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Middlesex Championship Chess Board

: Created:13 Jul 2009 , by

Ealing received the Middlesex County championship chess board tonight. Looking through the championship plaques on the board, we are thrilled to discover that after the end of World War 2, our club won four Middlesex titles in a row.

Full list of champions appended.

Middlesex champions from 1947

1947/48 Ealing - 1948/49 Ealing - 1949/50 Ealing - 1950/51 Ealing - 1951/52 Harrow - 1952/53 Willesden - 1953/54 Harrow - 1954/55 Harrow - 1955/56 Athenaeum - 1956/57 William Ellis School - 1957/58 Harrow - 1958/59 Cedars - 1959/60 Harrow - 1960/61 Metropolitan - 1961/62 Cedars - 1962/63 Cedars - 1963/64 Islington - 1964/65 Islington - 1965/66 Metropolitan - 1966/67 Islington - 1967/68 Islington - 1968/69 Athenaeum - 1969/70 Harrow - 1970/71 Central YMCA - 1971/72 Central YMCA - 1972/73 Harrow - 1973/74 Central YMCA - 1974/75 Harrow - 1975/76 Central YMCA - 1976/77 Harrow - 1977/78 Harrow - 1978/79 Central YMCA - 1979/80 Wood Green - 1980/81 ??? - 1981/82 Wood Green - 1982/83 Wood Green - 1983/84 Wood Green - 1984/85 Kings Head - 1985/86 Kings Head - 1986/87 Hackney - 1987/88 Hackney - 1988/89 Kings Head - 1989/90 Hackney - 1990/91 Hampstead - 1991/92 Kings Head - 1992/93 Kings Head 1993/94 - Hampstead - 1994/95 West London - 1995/96 Imperial College - 1996/97 Imperial College - 1997/1998 Imperial College - 1998/99 Imperial College - 1999/2000 Kings Head - 2000/01 Hackney - 2001/02 Hackney - 2002/03 Athenaeum - 2003/04 Kings Head - 2004/05 Athenaeum -2005/06 Kings Head - 2006/07 Kings Head - 2007/08 Kings Head - 2008/09 Ealing

Number of Championships

Harrow and Kings Head 10

Ealing and Central YMCA 5

Islington, Imperial College, Wood Green, Athenaeum and Hackney 4

Cedars 3

Metropolitan and Hampstead 2

West London, Willesden and William Ellis School 1