Malaysian Chess Championship
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The Malaysian Chess Championship is organized by the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF; Malay: Persekutuan Catur Malaysia). Known as the National Closed Chess Championship prior to 2016, the first edition was held in 1974. A separate Malaysian Women's Chess Championship has also been held annually since 1990. FIDE Master Christi Hon has won the national title a record five times, while Woman International Master Siti Zulaikha Foudzi has won the women's title a record eight times. It has occurred twice that a pair of siblings have won the national and the women's titles in the same year: Kamal Ariffin Wahiddudin and Nurul Huda Wahiduddin in 1991, and Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli and Nur Shazwani Zullkafli in 2007.[1]
Year Champion[1][2][3] 1974 Choo Min Wang 1975 Chan Swee Loon 1976 Goh Yoon Wah 1977 Tan Bian Huat 1978 Christi Hon 1979 Tay Chong Thai 1980 Jimmy Liew 1981 Christi Hon 1982 Goh Yoon Wah 1983 Christi Hon 1984 Jimmy Liew 1985 Peter Long, Francis Chin 1986 Peter Long, Francis Chin 1987 Christi Hon, Lee Soi Hock 1988 Kamal Abdullah 1989 Kamal Abdullah 1990 Ng Ek Leong 1991 Kamal Ariffin Wahiddudin 1992 Mok Tze Meng 1993 Yeoh Chin Seng 1994 Mas Hafizulhelmi 1995 Mas Hafizulhelmi 1996 Lim Yee Weng 1997 Lim Yee Weng 1998 Ng Ee Vern 1999 Jonathan Chuah 2000 Ng Tze Han 2001 Lim Chuin Hoong (Ronnie Lim) 2002 Wong Zi Jing 2003 Nicholas Chan 2004 Nicholas Chan 2005 Marcus Chan 2006 Jonathan Chuah 2007 Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli 2008 Lee Kim Han (Edward Lee) 2009 Evan Timothy Capel 2010 Tan Khai Boon 2011 Lim Zhuo Ren 2012 Roshan Ajeet Singh 2013 Aron Teh 2014 Fong Yit San 2015 Yeoh Li Tian 2016 Yeoh Li Tian[4] 2017 Wong Yinn Long 2018 Fong Yit San 2019 Kamal Abdullah 2022 Tan Jun Ying 2023 Lim Zhuo Ren 2024 Wong Jianwen 2025 Kavin Mohan 2026 Chow Yi Chen[5]