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Malvern Term 2 Competitions
Even if this Term 2 we couldn't organize a full School Tournament as in Term 1 (watch out for June 22nd, official date for Malvern End of...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Transfer Chess Tournament in Hong Kong: Fun and Games!
Transfer chess (bug house) tournaments, at least not as recent as in the last 15 years, had not been held in Hong Kong. But we at Caissa...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


IM Matthew Tan - Hong Kong's Ultimate Blitzer!
After winning the 6th CNY Blitz on 3 February 2019 Matthew repeated this result on 24 March at the Caissa Spring Blitz Open. Caissa 6th...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


IM Marcos Llaneza Wins 2019 Winter Sunday Open
It took 7 rounds spread out over 13 January until 18 March to complete the 5th Caissa Sunday Open, Winter 2019 edition. IM Mathew Tan...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Caissa Students on top at ISF tournament!
The 10th Annual ISF Academy Chess Open 2019 was a big success for our Caissa students. In three out of four groups a Caissa student was...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Internet Youth Match Naranco (Spain) vs Caissa HK 9.5 - 6.5
On 4 January eight Caissa students played against eight youth players of Naranco chess club, in Oviedo, Spain, coach Marcos' hometown...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Internet Match Youth Spain - Hong Kong
After pioneering in Hong Kong the concept of friendly internet matches with overseas youth in May 2015, between Caissa youth and youth...
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Dec 30, 20213 min read


Andrew Leung Wins Caissa 7th Winter Rapid
This year's winter rapid was spread out over 2 weeks. We planned for 2 and 9 December but to avoid a clash with another event we changed...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Autumn EOM 2018: Winner Group A Michelle Chan!
On 25 November the last leg of the three End of Month (EOM) Autumn 2018 series was held in the Caissa Sheung Wan centre. Adding up all...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Tushar Anand Wins Caissa Autumn Open - again?!
Last Sunday, 18 November, the 7th and last round of the FIDE rated Standard chess Caissa 5th Autumn Open was played. Going into the 7th...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


October EOM in Discovery Bay: Michelle in the Lead Group A
The second leg of the EOM took place last Saturday in Discovery Bay with 26 of our students participating in the event. The EOM formula...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Caissa Sponsored (CGP) Henry Ho Gets FM Title in 43rd Olympiad
As you shall already known, the Olympiad have came to an end. It was a wonderful experience to be able to play in the world stage and...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


IM Matthew Tan Wins Caissa 7th Blitz Open
Because of Mangkhut, the most devastating typhoon in recent times hitting Hong Kong on 16 September, the 7th Blitz Open was rescheduled...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


EOM September
Yesterday Sunday 23 September we held the first leg of the three months spanning End of Month (Autumn 2018) training chess tournament for...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Playing Chess in Japan
I would like to start this article telling that Japan is one of my favorite countries together with Brazil and, of course, Spain. So, the...
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Dec 30, 20214 min read


S.O.S Start of Season Rapid: Ole!
The S.O.S Open Rapid 2018 held on 2 September 2018 burst the new season open with a very strong player field across 8 different country...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


David Rivas Scores Another Title: Friday Spring Open Champion!
The Friday Spring Open standard time control was the last event in the 2017-18 CGP, Caissa Grand Prix, cycle. It was planned to be over 7...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


EOM May edition: anything can happen in this Spring edition
Yesterday we held the 2nd leg of the Spring EOM in Discovery Bay. Players were again playing in a single group but played for prizes in...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


David Rivas Vila Wins 5th Annual Spring Blitz!
After the larger scale Labour Day Rapid event in Stanley on 1 May, a smaller crowd of 25 players showed up on Mother's Day, Sunday 13...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Andrew Leung Wins Labour Day Rapid 2018 Open in Packed Stanley
Album on Flickr. A very hot, blue sky, National Holiday had awoken dreamy Stanley into a bustling beach city. In the modern eye-catching...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read
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