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CIS Wins the Malvern College 3rd Dr. R. Lister Cup among 67 Schools
On 23 February 2025 close to 350 students from 67 schools came to Malvern College for the 3rd Dr. R. Lister Cup scholastic chess...
davidgn0
Feb 283 min read
Zetland Hall Greater China Rapid Open 2023
Close to a hundred players and some 40 accompanying persons went out of their way to meet in Zetland Hall on Sunday May 28 for our 5th...
davidgn0
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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...
davidgn0
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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...
Matthew Tan
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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...
davidgn0
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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...
davidgn0
Jan 23, 20221 min read
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 min read
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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....
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 min read
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 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...
davidgn0
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...
davidgn0
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...
davidgn0
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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 min read
Autumn 2019 EOM End Results
The last EOM of the Autumn 2019 cycle was attended by 24 players. A decisive round as today's results would be added to the previous two...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 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...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20212 min read
Malvern College Hong Kong End of Year Tournament
Malvern College Hong Kong should be one of the latest school established in Hong Kong. The first cohorts of students started only in...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20212 min read
Ozbek Gorkem Conquers Caissa Open Spring 2019 Title in Last Round
From 28 April to 16 June the Sunday afternoons at Caissa were allocated to play one of our seasonal recurring Standard FIDE Rated Open...
davidgn0
Dec 30, 20211 min read
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