Author: MCF Secretariat

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

There were definitely a lot of interest shown by many players – and parents, when MCF announced that it is looking for official players to represent Malaysia at the Commonwealth event scheduled to be held in Melaka from 19th to 28th February 2024. During the last week, MCF received more than 30 applications from aspiring…

There are still a few more seats available to those who wishes to attend the upcoming FA Seminar to be held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Chess Championship to be held from 20th February to 23rd February 2024. To date, 12 seats have been filled with 8 more seats available. The limit of 20 per…

The Malaysian Chess Federation has updated the preliminary listing of all players in the Open and Age group events for the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023/24. Based on the initial listing, 91 players including 14GMs, 6 WGMs, 4 IMs and 1 WIM have signed up for the championship. A total of 7 countries including Malaysia have…

MCF are looking for qualified and potential young chess players to fill up the vacant slots to represent Malaysia at the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Melaka from 19th to 28th February 2024. The category of events that need to be filled up are: Under 8 (Open), Under 8 (Girls), Under 10 (Open), Under 14 (Open)…

The Malaysian Chess Federation invites all Junior players below the age of 20 to participate at the upcoming National Junior Chess Championship 2024 to take place from 16th to 18th February 2024. Co-organized and hosted by the AEON Mall Ipoh Klebang in Chemor, Perak, this year’s edition has been brought forward in the interest of…