The main Trophy in the SCCU County Competitions is the Shannon Trophy, otherwise known as the Championship. According to the SCCU Team Champions list on the SCCU Website Hampshire won the Shannon Trophy just once in 1947/48, but Anthony Fulton in his excellent book “The Southern Counties Chess Union – a retrospective” disputes this as … Read more
2022 Chess Season This post is not really part of the Hampshire Chess History website, but I thought I would include something on my club, with a review of the current season. This is a personal view, but if anyone wishes to contribute either from my club, or other Southampton / Portsmouth clubs I am … Read more
Isle of Wight – Early Chess Matches – Part Four The final post on the Isle of Wight Chess will provide rough analysis of the Isle of Wight early Chess county matches against Portsmouth, Southampton and Norfolk Chess Associations / Clubs. In addition I will touch on a couple of the players who played the … Read more
Isle of Wight – Early Chess Matches – Part 3 In 1897 a new telephone service was introduced on the Isle of Wight. To commentate this a chess match against the Norfolk and Norwich County Chess Association was planned to take place in 1898. At this time this was thought to be a record for … Read more