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Maltese Chess Championship

Annual national chess championship

Summary

Annual national chess championship

The Maltese Chess Championship is the yearly chess championship organised by the Malta Chess Federation in Malta which determines the national champion. Initially it consisted of an Open Championship.

Now the National championships also include the Junior Championships, the Rapid Championships and the Blitz Championships.

The current open National Champion is Jack Mizzi. Jack Mizzi holds 2 other National titles: National Rapid Champion and National Blitz Champion.

The current 2025 Malta Junior Chess Champion is Matthew Portelli.

Malta Open Championships

The first recorded open championship was held in 1923 and was won by Oscar Serracino-Inglott. Harry Camilleri won the championship a record eighteen times, first in 1965 and last in 2005, at the age of 72.

The current Malta Open Chess Champion is Jack Mizzi.

Candidates phase

To qualify for the Final phase of the Open Championship a player needs to have either placed first or second in the previous year or have placed in the top N of the Candidates phase of that year. N is determined by the number of participants.

Preliminaries Phase

To qualify for the Candidates, a player must have reached an established Elo rating, currently 1700, or have placed in the top N of the Preliminaries. The youngest player to have won the Preliminaries in Malta is Jack Mizzi.

Past Winners of Final Stage

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 1923 || |- | 2 || 1925 || |- | 3 || 1926 || |- | 4 || 1927 || |- | 5 || 1928 || |- | 6 || 1930 || |- | 7 || 1934 || |- | 8 || 1935 || |- | 9 || 1936 || |- | 10 || 1937 || |- | 11 || 1938 || |- | 12 || 1939 || |- | 13 || 1940 || |- | 14 || 1946 || |- | 15 || 1948 || |- | 16 || 1949 || |- | 17 || 1950 || |- | 18 || 1953 || |- | 19 || 1954 || |- | 20 || 1955 || |- | 21 || 1956 || |- | 22 || 1957 || |- | 23 || 1958 || |- | 24 || 1959 || |- | 25 || 1960 || |- | 26 || 1961 || |- | 27 || 1962 || |- | 28 || 1963 || |- | 29 || 1964 || |- | 30 || 1965 || |- | 31 || 1966 || |- | 32 || 1967 || |- | 33 || 1968 || |- | 34 || 1969 || |- | 35 || 1970 || |- | 36 || 1971 || |- | 37 || 1972 || |- | 38 || 1973 || |- | 39 || 1974 || |- | 40 || 1975 || |- | 41 || 1976 || |- | 42 || 1977 || |- | 43 || 1978 || |- | 44 || 1979 || |- | 45 || 1980 || |- | 46 || 1981 ||

|- | 47 || 1982 || |- | 48 || 1983 || |- | 49 || 1984 || |- | 50 || 1985 || |- | 51 || 1986 || |- | 52 || 1987 || |- | 53 || 1988 || |- | 54 || 1989 || |- | 55 || 1990 || |- | 56 || 1991 || |- | 57 || 1992 || |- | 58 || 1993 || |- | 59 || 1994 || |- | 60 || 1995 || |- | 61 || 1996 || |- | 62 || 1997 || |- | 63 || 1998 || |- | 64 || 1999 || |- | 65 || 2000 || |- | 66 || 2001 || |- | 67 || 2002 || |- | 68 || 2003 || |- | 69 || 2004 || |- | 70 || 2005 || |- | 71 || 2006 || |- | 72 || 2007 || |- | 73 || 2008 || |- | 74 || 2009 || |- | 75 || 2010 || |- | 76 || 2011 || |- | 77 || 2012 || |- | 78 || 2013 || |- | 79 || 2014 || |- | 80 || 2015 || |- | 81 || 2016 || |- | 82 || 2017 || |- | 83 || 2018 || |- | 84 || 2019 || |- | 85 || 2020 || |- | 86 || 2021 || |- | 87 || 2022 ||

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Malta Rapid Championships

Since 2017, the Malta Chess Federation started organising the Malta National Rapid Championship.

In 2021 an online Rapid Gran Prix was held and this was won by Jack Mizzi. The 2022 Malta Rapid champion was Jack Mizzi.

