In 1933 Col Sir William Thomas Dupree left a large sum of money in his will to be used for young chess players in Brighton and Portsmouth. Junior competitions were held once a year in those towns and in Brighton the first prize was £100, a remarkable sum in those days. The Charity Trust Fund has some … Read more
The Hampshire Under 14 Championship for 1977 / 1978 was held over six rounds. A number of the girls which played in this also played in the other Junior tournaments this year and also in the Southsea Congresses from 1975 and 1976. Terri Ruff who played in the Under 18 main junior tournament from this year, but did … Read more
The Hampshire Under 16 Championship for 1977 / 1978 was held over six rounds. If you have seen the tournaments from the Southsea Congresses in 1975 and 1976 you will see a number of the players in the under 16 played in the Premier and Under 12 / 10 tournaments from those years. The winner was the … Read more
The Hampshire Under 18 Championship for 1977 / 1978 was held over five rounds. There was quite a large grading gap between the first seed and the others, although with juniors annual grades are normally quickly out of date. In the end M.A Pagden only dropped half a point and won with four and a … Read more