Great to visit Menorca again, although did not see too much of it. Went here as kids from 1972, but last time I visited was 42 years ago! The Rapidplay with the World Champion and 5 other top GM's was also played in the same room.
Spent the last week ticking off a bucket list item by playing abroad. 9 games in 6 days in the Menorca Open, with 5 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws. Played a couple of decent games and pleased with the experience.
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Top 6 boards from Devon vs Hampshire County match from 1948/49 season.
I have been adding oldish Southampton Chess League results to the website, but have now picked up on the County Season, with the 1948/49 added. After winning the SCCU Hampshire the previous year, could Hampshire repeat this success?
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After badgering Tony for several years he has sent me his Correspondence Chess games for the website, these include several which were published in BCM. Tony had great success in the time before computers became dominant in correspondence chess.
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Position from the Moses Kawuma - Ieuan Ward game from 2008.
When I ran the HCA website I had a games page, where players sent me their games. I felt bad that these are no longer available, as the HCA website changed webmasters. I am starting to add some and the first game is a 2008 one by FM Moses Kawuma.
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Malcolm Clarke, flanked by Mayor of Eastleigh and Chess Congress Arbiter Kevin Thurlow.
Malcolm Clarke has long been associated with Hants and SCL chess. His career started in the 1970’s, when he played for Eastleigh, but he also played in London for several years. Recently he has been captaining and secretary of Chandler’s Ford chess club.
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Details of Hampshire vs Dorset 1946 chess match from the Western Gazette. Hampshire won the match thirteen and a half to six and a half.
Hampshire only played the two county matches in the 1946/47 season, and also lost Bournemouth chess club from the association, due to non payment of fees. Details on the HCA season on the website.
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Rita Fox was a leading light of the London Chess Club, but her real name, date of birth and parentage are all still unknown. Find out more here.
The West of England Chess Championship has been running since 1946. I have been sent 5 bulletins for some of the 1960's congresses, which have been scanned and added to the website.
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HCA archive information detailing the winner of the 1992 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship, which was won by Southampton Chess Club's Stephen Bell.
The 1992 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship was won by Southampton Chess Club’s Stephen Bell. Very little information is available, although I will update if additional details are supplied.
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All well and good until the volleyball team turn up.
Portsmouth Chess Club's 1st match - 1889
Picking up on Hampshire chess clubs again with details added on the Portsmouth chess club, which was formed in 1889 and members include Sir George Thomas, GM Peter Wells.
They have currently won the PDCL Div. 1 title 18 times, which is the record.
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Details of Hampshire vs Devon Montague Jones Cup match from the 1945/46 chess season. The first chess season following the end of the 2nd world war.
Picking up on the HCA County season following the 2nd World War (and other Hampshire chess activities). The current post looks at the 1945/46 season where Hampshire played two county matches.
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After enjoying the xmas podcasts bought one for my 25 year old daughter. Just realised now she has gone home I did not read it due to being ill. She was made up by the present though.
Chess Notes published in the Portsmouth Evening News available on Hampshire Chess History website.
The Portsmouth News "Chess Notes" articles for the following year are now on the website. There are still missing years, but hopefully these will be added when available. After 1997 these seemed to drop off, but I will add any which are relevant.
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Hampshire vs Devon County chess match from January 1939. Source Western Morning News.
In the 1938/39 county chess season Hants had just three county matches. This was the last season of Match Captain Francis Elwell, who despite being 80 still scored 2 points from 3 games in the County matches, and won the Southampton Club championship.
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Tony Corkett, winning of 1990 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship. 1994 photo from the Portsmouth Evening News.
Very small post on the 1990 Hampshire Individual added, this is pretty much based on two of the weekly chess note articles in the Portsmouth Evening News. Tony Corkett won his 2nd title.
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Index of Portsmouth Evening News articles.
Slowly adding the Chess Note articles from the Portsmouth News as they are made available. Articles from 1990 are the most recent, joining the 1988/89 ones added recently. These cover Hampshire Chess activities, concentrating on the Portsmouth area.
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My latest Minor Piece features Annie Mabel Gooding of Cheltenham, who played in ladies' chess tournaments over a period of 25 years, and had draws against Blackburne, Lasker and Capablanca to her name.
HCA 2025 Congress winner Petr Marusenko being presented with Silver Rook by HCA President Peter Eales.
Photographs from the HCA congress held last weekend are available on the website.
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Hampshire win against Cambridgeshire from the 1937/38 chess season- Source Hampshire Advertiser.
In the 1937/38 chess season Hampshire managed to win the Montague Jones Cup after losing in the final the previous two years. They also fielded one existing and one future British Chess Champion in some of their matches.
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Hampshire Chess Trophies - photo by Keven Lamb
The known Hampshire junior chess champions have been added to the site. These join the list of the senior titles, which date back to 1930. The first junior title was thought to have been from the 1967/68 season.
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Photos of U1650 players from Hampshire Chess Blitz held in September 2025.
Only just Hampshire History, but a new Quickplay Championship was held in September 2025 and small report with video.
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In the 1988 Hampshire Individual Championship Keith Gregory won his 5th title with an impressive 7 points from 8 games. This was played over 2 weekends. Article and 3 games from the Portsmouth Evening News articles added.
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Picture of 1989 Hampshire Chess Champion Tony Corkett. Source Portsmouth Evening News 1989.
Tony Corkett won the 1st of his 10 Hampshire Individual Championships in 1989. The championship was held over 2 weekends at IBM in Cosham. Article on the championship including 3 games is now available.
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In 1987 the WECU qualifier to the British Chess Championship was held in Southampton, details from the Portsmouth Evening News and the HCA archives were used to produce the article on the website.
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Picture of Bob Noyce, the 1991 Hampshire Chess Champion. Source Chessbase.
With the 1990's Portsmouth Evening News added to the @BNArchive I have managed to locate some details on the 1991 Hampshire Individual Chess Championship. This was won by Bob Noyce with 5 points from his 6 games. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...
Hampshire County Chess Match against Dorset in 1937.
Hampshire fielded Sir George Thomas and CHOD Alexander in one of their county matches in the 1936/27 season. See how they did and other Hampshire Chess activities in the recent post.
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He seemed to reach a strong level for someone of that age though, as played high boards for Hampshire (up to bd 4).