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He’s had his two jabs, and his booster. And now he’s ripped off his face mask and deleted his NHS[…]
Read moreTradition has it that each summer the players of the NLC Chess Circle reluctantly submit themselves to a rigorous, forensic[…]
Read moreI. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, Into the Sheldon Marshall, Strode the six Liberals. “Forward,[…]
Read moreTwo events of the upmost significance occurred on Tuesday 10th of May. The first was of course the eagerly awaited[…]
Read moreThe Cup matches were over, the Libs had achieved their unprecedented mid-table position, and there was a definite end of[…]
Read moreLightning Chess was back. After an enforced break in 2021 (some sort of biohazard scare, if I recall – memory[…]
Read moreThe Hamilton-Russell season has finished. The last pawn has been pushed and the last blunder has been made. The final[…]
Read moreThe last Hamilton Russell fixture of the season was away at the Hurlingham Club near Putney Bridge. Matches between the[…]
Read moreA sombre day in the annuls of Liberal chess. Long have the NLC have been widely recognised as the undisputed[…]
Read moreJust as with the Oriental/East India the week before, this journal found itself unable to send a staff reporter to[…]
Read moreA match took place between the NLC and the Oriental East India on 15 February. This journal, alas, found itself[…]
Read moreThe NLC went on our annual pilgrimage to Lord’s, with the prospect of an excellent evening but almost inevitable defeat[…]
Read moreThe Reform Club came to Whitehall Place on a cold January evening for our Hamilton Russell Cup match. Mister Giffin[…]
Read moreEarly January saw the first match of 2022 – a home friendly against the ever-fun MCC team. A chance to[…]
Read moreAnd the faithful came. A reduced band of chess players met on Monday 20 December for the second Beginners, Improvers[…]
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