Month: June 2022

At the recently concluded Asian Junior Online Championship for Players with Disabilities held via the Tornelo platform, Malaysia’s Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif did well to earn the second spot in the Girls event which was participated by players from Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Philipines, Iran, and Kyrgyzstan. In the event, Kurmanalina Tomiris of Kazakhstan won the event…

The Malaysian Chess Federation would like to remind players (and parents) who are interested to fill up Malaysia’s quota as the official player in the World Youth Chess Championship (in Romania) and World Cadets Chess Championship (in Georgia), to complete the online application form before 30th June 2022 – which is barely three days away…

In view of the 27th of June 2022 as the closing date to register the National Team for the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India, the Malaysian Chess Federation has confirmed and finalized the members of the national squad for both the Open and Women’s Team. Aside from the 5 Open and 5…

Another invitation for a Junior event and this time, it is for the lower age of U8, U10 and U12 – dubbed the Cadets, which will be hosted by the city of Batumi, Georgia from 15th to 28th September 2022. Organized by FIDE, the Georgian Chess Federation & the Georgian chess club, the event is…

FIDE, together with the Romanian Chess Federation, Chess Club Universul, and Chess Club Juniorul Constanta, is inviting all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2022 to be held from 5th to 17th September 2022 in Mamaia, City of Constanta, Romania. While the event is open to all youth…

The Malaysian Chess Federation congratulates CM Tan Jun Ying of Penang and former 8 times Women Champion – WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi, for winning the 2022 Malaysian Chess Championship Open and Women section respectively. It was sweeter for WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi – now a medical doctor, who has not been playing competitive chess for…

After two(2) successful editions of the MCF National Training Program (NTP) which first started in Oct 2020, the 3rd NTP series is set to kick off by 20th June 2022. Headed by MCF Head Coach FM Sumant Subramaniam, a few new names have been added to the coaching staff for this year’s edition. While IM…

As of closing time last night, the Malaysian Chess Federation has received registration from 334 players from all over the country to participate in the upcoming National Youth Chess Championship 2022 which is starting this Sunday, 5th June 2022. To check the list of all players that have registered for this year’s edition of the…

The “really final list” is now confirmed with IM Ooi Zhi Yang and WFM Tan Li Ting as the latest addition to this year’s MCC event. While the number of players may have reduced for the Open section, it matches the lowest number of participants recorded in 2013 which is 46 players, and one of…