With a few more details to be ironed out and finalized, the 8th Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship 2024 is set to be held in Penang from 12th to 21st July 2024. Co-organized by the Penang Chess Association (PCA) and the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF), the Youth event will be divided into the 6 age […]

A total of 38 players will be vying for the MCC 24 Open Champion with another 24 ladies for the MCC 2024 Women Champion. And for the Challenger category – in its 3rd edition since it was first introduced in 2022, 69 players will be challenging as the best Amateur player in the country. While […]

The National Youth Chess Championship 2024 returns to its traditional venue at Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Seri Iskandar, Perak following the continuous and strong support that the Malaysian Chess Federation has received from its Management Team. Scheduled to be held from Saturday, 25th May to Monday, 27th May, the event will be divided into 6 […]

Closing Date Extended to 9th April 2024 (Tuesday) With a few more days to go before registration closes, a total of 65 players have registered to play in this year’s edition of the Malaysian Chess Championship 2024. As for State entries – Melaka, Selangor, Sarawak and Penang has confirmed their representatives for the championship, with […]

AND LIST OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO DATE In the recent week, MCF has received several complaints from players who tried to register to play in MCC 2024. Apparently, their registration has been flagged with “page error”. Although a few players have managed to register directly, MCF has decided to open up a second […]

As of today, six (6) primary schools and four (4) secondary schools have confirmed their participation for the Inter School Team Chess Championship. As the event is still a good 7 weeks away, and the closing date has been set for 26th April 2024, MCF expects the registration will begin to pick up sometime after […]

FIDE has approved two(2) more New National Arbiters as of 19th March 2024: CONGRATULATIONS!

Organized by the Malaysian Chess Federation in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Commemorate the Anniversary of Heydar Aliyev. The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) together with the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, will be organizing the 2nd edition of the Azerbaijan National Leader Celebration Day – The Anniversary of Heydar […]

The results from the following events have been published to update players’ MCF Rating for the month of February 2024. For the incentives to organizers who ran the National Rated event, the month of April will be the last month for the incentives to be calculated. Payment will be tabulated by May for the incentives […]