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A debut and a return

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

(Editor’s Note: None of this Journal’s extensive team of reporters could attend the match, and so what follows is pieced[…]

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A vague sense of respectability

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The NLC warriors headed off for Pall Mall to play last season’s title challenging AthenaeumClub. The NLC secured three wins[…]

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Gladstone decides…

October 29, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The fifth and final round of the Gladstone Trophy 2022 was upon us. On this evening William Ewert Gladstone would[…]

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Croquet and duckponds

October 20, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

A trip to Fulham is always a treat. The Hurlingham is a spectacular place and it’s hard to believe you[…]

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Liberals tackle a Grandmaster

October 8, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

If there’s a dinner involved you can count on the Liberals. Whether it’s an RAC end-of-year bash, a random invite[…]

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Mister Dias plays Red

October 2, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The first match of the new term saw the Chelsea Arts Club turn up at Whitehall Place in theHamilton Russell[…]

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Be quick. Be good. Be lucky.

October 2, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The all important Round 4 of the Gladstone. In a five round Swiss system with around 10 or so players[…]

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Draw offer drama

September 11, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The 16th of August saw traditional high-summer round 3 of the Gladstone take place. And it didn’t disappoint the fans.[…]

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Kirby’s Kennedy Quintuple

August 10, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Just as with so many other once-certain dates in the calendar, the Kennedy Cup had not been played in the[…]

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Gladstone marches on

August 8, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

After a blistering start in round 1 it was all to play for in round 2. The swiss system pairing[…]

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Gladstone returns!

June 24, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

He’s had his two jabs, and his booster. And now he’s ripped off his face mask and deleted his NHS[…]

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The Doctor’s Report 2022

May 25, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Tradition has it that each summer the players of the NLC Chess Circle reluctantly submit themselves to a rigorous, forensic[…]

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The Charge of the Lib Brigade

May 25, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

I. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, Into the Sheldon Marshall, Strode the six Liberals. “Forward,[…]

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The NLC meets its Waterloo

May 20, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

Two events of the upmost significance occurred on Tuesday 10th of May. The first was of course the eagerly awaited[…]

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Toot toot! It’s off the RAC

May 7, 2022 The Editorial Committee NLC chess news

The Cup matches were over, the Libs had achieved their unprecedented mid-table position, and there was a definite end of[…]

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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

NLC daily chess problem

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