Category: Announcement

The 8th edition of the Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship commenced yesterday at the Cititel Hotel in Georgetown, Penang. The championship will be played in the classical format over 9 rounds from July 13 to July 20, 2024. The Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship includes six age categories split between the open and the girls’…

The Olympiad team won the first place in the 2024 PMX Trophy- National Team Open Chess Championship. Comprising five talented players, the team’s composition was as follows: Board 1: FM Wong Jian Wen Board 2: CM Ang Jie Anderson Board 3: Kavin Mohan Board 4: WFM Tan Li Ting Board 5/Reserve Player: FM Sumant Subramaniam…

After a month of delay due to update and publish the May Rating Report, the MCF rating is now back up to date and will be revised slightly within the next couple of months. With the rating system now back up and running, the following event has been included and recorded within the system. A…

CONGRATULATIONS to Julazzmie and Gavin for earning their National Arbiter’s title as awarded by FIDE. Look forward to your continuing contribution towards the development and improvement for chess in Malaysia

With today as the official closing date to register for the inaugural National Open Team Chess Championship 2024 – the PMX trophy, 51 Teams have already registered and the number is expected to increase as a few more states have requested for additional time to register. With that, MCF has agreed to extend the closing…

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…

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…

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…