2004

2004 - Malaysia participated at 36th Chess Olympiad 2004 in Calvia, Spain



Men Team :FM Mok Tze-Meng, FM Lim Yee-Weng,Leong Mun Wan,Hafiz Shafruddin,Zarul Shazwan ,ZullkafliTan Vooi-Giap

Placing : 70/129 . Seeded: 94

Women Team : 1.WNMSiti Zulaikha,2.Nur Shazwani Zullkafli,3.Roslina Marmono, Wan Khye Theng

Placing : 40/87 . Seeded : 56

2004 - The 1st Malaysian Chess Festival was held in the MidValley , Kuala Lumpur. The Dato' Arthur Tan Open is a memorial competition organised by Dato' Tan Chin Nam in honor of his son - Dato Arthur Tan Boon Shih.The festival has different competitions -

(i) 1st Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship; (Champion - GM Ni Hua - China)
(ii) 24th Merdeka Team Championship ; (Champion- ?)

2004 - Chess was not listed in Majlis Sukan dan Kebajikan Anggota- Anggota Kerajaan (MAKSAK).

Source: Rizal Ahmad Kamal's blog

2004 Nicholas Chan (Man category) won the National Closed Championship. NM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi won the women section.
2004- chess were included back in MSSM di Labuan