Cosham Chess club was formed in 1946 and were one of the five clubs which were the founding members of the PDCL. A short history of the club is included, but as per the other clubs added I welcome additional updates / corrections from readers.
The 4th Hampshire Chess club which I have completed a small article on their history is Chichester.
This is bare bones information and I welcome updates from others.
The Southampton and Portsmouth Leagues held matches between each other from the 1950’s (as did Southampton against Bournemouth). A number of these are detailed in the Hampshire Bulletins, Roger Paige’s Hampshire Chess 1950 – 1970 book and the Portsmouth Evening News. The ones I have will not be the only ones played and I will … Read more
Chandler’s Ford Chess Club was created in the 2015/2016 Chess season, when Eastleigh Railway chess club moved venues. In addition this was really an amalgamation of the original Eastleigh Unity, Eastleigh British Rail and Stoke Social chess clubs. Eastleigh Unity prior to this was Stoneham Park via Cricketers Arms (which was when I joined). Safe … Read more