As the organizer requires everyone to login by 10:30am local Malaysian time, most players (including officials and “kay poh chee” onlookers like me) were already logged into the zoom meeting application by 10:20am. It was good to see some familiar faces on the screen i.e. Mr Casto Abundo, Mr Mahdi Abdulrahim and Mr KK Chan […]

The Asian Junior Open Chess Championship 2020 (Rapid Online) starts today for Malaysia which is pooled into Zone 3.3 consisting of Singapore, Mongolia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taipei. A total of 35 players are vying for the Boys category and another 31 player for the Girls category with […]

Pursuant to the additional players allowed by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) – as the organizer for the event, to participate in the upcoming Asian Junior Chess Championship, the Malaysian Chess Federation were put to task to select three (3) girls players in addition to the three (3) boys that were selected at the initial […]

APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED – 11 Applications Received As of 11:59pm last night, a total of eleven (11) players from all over the country – from Sarawak right up to Kedah, have submitted their applications to be selected as Malaysia’s girl representative to the first ever Asian Junior Chess Championship (Rapid Online) to be held […]

URGENT….. URGENT….. URGENT – Please Read OnIf interested, please email to mcfsecretariat@malaysiachess.org, mcfselection@malaysiachess.org and inquiries@malaysiachess.orf As the final version of the Rules and Regulations of the inaugural ASIAN JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Rapid Online) is being shared by the Asian Chess Federation, more good news is in store for the chess community. First and foremost, the […]

Following the evaluation made by the MCF Selection Committee based on the Current Merit Point (CMP) system adopted by MCF, the following three (3) players have been selected as our official participants to the first ever Asian Junior Chess Championship (Rapid Online) organized by the ASIAN Chess Federation – ACF. Scheduled to take place between […]