As well as the Open Under 18 Championship and Under 16 Championships, which was won by Michael Pagden and AG Bright there were two championships for Girls, these covered the U18 and U14 titles. The other championship also had entries from girls, with Jane Seymour coming third.in the U18 and 6th in the U16. The … Read more
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.