Update April 2025: With the sad passing of Clive Cubitt, his fellow Southampton University player Tony Stebbings has kindly supplied his memories of Clive, and this tournament (including two new games). The article has been updated with the information from Tony’s emails.
The 1970 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship (for the 1969 / 70 season) was held over two weekends in October 1969 at Southampton University. 24 players battled over 10 rounds, with Seth Saverymuttu achieving an excellent eight and half points, to finish half a point ahead of Marshall Thompson. The order I am posting these articles … Read more
The main Trophy in the SCCU County Competitions is the Shannon Trophy, otherwise known as the Championship. According to the SCCU Team Champions list on the SCCU Website Hampshire won the Shannon Trophy just once in 1947/48, but Anthony Fulton in his excellent book “The Southern Counties Chess Union – a retrospective” disputes this as … Read more