Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
Last year for the chess festival, one of my lofty for fun #syiokSendiri idea was having my mac mini m1 16gb RAM sitting idle in the room upstairs of the AirBnB do something useful to contribute to the festival content.Of course that never happened.The Festival was before OpenClaw came out in N
I created app.catur.org last year because I wanted to open my phone and quickly check the Malaysian Chess Festival schedule without having to search for the tournament PDF and open it. It grew as I added other info like prize structure, link to registration, player lists etc.Then I made festival.cat
One of the more popular events around our region, the Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship 2026, is set to be held in Hainan, China, from the 20th to the 30th of August 2026. As many may remember, Pulau Pinang hosted the 2024 edition, which attracted more than 300 players from across Eastern Asia
MCF invites interested Junior chess players under the age of 20 to participate in the Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2026 to be held in Mumbai, India, from the 16th to the 26th of August 2026. While the official player slots will be offered to the current reigning Junior Champions and/or top winne
As of the 30th of June 2026, MCF welcomes five (5) new National Arbiters recognized by the International Federation (FIDE) Please join us to CONGRATULATE our NEW NATIONAL ARBITERS (NA)
Abstract (Because Every Serious Document Needs One) Ladies, gentlemen, and those still capable of independent thought: we need to talk about an epidemic sweeping the globe with the quiet, relentless creep of a Berlin Defense endgame. It doesn't shamble. It doesn't moan for brains. It just..
My Sony A5100 was failing me ever since the last Malaysian Festival. The LCD would blank out and I would take pictures "blind". After the Penang Open 2025, it totally gave out. Now I am without a camera. It is sad because the A5100 has been my faithful companion to chess tournaments since before COV
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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: RENAMING OF THE 21ST MERDEKA CHESS FESTIVALThe organizing committee officially confirms that the upcoming premier chess event, scheduled for August 28 to September 6, 2026, has been renamed. Formerly known as the "21st Merdeka Chess Festival," the event is now officially
What's in a name, and why it matters The festival began in 2004 and is one of the oldest and arguably the largest chess festivals in Asia. With over two decades of history, the "Malaysian Chess Festival" brand carries real institutional weight — players, parents, international participants, an