check the League tables. We have inserted all the positions that seem to be final, but our calculations are unofficial and not guaranteed correct.
  • National Club Minor. A non-result (regrettably SCCU)
04 Mar 2008
02 Mar 2008
01 Mar 2008
  • SCCU U18 Jamborees 1.3.08. Major (2 teams) 1 Kent 8½/16; 2 Surrey 7½. Minor (4 teams) 1-2 Kent, Surrey A; 3-4 Surrey B, Surrey C; 5 CCF A; 6 CCF B. Details tomorrow.
  • ECF Schools Championship. The local Zones are almost complete.
27 Feb 2008
  • SCCU U18 Jamborees. No, they are taking place this Saturday 1st March, but we have an updated list of entries.
25 Feb 2008
24 Feb 2008
  • Open 23.2.08 Sussex 7½ 8½ Middx; Herts 8½ 7½ Surrey
  • U150 23.2.08 Sussex 7 9 Essex; Herts 11½ 4½ Middx; Surrey 5 11 Kent
  • The Open and U150 are complete. Please check our arithmetic in the league tables page.
23 Feb 2008
  • Open 23.2.08 Kent 6½ 9½ Essex. Also (bare match score) Herts 8½ 7½ Surrey. Herts take their first SCCU Championship. Second place is also decided, if our calculations are right, and it goes to Surrey.
  • U150 23.2.08 (bare match score) Sussex 7 9 Essex. Essex take SCCU title.
  • ECF-Stage draw. One development, but we won't have a revised draw till the end of March. See "Notes" at foot of page.
21 Feb 2008
20 Feb 2008
  • Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow and Richard Haddrell continue their correspondence
19 Feb 2008
18 Feb 2008
  • U125 16.2.08 Herts 9 7 Essex
17 Feb 2008
  • U125 16.2.08 Kent 6 10 Sussex; Surrey 6½ 9½ Middx
  • ECF-Stage draw. We have added a note about the U175
  • National Club. Another Quarter-final result (foreigner-free) in the U100
  • Open Forum. Mike Gunn responds to Phil Neatherway
16 Feb 2008
  • U175 16.2.08 Kent 6½ 9½ Essex; Middx 12 4 Sussex
  • U125 16.2.08 (bare match score) Kent 6 10 Sussex
  • And the ECF-Stage draw was published yesterday. We reproduce it with some notes.
  • Open Forum: "Not Mobile Phones Again." We didn't say that, he did. Phil Neatherway writes.
15 Feb 2008
14 Feb 2008
  • National Club. The Open has a new team in, and a new draw. Acknowledgments ECF Home Director.
  • ECF Schools results continue to arrive. Three SCCU qualifiers so far. We don't promise that foreigners' results will attract the attention of What's New.
13 Feb 2008
  • U100 9.2.08 Essex 4½ 7½ Kent
12 Feb 2007
  • British Championship qualifying places 2009 & SCCU Individual Championship 2008-9. Applications are invited from congresses wishing to host the SCCU Championship and/or offer one of the SCCU's four BCQ places. Contact the SCCU Secretary Richard Haddrell rjh@sccu.ndo.co.uk, preferably by 22nd February 2008. Applications will be considered by the SCCU Executive Committee at its meeting on 7th March. Congresses which have already applied should ensure that the Secretary has all relevant details.
09 Feb 2008
  • U150 9.2.08 Surrey 9½ 6½ Sussex
  • U100 9.2.08 (bare match score) Essex 4½ 7½ Kent
07 Feb 2008
  • National Club. Some Open news (acknowledgments ECF website), and the missing Minor result (acknowledgments Minor Controller)
  • Zone winners are starting to emerge in the ECF Schools Championship
05 Feb 2008
04 Feb 2008
  • U125 2.2.08 Essex 8½ 7½ Sussex
03 Feb 2008
  • U175 2.2.08 Surrey 9 7 Middx
  • U14/90 3.2.08 Essex 13½ 10½ CCF. This concludes the local groups. Kent win the Eastern group and will play off against Herts for the Championship.
  • National Club Minor & U100. One new result in each: ingredients 100% SCCU
02 Feb 2008
  • U175 2.2.08 Sussex 9½ 6½ Kent. Also (bare match score) Surrey 9 7 Middx
  • U100 2.2.08 Surrey 9 3 Middx
01 Feb 2008
  • Open Forum (still on Mobiles). Kevin Thurlow writes again. At last something to disagree with!
30 Jan 2008
  • Open Forum: Mobiles again. Contributions from Kevin Thurlow and the SCCU County Match Controller.
29 Jan 2008
  • Open 26.1.08 Surrey 12½ 3½ Sussex
  • Open Forum (Mobiles section again). Mike Gunn adds to yesterday's correspondence.
28 Jan 2008
  • Open Forum (Mobiles section). Geoff Marchant writes about an incident that occurred the other day. Tim Spanton takes up one point, Bernard Cafferty responds, and Scott Freeman writes more generally.
