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Weekend Classics - October Open 2025

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13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in St. Julian's, Malta. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1706, and top seed was Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2128).

Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2128) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Filipina Thornton (4.0) and John Refalo (3.0). Portelli won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Zachary Briffa (1466) beat Keshav Reyansh (1746), a +280-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹St. Julian's, Malta
Dates
17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹CMMatthew Portelli2128
Avg top 10
1,706
Participants
13
Titled players · 3
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇹Malta×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Matthew Portelli led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Portelli4.5Thornton4Borda3Reyansh3Refalo3Callus2.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Matthew Portelli held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Matthew Portelli beat WFM Filipina Thornton (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Matthew Portelli 4 wins (R1–R4)Matthias Borda 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMMatthew Portelli*
1
—
1
2WFMFilipina Thornton
0
*
1
—
3Matthias Borda—
0
*
0
4Keshav Reyansh
0
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Portelli, MatthewCM2128MLT+12B+9N+2B+4N=3B4.511.512.511.002091+1.2
2Thornton, FilipinaWFM1751MLT+5B+8N−1N+10B+6N4.012.013.59.001877+12.6
3Refalo, John1753MLT−8N+10B+11N=6B=1N3.010.511.56.001648-17.6
4Reyansh, Keshav1746MLT−11N+5B+13N−1B+7N3.010.510.55.001722-6.0
5Borda, Matthias1590MLT−2N−4N+12B+11B+9N3.09.510.53.501728+34.8
6Callus, Matthew1421MLTF+12N+7B=3N−2B2.510.010.04.501804+69.2
7Catania, Francesco1691MLT=10N+11B−6N=9B−4B2.08.59.52.501507-49.6
8Sammut, RonCM1601MLT+3B−2BF+13NF2.07.07.03.001740+7.4
9Refalo, Ian1724MLT+13B−1B−10N=7N−5B1.511.011.01.001537-14.4
10Vella, Brian0MLT=7B−3N+9B−2NF1.510.510.52.5016500.0
11Briffa, Zachary1466MLT+4B−7N−3B−5NF1.011.011.03.001513+8.4
12McKellar, John1606MLT−1N−6B−5NF+13B1.010.010.00.00887-25.8
13Thornton, Hayley0MLT−9NF−4B−8B−12N0.07.57.50.008680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets