Alongside the 2017 Hampshire Individual Championship, the Major and Minor Congresses were held. The Major had 23 players participating, but one player dominated winning all six of his games. This was Geoffrey Brown whose picture is above. Geoffrey had an ECF grade of 153 at this time, although he would normally be found playing in … Read more
Going back more than 60 years we look at Hampshire’s 1960/61 SCCU season with a few familiar Hampshire players. How did Hampshire do in their matches against six other counties.
Hampshire have played in the Southern Counties Chess Union (SCCU), West of England Chess Union (WECU) and the Chiltern League. These competitions have various sections and I have attempted to detail these on this page. A number of sources have been used for this information, which are included in the Acknowledgement and Sources. Results for … Read more
The Hampshire Chess Championship was held at Eastleigh College for the last time in 2017. It had been held there since 2000 and had allowed the Congress to grow, as seen by the split into three sections and increase in numbers. From 2018 it moved to the Lysses House Hotel where it has continued to … Read more