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Calleja Falzon, Benjamin
🇲🇹FIDE 5605733· Male· Malta· Born in 2012
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Benjamin Calleja Falzon, a 14-year-old player, is rated 1467. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Sicilia, Malta Junior Championships U20, and Preliminaries 2026. Also played 9 rapid events (including World Schools Team Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 1562 was reached at age 13 (Mar 2025, #64 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #3 nationally in U14.
Current rating
1467
Standard
Rpd1552·Blz1578
All-time high
1562
−95 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 13
Mar 2025 · age 13
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#198,033
#198,033 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 14
Feb 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #64
at age 13 · rated 1562
Mar 2025
3rd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1562
Mar 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Mar 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 13
Mar 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 13
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-49
1516 → 1467
Tournaments
8
32 games
Score
10/ 3231.3%
10W2D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #241 | 1790 | -33.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/6 | #15 | 1401 | -36.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 1683 | +29.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #14 | 1656 | +14.8 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 2/1 | #2 | 2414 | +28.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #9 | 806 | -28.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #12 | 1518 | -41.6 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2293 | +18.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatthias Borda
🇲🇹MLT·1689
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatthew Callus
🇲🇹MLT·1642
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJohn Refalo
🇲🇹MLT·1754
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsZachary Briffa
🇲🇹MLT·1611
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJacob Zammit
🇲🇹MLT·1835
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Malta
#97
out of 129 players
Europe
#122,160
in continent
World
#197,919
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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