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05 Jan 10

Good News! John Davis from Southampton Chess Club has agreed to update the key parts of the web-site for the remainder of the season. The easiest way to do this is to replicate the site on his own web.

Hopefully I have updated the header to link these parts to his web-site.

02 Jan 10

You will have noticed the lack of updates on the web-site in the last month. Unfortunately due to a lot of other commitments I have been unable to keep the site updated as much as previous years. 

Therefore rather than promise that this will be completed in the near future, I think I have to say that this is the end of the website under my hands. As I am still receiving the regular results from John, Malcolm, Fraser and Domnic (and others) I am going to create one page with all these results, so that these can be viewed - This should be created in the next couple of days.

It is my understanding that the website will continue, as someone else has stepped forward to take on this role. This is likely to be for next season though, but I will update the website when this has been confirmed.

I would like to take this opportunity to say that I have really enjoyed running the website and am proud that is has been used by so many of Hampshire players in the last 8 or 9 years (I am not sure how long it has been). I would like to thank all the people who have supplied results, games, articles and puzzles for the website.

A special thank you needs to be said to:

John Wheeler (Portsmouth results and games)

Malcolm Clarke (Southampton results)

Fraser McLeod (County results, League results, games, spotting my errors)

Dominic Tunks (Hampshire results, games with great analysis)

Chris Priest (Games and results)

John Jones (Archive games from Portsmouth League and Wilf Pratten games)

Malcolm Body (Puzzles (and I still have some I have not posted - sorry))

Arthur Brameld (Hampshire Congress Games)

Finally a Happy New Year to everyone - and on a personal note I hope it is a lot better than 2009!

06 Dec 09

Southampton Div 4: I put the Ringwood - Salisbury match down as also for the Div 4 / 5 cup, which is incorrect. I have amended the result. Hope to catch up with results soon, as another backlog - too much to do and not enough time!

01 Dec 09

Portsmouth Div 2: Chichester B and Fareham B drew 3 all

Cosham B lead Portsmouth A 3 - 2 with one game remaining

Portsmouth Cole Cup: Emsworth lost 1½ - 3½ against Cosham

22 Nov 09

Portsmouth Div 3: Fareham C beat Chichester B 5 - 1.

Portsmouth B beat University 5½ - ½.

Southampton Div 2: Passed Pawn B and University B drew 2½ all.

Southampton Div 3: University C trail Southampton C 1½ - 2½ with one game to be played.

Southampton Div 4: Ringwood drew 2 all against Eastleigh Rail C.

Southampton Div 5: University D beat Winchester D 2½ - 1½

Southampton Div 4/5 Cup: I have not put this on the web-site, so results below:

Division 4/5 Cup Eastleigh Rail C 4 University D 0 (R Treloar 1 Rob W Smith 0, S Murphy 1 R Hewitt 0, N George 1 R Vaja 0, H G Burkert 1 W Passfield 0)

Southampton D 3.5 Ordnance Survey C 0.5 (T Summers 1 J Drew 0, J Davis 1 M Painter 0. T Hutchins 0.5 C White 0.5, T Ingamells 1 E Parker 0)

Ordnance Survey C 0 Southampton D 3 with 1 game unfinished (M Painter 0 T Summers 1, C White v J Davis game unfinished, J Goold 0 T Hutchins 1, E Parker 0 T Ingamells 1)

Chiltern league: match results from the narrow loss against Berkshire now posted.

Portsmouth Rapid League: Emsworth B bat Fareham A 5½ - 2½ (I have not added league tables for rapidplay at this stage, so details below).  

20 Nov 09

Southampton Div 1: Passed Pawn A beat Eastleigh Rail A 4 - 1.

Eastleigh Rail A beat Andover A 3 - 2

University A lost 0 - 3 against Southampton A, with 2 games remaining.

Southampton Div 3: Ordnance Survey B and University C drew 2½ - 2½.

Southampton Div 4: Salisbury C lost 1 - 3 against Winchester C

19 Nov 09

Hampshire Congress: Many thanks to Arthur Bramled for inputting and supplying the games

I hope to catch up with the results by the week-end

15 Nov 09

Hampshire Congress: Hampshire Champion Michael Yeo has kindly annotated a game from his successful tournament.

John Wheeler has supplied round by round details of the tournament.

12 Nov 09

County: Hampshire lost by the narrowest of margins (9.5-10.5) against Berkshire at the weekend Match details to follow.

