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Hampshire Chess Association

Founded 1890

Historic Items

This page is designed to show historic activities relating to Hampshire Chess. It is my intention to publish material from the Hampshire Archives, as well as items supplied by others. Please send your articles to News@HampshireChess.co.uk.

 

Gosport

 

Picture of Arthur Brameld from the Portsmouth Individual Tournament in 1962 and although not exactly history, not yet anyway, but I managed to take a couple of pictures of current Gosport players from our last match of the 2001 / 2002 season, against Chichester.  
 

Story from Hugh Storr-Best

 

Story from Hugh, of when one of his relatives played against Steinitz  
 

A Short History of Fareham Chess Club

 

An article by Reg Clark detailing the history of Fareham Chess Club from 1947 to 1990. Many thank to Arthur Brameld for supplying this fascinating article.   
 

August 1977 Simultaneous Display in Fareham Shopping Centre

 

Again, supplied by Arthur - this is the results of the amazing simul that 4 members of Fareham Chess Club did in 1977 (you won't believe how many games of chess Arthur played in a week!).  
 

Famous Games by Hampshire Players

 

Famous games, by and against Hampshire players.