A number of Hampshire player profiles were produced by Cosham Chess player WW Rose and published in the Portsmouth Evening News in 1961. The Hampshire Chess archivist at the time saved these, and I have reproduced them for the website. I think the original plan would have been for these to be published over eight … Read more
As mentioned in the 1957 post there was an increase in numbers in the 1958 championship with 14 entries compared to the 12 in 1957. Although it looks as if two players withdrew from the competition in the seven months or so the competition ran. The competition was also run over seven rounds rather than … Read more
The 1957 Hampshire Individual Championship was run on a totally new basis this year and 12 players entered. Previously (post war?) only the winners and runner-up of the local league Individual Competitions were eligible.