County Matches played by Hampshire Chess Association.
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 met a strong Yorkshire team in the National stages QF of the U1650 section. It was always going to be a tough task and in the end Yorkshire won by 6 points. Gregory Barratt, David Long and Ojas Dhall were the Hampshire winners.
Hampshire had won the Montague-Jones Cup the previous year, beating Devon in the final. This year these two teams met in the semi-final and Devon came out on top. Devon would go on to win the competition, and the full list of winners are on the SCCU website. Before this match, Hampshire played and beat … Read more
Update April 2025: This article was originally published in November 2022. As I have now reached this season in the updates I have added some additional material on the AGM and other activities.
Hampshire had been playing in the SCCU since 1894, but the Montague Jones Cup was introduced in 1925. This article looks at Hampshire’s second win of this Cup in 1929/30 and their five County Chess matches in the season.