Hampshire played 5 OTB and 3 Correspondence matches this season. This included a new OTB opponent in Cambridgeshire as well as a return to playing local rivals Wiltshire after a break of 21 years. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess … Read more
Emsworth Chess club was formed in 1976 and their best results were from 2009 to 2015 when they won the top division four times.
Hampshire had won the Montague Jones Cup the previous two years, and would have come into this season as the favourite to win for the third time. But the fell short, losing to the eventual winners Hertfordshire in the semi-final. Before this, they had won the first two rounds, but had lost a friendly against … Read more
Unlike the other clubs I have taken the majority of this from the actual club’s website, as they have details of their club history there. Fareham are currently the dominant club in Hampshire, winning the Portsmouth and Southampton leagues for the last 3 and 4 years respectively. If you have any additional historical information on … Read more