Category: NLC chess news

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[…]

And it came to pass. With 8 players, 11 games, 12 months, (6 questionable combinations and 3 outright blunders) the[…]

Gladders got three more under his belt over these last few weeks, as he marches inexorably toward anointing the 2017[…]

The National Liberal Club has mixed views on blitz. On the one hand, the Luftwaffe bomb that smashed through the[…]

The summer months might make one think of long evenings, G&Ts on the terrace, strawberries and cream and Wimbledon…but for[…]

The Hamilton Russell fixtures meeting was held on the evening of May 16th. Our new captain Doctor Kirby attended for[…]

The NLC Chess Circle is pleased to invite all NLC members to the second NLC Chess Circle Summer Blitz Competition, to[…]

Whilst most of the NLC players were taking each game as it came and concentrating on simply making it through[…]

With the Hamilton Russel season now over, it’s time to get on with the Gladstone Trophy. Doctor Kirby and Mister[…]

“What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?” “There is no time, sir, at which ties do not[…]