Month: December 2020

Fourteen (14) Malaysian youngsters took part in Asian qualifying rounds of the the first ever FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2020. Eight (8) boys and six (6) girls represented Malaysia in the various ASIAN Zone age categories – U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, which started on Friday 11th December and…

Fourteen Malaysian players – participating in the different age groups at the FIDE World event, will start their campaign when the Asian Zone kicks off its qualifying rounds starting today, Friday, 11th December 2020 at 10:00am Central European Time (5:00pm local Malaysian Time). Two (2) rounds will be played on today, followed by three (3)…

The Malaysian Chess Federation is moving ahead with its Hybrid Online series by organizing the second Hybrid event – the 1st National Hybrid Online Juniors U20 Open and Girls Chess Championship 2020, which is scheduled for 9th and 10th January 2021 The National Junior event is open to all players born in the year 2000…

In its effort to fulfill its obligation to organize its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2020 – subsequent to the earlier AGM which was scheduled on 29th October 2020 but cancelled due to COVID19 resurgence, the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) have agreed to proceed with its AGM via Online on 30th December 2020. The decision…

With the ladies event gradually picking up pace and 16 players already confirming their slots, Chess Hacks a.k.a. MCF Office, has become the most popular choice for Hybrid location chosen by many with 7 players already confirming their spots. As per SOP regulation, MCF may have to stop the registration at 10 players in order…