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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.