In the Hampshire Chess Archives there were two booklets from the 1980’s which I have scanned and made available. In 1983 Southampton Chess Club celebrated their centenary and in 1986 the British Chess Championship was held in Southampton.
John Saunders who runs the excellent Britbase website pointed me in the direction of a County Match between Hampshire and Buckinghamshire in October 1951 where one of the Hampshire players was Sir Robert Stonehouse Broomfield. He was the second “Sir” to play for Hampshire with the other being Sir George Thomas who won the British … Read more
Tony Williams pointed me in the direction of Lex Fridman podcast with Hikaru Nakamura in which he briefly mentions his stepfather Sunil Weeramantry’s time at Southampton University. To save you time, as it is a long interview, this part is around the 2 hours 40 minute mark. Sunil played 12 times for the Hampshire County … Read more
QUATRAINS OF CHESS AND LIFE I am pleased to post Gillian Moore’s latest book which has 73 Quatrains. In addition to Gillian’s four books please do not forget to read Gillian’s profile which details her long and distinguished Chess career. Gillian also holds the record as the most active Hampshire County chess player, with over … Read more