Author: MCF Secretariat

It was a celebration of sorts for our National Junior players – Anderson Ang Ern Jie and Poh Yu Tian in the Open U12, and WCM Sim Jia Ru in the Girls U16 at the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Chess Championship 2021. The National Juniors trio qualified for the next stage of the Cadets…

After the smoked cleared, 16 players are left in each category to march on into the Quarterfinal stage to be held this Saturday starting at 9:00am with the Juniors U12 and Ladies categories, followed by the Juniors U18 and Open at 10:30am. Players are to take note that the schedule has changed slightly in order…

The first elimination stage of the XTiv Grand Final Knock Out stage is set to start on Tuesday, 10th August with Round of 32 where the top 32 players will compete to fight for the RM 1,000 first prize offered by the Organizer. The day will start off with the U12 category at 9:00am followed…

It was valiant effort from our U10 Open and U18 Girls Junior players at the FIDE Cadets and Youth Championship that started on 1st August which ended yesterday after 10 rounds of Rapid play. In the U10 Open category, a total of 227 players from all over the world took part in the 5 day…

The Malaysian Chess Federation congratulates its Vice President and Head of Women’s Bureau – Madam See Swee Sie, on her appointment as a member of the Fact-Finding Committee of FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC). Madam See – a lawyer by profession, is also the President of the Penang Chess Association and under her leadership,…

The Federal Territory Online Chess Festival 2021 – contributed and supported by the Ministry of Federal Territories under Deputy Minister YB Dato’ Sri Dr Santhara, will continue its month long Festival program with the 2nd Series to be held this weekend on the 7th and 8th August 2021. As usual, the Junior U12 category will…

The FT Online Chess Festival clocked off last weekend with a more than 66 Junior, 27 Ladies and 53 Open players participating in the inaugural event. The number of turnout was expected but as this was the first series, the slow registration should pick up as the event moves into its 2nd Series this coming…

Malaysia’s campaign in the FIDE World Cadets & Youth Chess Championship kicks off tonight at 11:00pm starting with the preliminary qualification rounds for Open U10 and Girls U18 categories. Played over 10 rounds, each category will be played over 5 consecutive days with 2 rounds of play each day. The top winners from each category…

With the final listing of the top 32 players for the Ladies and U12 categories have been made public, the final listing for the Open and U18 final is now available for viewing. Similarly, players are requested to contact mcfsecretariat@malaysiachess.org to confirm their participation for the event. As mentioned in the earlier news shared in…

The Boys category for the Asian Schools Chess Championship 2021 concluded late yesterday afternoon – a week after the Girls category ended a week ago. Overall, while our Girls may have performed slightly better than the Boys, it was a commendable outing for our youngsters as for many, this is their first outing donning the…