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Zammit, Jacob
🇲🇹FIDE 5603471· Male· Malta· Born in 2004
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Jacob Zammit, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1835 — just 5 short of his peak of 1840 (Mar 2026, age 22). He is progressing steadily with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XYCHESS Classic Grand Prix April U2200, CIS 2026 - Serie C Gironi 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 e 48, and XYCHESS Classic Grand Prix Feb26 U2200. Also played 4 rapid (including European Universities Chess Championship 2025 - Open rapid) and 3 blitz events (including European Universities Chess Championship 2025 - Open blitz) recently. He reached #25 nationally in Dec 2025.
At junior level, he reached #1 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1835
Standard
Rpd1786·Blz1733
All-time high
1840
−5 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 22
Mar 2026 · age 22
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#65,713
#65,713 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1840
at age 22 · −5 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #25
at age 21 · rated 1835
Dec 2025
100 career games
at age 21
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Sep 2025
2024
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1807
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+258 Elo)
1549 → 1807
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+47
1788 → 1835
Tournaments
8
43 games
Score
29/ 4367.4%
26W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #7 | 1799 | -1.4 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #2 | 2207 | +14.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 1904 | +14.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/5 | #104 | 1543 | -39.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/3 | #3 | 2619 | +8.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 1852 | +4.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 5/3 | #5 | 2504 | +22.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/6 | #10 | 1943 | +25.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsElena Ghitza
🇲🇹MLT·1806
+5 −4 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsVince Kosik
🇲🇹MLT·1949
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsOnurcan Pala
🇲🇹MLT·1862
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKaan Emre Oral
🇹🇷TUR·1717
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMatthias Gatt
🇲🇹MLT·1942
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Malta
#29
out of 129 players
Europe
#47,945
in continent
World
#65,712
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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