Hampshire played their second official county match against Sussex on the 20th April 1889. I am attempting to add as many of the Hampshire County Chess Results I have, broken down by year. This friendly match took place in Portsmouth. I covered the first two matches in a larger post which includes additional information on the Hampshire … Read more
Hampshire played their first official county chess match against Sussex on the 21st May 1887. I am attempting to add as many of the Hampshire County Chess Results I have, broken down by year. This friendly match took place in Portsmouth.
In 1972 Hampshire left the Southern Chess Counties Union (SCCU) and joined the West of England Chess Union (WECU). I thought I would look at our first season in the WECU, for a number of the counties it was a long time since Hampshire had played them, and for Cornwall this would be the first … Read more
Hampshire were fielding one of their strongest teams in the 1983 / 84 WECU season with the A team winning all their matches in the Howard Meek Championship, and whilst the B team were not as as successful they still managed three wins, one draw and a loss in the Wayling Cup competition. Hampshire A … Read more