Coach Emile

One week before the C/D group the players from the A and B groups played the final leg of the EOM Cycle. Why is that? Well, on the originally scheduled date, the HK Juniors were also taking place. Many of our stronger students wanted to play both tournaments, hence the reviewed date. Let’s delve into the results of the final leg! Newcomer Jotham Fu wasn’t playing around and made his presence known with a perfect 5/5. After winning the first round against Sha Tin classmate Canice Fung, Jotham...

MY FIRST MOVES: CAISSA’S FIRST NOVICE TOURNAMENT IS A BIG SUCCESS Chess is fun. Chess competitions might even be more fun. Chess is also extremely complex. For young beginners it can take a long time before they master the rules, let alone have the board vision to appreciate a full game of chess. Should that mean they cannot yet enjoy the thrills of competitive play? Absolutely not! Entertainment between the games The MFM tournament came to life for exactly these students. The full house was...

Over the years, chess has known many grueling and long lasting tournaments. At this very moment, the absolute world elite players are fighting in the World Cup. A month-long tournament in Goa, India with the top three finishers earning a ticket for the prestigious candidates tournament. Going back in history, before engines started dominating the chess world, a single game could even take longer than one session! If play took too long, they broke off the game and simply continued the next...