Portsmouth Div 1: S.Smith lost to E.Black from the Chichester A - Fareham A match. The match finished as a 3 all draw.

Cosham A beat Gosport A 4 - 2.

Emsworth A beat Chichester A 4 - 2.

Portsmouth Div 2: Chichester B beat Cosham B 4 - 2.

Emsworth B lost 1 - 5 against Portsmouth A.

Portsmouth Div 3: University lost 2½ - 3½ against Fareham C

Chichester C beat Cosham C 4½ - 1½

Southampton Div 1: University A beat Eastleigh Rail A 4 - 1.

Salisbury A lost 1 - 4 against Passed Pawn A

Southampton Div 2: Winchester A beat University A 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 4: Ringwood lost ½ - 3½ against Salisbury C (cup as well)

Southampton Div 5: Winchester D beat Eastleigh Rail D 3 - 1

Southampton D beat Winchester D 2½ - 1½

University D Lost 0 - 4 against Eastleigh Rail D (cup as well)

11 Nov 10

Hampshire Congress 2009: Missing names added to photos - thanks to John Wheeler and Fraser McLeod.

10 Nov 10

Hampshire Congress 2009: Additional details of the Hampshire Congress including photos supplied by Keven Lamb.

Hants Chess Clubs: Southampton University D team details updated (D team - Rob W Smith rws106@soton.ac.uk) 

09 Nov 10

Mike Yeo (Wessex) regained the Hampshire County Championship after a gap of 7 years. He was a point clear of the field after 4 rounds, but finally had to share first place with former champions Steven Kawuma (Southampton) and Dominic Tunks (Emsworth), all scoring 4.5 pts. Mike had the better tie-break score.

Richard McMaster (Portsmouth) won the grading prize with 4 pts, and in the process damaged the chances of several serious contenders for the county title.

Both of the lower sections were deservedly won by Southampton University students this year. The new Under-150 section was won by Sal Awangku with a round to spare - he finished with 5.5 pts.

And the new Under-125 champion is Alex Beaney, who scored 5 pts and had a better tie-break than Ken Sullivan (Portsmouth).

Here are the full results:

Open. 1=. Steven Kawuma, Dominic Tunks and Mike Yeo (4.5 pts). Mike Yeo is county champion on tie-break.

Under-170 Grading Prize: Richard McMaster (4 pts)

Under-150 1. K. Awangku (5.5 pts) 2. Peter Manning (4 pts) 3=. Tim Allen, Phil Foley and Ian Matthew (3.5 pts) The 3rd prize winners also shared the Under-140 grading prize.

Under-125

1=. Alex Beaney and Ken Sullivan (5 pts) 3. Kevin Sawers 4½ pts

Under-100 Grading Prize: John Davis (3.5 pts)

Thanks to John Wheeler for the above information

Photos to follow, as supplied by Keven Lamb.

03 Nov 10

Hampshire Championship: Hampshire Congress 6-8 November... Entries still accepted 

Southampton Div 3: Southampton C lost 1½ - 3½ against Salisbury B

Southampton Rob Cup: University A and Passed Pawn A drew 2½ all, but University A go through on board count.

University B lost 1 - 4 against Andover.

The draw for the quarter finals of the Robertson Cup is:

Ordnance Survey A v Southampton B

Winchester A v University A

Andover v Salisbury A

Southampton A v Eastleigh Rail A

and the Robertson Plate is 

Eastleigh Rail B v Passed Pawn B

Ringwood v Passed Pawn A

University B v Winchester B 

Winchester College A v University B.

26 Oct 10

Hampshire Championship: Hampshire Congress 6-8 November... U-125, U-150 and Open tournaments ... hurry, entries received by 2 November receive a discount! - Entry Form

Southampton Div 1: Eastleigh Rail A lost ½ - 4½ against Southampton A.

Southampton Div 2: Ordnance Survey A and Winchester A are level at 2 points each with one game remaining.

Southampton Div 3: Salisbury B lost ½ - 4½ against Winchester College A.

Southampton Div 4: Winchester College B drew 2 all with Eastleigh Rail C.

Southampton Div 5: Southampton D beat Ordnance Survey C 3½ - ½.

25 Oct 10

Portsmouth Div 2: Results from matches detailed below have not been posted.

Southampton Rob Cup: Southampton B beat Passed Pawn B 3½ - 1½

Winchester B lost 1½ - 3½ against Salisbury A

20 Oct 10

League Reasults: Portsmouth Div 1: Chichester A lead Fareham A 3 - 2 with one game remaining.

