Undefeated Raymond Han Wins Caissa Winter League

The Caissa Winter League, a Standard Chess FIDE rated time control event, had started in the first week of February, but had to stop after 1 round given the 5th COVID wave. The remaining 5 rounds resumed in April and until the very last round, it remained unclear how the top 5 position would look like in this event that hosted players representing 10 different federations: Hong Kong, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Greece, France, USA ...

Impression of Round 6, the last round

It is important for the chess eco-system in any country that games are uploaded and as per Caissa standard procedure, all Standard games are uploaded right away in chess-results and we invite you to have a look at some fireworks on the boards in each round.

Champion Caissa Winter League Raymond representing Australia Chess Federation receives trophy and cash prize from IA Alberto

Raymond winning his last round, broke loose from Dmitry and Ozbek who drew against each other in the same round. Best U10 was Zachary, Best U12 Julian and Best U14 Jamison who lost in the last round against Raymond and as such just fell out of the Top3 Prize range.

Prize Winners: 2nd Dmitry, 3rd Ozbek and Best U12 Julian

The final ranking here below: