The 1964 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held from November 1963 to April 1964. 11 players entered with 7 rounds to be played to determine the champion. Picture above of John Wilkinson playing with the White pieces against Les Allen from the 2003 Hampshire Championship, 39 years after his title win. For a list of … Read more
In the past there used to be an annual Southampton vs Portsmouth Chess League match. This was one of the many regular matches which have been held at various times in Hampshire. Southampton vs Bournemouth, Hampshire vs Wiltshire are a couple of other examples. I have located a number of the HCA Bulletins from the … Read more
Hampshire played five matches this season, with two against Surrey and one each against Kent, Sussex and Wiltshire. The reason for the two matches is explained below, but I think this was the closest Hampshire came to winning the SCCU Shannon championship, since its inception, in the 1893 / 1894 season. The new structure of … Read more
There were some changes this season and Hampshire met a new county opponent, when rather than having a scratched match against Kent due to not being able to qualify from the SE Division, they were Hampshire’s first opponent. In addition they played against Surrey and Sussex in the SCCU SE division and their normal annual … Read more