Hampshire only played the two matches this season, as the normal match against Wiltshire was not seem to have been played, but It returned the following year. Hampshire played Kent, Surrey and were planned to play Sussex, but it looks as this match was scratched. The Hampshire records have the match down as played, with … Read more
A belated report in the 2005 Hampshire Individual Championship which was won by Tony Corkett. Alongside the Open a U125 tournament was also held where Ken Retallack came out on top. This will be included in a later article.
The 1973 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held over two weekends, the 27th/28th January and 3rd/4th February 1973 at Southampton University. Gerald Bennett won his first title, ahead of a number of strong players. Photograph above of Gerald Bennett in 1974, sourced from Britbase. For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual Championship … Read more
Southampton and Bournemouth have always had a close relationship in chess, and for a long time there was an annual chess match. This continued into at least the 1980’s but has more recently been replaced with a Bournemouth v Poole match. Photo above of the late Les Allen who played for Southampton in some of … Read more