Maltese 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 David Cilia Vincenti. Jack Mizzi holds the other 3 National titles: National Junior Champion, National Rapid Champion and National Blitz Champion.

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 David Cilia Vincenti.

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.[1]

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.[1] The youngest player to have won the Preliminaries in Malta is Jack Mizzi.[2]

Past Winners of Final Stage
#YearWinner[3]
11923Oscar Serracino-Inglott
21925Oscar Serracino-Inglott
31926Oscar Serracino-Inglott
41927Erin Serracino-Inglott
51928Erin Serracino-Inglott
61930Erin Serracino-Inglott
71934John Soler
81935Carmelo Frisk
91936Richard Soler
101937Frank Ellul
111938Richard Soler
121939Richard Soler
131940Richard Soler
141946Wilfred Attard
151948John Soler
161949Richard Soler
171950Wilfred Attard
181953Wilfred Attard
191954Wilfred Attard
201955Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici
211956John Soler
221957Wilfred Attard
231958Wilfred Attard
241959Wilfred Attard
251960Wilfred Attard
261961Wilfred Attard
271962Claude Sollars
281963Wilfred Attard
291964Wilfred Attard
301965Harry Camilleri
311966Harry Camilleri
321967Harry Camilleri
331968Harry Camilleri
341969Harry Camilleri
351970Harry Camilleri
361971Harry Camilleri
371972Harry Camilleri
381973Adriano Gouder
391974Harry Camilleri
401975Adriano Gouder
411976Harry Camilleri
421977Harry Camilleri
431978Harry Camilleri
441979Harry Camilleri
451980Wilfred Attard
461981Harry Camilleri
Joseph Gauci
471982Josef Lauri
481983Geoffrey Borg
491984Geoffrey Borg
501985Geoffrey Borg
511986Geoffrey Borg
521987Geoffrey Borg
531988Conrad Thake
541989Harry Camilleri
551990Harry Camilleri
561991Peter Sammut Briffa
571992Stefan Camilleri
581993Timothy Mifsud
591994Timothy Mifsud
601995Timothy Mifsud
611996Timothy Mifsud
621997Timothy Mifsud
631998Timothy Mifsud
641999Harry Camilleri
652000David Cilia Vincenti
662001Peter Sammut Briffa
672002Peter Sammut Briffa
682003Colin Pace
692004Andrew Borg
702005Harry Camilleri
712006Colin Pace
722007Patrick Zerafa
732008Colin Pace
742009Colin Pace
752010Colin Pace
762011Colin Pace
772012Colin Pace
782013Joseph Gauci
792014Joseph Gauci
802015Colin Pace
812016Robert Zerafa
822017Robert Zerafa
832018Robert Zerafa
842019Robert Zerafa
852020Jake Darmanin
862021Robert Zerafa
872022David Cilia Vincenti

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.[4] The 2022 Malta Rapid champion was Jack Mizzi.[5][6]

#YearWinner
12017Jake Darmanin
22018Jake Darmanin
32019Jake Darmanin
42021Jack Mizzi[7]
52022Jack Mizzi

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.[4] The 2022 and 2023 Malta Blitz champion was Jack Mizzi.[6][5] Jack Mizzi set a new Malta Chess record when he won the 2023 Blitz championship with a perfect 9-0 score.[8]

#YearWinner
12017Jake Darmanin
22018Jake Darmanin
32019Matthew Fleri
42021Jack Mizzi
52022Jack Mizzi
62023Jack Mizzi

Malta Junior championships

The first Malta Junior Championship was held in 1946 but the Malta Chess Federation only has records since 1987.[9]

The current Malta junior champion is Jack Mizzi.[10][11]

#YearWinner[9]
11987Duncan Vella
21988Joseph Stafrace
31989Joseph Stafrace
41990Joseph Stafrace
51991Duncan Vella
61992Timothy Mifsud
71993Timothy Mifsud
81994Timothy Mifsud
91995Peter Pullicino
101996David Cilia Vincenti
111997Colin Pace
121998Timothy Mifsud
131999Colin Pace
142000Daniel Abela
152001Daniel Abela
162002Daniel Abela
172003Charles Sinn
182004Mark Cardona
192005Mark Cardona
202006Mark Cardona
212007Robert Zerafa
222008Robert Zerafa
232009Robert Zerafa
242010Andre Xuereb
252011Jake Darmanin
262012Jake Darmanin
272013Jake Darmanin
282014Jake Darmanin
292015Jurgen Grima
302016Jamie Farrugia
312017Steve Mizzi
322018Matthew Fleri
332019Cosmin Alexa
342021Matthew Fleri
352022Jack Mizzi[7]
362023Jack Mizzi[12]

References
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