Middlesex County

14 August 2025

Subject to ongoing research and checking - E&OE

ECF County Championships

Open

2023, 2012, 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1980, 1979, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1956, 1955, 1953, 1950, 1949, 1947, 1937, 1936, 1934, 1932, 1931, 1928, 1927, 1925, 1914, 1913, 1910, 1909, 1908

Under 1850

2025, 2023, 2022

Under 1450

2024

Under 180 (equivalent to Under 2050)

2012

Under 160 (approximates to Under 1850)

2018, 2016

SCCU County Championships

David Lewis writes: The website of the Southern Counties Chess Union has an interesting and entertaining article on the history of the SCCU's many trophies: the fruits of the unnamed author's prodigious research among insurance valuations, other sources and the trophies themselves. Some were lost or irreparably damaged, then reincarnated under the same name. Others have been associated with different competitions at different times. I am currently (August 2025) in temporary possession for engraving and delivery purposes of the Stevenson Trophy and the Montague Jones Cup, the latter being the Union's oldest surviving trophy dating from 1923. Won by Middlesex teams in 2025, these precious artefacts record a century of great deeds on the chessboards of southern England and I consider it a privilege to host them in my home for a few short weeks.

Open Competition winners

Shannon Trophy (1935-)

2023, 2014, 2013, 1989, 1987, 1980, 1979, 1974, 1972, 1969, 1967, 1965, 1963, 1959, 1956, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1947, 1946, 1937, 1936, 1935

No trophy was awarded between 1894 and 1935, but Middlesex won the Open in these years:

1934, 1932, 1931, 1928, 1927, 1925, 1923, 1914, 1913, 1910, 1909, 1908

Open Competition runners-up

Stevenson Trophy

2025*, 2022*, 2016*, 2019*, 2016*, 2009*, 1962* (see note)

Note. According to The SCCU's Trophies, "By the fifties the trophy had already for some time been awarded on the basis of the league competitions, usually to a winner from the non-Metropolitan counties. This continued into the sixties (on a handicap basis, from 1966)."

*Verified from inscriptions on Trophy.

Under 2050 Competition

Montague Jones Trophy (1934-)

2025*, 2019*, 2018*, 2015*, 2012*, 1993*, 1992*, 1990*, 1986*, 1985*, 1984*, 1977*, 1976*, 1974*, 1973*, 1967*, 1914, 1913, 1910, 1909, 1908