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Richard Sharp Sir Francis Drake Thomas Hardy W. G. Grace
CHESS IN THE WEST
West of England Chess Union
Joel Garner, Ian Botham, Vivian Richards Malcolm Marshall William Golding Cary Grant

Archive

This section will contain a miscellany of material, including a number of articles by Bob Jones on characters and events in the history of chess in the West Country.

West of England Championship

List of past champions with links to final standings (where available) and games.

Birth of the WECU

The SCCU archivist, Anthony Fulton, has written a book about the SCCU's first 125 years: The Southern Counties Chess Union - a retrospective. It includes an account of the WECU's secession from the SCCU.

He has kindly contributed two articles on the early years of the WECU around the time of its leaving the SCCU. The articles can be found here and here

Last updated 29/5/2023