Britain’s national chess league, the 4NCL, continues to flourish despite rising costs. Its 12-team, eight-player top division, including a mandatory female board, is fiercely competitive and ...

Guildford wrapped up the defence of their 4NCL title with a round to spare and so the traditional last-round showdown on the May Day bank holiday did not transpire. Guildford’s domination was so ...

Britain’s Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) has become a favoured route to the grandmaster title for the game’s best young talents. Staged over five weekends at hotels in Daventry, Warwick and Milton ...

Hostilities commenced the weekend before last in the newly-formed 4NCL championship pool comprised of: Cheddleton 1, Wood Green, Barbican 1 and 2, Guildford 1 and 2, White Rose 1 and Blackthorne ...