1974

1974 Chess Association Of Selangor (right) , one of the oldest and most active chess associations in the country were form . The first 'Selangor Open' was launched soon after the establishment of The Chess Association of Selangor ('CAS') .Till now (2008), it's the longest running chess event in Malaysia.

Poster of the tournament.
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1974- The Penang Chess Association had the honour to assist the Malaysian Chess Federation organise the First Asian Team Chess Championship from 9-21 Dec 1974. This event was organised concurrently with the Golden Jubilee (50 years)celebration of the World Chess Federation which held its Bureau Meeting here. Dato Tan Chin Nam, then President of the reorganized Malaysian Chess Federation invited China to attend the 1st Asian Team Championship with observer status.

Malaysia team at First Asian Team Chess Championship from 9-21 Dec 1974
photo from http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/


1974 Choo Min Wang won the 1st National Closed Championship held at the FAS building in Kuala Lumpur.

1974- at the invitation of the Malaysian business tycoon Dato Tan Chin Nam, then President of the reorganized Malaysian Chess Federation, China was invited to attend the 1st Asian Team Championship with observer status. It was also in 1974 that China held its first National Championship tournament. The first international tournament ever held in China was in 1980.

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1974 Mr (Now Dato') Tan Chin Nam was elected as the President of Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF).


1974? - Penang second Chief Minister - Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu was made an honorary patron of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and the Penang Chess Association (PCA)

1974 - Penang Chess Association organised the first leg ? of the inaugural Asian grandmaster chess circuit.



1974 Malaysia participated at the 21st Chess Olympiad: Nice, France 1974

Men Section.

Players : 1.Chan Mun Fye ,2.Foo Lum Choon ,3.Choo Min Wang ,4.Karim Wahid ,5.Jamaluddin, 6.Bernard Ng


Placing : 59/73 .

1974 - a seminal meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur that was attended by Malaysian Chess Association President Dato Tan Chin Nam, a prominent businessman; Lim Kok Ann, then President of the Singapore Chess Association; President of the Japanese Chess Association Yasuji Matsumoto; FIDE and Philippine Chess Federation President, Florencio Campomanes and two observers from the Chinese Embassy. The aim of this important meeting was to figure out how to raise the technical level of chess in Asia in order to reach the highest levels.







source: wikipedia