Wen Yi Peng Wins Greater Bay Area Chess Rapid 2024 at Auberge Hotel Discovery Bay

Close to 100 players arrived Sunday 19 May at the Auberge Hotel to play chess in Discovery Bay's 5-star resort hotel. Close to half of the participants came from Shenzhen and Guangdong and our sister club, Yifen in Shenzhen, brought in 35 of their students by coach bus.

From left to right: Caissa Greater Bay Cup, Yifen Shenzhen with Caissa team leadership and Caissa arbiters briefing before start.

The venue facilities were top class. The event went smooth under the professional arbitership of IA Alberto Muniz and the highly capable Caissa coaching team taking on the arbiter roles in the arena today. All players showed great sportmanship and were instrumental in creating and maintaining a pleasant atmosphere.

Arrival of the Shenzhen players at 9.30am

Impression of the playing hall and activities outside while waiting

After 3 rounds it was time for lunch, included for all participants (and several accompanying persons):

Impression of the lunch break

As for the chess results, in the Open Group Wen Yi Peng was strong enough with 6 out of 6 to claim the Champion trophy, closely followed by Caissa's old friend, Aravind with 5.5 points.

Other prizes were given in the U6, U8, U10 and U16 categories. Full results are here: https://chess-results.com/tnr936338.aspx?lan=1&art=4