Although the Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was the main event, the Major had the largest amount of entries (41) and was hotly contested with a number of experienced players as well as a number who had improved greatly in the last few years.
Photographs from the 2022 Hampshire Chess Congress which was held 4th to 6th November kindly supplied by Keven Lamb. Photo above of joint shared 2nd place winner and new (and youngest ever) Hampshire Individual Champion Chandlers Ford Iwan Cave. Prize Winners Open1st (4½ pts) Oliver Gill (Leeds) 2nd= (4 pts) Iwan Cave (Chandlers Ford) and … Read more
Alongside the 2017 Hampshire Individual Championship, the Major and Minor Congresses were held. The Major had 23 players participating, but one player dominated winning all six of his games. This was Geoffrey Brown whose picture is above. Geoffrey had an ECF grade of 153 at this time, although he would normally be found playing in … Read more
The 2018 Hampshire Congress had three sections, the Open including the Hampshire Individual Championship was covered in the previous post. The other two sections were the Major (under 160 ECF) and the Minor (under 125) Details on the round by round and final scores for both tournaments are detailed below. The tournament was played at … Read more