The Malaysian Chess Federation is opening up applications for aspiring U16 players who are interested to be a part of the Malaysian U16 Team to the World Youth Olympiad for U16 to be held from the 12th to the 19th of August. With Eindhoven, Netherlands hosting this year’s edition, each team participating in the event will need to have at least one Boy and one Girl team member in a four board line up with no reserves.

Interested players who would like to learn more about the event can download the following brochures for references.

Once done, please can apply by CLICKING HERE and fill up the Application form

As usual, all application will need to be accompanied with an MCF Admin Fee of RM20. As the closing date is set for 15th June 2023 by the organizer, the dateline to apply is at 12:00noon on 14th June 2023.

As per previous practice, MCF will be using the CMP system which was introduced by the previous Selection Committee headed by NM Yeoh Chin Seng, when selecting players to represent the country.