Gosport A lost 2 - 4 against Emsworth A

Portsmouth Div 2: Portsmouth A and Fareham B drew 3 all as did Cosham B and Emsworth B (match details to follow)

18 Oct 10

County: Hampshire drew 8 all against Somerset. Hampshire winners were J.Wilkinson, M.Ward, D.Thompson, T.Chapman, Gillian Moore, J.Wiseman and S.LeFevre.

Portsmouth League: New rules from the Portsmouth League.

Southampton Rob Cup: Eastleigh Rail defaulted their B team match against Ordnance Survey A Ordnance B defaulted their B team match against Eastleigh Rail A.

Southampton Div 1: Salisbury A lost 2 - 3 against Andover A.

Passed Pawn A and Southampton A drew their match 2½ all.

11 Oct 10

Southampton Div 3: Ordnance Survey B lost 1½ - 3½ against Southampton C.

08 Oct 10

Southampton Div 3: Winchester College beat Southampton C 5 - 0.

Southampton Div 4: Winchester College B lost 1½ - 3½ against Salisbury C.

Southampton Div 4 Cup: Winchester C 1 - Winchester College B 3 (match details to follow).

07 Oct 10

Southampton Robertson Cup: A strong Southampton team, which saw the return of Michael Yeo to the club beat Winchester College 3½ - 1½

Winchester A won their Rob cup match by default, against Ringwood.

05 Oct 10

County Chiltern: Hampshire beat Oxfordshire 11½ - 8½ in the Chiltern League U200 match. Hampshire winners were Andrew McDougall, William McDougall, IIya Iyenger, Khaled Esmat, Tim Chapman, Stephen LeFevre and Rick Smith.

There is an U150 Chiltern League match this coming Saturday at Basingstoke.

Ashraf has had problems with his hotmail email account.

If you can play then please contact him on ashraf.syed@orange-ftgroup.com or phone  07967661973

Southampton Chess League: Chris Priest has supplied and updated Fixture list

29 Sep 09

Southampton Results:  Southampton Div 3: Winchester College beat Winchester B 4 - 1 in the first match of the season. I have not added dates to the fixtures this season, but the fixtures are on the Southampton Results pages and your league secretary will have your fixtures. Please remember the Southampton League results are in the Southern Evening Echo most Saturdays.

28 Sep 09

Games: Chris Priest's has annotated his game against Norfolk from the Quarter Final of the County Championship last year.

Chris Priest has supplied the following with regards to Eastleigh Railway Chess Club. This is an excerpt from his e-mail to the Southampton League Secretaries.

Dear Southampton League Secretaries and Division 2 Captains,

It is with great regret that I have to announce that the Eastleigh Railway Chess Club will withdraw its B team from the Robertson Cup and Division 2 of the Southampton League for the 2009/2010 season.

This decision was practically forced on us by the non-availability of 3 A team players (on top of the 3 B team players we lost last year) leaving us with not enough players to maintain 4 teams in the Southampton League in the coming season. All our 3 remaining teams will suffer to a greater or lesser extent because of this. It is most unfortunate that we did not find out about the non-availability until a week after the fixture list had been distributed.

By withdrawing before the season starts we hope to leave a level playing field for the other Division 2 teams to fight a fair battle for promotion and relegation. We wish we could have joined in. We expect our other 3 teams will now be able to meet their match commitments in the other divisions (1, 4 and 5).

27 Sep 09

County: Fixture lists for West of England and Chiltern League.

21 Sep 09

League Teams: Salisbury secretary has a new e-mail address james.barnett7@talktalk.net and Andover now meet on a Tuesday.

Correspondence: Michael Blake drew his game in the County Correspondence: Hampshire finished third equal with Essex on 13 points, behind Yorkshire 16.5 with one pending result and Sussex with 14 points. Not sure if the places have been filled, but there were two remaining places as at the 16th. Please contact Fraser McLeod is you wish to be considered for the team F.N.Mcleod@soton.ac.uk 

03 Sep 09

Southampton Fixture List: The fixtures for the 2009 / 2010 season have been supplied to me and I am sure there will be e-mailed / sent to the team secretaries by the committee soon. A pdf copy of the fixtures is available here - if you wish for a excel spreadsheet send me an e-mail. I hope to post the fixtures in the near future.

