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Weekend Classics - July Open 2025

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in St. Julian's, Malta. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1859, and top seed was Attila Robert Novak (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2134).

Attila Robert Novak (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2134) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Matthew Portelli (4.0) and Vince Kosik (3.5). Novak won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zachary Briffa (1416) beat Ron Sammut (CM, 1636), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹St. Julian's, Malta
Dates
04 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹CMAttila Robert Novak2134
Avg top 10
1,859
Participants
20
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 3 represented
🇲🇹Malta×17
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Attila Robert Novak led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Novak4.5Portelli4Refalo3.5Kosik3.5Buckle3.5Ghitza3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Attila Robert Novak held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Attila Robert Novak drew with CM Matthew Portelli (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Attila Robert Novak 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Matthew Portelli 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAttila Robert Novak*
½
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1
2CMMatthew Portelli
½
*
½
—
3John Refalo—
½
*
½
4Vince Kosik
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Novak, Attila RobertCM2134MLT+9B+6N+10B+3N=2B4.513.515.513.502233+10.2
2Portelli, MatthewCM2125MLT=4N+19B+13N+11B=1N4.011.512.08.002082-2.0
3Kosik, Vince1890MLT+15B+7N+5B−1B=4N3.515.016.09.751938+14.4
4Refalo, John1648MLT=2B+12N=6B+10N=3B3.513.014.59.001979+82.8
5Ghitza, Elena1837MLT+16N+11B−3N+8B=7N3.511.512.57.251777-4.4
6Oral, Kaan Emre1726TUR+8N−1B=4N+15B+17N3.511.512.56.251804+3.8
7Buckle, Adam1689MLT+20N−3B+14N+12B=5B3.510.010.04.751845+16.2
8Catania, Francesco0MLT−6B+15N+9B−5N=13B2.511.012.04.2517290.0
9Lin, Ziyang1667MLT−1N+16B−8N=14B+12N2.510.011.03.251783+21.2
10Grima Bongailas, Isaac1853MLT+14N+13B−1N−4B−11N2.011.513.03.001709-40.0
11Rovatti, Paolo1712ITAF−5N+18B−2N+10B2.010.511.53.001809+5.6
12McKellar, John1635MLT=19N−4B+16N−7N−9B1.510.511.01.251504-34.8
13Baker, John1776MLT+17B−10N−2BF=8N1.59.510.52.251189-10.0
14Sammut, RonCM1636MLT−10B+17N−7B=9N−16B1.59.010.02.251334-27.8
15Borda, Matthias1637MLT−3N−8BF−6N+20B1.010.010.00.001008-22.8
16Briffa, Zachary1416MLT−5B−9N−12BF+14N1.09.09.01.501495+11.6
17Caruana, Thomas0MLT−13N−14B+20NF−6B1.07.07.00.009130.0
18Scicluna, Tristan Jes0MLTF+20B−11NFF1.05.55.50.009120.0
19Psaila, Mario1848MLT=12B−2NFFF0.57.57.50.751687-8.8
20FIDE 56056280—−7B−18N−17BF−15N0.06.56.50.008640.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets