Author: MCF Secretariat

The Malaysian Chess Federation would like to express its heartfelt condolences to the families of Ahmad Shafruddin and Mohd Yusof Ahmad on the passing of these two significant chess contributors that have created major impact on the growth and development of chess at their respective local and state communities. Ahmad Shafruddin was no stranger to…

MCF invites interested players to apply as non-official/additional players to participate at the upcoming Commonwealth and World Cadets event to be held later this year. As per MCF usual practice, only winners of the various National events such as MCC, NYCC, NJCC, MCC and Seniors events will be given the first option to be selected…

The Laos Chess Association and the Laos Chess Federation under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) invites Malaysian players of various age groups to participate at the upcoming 22nd ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championship 2024 to be held in Vientiane, Loas from the 21st to the 31st of August 2024. The event is…

The Malaysian Chess Federation will be continuing its National Training Program (NTP) for 2024 starting from August 2024 which is expected to concluded by late October or early November 2024. Similar to previous years program ran by MCF Training Commission, the fees to join is RM200 per player and only selected players will be accepted…

And to Kavin Mohan – who earns his CM (Candidate Master Title) Three other players – Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif who secured the WFM (Women FIDE Master) title, and both Chow Yi Chen and Yap Ray Jin who secured the CM (Candidate Master) title, will have to wait a little longer until they surpass the…

After a month of delay due to update and publish the May Rating Report, the MCF rating is now back up to date and will be revised slightly within the next couple of months. With the rating system now back up and running, the following event has been included and recorded within the system. A…

CONGRATULATIONS to Julazzmie and Gavin for earning their National Arbiter’s title as awarded by FIDE. Look forward to your continuing contribution towards the development and improvement for chess in Malaysia

With today as the official closing date to register for the inaugural National Open Team Chess Championship 2024 – the PMX trophy, 51 Teams have already registered and the number is expected to increase as a few more states have requested for additional time to register. With that, MCF has agreed to extend the closing…