Author: MCF Secretariat
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FIDE and Chess.com announce the Women’s Speed Chess Championship
FIDE and Chess.com are pleased to announce the Women’s Speed Chess Championship that will held from 18th June until 20th July 2020. The event has been set up consisting of 4 major stages of play: Titled Swiss Tournaments Playoff Qualifiers Grand Prix WSCC Super Final The Titled Swiss Tournaments comprise of six Swiss tournaments open…
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MCF in CHESS.COM
The Malaysian Chess Federation is now in chess.com. Join to support your local club and with more members in the club, the Malaysian Chess Federation is geared up to promote more online events in the near future. Be a part of this exciting program. Click on the logo below to join our Malaysian Chess Federation…
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1st FIDE Junior Online Cup for Players U20 with Disabilities
In its continuing effort to promote competitive Online Chess activities, FIDE has invited Chess Federations from all over the world to participate in its inaugural 1st FIDE Junior Online Cup for Players U20 with Disabilities. FIDE Commission for the Disabled (DIS) will be in charge of the event which is scheduled to start on 21st…
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FIDE Checkmate Coronavirus Event – MCF and Penang Chess Association
In an effort to market more chess tournaments during the COVID19 pandemic that has impacted many countries around the world, FIDE has come up with a unique program dubbed the Checkmate Coronovirus aimed at promoting huge chess followers to play online chess. While FIDE and FIDE Online Arena will be the main driver behind the…
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MCF Online Chess Team Trial
The Malaysian Chess Federation conducted its first ever official online chess trial event which was competed by 8 teams from Penang and Klang Valley area earlier today. The mini event was held over 4 rounds with a time control of 10 minutes + 2 seconds increment. The event was managed using a different organization concept…
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TRAINERS TITLE AWARDED BY FIDE – CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Following the Trainer’s Seminar which was conducted in Johor Bahru by the Johor Chess Association in November 2019, FIDE has recently shared the successful list of candidates that have passed the necessary qualification examination and has now earned the title of Trainers or Instructor from FIDE as of May 2020. MCF would like to CONGRATULATE…
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ASIAN JUNIOR RAPID ONLINE – Results
As the organizer requires everyone to login by 10:30am local Malaysian time, most players (including officials and “kay poh chee” onlookers like me) were already logged into the zoom meeting application by 10:20am. It was good to see some familiar faces on the screen i.e. Mr Casto Abundo, Mr Mahdi Abdulrahim and Mr KK Chan…
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ASIAN JUNIOR RAPID ONLINE STARTS TODAY
The Asian Junior Open Chess Championship 2020 (Rapid Online) starts today for Malaysia which is pooled into Zone 3.3 consisting of Singapore, Mongolia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taipei. A total of 35 players are vying for the Boys category and another 31 player for the Girls category with…
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SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR BATIN
The Malaysian Chess Federation and all its Committee Members would like to take this opportunity to wish ALL MUSLIMS and ALL MALAYSIANS a SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI – MAAF ZAHIR BATIN https://malaysiachess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Selamat-Hari-Raya-from-MCF-1.mov
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MCF Calendar for 2020 – A new plan….
It is without any doubt that the current global COVID19 pandemic has thrown a huge spanner in our otherwise routine and normal lives that was usually filled with colors of rainbows and everything in between. With the earlier phase of MCO (Movement Control Order) which many considered as partial lockdown, and the ensuing CMCO (Conditional…