Category: Announcement

There were definitely a lot of interest shown by many players – and parents, when MCF announced that it is looking for official players to represent Malaysia at the Commonwealth event scheduled to be held in Melaka from 19th to 28th February 2024. During the last week, MCF received more than 30 applications from aspiring…

There are still a few more seats available to those who wishes to attend the upcoming FA Seminar to be held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Chess Championship to be held from 20th February to 23rd February 2024. To date, 12 seats have been filled with 8 more seats available. The limit of 20 per…

The Malaysian Chess Federation has updated the preliminary listing of all players in the Open and Age group events for the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023/24. Based on the initial listing, 91 players including 14GMs, 6 WGMs, 4 IMs and 1 WIM have signed up for the championship. A total of 7 countries including Malaysia have…

MCF are looking for qualified and potential young chess players to fill up the vacant slots to represent Malaysia at the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Melaka from 19th to 28th February 2024. The category of events that need to be filled up are: Under 8 (Open), Under 8 (Girls), Under 10 (Open), Under 14 (Open)…

The Malaysian Chess Federation invites all Junior players below the age of 20 to participate at the upcoming National Junior Chess Championship 2024 to take place from 16th to 18th February 2024. Co-organized and hosted by the AEON Mall Ipoh Klebang in Chemor, Perak, this year’s edition has been brought forward in the interest of…

The 2024 calendar for MCF in 2024 is slowly taking shape with a many event dates and venues confirmed. In short, one more new event for kids will be introduced, with the revival of another event that has been long missing from MCF calendar. MCF will also continue the two(2) new events that it had…

The International Chess Federation – FIDE, has acknowledged 11 more National Arbiters as follows: CONGRATULATIONS to our newly minted National Arbiters. We look forward to your continuous contribution to the development and progress of chess in Malaysia!

FIDE Arbiter’s Commission has confirmed Malaysia’s FA Seminar session to be organized in Melaka from 20th to the 24th of February 2024. The seminar – held in conjunction with the Commonwealth event, will be facilitated by IA Bong Bunawan from Indonesia and assisted by local FA Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff. Take note that those interested…

Six (6) events were submitted for MCF Rating calculation in the month of December 2023. For January, only the 2nd Skypark Cerdik Catur Chess Challenge has been registered but MCF is confident that more organizers will get their event to be Nationally rated in the future. To get an event to be MCF Rated, organizers…

The activity curtain falls for MCF with the completion of the National Seniors Open Rapid Chess Championship 2023 organized by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA) at the KL Chess Academy in Sri Hartamas. Organized on the 31st of December 2023, the first ever FIDE Rated Rapid event for Seniors was participated by 17 players including…