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6th Harry Camilleri Memorial Tournament will be held between 6th of May and 25th of May. https://chess-results.com/tnr751950.aspx?lan=1 Please send your application via email to info@chessmalta.com

National Junior Chess Championships 2023 will be held between 4-18th of March. Everybody who is under 20 years old can participate (born 2003 or after).   Please send your application via email to info@chessmalta.com

  At the World Amateur Chess Championship held in Mellieħa, Mongolia were the most successful on the medals list, with three golds, followed by Kazakhstan with one gold and two silver medals.  The two delegations duly celebrated at the closing ceremony by donning their respective national dress. The Malta 2022 edition broke the record for […]

The Malta Chess Federation shall be organizing the 2022 Rapid and Blitz Championships open to all players as follows: Rapid: Dates: 3 December 2022 (Rounds 1-5) + 4 December 2022 (Rounds 6-7). Time: Round 1 on 3 December starts at 9:30am. Round 5 should be finished by around 1pm. Round 6 on 4 December starts […]

Candidates 2022 to start in July 14th June 2022 The Candidates, the second phase of the Malta Championship, will be held from 1st and 15th of July with seven games being played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 18:00 at the Chess Club at St Ignatius College Ħandaq Middle School, Tal-Ħandaq, l/o Qormi.  Players eligible […]

Calendar for 2022 24th January 2022 The chess calendar for 2022 has been published and includes events planned to be held throughout the year. The calendar can be found in the Events section. Any private organiser who would like to add any planned events is encouraged to send the details to the MCF by email […]

Malta Championship Finals 2021 26th December 2021 The final stage of the 86th Malta Championship has been delayed due to the COVID circumstances and is now starting on the 27th December and will keep going till the 12th January 2022, when the 2021 Malta champion should be announced.   The finalists are Jake Darmanin (current […]

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). […]