Arthur Brameld has kindly supplied his chess games (over 1200!) for the website. One of my plans is to preserve Hampshire Chess games for the future and this will certainly help. Arthur played competitively since the early 1960’s, and at his peak was extremely strong, playing board one for the county at least 16 times. … Read more
This page features a collections of games by Hampshire chess players and competitions. I would like to add more of these to the website, to showcase chess games by Hampshire chess players. This is not just for the best players in Hampshire (although great to have these), but for any player who has been a … Read more
Emsworth Chess club was formed in 1976 and their best results were from 2009 to 2015 when they won the top division four times.
Hampshire met a strong Yorkshire team in the National stages QF of the U1650 section. It was always going to be a tough task and in the end Yorkshire won by 6 points. Gregory Barratt, David Long and Ojas Dhall were the Hampshire winners.
Hampshire had won the Montague-Jones Cup the previous year, beating Devon in the final. This year these two teams met in the semi-final and Devon came out on top. Devon would go on to win the competition, and the full list of winners are on the SCCU website. Before this match, Hampshire played and beat … Read more
Cosham Chess club was formed in 1946 and were one of the five clubs which were the founding members of the PDCL. A short history of the club is included, but as per the other clubs added I welcome additional updates / corrections from readers.
Wilf Pratten was a very strong Portsmouth Chess player and we are indebted to Roger L Paige and Arthur Brameld for supplying his chess games. These are also included on Britbase along with a lot more information. Wilf H Pratten – Chess Games Taken from the Portsmouth Evening News, 08 August 1961 FAMOUS HAMPSHIRE CHESS … Read more
Hampshire have been playing County chess matches since 1887 moving between the SCCU, WECU and currently playing in the Chiltern League. Games from these matches are included on this page, although this is only a drop in the ocean for the games played. I hope to add games as more are made available and if … Read more
Hampshire have been playing Correspondence chess from the 19th century, and originally these included some 100 board matches against other counties or newspapers. More recently they have played in the Ward Hicks or Sinclair English County championships. I hope to add games as more are made available and if you have any games please do … Read more
The Hampshire Individual Chess Championship has been held since 1930, originally as a small tournament with just the club champions being able to enter. Later this was expanded to any Hampshire player being able to enter and then to a congress with the championship incorporated. Games from the more recent congresses were input by Arthur … Read more