Month: July 2024

The Laos Chess Association and the Laos Chess Federation under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) invites Malaysian players of various age groups to participate at the upcoming 22nd ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championship 2024 to be held in Vientiane, Loas from the 21st to the 31st of August 2024. The event is…

The Malaysian Chess Federation will be continuing its National Training Program (NTP) for 2024 starting from August 2024 which is expected to concluded by late October or early November 2024. Similar to previous years program ran by MCF Training Commission, the fees to join is RM200 per player and only selected players will be accepted…

And to Kavin Mohan – who earns his CM (Candidate Master Title) Three other players – Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif who secured the WFM (Women FIDE Master) title, and both Chow Yi Chen and Yap Ray Jin who secured the CM (Candidate Master) title, will have to wait a little longer until they surpass the…

Participants from 16 different countries battled it out over 7 rounds to win the rapid tournament that was held one day before the main event. In the final round, FM Poh Yu Tian took down Philippines FM Gian Karlo to secure the first place for U180 category. Malaysia won first place overall in the U18O…

The 8th edition of the Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship commenced yesterday at the Cititel Hotel in Georgetown, Penang. The championship will be played in the classical format over 9 rounds from July 13 to July 20, 2024. The Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship includes six age categories split between the open and the girls’…

The Olympiad team won the first place in the 2024 PMX Trophy- National Team Open Chess Championship. Comprising five talented players, the team’s composition was as follows: Board 1: FM Wong Jian Wen Board 2: CM Ang Jie Anderson Board 3: Kavin Mohan Board 4: WFM Tan Li Ting Board 5/Reserve Player: FM Sumant Subramaniam…

After a month of delay due to update and publish the May Rating Report, the MCF rating is now back up to date and will be revised slightly within the next couple of months. With the rating system now back up and running, the following event has been included and recorded within the system. A…

CONGRATULATIONS to Julazzmie and Gavin for earning their National Arbiter’s title as awarded by FIDE. Look forward to your continuing contribution towards the development and improvement for chess in Malaysia