Mohd Kamal Abdullah (Jawi: محمد كمال عبدالله; born 1970) is a Malaysian chess Candidate Master (CM) and a three-time Malaysian Chess Champion.

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 International Master (IM) Jimmy Liew.^[1]

"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".

— 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.^[2] Abdullah has also represented Malaysia in four Chess Olympiads,^[3] the latest being in 2016^[4] as a replacement for IM Mas Hafizulhelmi.^[5]

• Mohd Kamal Abdullah rating card at FIDE
• Mohd Kamal Abdullah player profile at Chess.com
• Mohd Kamal Abdullah chess games at 365Chess.com
• Mohd Kamal Abdullah player profile and games at Chessgames.com