The Portsmouth Chess League was formed in 1947, with the first season in 1947/48. There were six teams from five clubs (Portsmouth (A&B), Cosham, Fareham, St Johns and Municipal College)). Portsmouth Chess Club were the first winners of Division One and have had the most success with 18 championships (17 by their A team and … Read more
The Southampton Chess League was first held in 1922/23 (which makes at the time of writing this the centenary season). Southampton Chess Club were the first winners of Division One although numerous other clubs have also triumphed since that time. Details of the various winners of the Southampton Chess Leagues, Cups, Individual Champions are below. … Read more
Updated 3rd April with Tony William’s games and summary. Also brief details on round 7 from Keith.
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