Category: Announcement

At the end of the Quarterfinal rounds last night, only WCM Sim Jia Ru was left standing alone to continue waving the Malaysian flag at the Cadets & Youth Chess Championship 2021. It was the end of the road for Poh Yu Tian after losing 0.5-1.5 against India’s Mrinmoy Rajkhowa, and similarly to WCM Chua…

Malaysia off to a good start on day One of the Online Olympiad clocking three wins against Chinese Taipei 4.5-1.5 in Round 1, 5.5 – 0.5 against Fiji in Round 2 and a narrow 3.5-3.5 win against Sri Lanka in the 3rd Round. It was a shaky start for FM Lim Zhuo Ren when he…

Malaysia will start its Online Olympiad campaign later today in Pool A Division 3 against Chinese Taipei team starting at 4:00pm, followed by Fiji in Round 2 at 5:00pm and wrapping up the day against Sri Lanka in Round 3 at 6:00pm. According to Team Manager IM Mok Tze Meng, Malaysia will field its first…

It will be busy for the Malaysian chess community starting from this weekend and for the few weeks ahead with plenty of activities at the International, Regional, National and Local levels being planned and executed. STARTING TONIGHT, it will be the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Chess Championship 2021 where 5 young Malaysians – Anderson…

The FT Online Chess Festival Series will draw its curtain as the series hit its 4th and final series this weekend with the final Knock Out Round to start next week on 4th September with the Junior’s event followed by the Ladies event on 5th September and Open event on 12th September 2021 To date,…

At its recent Committee Meeting recently, the President of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) – Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi, has agreed to host an open discussion session with Parents and Organizers who would like to voice their ideas, concerns, comments and/or feedback including improvement plans and programs, with the Federation on matters that the chess…

TAKE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SELECTION PROCESS FOR THIS EVENT. EVERYONE WHO APPLY IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO PLAY IN THE EVENT. The Thailand Chess Association under the auspices of Asian Chess Federation and International Chess Federation (FIDE), will be organizing the EASTERN ASIAN ONLINE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 for Asia Zone 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6…

The 2nd edition of the FIDE Online Olympiad 2021 kicks off today with the first elimination stage for countries categorized as Division 4 which are divided into 5 playing groups comprising of 12 countries each. All the countries will play in a single round robin tournament format over 6 boards – 2 Open players, 2…

CONGRATULATIONS WFM Agnes Chong Kai Ni for a sterling performance to qualify for the Knock Out Stage of the Girls U14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Chess Championship 2021. WFM Agnes will now join Anderson Ang, Poh Yu Tian and WCM Sim Jia Ru who had earlier qualified for the same knockout stage in their…

Malaysian Junior players continue to shine at the international stage with the impressive run of Penangite Loo Pin Xie who secured the Silver Medal in the ASIAN Junior Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities which was held over the weekend from 13th to 15th August 2021. A total of 34 players took part in the…