Hampshire met a strong Yorkshire team in the National stages QF of the U1650 section. It was always going to be a tough task and in the end Yorkshire won by 6 points. Gregory Barratt, David Long and Ojas Dhall were the Hampshire winners.
Hampshire had won the Montague-Jones Cup the previous year, beating Devon in the final. This year these two teams met in the semi-final and Devon came out on top. Devon would go on to win the competition, and the full list of winners are on the SCCU website. Before this match, Hampshire played and beat … Read more
Cosham Chess club was formed in 1946 and were one of the five clubs which were the founding members of the PDCL. A short history of the club is included, but as per the other clubs added I welcome additional updates / corrections from readers.
The 4th Hampshire Chess club which I have completed a small article on their history is Chichester.
This is bare bones information and I welcome updates from others.