COUNTY LEAGUES
Southampton Chess Club COVID-19
In the interests of the health of our members and our visitors Southampton Chess Club has suspended all club nights as of 17th March 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. We will resume […]
Articles by Michael Blake
COUNTY TEAMS
Cancelled Match Hampshire versus Buckinghamshire
The Chiltern League (Open teams) match on 28th March has been cancelled (Hants v Bucks). (We had a team prepared to play but they preferred to cancel now rather than later). Advice from the English Chess […]
NEWS
ECF Yearbook 2020 as a free download
News from the English Chess Federation that they have made their annual yearbook available as a free download for 2020, a copy may be obtained from https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Yearbook-2020-complete.pdf Running to 200 pages the yearbook is an […]
NEWS
John Wrench Teaches Chess on the Isle of Wight
John Wrench is an English Chess Federation accredited coach and is offering the ‘Over 50s’ on the Isle of Wight an opportunity to take ten free lessons thanks to funding by WightAid. Check mates – […]
NEWS
Isle of Wight Chess new club day on Saturdays
John Wrench sends us great news of an additional day for chess on the Isle of Wight. Shanklin chess club now meet on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm whilst there will still be a few […]
REVIEWS
My Chess Revealed – Selected Games with Commentaries
Gillian Moore, former British Ladies Chess Champion, British Senior Ladies Chess Champion, Youth and Regional chess champion has made available to everyone her latest book as a free download from this website. Alternatively it may […]
HAMPSHIRE CHESS ASSOC.
John Dunleavy Prize 2019
The “John Dunleavy Memorial Best Game Prize” is awarded for the best game played at the annual Hampshire Chess Congress. The memorial prize was kindly donated by his nephew Stephen. John was academically gifted and […]
HAMPSHIRE CHESS ASSOC.
Hampshire games archive updated with Congress 2019
The Hampshire archive of games played at the County Congress has been updated with the 2019 Open tournament games. Our thanks go to Arthur Brameld for continuing to collect the games and make then available […]
NEWS
Changes at Bembridge Chess Club, I.O.W.
We had 5 players for the first session at our new venue but had 3 regulars absent and we’re hoping for double figures this coming week. We hope you can make it to the club […]
HAMPSHIRE CHESS ASSOC.
Isle of Wight Chess
There are 3 clubs on the Isle of Wight and we’re really keen to promote chess and increase participation. The Isle of Wight chess clubs welcome visiting teams to come and play friendly matches. We […]