Chandler’s Ford Chess Club was created in the 2015/2016 Chess season, when Eastleigh Railway chess club moved venues. In addition this was really an amalgamation of the original Eastleigh Unity, Eastleigh British Rail and Stoke Social chess clubs. Eastleigh Unity prior to this was Stoneham Park via Cricketers Arms (which was when I joined). Safe … Read more
The Southern Evening Echo had a post of pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years. Pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years | Daily Echo I have duplicated these, with added information where known. The main picture above shows Southampton Chess players Paul Hurn, John Wiseman, Tom Anderson, Kevin … Read more
Photographs from the 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM. The 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM was held Wednesday 19 June 2024 at Chandlers Ford Central Club. The Committee attendees were Malcolm Clarke, Fraser McLeod, Matthew Coldwell & Michael Pope. The SCL Club attendees were Stephen Cartridge (Andover), Peter Beldaus, Jamie Chilton, David Long (Basingstoke), Keven Lamb, … Read more
The 1962 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held during the 1961/1962 season. The tournament originally started with 30 players with the format being a 8 round Swiss tournament played over the season. Update August 2024: John Jones round 6 game against TJ De Buriatte was included in the games John supplied to the original HCA … Read more