Category: Announcement

The Commissioner of Sports has officially approved the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) request to change its official office address to Chess Hacks in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam as of 10th August 2020 With the approval, MCF will start to plan a few events and activities at the new office which has already started with the…

By now, the community is already aware that Malaysia was not able to proceed beyond its pool to advance to the Division 2 stage. In the Pool A Division 3 event which was played and completed 2 weeks ago, Malaysia finished fourth behind Pool Champion Singapore, second place Ireland and Albania with top seed Monaco…

Amidst caution and excitement following the government decision to ease MCO for non contact sports to resume its tournaments and events, Malaysian Chess Federation took the initiative to kick start the activity by organizing an Over-The-Board (OTB) tournament last weekend on Saturday 8/8 at its new office in Chess Hacks@Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam. While the…

If you would like to follow the games of our Malaysian Team players at the ongoing Olympiad, Malaysia is in Pool A Divistion 3 and currently placed 3rd with 6 more games to be played – 3 games today and another 3 tomorrow. Today’s key game will be Round 5 at 5:00pm when we play…

The final list is out with 31 players – and one more “invited” player to confirm by tomorrow morning . A total of 30 players have confirmed their participation for this weekend’s Chess Revival Chess Tournament be held on Saturday, 8th August 2020 at MCF new office MCF@Chess Hacks, D’Vida Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam starting…

The Malaysian Team to the Online Olympiad has been grouped into Pool A playing along side qualifiers from Division 4 – Syria and Hong Kong, and neighbor Singapore. Round 1 will start on Friday, 7th August 2020 at 4:00pm local time with Round 2 and Round 3 to follow at 5:00pm and 6:00pm respectively. The…

As our country begins to familiarize itself with a new norm, and sporting activities are allowed by the authorities, many are still concerns that the government may reactivate the lockdown exercise in view of the current increase in the number of daily COVID19 cases. Further, with many organizers getting used to organizing online events on…