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Season opener sees Hurlingham beaten by NLC in friendly

September 19, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Friday August 13 saw the season opener in an away match against the Hurlingham. It was a friendly, so a[…]

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Barton in pole position

September 10, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Round 4 is always a big round in the Gladstone. In years gone by it’s been round 4 that’s often[…]

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Birrane’s Blitz Brainchild

August 27, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Under One Sky (UOS) is a UK charity supporting people affected by homelessness. It aims to tackle the worst and[…]

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Mister Khan breaks all the rules

July 26, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The NLC summer blitz chess championship has two Golden Rules. They are not hard to understand. Nor are they hard[…]

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Halfway in the Gladstone

July 19, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Round three done and dusted. Four games were played, and the field is beginning to stretch out. Here’s what happened[…]

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Two down, three to go

June 22, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Round 2 of the 2024 Gladstone Trophy took place on Thursday June 13th. Four games were played. Game 1 –[…]

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Gladstone walks again

May 31, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Summer is upon us, so it’s time for the Gladstone Trophy. The field is wide open this year, with some[…]

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Telegram just in: Ath beat NLC

May 31, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Subscribers to this journal will know that the Editorial Committee has an unwavering commitment to reporting on all matters connected[…]

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NLC leave Clubland in awe as they power through to lower mid-table

May 27, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Once the competitive season has finished and the Gladstone hardly begun it is time for the annual inter-Club blitz competition[…]

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Mister Barton is called out

May 12, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

It was an affair of honour. It was a tragedy. It began on the morning of Monday 6th May. Richard[…]

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MCC win by half a wicket in friendly

May 10, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

A friendly match to round off April, with the MCC visiting 1 Whitehall Place on Monday 29 April. A visit[…]

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Mister Farleigh Thunders through the Lightning

April 21, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Lightning chess at the NLC has now become a spring-time Clubland chess tradition. Once the daffodils are out the buzzer[…]

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International chess at the NLC

April 17, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Early April. Four delightful members of the Circle de l’Union Interalliee had come to London to play the finest chessplayers[…]

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The Libs go swinging

February 23, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Despair. First, there was ‘chessboxing‘. Then there was ‘go karting‘. Now – with a heavy heart and much sombre reflection[…]

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The NLC’s proud tradition of radical pamphleteering

January 17, 2024 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Liberalism has a long history of radical pamphleteering. Radical pamphlets were short opinion pieces, often only a few pages long,[…]

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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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