20 players gathered on 11 January  to compete in the Caissa Sunday Winter Standard U1800. This time the majority of participants were youth players, many of them also experienced tournament players by now. The first round knew no surprises with all rating favorites doing their jobs. This set up some interesting matches in the second round. Ernest Liu got the black pieces against Lincoln Or. After tenaciously defending, he took over the advantage and played a good endgame to s

With a new year comes a new cycle of our End of the Month tournaments! The EOM continues to be a highly popular internal tournament with many regulars being joined by a big batch of newcomers seeking their first tournament experience. This meant we had a near full house for the C/D group and a full house for the A/B group on the first leg of the Winter Cycle on 25 January. The EOM is always played in a fun and relaxed atmosphere where the goal is to get our students ready for

Fun with chess during the Christmas Holiday break.

Lightning Chess at Caissa Hong Kong

The 13th Caissa Osaka Wine Cup - Players from Hong Kong Win Prizes. IM Matthew Tan Champion

Players from among Caissa's strongest students across different age categories, together with Caissa coaches as well as strong external guest players, assembled on 7 December for a 6 rounds 15m+3s FIDE rated Rapid.

One week before the C/D group the players from the A and B groups played the final leg of the EOM Cycle. Why is that? Well, on the originally scheduled date, the HK Juniors were also taking place. Many of our stronger students wanted to play both tournaments, hence the reviewed date. Let’s delve into the results of the final leg! Newcomer Jotham Fu wasn’t playing around and made his presence known with a perfect 5/5. After winning the first round against Sha Tin classmate Can

MY FIRST MOVES: CAISSA’S FIRST NOVICE TOURNAMENT IS A BIG SUCCESS Chess is fun. Chess competitions might even be more fun. Chess is also extremely complex. For young beginners it can take a long time before they master the rules, let alone have the board vision to appreciate a full game of chess. Should that mean they cannot yet enjoy the thrills of competitive play? Absolutely not! Entertainment between the games The MFM tournament came to life for exactly these students. Th