Author: MCF Secretariat
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Incentives for Organizers of MCF Rated events
Incentives for Organizers of MCF-Rated Events Since the MCF ID system started almost a year ago, 1,100 players have signed up as registered players with the Federation – short of its target of 5,000 players by end of 2022. Currently, only MCF events are National Rated with one/two organizers opting to use the system. To…
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How to check for my MCF ID?
How To Check My MCF ID? Many have asked how to check for the MCF ID as it has been a while since they last use it. And to help many chess players out there, please note the few simple steps to get the information off our portal. Go To https://rating.malaysiachess.my/rating.aspx Type your name (or…
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Malaysian Chess Championship 2023 – Free Entry for Scholastic Age Group Champions
MCF is inviting all the age category champions/first place winners of each age group category of the Agrobank National Scholastic Chess Championship 2023 which was held earlier this year, to join the Malaysian Chess Championship 2023 in Taiping, Perak later next month with Free Entry. The U17, U15, and U13 Open/Boys Champions are invited to…
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Important Dates in MCF Calendar 2023
While some of the dates have not yet been fixed, most have been confirmed by the organizer.
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100th Anniversary of Heydar Aliyev – Azerbaijan National Leader’s Day Chess Tournament 2023 – Rapid FIDE Rated
OPEN and WOMEN CATEGORY. FREE ENTRY FOR FIDE- RATED PLAYERS ABOVE 2000 (Open) and ABOVE 1800 (Women). RM 5,000 prize money with RM1,000 to the winner for Open and RM600 for WOmen. Limited to 64 Players (Open/Women) The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) is proud to be a part of Azerbaijan’s global celebration to commemorate the…
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New National Arbiters Approved by FIDE
Five more aspiring arbiters have been approved for the title of National Arbiter (NA) by FIDE. With that, Malaysia now has 309 Arbiters listed in the FIDE database with 252 National Arbiters, 31 FIDE Arbiters, and 20 International Arbiters. Out of the 31 FAs, only 27 are considered active, and out of the 20 IAs,…
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World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships 2023 (Batumi) from 5th to 12th June 2023
FIDE calls upon Cadets and Youth players – ages from Under 8 to Under 18, to participate in the upcoming World Cadet & Youth Chess Championship 2023 to be held in Batumi, Georgia from 5th to 12th June 2023. Organized by the Georgian Chess Federation and FIDE, Similar to the Zonal event, any players who…
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ASIAN ZONAL 3.3 (Jakarta) from 5th to `13th May 2023
The Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship is set to be contested from 5th to 13th May 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia to select the top two Open players, and the top women player to automatically qualify for the FIDE World Cup 2023. All players from Federations listed within FIDE Zone 3.3 are invited to play in…
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Good news for registered sports organizers
With the recent announcement by YB Minister Youth and Sports – YB Puan Hannah Yeoh, MCF will also be taking the same steps and will no longer process or provide sanction letters for registered sports entities under COS to manage events/programs. As the ruling is meant only for sports entities that are registered with COS,…