The SCCU had another re-grouping of the Championship this season, with Sussex and Essex joining the SE section, and Surrey moving to a different section (metropolitan?). This meant Hampshire would meet Essex for the first time, but results wise Hampshire lost both OTB matches. Hampshire had better luck on the Correspondence front, beating Berkshire (22 … 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.
After a six year break due to the First World War Hampshire only had one over the board match in the 1919 / 1920 season, which was against Surrey in the KO stage of the SCCU Championship. The annual Wiltshire match which had been held most years since 1893 was the obvious missing fixture going … Read more