Hampshire Chess Publications

There have been a number of chess publications from the Hampshire Chess Association, with the main one being the HCA Bulletin which was first published in 1961 by John Grant. In 1967 when he retired, George William Kilmister who was also one of the editors of Westward Ho! took over and this became a more polished article. That said, I really enjoyed the John Grant ones, as he was not shy is stating his opinion on the current Hampshire Chess situation.

Update – July 2023: I have located what I think is all of the Hampshire Bulletins. All copies now uploaded. The Hampshire Bulletins mainly cover the County matches, Individual Championships, Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth Chess Leagues. There is a huge amount of material in them and this has really helped me complete a number of gaps I had, and will be used for additional articles in the future. I really recommend reading these to understand Hampshire Chess in this period. The 1971 – 72 editions detail the issues Hampshire had with the SCCU with regards to more and more matches being held in in the metropolitan counties and less and less closer to Hampshire. This ultimately led to Hampshire leaving the SCCU and joining the WECU.

A short lived (1 edition) Chilworth Review Magazine was also produced by Pat McEvoy.

Finally, there were also some Newsletters originally from Ken Retallack and later by me produced from 1998 to 2003. These stopped when the original Hampshire Chess Association website was set up, as this was the main portal for information on Hampshire chess.

Editors

  • JEC – John E C Grant – Hampshire Bulletin
  • GK – George Kilmister – Hampshire Bulletin
  • PMc – Pat McEvoy – Chilworth Review
  • KR – Ken Retallack – En Passant
  • GS – Graham Stuart – Hampshire Newsletters

Hampshire Chess Publications

NumberPublication
JEC - Jul 61 No 11961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Aug 61 No 21961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 2
JEC - Oct 61 No 31961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 3
JEC - Dec 61 No 41961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 4
JEC - Jan 62 No 51961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 5
JEC - Apr 62 No 61961 - 1962 HCA Bulletin No 6
JEC - Jul 62 No 11962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Oct 62 No 21962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 2
JEC - Nov 62 No 31962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 3
JEC - Jan 63 No 41962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 4 (says Jan 62, but is Jan 63)
JEC - Mar 63 No 51962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 5
JEC - Apr 63 No 61962 - 1963 HCA Bulletin No 6
JEC - Aug 63 No 11963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Oct 63 No 21963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 2
JEC - Nov 63 No 31963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 3
JEC - Jan 64 No 41963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 4
JEC - Feb 64 No 51963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 5
JEC - 1963 Grading List1963 Grading List
JEC - Apr 64 No 61963 - 1964 HCA Bulletin No 6
JEC - Aug 64 No 11964 - 1965 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Nov 64 No 21964 - 1965 HCA Bulletin No 2
JEC - Jan 65 No 31964 - 1965 HCA Bulletin No 3
JEC - Mar 65 No 41964 - 1965 HCA Bulletin No 4
JEC - May 65 No 51964 - 1965 HCA Bulletin No 5
JEC - Nov 1965 No 11965 - 1966 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Feb 1966 No 21965 - 1966 HCA Bulletin No 2
JEC - June 1966 No 31965 - 1966 HCA Bulletin No 3
JEC- HCA Ind Special No 41965 - 1966 HCA Bulletin Ind Tour Special
JEC - Dec 1966 No 11966 - 1967 HCA Bulletin No 1
JEC - Feb 1967 No 21966 - 1967 HCA Bulletin No 2
GK - Sep 1967 No 1HCA Bulletin No 1 Sept 1967
GK - Nov 1967 No 2HCA Bulletin No 2 Nov 1967
GK - Jan 1968 No 3HCA Bulletin No 3 Jan 1968
GK - Mar 1968 No 4HCA Bulletin No 4 Mar 1968
GK - May 1968 No 5HCA Bulletin No 5 May 1968
GK - Sep 1968 No 6HCA Bulletin No 6 Sept 1968
GK - Nov 1968 No 7HCA Bulletin No 7 Nov 1968
GK - Jan 1969 No 8HCA Bulletin No 8 Jan 1969
GK - Mar 1969 No 9HCA Bulletin No 9 Mar 1969
GK - May 1969 No 10HCA Bulletin No 10 May 1969
GK - Sep 1969 No 11HCA Bulletin No 11 Sept 1969
GK - Nov 1969 No 12HCA Bulletin No 12 Nov 1969
GK - Jan 1970 No 13HCA Bulletin No 13 Jan 1970
GK - Mar 1970 No 14HCA Bulletin No 14 Mar 1970
GK - Sep 1970 No 15HCA Bulletin No 15 Sept 1970
GK - Nov 1970 No 16HCA Bulletin No 16 Nov 1970
GK - Jan 1971 No 17HCA Bulletin No 17 Jan 1971
GK - Mar 1971 No 18HCA Bulletin No 18 Mar 1971
GK - Sep 1972 No 19HCA Bulletin No 19 Sept 1972
GK - Jan 1973 No 20HCA Bulletin No 20 Jan 1973
GK - Apr 1973 No 21HCA Bulletin No 21 Apr 1973
PMc - Sep 1983Chilworth Review Magazine Sept 1983
KR - May 1998HCA En Passant 1998 Issue 1
KR - Dec 1998HCA En Passant 1998 Issue 2
GS - Feb 19991-1 HCA Newsletter Feb 1999 Vol 1 Issue 1
GS - Jun 19991-2 HCA Newsletter Jun 1999 Vol 1 Issue 2
GS - Nov 19991-3 HCA Newsletter Nov 1999 Vol 1 Issue 3
GS - Mar 20002-1 HCA Newsletter March 2000 Vol 2 Issue 1
GS - Feb 20013-1 HCA Newsletter Feb 2001 Vol 3 Issue 1
GS - Sep 20013-2 HCA Newsletter Sept 2001 Vol 3 Issue 2
GS - Sep 20024-1 HCA Newsletter Sept 2002 Vol 4 Issue 1
GS - Jan 20034-2 HCA Newsletter Jan 2003 Vol 4 Issue 2

Acknowledgements and sources:
  • Hampshire Chess Archives
  • Gillian Moore for copies of HCA Newsletters

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