HCA Archivist 
Wilf Pratten was a very strong Portsmouth Chess player and we are indebted to Roger L Paige and Arthur Brameld for supplying his chess games. These are also included on Britbase along with a lot more information. Wilf H Pratten – Chess Games Taken from the Portsmouth Evening News, 08 August 1961 FAMOUS HAMPSHIRE CHESS … Read more
Hampshire have been playing County chess matches since 1887 moving between the SCCU, WECU and currently playing in the Chiltern League. Games from these matches are included on this page, although this is only a drop in the ocean for the games played. I hope to add games as more are made available and if … Read more
Hampshire have been playing Correspondence chess from the 19th century, and originally these included some 100 board matches against other counties or newspapers. More recently they have played in the Ward Hicks or Sinclair English County championships. I hope to add games as more are made available and if you have any games please do … Read more
The Hampshire Individual Chess Championship has been held since 1930, originally as a small tournament with just the club champions being able to enter. Later this was expanded to any Hampshire player being able to enter and then to a congress with the championship incorporated. Games from the more recent congresses were input by Arthur … Read more