List of Names as of 28th May 2023 (9:00pm)Closing date is on the 31st of May 2023 As of today, we have 293 players who have registered for the event. We expect the numbers to hit 350 players or more within the next few days as many scrambled to meet the dateline.

FIDE has entered a partnership with a German company WR Group Holding GmbH to launch a new major global competition: the World Rapid Team Championship scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf (Germany) from August 25th to August 28th, 2023 The inaugural edition, to be played over a 12-round Swiss tournament under rapid time control over […]

As of yesterday, the number of players that have registered for the event is just shy of 120 players from all age groups. Registration for the event is still open and will close on 31st May 2023

This year’s event saw 54 hopefuls in the Open event, 14 in the Women, and 84 in the Challenger event. Going by the number, this year’s MCC2023 has the most participants – thanks in part to the encouraging number of players that have signed up for the Challenger event which enters its second year. In […]

PLEASE CHECK YOUR NAMES. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH mcfsecretariat@malaysiachess.org ASAP IF YOUR NAME IS NOT IN THE LIST. TAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FIDE-RATED EVENT. HENCE, BOTH MCF ID and FIDE ID ARE COMPULSORY. FAILURE TO HAVE EITHER WILL RESULT IN YOUR PARTICIPATION BEING DENIED BY THE ORGANIZER For the Malaysian Chess Championship […]

FIDE has approved three (3) more National Arbiters for Malaysia as of the 20th of April 2023. They are: CONGRATULATIONS!

The Malaysian Chess Federation is pleased to inform everyone that registration for the event shall remain open until Sunday, the 7th of May 2023. As of today, there are 12 players that have confirmed their participation for the Open event, and another 9 players for the Women’s event. The list of players can be found […]

The following players have registered and responded to MCF’s calling to participate in the upcoming 21st ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championship in Bangkok, Thailand from 17th to 27th June 2023. With the closing date set to be on 25th April 2023, players can still register directly with the organizer but the process will incur an […]

With 2 days to go before the closing date, MCF begins to receive entries from its State Affiliates led by Pulau Pinang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Melaka. While the number of entries could be the lowest number of entries in recent years, the overall number of participants in the event is the second highest at […]

MCF will be organizing the National Youth Chess Championship to be held at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, Perak starting from 9th to 11th June 2023. The date has been picked as further delay will create challenges for MCF to select official players to represent the country at international Youth and Cadets events, and will […]