Malta Chess Federation
Established in 1923
De La Salle King's Army Malta School Games Champions
May 05, 2023
De La Salle King’s Army composed of Elias Aquilina, Gabriel Gauci and Jack Cutajar Forte are the winners of the Malta School Games 2025. The top 6 teams who qualified from the Interschools Preliminaries held in April met at the University of Malta in a round-robin tournament.
King’s Army won all their 5 matches with Elias obtaining 3 out of 5 points, Gabriel won all of his 5 games while Jack managed 4.5 out of 5.
The tournament was very balanced, and 3 teams ended with the same number of points with 2 wins each and a draw.
St. Margaret Cospicua Middle School had the best tie-break score to take runner-up position. Rhys Willis on board 1 collected 2 out of 5 pts; Ickerson Vella on board 2 also had 2 out of 5 pts while Tristan Jes Scicluna on board 3 took 3 out of 5 pts.
For 3rd place, St. Martin’s College and St. Michael’s School had the same tie-break scores. St. Martin’s took the bronze thanks to their director encounter win (2-1).
Special mention were the top performances of St. Theresa Secondary School top board Matthew Portelli who won all 5 games and of De La Salle Marching Knights top board Benjamin Calleja Falzon who obtained 4 out of 5 pts.
The tournament was kindly sponsored by Panina who provided all players and organisers with a healthy meal (Fuel your mind) which was enjoyed by all.
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