Malaysia To Organize Commonwealth Chess Championship February In Melaka

The Malaysian Chess Federation shall organize the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 in Quarter One of 2024 from 19th to 28th February 2024.

The CCC was last held in Sri Lanka in 2022 where 198 players took part in the Age Group event, and 98 players in the Open event. The best turnout was in 2013 – hosted by South Africa, when almost 900 players turned out when it had only 2 main sections to offer – the Open section with 314 players, and the challenger event with 567 players. The event skipped 2014 and when India resumed the event in 2015, it introduced the Age Group event with 268 youngsters taking part, and another 298 players in the Open section.

Malaysia hosted the event once in 1992 in Kuala Lumpur, and was supposed to host it again in 2009 but had to withdraw with Singapore taking over the event from Ipoh. For this Malaysia edition, the Age Group and the Open section have been maintained with an introduction of a Blitz event on the very last day of the Championship.

Those who are interested to participate are requested to download and read the following brochure

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