Hampshire were back to the three county chess matches again this season, playing Surrey, Sussex in the SCCU SE division, and the normal annual friendly against Wiltshire. For the record of Hampshire County matches and links to any articles I have written the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County Chess … Read more
I can only find the two Hampshire county chess matches this season, the normal one against Sussex either was not played, or not recorded in the newspapers. From the data sent to me from Anthony Fullton and my fruitless search I think it was the former. But there were two matches played, the SE Division … 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