Author: MCF Secretariat
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Call of Interest – The Eastern Asia Juniors and Girls CC 2024 in Indonesia
While the search for the official Girls player to the event was confirmed almost immediately with the acceptance of the National Girls Champion – Aqilah Husna Ainul Fikri to participate at the event, the same cannot be said for the Open/Boys event. Current National Junior Open Champion – CM Anderson Ang Ern Jie, has declined…
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Closing Date for Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship Extended to 23rd June
With positive responses received from almost all the countries within FIDE Asia Zone 3.3 and 3.5, and a few requests from local players, the closing date for the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship to be held in Penang later next month, has been extended to the 23rd of June 2024. As of today, 151 players…
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FIDE Acknowledges Four (4) More National Arbiters for Malaysia – And FIDE Arbiter Title for Evelyn Tan
CONGRATULATIONS to the following newly minted National Arbiters which includes WIM Puteri Munajjah Az Zahraa Azhar. MCF would also like to announce that FIDE has also approved the title of FIDE Arbiter to Evelyn Tan Eng Thong as of 12th May 2024. The slightly delayed announcement for Evelyn was due to the confirmation that FIDE…
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Registration Now OPENS for Malaysians to Join the 8th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2024 from 12th to 21st July 2024 in Penang
The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and the Penang Chess Association (PCA) is set to host the 8th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship from 12-21 July in Penang. Invitations have been sent out to all the Eastern Asia countries including China (i.e. those in FIDE Zones 3.3 and 3.5) and the MCF and PCA is pleased…
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MCF Rating Updated / New MCF “Office” Created
The MCF Rating for April 2024 has been updated with 9 more events rated and updated. Organizers who gave registered for their events in April 2024 for their events to be National Rated but are not listed above, please contact the secretariat for the matter to be resolved. For the May edition, all the events…
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Kavin Mohan Crowned as Champion Azerbaijan National Day Celebration Chess Tournament 2024
The second edition of the Azerbaijan National Leader Day Celebration 2024 was held on the 18th of May 2024 at the University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya with 98 players from 5 different countries taking part in the annual event. Divided into 2 main events, the Open section had 76 players vying for the prizes offered while…
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National Open Team Chess Championship 2024 – PMX Trophy
MCF is pleased to announce the revival of the National Open Team Chess Championship 2024 to be held from the 5th to the 8th of July 2024 at the Main Hall, Level 1, Menara Sri Wilayah, Jabatan Wilayah Persekutuan, Putrajaya. This is one of the efforts and initiative mooted by MCF to promote more quality…
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MCF Names Its Olympiad Squad
With the top three winners from the MCC event qualified automatically for the Olympiad bound squad to Budapest, many are wondering who will be filling up the balance 2 players slots in the Open and Women team. And the answer was finalized yesterday. For the Open Team, the top three(3) finishers from the MCC2024 event…
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Azerbaijan National Leader Day Celebration 2024 – Registration Open Until Wednesday, 15th May
Registration has been slow and much lower than the targeted players but the quality of players playing is quite impressive. Current National Champion and Runner Up – both Olympiad bound, will be playing in the open event which will also has FM Chan Kim Yew and FM Lim Zhuo Ren, and National Junior Champion Anderson…