Coach Emile

After the summer break the EOM (End of the Month) is finally back on the agenda! The EOM has grown from a (small) practice tournament for our students to a true Caissa classic. So although many of our students already got back into competitive play in the Back to School rapid, the EOM is really coming home. Let’s dive into the results! C/D Looking at the results, you would think that Jovi Ngai won the tournament in a smooth fashion. The people who were present know better. In the second...

The summer in Hong Kong is traditionally a duller season for the chess scene. While the tournament calendar in May and in the first half of June is absolutely packed also with our own first Harrow Scholastic Tournament  with GM Ding Liren, things tend to calm down a bit from mid June onwards. At least for (big) tournaments in Hong Kong that is. There are still a couple of smaller events and for those that want to keep improving over summer, we had the summer camps. For 8 weeks, Caissa...