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Jan 25, 2026 Results

Underdog wins Penang Open 2025

Well that's what NotebookLM concluded and generated the AI infographics based on the results and Ches...

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Sep 30, 2025 Tournaments

Applying "P-I-P" to 20th Malaysian Chess Festival

My phylosophy for a well covered chess event is the P-I-P stages. The Opening (Pre-Event): Setting the ...

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Jan 02, 2025 Tournaments

Penang Open 2024

Officially known as the 16th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2024 1. Event Ov...

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Sep 07, 2023 Results

GM Villamayor Buenaventura wins Malaysian Chess Festival - Senior Section

MAIN PRIZES (TOP 5)RankName RtgRatingFEDBirthPtsBH1GMVillamayor Buenaventura2311SGP19677½462IMGunawan Ronn...

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Sep 06, 2023 Results

GM Sivuk Vitaly - Malaysian Open 2023 champion

The 2023 Malaysian Open Championship was won by Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden. Four players tied ...

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Apr 30, 2023 Results

Ding - China’s first male world chess champion

On Sunday, Ding Liren defeated Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in a rapid-play tiebreak to win the title as...

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Dec 29, 2022 Ongoing

Johor Open - Round 5

GM Priasmoro Novendra and GM Sivuk Vitaly are the current leaders of the Johor International Chess Open 20...

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Aug 04, 2022 Results

ASEAN Uni Games 2022: Malaysia clean sweeps gold medals

https://youtu.be/jmthyFNw6no The Malaysian chess team performed above and beyond when they won all 4 ...

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Jul 30, 2022 Results

Chennai Olympiad Round 2: Poh Yu Tian beats a GM

ROUND 2 Poh Yu Tian 13 year old Poh Yu Tian on his first ever Olympiad beat Grandmaster Lubomir Ftac...

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