Category: NLC chess news

There’s an old chess joke that goes along the lines of: “If the nuclear holocaust happened on a Monday, the[…]

As the current NLC Chess Circle begin to rise through the ranks of Clubland chess, now is a good time[…]

Well it’s finally happened – the NLC has won a Hamilton-Russell Cup match! After the ‘so near yet so far’[…]

Messers Osserian and Giffin demonstrated the requisite commitment to NLC chess by getting their Gladstone campaigns underway early. First blood[…]

For all the progress made, the NLC has never quite drawn or won a Hamilton-Russell Cup match. Friendlies yes, but[…]

The NLC made its first Hamilton-Russell Cup trip to the Oriental Club, to play the combined Oriental / East India[…]

The 2018 Gladstone Trophy competition has begun. We have eight entrants this year, and the field looks strong. But in[…]

The NLC band made its way down to deepest darkest Fulham to take on the Hurlingham in its riverside home.[…]

A trip to Lord’s is the highlight of the season for many a cricket fan. Same goes for chess. The[…]

The NLC Chess Circle is delighted to announce the second NLC Lightning Chess Tournament (2018), to be held on Wednesday[…]

Wednesday 11 October saw a dramatic and complete victory for the NLC over the O&C. Tremors were felt up and[…]

Mister Osseiran is the mainstay of the NLC side and an example to us all. Never complaining and always willing[…]

Four members of the NLC have represented the NLC at this year’s Knight’s Tour event. Messers Widdicombe, Hammer, Whiteley and[…]

Tuesday 19 September saw the Hamilton-Russell season opener for the Libs against the Athenaeum. A six board match up had[…]

Avid readers of this website may have begun to suspect that the motives of the NLC Chess Circle are not[…]