Category: Announcement

With a few more days before the closing date to submit the names of our players to the Organizing Committee of the 6th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2022 to be held in Bangkok, almost all players have confirmed their participation in the event. The players are: U18 (O) – FM Rohan Shan Tze NavaratnamU18…

The Malaysian Chess Federation Selection Committee has selected seven (7) players to represent Malaysia at the upcoming 6th Eastern Asia (ASEAN) Youth Chess Championship to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 4th November to 13th November 2022. Earlier, three (3) players were selected based on their outstanding performance at the NYCC event earlier this year.…

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka will be organizing the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2022 to be held from 13th to 23rd November 2022 at the Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The championship offers a variety of events ranging from Senior (60+) events to the usual Age Group (U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, and U8…

As of today, the Malaysian Chess Federation has confirmed and completed the necessary registration and payment for the World Junior U20 event, the Asian Continental event, and the Asian Amateur event. Sadly as of today, no registration or interest has been received for the World Seniors event in Assisi, Italy, the Asian Seniors in Auckland,…

The FIDE Trainer’s Commission is planning to conduct a few FIDE Trainer’s Seminars in October offering a variety of languages to those who are interested to gain recognition and certification as FIDE Trainers. And with one being organized by the Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto of Indonesia, the Malay/Indonesian language will now be available as one…

With the closing date to register for the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2022 to end today, the Malaysian Chess Federation has submitted a 16 players squad to the Regional event which will be held in Bali from 13th to 22nd October 2022. With Iwan Schani Ibnu acting as the Head of Delegation for the squad,…

With the ASIAN Youth event in Bali to end on 22nd October 2022, players will have around 2 weeks to recuperate and move forward for the next regional event which is the 6th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 4th to 13th November 2022. While the Eastern Asia event…

Due to the withdrawal of our National Champions from participating in the ASIAN Continental Chess Championship in New Delhi – CM Tan Jun Ying has decided to opt for the World Junior while WIM Siti Zulaikha eyeing on Bangkok Open, MCF Selection Committee has decided to reopen the application for the World Junior U20 (for…

MCF is opening the application portal for interested players to apply as the Malaysian representative at the upcoming World Amateur Chess Championship to be held from the 20th to the 30th of October 2022 in Malta. As the organizer is not providing any provision for official players, all costs including board and lodging/hotel for the…