Month: June 2021

MCF hereby calls upon interested players (with consent from parents) to apply to participate in the ASIAN SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 to be held from 23rd July to 31st July 2021 via the TORNELO Online Chess Playing Platform Six(6) playing categories are being contested for players below 7 years old, 9 years old, 11 years…

The following players have confirmed their participation in the MCF Blitz event to be held this Sunday, 27th June 2021 starting at 2:30pm via TORNELO playing platform. If you do not find you name below, please contact the organizer to have the issue corrected. At the same time, in order to attract more players to…

Since the current MCF committee took over the management and administration of Federation back in 2019, a few noticeable improvement were introduced in order to create a more transparent organization. The more notable ones were better money management, improved communication via website and FB, continued events and activities (despite the lockdown) and most importantly, a…

The Malaysian Chess Federation is inviting PARA Chess Athlete to apply to be selected as the Malaysian Representatives at the upcoming ASIAN Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities 2021. 4 players – 2 Men and 2 Women, will be selected to represent the country in an online event conducted over TORNELO platform from 9th…

MCF invites its State Affiliates to nominate one(1) candidate from each affiliate to attend the Arbiter’s Workshop conducted by the ASIAN Chess Federation (ACF) from 24th June to 27th June 2021 to be held Online via Zoom. As there are only 5 seats available, the first 5 states to nominate will be given the seat…

With one more Series to go, the following are the top 50 GP leaders for each of the category contested. As only 32 players will qualify for the Final Knock Out in August, the following rules will be used to determine who will qualify – should their GP points are the same, and the seedings…

The XTiv Series is coming to an end with Series 4 – the final GP series, is scheduled to kick off on Saturday, 10th July starting with the U12 Category at 9:00am followed by the Ladies category at 2:30pm on the same day. The next day – Sunday, 11th July 2021, Series 4 will continue…

While email notifications have been sent to those participating in Series 3 of the Xtive event, many are yet to check their email to join the Whatsapp Group and to login into Tornelo (and be in READY mode) to prepare themselves for the event. As many are aware, Series 3 of the Xtiv event is…

MCF will be organizing its Quarter 2 – Online Blitz Tournament 2021 on 27th June 2021. This is a continuation of the first Blitz Tournament held in Quarter 1 on 28th February 2021. Entry fee are as follows: IM/WIM/NM/WNM RM 5 Other Titled Players RM 15 All Rated Players RM 25 All Rated U18/U12 RM…

FIDE has invited Malaysia to send its representatives to the FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021 to be held starting from 1st August to 20th August (Qualifying Stage) and if players qualify, to proceed with the Final Stage from 26th August to 31st August. Interested parties can download the EVENT REGULATIONS by…