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Caissa was established in March 2012, teaching just a handful of children in Discovery Bay.

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

11 June: Malvern College Hong Kong Scholastic Chess Open. Win the prestigious Dr. R. Lister Cup for your school. Individual and School prizes. Registration closed. PARTICIPANTS JOIN EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP HERE
18 June: End of Month, June. Sheung Wan, only for Caissa Students. Register!

25 June: End of the Season Rapid Open. FIDE Rated, Sheung Wan. Register!
Summer Camps: Schedule for Summer camps is out! Morning and afternoon weekly camps in Sheung Wan. Morning Camps in Discovery Bay. Limited spaces in some of them Register Here!
New venue in Discovery Bay: From June 1st we are at Unit 13, Lower Ground Floor, still in the same Building at Discovery Bay North Plaza.

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Caissa Latest News

Feb 12
1 min

Charity Chess Cup - Great Event, Good Caissa Results

It was great to see the emergence of an organiser, Chess for Change, daring to create a team event. In the scholastic space this does...

Jan 10
2 min

Hong Kong Juniors Chess Championship 2023 - Excellent Results Caissa Trained Youth

Due to Covid, the 2021 and 2022 Hong Kong National Youth Championships were played online. With restrictions finally lifted, we were back...

Aug 3, 2022
1 min

FM Daniel Lam Wins GP6 in a Tight Last Round Decide-All Event

The FIDE rated Blitz on July 31 attracted most players who already had scored several Grand Prix points. Remember, out of 10 the best 4...

Jul 26, 2022
1 min

IM Matthew Tan Wins GP5 Basque Chess - Eduard Garcia Leads GP Leaderboard

Sunday 24 July we held our Basque Chess event: a Rapid event playing both with white and black at the same time against the same...

Jul 17, 2022
2 min

Eduard Garcia Wins Grand Prix 4 Rapid

On 10 July we played our 4th Grand Prix event, a FIDE rated open rapid (15m+3s), at our Sheung Wan centre, attracting 36 players, young...

Jul 6, 2022
1 min

Greetings from Coach David Rivas at Candidates in Madrid!

Coach David Rivas, now living in Madrid, puts Caissa on the Candidates 2022 map!

Jul 4, 2022
2 min

Brandon Chan Wins GP2 Blitz and Team Marvin/David Win GP3 Rapid Pair.

On the morning of Sunday 3 July the 2nd Grand Prix event in the 10 Years Anniversary cycle took place in Sheung Wan. The event, FIDE...

Jun 27, 2022
1 min

Ben Han Wins Caissa 10-Years Anniversary GP Event 1: Rapid

A sunny and hot Sunday played out in the background of the Caissa Discovery Bay Chess Centre. The Round Robin among 8 players was the...

Jun 21, 2022
1 min

Undefeated Raymond Han Wins Caissa Winter League

Caissa Hong Kong Chess Club Winter League 2022

May 15, 2022
2 min

Dmitry Kutsebeshchenko Wins Caissa Chess Booster Festival

On 8 May, Mothers Day, Caissa gave OTB chess a booster shot by organizing a not often held format: 7 rounds 5m+3s Swiss Blitz qualifiers...

Feb 3, 2022
1 min

End of Month (EOM) Leg 1 Winter 2022 Report

End of Month Caissa Students Chess Practise Tournament

Jan 23, 2022
1 min

Caissa New Year Rapid 2022 - High Quality Games All Over The Boards

With only a handful unrated players out of 23 the event was a good place to gain (or lose) rating points and to have some high quality...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

Singapore International School Wins Caissa Age Group School Championship 2021

On December 19, the second leg of the Caissa Age Group School Championship 2021 took place in the splendid Zetland Hall: this time it was...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

U12 Youth Melson Cheng Wins Open Group Caissa Autumn Rapid

The yearly recurring Caissa Autumn Rapid (15m+5s) was played over 7 rounds spread out over two Sundays afternoons. 40 players visited the...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

GSIS Leads in Caissa Age Groups School Championship 2021 after U10 and U12 Tournament

On 21 November over 50 players representing 23 schools gathered at the majestic Zetland Hall for the first leg of the Caissa Age Group...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

Ben Han Wins Zetland Start of Season - Niilo Nissinen Champion Summer Moves Grand Prix

On 15 September, normally on Sundays closed Zetland Hall opened its doors again to host the Caissa last leg of the Summer Moves 2021...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

Daniel Secures Last-Round-Decided 1st Place - Niilo Stays on Top of Grand Prix with Two Events to Go

Evening chess is rare in Hong Kong nowadays. SATURDAY evening chess, especially FIDE rated, was maybe a first time in Hong Kong last...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

Nilo Came, Saw and Conquered Top Spot in Summer Moves Grand Prix

Discovery Bay Sunday 22 August: sunny blue skies outside but thunder and lightning on the boards in our 3rd and 4th Grand Prix...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

Tang Tsz Sang Leads Caissa Summer Moves Grand Prix after Two Events

With 6 FIDE rated events as part of the densely packed Caissa Summer Moves 7-leg Grand Prix, spread out over only 5 weeks in August and...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

Two Hundred Students Attend Caissa Summer Camps

With 16 camps spread out over the summer weeks, two camps per day all at full capacity of 12 students per camp, some 200 students worked...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

David Garceran Nieuwenburg Wins Caissa Spring Rapid 2021

Played over two Sundays, 13 and 20 June, 36 players arrived at Caissa Sheung Wan Centre to play for the Caissa Spring Rapid 2021 title....

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

FM Daniel Lam Wins Caissa Spring Blitz 2021

After the Caissa organized FIDE rated OTB Rapid event at Zetland and the FIDE rated OTB Standard Spring League, the Caissa Spring Blitz...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

May EOM 2021: Some 60 Players in Last Leg of Spring EOM Series

On May 30 there were 31 players in Groups C & D together. Today we were playing for medals for the best players of the day, and also for...

Dec 30, 2021
1 min

Tang Tsz Sang Wins Caissa Spring Open 2021 Standard

Over 6 rounds, spread out over Sundays in April and May, 37 players assembled to play the first-since-ages-in-Hong-Kong Over The Board...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

April 2021 EOM: Breaking records!

Years ago our End of the Month Tournament was a small event for our students with some occasional external student. We have seen the...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

IM Marcos Llaneza Vega Wins Caissa OTB Spring Rapid 2021 in Historic Zetland Hall

After many months, yes, well over a year, if not close to two years, we have had no FIDE rated Over the Board event in Hong Kong. A...

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

March 2021 EOM: New cycle, new and old faces

On March 21st we launched a new cycle or our End of the Month Tournaments (EOM). This month we played one week earlier than usual due to...

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