Hampshire played their second official county match against Sussex on the 20th April 1889. I am attempting to add as many of the Hampshire County Chess Results I have, broken down by year. This friendly match took place in Portsmouth. I covered the first two matches in a larger post which includes additional information on the Hampshire … Read more
Hampshire County Chess 1887 & 1889 This article is to document the first two county chess matches played by Hampshire; these friendlies were before the official Hampshire Chess Association was formed. Several resources have been sourced, as cited at the end of the document. The two main sources I would like to mention though are … Read more
Isle of Wight – Early Chess Matches – Part 3 In 1897 a new telephone service was introduced on the Isle of Wight. To commentate this a chess match against the Norfolk and Norwich County Chess Association was planned to take place in 1898. At this time this was thought to be a record for … Read more
Isle of Wight – Chess Matches 1891 to 1909 We left Part One with the Isle of Wight crushing Portsmouth Chess club 17 – 2 and it was only three weeks later that the IOW again tackled the (much stronger) Southampton Chess Club, who they had not played since 1889. Isle of Wight – Southampton … Read more