Author: MCF Secretariat

After an excellent start on Day 1 of the Online Olympiad 2021, reality hit hard on the Malaysian Team on Day 2 of the event. Team Malaysia started the day against Switzerland – lead by GM Sebastian Bogner (2552), and the team did well to steal 2 valuable points from their encounter. The highlight of…

It was an incredible showing from Team Malaysia – 2 wins and 1 draw in their opening day of Division 2 Pool B match up. Malaysia started with a 4.5-1.5 win against Wales in the opening rounds with 3 wins from FM Lim Zhuo Ren, WIM Puteri Munajjah and FM Chan Kim Yew, with the…

Below are the list of players that have won each FT Series and their respective GP Points. Top 24 from each category will qualify for the Knock Out stage…. As the event is contributed and supported by the Ministry of Federal Territories under its previous Deputy Minister YB Dato Seri Dr. Santhara, the balance 8…

Those who have signed up for the B&BTTS Sessions with MCF President for today are advise to check their email to confirm their registration and to get the Zoom link details in order to join the session. For the B&BTTS session with the parents at 3:00pm today – due to limited space, priority are given…

After a scare in the 7th round – losing to IPCA by a slim margin 2.5-3.5, Team Malaysia bounced back to win 4-2 against Thailand to seal the deal to proceed to the next qualifying round. Regardless what the outcome would be in the final round, Team Malaysia smashed the nail into the coffin by…

Team Malaysia continue its fine run to record three more victories on the Day 2 of their Online Olympiad Campaign in Division 3 Pool A encounters. To date – after 6 rounds of play, Team Malaysia recorded a perfect 12 match points to lead the pool with South Korea and Sri Lanka a distant second…

At the end of the Quarterfinal rounds last night, only WCM Sim Jia Ru was left standing alone to continue waving the Malaysian flag at the Cadets & Youth Chess Championship 2021. It was the end of the road for Poh Yu Tian after losing 0.5-1.5 against India’s Mrinmoy Rajkhowa, and similarly to WCM Chua…

Malaysia off to a good start on day One of the Online Olympiad clocking three wins against Chinese Taipei 4.5-1.5 in Round 1, 5.5 – 0.5 against Fiji in Round 2 and a narrow 3.5-3.5 win against Sri Lanka in the 3rd Round. It was a shaky start for FM Lim Zhuo Ren when he…

Malaysia will start its Online Olympiad campaign later today in Pool A Division 3 against Chinese Taipei team starting at 4:00pm, followed by Fiji in Round 2 at 5:00pm and wrapping up the day against Sri Lanka in Round 3 at 6:00pm. According to Team Manager IM Mok Tze Meng, Malaysia will field its first…

It will be busy for the Malaysian chess community starting from this weekend and for the few weeks ahead with plenty of activities at the International, Regional, National and Local levels being planned and executed. STARTING TONIGHT, it will be the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Chess Championship 2021 where 5 young Malaysians – Anderson…