27 Jan 2008
  • Open 26.1.08 Essex 5½ 10½ Herts; Middx 8½ 7½ Kent
  • U150 26.1.08 Sussex 6 10 Herts; Essex 9 7 Surrey; Kent 10 6 Middx
  • U100 26.1.08 Herts 7½ 4½ Essex; Kent 6 6 Surrey
  • Richmond Rapidplay 20.1.08
25 Jan 2008
  • National Club Minor. The first-round results have just appeared on the ECF site. We copy the bare match scores; ECF give detailed results as well.
  • Also new, if you haven't seen it: the ECF's online grading list now gives the halfyear Rapidplay grades.
24 Jan 2008
  • U14/90. The Western group is concluded: Herts take first place after a series of post-Christmas defaults. In the Eastern group, one match remains.
21 Jan 2008
  • U125 19.1.08 Essex 7½ 8½ Kent
  • National Club U100. The remaining first-round (and all-SCCU) result. Played yesterday.
20 Jan 2008
  • U175 19.1.08 Kent 3½ 12½ Surrey
  • U125 19.1.08 Middx 9 7 Herts; Sussex 9½ 6½ Surrey
  • U14/90 19.1.08 CCF 12 12 Sussex
  • Mike Gunn (SCCU Deputy President & Surrey U125 match captain) has a new email address: mikewxyz(at)googlemail(dot)com
19 Jan 2008
  • U175 19.1.08 Essex 9½ 6½ Sussex
  • U125 19.1.08 (bare match score) Essex 7½ 8½ Kent
  • U14/90 13.1.08 Sussex 6½ 17½ Kent
    Oxon withdraw, western winners are Hertfordshire
17 Jan 2008
  • U14/90 13.1.08 (bare match score) Sussex 6½ 17½ Kent. We have this result unofficially.
15 Jan 2008
  • U100 12.1.08 Middx 3½ 8½ Kent
13 Jan 2008
  • SCCU U18 Jamborees 1st March 2008: closing date is extended to 27th February. Revised details are here.
  • Reminder: Sale of SCCU Equipment. You will recall that there were no takers in June when the Union invited bids of not less than £350 for its equipment. As we said in October, an offer was later received for a smaller sum. Further offers were then invited. The deadline approaches. Contact the Union Secretary by the end of January 2008.
10 Jan 2008
08 Jan 2008
  • Better late than never we note the new SCCU Junior Champions. U18 Victor Jones; U18G Jessica Thilaganathan; U14 Saravanan Sathyanandha; U14G Maria Wang; U11 Eugene Daley; U11G Radha Jain (retains title); U9 Peter Andreev (retains title); U9G Anna Wang. Full crosstables on the LJCC website
07 Jan 2008
  • U14/90 6.1.08 Kent 11½ 12½ CCF
06 Jan 2008
  • U14/90 6.1.08 (bare match score) Kent 11½ 12½ CCF
  • National Club U100. Our first U100 result, fresh today
05 Jan 2008
  • U175 5.1.08 Surrey 5½ 10½ Essex; Middx 10½ 5½ Kent
  • U100 5.1.08 Surrey 8 4 Herts
02 Jan 2008
  • The SCCU U180 & U135 Jamborees are now confirmed for Sunday 30th March 2008 at Wanstead. Details will be available shortly.
30 Dec 2007
  • National Club Major. The quarter-final (and some of the semi-final) pairings
26 Dec 2007
  • Open Forum. Stewart Reuben answers David Shepherd's letter of a couple of weeks back. Your Webmaster adds a remark.
22 Dec 2007
  • Our SCCU Calendar is the current season's at last. Let us know if you find mistakes in it.
20 Dec 2007
18 Dec 2007
  • Note that the Kent Open team has a new match captain (see Fixtures page). Chris Rice is about to take up a job in Dubai.
17 Dec 2007
  • U100 15.12.07 Middx 2½ 9½ Herts with 5 Middx defaults
16 Dec 2007
  • U175 15.12.07 Middx 9 7 Essex; Surrey 10 6 Sussex
15 Dec 2007
  • U175 15.12.07 (bare match scores) Middx 9 7 Essex; Surrey 10 6 Sussex
  • U100 15.12.07 Surrey 5 7 Essex
14 Dec 2007
  • National Club Minor: not a new result, but a new fixture. Two strayed entries have been retrieved. Luckily, they are close enough together to play each other.
12 Dec 2007
10 Dec 2007
  • Open 8.12.07 Surrey 12½ 3½ Middx; Herts 8 8 Kent
  • U150 8.12.07 Middx 8 8 Essex
  • U14/90 8.12.07 Hants 10 14 Herts
  • National Club Major. One new result
  • Open Forum. David Shepherd answers Stewart Reuben
09 Dec 2007
08 Dec 2007
  • Open 8.12.07 Sussex 7½ 8½ Essex
  • U150 8.12.07 Herts 12 4 Kent
  • The Website is nine. Thank you for your card, Michael.
06 Dec 2007
  • National Club U100: the first-round & Quarter-final draw. Also some musings in the Minor.