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 2017 || |- | 2 || 2018 || |- | 3 || 2019 || |- | 4 || 2021 || Jack Mizzi |- | 5 || 2022 || |}

Malta Blitz Championships

Since 2017, the Malta Chess Federation started organising the Malta National Blitz Championship.

In 2021, an online Blitz Gran Prix was held and this was won by Jack Mizzi. The 2022 and 2023 Malta Blitz champion was Jack Mizzi. Jack Mizzi set a new Malta Chess record when he won the 2023 Blitz championship with a perfect 9-0 score. In 2024 Mizzi won the Malta Blitz Chess Championship for the 4th consecutive time.

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 2017 || |- | 2 || 2018 || |- | 3 || 2019 || |- | 4 || 2021 || |- | 5 || 2022 || |- | 6 || 2023 ||Jack Mizzi |- | 7 | 2024 |Jack Mizzi |}

Malta Junior championships

The first Malta Junior Championship was held in 1946 but the Malta Chess Federation only has records since 1987.

The current 2025 Malta Junior Chess Champion is Matthew Portelli.

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 1987 || Duncan Vella |- | 2 || 1988 || Joseph Stafrace |- | 3 || 1989 || Joseph Stafrace |- | 4 || 1990 || Joseph Stafrace |- | 5 || 1991 || Duncan Vella |- | 6 || 1992 ||Timothy Mifsud |- | 7 || 1993 ||Timothy Mifsud |- | 8 || 1994 ||Timothy Mifsud |- | 9 || 1995 ||Peter Pullicino |- | 10 || 1996 ||David Cilia Vincenti |- | 11 || 1997 ||Colin Pace |- | 12 || 1998 ||Timothy Mifsud |- | 13 || 1999 ||Colin Pace |- | 14 || 2000 ||Daniel Abela |- | 15 || 2001 ||Daniel Abela |- | 16 || 2002 ||Daniel Abela |- | 17 || 2003 ||Charles Sinn |- | 18 || 2004 ||Mark Cardona |- | 19 || 2005 ||Mark Cardona |- | 20 || 2006 ||Mark Cardona |- | 21 || 2007 ||Robert Zerafa |- | 22 || 2008 ||Robert Zerafa |- | 23 || 2009 ||Robert Zerafa |- | 24 || 2010 ||Andre Xuereb |- | 25 || 2011 ||Jake Darmanin |- | 26 || 2012 ||Jake Darmanin |- | 27 || 2013 ||Jake Darmanin |- | 28 || 2014 ||Jake Darmanin |- | 29 || 2015 ||Jurgen Grima |- | 30 || 2016 || Jamie Farrugia |- | 31 || 2017 || Steve Mizzi |- | 32 || 2018 || Matthew Fleri |- | 33 || 2019 || Cosmin Alexa |- | 34 || 2021 || Matthew Fleri |- | 35 || 2022 || Jack Mizzi |- | 36 || 2023 || Jack Mizzi |- | 37 |2024

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References

References

  1. Malta Chess Federation. (22 January 2022). "MCF Statute".
  2. Weenink, Steffie. (2019-03-15). "WATCH: This 12-Year-Old Boy Might Be Well On His Way To Becoming Malta's Youngest Chess Champion".
  3. (2021-01-08). "Past Malta Champions - Malta Chess Federation".
  4. (2021-05-30). "Jack Mizzi wins Blitz and Rapid Online Grand Prix - Malta Chess Federation".
  5. (2022-12-10). "Chess: Jack Mizzi jirbaħ żewġ titli nazzjonali f'ġurnata waħda - ONE".
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  8. SportsDesk. (2023-10-06). "Jack Mizzi in record run at the Malta Blitz Chess Championship".
  9. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta Open Blitz Championship 2024".
  10. (2021-01-25). "Past Malta Junior Champions - Malta Chess Federation".
  11. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta Junior Chess Championships 2023".
  12. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Junior Championships U14-U20s 2024".
  13. Novak, Robert. (March 30, 2025). "Matthew Portelli wins National Junior Chess Championship 2025". Malta Chess Federation.
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