The Hampshire Chess Championship was held at Eastleigh College between 4th and 6th November 2016. It was split into 3 sections with in total 44 players participating. The minor had by far the largest participation with 29 players. The picture above shows joint first place winner Shreyas Royal who was 7 at the time of … Read more
The Hampshire Chess Championship was held at Eastleigh College between 4th and 6th November 2016. It was split into 3 sections with in total 44 players participating. The Major tournament saw Joe Coburn finishing one point ahead of junior Paul Northcott and Gillian Moore. The picture above shows Joe Coburn being presented with the Peter … Read more
In the Hampshire Chess Archives there were two booklets from the 1980’s which I have scanned and made available. In 1983 Southampton Chess Club celebrated their centenary and in 1986 the British Chess Championship was held in Southampton.
The 1982 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held at Southampton University over two weekends (28th November – 5th December and 29th November – 6th December 1981). Although it was played in 1981 this was for the season 1981/82, hence recorded as 1982. The tournament also included the University Championship, which only University players were eligible … Read more