With Series 1 completed but with lower than expected number of entries, the Organizer has obtained approval from Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) for primary and secondary schools student to earn PAJSK points by participating in the event. MCF is also planning to use the XTiv Series event to revive the MCF Rating System which is […]

A special session was held on Wednesday at Wisma FAM Kelana Jaya hosted by Datuk Haji Hamidin Haji Mohd Amin, Chef de Mission of the Malaysian Contingent to the 31st SEA Games Vietnam 2021 to discuss more on the potentials and preparation of the various National Sports Association on their respective targets and aspiration for […]

As the heat for the upcoming Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship begins to build up, ACF and FIDE have announced two more major chess events in the form of ASIAN Continental Chess Championship (via Hybrid mode) and the FIDE World Cup 2021 to be held in Sochi, Russia via Over-The-Board format. While the dates for the […]

13 Malaysian hopefuls have signed up and confirmed their participation at this year’s ASIAN Zonal Chess Championship to be held via Hybrid mode using Tornelo Platform starting from 1st May to 9th May 2021. This would be the largest ever Malaysian Contingent to the prestigious FIDE Zone events thanks in part to the new Hybrid […]

The ASIAN Chess Federation is on a roll with a second major event via Hybrid mode to be held from 20th to 30th May 2021. Similar to the Zonal event, the ASIAN Continental Chess Championship requires a higher qualifier with a floor FIDE Rating of 2300 points but players rated below the mentioned strength can […]

As to date, 8 players have confirmed their participation for the ACF Zonal 3.3 Championship (Hybrid Mode) which is scheduled to start from 1st May to 9th May 2021. Two centers will be set up – one in KL and another in Penang, to accommodate for the players to play. For now, the rate to […]

As of today, 4 players from KL and 2 players from Penang has shown their interest to be part of the Zonal Hybrid event which is scheduled to start on 1st May 2021. The Federation would need to respond to the Asian Chess Federation by 20th of April (just less than 2 weeks from now) […]

It was an almost perfect tournament for Poh Yu Tian who scored 8 points out of 9 games with 7 wins and 2 draws to be crowned as the outright champion of MCF-KUPTM National Hybrid Chess Championship 2021. Yu Tian drew his 6th round game against veteran Abdullah Che Hassan and his second draw came […]