Category: NLC chess news

Longtime readers of this august and learned journal will no doubt be able to cast their minds back to reading[…]

A visit to the RAC is always one of the highlights of the chess season. It’s a magnificent clubhouse and[…]

That we should meet Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same is something we learn from[…]

A victorious army needs quality NCOs, and a decent chess team needs decent middle boards. The NLC didn’t win at[…]

It’s always been a bit of a condundrum for the NLC Chess Team – does one imbibe before and during[…]

Sometimes the NLC team wins chess matches. Mostly it loses them. But it always wins the fight that really matters:[…]

Grandmaster on Board 1 Mister Whiteley has been misbehaving again. When the Board 2 should be flat out studying his[…]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November; the gunpowder treason and plot… A five board friendly at the Hurlingham. With many[…]

Chess players are taught early that castling is a very useful thing. The king moves two squares towards the rook,[…]

The friendly fixtures come thick and fast. This time the Libs hosted the Artists on Wednesday 16th October. Both teams[…]

The first Hamilton-Russell match of the new season saw the NLC take on the Reform Club at Whitehall Place. Seeing[…]

It was supposedly a gentle start to the season – only four boards, in a quiet corner of our famous[…]

The final round was upon us. Nerves were taut. Hopes were high. Gladstone looked on. Much was to be settled[…]

The penultimate round of the 2019 Gladstone Trophy was upon us. Much was at stake. Far from the leaders breaking[…]

Thursday 18 July saw the fourth annual summer blitz competition – the famed NLC Kennedy Cup. Five speed chess enthusiasts[…]