County Matches played by Hampshire Chess Association.
Isle of Wight – Chess Matches 1888 to 1908 This is part one of a four part article on the early days of the Isle of Wight Chess Association. In the early days of Hampshire Chess a number of chess matches took place between the Isle of Wight Association and other clubs. The majority of … Read more
In 1944 the Hampshire Hon. Secretary F.L Taylor produced a large document detailing information about the Hampshire Chess Association including numerous activities, such as a summary of the County Matches, the Hampshire Individual Championship, Correspondence matches and Special events. In addition to this a small amount of other information was added at a later date … Read more
The Hampshire Chess Association was formed in 1890 under the instigation of Joseph Blake of Southampton Chess Club. Before the official formation Hampshire played matches against other Counties and once formed more official matches were played, originally in the SCCU and later in the WECU and Chiltern Leagues. Additional details on the competitions which Hampshire … Read more