Southampton Individual (current holders: Moses and Steven Kawuma (equal first)) - please contact Fraser McLeod (Email: fnm@soton.ac.uk  Tel. 023 8073 5418) if you would like to enter this tournament which runs throughout the season. Depending on entries, this is normally an all-play-all tournament with one or two games against each opponent. Games are played at each other clubs or homes. All games are graded and there is no entry fee. Deadline for entries: 23 October 2009.

01 Sep 09

Southampton Chess League Rules: The updated rules are now available. 

The Southampton League committee is now:

Chair: Gillian Moore (Southampton) 

Vice-Chair: Jonathan Hunt (Winchester College) 

League Secretary: Fraser McLeod (Southampton) 

Fixtures and Results Secretary: Malcolm Clarke (Eastleigh BR)

John Drew Treasurer (Ordnance Survey)

Fraser McLeod is running the Southampton Individual - more details to follow.

11 Aug 09

Grades: New ECF grades are out. Hampshire team grades can be found here.

Southampton Chess League Rules: The updated rules are now available. These were a draft version, so I have removed until approved.

Hampshire Individual: The entry form for this year's tournament is now available. This is the weekend 6th November: Open, U150 and U125 competitions.

27 July 09

22 July 09

County Correspondence: Andrew Smith won his game. In the last game Hampshire are claiming a draw. Depending on the result of this Hampshire will have either 12½ or 13 points from the 22 games. Last season Hampshire had 12 points which gave them 5th position.

Portsmouth Individual: This was won by Dominic Tunks:

Portsmouth District League
01 Sep 2008 31 May 2009

16 Nov 2008 Black 0-1 Tunks
16 Nov 2008 Smith 1-0 Cochran
16 Nov 2008 Coburn 1-0 Eyles
16 Nov 2008 Davies draw Lefevre

14 Dec 2008 Tunks 1-0 Lefevre
14 Dec 2008 Cochran 1-0 Coburn
14 Dec 2008 Black 0-1 Smith

18 Jan 2009 Smith 0-1 Tunks
18 Jan 2009 Coburn 1-0 Black
18 Jan 2009 Lefevre 1-0 Eyles

15 Feb 2009 Tunks 1-0 Eyles
15 Feb 2009 Cochran 0-1 Lefevre
15 Feb 2009 Smith 0-1 Coburn

15 Mar 2009 Coburn draw Tunks
15 Mar 2009 Eyles 1-0 Cochran

12 Apr 2009 Tunks 1-0 Cochran
12 Apr 2009 Black 1-0 Eyles
12 Apr 2009 Smith 1-0 Lefevre

10 May 2009 Lefevre 0-1 Coburn
10 May 2009 Eyles 0-1 Smith
10 May 2009 Cochran 1-0 Black

19 July 09

Other Games: Three new games for the website. Two from Dominic Tunks, one with some great annotations from Dom's game in the 4NCL, the other from the minor counties match against Leicestershire. The other the loss by Ieuan Ward against GM Mark Hebden from the minor counties match above.

02 July 09

At the Southampton Chess League AGM Gillian Moore (Southampton) was elected chairman, with Jonathan Hunt (Winchester College) vice chairman.  The role of secretary was split in two with Malcolm Clarke (Eastleigh Rail) fixtures and results secretary, and Fraser McLeod (Southampton) performing the other secretarial duties.

It was agreed that a team fielding an ineligible player would lose both the game of individual player, and the match.   Both captains now have to send in results cards, and other amendments to the rules were made in a well attended annual general meeting.

The draw for the 1^st round of the Robertson Cup is:

Eastleigh Rail B v Ordnance Survey A

Southampton B v Passed Pawn B

Winchester A v Ringwood

University A v Passed Pawn A

University B v Andover

Winchester B v Salisbury A

Southampton A v Winchester College A

Eastleigh Rail A v Ordnance Survey B

with the second round draw for Robertson Cup and Plate being 

Eastleigh Rail B or Ordnance Survey A v Southampton B or Passed Pawn B

Winchester A or Ringwood A v University A or Passed Pawn A

University B or Andover v Winchester B or Salisbury A

Southampton A or Winchester College A v Eastleigh Rail A or Ordnance Survey B

30 June 09

Games: Many thanks for the following Hampshire players from annotating their games:

Southampton Games: Moses Kawuma annotated his win against Martin Simons from the Ringwood  A - Southampton A match.

