Welcome to another chess review where we comment on last week’s news from our own club, county, country and the world. We will also take a look at what to expect next week.

In our own club, both teams fought bravely against the second and third teams of Market Harborough, bringing home 1.5/2 points. First, the first team managed to steal the win with crushing 3-1 defeat, the report for the match was written by ‘El Presidente’ himself and could be accessed by clicking here. On the very next evening the second team went on to hold on Market Harborough’s third team, with Leo achieving a big win against a very strong opponent. For more on the second team draw against the current division 4 leaders, follow this link.

For next week, the second team take on Loughborough in an attempt to bring home some more points and remain undefeated this calendar year, while on Thursday there will be the usual club night.

In the county, there were plenty of games played last week. In Division 1, Wigston 1 won against Thurnby, while Syston 1 defeated Shepshed 1. In the second division Wigston 3 leveled the leaders Melton Mowbray 1 on points by beating the second team from the town famous for great pork pies (in my humble foreigner’s opinion, the food the British Empire was built on). In Division 3 Latimer and Ashby 2 delivered crushing defeats to Heathcote Arms 1 and Kiry Muxloe 2, respectively. No games were played in the fourth division apart from our second team’s draw against Market Harborough 3.

In the country, the first five games of the England vs Sweden match between GM Nils Grandelius and GM David Howell have taken place, with the English Grandmaster having the edge 3 – 2 with one win and four draws. You can follow all of the action on chess24, following this link.

Worldwide, the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 leg 2 has started in Belgrade with one more round to take place until the playoffs. While GM Anish Giri and GM Richard Rapport only need a draw to qualify, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will go for the win, while in Group A GM Sam Shackland and GM Dmitry Andreikin are fighting hard for the top spot with 3 points each. You can follow all of the action on our own website by clicking here.