The Southampton and Portsmouth Leagues held matches between each other from the 1950’s (as did Southampton against Bournemouth). A number of these are detailed in the Hampshire Bulletins, Roger Paige’s Hampshire Chess 1950 – 1970 book and the Portsmouth Evening News. The ones I have will not be the only ones played and I will … Read more
The 1960 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held during the 1959/1960 season. There were 20 players who entered with the format being a 7 round Swiss tournament played over the season. The winner would receive 10 guineas with the runner up 5 guineas. For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual Championship and … Read more
The 1961 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held during the 1960/1961 season. The tournament originally started with 16 players with the format being a 7 round Swiss tournament played over the season. For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual Championship and links to any articles I have written the table on the … Read more
Going back more than 60 years we look at Hampshire’s 1960/61 SCCU season with a few familiar Hampshire players. How did Hampshire do in their matches against six other counties.