Malaysian Chess Calendar 2010

Here is the tentative chess calendar for the year 2010 as posted on the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre webpage (http://datcchess.blogspot.com) for the attention and information of all chess enthusiasts. Please mark the tentative dates for your planning of participating selected chess activities as outlined by the following chess calendar as shown below:-

CHESS CALENDAR 2010

(Events are to be included from affiliates as and when dates are received )

Tentative Calendar – Subject to changes

DATES	NATIONAL EVENTS	VENUE	ORGANISER
Feb 15 - 17	Malaysia Vs Singapore Match 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF/SCF
Feb 26 – Mac 02	The Malaysian Women Masters 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
March 14 – 16	National Age-Group Championship 2010	Penang	MCF/PCA
March 14 - 16	National Chess Convention 2010	Penang	MCF
April 06 - 12	KL Open 2010	Kuala Lumpur	KLCA
April 29 - May 02	Selangor Open 2010	Selangor	CAS
May 28 - 30	National Scholastics Age-Group Championships	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
June 16 – 20	National Closed Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
June 16 – 20	National Women Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
June 10 - 14	Penang Open 2010	Penang	PCA
July	The Malaysian Masters 2010 ( Men )	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
Aug 28 – 31	Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
Sept 01 - 08	The Malaysian Open 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
Sept 01 - 08	AM Bank Chess Challenge 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
Sept 01 - 08	Open Seniors Chess Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
Sept 05	National Rapid Age-Group 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
November	15th GACC Chess Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
November	National Chess Camps 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
December	Malaysia Inter-State Chess Championship 2010	OPEN FOR BIDDING	MCF
Dec 15-19	3rd National Junior Chess Championship 2010	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
DATES	INTERNATIONAL EVENTS	VENUE	ORGANISER
April 2010	World Championship Match 2010	Sofia, Bulgaria	FIDE
May 11-20	Commonwealth Open Championship 2010	India	CCA/All India Chess Fed
May 11-20	Commonwealth Age-Group Championships 2010	India	CCA/AlI India Chess Fed
June 4–13	11th Asean+Age-Group Championships 2010	Subic Bay, Phillipines	ACC/Phillipines Chess Fed
June 20-30	Asian Junior U-20 Championships 2010	Chennai,India	ACF/All India Chess Fed
June 20-30	9th Asian Continental Championship 2010	Subic, Phillippines	ACF/ Phillipines Chess Fed
July 1-10	Asian Youth Chess Championships 2010	Beijing , China	ACF/Chinese Chess Fed
July 24-Aug 1	World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2010	Turkey,Antalya	FIDE /TCF
July 25 –Aug 2	World Schools Individuals Championship	Turkey	FIDE /TCF
Aug 2-17	World Junior Championship and Girls U-20	Chotowa Czarna-Poland	FIDE /Poland Chess Fed
Sept 19- Oct 4	Chess Olympiad 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia	FIDE
Sept 25- Oct 4	FIDE Congress	Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia	FIDE
Oct 19-31	World Youth Championship 2010	Haikidiki , Greece	FIDE/GCF
Nov 12-27	16th ASIAN GAMES 2010 -Chess	Guangzhou, China	AOC/COC
Dec 16-23	Asian Schools Chess Festivals	Colombo, Sri Lanka	ACF/SLCF
	Asian Cities Team Championship 2010
	Asian Team Championship 2010
	4th Asian Primary School Sports Olympiad 2010
	2010 School Holidays	National Public Holidays
	1st Term Break	Mar13 – 21	New Year’s Day	Jan 01 (Fri)
	Mid Year Holidays	June 5 – Jun20	Chinese New Year	Feb14 & 15 (Sun & Mon)
	2nd Term Break	Sept 4 – 12	Prophet Birthday	Feb 26 (Fri)
	Year End Holidays	Nov 20 – Jan 02 2011	Hari Pekerja	May 01 (Sat)
		Wesak Day	May 28 (Fri)
	Agung’s Birthday	Jun 05 (Sat)
	Merdeka	Aug31 (Thurs)
	Hari Raya Puasa	Sept 10 & 11(Fri/Sat)
	Exams	Hari Malaysia	Sept16 (Thu)
	UPSR		Deepavali	Nov 5 (Fri)
	PMR		Hari Raya Haji	Nov17 (Wed)
	SPM		Awal Muharram	Dec 7 (Tue)
	STPM		Christmas Day	Dec 25 (Fri)

(source: DATCChess.blogspot.com)