The 1973 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held over two weekends, the 27th/28th January and 3rd/4th February 1973 at Southampton University. Gerald Bennett won his first title, ahead of a number of strong players. Photograph above of Gerald Bennett in 1974, sourced from Britbase. For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual Championship … Read more
Southampton and Bournemouth have always had a close relationship in chess, and for a long time there was an annual chess match. This continued into at least the 1980’s but has more recently been replaced with a Bournemouth v Poole match. Photo above of the late Les Allen who played for Southampton in some of … Read more
Hampshire only played the three matches this season, as the normal match against Sussex was scratched. The faced off against Surrey, Kent and the regular friendly against Wiltshire. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County … Read more