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Caissa’s Andrew Leung in Second Place after 3 Rounds HK Chess Open 2013

September 18th, 2013

If the 2013 HK Open is an indicator for what is to happen in the Hong Kong Open International Championship 2013 end of this month we can possibly expect some exciting developments.

Newly appointed Caissa coach Andrew Leung kept his steady performance on track by drawing against Hysan Wong who is gradually developing into a force to reckon with.

 

Hysan keeping his white side firmly closed for Andrew's black pieces

Hysan keeping his white side inaccessible for Andrew’s black pieces

 

Michael Yang, who defeated Aravind Mahadevan, will meet Andrew next week and Hysan will find the in-form “100%-Joe” Lau, who defeated top seed Christopher Masters, on his way to maintain a top 3 position.

 

Christopher's strong initiative with white was not enough to hold against Joe

Christopher’s strong initiative with white was not enough to hold against Joe

 

In the bottom ranking we see that Hong Kong Champion Luen-Wah Luk has slowly started his engines with a win over Ian Scott while Caissa’s David GN, who blundered a rook in the end game against the strong attacking player In Hei Ho is at risk of starting to find it cozy down there …

 

Round 3 Rank and Pairing Round 4 HK Chess Open 2013

Round 3 Rank and Pairing Round 4 HK Chess Open 2013

Hong Kong Open Chess 2013 Round 1

September 3rd, 2013

A good warming up for the Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2013 from  26 September until 1 October is the Hong Kong Open 2013 Championship which runs throughout September and October.

Yesterday’s round 1 saw some interesting results. Hong Kong 2013 Champion FM Luen-Wah Luk had to accept a loss against Ritesh Mahajan. Jake Chan, in good form in previous tournaments, found his opponent Kuen Yui Pang with black breaking through just a bit faster on the queenside in a typical Sicilian play where white attacks black’s king side and black goes for the queen side attack.

Youngster Ronald Choy won calmly against veteran Pak Tuen Cheung and other youth player Benjamin Oh drew convincingly against Caissa’s David Garceran Nieuwenburg. Caissa’s Peter Whalley, after a hiatus of several months, started off rusty with a loss against Wai Kit Lin in what seemed an equal game for a long time.

Let’s see what next week will bring.

 

Ranking after round 1 and pairing round 2 Hong Kong Open 2013

Ranking after round 1 and pairing round 2 Hong Kong Open 2013