FIDE has recently kicked off its Global Women’s Online Chess Challenge a.k.a “The Queens’ Festival” which offers a series of continental and global women’s online chess tournaments, seminars and activities starting from 11th June 2021. Organized by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in cooperation with FIDE Events Commission, the event is also supported by […]

Application to represent Malaysia at the upcoming World Cup 2021 to be held in Sochi, Russia that is supposed to close tomorrow, is now extended until 3rd June 2021. FIDE has finalized the event’s schedule which is to be held from 10th July 2021 until 3rd August 2021. A total of 206 players from all […]

82 players from 15 countries – including 2 Malaysians, took part in the recently concluded ASIA CONTINENTAL (Hybrid Mode) CHESS CHAMPIONHSIP 2021 organized by the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. The 9 round Swiss event conducted via Hybrid on Tornelo platform started on 21st May 2021 and concluded with the final round yesterday, 29th May […]

As of today – with just a few more hours before the application link is closed, more than 50 hopefuls and aspiring chess players from various backgrounds and age group, have applied to join the MCF Training Program which is scheduled to start next week. With the overwhelming response received, the acceptance limit has been […]

The Malaysian Chess Federation is opening an exclusive training camps for players who would like to be trained by some of Malaysia’s leading trainers and players, in its effort to further improved and developed the playing skills of local players. There is NO AGE LIMIT or PLAYING LEVEL (players must have some chess basics) for […]

MCF would like to extend its thanks to all involved in the MCF KUPTM National Hybrid Online Individual Open and Challenger Chess Championship 2021 which was held via TORNELO online platform from 31st March to 4th April 2021. The event was participated by 34 players in the Open Category and 92 players in the Challenger […]

In 2017, it was elation for the chess community when the then-FM Yeoh Li Tian surprised everyone by taking the top spot in the Zonal Championship and qualified as the first Malaysian ever to enter the World Championship Cycle Match. Although beaten in the first round to non other than former World Champion Vishy Anand, […]