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{{short description|Malaysian chess player (born 1970)}}
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| name          = Mohd Kamal Abdullah
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| birthname     = Mohamad Kamal bin Abdullah
| country       = [[Malaysia]]
| birth_date    = {{birth year and age|1970}}
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| title         = [[Candidate Master]] (2016)
| worldchampion = 
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| peakrating    = 2235 (July 1990)
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| FideID        = 5700086
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'''Mohd Kamal Abdullah''' ({{lang-ms|محمد كمال عبدالله|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset}}; born 1970) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[FIDE titles#Candidate Master (CM)|chess Candidate Master (CM)]] and a three-time [[Malaysian Chess Championship|Malaysian Chess Champion]].

==Chess career==
During his early years in chess, Abdullah grew up idolizing the former [[World Chess Champion]]
[[Garry Kasparov]] as well as local two-time chess champion and Malaysia's first [[FIDE titles#International Master (IM)|International Master (IM)]] Jimmy Liew.<ref>{{Citation |title=Candidate Master/National Master Mohd Kamal Abdullah |date= 23 August 2017 |url=https://www.facebook.com/CaturMalaysiaCom/videos/candidate-masternational-master-mohd-kamal-abdullah/1529126837108523/ |language=en |access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref> 
{{Blockquote|text="Who were my inspiration in chess? During the time when i first started, the Karpov-Kasparov names were going on big, so Kasparov was the main hero. And of course in reading newspapers like The Malay Mail and Utusan Melayu i kept on reading on this player called Jimmy Liew and I've always wanted to see him, he was my local hero".|author=Mohd Kamal Abdullah}}

Abdullah won the [[Malaysian Chess Championship]] three times, the first and second being in two consecutive years which happened in 1988 and 1989. After a long hiatus in chess, Abdullah secured his third championship win after three decades which he won the title in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thechessconnections.blogspot.com/2019/06/of-running-another-malaysian-chess.html |title= Of Running Another Malaysian Chess Championship 2019 - And the winner is...... |date=2019-06-03|access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref> Abdullah has also represented Malaysia in four [[Chess Olympiads]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/players/jxvvflpk.html |title= Men's Chess Olympiads - Mohd Kamal, Abdullah |date=|access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref> the latest being in [[42nd Chess Olympiad|2016]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/opinion/2016/09/15/malaysias-performance-at-the-world-chess-olympiad/1205979 |title= Malaysia’s performance at the World Chess Olympiad |date=2016-09-15|access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref> as a replacement for [[FIDE titles#International Master (IM)|IM]] [[Mas Hafizulhelmi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/opinion/2016/07/14/surprises-in-malaysian-team-to-chess-olympiad/1161115#google_vignette |title= Surprises in Malaysian team to Chess Olympiad |date=2019-06-03|access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{FIDE|5700086}}
* {{Chess.com player|mohd-kamal-abdullah|member=Mohd Kamal Abdullah}}
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Mohd_Kamal_Abdullah Mohd Kamal Abdullah] chess games at 365Chess.com
* {{chessgames player|id=39631}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
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[[Category:Chess Candidate Masters]]
[[Category:Malaysian chess players]]
[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]