Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
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
Remember when catur.org went dark? For a year, Malaysian chess enthusiasts were left without their go-to hub for local updates.The wait is officially over.Catur.org has just relaunched with a stunning, modern look and a completely upgraded user experience. It’s clean, fast, and designed for ev
For the past year, catur.org was essentially a ghost town. For Malaysian chess players, students, and fans, it meant losing a familiar space to connect and catch up on local news.We’re thrilled to say that the quiet spell has broken.Welcome to the all-new catur.org! We have completely reimagin
If you've visited catur.org in the past year or so, you probably saw a whole lot of nothing. The site had gone quiet, and for Malaysian chess enthusiasts, students, and hobbyists, that meant one less place to turn to for local chess news and updates. Well, the silence is over. Catur.org has just bee
Well according to me anyway. I always hated chess-results final crosstables because it only gives the basic information like standings and total scores of the winners. I want to know who each player played with at a glance without clicking more links. Hence I came out with my own web app -
I am intrigued by a unique tournament seen on Facebook organised by a Philippines organiser. It functioned like a typical amateur chess tournament you find at weekends with the sole difference phones are used instead of physical chess boards and clocks.This concept is similiar to EWC (Esport World C
CaturVerse (found at catur.org) is Malaysia's Chess Gateway — a community-driven hub for chess enthusiasts in Malaysia and beyond. The word CaturVerse essentially means "Chess Universe". Here's what the platform offers: CaturNews — the latest headlines from across the Malaysian chess circuit.