County Chess - Hampshire Chess History

WECU Online County Chess Matches 2023

15 March 202520 February 2023 by HCA Archivist

The combined Hampshire (11 players) / Dorset (3) / Wiltshire (2) lost 4 – 12 to Devon in the WECU Online Final. We were always a big underdog facing a very strong team, and with two local tournaments at the weekend this made it an even harder challenge.

Dorset can be particularly happy as they scored 2 points from their 3 games with Allan and Tim both winning. Chris McSheehy hade a very nice checkmate and both Rajasekhar and Mike Krawczuk held stronger players to draws.

Many thanks to all the players, as there is a lot of chess being played presently and I appreciate the effort from everyone to play. We obviously did very well to win our semi-final against Gloucestershire and maybe next season we can challenge!

Hampshire County Chess Matches 1893 / 94

21 June 20248 December 2022 by HCA Archivist

Prior to 1893 Hampshire had played a number of friendly chess matches against Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire. With the formation of the Southern Chess Counties Union (SCCU) in 1892 a SCCU championship was organised to be played in 1893 and 1894 to determine the SCCU Champion. In total nine Associations entered, and Hampshire were placed … Read more

Hampshire County Chess Season 1991 / 92

22 March 202312 November 2022 by HCA Archivist

Very surprising that this was over 30 years ago! But Hampshire reached the Open National Chess Finals in the 1991/92 season where they met Staffordshire. The Hampshire County chess team this season was probably as strong as they have ever been with numerous ECF 200 (2200) graded players in the team for matches.

SCCU County Chess Matches 1960 / 61

22 March 20231 November 2022 by HCA Archivist

Going back more than 60 years we look at Hampshire’s 1960/61 SCCU season with a few familiar Hampshire players. How did Hampshire do in their matches against six other counties.