Clubs with rapid events around Kuala Lumpur 8

Rapid is the format most Klang Valley clubs choose when they open their doors to outside players. The IIUM Chess Club has played a rated rapid open at Wadi Budi Hall in Gombak in May of both 2025 and 2026, and the Sunway Chess Society and the Taylor’s University Chess Club each give a day of their yearly championship to rapid, next to blitz and team events.

In Shah Alam, the computing faculty of UiTM runs open and under-15 tournaments and YCM plays rapid at its Kemuncak Club House; the Putrajaya association holds its Traju tournaments at the chess class in Presint 15. BFF Chess Club plays rapid in the food courts of Lotus’s stores, from Puchong to Selayang. Kelab Catur Elite 18 in Seri Kembangan played rapid in 2025, and nothing dated 2026 under its name was found, which its card states.