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Author: The Editorial Committee

Who needs the Captain?

February 17, 2023 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

This article could have been written as the Magnificent Seven. But most of them are dead by the end of[…]

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Burgeoning Liberal team shatters all records!

January 22, 2023 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

From small acorns mighty oaks grow. Some remember the olden days, when the same six Liberal chess players – indeed[…]

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All square with the O&C

January 22, 2023 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The New Year dawned with the NLC Chess team hosting our friends from the Oxford and Cambridge for a friendly[…]

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Thank goodness for Miss Widger

January 7, 2023 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

With the pre-Christmas freeze continuing, the Libs made their way over the Pall Mall for the Hamilton Russell match against[…]

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

December 16, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The Reform Club turned up at Whitehall Place for a pre-Christmas Friendly played in the midst of a Yuletide cold[…]

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Just like watching Bobby Fischer

November 13, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Early November saw the Liberal chessers troop off to Pall Mall to play the mighty RAC, reigning Hamilton Russell Champions.[…]

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A debut and a return

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

(Editor’s Note: None of this Journal’s extensive team of reporters could attend the match, and so what follows is pieced[…]

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A vague sense of respectability

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The NLC warriors headed off for Pall Mall to play last season’s title challenging AthenaeumClub. The NLC secured three wins[…]

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Gladstone decides…

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The fifth and final round of the Gladstone Trophy 2022 was upon us. On this evening William Ewert Gladstone would[…]

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Croquet and duckponds

October 20, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

A trip to Fulham is always a treat. The Hurlingham is a spectacular place and it’s hard to believe you[…]

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Liberals tackle a Grandmaster

October 8, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

If there’s a dinner involved you can count on the Liberals. Whether it’s an RAC end-of-year bash, a random invite[…]

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Mister Dias plays Red

October 2, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The first match of the new term saw the Chelsea Arts Club turn up at Whitehall Place in theHamilton Russell[…]

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Be quick. Be good. Be lucky.

October 2, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The all important Round 4 of the Gladstone. In a five round Swiss system with around 10 or so players[…]

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Draw offer drama

September 11, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The 16th of August saw traditional high-summer round 3 of the Gladstone take place. And it didn’t disappoint the fans.[…]

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Kirby’s Kennedy Quintuple

August 10, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Just as with so many other once-certain dates in the calendar, the Kennedy Cup had not been played in the[…]

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Chess Circle News

  • Reportage: NLC win fourth place in the Hamilton-Russell Cup 2025/26
  • Giffin’s Gladstone Glory
  • It’s just too tight at the top
  • Heavyweights punch each other to a standstill
  • Mrs Randall sweeps all before her
  • Gladstone shoots ahead – Rd1 and 2 reports
  • Liberals win Sheldon Marshall Blitz competition (bar room section)
  • Farleigh achieves the triple
  • It was close…until it wasn’t
  • And the piper piped

What we’re talking about

  • Nahuel on Giffin’s Gladstone Glory
  • DR RENU RAJ on Mrs Randall sweeps all before her
  • Izaan Khan on Mrs Randall sweeps all before her
  • Richard Saldanha on Mrs Randall sweeps all before her

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