Steve and Suzan Dunleavy held their annual barbeque for the chess club and friends. The planned heavy rain did not appear and a very pleasant evening was held. This included Karaoke later in the evening! Picture above L-R, Steve Dunleavy, Graham Stuart, Peter Przybycin, Peter’s wife, Kevin Westbrook, neighbours and friends, Chris Button and Rob … Read more
Hampshire played 5 OTB and 3 Correspondence matches this season. This included a new OTB opponent in Cambridgeshire as well as a return to playing local rivals Wiltshire after a break of 21 years. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess … Read more
This post will fall under the Blog category, where this will cover non Hampshire Chess History items. This article is on stats from the Southampton Chess and Portsmouth & District Chess Leagues, from the 2024 / 25 season, using the information from the LMS site. I play in the SCL and have played in the … Read more
This post will fall under the new Blog category (under the Home button, or just select from Categories), where this will cover non Hampshire Chess History items. This article is on my chess season (June 2024 to July 2025), which has consisted of one tournament, Southampton chess league, county and internal club tournaments. I also … Read more
Hampshire had won the Montague Jones Cup the previous two years, and would have come into this season as the favourite to win for the third time. But the fell short, losing to the eventual winners Hertfordshire in the semi-final. Before this, they had won the first two rounds, but had lost a friendly against … Read more
Unlike the other clubs I have taken the majority of this from the actual club’s website, as they have details of their club history there. Fareham are currently the dominant club in Hampshire, winning the Portsmouth and Southampton leagues for the last 3 and 4 years respectively. If you have any additional historical information on … Read more