The 2014 Hampshire Chess Championship was held at Eastleigh College between 7th and 9th November 2014. It was split into 3 sections with in total 63 players participating. The Open tournament saw Tony Corkett wining the Hampshire Individual Championship for the 8th time. Picture above of Tony Corkett from 2015 tournament, as no photos from … Read more
The 1957 to 1961 Chess Notes from the Portsmouth Evening News have been added to the article.
At the HCA AGM the President Joseph Blake would state that the year just ended had been the most successful in the long history of Hampshire chess, and the record of achievements made most interesting reading. In over the board matches Hampshire had defeated Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire. The had won the Montague Jones … Read more
The 2007 Hampshire Chess Championship was held at Eastleigh College between 2nd to 4th November 2007. There were two section, an Open and the U125 and in total there were 23 players in the Open and 23 in the U125. This article is on the U125. The picture above shows winner Simon Roberts. I don’t … Read more