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Liberals win Sheldon Marshall Blitz competition (bar room section)

May 12, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The annual inter-club team blitz championship was held a few weeks ago at the RAC. Mister Barton was summoned to[…]

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Farleigh achieves the triple

April 22, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

It was springtime at 1 Whitehall Place. The leaves were in bud, the terrace was getting busy, and that could[…]

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It was close…until it wasn’t

April 7, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

It was time for the creme of London’s automobile enthusiasts to don their driving gloves and goggles, fire up their[…]

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And the piper piped

March 14, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

This was the NLC’s postponed Round 4 Hamilton-Russell match from October last year. So near yet so far. This would have[…]

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NLC beat the Reform

January 19, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The Reform came to the NLC just before Christmas. On Wednesday 15 January it was time for the NLC to[…]

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Reform beat the NLC

January 19, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

It was the Reform v the NLC in the HR Cup on 12 December 2024. This fixture has been unpredictable[…]

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Lords Test Match ends in a draw

January 10, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

It’s always a pleasure to visit Lord’s, especially the Pavilion for those of us who aren’t MCC Members. A fine[…]

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RAG v NLC: a haiku

January 10, 2025 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Our Tokyo Correspondent filed the following bulletin of the Army and Navy friendly match that took place on 19 November.[…]

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The NLC is lost for words

December 7, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The NLC’s 6th Round match was a tough one. It always is against the O&C. But this one left the[…]

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The Libs? Top of the League?

November 27, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The NLC’s Round 5 match (Round 4 versus the MCC postponed until the new year) saw us take on a strong[…]

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Ragged team play the RAGs

November 9, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

A late October fixture saw the the Libs take on the RAG in a friendly. The Liberals are, unsurprisingly, a[…]

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Have the gentlemen become players?

November 9, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The waters lack a chart. The path is unfamiliar. And it is all thoroughly un-Liberal. The Editorial Committee has over[…]

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Shock and awe on board four saves NLC blushes with a draw

October 27, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Four plucky chess Libs made their way to the Athenaeum in early October. (Technically, it should have been a combined[…]

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The Artists cometh

October 13, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

A telegram received at our offices this morning from our roving field sports correspondent, Mister Ioannou: As summer ends, the[…]

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Mister Barton is Gladstone’s favourite son

September 27, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

And lo, it came to pass, Mister Barton was crowned NLC Champion 2024. It had been coming, with a strong[…]

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Chess Circle News

  • Liberals win Sheldon Marshall Blitz competition (bar room section)
  • Farleigh achieves the triple
  • It was close…until it wasn’t
  • And the piper piped
  • NLC beat the Reform
  • Reform beat the NLC
  • Lords Test Match ends in a draw
  • RAG v NLC: a haiku
  • The NLC is lost for words
  • The Libs? Top of the League?

What we’re talking about

  • Danny Rosenbaum on NLC beat the Reform
  • Richard Saldanha on The Artists cometh
  • Danny Rosenbaum on Birrane’s Blitz Brainchild
  • Richard Saldanha on Mister Barton is Gladstone’s favourite son

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