As per 1933 another President’s Prize Tournament was held in 1935, which as the name suggests was sponsored by the Hampshire Chess President Mr CF Chapman. Mr Chapman had been involved in Sussex chess, and was later the President of the Dorset Chess Association. He held this post from 1929, when they resumed activities (this … Read more
Hampshire had a new president for the 1932/33 season, with CF Chapman replacing JH Blake. Mr Chapman sponsored a new tournament for the summer. This was named the President’s Prize Tournament, and the format was a knock-out, with 68 entries. It was mentioned that this had been held before, but I think think this was … Read more
The Hampshire Chess Association held a new competition for 2024/25. One of our aims is to grow chess in Hampshire and specifically increase the number of female players. With this in mind we introduced the HCA Women’s Individual Championship. The format of the competition was a double round all play all at players’ clubs or … Read more
Update April 2025: With the sad passing of Clive Cubitt, his fellow Southampton University player Tony Stebbings has kindly supplied his memories of Clive, and this tournament (including two new games). The article has been updated with the information from Tony’s emails.