Category: Announcement
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PENANG A TEAM crowned as 1st National Inter State Online Champion 2020
It was an interesting event with 33 teams from 9 states taking part in Malaysia’s first ever National Inter State Online Chess Championship 2020. With more than 132 players (and officials, parents, managers and captains) logging into chess.com, divided into two(2) Zoom meeting rooms, a huge list of participants in whatsapp group and constant update…
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Online Chess Camp for U-20 Girls Organized by Asian Chess Federation.
The list of lecturers who will be teaching at the Online Chess Camp is impressive as it includes former World Champion GM Anand Viswanathan, former World No 1 Women Player – GM Jutih Polgar, and GM Jacob Aagard, Chairman of FIDE Trainer’s Commission. Organized by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), each Federation/Country is invited to…
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Inter State Teams Listing and Players Uploaded
All the 31 Teams from 8 States playing in the event, and the 124 players from all over the country, have been uploaded onto www.chess-results.com. MCF request that all Team Captains and Managers, and those that are involved in the event, to ask all players to check their chess.com nicknames/handle ID (categorized as “clubname” in…
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31 Teams to fight it out for Inter State Online Tournament 2020
As of the closing date yesterday, 31 teams from 8 States including 2 Paralympic teams have confirmed their participation for the 1st National Inter State Online Chess Championship 2020. While the organizers are still sorting out the Swiss Manager file and making sure that all the players have chess.com IDs. the States breakdown are as…
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MCF to organize Over-The-Board CHESS REVIVAL INVITATIONAL 2020 on 8th August 2020 at its new office in Bukit Jelutong
Be on the look out for more details in the next few days! Seats are limited! Breakfast, Lunch and Tea provided. Mark your calendar!
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Detailed SOP for Organizing Chess Tournaments Introduced by MCF
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL VERSION OF THE “SOP FOR ORGANIZING CHESS TOURNAMENTS” CLICK HERE TO FILL UP THE EVENT REGISTRATION FORM With 15th July being the first day that all non-contact sporting events are allowed to resume its activities, the Malaysian Chess Federation has come up with its own set of SOPs which require…
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MCF Announces Malaysia’s Online Olympiad Squad
After doing the necessary screening and assessment from players who have shown interest to play in the first ever FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 scheduled to start on 22nd July until 30th August 2020, the following are the 12 players that have been chosen to don our National colors: In no particular order, the players are:…
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MCF Announces Its SOP for Organizing Tournaments
Great news for the Malaysian Chess Community as the National Security Council (MKN) has given the green light for chess events and tournament to resume albeit having to adhere to stringent SOPs and guidelines set by the council. Without a doubt, the chess community can now breathe a sigh of relief in response to the…
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! – FM Yeap Eng Chiam
The Malaysian Chess Federation is proud to announce our new title holder – FIDE Master (FM) Yeap Eng Chiam, who has recently been awarded the title by FIDE due to his exceptional performance at last year’s Asian Cities Chess Team Championships 2019 (Dubai Cup) which was held in Bangladesh from 10th July to 17th July.…
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Malaysian Squad to the Online Olympiad 2020
As of 5th July 2020, a total of TEN (10) players have submitted their application to don Malaysian colors to the first ever Online Chess Olympiad scheduled from 22nd July to 30th August 2020. Applications are still open but due to the tight timeline, the closing date to apply has been moved close to 8th…