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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...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


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...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


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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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Winter Blitz, Matthew Tan... again!
Our first open Over the Board event of the year was played on Sunday March 14th at our Sheung Wan Centre. What it was supposed to be a...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


4 Caissa students clinch National Titles!
The Hong Kong National Junior Championships 2021 were played in two weekends in February. The groups under 10 years and under 12 years...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Niilo Nissinen Grabs First Prize ... Twice
After the various online events we organized in the last couple of months on 1 November we finally had a normal over-the-board chess...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Interview with the Summer Camp Coaches under COVID-19 Circumstances
When not so long ago Hong Kong managed to have zero or close to zero locally transmitted cases for several weeks in a row we saw our...
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Dec 30, 20213 min read


S.O.S. Rapid Matthew Unstoppable
In probably the most unique tournament played in Hong Kong since I can remember ... What? You ask why? Okay, let me digress a little and...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


First and Second Places in Shenzhen Cross-Strait 2019
In the first days of August 2019 our coach IM Marcos Llaneza accompanied Samuel Lam and Caissa kid Gabriel Chan who had just returned...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read


Caissa Players Shine in Taiwan CTCA 2019 - Days 6, 7 and 8
Day 6 Round 5 The round started off very slowly. Marcus finished only after 2 hours of playing. After a good opening he managed to win a...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read


Caissa at Kaohsiung CTCA 2019 Open Day 3, 4 and 5
Day 3 The third day was a rollercoaster. It was expected to be a very long day, with the morning round starting at 8:30am and the...
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Dec 30, 20216 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


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


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
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