Category: Announcement

Malaysia will be sending its Men and Women Teams to the inaugural ASIAN Online Nations Cup 2020 organized by the ASIAN Chess Federation which is schedule to be held starting from 10th to 25th October 2020. At the last count, 33 Men’s Team and 28 Women’s Team from ASIA Zones 3.1 to 3.7 have confirmed…

With 3 more days to go before registration closes, a total of 38 players have already registered for the inaugural event. Some of the more prominent chess personalities that will be taking part in the event are IM Jimmy Liew, former National Champions Evan Timothy Capel and Lee Soi Hock, and veteran Ahmad Muzaffar. Again…

With less than three (3) months to go before we cross to the new year, it will be a busy quarter for the Malaysian Chess Federation with four (4) major events planned, an Annual General Meeting and a proposed National Squad Training Program. For the events, a mix of Online, Over-The-Board and Hybrid format events…

As MCF begins to accept a steady flow of applicants eager to join the 1st National Individual Rapid Online Chess Championship, the organizer has also received questions about the schedule, timing and whether or not players must use laptop and webcams in order to join. Although the initial plan was to confirm the schedule only…

FIDE has recently announced another major Online event set for 2020 with the inaugural FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities set to be held from 20th November to 3rd December 2020. As the number of teams allowed for the Olympiad depends on the number of Paralympians registered with FIDE, the Malaysian Chess Federation is…

The Malaysian Chess Federation will be organizing the 1st National Individual Online Rapid Chess Championship 2020 to be held in October 2020. Players who are interested to be a part of the inaugural event are invited to register and submit the entry fees to the Malaysian Chess Federation on or before 8th October 2020. Once…

Announcement: The correct email to forward the application is mcfselection@malaysiachess.org and mcfsecretariat@malaysiachess.org and NOT .com . The error is regretted. The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) has received an invitation from the ASIAN Chess Federation (ACF) to send a Men and a Women teams to the upcoming 2020 ASIAN Online Nations Chess Cup to be held…

The Malaysian Chess Federation had a short meeting with OCM Council members on Thursday last week to discuss preparation for Vietnam SEA GAMES 2021. In view of IM Yeoh Li Tian’s impressive performance to bag Malaysia’s first ever Chess Gold at last year’s meet in Manila, MCF is confident that it can field a better…