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Tropical Cyclone Arrangement

To all Players of the Summer Swiss Tournament: The tournament that will be held at QES 9th July, 2015 is cancelled as typhoon #8 is hoisted. Thank you for your attention.

1st National Rapid – Winners – Nepal Charity

Following last week’s 1st National Blitz Championship, the 1st National Rapid Championship held on 5 July in Po Kok Primary School attracted an even larger crowd with some 90 players spread out over 7...

Play Simul against World #13 GM Boris Gelfand

Boris Abramovich Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. Currently ranked #13 in the world with a Fide Rating of 2751 (July, 2015). A six-time World Championship Candidate (1991, 1994-95, 2002,...

Summer Swiss 2015 ~ Round 1 results and Round 2 pairings

Summer Swiss 2015 Update:  round 3 results and round 4 pairing cross-table   Summer Swiss Tournament 2015 (FIDE Rated) will be played over 9 rounds on: June 22 (Mon) & 29 (Mon) July 6...

Play Simul against Visiting GM Zhao Xue

Zhao Xue (赵雪), born 6 April 1985, is a chess player of Chinese nationality. In 2008, she became China’s 24th Grandmaster. With a FIDE rating of 2519 (June 2015) she is now ranked 12th...

Hong Ki Tsang Wins Finals and is Hong Kong Champion 2015

After 11 rounds the Hong Kong Finals finally came to a conclusion. Edwin Borigas had a strong tournament scoring wins across the whole group and ended 3rd. Brian Wong was more consistent having won...

Charity Fundraiser for Nepal Earthquake Victims

In response to the earthquake that devastated Nepal last month, the Hong Kong Chess Federation, with the support of Nepalese chess players in Hong Kong, will be holding a charity fundraiser during lunch hours...

Hong Kong Spring Blitz 2015 – results

The Hong Kong Spring Blitz Tournament 2015  was played over 11 rounds on 15th June 2015 in QES. Congratulations to IM Matthew Tan for winning the tournament with an undefeated score of 11/11, and also...