Category: Announcement

The Selangor Xtiv Virtual Chess Series which started in April 2021 ended yesterday at the conclusion of Series 4. Throughout the event series, more than 2,000 players from all over Malaysia, including from India, Sri Lanka and Singapore, took part in the Rapid event which were separated into 4 playing categories – Open, Women, U18…

The Selangor XTiv Series is coming to a conclusion this weekend with the final Series 4 to be held on both coming Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the duration of the event, more than 2,000 players have signed up for weekend series – some even took the trouble to play in all 4 categories with none…

Malaysia’s Men’s player to the FIDE World Cup 2021 – FM Sumant Subramaniam, departed earlier today together with Head of Delegate – Muhammad Firdaus Ismail, en route to Sochi via Doha and Moscow. FM Sumant is in high spirit and looking forward to his first round encounter with GM Sevian of US on 12th July…

With more than 70 applications received from interested players (and parents) to be represent Malaysia at the upcoming FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021, it was tough to decide on the 30 most capable juniors for the task. After careful consideration, 28 players were selected – instead of 30, as only a…

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…