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<\/a><\/p>\nThe team of arbiters, which included HKCFL President, Mr. Robin Lai, was lead\u00a0by the world-famous International Arbiter, KK Chan. It was a smooth event, but that was not to say it was run in a relaxed manner. We strictly enforced the FIDE Laws of Chess. This was important, because the tournament was the official selection event for our juniors to participate in FIDE International Events this year. Thus, they needed to learn the best conduct of chess, in order to give\u00a0the best behaviour when they represent Hong Kong overseas. Thus we made this a FIDE Standard-Chess Rated event — much more serious than the past selection process, which was based upon Rapid-Chess.<\/p>\n
There were many memorable, and one could even say, adult-level games from this tournament. The following few came into mind:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brian BH Wong\u2019s heroic effort in the final round, all thanks to his doubled pawns denying any invasion attempts from his opponent. Specifics trumped general features of positions
\n\u2022 WCM Crystal Deng\u2019s maturing positional play, methodically piling up pressure against her opponents. The finishing manoeuvre in her final round game was remarkable
\n\u2022 James Kwong Wing Ki finished second on tie-break, but his play in this tournament was full of positive surprises, with clear signs of expansion into a more aggressive style
\n\u2022 CM Michael Deng exercising high EQ in his final round, despite such young age. He resisted the temptation to go for a \u201cseemingly\u201d winning, but in fact losing continuation in the final King + Pawns ending. He settled for a draw and winning the U-12 title on tiebreak<\/p>\n
Maintaining the good practice from HKCFL over the last few years, and in-line with some of the strongest National Junior Championships across the globe, we will be putting the games online. This will allow the games to be examined and scrutinised by the others — this is one of the best ways to learn and improve.<\/p>\n Congratulations to the winners listed below. Thank you to Caissa Chess Club and Ngan Po Ling College for their excellent support!<\/p>\n Under 18 Under 16 Under 14 Under 12 Under 10 Under 8<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nChampion: Brian BH Wong
\n2nd Place: Law Chun Ming
\n3rd Place: So Ka Wang<\/p>\n
\nChampion: Benjamin Oh
\n2nd Place: Mike Tsoi
\n3rd Place: Cheung Pak Shing<\/p>\n
\nChampion: WCM Crystal Deng
\n2nd Place: James Kwong Wing Ki
\n3rd Place: Nicolas Woo Tsz Chuen<\/p>\n
\nChampion: CM Michael Deng
\n2nd Place: Chan Kaden Timothy
\n3rd Place: Garceran Wang Miguel Angel<\/p>\n
\nChampion: Yin Richard
\n2nd Place: CM Bao Jin Wen
\n3rd Place: Hu Yik Kwan<\/p>\n
\nChampion: Uppal Mahir
\n2nd Place: King Oliver Baekho
\n3rd Place: Chung Shing Yau<\/p>\n