Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
The chess media is buzzing about Lima right now because of the World Record Chess Marathon, organized by WR Chess. Held at the Sheraton Lima from June 25 to 28, 2026, it is built around a simple but slightly mad concept: essentially non-stop chess for roughly 67 hours.Here is why it's dominati
Ning Yunlong – The Amateur Who Played Like a Grandmaster Yunlong Ning is a casual chess enthusiast from China who served as the indispensable "recreational player" for "Mr. Birdie and Friends." While the other five roster positions were held by world-renowned chess grandmasters and maste
GM Wolfgang UhlmannI ask this because I've heard of Uhlmann. He is from the Fischer era and because I saw the headings in caturNews - Dresden 2026: Uhlmann exhibition with AI simulation. The German Chess Federation will hold its Chess Summit in the city on the Elbe. And the Dresden Ch
With recent World Blitz and Rapid team over, I now look at what we have for our local scene that is similiar.The most notable is PMX Trophy — 3rd National Open Team Chess Championship, which just concluded a couple of weeks back. Not to worry, we still have the SMS Deen for the next m
The Quarterly Series (Gold Event) for the GP Circuits 2026 is set to be held on the 11th and 12th of July 2026 at the MCF office in Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan. Compared to the Monthly Series, the Quarterly or Gold event offers higher GP Points and a more lucrative prize fund to the eventual [̷
Why do you think he was looking back? Curious to know.There was no one left of his team there. They didn't stay around for his 100+ stretch vs Duda.The game. window.addEventListener("message",e=>{e['data']&&"15296330"===e['data']['id']&&document.getElementById(`${e['data']['id']}`)&&(document
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This is long overdue. Malaysia Chess Hub has been heavily funding the organization of high-level local tournaments, and that has a transformative impact on local mind sports, directly catalysing the historic breakthrough of Yeoh Li Tian. I thought it was such a disservice to Chess Hub that no one ta
🏆 DOUBLE GOLD FOR DRAGON CHILLING! 🐉 FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz 2026 Wraps Up in Hong Kong! 🇭🇰What a fantastic and gila week of chess at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong! Personally I never followed The FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Championships. But the 2026 edition that h
Chessnut Nova (courtesy of Chessnut FB page) Chessnut Nova was the strongest team based on their pre-tournament rating. They entered the championship with a very high average rapid rating of 2506.6. Malaysia Chess Hub had a tough pairing against them right out of the gate in Round 1 and