About Catur
Catur Portal (found at catur.org) is Malaysia’s Chess News, Events, Results & Learning Portal — a community-driven hub for chess enthusiasts in Malaysia and beyond. We can see Catur portal as a gateway to the Malaysian "Chess Universe".
It's essentially a one-stop platform for the Malaysian chess community — covering news, events, learning, game databases, and community blogging all in one place.
What the platform offers:
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/Arena
Play turnless real-time chess with active cooldown transits, Elo ratings, and leaderboard rankings.
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/News
The latest headlines from across the Malaysian chess circuit.
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/Events
The definitive Malaysian chess tournament calendar and event dates.
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/Results
An interactive version of data pulled from chess-result showing extra details like opponents played, colours and results in ONE screen.
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/Malaysia
Expert strategies and curated Malaysian chess community writings.
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/Festival
A hub for local chess festivals, large-scale news, and celebrations.
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/MariBelajar
Structured lessons, interactive puzzles, and progress tracking on our learning platform.
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/Papan
Interactive chess study board with move-tree navigation, annotations, and Stockfish analysis.
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/ELO
Tool to incremental search a name in the FIDE database and return the ELO rating.
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/Replay
Tool to replay your chess game on a 2D board. Just cut n paste your PGN.
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CaturWiki
KL Gateway Mall Wiki, beyond chess, it's a living document covering:
- Shopping & dining guides
- Transportation (parking, public transport, pedestrian routes)
- Eateries, AirBnB, Hotels and hidden gems of KL Gateway Mall
- Community contributions and local insights
Why we exist:
Malaysia historically had fragmented chess information spread across social media, club pages, and separate organizers. Catur Portal aims to unify those resources into a more modern and searchable infrastructure for players, coaches, organizers, and fans.