Dear Tigers,
Please see below an invitation from Pauline Yeung '08 for a Boxing Day Chess Party featuring a 10-minute live match between chess masters Daniel Lam (Cambridge, 1999) and Josh Weinstein (Princeton '09). This will be preceded by a brief introduction to the game of chess, and accompanied by drinks and canapes. Friends and family are most welcome to join.
Daniel Lam (Cambridge, 1999), is Hong Kong's No. 1 ranked player among active chess players, as well as the only person from Hong Kong to hold the title of Master from the Chinese Chess Association. Daniel is a financial services professional.
Josh Weinstein (Princeton '09), currently a tech entrepreneur, was an East Asian Studies major and President of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) at Princeton. As Founder of YouAreTV, a live video platform that enables the audience to not just watch but also video call-in and participate, he has been featured on Bloomberg and been a guest speaker at DLD, Princeton, NYU, the CUNY Grad School of Journalism as well as programs such as Founder Institute and TechStars. Josh was the 2004 U.S. High School speed chess champion. For more about Josh, please visit http://joshrweinstein.com/me
The event will be held on 26 December 2015 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm at a convenient venue in Central, to be announced at a later date. The cost per person is HK$ 500 for non-members, HK$ 400 for Oxbridge Society / Princeton Club members, and HK$ 300 for children.
Please RSVP directly to yeung.pauline@gmail.com with the subject "Boxing Day Chess Party" by Tuesday, December 1 if you are interested in attending. Please include the number of adults and/ or children who plan to attend, and state whether they are members or non-members.
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