Articles by Michael Blake

The 44th East Devon Chess Congress will take place on Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2019 at Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter, EX1 1BW. The 2019 East Devon Congress will be a 5-round […]

The West of England Chess Union 72nd Open Congress will be held during Easter 2019 at the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2AG Tournament Dates – Fri. 19th April to Mon. 22nd April 2019A […]

Arthur Brameld has kindly collected the games played during the recent Hampshire Chess Congress. We have added these to our collection of games which is made available for download from this link. If you find […]

The ECF is relaunching the annual English Seniors Championship with a four day FIDE-rated and ECF graded congress at the St Johns Hotel, Solihull in April 2019. The event will run for four days from […]

The Counties & District Correspondence Chess Championship is our annual team event for the Hampshire Correspondence Chess Team. After a long period of playing in Division One we are this season in the 2nd division […]

The Hampshire Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Megafinal will take place on Sunday, April 28th, 2019. The tournament venue is Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire. For more information please visit the Hampshire Junior Chess Association at http://www.hjca.org.uk/event/hampshire-ukcc-megafinal/ […]

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 […]

The prestigious annual Book of the Year award from the English Chess Federation, has gone to Grandmaster Jan Markos. ‘Under the Surface’ is published by Quality Chess and priced at £23.99. The announcement was made on […]