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Empowering chess donations through APS and FIDE The Malta Chess Federation, in collaboration with APS Bank and the International ChessFederation (FIDE), is pleased to announce that it will continue donating chess sets toschools across Malta and Gozo. This initiative is part of the Federation’s ongoing efforts topromote the game of chess among young students and […]

Juniors dominate Chess Candidates Tournament 18-year-old Junior Champion Jack Mizzi won the 2nd phase of the 89 th Malta Chess Championships – the Candidates. Mizzi, a national team player who has represented Malta in many junior tournaments and who soon shall be participating in the National Olympiad team won 5 games and drew 2 to […]

Jake Darmanin wins 7th Harry Camilleri Memorial Jake Darmanin won the 7th Harry Camillieri Memorial with an impressive 6.5pts out of 7 games. Darmanin won 6 games and drew against Patrick Zerafa to win one point ahead of second place. Last year’s winner, Duncan Vella ended second with 5.5 points. 12-year old Matthew Portelli confirmed his outstanding […]

Jack Mizzi wins Junior Chess Championship May 02, 2024 This year’s Junior Championships were held as two tournaments – the Under 12s and the U13-U20 groups. 17-year-old Jack Mizzi won the National Chess Junior Championship for the third time in a row with 6.5 points. Mizzi won his last two games against Matthew Portelli and Gabriel Gauci to […]

Commonwealth Chess Championsips 2023/24 March 26, 2023 by Robert Novak I was very proud and elated when I got the news that I would be participating in the Melaka Malaysia tournament. After checking to see who would be participating and I saw the first 12 seeds were Grand Masters I knew it wouldn’t be an […]

Jacob Zammit wins Preliminaries 2024 Jacob Zammit wins Preliminaries 2024 19-year old Jacob Zammit won the first stage of the National Championships tournament – the Preliminaries. Zammit who was ranked in 7th place, won 5 games and drew 2 to achieve 6 points. In second place, Steve Mizzi was close behind on 5½ pts. Mizzi […]

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 […]