Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
Malaysia Has a New World Champion: Aqil Ainuddin Takes the FIDE World Amateur Title Malaysian chess has something big to celebrate. Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah is the Open Under-2000 (U2000) champion at the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2026, won on home soil in Klang, S
Malaysian senior chess players and teams are invited to experience the historic charm of Magdeburg while competing on the international stage at the upcoming FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship 2027, taking place in Germany from March 31 to April 11, 2027. Set against the scenic banks of the E
MyChessDB has dug up a strangely old but familiar fear: having your PGN exposed. Several parents, and even a few players, have indicated they’re not happy about a platform collecting and listing all their games. I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s not a fear with a fancy name like “arachnophobia”,
Chess is not in the 2027 SEA Games, and I think the reasons are mostly boring ones: medals, money and nobody lobbying hard enough. The SEA Games Federation has settled on 43 sports and 473 events for the 34th SEA Games, spread across Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Penang and Johor. Bangkok 2025 had 57
That’s an understatement. By Malaysian weekend-tournament standards, it’s impressive. The TNC Cup Chess Championship 2026 was held at IOI Mall Kulai on 17 and 18 October, and the turnout was more than healthy. I wasn’t there myself, so everything below comes from a Facebook post by the Kulai Member
I stopped playing over-the-board chess about eleven years ago. Ole Ole Shah Alam 2015 was the last tournament I played in.Even that I entered because it was near where I lived.The reasons were simple enough: I didn't enjoy sitting over a classical game for two-plus hours, and competitive chess made
Let me say up front where I stand: I’m going to keep calling it Fischer Random Chess. Not “Freestyle.” Not out of stubbornness, but because names matter, and this one belongs to the man who earned it.I don't think there is a debate but I wish there was. Whether dropping Bobby Fischer’s name does him
The Final edition of the Quarterly Series (Gold Event) for the GP Circuits 2026 is set to be held on the 28th and 29th of November 2026 at the MCF office in Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan. The Quarterly series is slightly different than the Monthly Series as it offers higher GP Points and a more [R
The next GP Circuits Monthly Series has been scheduled as per its initial proposed dates on the 7th and 8th of November 2026. With another 300 GP points to be awarded to the top 32 finishers, and witht the GP Final Championship Series getting closer, the eventual champion of this penultimate monthly
Following the successful first edition in 2026, the Bled Chess Festival returns from 8 to 14 March 2027 at the Rikli Balance Hotel Congress Centre in Bled, Slovenia, bringing together players from around the world for another week of chess, shared experiences, and life beyond the board. Bled holds a