Chiltern County Chess Matches 2024 / 25
Hampshire lost away to Buckinghamshire (9.5-6.5) yesterday in the Chiltern League. Winners for Hampshire were Tomasz Wilamowski, Lukasz Piecha, and Simon Lawrence.
Hampshire lost away to Buckinghamshire (9.5-6.5) yesterday in the Chiltern League. Winners for Hampshire were Tomasz Wilamowski, Lukasz Piecha, and Simon Lawrence.
Only the two over the board matches played this season. Hampshire were originally planned to play Dorset twice, but Dorset had issues and were unable to play the second match. Picture from Olimpbase of Sir George Thomas performance from the 1st Olympiad which was held in London in July 1927. For the record of Hampshire … Read more
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