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Registration is now open for players who are keen to participate at the upcoming National Scholastic Chess Championship 2025.
To be held at Kompleks Rakan Muda Larut Matang in Kamunting, Perak, the scholastic event divides players into the odd age groups of Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17.
Fees is set at RM60 per person regardless of age and rating, and will be played using a time control of 30 mins + 30 seconds.
This is an MCF Rated event and players who emerged as champions will be offered the option to represent Malaysia at the year end Asian Schools Championship to be held in Mongolia.
CLICK HERE to learn more about the event.
After 10 tournaments that started in April and ended last weekend, the leaders of the first ever Grand Prix circuit is beginning to take shape with almost 200 players already registering some forms of points collected from their participation.
With 8 more tournaments to go – including the recently added Malaysian Amateur to be held in Perlis, the 32 field is still wide open albeit NM Kavin Mohan unassailable lead of 133 points looks enough for him to qualify for the final Championship knock out stage. Second in running is Muhammad Syakir Syazmeer with 98 points and youngster Aqilah Husna in 3rd place with 78 points.
As many are aware, the total prize fund offered for the Grand Prix final is RM30k with the winner to earn a cool RM10,000 purse – the highest ever offered for a local player in a National level event.
There is still time for players to amass more points with eight (8) GP Circuit tournaments to be held from August until November before the final Championship knock out cycle takes place in the final week of December and the first week of January 2026
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Riding on the success of the PMX Trophy event, MCF embarks on another Open Team tournament but this time, deploying the faster Rapid time control of 15 mins + 10 seconds over 7 rounds of play,
The Open Team Rapid event will be staged over a single day and teams will compete over four (4) boards without any reserve player.
To be once again hosted and supported by the International Youth Centre (IYC) in Cheras Kuala Lumpur, the team event offers a total prize find of RM15,000 to the eventual winners.
A new category for Chess Clubs and Associations that are registered under COS has been introduced where team members must consist of the Club’s Committee members only.
Registration opens now and entry varies from as low as RM200 to RM600 for team with foreigners.
The next edition of the National Arbiter Seminar is set to be held on 9th and 10th August 2025 at MCF Office, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Fees is set at RM230 per person which includes exam fees (to be held on 23rd August 2025), and tea/coffee breaks during the session. Special rate is offered to school teachers at RM180 per person (proof of employment is required) for them to enroll in the program.
Participation is limited to 25 persons on a first come first serve basis
CLICK HERE to download the NA Seminar schedule
MCF is pleased to announce the launching of the inaugural Malaysian Amateur Chess Championship to be held from 5th to 7th September 2025 at Putra Regency Hotel in Kangar, Perlis.
Open to players below FIDE Rating 2000, the event differs than the MCC Challenger event as the rating limitation follows the global format of below 2000 rating and not the Challenger’s U1800 rating.
The event will deploy a Standard time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds and will be listed as a Grand Prix events with valuable GP points to be earned for the top 32 players.
For more information, please contact PCNP as the organizer for the event at syaiful7824@gmail.com or via WhatsApp at +60 13-393 9838
Come and join the program!
After Sabah in 2022, later to Perlis in 2023 and Pahang in 2024, the National Interstate Chess Championship now moves south to Pontian, Johor for the 2025 edition.
Organized by the Persatuan Catur Daerah Pontian and Persatuan Catur Negeri Johor, this year’s event is scheduled to be held from the 3rd to the 6th of October 2025.
Under the watchful eyes of YB Dato’ Seri Ahmad Maslan – the Patron for PCDP, chess activities have been flourishing in the quiet township of Pontian.
Interested parties to take note that the event is opened only to Teams endorsed by their respective State Chess Association.
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Chess Hub – MCF Chess Venture
To learn more about the initiatives and programs that have been prepared under the sponsorship of Chess Hub Sdn Bhd, please click the link provided below.
The programs covered by the sponsorship includes the Malaysian Masters Chess Championship (18th to 22nd June 2025), the GM – IM Invitation Chess Championship 2025 (27th July to 3rd August), and the National Grand Prix Chess Championship 2025 with 16 events marked as GP events for players to collect points and earn a spot at the Final Championship Cycle to be scheduled at the end of the year.
