The 2nd edition of the National Interschool Chess Championship 2025 is set to be held at the International Youth Centre (IYC) from the 7th and 8th of June 2025. Supported by IYC and organized by MCF, the Primary and Secondary School Team event will offer the same prize fund as it did last year with RM1,000 set aside to the eventual Champion, RM700 to the Runner Up and RM500 to the Bronze medalist. A special prize for an all Girls Team will also be maintained and another Mixed Team prize will be introduced for this year’s event to attract more co-ed schools to participate. Both winners for the special prize will bag home RM500 for their effort.
As per last year’s regulation, the Interschool team event is open to all schools registered in Malaysia – be it a public school, international or private schools, MRSM, religious based schools, etc. as long as they are formed and operating in Malaysia. Teams from co-ed schools must have at least one player of the opposite gender playing in all rounds, whilst an All Girls or All Boys school are allowed to submit a single gender team.
The top 3 winners of the Primary and Secondary school from last year’s edition are invited to join the event with a minimal fee of RM100 whilst a school that is nominated by their respective State Chess Association will be charged an entry fee of RM250. Only 1 primary and 1 secondary school are allowed to be registered under the purview of the State Association. Open entries are charged with a fee of RM400, and for schools that intend to send a second team, the fee is RM600 per team.
The tournament shall deploy a time control of 30 minutes + 30 seconds and will be played of over 6 rounds with 3 rounds to be played on Saturday and another 3 rounds on Sunday.
With the confirmation announced by FIDE earlier this week, the National School Champions for 2025 will earn the opportunity to represent Malaysia at the upcoming FIDE World Schools Team Championship scheduled to take place from the 2nd to the 7th of August at the renowned Episcopal High School, approximately 11 km south of downtown Washington D.C.. in the USA. First introduced in 2023, the World Schools Team Championship skipped 2024 and has return to the calendar for 2025 and FIDE is expecting the event to be much bigger than when it was first organized in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
To learn more about the event and to register, please download the below brochure and/or the Registration form to submit entries. All entries must use the Registration provided and must be accompanied with the necessary payment (with proof of payment attached).
Closing date is 1st June 2025 and entries received after the closing date will have to pay a registration penalty of RM200 and shall be accepted at the discretion of the organizer and space availability. For now, registration shall be limited to a maximum of 80 teams.
Come and join us for the event and earn the opportunity to travel to Washington DC to play at the FIDE World School Teams Chess Championship 2025.