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. […]
READ MOREMalaysian Chess Federation is pleased and proud to announce two (2) more new FIDE Arbiter titles have been awarded to our Arbiters as confirmed by FIDE in their email to the Federation earlier today. The two (2) new FIDE Arbiters (FA) are: Syed Iskandar Shah Syed Hussin Shamsuddin Sabri Syed Iskandar is no stranger to […]
READ MOREOnline FIDE Arbiters Seminar – Organized by ASIAN Chess Federation
MCF Secretariat 04/07/2020 0 COMMENTSInterested to learn more and improve your skill and knowledge towards becoming a recognized Arbiter? Or just satisfy your curious mind? The Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with National Chess Federation of the Philippines has recently confirmed that they will be organizing an online FIDE Arbiters Seminar starting from 10 July to 12 July 2020 […]
READ MOREFIDE has just announced its first ever FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 to be held between 22nd July and 30th August 2020 in its effort to continue promoting chess via online platform in view of the current restriction movements adopted by many countries around the world. The Online Olympiad is a national teams event in which all […]
READ MOREJoin the ASIAN Seniors Online Chess Championship 2020 – Apply Now!
MCF Secretariat 29/06/2020 0 COMMENTSGood news for the forever youthful chess players who will surpass the half decade mark by 31st December 2020. It is with great pleasure to announce that the ASIAN Chess Federation (ACF) will be organizing another first ever ASIAN Seniors Online Chess Championship 2020 which is scheduled to be held from 13th to 21st July […]
READ MORECONGRATULATIONS! Malaysia’s Loo Pin Xie is FIDE 1st Junior U20 Online Chess Champion
MCF Secretariat 22/06/2020 0 COMMENTSThe Malaysian Chess Federation is proud to inform that our very own Loo Pin Xie of Penang has been crowned as FIDE 1st Online Junior U20 Cup for Players with Disabilities after scoring a perfect 5 points out of 5 games, beating 37 other contenders from 16 countries from all over the world. CONGRATULATIONS LOO […]
READ MOREMalaysia’s Representatives to the 1st FIDE Junior Online Cup for Players U20 with Disabilities
MCF Secretariat 19/06/2020 0 COMMENTSAs of today, FIDE Commission for the Disabled has accepted Malaysia’s entries to the first ever 1st FIDE Junior Online Cup for Players U20 with Disabilities which is scheduled to start from 8:00pm (Malaysian Time – 2:00pm Amsterdam Time) on Sunday, 21st June 2020. While FIDE has not yet disclosed the total number of participants […]
READ MOREFIDE and Chess.com announce the Women’s Speed Chess Championship
MCF Secretariat 15/06/2020 0 COMMENTSFIDE and Chess.com are pleased to announce the Women’s Speed Chess Championship that will held from 18th June until 20th July 2020. The event has been set up consisting of 4 major stages of play: Titled Swiss Tournaments Playoff Qualifiers Grand Prix WSCC Super Final The Titled Swiss Tournaments comprise of six Swiss tournaments open […]
READ MOREFIDE Checkmate Coronavirus Event – MCF and Penang Chess Association
MCF Secretariat 06/06/2020 0 COMMENTSIn an effort to market more chess tournaments during the COVID19 pandemic that has impacted many countries around the world, FIDE has come up with a unique program dubbed the Checkmate Coronovirus aimed at promoting huge chess followers to play online chess. While FIDE and FIDE Online Arena will be the main driver behind the […]
READ MOREThe Malaysian Chess Federation conducted its first ever official online chess trial event which was competed by 8 teams from Penang and Klang Valley area earlier today. The mini event was held over 4 rounds with a time control of 10 minutes + 2 seconds increment. The event was managed using a different organization concept […]
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