Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 2003
The original post from the old Hampshire Chess website on the 2003 Hampshire Individual has been reproduced for the site. Alongside the Open a U125 tournament was also held.
HCA History
Books – Gillian Moore
QUATRAINS OF CHESS AND LIFE I am pleased to post Gillian Moore’s latest book which has 73 Quatrains. In addition to Gillian’s four books please do not forget to read Gillian’s profile which details her long and distinguished Chess career. Gillian also holds the record as the most active Hampshire County chess player, with over … Read more
Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 2022
One of the reasons for adding these posts on the Hampshire Individual Chess Championships is that the historic championships have little information on them. The 1930 tournaments had details in the newspapers, but for the latter ones this was not the case (or they have not been added to the British Newspapers Archive yet). Some … Read more
George William Kilmister – Obituary
From the Westward Ho! newsletter from January 1988 the obituary of George William Kilmister MBE was published which I have repeated below. George Kilmister produced the Hampshire Bulletin, Westward Ho! and SCCU Bulletins as well as being an Chess official for Hampshire and Dorset. He played for Hampshire approx. 20 times from 1960 to 1972.