Hampshire Individual Chess Championship 1968
Update July 2024 – Five games from the Portsmouth News “Chess Notes” articles supplied by John Jones in 2004 added.
Update July 2024 – Five games from the Portsmouth News “Chess Notes” articles supplied by John Jones in 2004 added.
Update July 2024 to add the Norman Hutchinson – Wilf Pratten game as provided via Britbase. Happy to add the other games played by Norman if supplied.
Update on the original article – Paul has kindly supplied two articles from the Southern Evening Echo, which he has located. These articles detail the tournament, but also additional information on the ongoing SCL leagues, and other chess activities. As Paul noted it is interesting to see the prominence and detail given to chess on the sports pages.
The 1969 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship (for the 1968 / 69 season) was held at Southampton University the two middle weekends of October 1968. There were five rounds each weekend, and the tournament was dominated by the young Seth Saverymuttu, who only dropped two draws from his ten games. Contents For a list of the … Read more