Author: MCF Secretariat

Malaysian Chess Federation named its 4 players National squad Malaysia will continue with its tradition to participate in the upcoming FIDE World Youth Olympiad U16 2023 to be held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from the 12th until the 19th of August 2023. However, the organizer has decided to adopt a new format for the event –…

One School will be selected by the Malaysian Chess Federation to represent Malaysia at the inaugural world event. Is your school good enough to be selected as our Official National Representative? MCF is opening application from schools to be selected as the official Malaysian School to compete at the World School Chess Championship 2023 to…

MCF ID – How To Ensure A Successful Registration While the Federation is happy that there has been a surge of players applying for MCF ID, and many organizers are beginning to adopt the MCF Rating system, the secretariat has been flooded by emails requesting help with their registration. So, here are a few pointers:…

The Malaysian Chess Federation will proceed with the fourth edition of the National Training Program which is scheduled to start from 5th July 2023 until October 2023. This will be the 4th edition of the training program which was initiated in 2020. The program will be managed by the Technical Commission headed by MCF VP2…

MCF Task Force for SUKMA met with officials from MSN yesterday to discuss on the event format that will be used for SUKMA in Sarawak next year. Attending the meeting was En Azwan Azmi, En Safwan, En Azman and Puan Emilia from MSN together with MCF DP1 – Dr Zaidan Zulkipli, VP1 – Muhammad Firdaus…

At a recent MCF Meeting held late last month, the President and Committee of the Malaysian Chess Federation has agreed to continue its STATE GRANT program which was first introduced in 2021. To apply for the grant, state affiliate would need to email their proposal to MCF and include the purpose of the application, a…

Event date is from the 3rd of August until the 11th of August 2023. For more information, please CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE MCF is calling interested players – both Open/Boys and Girls, from the ages U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18 to apply and register to participate in the 7th EASTERN ASIAN…

The Malaysian Chess Championship would like to apologize on the confusion that may have arisen with regards to the 7th EASTERN ASIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023. After consultation with the ASIAN CHESS FEDERATION (ACF) and as per FIDE Official Calendar, the 7th EASTERN ASIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 will officially be held in Hainan, China…

The Malaysian Chess Federation is opening up applications for aspiring U16 players who are interested to be a part of the Malaysian U16 Team to the World Youth Olympiad for U16 to be held from the 12th to the 19th of August. With Eindhoven, Netherlands hosting this year’s edition, each team participating in the event…

It has come to the attention of the Malaysian Chess Federation that disrespectful remarks were made about a female chess player via social media recently. MCF views such remarks with deep concern and will conduct a necessary investigation accordingly. MCF wishes to make it very clear that we do not condone such behavior and comments.…