Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 2004
The original post from the old Hampshire Chess website on the 2004 Hampshire Individual has been reproduced for the site. Alongside the Open a U125 tournament was also held.
The original post from the old Hampshire Chess website on the 2004 Hampshire Individual has been reproduced for the site. Alongside the Open a U125 tournament was also held.
The combined Hampshire (11 players) / Dorset (3) / Wiltshire (2) lost 4 – 12 to Devon in the WECU Online Final. We were always a big underdog facing a very strong team, and with two local tournaments at the weekend this made it an even harder challenge.
Dorset can be particularly happy as they scored 2 points from their 3 games with Allan and Tim both winning. Chris McSheehy hade a very nice checkmate and both Rajasekhar and Mike Krawczuk held stronger players to draws.
Many thanks to all the players, as there is a lot of chess being played presently and I appreciate the effort from everyone to play. We obviously did very well to win our semi-final against Gloucestershire and maybe next season we can challenge!
All 21 of the George Kilmister Hampshire Bulletins from 1967 to 1973 have now been added. These are a great resource for the Hampshire Individual Championship, County Matches as well as a Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth Leagues.
Alongside the Hampshire Individual Chess Open and Major a competitive Minor tournament was also taking place. This was won by Tom Philidor who only took up chess a couple of years ago – a huge achievement.