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In response to FIDE’s updated Financial Rules which outlines new charges to organize Rated events, MCF is also introducing its new rates for organizers who are interested to run FIDE Rated events starting from 1st April 2022 To attract more OTB events post COVID19 to be organized by local organizers, the rates for 2022 have…

Albeit the short timeline that MCF has to prepare our Junior Teams for the ASIAN Nations U14 Online Chess Championship, the response was very encouraging. At the end of it all, 10 boys and 9 girls will now have honors to represent our country at the event which is scheduled to be held from 25th…

Organized by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and hosted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, the ASIAN NATIONS CUP U14 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 via TORNELO Platform (Online) has been scheduled to be held from 25th to 27th of March 2022. All ASIAN Nations have been invited to take part in this event for both…

On Friday, 4th March 2022, all National Sports bodies including The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) was given a reminder by the Commissioner of Sports with regards to the SOPs required for organizing sporting events. The reminder also requested all the National Sports bodies to share and remind everyone within their respective sports community of the…

Since its introduction in March 2019, the Malaysian Chess Federation Selection Committee has been relying on the CMP (Current Merit Points) Performance System to select players to represent the country in various International and Regional Tournaments. While the decision may not depend solely on the report, the CMP data provides a more learned and holistic…

Following a meeting with OCM last week, and another session with OCM top brass earlier this morning led by Tan Sri Dato’ Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria, OCM together with the SEA Games Committee have agreed with MCF’s selection of its 10 players squad to the upcoming Hanoi SEA Games to be held in May…

With the situation almost getting back to normal, many Over-The-Board events have been scheduled in addition to the numerous online events that are still actively ongoing. Nonetheless, organizers for Over-The-Board events must continue to comply with the SOPs enforced by the Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (Please CLICK HERE to download the SOP). As stated, organizers…

This is a FREE Arbiters Workshop Organized by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) starting from the 4th of March to the 7th of March 2022. Interested Arbiters and IO are requested to fill up the necessary google form by CLICKING HERE to register their interest. Please take note that you MUST BE A LICENSED ARBITERS…

FIDE – ISF World School Online Cup While the impact and distraught brought about by the COVID19 experience may have turned our lives inside out, the aftereffect of the pandemic has also shed light on how we can be more productive. For chess, online activities have now become a viable option for many organizers to…

The last edition of the Russian House – formerly known as the Russian Centre for Science and Culture (RCSC), Chess Tournament was conducted in February 2020, a few days before the lockdown was enforced. The pre-pandemic event attracted 87 players with a chess simul given by GM Alexander Forminyh as a side event to the…