Posts related to the Portsmouth Chess League/
Wilf Pratten was a very strong Portsmouth Chess player and we are indebted to Roger L Paige and Arthur Brameld for supplying his chess games. These are also included on Britbase along with a lot more information. Wilf H Pratten – Chess Games Taken from the Portsmouth Evening News, 08 August 1961 FAMOUS HAMPSHIRE CHESS … Read more
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
Emsworth Chess club was formed in 1976 and their best results were from 2009 to 2015 when they won the top division four times.
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.