With 2 more days to go before registration closes, players who are interested to play in the tournament are advised to sign up early to avoid disappointment of not having the chance to play in MASUM Open 2021. Organized by the Majlis Sukan Universiti Malaysia (MASUM – Malaysian Universities Sports Council) and scheduled for Saturday, […]

Organized by Dresdner Schachfestival e.V. of Germany and FIDE, the 4th FIDE World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities is set to be held from 4th November to 14th November 2021 via the Tornelo Online platform. Contested over 9 Round Swiss with a time control of 45 minutes + 30 seconds, the 4th edition is […]

It was the first time event that an an Online event is being organized for the Differently Abled Community and albeit the low number of participants, it received an encouraging numbers of entries considering that this is only the event inaugural edition. At the end of the championship, it was an amazing feat as both […]

The Asian Chess Federation and the Chess Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is inviting Malaysia to participate in the ASIAN Club Cup Hybrid Chess Championship 2021. This is a FIDE Rated event with Classical Time Control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds to be played over 9 rounds starting from 2nd November to […]

Conducted on Sunday, 26th September 2021, with 42 players vying for the prizes on offer, the winners of the MCF Blitz Q3 are confirmed as follows: The full results for the event can be found here at the chess-results website at http://chess-results.com/tnr581657.aspx?lan=1 The organizing team will be contacting some of the players to get their […]

It was a great outing for the Malaysian Juniors at the recently concluded Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship 2021 – securing Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the Regional meet. CONGRATULATIONS Malaysia!!! Poh Yu Tian continues his billing as one of Malaysia’s rising star to secure the U16 individual Gold Medal with an impressive 8 […]

Over the last couple of weeks, MCF has begun to receive a few invitations to participate in Over-The-Board events hosted by many countries who seems to have reopened their borders for entry. With Malaysia also easing its travelling requirements abroad, it may be an opportune moment for players to consider joining these events to help […]

The Hybrid events concept has been in existence for more than a year now, and although FIDE allows for it to be FIDE rated, organizers continue to face challenges in getting Hybrid events to be approved for rating. While FIDE allows for National level Hybrid events to be FIDE rated – such us our very […]

The Asian Chess Federation together with Oman Chess Committee will be organizing the ASIAN Amateur Chess Championship 2021 – to be played online via TORNELO platform, from 12th to 18th November. The event is open to all players with a FIDE Rating of 2099 and below, and without any IM/GM or WIM/WGM title. Players are […]

The Majlis Sukan Universiti Malaysia (MASUM – Malaysian Universities Sports Council) is organizing the MASUM Open 2021 via Online schedule to be held on Saturday, 30th October 2021. The event is open to all players – Malaysians or otherwise, no matter where they are as the event will be played online via TORNELO platform. Players […]