Welcome to the very first ‘Sunday chess review’. Every Sunday we will try to summarise news from our own club along with main titles from our county, country and around the world. We hope you will find it informative and enjoyable and we will appreciate any feedback, so do not hesitate to leave it.

In our own Anstey Chess club we are preparing for a quiet week with only a club night on Thursday in sight. As usual in the last few weeks, masks are mandatory as the health of our players and guests is paramount for us.

Locally, a rapid OTB tournament has been announced to take place in Nottingham on 20^th February. If rapid is your format, do not hesitate and book yourself in. More information on https://www.nottinghamshirechess.org/competitions/.

In the meantime, the ECF is scheduling a one-day Endgame Challenge Rerun on Saturday 29^th January with IM Lorin D’Costa and GM Keith Arkell. The Endgame Challenge Rerun will cover fundamental endgames you really must know with theoretical positions and practical examples. More information on https://www.englishchess.org.uk/endgame-challenge-rerun/ .

On the international stage, the TATA Steel Tournament started a couple of days ago. At the end of today, Duda, Carlsen and Vidit Gujrathi are in the lead, only half a point in front of 8 other players, including Caruana, Mamedyarov and the always entertaining Daniil Dubov. More information on https://www.chess.com/news/view/tata-steel-chess-2022-round-2.

We hope you enjoyed the very first Sunday chess review. More to come next week.