Southampton Individual: Gillian Moore has annotated her loss against Martin Buckley from the Southampton individual. This is an exciting game, with attacks against both Kings! 

Dominic Tunks has also supplied two of his games - hopefully publish later in the week.

County: Hampshire narrowly lost to Leicestershire 7.5 - 8.5 in the semi final of the Minor Championship - Leicestershire fielded a GM on board one in this match! Full details plus Dominic report available.

County Chiltern: Hampshire came 2nd in the Jamboree - match details to follow.

Southampton Rob Cup: The final had a couple of incorrect match details, which have been corrected. On board one Moses Kawuma beat Humphry Lwambuala and on board two Steven Kawuam drew with Dominic Tunks.

County Correspondence: Moses Kawuma and Stuar Dean lost their matches. Steven Kawuma game was a double default. Hampshire have 11.5 points from 20 games.

Games: Chris Priest has annotated his end-game win against Ashref Syed which was the key game in the Eastleigh Railway A - University A match. The win ensured that Eastleigh Railway remained in Division One.

Apologies to Gillian Moore and Moses Kawuma, whose games I still have to publish. Chris's was in pgn format which meant a straight copy into Chessbase. I will hopefully publish both the other games and tidy up the missing results as soon as I get time.

Southampton Individual: John Kooner beat Alex Gee in the last game from the Southampton Individual.

Southampton Rob Cup: Passed Pawn A beat Southampton A 3 - 2. Congratulations to Passed Pawn on retaining this trophy.

Southampton Div 1: C.Westrap and W.Purkiss drew their game from the University A - Eastleigh Rail A match. University A won the match 3½ - 1½

Salisbury A beat Passed Pawn A 4 - 1.

Passed Pawn A beat Ringwood 3 - 2.

Passed Pawn A beat University A 3 - 2 

Ringwood A and Passed Pawn A drew their match 2½ - 2½.

A.Hart lost to M.Simons in the played on game from the University A - Ringwood A match. University A won the match 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 3: J.Symons and R.Cleave drew their game. Salisbury B won the match 3½ - ½ with one game being adjudicated.

Winchester B and Salisbury B drew their match 2½ - 2½

Division 3 B Diaper (Salisbury B) v D Fields (Winchester B) game voided Salisbury B 3.5 Winchester B 0.5

Division 4 amended results

M Samuni (University C) 0.5 S Kitley (Winchester C) 0.5. Match result University C 3.5 Winchester C 0.5

County Correspondence: Tony Corkett won his game. David Thompson lost his game. P Hebblethwaite won his game. Hampshire have 11½ points from 17 matches.

Portsmouth Div 3: Chichester C beat Cosham C 5 - 1

Portsmouth B lost 2½ - 3½ against Cosham C

Chichester C lost 1 - 5 against Fareham C - more missing div 3 results to come.

Portsmouth Div 1: Fareham A beat Gosport A 4 - 2.

Chichester A beat Portsmouth A 5 - 1.

Cosham A and Emsworth A drew 3 - 3.

Portsmouth Div 3: Fareham C beat Chichester C 5 - 1.

Portsmouth B lost 2½ - 3½ against Cosham C.

Cole Cup: Gosport A lost 1 - 4 against Emsworth

Cole Plate: Cosham B lost ½ - 4½ against Chichester.

I have missed a couple of results from the Portsmouth League - but will backtrack through my e-mails and publish soon. I also have to get the Rapidplay results completed.

Southampton Div 1: Chris Priest won his game against A.Syed, which meant that Eastleigh Railway beat University A 3 - 2. Chris has supplied the ending of this game, which I will publish shortly.

County: The Hampshire U125 lost 6 - 10 against Norfolk in the preliminary stages of the ECF County Championship.

The full team were more successful, beating Norfolk 10 - 6 in the Minor Championship. Hampshire are through to the semi-finals where they will face the winner between Leicestershire and Bedfordshire. Hampshire winners were Michael Yeo, Bruce Jenks, David Hart, John Wilkinson, David Fowler, Stephen Smith, John Watts and Chris Priest.

Southampton Div 1: Eastleigh Rail A beat Salisbury 3 - 2.

Robertson Plate Final: University beat Andover 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 2: Ordnance Survey beat University B 3 - 2.

University B drew 2½ - 2½ against Andover A.

University B drew 2½ - 2½ against Southampton B

P.Hurn beat N.Missoulis in the played on game from the Southampton B - University B match. Southampton B won the match 4 - 1.

