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, our second team played against third in the division and after great performances from Hal, Leo and the captain Oskar, we held onto the higher-rated team to finish with a draw 2.5 – 2.5. Full report from the game can be found on this link. The match was followed by another club night, with plenty of analysis going on, followed by games and further analysis of opening lines.

For next week, the first team will be hosted by Kirby Muxloe 2 looking to continue their challenge for the top of the division. For everyone who wants to attend club night, the second team captain Oskar will be in the Anstey Methodist church welcoming any chess enthusiast willing to have a go at the beautiful game.

In the county, a few games were played last week. In Division 1, Syston 1 defeated Shepshed 2 tryign to hold onto our strong first team with the end of the league season imminent. In the second division Wigston 2 and Melton Mowbray 1 achieved important away wins against Ashby 1 and Kirby Muxloe 1, respectively. In Division 3 no games took place and in the fourth division Market Harborough 3 delivered a crushing defeat against Ashby 3 while Melton Mowbray 3 set Wigston 4 back in the latter’s attempt to challenge the leaders.

In the country, the England vs Sweden match between GM Nils Grandelius and GM David Howell concluded, with the English Grandmaster keeping his 1 point edge after a great comeback win in game 8 after being defeated in game 7. You can see recap from all of the action on chess24, following this link.

Worldwide, the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 leg 2 finished with GM Richard Rapport claiming the win against the other player in great form GM Dmitry Andreikin. You can watch the second game of the final between the two GMs on our own website by clicking here.