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, Anstey Chess club’s first team played against bottom Kirby Muxloe and added another W to their record with a crushing 4-1 result for our top players. Full report from the game can be found on this link. In addition, the “webmaster” (not really, more like website enthusiast) Boris decided to reshuffle the gallery which is now full of photos, grouped in slideshows corresponding to particular events and captioned with snappy comments. To check it for yourselves, click on the Gallery tab above or just follow this link.

For next week, the second team takes on a serious challenge as they are going to play Wigston 4 away. In the same manner as last week, for everyone who wants to attend club night, El Presidente 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 continue their winning streak, this time beating Wigston 1, while Shepshed 1 defeated Market Harborough 1. In the second division no games took place, while in Division 3 Syston 2 achieved another important win, this time against Ashby 2, in an attempt to hold onto the first place, with our own Anstey 1 and Market Harborough 2 also in the race for first in the division. In the fourth division Braunstone 2 defeated Heathcote Arms 2.

In the country, the English Chess Federation has announced the English Championship 2022 which is to take place in Kenilworth from 19th to 22nd May 2022. For more information on the tournament, follow this link.

Worldwide, the Charity Cup 2022, another event from the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour has started and it will include plenty of big names competing for the prize. The event will be special, as the money raised from the event will be donated to UNICEF for support of families fleeing Ukraine. As of day 2, GM Liem Quang Le is leading the pack, with GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda close behind him. As customary, the event’s stream on Youtube will be available on our home page, you can access the action by clicking here.