Posts related to the Southampton Chess League.
The Southern Evening Echo had a post of pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years. Pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years | Daily Echo I have duplicated these, with added information where known. The main picture above shows Southampton Chess players Paul Hurn, John Wiseman, Tom Anderson, Kevin … Read more
Photographs from the 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM. The 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM was held Wednesday 19 June 2024 at Chandlers Ford Central Club. The Committee attendees were Malcolm Clarke, Fraser McLeod, Matthew Coldwell & Michael Pope. The SCL Club attendees were Stephen Cartridge (Andover), Peter Beldaus, Jamie Chilton, David Long (Basingstoke), Keven Lamb, … Read more
John’s win against a young David Howell has been added to John’s Obituary. Many thanks for David Howell for supplying and for Peter Eales asking David Howell when visiting the Norway Chess 2024.
Update on the original article – Paul has kindly supplied two articles from the Southern Evening Echo, which he has located. These articles detail the tournament, but also additional information on the ongoing SCL leagues, and other chess activities. As Paul noted it is interesting to see the prominence and detail given to chess on the sports pages.