Hampshire Chess tournaments.
The 2000 Hampshire Individual Championship was held at Eastleigh College, on the outskirts of Southampton. The change of venue was hoped to encourage more players to enter, as the conditions were far superior to the Eastleigh Unity club, where it has been held for the previous couple of years. The strength of the tournament certainly … Read more
Alongside the Hampshire Chess Open there was a keenly contested Under 125 ECF graded tournament. 24 players entered including a number of well-known local players. No pictures from the 2006 congress, although the above from the 2004 Congress has Bob Cleave playing Black (pondering what to reply to against b4) against ex Hampshire Treasurer Ken … Read more
After speaking to Tom Anderson briefly at the Fareham Congress in October 2022 I decided to complete the article on the Individual Championship from 2006, where Tom had his most successful competition. I had lost the original article from the old HCA website, but luckily John Davis had backups which he supplied, and I have … Read more
The 2018 Hampshire Congress had three sections, the Open including the Hampshire Individual Championship was covered in the previous post. The other two sections were the Major (under 160 ECF) and the Minor (under 125) Details on the round by round and final scores for both tournaments are detailed below. The tournament was played at … Read more