With the pandemic position in 2021 no West of England County chess competition was held but for the first time an online variety was held. In the past there have been friendly telephone matches between counties and in the 1970’s with the petrol rationing there were discussions in the WECU for County matches to also to be held by telephone.
Hampshire played five Chiltern county matches in the season. Match results are detailed on this post.
With the pandemic rife there was no West of England County chess competition this season. During this period more and online chess was being played and it was decided that a 2nd season of the online variety would be held.
Hampshire County Chess 1887 & 1889 This article is to document the first two county chess matches played by Hampshire; these friendlies were before the official Hampshire Chess Association was formed. Several resources have been sourced, as cited at the end of the document. The two main sources I would like to mention though are … Read more