The 15th of December saw the last chess fixture of 2016 for the NLC as we welcomed the Hurlingham Club to the NLC for a friendly.
A hugely enjoyable night of chess was had – the Hurlingham crowd really are a lovely bunch. Yet again, we gave it everything, but went down 1.5 – 3.5.
As ever, the pictures and games will do the talking:
Board 1: Doctor ‘Caro-Kann’ Kirby v Gareth Ross (reportedly a former Welsh champion). (It’s interesting to compare this to Doctor Kirby’s last game v The Athenaeum where he played the same variation).
Mister King turns out for the NLC for friendly Hamilton-Russell games. The blitz-addict did well to score a half point in what for him is an unfamiliar long play format. He played against Michael Yeoh.
Mister Widdicombe was board 3, and won against Robert Gordon.
Mister Hamme took board 4, and lost to Richard Paterson.
Mister Osserian was on board 5, and lost to James Grogono.
