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Sammut, Ron
CM🇲🇹FIDE 5600260· Male· Malta· Born in 1951
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Ron Sammut, a 75-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1603. He has held steady between 1600 and 1650 for 21 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Preliminaries 2026, Malta Senior Championship 2026, and Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2B Final Rounds. He took a 14-month break between Jan 2022 and Apr 2023. His peak of 1842 was reached at age 53 (Jan 2004, #13 nationally at the time).
Awarded CM in 2022 (age 71).
Current rating
1603
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1842
−239 pts below
Jan 2004 · age 53
Jan 2004 · age 53
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#145,882
#145,882 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1615 → 1748
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 73
Mar 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 72
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 72
Sep 2023
2022
CM title awardedCM
at age 71
Jun 2022
2nd 70-75 player nationally
at age 71 · rated 1615
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-33
1636 → 1603
Tournaments
8
33 games
Score
15.5/ 3347.0%
13W9D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsBenjamin Calleja Falzon1,465·Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2B Final Rounds·R12·-13.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #25 | 1851 | -3.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/6 | #6 | 1646 | +6.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #8 | 665 | -14.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #7 | 2273 | -14.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #9 | 2552 | +7.4 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/2 | #2 | 2364 | +19.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/6 | #21 | 1603 | -7.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/4 | #15 | 1567 | -27.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJohn Richards
🇲🇹MLT·1819
+5 −12 =15
32 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMario Psaila
🇲🇹MLT·1807
+1 −9 =10
20 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAyman Ibrahim
🇲🇹MLT·1688
+5 −3 =8
16 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDuncan VellaCM
🇲🇹MLT·1903
+0 −14 =1
15 games·last met May 2025
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vsIan Refalo
🇲🇹MLT·1690
+4 −4 =7
15 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
/
Malta
#66
out of 129 players
Europe
#97,727
in continent
World
#145,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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