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Thornton, Hayley
🇲🇹FIDE 5602637· Female· Malta· Born in 2011
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Hayley Thornton, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1500. She is climbing fast, having gained +98 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Preliminaries 2026, Women's Championship 2026, and Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2B Final Rounds. Also played 6 rapid (including Malta Rapid Challenge June 25) and 5 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 2nd Blitz Tournament) recently. Her peak of 1637 was reached at age 13 (Jun 2024, #50 nationally at the time).
At junior level, she reached #11, #3 and #2 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1500
Standard
Rpd1421·Blz1515
All-time high
1637
−137 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 13
Jun 2024 · age 13
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#185,747
#185,747 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 15
May 2026
11th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1489
Jan 2026
100 career games
at age 15
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 14
Nov 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #50
at age 13 · rated 1637
Jun 2024
3rd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1637
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
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Tournaments
9
43 games
Score
16.5/ 4338.4%
16W3D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/3 | #20 | 2421 | +41.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/7 | #9 | 1377 | -30.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #3 | 2247 | +17.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/6 | #12 | 1632 | -19.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #5 | 2406 | -18.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/8 | #81 | 1422 | -62.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/4 | #12 | 868 | 0.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/2 | #1 | 1538 | 0.0 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 0/2 | #3 | 750 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFilipina ThorntonWFM
🇲🇹MLT·1783
+0 −9 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMatthew PortelliCM
🇲🇹MLT·2138
+0 −11 =0
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsZachary Briffa
🇲🇹MLT·1611
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsGabriel Gauci
🇲🇹MLT·1655
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsGabriel Grech
🇲🇹MLT·1544
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Malta
#90
out of 129 players
Europe
#117,138
in continent
World
#185,689
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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