Author: MCF Secretariat

The FT Online Chess Festival Series will draw its curtain as the series hit its 4th and final series this weekend with the final Knock Out Round to start next week on 4th September with the Junior’s event followed by the Ladies event on 5th September and Open event on 12th September 2021 To date,…

At its recent Committee Meeting recently, the President of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) – Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi, has agreed to host an open discussion session with Parents and Organizers who would like to voice their ideas, concerns, comments and/or feedback including improvement plans and programs, with the Federation on matters that the chess…

TAKE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SELECTION PROCESS FOR THIS EVENT. EVERYONE WHO APPLY IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO PLAY IN THE EVENT. The Thailand Chess Association under the auspices of Asian Chess Federation and International Chess Federation (FIDE), will be organizing the EASTERN ASIAN ONLINE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 for Asia Zone 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6…

The 2nd edition of the FIDE Online Olympiad 2021 kicks off today with the first elimination stage for countries categorized as Division 4 which are divided into 5 playing groups comprising of 12 countries each. All the countries will play in a single round robin tournament format over 6 boards – 2 Open players, 2…

CONGRATULATIONS WFM Agnes Chong Kai Ni for a sterling performance to qualify for the Knock Out Stage of the Girls U14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Chess Championship 2021. WFM Agnes will now join Anderson Ang, Poh Yu Tian and WCM Sim Jia Ru who had earlier qualified for the same knockout stage in their…

Malaysian Junior players continue to shine at the international stage with the impressive run of Penangite Loo Pin Xie who secured the Silver Medal in the ASIAN Junior Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities which was held over the weekend from 13th to 15th August 2021. A total of 34 players took part in the…

It was nail biting finishes in the Xtiv Grand Final especially in the Ladies and Open categories. And in the end, FOUR CHAMPIONS emerged to capture the U12, U18, Ladies and Open Championship title. In the Open category, the fight for the top honor was between CM Tan Jun Ying and FM Wong Yinn Long,…

The XTiv series is coming to an end tomorrow with the Semi Finals and Finals to be contested tomorrow between 8 pairs of some of the best players in the country. The Semi Finals for the Ladies and U18 categories will be held at 9:00am and the U12 and Open categories to be held at…

As per MCF Committee meeting conducted on 18th June 2021 – and the previous meetings prior, and as per the new additional provisions in the MCF Constitution which was passed and approved at MCF AGM on 18th August 2019, the Committee welcomes two new additions in Mohd Yusof Ahmad and Muhamad Harris Imran Jamaluddin Mohd…