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European Small Nations Chess Team Championships 2023 Malta take 4th place in European Small Nations Chess Team Championships    The Maltese Chess Team composed of Colin Pace (Captain), Jake Darmanin, Robert Novak, Robert Zerafa and David Cilia Vincenti took part in the Eu ESNA Team Championships in Jersey, UK. Malta managed to win 5 matches […]

Mario Psaila wins the S50+ and S65+ Championships Mario Psaila champion of S50+ and S65+ in 2023   The seniors tournament was held for those aged 50 or over. There are two titles to be won – that of over 50 and that of over 65 – if at least 3 players of each category […]

Jamie Farrugia and Milena Stagno win Women Championship Jamie and Milena are the winner of Women Championship 2023 The recent push by the Malta Chess Federation to attract female players to the game bore fruit as 9 players took part in the women’s championship. The tournament was held as a single round robin of 9 […]

Colin Pace is the new Malta Champion for 2023 Colin Pace – Malta Champion 2023   The official competitive local chess season for 2023 came to an end with a number of Championships to decide titles in various categories. This year the main Championship – the 88th Finals was played in a different format with […]

St. Theresa College Mriehel Secondary Interschool Champions May 05, 2023 The Chess Interschools were held on Wednesday 26 th April at St. Ignatius Middle School at Tal-Handaq Qormi. A record 218 players representing 60 teams from 19 schools played a Swiss system tournament. Each team fielded a minimum of 3 players with some having 2 […]

David Cilia Vincenti is the new Malta Champion for 2022 23rd April 2023 updated with game analysis by David 45-year old David Cilia Vincenti who is living in New Zeland since 2013 is Malta’s 87th Chess Champion. David has won the title for the second time in his career after winning 22 years ago in […]

Jack Mizzi wins Junior Chess Championship Mar 19, 2023 16-year old Jack Mizzi won the National Chess Junior Championship for the second time in a row.Mizzi won his last two games against Andrei Dobbin and Leonardo Nils Kang Di Benedetto to securethe title. Mizzi will now be eligible to represent Malta in European and World […]

Jack Mizzi leads Junior Championships with 2 rounds to go Mar 13, 2023 After the first 5 rounds of the Junior Championships , 16-year old Jack Mizzi, the current Junior Champion, is leading with 4.5 pts. Jack, who is now in the men’s National team and is the clear favourite, won his first 4 games […]

John Richards wins Preliminaries Mar 05, 2023 Veteran John Richards dropped just half a point on his way to win the Preliminaries – the first phaseof the National Championship. Richards who last won the Preliminaries in 2015, showed hisintentions immediately by winning all his first 5 rounds against Gabriel Grech, Alfred Azzopardi,Leonardo Zangrilli, Karl Saliba […]

Saliba and Richards lead Preliminaries at halfway stage Feb 19, 2023 After 3 rounds of the first phase of the Malta Championship – the Preliminaries, Karl Saliba and JohnRichards are the only players on full points having won all their matches. Richards beat GabrielGrech, Alfred Azzopardi and Leonardo Zangrilli – the latter with a nice […]