Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 1984
Updated 3rd April with Tony William’s games and summary. Also brief details on round 7 from Keith.
Month: March 2023
Sunil Weeramantry
Tony Williams pointed me in the direction of Lex Fridman podcast with Hikaru Nakamura in which he briefly mentions his stepfather Sunil Weeramantry’s time at Southampton University. To save you time, as it is a long interview, this part is around the 2 hours 40 minute mark. Sunil played 12 times for the Hampshire County … Read more
Hampshire County Chess Season 1972 / 73
In 1972 Hampshire left the Southern Chess Counties Union (SCCU) and joined the West of England Chess Union (WECU). I thought I would look at our first season in the WECU, for a number of the counties it was a long time since Hampshire had played them, and for Cornwall this would be the first … Read more
Hampshire County Chess Season 1983 / 84
Hampshire were fielding one of their strongest teams in the 1983 / 84 WECU season with the A team winning all their matches in the Howard Meek Championship, and whilst the B team were not as as successful they still managed three wins, one draw and a loss in the Wayling Cup competition. Hampshire A … Read more