Past Event

88th Malta Chess Championship cycle Finals 2023 Entry requirements: Closed participation to: 2022 Champion and Runner-up from 87th Championship Finals, and Qualifiers from Candidates 2023 (Top 6 + reserves according to ranking) Maltese citizen or ordinarily resident in Malta for 6+ years out of last 8 calendar years Registered with FIDE (with a FIN) under the Maltese […]

2023 Senior Chess Championships S50+ and S65+ Championship Tournament Entry requirements: Born before 1974 Maltese citizen or ordinarily resident in Malta for 6+ years out of last 8 calendar years Registered with FIDE (with a FIN) under the Maltese flag Paid-up member of the Malta Chess Federation Non-members may apply for membership here. New players may register under the Maltese […]

2023 Women’s Chess Championship Championship Tournament Entry requirements: Maltese citizen or ordinarily resident in Malta for 6+ years out of last 8 calendar years Registered with FIDE (with a FIN) as a female player under the Maltese flag Paid-up member of the Malta Chess Federation Non-members may apply for membership here. New players may register under the Maltese […]

2023 Women’s Chess Championship cycle Qualification Tournament for Unrated Players NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED / MERGED INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Entry requirements: Unrated in the 1 September 2023 standard FIDE Rating List Maltese citizen or ordinarily resident in Malta for 6+ years out of last 8 calendar years Registered with FIDE (with a FIN) […]

The Malta Chess Federation shall be organizing the 2023 Blitz Championship open to all players as follows: Blitz: Date: 17th September 2023 Time: 10:00am until approximately 1:30pm. Format: Swiss system, 7 rounds if up to 30 players; 9 rounds up to 40; 11 rounds otherwise. Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move for […]

The Malta Chess Federation shall be organizing the 2023 Rapid Championship open to all players as follows:   Dates: 23rd September 2023 (Rounds 1-4) + 24th September 2023 (Rounds 5-8). Round 1 on 23 September starts at 9:30 am. Round 4 should be finished by around 12:30 pm. Round 5 on 24 September starts at […]

U12 Rapid Tournament Time-control: G/10+5 (10 minutes for the whole game with a 5 second increment per move from move 1, per player) Entrance: €5 Pre-registration at andy.borg@gmail.com (maximum of 64)

MCF Open Rapid Tournament organised by the Malta Chess Federation 29th June at 9:15 to 13:00 FIDE Rated tournament based on 6 rounds Swiss Pre-registration via email: info@chessmalta.com (limit of 64) Time Control : 10mins + 5 seconds per move for the whole game per player Tournament details: https://chess-results.com/tnr780347.aspx

88th Malta Chess Championship Candidates Tournament The 2023 Candidates, the second phase of the 88th Malta Chess Championship cycle, will be held from the 1st to the 15th of July 2023.  The tournament regulations are available here.  Registration is by email to info@chessmalta.com by 28 June 2023. The entry fee is €10.   Entry is subject […]