Caissa Hong Kong Chess Club

01/09/2026

We're ready for a new school year and more chess!

Join us for our SOS FIDE Rated Rapid and Blitz tournaments on 13 and 20 September to kick off the new season!

https://www.caissahk.org/event-details/sos-caissa-starts-of-season-rapid-2026
https://www.caissahk.org/event-details/sos-caissa-starts-of-season-blitz-2026

1. The tournament will be played at Caissa Chess Club, 6/F Wing Cheong Commercial Building, 19-25 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong on Sunday 20 September, starting at 12.30pm expecting to finish around 5.30pm.

17/08/2026

Almost one month in between this Caissa double. Read about our Summer FIDE Rated Rapid and Blitz tournaments!

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

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

19/07/2026

Find out about the latest we've been up to in the July Newsletter!

Newsletter July 2026

27/06/2026

23/06/2026

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

16/06/2026

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!👍

08/06/2026

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.

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...

08/06/2026

Read about the Caissa Spring Blitz that took place yesterday.

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....

05/06/2026

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!!

01/06/2026

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.

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...