Category: Announcement

After a month of delay due to update and publish the May Rating Report, the MCF rating is now back up to date and will be revised slightly within the next couple of months. With the rating system now back up and running, the following event has been included and recorded within the system. A…

CONGRATULATIONS to Julazzmie and Gavin for earning their National Arbiter’s title as awarded by FIDE. Look forward to your continuing contribution towards the development and improvement for chess in Malaysia

With today as the official closing date to register for the inaugural National Open Team Chess Championship 2024 – the PMX trophy, 51 Teams have already registered and the number is expected to increase as a few more states have requested for additional time to register. With that, MCF has agreed to extend the closing…

While the search for the official Girls player to the event was confirmed almost immediately with the acceptance of the National Girls Champion – Aqilah Husna Ainul Fikri to participate at the event, the same cannot be said for the Open/Boys event. Current National Junior Open Champion – CM Anderson Ang Ern Jie, has declined…

With positive responses received from almost all the countries within FIDE Asia Zone 3.3 and 3.5, and a few requests from local players, the closing date for the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship to be held in Penang later next month, has been extended to the 23rd of June 2024. As of today, 151 players…

CONGRATULATIONS to the following newly minted National Arbiters which includes WIM Puteri Munajjah Az Zahraa Azhar. MCF would also like to announce that FIDE has also approved the title of FIDE Arbiter to Evelyn Tan Eng Thong as of 12th May 2024. The slightly delayed announcement for Evelyn was due to the confirmation that FIDE…

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and the Penang Chess Association (PCA) is set to host the 8th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship from 12-21 July in Penang. Invitations have been sent out to all the Eastern Asia countries including China (i.e. those in FIDE Zones 3.3 and 3.5) and the MCF and PCA is pleased…

The KPM-MSSM-Milo sports awards are held annually to recognize excellence and celebrate stellar achievements of Malaysia’s young promising athletes. In 2023, having won the 1st place in the Malaysian Chess Championship for women category, Ainul Mardhiah Binti Mohd Afif was awarded the title Woman National Master (WNM). In the very same year, she won 3rd…

The MCF Rating for April 2024 has been updated with 9 more events rated and updated. Organizers who gave registered for their events in April 2024 for their events to be National Rated but are not listed above, please contact the secretariat for the matter to be resolved. For the May edition, all the events…