Coach Emile

We played a rapid tournament over three Friday evenings with a slower than usual rate of play: 15+10, matching the one from the World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships. Many who participate in that event joined as warmup, creating a very competitive tournament! Declan versus Clement - two of our players in the World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup Day 1: surprising results set the tone The first round was as calm as it can get. Hubert - arbiter of the evening - saw all 10 rating favorites do...

As you are all aware by now, the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships are coming to Hong Kong! Caissa is sending two teams in the Amateur section (FIDE World Amateur Team Rapid Chess Cup). Team A will be led by Coach Astrid, Team B will be led by Coach Eduard. Read here about their first team training. The lineup of our Amateur Teams In the open section we're very happy to welcome GM Alexander Ipatov on our first board. Together with Captain Coach Matthew, he will leading the Caissa...

Our FIDE rated Spring Blitz tournament was a relatively young, small but strong event. Out of the seventeen participants, twelve were rated! The event was played over seven double rounds, so everyone plays each opponent twice - once as White and once as Black. Top seed FM Daniel King Wai Lam was the man to beat and at the end of the day he emerged on top. Second seed Yipeng Wan was able to hold Daniel to a draw, but only after losing their first game. After that Daniel won seven games in a...