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
Update July 2024 – Three games from the Portsmouth Evening News Chess Notes articles have been added. These include two by the Champion.
The 1966 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship (for the 1965 / 66 season) was held at Eastleigh the weekend of the 10th to 12th December 1965, generally in accordance with a resolution passed at the 1965 Annual General Meeting; the format was a Swiss Tournament with 14 participants. The tournament had a number of the leading … Read more
Southampton and Bournemouth have always had a close relationship in chess, and for a long time there was an annual chess match. This continued into at least the 1980’s but has more recently been replaced with a Bournemouth v Poole match. Photo above of the late Les Allen who played for Southampton in some of … Read more