Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
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The Malaysian Chess Federation is opening its doors for Malaysians who have the potential to excel in chess to fill the 5th slot as part of Malaysia’s Olympiad Squad to the upcoming 46th FIDE World Chess Olympiad to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from the 15th to the 28th of September 2026
After the widely anticipated and awaited 3rd National Open Team Chess Championship drew to a close on Monday, the Malaysian Chess Federation will return to its usual mode of continuing the MCF Office GP Circuits Monthly Series with the June series to be scheduled on the 27th and 28th of June 2026 at
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The Malaysian Chess Federation is pleased to share an invitation from the Nigeria Chess Federation and FIDE for our local players to compete on the world stage. The FIDE World Amateur Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 will be held from 1st – 8th August 2026 in the vibrant capital city of Ab
People call Indian Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh "CEO" as a playful, affectionate nickname within the chess community. It started as a meme by fans and popular chess channels (like ChessBase India) due to her composed, corporate-like demeanor during interviews and her sharp, business-like focus at the
I am reposting this article from Dec12, 2015 (link here) because I wanted to put this game in an annotated video on YouTube but cannot find it. Then the man himself, Shin Azwan, coincidentally posted a link to this old article on his Facebook. (YouTube video coming soon..)So here it is again. The st
📍 KOTA KINABALU – Pinoy FM Nelson Villanueva wins the Open as Chess fever hit the EPF Building hard over the long weekend, with a staggering 564 players from Sabah and beyond battling it out at the Sabah Electricity Kaamatan Chess Festival 2026 (May 1-3). From lightning-fast Blitz to school team sho
AEON MALL SHAH ALAM & MCF NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 PMX Trophy (FIDE Rated Event) ORGANIZED BY THE MALAYSIAN CHESS FEDERATION (MCF) From the 29th of May to the 1st of June 2026 at AEON Mall Shah Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor. For more information, please con
National rating systems remain important because they serve goals that FIDE ratings cannot fully cover: they support mass participation, local development, and flexible experimentation in a way a global system never will. Malaysia, unfortunately, has done away with national rating. I know, there is