Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 1968
Update July 2024 – Five games from the Portsmouth News “Chess Notes” articles supplied by John Jones in 2004 added.
Update July 2024 – Five games from the Portsmouth News “Chess Notes” articles supplied by John Jones in 2004 added.
Update July 2024 – Three games from the Portsmouth Evening News Chess Notes articles have been added. These include two by the Champion.
Update July 2024 to add the Norman Hutchinson – Wilf Pratten game as provided via Britbase. Happy to add the other games played by Norman if supplied.
Update on the original article – Paul has kindly supplied two articles from the Southern Evening Echo, which he has located. These articles detail the tournament, but also additional information on the ongoing SCL leagues, and other chess activities. As Paul noted it is interesting to see the prominence and detail given to chess on the sports pages.