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GM IM Invitational Chess Championship 2025
The stage is set for Malaysia’s first ever GM IM Invitational Chess Championship to kick start a new era for chess development in Malaysia
With Corus Hotel on Jalan Ampang as the official venue for the event, it will be mouth watering event that features some of Malaysia’s Top Players against 8 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters including our very own Numero Uno – IM Yeoh Li Tian.
Come and support the event by converging to Corus Hotel between 28th of July and 3rd of August to witness history in the making.
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U2400 2/2025
The MCF Quarterly U2400 Standard event returns with the 3rd edition to be held on 19th and 20th July 2025
After busy months for the Secretariat in managing the NSTP-MCF event, Interschool, Malaysian Masters and Open Team events, activity will return to the MCF Office with the quarterly U2400 standard event.
The event will be held towards the end of the ASEAN Age Group Championship held in Penang with MCF heavy activities to return only towards the end of August.
The U2400 event is also a Grand Prix event where the top 30 players will be invited to play in a GP Knockout Championship to be held at the end of the year.
MCF welcomes chess players of all ages and playing strength to support its events
MCC 2025
The Annual Malaysian Chess Championship 2025 is set to be hosted by SEGi College Subang Jaya from the 16th of April to the 20th of April 2025.
Entry Fee is FOC for Titled players (IM/WIM/NM/WNM) and those above FIDE Rating of 2200 for Men and 2000 for Women.
Each state is entitled to send 2 players each for the Open/Men and Women event at discounted rates. State are also allowed to nominate potential players who have a rating between 1600 and 1800 as long as the 2 quota allocation is not exceeded. No players below FIDE Rating of 1600 and Unrated are allowed to play in the Open/Men event. For the Women event, only Unrated players are not allowed to play as MCF would like to encourage more Women to play in the main event.
The MCC event will also offer the Challenger category for players below a FIDE Rating of 1800 and Unrated players
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NA SEMINAR 2/2025
Set to be held on the 24th and 25th of May 2025 (Saturday/Sunday) at MCF Office in Seri Kembangan, the Seminar will cover the Laws of Chess, Pairing methodology, standard equipment and discussion sessions.
This is the second NA Seminar to be organized for 2025 and MCF will plan to conduct at least 2 more seminars – one seminar per quarter, as part of MCF development strategy to create more qualified Arbiters in the country.
The fee to join is RM230 and MCF is offering a RM180 participation fees for Teachers who are interested to attend. The fee also includes NA Exam fee which will be held at a later date (July/August). Those that have joined the NA Seminar is able to join the session for FREE.
MCF Office – Event News
The 2nd Quarter Blitz for 2025 will be held on 5th April 2025 starting at 8:30pm. The event will be held in conjunction with MCF Hari Raya Open House which is expected to start at 6:00pm. All are welcome to join but food are limited – to be served while it lasts.
Read to learn more about the event.
MCF OFFICE U2400 CHESS TOURNAMENT on 12th and 13th April 2025 – a warmup event as preparation for the Malaysian Chess Championship 2025 to be held starting on 16th April 2025
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MCF Calendar for 2025 – UPDATED
The Malaysian Chess Federation has updated its Calendar of events for 2025 following confirmations received from venue operators and sponsors.
While most of the events will continue to be organized as plan, two (2) events have to be postponed to a later date which are the Corporate Day event – to be held on 2nd of June, and National Scholastic event – planned for 18th to 20th of July 2025. While the Corporate Day event is like to be held within Klang Valley, the National Scholastic event will make its way up north to Perak (not Taiping) pending discission and confirmation from venue management.
To date, the Azerbaijan event is confirmed to be held at UiTM Shah Alam on 17th May, the NSTP – MCF Heboh Catur 2025 to be held at WTC KL from 28th May to 1st June, and the Interschool to be held at IYCKL on the 7th and 8th of June.
IYCKL will once again host the National Open Team Chess Championship – the PMX Trophy, from 26th to 29th of June and one week prior to the event, the revival of Malaysian Masters shall be organized at Chess Hub from 18th to 22nd June 2025.
MCF Office Location – Where To Find Us
Since September 2024, MCF has opened its official office located at Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor. Managed by a small group of volunteers and committee members, the office serves as MCF center of activities for weekend events, Seminars and a Meeting place.
Since its inception, the office has hosted and organized several Age Group events, Standard events, Quarterly Blitz, NA Seminars and Swiss Manager Classes.
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