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Vella, Wayne

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FIDEFIDE 5604613· Male· Malta· Born in 2011

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Wayne Vella, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1696 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Mar 2025 and Apr 2026. Recent appearances: Malta Junior Championships U20 and Preliminaries 2026. Also played 2 rapid events (including Secondary Arena Rapid Jan 2026) recently. He reached #48 nationally in Apr 2026.

At junior level, he reached #4 and #8 nationally in U16 and U14.

Current rating

1696

Standard

Rpd1451·Blz1455

All-time high

1696

at best
Apr 2026 · age 15

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#111,386

#111,386 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
Peak national rank: #48
at age 15 · rated 1696
Apr 2026
4th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1696
Apr 2026
Best 12-month gain (+292 Elo)
1404 → 1696
Apr 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Apr 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1696
at age 15
Apr 2026

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs John Refalo 1,744
Malta Junior Championships U20 · Mar 2026 · +2.7 Elo
Evolution
+292
1404 → 1696
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
3.5/ 1035.0%
2W3D5L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsThomas Caruana1,688·Malta Junior Championships U20·R5·+19.5
2.[D]vsJohn Refalo1,744·Malta Junior Championships U20·R2·+2.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYunlong Wang1,701·Malta Junior Championships U20·R3·-19.7
2.[L]vsIan Refalo1,680·Preliminaries 2026·R1·-6.8
3.[L]vsKrishnan Muthukumar1,692·Preliminaries 2026·R2·-6.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Malta Junior Championships U20
Swiss
Mar 20262.5/6#1016620.0
Preliminaries 2026
Swiss
Jan 20261/2#381686-13.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsZachary Briffa
🇲🇹MLT·1611
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJohn Refalo
🇲🇹MLT·1754
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDante Pace
🇲🇹MLT
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJerome Anthony Chircop
🇲🇹MLT
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings

/
Malta
#48
out of 129 players
Europe
#78,064
in continent
World
#111,383
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Malta
1
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2,226
2
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2,216
3
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2,178
4
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2,144
5
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2,138
6
🇲🇹Pace, ColinFollow Colin PaceTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,127
7
🇲🇹Mifsud, TimothyFollow Timothy MifsudTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,103
8
🇲🇹Zerafa, RobertFollow Robert ZerafaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,076
9
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2,061
10
🇲🇹Darmanin, JakeFollow Jake DarmaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,037
...
48🇲🇹Vella, Wayne1,696
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
78064🇲🇹Vella, Wayne1,696
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
111383🇲🇹Vella, Wayne1,696