ASIAN Amateur Open and Women Chess Championship 2011

Malaysia will be hosting the ASIAN Amateur Open and Women Chess Championship 2011 to be held in Crown Plaza Mutiara Hotel Kuala Lumpur from 25^th November until 1^st December 2011. The 9 round Swiss event is offering a prize fund of USD 7,000 with USD 1,500 set aside for the winner. Women and Unrated players are entitled to win additional prize of up to USD 400 if they finished first in their category.

This is an ASIA level event sanctioned by the ASIAN Chess Federation and the winner will have the rights to be crowned as the best Amateur player in ASIA. The Open section offers 9 main prizes and both the Women and Unrated category offers 4 additional prizes.

The organizing committee for the event is:

Advisor : Tuan Haji Ibrahim Abu Bakar
Organizing Chairman : Mr. Mohd Zuhri Abdullah
MCF Secretary : Mr. Gregory Lau Beng Hock
Organizing Secretary : Mr. Najib Abdul Wahab
Committee Members : Mr Azman HIsham Che Doi
Mr. Ghazalie Abdullah
Representatives from the sponsors (to be named later)

Official Venue : Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail

Additional information on the available hotels and accommodation around the playing will be made available within the next few days.

For general inquiries and information about the event, including suggestions and recommendations for places to stay, interested parties and individuals can contact the organizing secretary, Mr. Najib Abdul Wahab at +6016 338 2542 or email najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

The organizing committee encourages participation from all chess players from around the country, and welcomes all participants from all over ASIA to the event.

Information brochure for the event can be viewed at www.chess-malaysia.com/AmateurInvite.pdf

Registration form can be downloaded at www.chess-malaysia.com/AmateurRegister.pdf

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

Web: http://www.chess-malaysia.com

Blog: http://datcchess.blogspot.com

The 2nd National Rapid Championships 2011 in UTP, Tronoh is not a MCF Selection Event for MAS vs SIN Match 2012.

The 2nd National Rapid Championships 2011 in UTP, Tronoh is not a MCF Selection Event for MAS vs SIN Match 2012.

 Based on the Match format and number of boards to be agreed by both sides, MCF Selection Committee shall meet beforehand to determine the Selection Criteria for MAS vs SIN Match 2012 accordingly.



Source: Gregory Lau
Honorary Secretary
Malaysian Chess Federation

Post by : Hairul Abdul Hamid
Committee Member
Malaysian Chess Federation

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD (23 October - 01 November 2011 Kocaeli, Türkiye (Turkey)

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD (23 October - 01 November 2011 Kocaeli, Türkiye (Turkey)

The World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad  will be held in Kocaeli, Turkey from 23 October - 01 November. 

     

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) is pleased to announced that Malaysia will be represented by it’s best Under-16 juniors for the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad.    

MALAYSIA (Under-16 Squad)

1.      Wong Jianwen                            

2.      Yeap Eng Chiam                          

3.      Yeoh Li Tian                                 

4.      Elgin Lee Kah Meng                    

5.      Roshan Ajeet Singh                    

Head Of Delegation:  Mr Lee Ewe Ghee

Official site here

Source: Gregory Lau
Honorary Secretary
Malaysian Chess Federation

Post by : Hairul Abdul Hamid
Committee Member
Malaysian Chess Federation

FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA - RESULTS

The results of FIDE Arbiters' Seminar held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from  30th June - 4th July 2011 have been published in FIDE website.

Click here