The last Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Malaysia was in 1992 at the Kompleks Sukan PERMATA (PETRONAS Training Unit), Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. As we know it that the Commonwealth Chess Championship was held in India consecutively 5 years since 2003 till last year with Mumbai hosting 3 times (2003, 2004 & 2006), New Delhi (2007) & Nagpur (2008). With that we saw GM Nigel Short winning 3 times. This year the Commonwealth Chess Championship will be held at the Masterskill University College Campus in Ipoh, Malaysia from 14-21 July 2009
Past Year Winners
| Year | City | Winner | |
| -1 | 1950 | Oxford | William Fairhurst (SCO) |
| 1 | 1983 | Melbourne | Ian Rogers (AUS) & Gregory Hjorth (AUS) |
| 2 | 1984 | Hong Kong | Kevin Spraggett (CAN) & Murray Chandler (ENG) |
| 3 | 1985 | London | Praveen Thipsay (IND) & Kevin Spraggett (CAN) |
| 4 | 1988 | London | Gary Lane (AUS) |
| 5 | 1996 | Calcutta | Poorna Sharma Mithrakanth (IND) |
| 6 | 1999 | Bikaner | Alexander Baburin (IRL), Atanu Lahiri (IND) |
| 7 | 2000 | Sangli | Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) |
| 8 | 2001 | London | Pentala Harikrishna (IND) |
| 9 | 2003 | Mumbai | Nguyen Anh Dung (Vie)the title went to 4th placed Dibyendu Barua. |
| 10 | 2004 | Mumbai | Nigel Short (ENG) |
| 11 | 2006 | Mumbai | Nigel Short (ENG) |
| 12 | 2007 | New Delhi | Ramachandran Ramesh (IND) |
| 13 | 2008 | Nagpur | Nigel Short (ENG) |
For further details, can see Peter Long on Chess
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