Sunday 24 May 2009

Chess archive: First Asian team chess championship 1974 (Part 2)

In the early 1970s, chess was just starting to be organised in Malaysia. The Penang Chess Association was founded in 1972, the Chess Association of Selangor and the Malaysian Chess Federation in 1974, and the other state chess associations followed suit. In 1974, the PCA assisted the MCF by organising the first Asian team chess championship at the Dewan Sri Pinang in George Town on 9-21 Dec 1974. This event was organised concurrently with the Golden Jubilee celebration of the World Chess Federation which held its Bureau Meeting here.

These were the committees at that time:



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