News Archive: Year 2016
03 December 2016
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Autumn EOM ends with a bang in Discovery Bay
The EOM of November was played in Discovery Bay on a sunny Saturday 3 December. With this the autumn cycle ended, besides the winners of November we would also know the overall winners of the full 3-months cycle that had started in September. Lots of prizes to be given out to our students!
28 November 2016
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After 4 rounds in the Winter 2016 YGP no player with 100% score, 4 players lead with 3.5 points
In round 3 Ulysse pressured Wing Ki the entire game but with many pieces still on the board, and a large time advantage, he settled for a draw. In round 4 the only players with a 100% score then, Nicholas and Ka Pang, also stranded their game into a draw after a very dynamic middle game.
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In round 5 next week these four players all with 3.5 points will play against one another on the top 2 boards as follows: Nicholas vs. Wing Ki and Ulysse vs. Ka Pang. We do hope that all the players will not settle too quickly for a draw and benefit fully from experiencing the long time control.
Click here for the rest of the pairing of round 5.
21 November 2016
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Caissa Kids Extremely Successful in the Hong Kong Juniors Championship
Although some of our students did not win prizes we would like to congratulate them for their fighter spirit and sportmanship in all age categories. A special congratulatons for all our Champions and other prize winners:
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U7: Champion Mahir, 2nd Savin, 4th Nathan, 5th Channing, 7th Ethan, 8th Gabriel (full results U7)
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U9: 4th Seth, 5th Prakhar, 6th Ahaan, 8th Amaey (full results U9)
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U11: Champion Miguel Angel and 3rd Aaditya (full results U11)
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U13: Champion Wing Ki, 2nd Oliver, 3rd Daniel, 5th Hoi Ting (full results U13)
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U17: no Caissa kids ...yet!
13 November 2016
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Caissa Winter 2016 YGP - Round 1 and 2 Played
Today 25 players, among Hong Kong's absolute top youth as well as upcoming talents in different age categories, traveled to Sheung Wan for the 1st and 2nd round of the Youth Grand Prix. With thankful endorsement from the Hong Kong Chess Federation Ltd. our YGP is this time FIDE rated and with 11 players out of 25 already with a FIDE rating this is an excellent opportunity for players to get their first rating or to improve on their current one - or lose some rating points ... from which hopefully motivation will emerge to train harder.
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In this Open Youth event our Caissa students also face other players, trained elsewhere. After the first 2 rounds our students have held up well but with 4 more rounds to go anything can still happen. Pairing for round 3 on 27 November will be done the Monday 21st noon time and for the round 5 on 4 December the pairing will take place Monday 28 November, noon time. Stay tuned.
30 October 2016
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October EOM - Halloween, candies and solid chess performance of all Caissa students
On Sunday October 30, the 2nd EOM in the Autumn cycle took place among rats, skeletons, scary masks and the prerequisite sweat treats coming with Halloween. Click here for all photos on flickr.
03 October 2016
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September EOM in Discovery Bay Opens the Autumn Cycle
On 24 September around 15 students from outside Discovery Bay had registered to join in with the resident DB students to compete in the 1st edition of the Autumn cycle. They brought back home 6 medals whereas 8 were won by DB students. Glad to see that our students are trained in one single club method and there is virtually no advantage or disadvantage like in a home or away game. Well done!
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01 September 2016
DOZENS OF TROPHIES AND MEDALS: SUMMER EOM ENDS WITH STRONGEST-EVER LINE-UP AND FULL HOUSE AT CAISSA IN SHEUNG WAN
With the results known of the May and July editions, last Sunday's August EOM would, in addition to giving away medals to the top 3 group winners of August, also result in handing over trophies to our Caissa students who had collected most points over the full 3-months summer period.
01 August 2016
JULY EOM (END OF MONTH) - CAISSA STUDENTS BACK TO BUSINESS!
With the massive outflow of our students abroad in the summer holiday, the June EOM was postponed to July, herewith the July EOM becoming the 2nd of three EOMs in the Summer cycle.
12 June 2016
TOP PRIZES TO CAISSA STUDENT AT 7TH ANNUAL SCHOLASTIC
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Last Sunday the Aktive Kids well organized 7th Annual Scholastic attracted over 100 players spread out over 5 age categories: Pre-Primary, P1-P2, P3-P3, P5-P6 and Secondary - playing 6 rounds rapid 25 minutes per person. We are proud of our Caissa players who grabbed various champion titles and top prizes!
29 May 2016
MAY END OF MONTH - WITH OVER 40 STUDENTS FROM STANLEY, DISCOVERY BAY AND SHEUNG WAN, STRONGEST EOM EVER.
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The May EOM, the first of three Summer EOMs, was played on 28 and 29 May in Discovery Bay and Sheung Wan respectively. It was the largest and strongest EOM of this season with some fine play in the top groups and as always with some first time-ever players and medal winners in the lower groups.
03 May 2016
TUSHAR ANAND AND AADITYA KADAM IMPRESS WITH 100 PERCENT SCORE AT CAISSA OPEN SPRING BLITZ 2016
With over 30 participants the Spring Blitz was divided into 2 playing groups: Open and U12 in one group, playing for prizes of their own age group, and U10, U8 and U6 in another group, but also playing for prizes in each player's relevant age group.
02 May 2016
WING KI UNTOUCHABLE IN THE SPRING YGP 2016
With 7 out of 7, 1.5 points ahead of number 2, Wing Ki has shown again that at this moment he belongs to the absolute top in Hong Kong in U12 +/- 2 years...
17 April 2016
23 CAISSA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE AND 11 WIN TOP PRIZES IN ALL AGE CATEGORIES AT HKJCC JUNIORS RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP
It was definitely worthwhile to skip a week in the Spring YGP schedule as many YGP players participating in the very well organized HKJCC Junior Rapid Chess Championship collected their prizes ... and among those many Caissa students!
1 April 2016
EASTER CAMPS 2016
The first batch of Easter chess camps concluded today with handing out certificates and "party bags" filled with some Easter goodies.
20 March 2016
30 CAISSA STUDENTS PARTICPATE IN 7th ANNUAL ISF ACADEMY TOURNAMENT: MIGUEL ANGEL CHAMPION PRIMARY!
The 7th edition of the ISF Academy chess event was attended by a record number of players, well over 200, spread out over the categories Age 4-6, Lower Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary. We at Caissa strongly encouraged our players to join this tournament and there were none less than 30 Caissa kids playing in this well organized event by Aktive Kids.
28 February 2016
HKCF INTER-SCHOOL: ISF AND KAU YAN TOO STRONG. DISCOVERY COLLEGE TOP BOARD PLAYERS AMONG BEST IN HONG KONG
After the excellent results in the HKJCC inter-school last week, our students were definitely ready for the HKCF organized inter-school event on Sunday 28 February.
21 February 2016
HK JUNIOR INTER-SCHOOL - DISCOVERY COLLEGE LOWER PRIMARY WIN 2ND PRIZE!
Sunday 21 February a total of 56 school teams, spread out over Lower and Primary School sections, participated in the HKJCC inter-school event. Caissa, rooted in Discovery Bay, has for over 4 years now been training the Discovery College players and with great pleasure we see strong progress and a pipeline of upcoming talents.
31 January 2016
EOM JANUARY 2016 STRONG PERFORMANCE OF ALL CAISSA STUDENTS
It is the time of the year that some official tournaments are come nearby, like the inter-school events end of February. Great to see that the sparring of our students in the January EOM is coming as close as possible as the "real thing".
