Arthur Brameld has kindly supplied his chess games (over 1200!) for the website. One of my plans is to preserve Hampshire Chess games for the future and this will certainly help. Arthur played competitively since the early 1960’s, and at his peak was extremely strong, playing board one for the county at least 16 times. … Read more
This page features a collections of games by Hampshire chess players and competitions. I would like to add more of these to the website, to showcase chess games by Hampshire chess players. This is not just for the best players in Hampshire (although great to have these), but for any player who has been a … Read more
Emsworth Chess club was formed in 1976 and their best results were from 2009 to 2015 when they won the top division four times.
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