Category: Announcement

The President and Committee Members of the Malaysian Chess Federation wishes everyone A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It was one of the more awaited event for the year for MCF to close the curtain for 2021 – and hopefully, a new beginning post COVID19 pandemic. While the initial closing date was fixed at 17th December, the organizer had to close the registration early in order to avoid oversubscription and unnecessary crowding at…

Despite the busy schedule of organizing the long awaited Over-The-Board event – the National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2021, MCF will continue to wrap up its Online 2021 Blitz Series with the final edition Q4 to be held strangely on the first day of 2022. With many organizers gradually going back to OTB events,…

With three (3) more weeks to go before the start of the National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2021, all the allocated slots for the event is already filled up. Due to strict SOP requirements that has been agreed upon when the application was submitted to the Commissioner of Sports, it is regretted that the…

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) has set its AGM (Annual General Meeting) for 2021 to be held this coming Saturday, 4th December 2021 from 8:30pm until about 11:30pm via online platform. Due to the unsettling matters regarding COVID19 situation, MCF has decided to take the more precautionary steps of conducting an online meeting rather than…

Players who have signed up for the National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2021 to be held later during the Xmas break, are requested to check their names as per the list provided in chess-results.com. For the Rapid event, the listing can be found at:http://chess-results.com/tnr593309.aspx?lan=1 For the Blitz event, the listing can be found at:http://chess-results.com/tnr593308.aspx?lan=1…

It has been a long time since an Over-The-Board National Level event is being held in Malaysia – since Persatuan Catur Pahang hosted the Malaysia Chess Championship 2019 in Kuantan to be exact. That was in May/June 2019 – held during fasting month, and was postponed due the passing of the late Sultan Haji Ahmad…

After 9 days of play – 1 round per day, the 4th FIDE World Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities came to a conclusion last Saturday, 13th November 2021. Nine (9) Malaysian hopefuls took part in the event with mixed outcomes and one impressive performance. Junior Chess player – Loo Pin Xie, continue his fine…