Alongside the 2017 Hampshire Individual Championship, the Major and Minor Congresses were held. The Minor had the largest number of entries with 28 players participating. The joint winners were Chris Priest (Hamble), John Belinger (New Milton), Ivor Kelly (Camberley) and Steven Kitley (Winchester). David Jerome (Emsworth) won the under 100 grading prize. I have detailed … Read more
Hampshire had been playing in the SCCU since 1894, but the Montague Jones Cup was introduced in 1925. This article looks at Hampshire’s second win of this Cup in 1929/30 and their five County Chess matches in the season.
Very surprising that this was over 30 years ago! But Hampshire reached the Open National Chess Finals in the 1991/92 season where they met Staffordshire. The Hampshire County chess team this season was probably as strong as they have ever been with numerous ECF 200 (2200) graded players in the team for matches.
Photographs from the 2022 Hampshire Chess Congress which was held 4th to 6th November kindly supplied by Keven Lamb. Photo above of joint shared 2nd place winner and new (and youngest ever) Hampshire Individual Champion Chandlers Ford Iwan Cave. Prize Winners Open1st (4½ pts) Oliver Gill (Leeds) 2nd= (4 pts) Iwan Cave (Chandlers Ford) and … Read more