I think all this activity in Division Two means that Andover win the league from Southampton B and University B are relegated - but this is unofficial.

Southampton Div 5 Cup: University D lost ½ - 3½ against Eastleigh Rail D.

Portsmouth Div 1: H.Lwambula and Steve Smith drew their game from the Emsworth A - Chichester A match. With this draw Chichester A have won division one - congratulations.

Portsmouth Div 2: Fareham B lost 1½ - 4½ against Chichester B.

Emsworth B drew with Cosham B 3 - 3. These results mean that Cosham B are division two champions one point ahead of Chichester B.

A.Elbourn lost to P.Johnson in the Gosport B - Emsworth B match. Gosport B won the match 3 - 2 (one double default).

Portsmouth Rapidplay: Emsworth B lost 1 - 7 against Fareham.

Southampton Div 1: Fraser McLeod won his adjourned game against Martin Buckley from the Passed Pawn A - Southampton A match. This meant the match was drawn and with this Southampton A are Division One champion.

Southampton Div 1: Les Allen and Keir Eyles drew their game from the Southampton A - Passed Pawn A match. Southampton A won the match 3 - 2

University A lost 2 - 3 against Passed Pawn A.

Southampton Div 2: University B - Andover B drew 2½ - 2½ (details to follow).

Southampton Div 3: K.Esmat and P.Kenny drew their game from the Winchester A - Southampton C match. Winchester A won the match 4½ - ½

Portsmouth Div 1: Portsmouth A lost 2 - 4 against Fareham A.

Emsworth A are level with Chichester A with 2½ points each.

Gosport A beat Cosham A 3½  - 2½ 

Steve Smith beat John Wilkinson in the outstanding game from the Chichester A - Gosport A match. Chichester A won the match 4 - 2

Portsmouth Div 2: Steve LeFevre and A.Syed drew their game from the Cosham B - Fareham B Match. Cosham B won the match 3½ - 2½ 

Portsmouth Rapidplay: Fareham beat Emsworth B 6½ - 1½  (tables to follow when I have time)

Emsworth A beat Emsworth B 4 - 2 (there may be one match still to be played?)

Fareham lost 3½ - 4½  against Emsworth A.

Emsworth B lost 1 - 7 against Emsworth A

Southampton Individual: Martin Buckley drew with Moses Kawuma and Steven Kawuma beat Alex Gee and John Kooner. This leaves Moses and Steve Kawuma joint champions with 5½ points from 7 games. One game remaining.

County Correspondence: Ashraf Syed beat Neill Cooper of Surrey. Hampshire have 9½  points from 14 games.

Southampton Div 1: Southampton win one game, Passed Pawn won another and the third game was drawn in the Southampton A - Passed Pawn A match. One game remaining.

Southampton Div 1: The match between Eastleigh Railway A and Salisbury A is now to be played, not a defaulted match by Salisbury as previously reported.

Southampton Div 1: Salisbury A and Ringwood A drew their match 2½ all.

Eastleigh Rail and University A individual scores from the game which is 2 all is now available.

Southampton Div 4: University C and Ringwood B drew 2 all.

Salisbury C beat Southampton D 3 - 1.

Southampton Individual: Moses Kawuma beat John Kooner.

Fraser McLeod beat Martin Buckley.

Martin Buckley drew with Steven Kawuma.

Martin Buckley beat Gillian Moore (game to follow).

Steven Kawuma beat Alec Samuels.

County Correspondence: John Wilkinson won his game. Hampshire move onto 8½ points from 13 games.

Southampton Div 1: Eastleigh Rail A and University A are level at 2 points each with one game remaining - match details to follow.

Eastleigh Rail A won by default against Salisbury A.

Passed Pawn A lead Southampton A 2½ - 1½ (the adjourned game looks like it will be going Southampton's way though)

Southampton lead Passed Pawn A 1 - 0 in their other match, with four games adjourned.

Southampton Div 2: Passed Pawn B beat University B 3½ - 1½.

Andover beat Passed Pawn B 3½ - 1½

Ordnance Survey A beat Passed Pawn B 3½ - 1½

Martin Buckley and Chris Priest drew their game from the Passed Pawn B - Eastleigh Rail B match. The match ended in a 2½ - 2½ draw.

Southampton Div 4: Ringwood B beat Southampton D 3 - 1.

Portsmouth Div 1: Chichester A lead Gosport A 3 - 2 with one game adjourned. After 12 years of either Gosport or Cosham winning the league, Chichester are in the driving seat this season.

