In 1997 there was a huge upheaval for the Hampshire Chess Association when the majority of the officers resigning. Not sure of the reason for this but it was obviously something which seemed to come out of the blue and there was no transition process. For this reason Hampshire did not play in the WECU … Read more
The 1999 Hampshire Individual Championship was held at Eastleigh Unity Club, which at the time was my club’s home venue. This was a good building to hold a small tournament, but the management never really understood the conditions which chess needs to be played. As a club we had issues with a band practicing on … Read more
The original post from the old Hampshire Chess website on the 2003 Hampshire Individual has been reproduced for the site. Alongside the Open a U125 tournament was also held.
QUATRAINS OF CHESS AND LIFE I am pleased to post Gillian Moore’s latest book which has 73 Quatrains. In addition to Gillian’s four books please do not forget to read Gillian’s profile which details her long and distinguished Chess career. Gillian also holds the record as the most active Hampshire County chess player, with over … Read more