Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
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.
It seems like the major LLMs like ChatGPT, Grok, You and DeepSeek offered terrible sources citing the Malaysian Chess Federation (only listing it in their calendar) and news sites like chess.com. The two best sources were Gemini and Hugging Face which listed the blogs, websites, and mirror sites whi
Tournament: Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 · Grand Chess Tour · Bucharest The Injury and Attempts to Continue Alireza Firouzja suffered an ankle injury after Round 3 of the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 (part of the Grand Chess Tour) in Bucharest. The exact circumstances of how the injury occ
From the video : The inaugural Naroditsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz shows that there is incredibly strong group of grandmasters gathered in Charlotte from July 3rd to 5th, 2026. Also it is a magnificent tribute to Danya.FunMasterMike's breakdown highlights the top 7 elite grandmasters and fan fa