Author: MCF Secretariat

After months of discussion and planning, the Commonwealth Chess Association has agreed to award Malaysia to organize the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 in Quarter One of 2024 from 19th to 28th February 2024. Initially planned for 10th to 18th December 2023, MCF was advised not to use the dates due to the upcoming Asian Youth…

Eight (8) Malaysian youngsters will be taking part in the up coming 25th Asian Youth Chess Championship 2023 to be held in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates from the 12th to the 22nd of December 2023. Headed by MCF Chief Information Officer – Iwan Schani Ibnu, the players are:1. Haqqi Mohd Hatta – U8 Open2. Keertieshvar…

After months of planning, the Eastern Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championship Officially kicked off last Friday, 1st December 2023 with players’ arrivals, and subsequent briefing held at the official venue – Sabah Oriental Hotel. A total of 59 players from 10 countries took part in the Malaysian edition hosted by the Sabah Chess Association.…

MCF is calling players who are interested to participate in the Asian Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities to be held via TORNELO Platform either on the 8th or 9th of December 2023. Open to Asian countries the five(5) or seven(7) rounds tournament played over internet will be contested using a time control of…

The Malaysian Chess Federation looks to reimburse almost RM50k to all 15 State Affiliates for FIDE IDs registered, created and approved from September 2022 to August 2023. This is the 3rd payout made by the Malaysian Chess Federation since the ideas was introduced and approved by the previous MCF Committee in 2018. When the current…

In a recent report released by FIDE – report was led by David Smerdon and The University of Queensland Australia, Malaysia has been ranked 7th in FIDE Gender Equality in Chess Index with Mongolia at the top of the ranking followed by Sri Lanka and Uganda. Regionally, Malaysia is ranked second in ASEAN behind Vietnam…

Five (5) players and HOD Muhammad Firdaus Ismail was greeted by a small crowd of well wishers when they touched down at KLIA on Sunday at 8:40pm. While the performances of the players are commendable, Anderson Ang Ern Jie and Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif did better with each hauling 6 valuable points, and much precious…

NIRISH KUMAR BAGGED THE RAPID EVENT WITH KAVIN MOHAN SECURING THE BLITZ It was perhaps one of the more sought after MCF event with 174 players in the Rapid event and another 193 players for the Blitz event. With many organizers gradually returning to normal Over-The-Board events post COVID19 – including MCF in its effort…

Due to unforeseen circumstance, the host and organizer of the event – Persatuan Catur Negeri Perlis, has decided to defer the hosting date for the National Interstate Chess Championship to start on the 28th of December until 31st December 2023 instead of the earlier dates informed. The revised brochures with the new dates. All other…

There was quite a large crowd sending off the Malaysian Youth Squad to the FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2023 to be held in Montesilvano, Italy which is scheduled to kick off tomorrow. Consisting mostly of the player’s family members, friends, sponsor and MCF officials, it was a joyful send off for our 5 junior…