Portsmouth Cole Plate: Portsmouth lost 1 - 4 against Chichester

Gosport B lost 2 - 3 against Cosham B.

Southampton Div 1: Eastleigh Rail A beat Ringwood A 3½ - 1½

Southampton Div 2: Eastleigh Rail B lost 2 - 3 against Ordnance Survey A.

Southampton Div 3: Winchester B lost 1½ - 3½ against Ordnance Survey B. Winchester A are division three champions.

Southampton Div 4: Southampton D and Salisbury C drew their match 2 - 2. University C are division four champions.

Southampton Div 5: Ordnance Survey C lost ½ - 3½ against Winchester D Winchester College B are division four champions.

County: Hampshire B lost 7  - 9 against Dorset B (14 March). Hampshire winners were D.Thompson, R.Ashmore, J.Young, P.Holton and M.Ward.

Southampton Div 1: Tom Anderson and Alex Beaney agreed a draw in their game from the Southampton A - University A match. Southampton A won the match 4 - 1.

Southampton Div 3: Dave Kinsler won his game from the Winchester A - Salisbury B match. Winchester A won the match 4½ - ½.

Salisbury C beat Southampton C 3½ - 1½

Southampton Individual: Moses Kawuma and Alec Samuels drew their game. Fraser McLeod won his game against John Kooner.

Portsmouth Div 1: John Wheeler and Tony Corkett drew their game from the Cosham A - Fareham A match. The match was drawn.

Portsmouth Div 2: Cosham B lead Fareham B 3 - 2 with one game remaining.

Gosport B beat Emsworth B 3 - 1 with one game a double default and one still remaining.

Southampton Div 1: R.Pegg lost to D.Hart from the Ringwood A - University A match. Ringwood won the match 3½ - 1½.

Southampton Div 2: Passed Pawn B lost 2 - 3 against Southampton B, not the drew I previously reported.

Dayah Azman and Dave Holmes drew their game from the University B - Eastleigh Rail B match. Eastleigh Rail B won the match 4½ - ½.

Southampton Div 4: Ringwood B lost 0 - 4 against University C.

Southampton D lost 1½ - 2½ against Winchester C

Southampton Div 5: Winchester College beat University D 3 - 1

Portsmouth Div 1: John Wheeler beat Bill McDougall in the Cosham A - Chichester A match. Chichester won the match 4 - 2.

Andrew Smith drew with Ted Black in the Cosham A - Fareham A match. The match stands at 2½ points each with one game remaining.

Portsmouth Div 2: Peter Eales lost to Peter Dallas in the Gosport B - Cosham B match. Cosham B won the match 4 - 2.

Portsmouth Div 3: University A lost 2 - 4 against Portsmouth B.

Cosham C beat Fareham C 4 - 2.

History: Pictures from the Eastleigh Rail D - Ordinance Survey C match on the 19th March. This match saw the debut of 8 year old Joseph Henbury and also included 83 year old Guntur Burkert.

Southampton Individual: Alec Samuels beat John Kooner.

Southampton Div 1: Passed Pawn A and Salisbury A drew their match 2½ - 2½.

University A beat Ringwood A 3 - 1 with one game to be decided.

Southampton Div 2: Eastleigh Rail B lost 2 - 3 against Southampton B.

Southampton Div 3: Salisbury B beat Ordnance Survey B 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 4: J.Davis and T.Slater drew their game from the Southampton D - University D match - this is an amended result.

Southampton Div 5: Winchester D and University D tied their match 2 all.

Portsmouth Div 1: Emsworth A beat Portsmouth A 5 - 1.

Cosham A and Fareham A are level at s points each with a couple of games to be decided.

Portsmouth Div 2: Gosport B trail Cosham B 2 - 3 with one game remaining.

County Correspondence: John Wheeler drew with Janos Wagenbach. Hampshire have 7½ points from 12 games.

Southampton Div 2: Southampton B beat Ordnance Survey A 3½ - 1½.

Les Allen beat Martin Buckley in their played on game from the Southampton B- Passed Pawn B match. Southampton B won the match 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 3: Winchester A beat Salisbury B 3½ - ½ with one game remaining. This win sees Winchester A win the division and they will return to Division Two next season.

County Correspondence: Terry Cowling won his game. Hampshire move onto 7 points from 11 games.

