{"id":865,"date":"2015-07-07T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2015-07-24T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T09:03:21","slug":"1st-national-rapid-winners-nepal-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/tw\/1st-national-rapid-winners-nepal-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"1st National Rapid \u2013 Winners \u2013 Nepal Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> National Blitz Championship, the 1<sup>st<\/sup> 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 age categories behind the boards.<\/p>\n<p>We thank all participants for their efforts and chess contributions and we especially congratulate all our newly crowned National Champions Rapid 2015:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U8: CM Bao Jin Wen (<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr179513.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\" target=\"_blank\">all results U8<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>U10: Miguel Angel Garceran Wang (<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr179511.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\" target=\"_blank\">all results U10<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>U10 Best Girl: Anika Roy<\/li>\n<li>U12: James Wing Ki Kwong (<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr179485.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\" target=\"_blank\">all results U12<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>U12 Best Girl: Rachel Lu<\/li>\n<li>U14: Mike Tsoi<\/li>\n<li>U16: Brian Wong<\/li>\n<li>U18: Lau Lut Yin Luke (<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr179512.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=1&amp;wi=821\" target=\"_blank\">all resultU14, U16 &amp; U18<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Open: Thierry Henkinet (<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr179483.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\" target=\"_blank\">all results Open<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Open Best Girl: WFM Nicole Tsoi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_866\" style=\"width: 839px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U14-U16-U18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"size-full wp-image-866\" title=\"Rapid 2015 U14, U16, U18\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U14-U16-U18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U14-U16-U18.png 829w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U14-U16-U18-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U14-U16-U18-500x261.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Champions (left to right) Mike Tsoi (U14), Brian Wong (U16) and Lau Lut Yin Luke (U18) receiving their prizes from Po Kok Primary School Principal Ms. Kathy Chung<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_867\" style=\"width: 807px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U8-U10-U12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"size-full wp-image-867\" title=\"Rapid 2015 U8, U10, U12\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U8-U10-U12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U8-U10-U12.png 797w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U8-U10-U12-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-U8-U10-U12-456x300.png 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Champions (left to right) Bao Jinwen (U8), Miguel Angel Garceran Wang (U10), James Wing Ki Kwong (U12)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-869\" title=\"Rapid 2015 girls\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls-1024x518.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls-500x253.png 500w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rapid-2015-girls.png 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_868\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"size-large wp-image-868\" title=\"FullSizeRender (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-2-625x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-2-625x1024.jpg 625w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-2-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Champion Thierry Henkinet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the lunch break we had several of our Nepalese chess players volunteering to play a blitz match as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/2015\/06\/16\/charity-fund-raiser-for-nepal-earthquake-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">charity fund raiser for Nepal earthquake<\/a> victims. In just an hour our fundraiser generated 18,220HKD! These funds will go directly to the \u00a0Hong Kong Red Cross South Asia Relief Fund and from HKCF we thank you all for your great and kind generosity!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_870\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"size-large wp-image-870\" title=\"Nepal Earthquake Victim Fund Raiser\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/33f12ee742d9c7a00d437028c163e562.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HKCF President David Garceran Nieuwenburg receives a flag from HKCF Committee Member and co-organizer of the charity event Cyrus Lai to commemorate the moment<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_871\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-871\" class=\"size-large wp-image-871\" title=\"1st National Rapid 2015 Organizing Committee\" src=\"http:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hkcfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On behalf of the 1st National Rapid 2015 Organizing Committee (left to right Raymond Lam, Sydney Lai, Robin Lai, KK Chan, David GN, Vitto Wong, Chan Chak Man and Brian Wong): Thank You for Joining! <\/p><\/div>\n<p>A warm thank you finally for Po Kok Primary School Principal Ms. Kathy Chung for the generous support given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week\u2019s 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 age categories behind the boards. 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