Author: MCF Secretariat
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Annual Russian House Open Chess Tournament 2025 – 9th Feb 2025
One of the more anticipated event in MCF calendar is the Russian House Open Chess Tournament which is organized by the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in collaboration with the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF). This is one of the exeptionally fun event that many players look forward to playing – not so much because…
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More MCF Rated Event Uploaded
A few more events which were submitted in November and December but were missed out during the last publication of the MCF Rating, has been updated. While MCF aspires to update the rating on a monthly basis, delays may occur from time to time due to system updates and late submissions of events. Starting January…
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MCF Rating Updated
After much delay, the MCF Rating for all registered players have been updated and covers all rated events until 31st December 2024 The rating covers all MCF events such as the KBS Masters Games, the U2200 Standard Event, the National Rapid and Blitz Events and the Age Group Standard Events held at MCF Office throughout…
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New NA Approved by FIDE
FIDE has approved ten(10) more new NA (National Arbiters) as of 6th January 2025. CONGRATULATIONS!
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National Junior Chess Championship 2025 – Ipoh, Perak
The National Junior Chess Championship 2025 is again set to be held at AEON Mall Klebang Ipoh, Perak – the same venue as last year’s, from 14th to 16th February 2025. Organized in collaboration with the Persatuan Catur Perak and the management of AEON Mall Klebang, the event is meant for players who are below…
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National Youth Chess Championship 2025 To Kick Start A Busy Year for MCF
With news that the Asian and Eastern Asia Cadets to be held in April and July respectively, the Malaysian Chess Federation has decided to swap the dates for the National Youth Youth to be held earlier in the year and the Scholastic edition to be pushed back to a later date in May. Scheduled from…
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Closing 2024 and Opening 2025 – New Year Eve Blitz, Blitz Q1/2025 and U2400 Standard Event
MCF will be organizing the New Year Eve Blitz (FIDE Rated) event starting at 9:30pm to cross over midnight on 31st December 2024 and ends at 1:00am in the early days of 1st January 2025. The New Year Blitz is limited only to 50 players offering a total prize fund of RM1,000 with the winner…
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CONGRATULATIONS to Our New IAs, FAs and NAs
MCF congratulates and welcomes our newly minted IAs, FAs and NAs who have been approved by FIDE Arbiter’s Commission in the last quarter of 2024. This includes 2 IAs who have been upgraded from Level C to Level D, 2 new IAs, 11 new FAs and 19 new NAs CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
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NA SEMINAR 3.0 @ MCF Office on 28th and 29th December 2024 – And Retake Exam
With the year coming to a close, MCF will be organizing its final NA Seminar session for 2024 on the very last weekend of the year. Scheduled to be held on 28th and 29th December, MCF continues to offer reduced pricing for school teachers at only RM200 compared to the usual RM250 for open participants.…
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Simul with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
With the FIDE 100 Years Celebration approaching, MCF has received confirmation that former Women World Champion – GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, has confirmed her attendance to be here for the dinner. MCF has also received confirmation that the former Champion has also agreed to host a simul against 20 players who are interested to take up…