As per 1933 another President’s Prize Tournament was held in 1935, which as the name suggests was sponsored by the Hampshire Chess President Mr CF Chapman. Mr Chapman had been involved in Sussex chess, and was later the President of the Dorset Chess Association. He held this post from 1929, when they resumed activities (this … Read more
Hampshire played 5 OTB and 3 Correspondence matches this season. This included a new OTB opponent in Cambridgeshire as well as a return to playing local rivals Wiltshire after a break of 21 years. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess … Read more
In 1935 there were three preliminary sections of five players where the top two players progressed to the final where an all play all was undertaken.