Hampshire Chess History - A website about Chess history in Hampshire.

Chess Notes

12 July 202410 July 2022 by HCA Archivist

For many, many years, Jack (JEC) Grant used to write a weekly column titled “CHESS NOTES” for the Portsmouth Evening News / Evening News). The original notes for numbers 1 to 85 (6th September 1976 – 13th November 1978) which were passed to the Newspaper are included in the Hampshire Chess Archives. The structure of … Read more

Hampshire Chess County Matches

13 June 202410 July 2022 by HCA Archivist

The Hampshire Chess Association was formed in 1890 under the instigation of Joseph Blake of Southampton Chess Club. Before the official formation Hampshire played matches against other Counties and once formed more official matches were played, originally in the SCCU and later in the WECU and Chiltern Leagues. Additional details on the competitions which Hampshire … Read more