Photographs from the 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM. The 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM was held Wednesday 19 June 2024 at Chandlers Ford Central Club. The Committee attendees were Malcolm Clarke, Fraser McLeod, Matthew Coldwell & Michael Pope. The SCL Club attendees were Stephen Cartridge (Andover), Peter Beldaus, Jamie Chilton, David Long (Basingstoke), Keven Lamb, … Read more
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.
A jump back to the SCL in 1998/1999 when University A won SCL Division One. If there is interest I will try and post all the results I have, although not in as good a format as the LMS or SCL Website ones.
Southampton and Bournemouth have always had a close relationship in chess, and for a long time there was an annual chess match. This continued into at least the 1980’s but has more recently been replaced with a Bournemouth v Poole match. Photo above of the late Les Allen who played for Southampton in some of … Read more