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
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!