Chiltern County Chess Matches 2024 / 25

Hampshire have nine Chiltern county matches this season, with a B team competition added to the mix. Full details are available on the Chiltern League Website.

If any players would like to supply games, or snippets of games from the matches I will add to the report. Hampshirechesshistory@gmail.com

Gillian Moore presenting Chiltern Cup to Yawar Jafri and Forbes Welford-Ranson who contributed 9 of Berkshire’s 60.5 points in their 10 games of the 2023-24 season.

Chiltern League


For the record of Hampshire County matches and links to any articles I have written the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County Chess History page summaries the leagues Hampshire have played in and the successes Hampshire have achieved. Both of these are available from the menu at the top of the site as well.


Berkshire A 11 – 9 – Hampshire A 19 Oct  2024

A strong Berkshire team gained revenge for last year’s loss beating Hampshire 11 – 9. Hampshire winners were Raj Pentakota, Simon Redmill, Jack Wicken and Gillian Moore.

Berkshire G Moore Chiltern Leaague 2023 2024 Presentation
Berkshire G Moore Chiltern Leaague 2023 2024 Presentation
BoardBerks AColourGradeResultHants AColourGradeResult
1Paul CookseyBlack23161Ian D ThompsonWhite21470
2Olugbemiga OgunsholaWhite21841Keith DF GregoryBlack20300
3Forbes Welford-RansonBlack2154½Martin J BuckmasterWhite2017½
4David RobertsWhite20050Rajasekhar PentakotaBlack19911
5Daniel SparkesBlack2002½Timothy DavisWhite1978½
6Andrew RobbingsWhite19371Stuart W KnoxBlack19020
7Ian DuvallBlack1986½Paul JanotaWhite1900½
8Abhishek PradhanWhite19130Simon RedmillBlack18541
9Anton ChebotarevBlack19240Jack WickenWhite18531
10Anthony MilnesWhite18891Lukasz PiechaBlack18150
11John TownsendBlack18520Kevin SteeleWhite17871
12Ayan PradhanWhite18071Graham StuartBlack17740
13John RichardsonBlack1768½Malcolm CooperWhite1724½
14Mark PayneWhite17691Steven E JonesBlack17110
15Russell Fletcher-BottBlack17381Timothy J ChapmanWhite17020
16Mayank PalavWhite1726½Chris J McSheehyBlack1691½
17David JohnsonBlack17040Gillian A MooreWhite16751
18Yawar JafriWhite1684½Simon LawrenceBlack1626½
19Manel FernandoBlack1698½Ashraf SyedWhite1625½
20Moksha SuriarachchiWhite1485½Dominic CampionBlack1213½
18781118009

Oxfordshire B 6 – 4 -Hampshire B 26 Oct  2024 (Away – Cumnor)

Chiltern League have introduced an Under 1750 competition this season, to ensure County Chess is available to more players. The counties playing in this league in addition to Hampshire are Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire. This is played over 10 boards, with two matches played at the same venue.

Hampshire B played Oxfordshire on Saturday and lost 4 – 6 against an Oxfordshire team with several talented juniors. Berkshire beat Wiltshire 5½ – 4½ in their match.

Oxford - Hampshire U1750 26 Oct 24 - Kev Lamb
Oxford – Hampshire U1750 26 Oct 24 – Kev Lamb
BoardOxford BColourGradeResultHants BColourGradeResult
1Richard BeckettBlack1741½Timothy J ChapmanWhite1702½
2Craig MillerWhite16371Chris J McSheehyBlack16910
3Ville UskiBlack16311Scott LeadbetterWhite16830
4Keith ForemanWhite14431Gillian A MooreBlack16750
5Paul BizzellBlack14330Jack McBurnieWhite16431
6Aden KennedyWhite14071Ashraf SyedBlack16250
7Matalal TamalBlack12770Jonathan G YoungWhite15801
8Ray CordonWhite1238½David CullifordBlack1566½
9Artem MillerBlack12221David LongWhite14510
10DefaultWhite0Keven A LambBlack14111
1448616034

Hampshire – Oxfordshire A 16 Nov 2024 

Hampshire beat Oxfordshire 11-9 in today’s match in the Chiltern League open section.
Many thanks to David Graham of the Basingstoke club for enabling the match to be played at Basingstoke due to our normal venue being unavailable.
Hampshire winners were Ian Thompson, Raja Pentakota, Tim Davis, Stuart Knox, Simon Redmill, Scott Leadbetter, and three players making their first appearance for Hampshire, Ekramul Basher, Itmam Ekram and Milan Bennett.

Fraser McLeod – Match Captain

BoardHants AColourGradeResultOxford AColourGradeResult
1Ian D ThompsonBlack21561Alexander HertogWhite20710
2Martin J BuckmasterWhite2030½Nigel J MoyseBlack1994½
3Rajasekhar PentakotaBlack19891Matt HolmesWhite18830
4Timothy DavisWhite19751Joseph Cossins-SmithBlack18690
5Stuart W KnoxBlack18991Simon E KingWhite18650
6Fraser N McLeodWhite18860Andrew HumphreyBlack18391
7Thomas R AndersonBlack1871½Ian BushWhite1839½
8Simon RedmillWhite18631A Philip NeatherwayBlack18200
9James I ChiltonBlack18080Neil StaplesWhite18091
10Tomasz WilamowskiWhite0AW Tony BurchamBlack17751
11Kevin SteeleBlack17910Derek F EdwardsWhite17481
12Ray E HartleyWhite1732½Richard BeckettBlack1735½
13Timothy J ChapmanBlack17100Ian GildersWhite16921
14Steven E JonesWhite16940David DyerBlack16701
15Scott LeadbetterBlack16361Joshua CookWhite16610
16Simon LawrenceWhite1621½Ville UskiBlack1640½
17Liam DevlinBlack16240Craig MillerWhite16201
18Ekramul BasherWhite16191Barry A KocanBlack15860
19Itmam EkramBlack16061William (Bill) StanleyWhite15820
20Milan BennettWhite15981Keith D ForemanBlack14720
17951117599

Buckinghamshire A – Hampshire A 14 Dec 2024


Hampshire – Berkshire A 18th Jan 2025


Hampshire B – 8 Feb 2025 (Home)


Oxfordshire A – Hampshire A 22 Feb 2025  


Hampshire A – Buckinghamshire A 15 Mar 2025


Hampshire B – 29 Mar 2025 (away Farley Hill)


Hampshire Player Performance


Acknowledgements and sources:

Chiltern League Website.


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