Category: Announcement

After a short selection session concluded, four (4) aspiring Para Chess athlete have earned the rights to represent Malaysia at the upcoming ASIAN Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities which is schedule to start this Friday 9th July 2021. 17 Men players from 9 countries and another 14 Women players from 7 countries will battle…

The Malaysian Chess Federation held its Q2 Online Blitz on 27th June last week with 58 players taking part in the quarterly event. While the number of players have dwindled slightly from 94 players in the Q1 edition, a few notable players took part in the event led by Chan Sheng Yip, FM Wong Yinn…

It was the first time ever for Malaysia to receive an invitation by FIDE to join the FIDE World Cup, and in view of the current pandemic situation in the country, it seems unlikely that Malaysia will be able to sent any representative to the event. But, as MCF continues to pursue the matter with…

MCF hereby calls upon interested players (with consent from parents) to apply to participate in the ASIAN SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 to be held from 23rd July to 31st July 2021 via the TORNELO Online Chess Playing Platform Six(6) playing categories are being contested for players below 7 years old, 9 years old, 11 years…

The following players have confirmed their participation in the MCF Blitz event to be held this Sunday, 27th June 2021 starting at 2:30pm via TORNELO playing platform. If you do not find you name below, please contact the organizer to have the issue corrected. At the same time, in order to attract more players to…

Since the current MCF committee took over the management and administration of Federation back in 2019, a few noticeable improvement were introduced in order to create a more transparent organization. The more notable ones were better money management, improved communication via website and FB, continued events and activities (despite the lockdown) and most importantly, a…

The Malaysian Chess Federation is inviting PARA Chess Athlete to apply to be selected as the Malaysian Representatives at the upcoming ASIAN Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities 2021. 4 players – 2 Men and 2 Women, will be selected to represent the country in an online event conducted over TORNELO platform from 9th…

MCF invites its State Affiliates to nominate one(1) candidate from each affiliate to attend the Arbiter’s Workshop conducted by the ASIAN Chess Federation (ACF) from 24th June to 27th June 2021 to be held Online via Zoom. As there are only 5 seats available, the first 5 states to nominate will be given the seat…

With one more Series to go, the following are the top 50 GP leaders for each of the category contested. As only 32 players will qualify for the Final Knock Out in August, the following rules will be used to determine who will qualify – should their GP points are the same, and the seedings…

The XTiv Series is coming to an end with Series 4 – the final GP series, is scheduled to kick off on Saturday, 10th July starting with the U12 Category at 9:00am followed by the Ladies category at 2:30pm on the same day. The next day – Sunday, 11th July 2021, Series 4 will continue…