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44th Chess Olympiad India with a captain’s eye Round 5-7 Sept 10, 2022 by Robert Novak, game analysis by IM Imre Fancsy Round 5 Yemen:In the fifth round Malta Men’s team played against Yemen, another strong opponent. They had 2 IMs, 1CM and their elo-rating’s average was 2255. Until this certain game we had 2 […]

44th Chess Olympiad India with a captain’s eye Round 1-4 August 17, 2022 by Robert Novak, game analysis by IM Imre Fancsy Round 1 Serbia:In the first round Malta Men’s team played against Serbia and it was a really though game. 4 GM’s, four really experienced but not old chess players with 2574 average Elo-rating. […]

Robert Zerafa wins Malta Chess Championship for 2021 24th January 2022 32-year old Robert Zerafa from Marsaxlokk is Malta’s 86th Chess Champion. Zerafa has won the title for the fifth time in his career after winning it from 2016-2019. This year’s Finals was held among 5 players – 2020 Champion Jake Darmanin, Colin Pace, Jack […]

Announcement: MCF Annual General Meeting for Season 2020/21 17th December 2021 The Malta Chess Federation (MCF) announces that its forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the season 2020/21 will be held online on Sunday 16 January 2022 starting at 09:30 AM CET. The MCF has decided to hold the meeting online in the current circumstances […]

European Small Nations Team Event in Malta 21st November 2021 The 7th European Small Nations Team Event will be held in Malta between Saturday 27th November (arrival) and Sunday 5th December (departure) at the Victoria Palace hotel in Sliema. All information can be found in the official document Esna 7th Team Championship – Malta 2021 (v211122). […]

Jake Darmanin to participate in ESNA Individual online Championships April 10, 2021 Malta Champion Jake Darmanin will represent Malta in the European Small Nations Association Individual Championships. This year, the tournament will be held in an official FIDE Hybrid format. The official Maltese arbiters will be IA Noel Grima and FA Duncan Vella. Darmanin and […]

Official MCF Calendar Published Online February 17, 2021 Due to the current Covid-19 circumstances, the dates for the Preliminaries have been changed. The new dates of the Preliminaries are 17th May – 8th June. 7 rounds played twice a week. The exact dates of the rounds will be announced by 1st May 2021. The official […]

Official MCF Calendar Published Online February 17, 2021 The official MCF calendar has now be published online in the “Events” menu on this website. Click here to check it out! Related Articles Official MCF Calendar Published Online Official MCF Calendar Published Online February 17, 2021 If there ever was a time that the Malta Chess […]

Become a member January 7, 2021 If there ever was a time that the Malta Chess Federation needs you, it’s now. The pandemic has affected everyone – including our small chess community.  With a lack of tournaments – no classical tournaments were held in 2020 except for the National Championship Cycle – there is less […]

The Chess Corner in Times of Malta to be published on New Site! February 5, 2021 The popular “Chess Corner” section published in the Times of Malta every Saturday will now be also made available in this website under the section “Articles”.  This section can also be used in future for articles from other contributors. […]