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On 30 November 2025, Caissa Osaka Chess Club, together with Abroad International School (AIS) Osaka as host, and 40 players and their supporting parents and teachers from 10 different schools, with thankful endorsement from the Japan Chess Federation, started a new chapter in the Japan chess scene: the first scholastic chess tournament. Now a year later, on 29 November 2026, the second edition will take place! AIS Osaka will host the 2nd Caissa Kansai Scholastic Chess Tournament. Like last...

At "Chessaka", our newly opened venue at Esaka Station in Suita City, we now hold regular chess events. Blitz, Rapid, Standard, Open or Youth events, FIDE and/or National Rated as well as casual and social chess events are, or will all be taking place at this unique chess hub in bustling Osaka. Thumbs up from Japan Chess Federation Director Taro Shinoda who hands out an Opening Gift to Branch Manager Leonard Brinkmann and Founder David Garceran Nieuwenburg (right) In the category of casual...

On 8 August, one day before the start of the (largest-ever, in player numbers) Japan Classic 2026, held in Osaka, Caissa Osaka Chess Club organised the "warming up" Pre-Classic FIDE Rated Rapid tournament in Kyoto. With well over 50 players it was full house. Spoiler Alert: Players at the End of the 6 Rounds: Trophies and Pennants Some of the strongest players in Japan joined alongside some up and coming local talents and a delegation of 12 Caissa Hong Kong Chess Club players who had traveled...