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 […]
Women’s, Senior and Open Championships Eligible members are invited to participate in the 2023 national championships festival which will be held at the MCF’s premises at Ħandaq Middle School, Qormi between 29 September and 22 October 2023: 2023 Women’s Chess Championship Tournament 2023 Senior Chess Championship tournament 88th Malta Chess Championship: Finals 2023 Parallel tournament […]
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 […]
The National Team Policy and interim selection scores for the European Small Nations Team Championship 2023 in Jersey may be found here.
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 […]