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GE
Ghitza, Elena
🇲🇹FIDE 5603315· Female· Malta· Born in 1980
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Elena Ghitza, a 46-year-old player, is rated 1806. She has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Women's Championship 2026, Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 1 Final Rounds, and European Amateur Championship U2000. Also played 3 rapid (including Malta Open Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Malta Open Blitz Championships 2025) recently. Her peak of 1850 was reached at age 45 (Jan 2025, #19 nationally at the time).
Previously known as Elena Mazkevich (until Jun 2022).
Current rating
1806
Standard
Rpd1795·Blz1793
All-time high
1850
−44 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 45
Jan 2025 · age 45
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#74,472
#74,472 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
5th 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1825
Jan 2026
2025
4th 40-45 player nationally
at age 45 · rated 1850
Jun 2025
Peak national rank: #19
at age 45 · rated 1850
Jan 2025
Best 12-month gain (+212 Elo)
1638 → 1850
Jan 2025
All-time peak 1850
at age 45 · −44 from today
Jan 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 44
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-31
1837 → 1806
Tournaments
9
42 games
Score
22/ 4252.4%
19W6D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/8 | #4 | 1719 | -19.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #16 | 1214 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 1883 | +10.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #2 | 1826 | -1.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #7 | 2492 | -14.4 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #11 | 1931 | +10.0 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #10 | 1295 | -3.6 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 1/2 | #8 | 1883 | +2.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/4 | #8 | 2015 | -4.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOnurcan Pala
🇲🇹MLT·1862
+3 −8 =1
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsKaan Emre Oral
🇹🇷TUR·1717
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsVince Kosik
🇲🇹MLT·1949
+5 −5 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMatthew PortelliCM
🇲🇹MLT·2138
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJacob Zammit
🇲🇹MLT·1835
+4 −5 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Malta
#32
out of 129 players
Europe
#53,969
in continent
World
#74,471
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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