| 4/1/1996 | Ilford v Woodbridge, London League | 4/7/1996 | Essex lose to Warks |
| 11/1/1996 | London Junior (u12,u18,u21) | 11/7/1996 | ECA AGM |
| 18/1/1996 | Suffolk Rapidplay Championships | 18/7/1996 | Essex 1st team records; Suffolk Congress |
| 25/1/1996 | Essex Senior Schools' Team Swiss | 25/7/1996 | Essex League Div 1 playoff |
| 1/2/1996 | SCCU u125, Essex v Oxfordshire | 1/8/1996 | Essex Team Blitz |
| 8/2/1996 | SCCU Open: Essex 18, Berks 2 | 8/8/1996 | Redbridge Junior event |
| 15/2/1996 | EPSCA Schools' Zonal: Temple Sutton win | 15/8/1996 | Chess on the Internet |
| 22/2/1996 | SCCU Open: Middlesex 13.5, Essex 6.5 | 22/8/1996 | British Championships in Nottingham |
| SCCU u125: Sussex v Essex | 29/8/1996 | ECA Championships | |
| 7/3/1996 | Essex League Division 1; Southend Congress | 5/9/1996 | Grades of Essex players |
| 14/3/1996 | Essex Junior Championships | 12/9/1996 | NEL Congress; EL Fixtures |
| 21/3/1996 | EPSCA under 9 Zonal | 19/9/1996 | Essex League wins Ralph Barnett Memorial |
| 28/3/1996 | EPSCA u11 Zonal - Essex are 3rd | 26/9/1996 | Essex wins Ward Higgs Trophy |
| Essex teams in SCCU; Essex League | 3/10/1996 | NEL Congress | |
| 11/4/1996 | Wimbledon v Woodbridge; NEL Schools | 10/10/1996 | London League: Mushrooms v Woodbridge |
| 18/4/1996 | Southend Easter Congress 1996 | 17/10/1996 | NEL Rapidplay; Schools' Problem Solving |
| 24/4/1996 | Essex League div 1 | 24/10/1996 | Essex Schools' Team Swiss |
| 2/5/1996 | Essex wins Peter Ayckroyd Trophy | 31/10/1996 | file missing from archive |
| 9/5/1996 |
Essex League Division 1 |
7/11/1996 | Karl Mah's bid to win World u18 Title |
| 16/5/1996 |
Essex wins EPSCA u11 Finals |
14/11/1996 | Sussex v Essex u150; World Probelm Solving |
| 23/5/1996 | Notts v Essex: u125 quarter-final | 21/11/1996 | Essex v Kent, u175 |
| 30/5/1996 | Essex v Middlesx: National quarter-finals | 28/11/1996 | Basildon Junior event |
| 6/6/1996 | ECA Congress, Basildon | 5/12/1996 | Essex v Kent, SCCU Open |
| 13/6/1996 | Girls' Tournament, Sevenoaks | 12/12/1996 | Surrey v Essex, SCCU u175 |
| 20/6/1996 | Essex League Division 2 | 19/12/1996 | London Junior Championships week 1 |
| 27/6/1996 | EPSCA Schools' semifinals | 26/12/1996 | Essex v Kent, SCCU u150 |