On 1 March, over 350 players representing close to 50 schools gathered at Malvern College for an entire day of chess fun and to compete for who could keep the Dr. R. Lister Cup for the coming year. Will the students of the Chinese International School be the first ones to successfully defend their title, or will we have a different winner for a fourth consecutive year? In each category, the four best individual results from each school are added to decide the school score and

For the second leg of the Winter Cycle, the action moved to our Discovery Bay Center. Traditionally, we always have somewhat less players making it all the way over there, but now many people were also traveling for Chinese New Year. The result was a smaller and cozy tournament, but no less fun or excitement! In the C/D group, Josh Au didn't hand out any gifts and raced to a perfect 5/5. Lorenzo Beebe and Alston Liao followed in second and third place with 3.5/5 each. No less

Blitz is fast paced chess. Not all chess players have the ability to handle their nerves in constant timetrouble while even fewer chess players are brave enough to even consider the only faster form: lightning chess. On 15 February, 27 fast chess enthusiasts gathered in our Sheung Wan center to fight out who could call themselves the CNY Caissa Blitz Champion 2026 after seven double rounds (14 games against 7 opponents). Playing quickly also means making a lot of blunders. In

Following the succes of the first one we organised the second edition of our very own beginner's tournament: "MFM" short for "My First Moves" on 8 February. At Caissa we believe that even from a very young age, students can start enjoying the fun of competition. That's why we offer this special tournament, where only our own students play in a safe environment. For the B-group, we have mini-games, while the A-group builds towards "real" games. Although we focus a lot on havin

20 players gathered on 11 January  to compete in the Caissa Sunday Winter Standard U1800. This time the majority of participants were youth players, many of them also experienced tournament players by now. The first round knew no surprises with all rating favorites doing their jobs. This set up some interesting matches in the second round. Ernest Liu got the black pieces against Lincoln Or. After tenaciously defending, he took over the advantage and played a good endgame to s

With a new year comes a new cycle of our End of the Month tournaments! The EOM continues to be a highly popular internal tournament with many regulars being joined by a big batch of newcomers seeking their first tournament experience. This meant we had a near full house for the C/D group and a full house for the A/B group on the first leg of the Winter Cycle on 25 January. The EOM is always played in a fun and relaxed atmosphere where the goal is to get our students ready for

Fun with chess during the Christmas Holiday break.

Lightning Chess at Caissa Hong Kong