Southampton Div 2: D.Fowler lost to Matt Ludbrook in the played on game from the University B - Eastleigh Rail B match. Eastleigh Rail B won the match 4 - 0 with one result outstanding.

Southampton Div 3: Winchester College A beat Winchester B 3 - 2.

Southampton Div 4: Eastleigh Rail C beat Winchester C 2½ - 1½.

Eastleigh Rail C beat Winchester C 2½ - 1½

Southampton D lost ½ - 3½ against University C (or maybe 0 - 4, as result to be confirmed)

Salisbury C beat Eastleigh Rail C 3 - 1.

Southampton Div 5: Eastleigh Rail D drew 2 - 2 with Winchester D.

Eastleigh Rail D beat Ordnance Survey C 3 - 1. The Eastleigh Rail D team had 83 year old Gunthur Burkert on board 2 and 8 year old Joseph Henbury on board 4.

Southampton Rob Plate: Andover A and Winchester College A drew their match 2½ - 2½. Andover A progress to the final on board count. 

There they will meet University B, who beat Winchester B 4 - 1.

Portsmouth Div 1: S.Dean lost to K.Davies in the played on game from the Cosham A - Chichester A match. Chichester A won the match 4 - 1 with one result outstanding.

Portsmouth Div 2: Emsworth B lost 0 - 6 against Chichester B.

Portsmouth Cole Cup: Cosham A lost 2 - 3 against Emsworth A. The final will be between Gosport A and Emsworth.

Southampton Div 1: Southampton A beat University A 3½ - ½ with one game outstanding.

Southampton Div 2: T.Gray drew with P.Hurn from the Andover A - Southampton C match. Andover A won the match 3½- 1½

Passed Pawn B and Eastleigh Railway B are level at two points each with one game remaining.

Southampton Div 3: Winchester A beat Winchester College 3½ - 1½.

M.White won his game against D.Murchie from the Winchester A - Southampton C match. Winchester A won the match 4 - 0 with one game outstanding.

B.Knight lost his game against D.Kinsler from the Ordnance Survey A - Winchester A match. Winchester A won the match 5 - 0.

Alex Gee beat Mike Gransden and Kevin Sawers beat Dave Drew in the games from the Ordnance Survey B - Southampton C match. Southampton C won the match 4 - 1.

Southampton Rob Cup: Southampton A beat Salisbury A 3½ - 1½.

County Correspondence: D.Deacon lost to P.Catt. Hampshire have 6 points from 10 games.

Southampton Individual: Gillian Moore drew her game against Steven Kawuma. This is a great result for Gillian who was outgraded by 47 points.

John Patience: Les Allen of Southampton Chess Club has supplied the following with regards to  John Patience:

" John, and his younger brother Mark, both played chess as juniors. Mark, played for Foundry Lane school, and I remember playing against Mark in a closely run game. He had ability, but as far as I am aware never pursued chess as actively as John. In the early 1960's, Regents Park School had a very strong team, consisting of John (board1), Phill Mitchell, Meeghan, Nias, and myself on board 5. I was 2 years younger than my compatriots. We had many a battle with Itchen and St.Mary's college, but usually prevailed. Even at this stage, one could tell John was a cut above the rest on ability. He was a very sound, controlled , positional player."

"I remember with much happiness, the times we spent as competitors at the S.C.C.U. chess championships held at Butlins, Bognor Regis. Once we had finished our games and provided there were no adjournments, Butlins was there for us to enjoy! What great fun we had! John enjoyed watching the antics of the more juvenile of us. On a more serious note, John performed admirably and went on to compete in the British championships."

"In recent years, we have been on the same and opposite teams, but I shall always remember John as a good friend and a true gentleman".

Portsmouth Div 1: S.Smith won his game against E.Black from the Chichester - Fareham match. Chichester won the match 5 - 1.

A.D.Smith and J.Wilson drew their game from the Cosham A - Chichester A match. Cosham A trail 1 - 3 with two games remaining.

Portsmouth Div 2: Chichester B won one of the three outstanding games, whilst Cosham B won the other two. Chichester B lost the match 2½ -  3½

Portsmouth Div 3: Cosham C drew 3 - 3 against University A

Chichester C beat Portsmouth B 3½ - 2½.

John Patience a long serving player in the Southampton Chess League has died.   He was playing for Passed Pawn at the time of his death, but prior to that played for Southampton for a number of years.  He was a distinguished player, who was also secretary of the Hampshire Chess Association, and a team captain. - Malcolm Clarke