Hampshire County Matches 1906 / 07
Update Dec 2024: JH Blake’s win on board one in the Correspondence Match against Devon added. Many thanks to Britbase for this game.
Update Dec 2024: JH Blake’s win on board one in the Correspondence Match against Devon added. Many thanks to Britbase for this game.
The Southampton and Portsmouth Leagues held matches between each other from the 1950’s (as did Southampton against Bournemouth). A number of these are detailed in the Hampshire Bulletins, Roger Paige’s Hampshire Chess 1950 – 1970 book and the Portsmouth Evening News. The ones I have will not be the only ones played and I will … Read more
No new changes by the SCCU this season, and Hampshire faced the exact same four fixtures, with two matches against Dorset before the knock out stage where they met Berkshire in the semi-final and Somerset in the final. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table … Read more
The 1963 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held over the 1962/63 season with 17 competitors. The previous year there were 30 entrants and this was therefore a disappointing number. This turned into the least of the issues, as in the end no championship title was presented. This was down to a play-off not being completed. … Read more