Author: MCF Secretariat

Pursuant to the 1st National Seniors Chess Championship held recently, MCF and KLCA has decided to proceed with the 1st Malaysian National Seniors Rapid Championship to complement the standard event. The series of Seniors event is an MCF and KLCA initiative to continue encouraging chess to be played by players from all walks of life…

It is with great sadness for the Malaysian Chess Federation to announce the passing of Mr. Daniel Yong Chen-I, IGB REIT joint COO and former President of Selangor Chess Association, yesterday. For the chess community, as the grandnephew of the late Dato’ Tan Chin Nam, Daniel was the beacon that continued to help the chess…

Last weekend, 13 Malaysians took part in the Asian Online and Asian Juniors Online Juniors Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities held via TORNELO platform. The 6 rounds event was organized by the Asian Chess Federation via its Commission for Disabled Asia on the 8th and 9th December 2023. For the Open Junior event, Loo…

An update of events that will be rated as MCF Rated events for December 2023, and January/February 2024.

The National Interstate Chess Championship 2023 is set to start on the 28th of December 2023 until 31st December 2023. Hosted by the Persatuan Catur Negeri Perlis (PCNP), the event venue was shifted from Arau to the new venue at Dewan Jabatan Belia & Sukan Negeri Perlis, Kangar, Perlis. Despite the organizer initial challenges in…

The Eastern Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championship 2023 which started on 1st December 2023 came to a conclusion yesterday with the 9th round being played starting at 9:00am. For the Open event, it was a tight race between Filipino IM Quizon Daniel and Mongolian FM Amilal Munkhdalai with the latter edging the top spot…

The following 15 events – including 1 event in October that was put on hold, have been calculated for MCF Rating for December report 2023. A few adjustments were also made to a few players whose rating were wrongly calculates which caused them to receive high initial MCF Rating. The following names are the top…

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.…