Isle of Wight – Chess Matches 1888 to 1908 This is part one of a four part article on the early days of the Isle of Wight Chess Association. In the early days of Hampshire Chess a number of chess matches took place between the Isle of Wight Association and other clubs. The majority of … Read more
The Hampshire Chess Association was formed in 1890 (1) under the instigation of Joseph Blake of Southampton Chess Club. Currently the two main sources of information I have is the SCCU Chronology supplied by SCCU Archivist Anthony Fulton, which includes the potted history of the Hampshire Chess Association as well as the results of the … Read more
In 1944 the Hampshire Hon. Secretary F.L Taylor produced a large document detailing information about the Hampshire Chess Association including numerous activities, such as a summary of the County Matches, the Hampshire Individual Championship, Correspondence matches and Special events. In addition to this a small amount of other information was added at a later date … Read more
In 1895 a Hampshire Trophy (renamed Division One later) League was held with one team from Portsmouth, two from Southampton and one each from Andover and Gosport in a knockout format. Portsmouth were the first winners. In 1912 a Hampshire League (renamed Division Two) was added and Andover were the first winners.