The 1968 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship (for the 1967 / 68 season) was held at Southampton University the last weekend of October and the first weekend of November 1967. There were five rounds each weekend, and the tournament was won by the unbeaten AC Barton with seven wins and three draws. Contents For a list … Read more
The 1967/68 Southampton Individual Chess Championship (for the 1967 / 68 season) was played over the chess season, with games either being played at participants homes or clubs. Paul Habershon has been sorting out his loft and kindly supplied the cross-table he completed on the competition. Paul was the champion this season and played against … Read more
The 1969 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship (for the 1968 / 69 season) was held at Southampton University the two middle weekends of October 1968. There were five rounds each weekend, and the tournament was dominated by the young Seth Saverymuttu, who only dropped two draws from his ten games. Contents For a list of the … 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