Eligibility for 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championship 2014

The National Rating Jan 2014 release can be used as the yardstick for eligibility of early registration before 1st April 2014 using criteria "5.2 Players from non-National Youth Squad" of MCF Selection Guidelines 2014. Click here for the tournament regulation on early registration. Any registration after 31st March 2014 using criteria "5.2 Players from non-National Youth Squad" shall be based on National Rating Apr 2014 release.

As for NR Jan 2014 release, there are more than 10,000 players aged 20 years or below. Of which, 1,500 of them have Year of Birth info. Based on this figure, the min. number of players who are eligible to participate in this event as follows:-

Under-8 = 37 pax
Under-10 = 42 pax
Under-12 = 47 pax
Under-14 = 59 pax
Under-16 = 42 pax
Under-18 = 32 pax
Under-20 = 19 pax

This give a total of 278 children among 1,500 children with y.o.b. known are ELIGIBLE to take part!

Just imagine how many MORE will also be eligible to go if the remaining 8,500 children y.o.b. can be identified.

All-in-all, Malaysia can easily have 500 children (perhaps 1,000) who are eligible to play in this regional youth event where MCF has identified it as Developmental Event for Children!

If your children can't qualify under such a nominal rating, please work harder in chess and take part in every National-rated event to fight for rating points! E.g., the period Oct to Dec 2013, there were 17 chess events that were nationally-rated.


If you are interested to take part in the 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championship 2014, please write in to

Chairman The Selection Committee
Malaysian Chess Federation Suite
1.21, Level 1, Wisma OCM, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur

Or email – kamaruddin33@yahoo.com and

c.c. to Tengku Ahmad Badli Shah Raja Hussin (tabs@pelaburanmara.com.my), MCF Hon. Secretary

c.c. to Mr. Gregory Lau (msianchess2010@gmail.com), MCF Asst. Secretary

c.c to Mr. Lim Tse Pin (tsepin@gmail.com), MCF Technical Committee Chairman   



Below are the clauses extracted from the MCF Selection Guidelines 2014 :-

D. GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION AND PROCEDURES FOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR EVENTS

1. This clause applies to applications for selection for FIDE junior events such as the ASEAN+ Age-Group / ASIAN Schools / ASIAN Youth / Commonwealth Age-Group / World Schools / World Youth Championships that permit more than one person to be endorsed by their national federation to enter that event.

 2. A person will not be endorsed by the MCF to enter ASEAN+ Age-Group / ASIAN Schools / ASIAN Youth / Commonwealth Age-Group / World Schools / World Youth Championships UNLESS that person has applied to MCF.

3. Parents and guardians who require certain clarifications with regard to the MCF Selection Guidelines are invited to write in addressing to

Chairman The Selection Committee Malaysian Chess Federation Suite 1.21, Level 1, Wisma OCM, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur

Or email – kamaruddin33@yahoo.com and

c.c. to Tengku Ahmad Badli Shah Raja Hussin (tabs@pelaburanmara.com.my), MCF Hon. Secretary

c.c. to Mr. Gregory Lau (msianchess2010@gmail.com), MCF Asst. Secretary

c.c to Mr. Lim Tse Pin (tsepin@gmail.com), MCF Technical Committee Chairman