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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/games-kawuma...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/malcolm-clar...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

minorpieces.uk/2026/01/28/m... 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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/west-of-engl...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/portsmouth-c...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chess-notes/

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chess-notes/

minorpieces.uk/2025/11/24/m... 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.

Photographs from the HCA congress held last weekend are available on the website. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/2025-hampshi...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

Only just Hampshire History, but a new Quickplay Championship was held in September 2025 and small report with video. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-qu...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/wecu-1987-br...

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 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. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

The 1935/36 county chess season saw Hampshire reach the final of the Montague Jones Cup. Meanwhile two players who played for Hampshire finished 1st and 2nd in the 1935 British Championship. Post covering the season on the website. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

Obviously don't post much political but whilst researching the 1935/36 county chess season came across the following in the Hampshire Advertiser. Can't help but feel that the future Lord Haw-Haw rhetoric is similar to what we are seeing currently.

Analysis of the Hampshire County players performance from the first match in 1887 to the most recent in 2025 has been completed and some details added to the website. This is from over 1000 of the known 1100 plus matches. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hca-county-p...

Britbase have an article on the 1898 Southern Counties Congress held in Salisbury, which saw Joseph Blake share first place and Francis Elwell finish 7th. Other local players were in other sections. www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn...

Hampshire played 5 OTB and 3 Correspondence matches this season. This included a new OTB opponent in Cambridgeshire as well as a return to playing local rivals Wiltshire after a break of 21 years. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

BBC News - Blind and visually impaired chess tournament held in Bournemouth - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have added a blog element to the website, for posts which are not specifically related to Hampshire Chess History. The first one is a look at my 2024/25 chess season performance. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/2024-25-seas...

Hampshire went into the 1933/34 County season as holders of the Montague Jones Cup for the previous 2 years. But this year Hertfordshire would prove up to the challenge. Match details and other HCA activities for the season in the current article. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

New at BritBase: a collection of 1,209 games played by Sir George Thomas - even allowing for the inclusion of 164 stubs, that makes it the largest collection of his games available to date. saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn...

Sir George Thomas on chess obsession and Rubinstein's deathwish. www.kingpinchess.net/2025/07/a-cr...

Hampshire had a new board one for the County in the 1932/33 season. CHOD Alexander had taken up a Professor role at Winchester College and ably filled the place left by JH Blake. Details on the county season and other HCA chess in the article. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

To keep players busy in the Summer a President's Prize KO Tourney was held in 1933 for Hampshire players. Entries included the top Hants players, including CHOD Alexander and FJH Elwell, who were paired in the 1st round. 64 players were in the 1st round. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/presidents-p...

The HCA ran a new ladies championship this year. With a mixture of youth and experience among the entrants, experience proved the winner. Former British Ladies champion Gillian Moore added another title to her long list. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-wo...

The 1931/32 season saw Hampshire win the Montague-Jones Cup again, but was also the last season which Joseph Blake played for the County team. He had been pretty much ever present since 1887. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

1200+ chess games played by Arthur Brameld have been added to the website. In addition, other games in relation to Hampshire have also been included. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-ch...

1930/31 saw Hampshire lose to Devon in the semi-final of the Montague Jones Cup (after a playing venue dispute). 4 Correspondence matches (one over 100 boards), and a 18 year old Individual champion. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

A look at one of the founding clubs in the PDCL, Cosham were formed in 1946 and along with four other clubs played in the 1st season of the PDCL, where they continue to play today. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/cosham-chess...

Another brief chess club history, Chichester which is in West Sussex but play in the PDCL, and therefore have Hampshire history. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chichester-c...

Revisiting the 1929/1930 county chess season, where Hampshire retained the Montague Jones Cup. 1930 also saw the first Hampshire Individual Chess Championship. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

The third Hampshire Chess club which I have completed a small article on their history is Basingstoke. I would welcome additional material, so please do send me details. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/basingstoke-...

Hampshire's 1928/29 chess season included 4 OTB matches, as well as an 80 board correspondence match against Kent. All in all a good season for Hampshire, although it could have been better. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

I am adding brief chess club details on the website. These will include when formed, players and successes. This is a work in progress and input from existing clubs / players is welcome. I have started with my club, which has changed name numerous times. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chandlers-fo...

After adding the Open and the Major I have now added an article on the Minor section of the 2014 Hampshire Congress. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-ch...

The 2014 Hampshire Major section of the congress was won by Matthew Wilson ahead of a number of local players. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-ch...

In the 1955 Bognor Regis: 3rd Stevenson Memorial Hampshire Chess President John Spedan Lewis did not enter the congress hall, but played all games from his probably very nice Hotel room! t.co/uR2Q6jkpCs

The 2014 Hampshire Chess Championship saw Tony Corkett win his 8th title, beating a small but strong group of players. This included a young Harry Grieve. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-in...

The 1960 Chess Notes articles from the Portsmouth Evening News have been added to the website. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chess-notes/

The weekly Chess Notes articles from the Portsmouth Evening News from 1961 have been added to the collection available on the website. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/chess-notes/