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Adams v Wheeler 0-1 1985

John Wheeler

The first time I had played Mickey Adams was in the Devon v Cornwall match a year earlier, when we ...

Wessex 61 Tournament

Wessex Weekly Swiss #61

Keith Gregory

Our 61st Weekly Swiss saw 10 players compete although only 7  played through to round 5. With a lot of ...

Spinnaker Tower at Portsmouth, UK

Hampshire Chess Players

Michael Blake

Hampshire Chess veteran Graham Stuart has begun a new website that seeks to document Hampshire chess players and history. He ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Final Round

Peter Anderson

Results Last night saw the final round of Season 3 of the 4NCL Online.   The most critical matches for Wessex ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Round 6

Peter Anderson

In round 6 of season 3 of 4NCL Online the Wessex teams had mixed results, winning 2, drawing 3 and ...

Portsmouth

Chess in the West

Michael Blake

Hampshire is a member of the West of England Chess Union (WECU), the view was expressed at last Saturday’s WECU ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Round 5

Peter Anderson

It was a return to normal service with a good set of results for the Wessex teams last night as ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Round 4

Peter Anderson

Having had a good Round 3 two weeks ago the Wessex teams had a pretty terrible Round 4 last night. ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Round 3

Peter Anderson

Overall it was a good set of results for the Wessex Some Stars teams in round 3 of the 3rd ...

Four Nations Chess League

4NCL Online Season 3 Round 2

Peter Anderson

Another night of mixed results for the Wessex teams. First the really good news: the A team won!   For ...