ANNOUNCEMENT
National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025
National Junior Chess Championship 2026
This year’s National Junior Chess Championship 2026 will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of January 2026 at KL Gateway
Join MCF Blitz New Year Eve
MCF is set to kickstart its 2026 Calendar of events by organizing the MCF Office Blitz on New Year’s Eve, beginning
New National Arbiters
MCF CONGRATULATES the following for successfully earning their respective Arbiter title and upgrades: Looking forward to
MCF Rating Updated
The MCF Rating has been updated as of 1st December 2025, with 13 additional events added to the rating calculation. This
National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – 6-7 December at KL Gateway Mall – Registration Open
The National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2025 will take place from 6–7 December 2025 at KL Gateway Mall, Kuala
Preparation of Teachers (PoT) Program 2025 — Successfully Concluded!
The Preparation of Teachers (PoT) Program 2025 was held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025. This
News Highlights
MCF GRAND PRIX SERIES FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP CYCLE FOR 2025 TO BE CONTESTED IN JANUARY 2026
MCF will continue its Quarterly U2400 series by organizing the first series for 2026 on 10th and 11th of January 2025
As usual, the event will deploy the 60 mins + 30 secs time control to be played over 6 rounds – 5 rounds if there are less than 16 players participating.
As usual, the total prize fund offered is RM1,400 with RM400 to be awarded to the eventual winner. Additional prizes include Best Women, Best Veteran, Best Below 1800, Best OKU and Best Unrated – provided that at least 3 players are vying for the category prizes offered.
MCF will kick start its 2026 Calendar of events with the now customary New Year Eve Blitz to be held at MCF office on 31st December starting at 10:00pm and is expected to conclude on the wee hours of New Year day at 2:00am
Participation is limited to 48 players offering a total prize fund of RM1,000 with the eventual winner to earn RM200 for his/her effort. This is a Rated event as such players who intend to participate must have both FIDE and MCF IDs to play.
The entry fee is set at RM30 for players with a FIDE Rating, and RM45 for Unrated, and RM80 for foreigners to participate regardles of Rating and Title. Players with GM/IM/WIM title and former National Champions are invited to play for free.
Entry closes at 12:00noon on 30th December and those who registered after this timeline will be charged an additional RM15 for late entry
After 12 tournaments that started in April and up to September 2025, the leaders of the first ever Grand Prix circuit is beginning to take shape with more than 200 players already registering some points collected from their participation.
With 6 more tournaments to go, the 32 field is still wide open with NM/FM Kavin Mohan still maintaining his lead but with CM Mohd Syakir Syazmeer right at his tail with only a few points behind. Youngster and top female contender is Aqilah Husna in 3rd place with soon-t0-be CM Chow Yi at 4th place.
With a total prize fund of RM30k offered to all the winners, and a cool RM10,000 first prize – the highest ever offered for a local player in a National level event, the GP Final Round will definitely be a mouth watering encounter not to be missed by players, fans and spectators alike.
Get Ready for the 2nd
GM IM Invitational Chess Championship 2026
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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MCF Calendar for 2026 – UPDATED
The Malaysian Chess Federation has updated its Calendar of events for 2025 following confirmations received from venue operators and sponsors.
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.
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.
CONTACT
+6011.6262.4377 (WhatsApp)
+6016.338.2542 (Secretariat)
+6016.343.6911 (Inquiries)
+6017.564.5183 (CIO)