16th Malaysian Chess Festival

The Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DAT Chess Centre) with endorsement from Malaysian Chess Federation will be organizing the 16th Malaysian Chess Festival as follows:
Website:
http://datcc.net
09 – 10th August 2019 (Friday & Saturday) (CLOSING DATE 01 AUGUST 2019)

1. Merdeka Team Chess Championship (OPEN)
2. Datin Yee Wai Fong MERDEKA Junior Team Chess Championship (JUNIOR U12)
   15th August (Thursday)
3.  10th DATCC/DATIN YEE WAI FONG Age Group Chess Championship (CLOSING DATE: 01 JULY 2019)
   
   11th August (Arrival) – 19th August (Departure) – Monday to Monday (CLOSING DATE: 01 AUGUST 2019)
4. 16th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan International Malaysian Open Chess Championship
5.  10th IGB Dato Tan Chin Nam International Seniors Open Chess Championship
6.  14th IGB BERHAD Malaysia Chess Challenge11th August 2019 (Sunday) (CLOSING DATE: 01 AUGUST 2019)
   
7. Merdeka Day Individual Rapid Chess Championship (Open/Under18/Under12)

Prospectus and registration form can be downloaded from the links below.

1. 16th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2019 <DOWNLOAD>
2. 10th IGB Dato Tan Chin Nam International Seniors Open 2019 (Updated – 31 May 2019) <DOWNLOAD>
3. IGB Berhad Challenge 2019 (Blue) (Updated – 31 May 2019)<DOWNLOAD>
4. DATCC AgeGroup 2019 (Light Blue) <DOWNLOAD>
5. ASTRO Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2019 (Updated – 31 May 2019) <DOWNLOAD>
6. Junior Team 2019 <DOWNLOAD>
7. Merdeka Individual 2019 <DOWNLOAD>

Schedule-Festival 2019 <DOWNLOAD>

 

Download all forms with schedule <DOWNLOAD>

Scan for online registration:

Posted on29/05/2019

MCF Calendar 2019

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Date	Event	Venue	Organizer
28 Jan – 2 Feb	23rd GACC Inter Varsity Chess Championship	Universiti Malaya	GACC,MCF
23 – 27 Mar	National Youth Chess Championship	Perak (Interested)	MCF
20 – 21 Apr	Pahang Open Chess Championship	Pahang	PCP
26 Apr – 1 May	46th Selangor Open and Challenger Chess Championship	Cititel, Midvalley	CAS
27 – 28 Apr	Langkawi International Open	Langkawi, Kedah	PACU, Kedah
25 – 30 May	National Chess Championship	Pahang / Johor (Interested)	MCF
9 – 18 Aug	16th Malaysian Chess Festival	Cititel, Midvalley	MCF
31 Aug – 2 Sep	National Interstate Chess Championship	Pulau Pinang (Interested)	MCF
14 – 16 Sep	National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
2 – 8 Dec	Johor Open	Johor	JCA
9 – 14 Dec	Penang Open	Pulau Pinang	PCA
Open	National Scholastic

Taken from the new MCF website. Please check that for any new updates.

Congratulations to IM Yeoh Li Tian 2nd GM norm!

IM Yeoh Li Tian obtained 6 points from 9 rounds playing against 6 Grandmasters - fulfilling the GM norm requirement. He now needs only one final norm to attain the title Grandmaster.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2670	ISR	8	50.5	55.5	39.5	2885
2	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2546	SWE	7	47	51	35	2682
3	GM	Volkov Sergey	2583	RUS	7	46.5	51.5	35	2693
4	GM	Urkedal Frode Olav Olsen	2537	NOR	7	44.5	47.5	34.5	2677
5	GM	Gopal G.N.	2582	IND	6.5	49.5	53.5	37	2675
6	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2591	IND	6.5	49	53	36	2643
7	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2598	POL	6.5	49	51	35	2665
8	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2616	FRA	6.5	48.5	52	36	2664
9	IM	Valsecchi Alessio	2497	ITA	6.5	46.5	51	34	2628
10	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2620	RUS	6.5	46.5	49	34.5	2670
11	IM	Gholami Aryan	2488	IRI	6.5	45.5	48	34	2597
12	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2564	ITA	6.5	44	47.5	33	2599
13	GM	Libiszewski Fabien	2481	FRA	6.5	41	44.5	31.5	2577
14	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2584	ESP	6	50	54.5	34	2581
15	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2529	IND	6	48	53	34	2601
16	GM	Liang Awonder	2589	USA	6	48	52.5	34.5	2587
17	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2523	ESP	6	47	50	33.5	2609
18	IM	Yeoh Li Tian	2508	MAS	6	47	50	33.5	2626
19	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2604	GER	6	43.5	48	32.5	2542
20	IM	Zumsande Martin	2490	GER	6	41.5	45	30.5	2506
21	IM	Lyrberg Patrik	2446	SWE	6	41	43	30.5	2485
22	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2398	IND	6	40.5	43.5	30.5	2538
23	IM	Bellia Fabrizio	2458	ITA	6	40	44	28	2471
24	GM	Maze Sebastien	2596	FRA	6	39	42	26	2433
25	FM	Gorshtein Ido	2384	ISR	6	36	39	25.5	2415

Rd.	Bo.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	22	102	IM	Ganaus Hannes	2257	AUT	3,0	w 1	0,81	0,19	10	1,90
2	20	62	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2368	RUS	5,0	s 1	0,69	0,31	10	3,10
3	3	3	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2616	FRA	6,5	w ½	0,35	0,15	10	1,50
4	5	4	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2604	GER	6,0	w ½	0,37	0,13	10	1,30
5	15	45	CM	Rohith Krishna S	2399	IND	4,5	s 1	0,65	0,35	10	3,50
6	6	7	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2591	IND	6,5	s ½	0,39	0,11	10	1,10
7	6	9	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2584	ESP	6,0	w ½	0,40	0,10	10	1,00
8	9	13	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2564	ITA	6,5	s ½	0,42	0,08	10	0,80
9	11	21	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2523	ESP	6,0	w ½	0,48	0,02	10	0,20

Simul with Li Tian @ Summiy (14/07/2018)

Play simultaneous chess against IM Li Tian Yeoh ! Malaysia's highest rated player and international master Yeoh Li Tian will be at Summit USJ this Saturday 14th July 2018.

Where: Summit at USJ, Concourse area
Time: 2:00 PM
Date: 14th July 2018 (Saturday)
Participants: Free to all registered players for the 7th Summit Junior. For others, a nominal fee will be charged.

Register with IM Jimmy Liew at 019-6571628 or email to cmliew@gmail.com to book a place!

Malaysian Chess Festival 2018

15th Malaysian Chess Festival

Entry forms and further information please download below (Word DOCX format):- 1. Entry AT MAS Open 2018 (Red) 2. ENTRY SENIORS 2018 (Green) 3. ENTRY IGB BERHAD 2018 (Blue) 4. ENTRY DATCC AgeGroup 2018 (Light Blue) 5. ASTRO Team Entry 2018 (Orange) 6. Entry JUNIOR TEAM 2018 (Yellow) 7. ENTRY Merdeka Individual 2018 (Light Green) FIDE Arbiter Seminar Schedule-Festival 2018