| 2/1/97 | Resume of 1996's successes | 3/7/97 | Essex u12 v England u11 |
| 9/1/97 | London Junior Championships | 10/7/97 | Essex u175 team wins Final |
| 16/1/97 | Middlesex v Essex, u100 | 17/7/97 | Essex lose in Open and u100 finals |
| 23/1/97 | Suffolk Rapidplay | 24/7/97 | UK Challenge Gigafinal |
| 30/1/97 | Essex u150 beat Herts | 31/7/97 | Preview of British championships |
| 6/2/97 | Times Schools Zone | 7/8/97 | Writtle Congress; Essex League playoff |
| 13/2/97 | H.E. Warren; Essex League Div 1 | 14/8/97 | British Championships, Hove |
| 20/2/97 | "Braintree" Rapidplay | 21/8/97 | British Championships, Hove |
| 27/2/97 | Essex u150 beat Surrey | 28/8/97 | Essex Correspondence Successes |
| 6/3/97 | Essex u175 beat Kent | 4/9/97 | Ralph Barnett Memorial Trophy |
| 13/3/97 | Essex Junior Championships | 11/9/97 | Mind Sports Olympiad |
| 20/3/97 | EPSCA u9 Zonal | 18/9/97 | New grading list |
| 27/3/97 | Essex u175 beat Surrey | 25/9/97 | County Championships fixtures |
| 3/4/97 | Southend Congress | 2/10/97 | North Essex League Congress |
| 10/4/97 | Appraisal of Power Chess | 9/10/97 | ECA Centenary; LJCC rules change |
| 17/4/97 | Essex League Div 1 | 16/10/97 | Colchester Rapidplay |
| 24/4/97 | Essex u11 wins EPSCA zone | 23/10/97 | Essex u150 beat Middlesex |
| 1/5/97 | Chigwell Junior Congress | 30/10/97 | World Youth: Eddie Dearing beats Ponomariov in wonderful style |
| 8/5/97 | EPSCA u9 Final; England trial | 6/11/97 | Essex I beats Surrey I |
| Essex League Div 1 | 13/11/97 | Surrey u100 beats Essex | |
| 22/5/97 | EPSCA u11 Finals | 20/11/97 | Essex u100 beats Herts |
| 29/5/97 | EPSCA Girls' u11 | 27/11/97 | Basildon Congress |
| 5/6/97 | Review of County Teams | 4/12/97 | Ian Hebbes obituary |
| 12/6/97 | Essex Juniors on International Duty | 11/12/97 | Essex u125 matches |
| 19/6/97 | King's Head Rapidplay | 18/12/97 | Essex u175s beat Surrey |
| 26/6/97 | Essex v Warks (u175 semifinal) | 25/12/97 | Kent v Essex (u150) |