Hampshire only played the two County matches this season, losing heavily to Kent and a much closer match against Berkshire. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County Chess History page summaries the leagues Hampshire have played … Read more
The SCCU continued to amend the competition structure, and one change which affected Hampshire was that Berkshire replaced Sussex in their section this year. This was certainly better for Hampshire, as Berkshire were weaker than Sussex. It was a fact that Surrey and Middlesex were too strong for Hampshire, and the other counties in the … Read more
The SCCU had another small re-grouping of the Championship this season, with Sussex, Middlesex and Surrey joining Hampshire in one section, whilst Berks, Essex, Herts and Kent played in the other. This season also saw the introduction of the Ebony Cup in the SCCU (top 50 boards in matches counted towards this, and therefore Hampshire … Read more
The SCCU had another re-grouping of the Championship this season, with Sussex and Essex joining the SE section, and Surrey moving to a different section (metropolitan?). This meant Hampshire would meet Essex for the first time, but results wise Hampshire lost both OTB matches. Hampshire had better luck on the Correspondence front, beating Berkshire (22 … Read more