Author: MCF Secretariat

Open to ALL Schools in Malaysia – Public, Private, and Internationals In line with the inaugural World School Team Championship introduced by FIDE last year, the Malaysian Chess Federation has taken the initiative to introduce the first ever National Inter School Chess Championship 2024 to be held on 11th and 12th May 2024. Partnered and…

Players who are interested to take part in the Commonwealth Blitz 2023/24 to be held on 27th February 2024 at MITC Ayer Keroh, Melaka, can do so by paying RM 100 (or USD 25) to sign up for the event. The 11 rounds Blitz event will start at 2:00pm and is expected to end by…

The list of players for both Open/Boys and Girls event has been uploaded on chess-results.com at https://chess-results.com/tnr891306.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES for the Girls event and https://chess-results.com/tnr891317.aspx?lan=1 for the Open/Boys event. For any correction or amendments, please contact Tournament Director – Iwan Schani Ibnu

Four more events organized by FA Saiful Asyraf of Pulau Pinang is set to be MCF Rated for February. The Lotus Series CNY Special Edition is set for tomorrow in Sg Petani with the Mitsubishi and Chung Shan Gong Xi Fa Chai tournaments planned for next weekend.

MCF will conduct the second session of the National Train-The-Trainer and Coach Program on the 9th and 10th of March in Shah Alam, Selangor continuing the first session which was conducted in Putrajaya last October. Conducted just before the start of Ramadhan, the two day program is aimed at providing tips and knowledge for trainers…

Many chess organizers – especially independent organizers not registered under the Commissioner of Sports, may not be aware that approval from the Ministry is critical when organizing any chess events especially events dubbed as National and/or International level events. MCF appeals to all organizers to adhere and comply to this regulation and to not take…

Persatuan Catur Putrajaya (PUTRA) conducted a 2-day NA Seminar program on the 7th and 8th of February led by father daughter duo – IA Collin Madhavan and IA-in-waiting FA Olivia Madhavan, at the Putrajaya Training Center in Presint 15 Putrajaya. The rather stretched program – as it was done over 2 days, was attended by…

Thirteen (13) more events were submitted for MCF Rating calculation for the month of December 2023 (after Christmas) and January 2024. To date, MCF ID has garnered almost 3,000 registrations – a far cry from its 30,000 players that it had when it was last used in 2017. MCF is still hopeful that the number…

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) is pleased to announce that the township of Pontian, Johor – led by the Persatuan Catur Daerah Pontian (PCDP), is set to host the 2024 edition of the Malaysian Chess Championship to be held from Sunday, the 21st of April to Thursday, the 25th of April 2024. With Dewan Jubli…

To date, a total of 92 players have registered for the National Junior to be held at AEON Mall Ipoh Klebang from the 16th to 18th of February 2024. If your name is not listed, please contact the tournament director Iwan Schani Ibnu at ischani10@gmail.com