Category: Announcement

The long awaited event is back on the calendar with the 2nd edition of the National Open Team Chess Championship 2025. Sponsored by Chess Hub Sdn Bhd and supported (and hosted) by International Youth Centre (IYC), this year’s event is scheduled to be held from 26th to 29th June 2025. Maintaining the same tournament format…

The Malaysian Chess Federation is opening applications from interested players and parents who are keen to participate at the upcoming 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 to be held in Zhuhai, China from the 20th to the 30th of July 2025. Divided into the Open and Girls events, the event is divided into age…

The 2nd edition of the National Interschool Chess Championship 2025 is set to be held at the International Youth Centre (IYC) from the 7th and 8th of June 2025. Supported by IYC and organized by MCF, the Primary and Secondary School Team event will offer the same prize fund as it did last year with…

The Malaysian Chess Federation will be collaborating with NSTP (News Straits Time Press) – a member of the Media Prima Group, to organize the NSTP – MCF Mini Chess Festival 2025 from the 28th of May to 1st of June 2025. The event is scheduled to be held at World Trade Center Kuala Lumpur Level…

Scheduled on Saturday, 26th of April 2025 via Online Zoom The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) will be organizing its first combined National Arbiter Exam on Saturday, 26th April 2025  from 8:30pm until 10:30pm. As per previous format, attendees need to answer 30 objective and 10 subjective questions and 75% score  to meet the passing mark.…

The long awaited Malaysian Chess Championship 2025 (MCC2025) – scheduled from the 16th to the 20th of April is now open for registration. Having decided to move the event from Pontian back to Klang Valley due to popular demand, the event will now be hosted by venue sponsor and host SEGi College Subang Jaya located…

MCF will be holding its Blitz Q2/2025 series on 5th of April 2025 starting at 8:30pm at its office in Seri Kembangan. And with the event being held on the first weekend of Hari Raya month, MCF will also be hosting a Hari Raya Open House starting at 6:00pm as a show of celebration and…

MCF will continue its Standard event series with the 2nd Quarter edition of the MCF Office U2400 Standard event to be held at MCF office on the 12th and 13th April 2025. The five (5) or six (6) rounds Swiss event – depending on the number of players, will deploy the Standard Time Control of…

The following event has been submitted for MCF Rating Calculation purposes. Eleven (11) events including four (4) events from December 2024 has been tabulated and uploaded as of 12th January 2025. The National Youth Chess Championship and the National Junior Chess Championship will be added to the February MCF Rating Calculation for March 2025. The…