03 Dec 2007
  • U14/90 2.12.07 Essex 7½ 16½ Kent
  • National Club Major: one result. Also the first-round draw (if we have it right) in the Minor.
01 Dec 2007
  • U175 1.12.07 Essex 10 6 Kent; Sussex 7½ 8½ Middx
29 Nov 2007
  • U14/90 25.11.07 (revised score) Sussex 13 10 Essex
27 Nov 2007
  • U14/90 25.11.07 (bare match score) Sussex 16 8 Essex
26 Nov 2007
  • U100 24.11.07 Essex 5 7 Middx
25 Nov 2007
  • U100 24.11.07 Herts 7½ 4½ Kent
  • U14/90 24.11.07 Herts 17 7 Surrey
24 Nov 2007
  • U100 24.11.07 (bare match score) Essex 5 7 Middx
23 Nov 2007
  • Open Forum. David Shepherd revisits an old topic
21 Nov 2007
  • U125 17.11.07 Sussex 8 8 Middx
20 Nov 2007
18 Nov 2007
12 Nov 2007
  • U14/90 11.11.07 Oxon 17 7 Hants
11 Nov 2007
  • U150 10.11.07 Surrey 6 10 Herts
  • U100 10.11.07 Middx 3½ 8½ Surrey; Kent 6 6 Essex
  • U14/90 11.11.07 (bare match score) Oxon 17 7 Hants
10 Nov 2007
  • We have activated the County League tables. You may care to check them.
09 Nov 2007
08 Nov 2007
04 Nov 2007
  • Open 3.11.07 (bare match scores) Middx 6 10 Herts; Kent 7 9 Sussex.
    We have the detailed results but do not promise to publish them today. Same remark for U150 Essex v Kent, see yesterday.
03 Nov 2007
  • Open 3.11.07 Essex 6 10 Surrey
  • U150 3.11.07 Sussex 10 6 Middx. Also (bare match score) Essex 9 7 Kent
29 Oct 2007
  • U100 27.10.07 Essex 8½ 3½ Herts
28 Oct 2007
  • U100 27.10.07 (bare match score) Essex 8½ 3½ Herts
27 Oct 2007
25 Oct 2007
  • Open Forum. Martin Benjamin on digital clocks and adjournments
  • National Club 2007-8. Mike McNaughton supplies the first-round pairings in the Major. Other divisions, no news yet.
24 Oct 2007
23 Oct 2007
21 Oct 2007
  • U175 20.10.07 Sussex 7 9 Essex
  • U125 20.10.07 Herts 10 6 Surrey
  • U14/90. No results, but we have some more dates in the Eastern group.
19 Oct 2007
  • Open Forum (Grading department). Tim Spanton writes about inflation.
18 Oct 2007
  • Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow writes about Surrey and Silverstone
17 Oct 2007
  • SCCU Executive Committee meeting 5.10.07: a report. Apologies for delay.
  • SCCU Equipment. You will recall that there were no takers when the Union invited bids of not less than £350 for its equipment. An offer has since been received for a smaller sum, and further offers are invited. Contact the Union Secretary by the end of January 2008.
15 Oct 2007
  • Open 13.10.07 Surrey 7½ 8½ Kent; Sussex 12 4 Herts
14 Oct 2007
  • U150 13.10.07 Kent 11½ 4½ Sussex; Middx 7½ 8½ Surrey. Plus (revised score) Essex 8½ 6½ Herts
13 Oct 2007
11 Oct 2007
  • A footnote. The chess world has said its goodbyes to Roy Heppinstall.
07 Oct 2007
  • Tom Rose contributes to the Open Forum's Grading department
03 Oct 2007
  • Roy Heppinstall. Our item of yesterday is amended giving details of Roy's funeral in Witham on Thursday 11th October.
02 Oct 2007
01 Oct 2007
  • Roy Heppinstall. We have to report that Roy Heppinstall, SCCU President until this year and a past CEO of the BCF and ECF, died on Saturday 29th September. We will say more of him shortly.
30 Sep 2007
  • U175 29.9.07 Middx 7½ 8½ Surrey.  Kent v Sussex postponed
  • U100 29.9.07 Kent 4½ 7½ Middx
26 Sep 2007
25 Sep 2007
  • SCCU U14/90 2007-8 is under way. Neill Cooper, Junior Organiser, gives the fixtures and contact addresses.
23 Sep 2007
22 Sep 2007
18 Sep 2007
13 Sep 2007
12 Sep 2007
  • 74th Richmond Rapidplay 9.9.07
  • SCCU Executive Committee meeting, previously fixed for Friday 12th October, is now re-scheduled for Friday 5th.
11 Sep 2007
  • Neill Cooper, SCCU Junior Organiser, advises brief updates in the U14/90 and the U18 Jamboree
  • The ECF Grading List 2007, in its printed form, is now available from the ECF Office. Some remarks appear in our Grading page.
01 Sep 2007
  • It's September, so it's a new season. 2006-7 is consigned to the Archive. Much of it is also retained temporarily on the main Site for ease of reference. Deactivated links on the front page will spring back to life when needed.

Earlier material is in the Archive

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