Update July 2024: I have managed to locate additional information. Originally I thought this was a six round tournament, but in fact there were seven rounds. Although I could not locate the results from the sixth round, as I now have the seventh round the final scores these have been calculated.
I have also added various updates from the Portsmouth Evening News “Chess Notes” articles.
Update – July 2024: July 1984 (KD 30) and Aug 1985 (KD 34) have been supplied by Ian Thompson (and John Saunders). These highlight the West of England Championships for the year, and John has added the games and Crosstables to Britbase along with the 1981 Winchester one.
The Southern Evening Echo had a post of pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years. Pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years | Daily Echo I have duplicated these, with added information where known. The main picture above shows Southampton Chess players Paul Hurn, John Wiseman, Tom Anderson, Kevin … Read more
The 1962 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held during the 1961/1962 season. The tournament originally started with 30 players with the format being a 8 round Swiss tournament played over the season. Update August 2024: John Jones round 6 game against TJ De Buriatte was included in the games John supplied to the original HCA … Read more