Over twenty players made up an interesting field for our first Summer tournament. All ratings ranges from unrated up until 1700 were represented with Ruhao Liu (1942) clearly ahead of the pack. We used the usual concept: seven double rounds for a total of fourteen games. On the night of 19 to 20 July, Spain and Argentina are playing the finals of the FIFA World Cup. Lots of drama and conspiracy theories have been surrounding the tournament and anyone who follows football a bi

A unicum in Hong Kong: The FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships. A relatively new concept introduced a couple of years ago that brings the world's greatest players together. In 2026, Hong Kong hosted this event in the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. Rapid is played over twelve rounds in Swiss format. For the Blitz tournaments, the teams are split into four round robin pools with a grand final on Sunday. One special rule for this event: each round six players from a squad of

Alongside the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships there was a side event in the mornings: the World Amateurs Rapid Chess Cup. The rules are simple: teams of six people will fight it out in two pools over nine rounds. The top three of both pools play the finals. All players, no matter the board, cannot have had a FIDE rating of more than 2000 in any time control at any point in time before registration. © Michal_Walusza / FIDE - Team A in Action This served as a grea

It's the middle of June so it's time for... the EOM?! To avoid conflicts with people's travel plans, we moved up the last EOM of the schoolyear to 14 June. As a refresher: our students play in four groups based on their level. Groups C and D play together, groups A and B play together. At the end of each cycle (consisting of three legs), you can promote to the next level. From D to C, from C to B and so on. If you promote out of the A-group, we say you graduated the EOM and y

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 ratin

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 le

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 se

On a very sunny last day of May, 31 of our students found their way to Discovery Bay to join the second leg of the EOM cycle. Let's dive into the results! Fun and even more chess on the big chess board after finishing their games C/D No fewer than 22 students competed in a very friendly setting. After three rounds only Fox Wang and Derek Li had a perfect score, but there could have been one more player! Can Guerkan and Zavanna Zee faced off on the third board. The winner wou