Category: Announcement

Queens’ Chess Festival returns in July The FIDE Queens’ Online Chess Festival which offers a-Women-only series of blitz tournaments via all four continents, will be making its return to the global calendar this July. The 3rd edition of the online event which scheduled from the 2nd until the 16th of July via Tornelo platform will…

To date, 8 out of the 12 winners of the AGROBANK Scholastic Chess Championship 2023 that was held earlier in the year, have agreed to participate in this exciting opportunity. Unfortunately, 4 players have declined to participate due to clashing schedules as such, MCF will proceed to open the application to players who are interested…

The date for the ASEAN Chess Tournament (ASEAN Chess not the Standard Chess) is from 22nd June to 26th June and not was published earlier. The earlier date mentioned was for the actual Thailand Open (Standard Chess) in Chiang Mai from the 28th of June to the 4th of July 2023. ASEAN Chess is a…

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…