Caissa Hong Kong Chess Club

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The summer holiday is at our doorstep. At Caissa we don't stop! We continue our group classes, but also offer summer camps. Do make sure to check that out. We're in the midst of our first two camps of summer already!

Also for players we have something to offer. Make sure to stay in form throughout the summer break and join us for a FIDE Rated Blitz (19 July) and/or Rapid (26 July) tournament. Details on our website.

https://www.caissahk.org/camps

https://www.caissahk.org/event-details/caissa-summer-rapid-2026

https://www.caissahk.org/event-details/caissa-summer-blitz-2026

Caissa Top Student Xiangyi ("Shayne") Meng plays under HKG flag in the FIDE World Cup Under 8-12 in Batumi, Georgia. Seems he is ready. Enjoy Shayne! Caissa stands fully behind you!👍

The FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships in Hong Kong are taking place next week already!

A special welcome to Grandmaster and World Junior Champion 2012 Alexander Ipatov who will be our board 1 player.

Discover our full lineups and how we've been training so far on our blog.

GM Ipatov joins Team Caissa at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 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...

Read about the Caissa Spring Blitz that took place yesterday.

Caissa Spring Blitz: FM Daniel Lam reigns on top 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....

Presenting our two teams at the FIDE World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup 2026. In less than two weeks almost 50 teams will fight for the honour of becoming a world champion. Team A, led by Coach Astrid, in tenth place is going for one of the top spots!

We wish them the best of luck!!

The second leg of the Spring EOM Cycle lies behind us - find the blog report on our website!

The third and final leg of the Spring Cycle will be on 14 June before we go into the summer break.

EOM Spring Cycle: Leg 2 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! C/DNo 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 co...

We've just had the Caissa Spring Rapid and the Buddha Birthday Blitz we're continuing this FIDE rated tournaments lineup with the Caissa Friday Long Rapid starting this Friday 29 May and the Caissa Spring Blitz on 7 June.

On 31 May we take a breather from FIDE rated chess with the second leg of the EOM Cycle in Discovery Bay.

Read on our blog what happened in these last two editions!

https://www.caissahk.org/post/agm-alberto-muniz-wins-caissa-buddha-birthday-blitz

https://www.caissahk.org/post/jonas-yee-shun-lau-wins-caissa-spring-rapid-with-a-perfect-6-6

AGM Alberto Muniz wins Caissa Buddha Birthday Blitz Although blitz chess has the tendancy to have the biggest amount of blunders among all time controls, this edition of FIDE's fastest time control was pretty much decided beforehand. Alberto signed up late and attracted no other strong players. With almost 500 rating points more than the second place...

https://www.caissahk.org/post/my-first-moves-spring-edition MMF (My First Moves) Spring 2026 Edition: Mission Accomplished. First competitive chess experience for our starter students with fun, lot of learning and a valuable experience of both losing and winning - and moving on.

My First Moves - Spring Edition Our youngest beginners had to rise early on 24 May, the third MFM tournament moved to a morning timeslot with a 10am start.19 of our students joined this time around and we continued the same formula. The very youngest in the B-group get a taste of competition by playing our Step Method mini games w...

Caissa is joining the World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup with two teams! Find out about our lineups and our first training session.

Caissa teams at World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup - Training Session Between 17 and 21 June, the chess world's finest are coming to Hong Kong to fight out which team can call themselves World Champions in the World Rapid and Blitz Team World Championships. In the morning, there's a side event which certainly is no less exciting: the World Amateur Team Amateur Rapid C...