The 1967 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was held in October or November 1966. 11 players entered in an all play all, although one player withdrew after five rounds. Marshall Thompson was making a return to chess and won with eight points from the ten rounds. For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual … Read more
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
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. I hope to compile a list of as many of these as I can … Read more