Coach Emile

22 March was the day of the final leg of the EOM Winter Cycle 2026. The third leg always is extra special as we're not only handing out the day prizes, but the entire cycle gets decided! This adds an additional layer of stress for some students, but it was as fun as always nonetheless. Assistant Lolly watching the games Group C/D We started with our C/D players. Ernest Ye and Davey Chung both raced to 4/5. This gave us a dream pairing in the final round, because both players were also still...

On 28 and 29 March the Hong Kong Interschool and Open Team Chess Championship will take place. A perfect opportunity for us to gather the Caissa Team and go compete as a club. At Caissa we strongly emphasize the club feeling. That's why we organized a team building event on 15 March - pizza included - to prepare our youngsters for the upcoming tournament. After going through the tournament rules and talking about what it means to play in a team, we had a fun quiz in teams and finally played...

On Saturday 14 March, we proudly hosted the Chess Queens Festival in Discovery Bay. March is a month dedicated to celebrating women and girls in chess, and with FIDE encouraging clubs worldwide to organize events during this time, we were delighted to contribute to this global initiative. We began the Festival at North Plaza Beach, where we gathered for a picnic. Laughter, games and creativity were the main focus. We had a giant chess board to play some games, while everyone was crafting...