XYCHESS Team League 2025
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36 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1910, and top seed was Jack Mizzi (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2202).
Jacob Zammit (🇲🇹 MLT, 1813) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Adam Buckle (5.0) and Jack Mizzi (4.5). Zammit won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Gabriel Grech (1552) beat Onurcan Pala (1914), a +362-point gap.
Location
🇲🇹St. Paul's Bay, Malta
Dates
26 Oct 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇹Malta×21
🇮🇹Italy×3
🇨🇭Switzerland×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇬🇧England×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇫🇷France×1
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Zammit, Jacob | 🇲🇹MLT | 1813 | 5.0 | 1704 | 2504 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Buckle, Adam | 🇲🇹MLT | 1692 | 5.0 | 1623 | 2423 | +24.8 |
| 3 | CMMizzi, Jack | 🇲🇹MLT | 2202 | 4.5 | 1925 | 2074 | -11.8 |
| 35 | Mazzuca, Marco | 🇮🇹ITA | 1634 | 4.0 | 1692 | 892 | -8.4 |
| 7 | Ghitza, Elena | 🇲🇹MLT | 1831 | 4.0 | 1692 | 1692 | -14.4 |
| 1 | Mizzi, Steve | 🇲🇹MLT | 1821 | 4.0 | 1779 | 1904 | +12.4 |
| 2 | Gatt, Matthias | 🇲🇹MLT | 1896 | 4.0 | 1870 | 2110 | +27.0 |
| 19 | Dobbin, Andrei | 🇲🇹MLT | 1770 | 4.0 | 1569 | 1569 | -9.6 |
| 21 | Cordina, Aaron | 🇲🇹MLT | 1732 | 3.5 | 1822 | 1822 | +10.0 |
| 28 | Brincat, Kaiden | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 3.5 | 1618 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wang, Ziyi | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 3.5 | 1613 | 1613 | +10.8 |
| 36 | Borg Mercieca, George | 🇲🇹MLT | 1464 | 3.0 | 1692 | 892 | -8.4 |
| 17 | Bail, Quentin | 🇫🇷FRA | 0 | 3.0 | 1682 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 8667373 | — | 0 | 2.5 | 1456 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Oral, Kaan Emre | 🇹🇷TUR | 1745 | 2.5 | 1859 | 1666 | -4.0 |
| 11 | Pala, Onurcan | 🇲🇹MLT | 1914 | 2.5 | 1603 | 1603 | -21.2 |
| 24 | Schneider, Andrej | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 2.0 | 1753 | 953 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Wang, Qichen | 🇨🇳CHN | 0 | 2.0 | 1745 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 8687846 | — | 0 | 2.0 | 1464 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ozsoy, Ozgun | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 2.0 | 1566 | 1441 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Saliba, Gerrard Andrei | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 2.0 | 1536 | 1343 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jovanovic, Milan B | 🇷🇸SRB | 2011 | 2.0 | 1951 | 1951 | -4.4 |
| 12 | Magini, Luca | 🇮🇹ITA | 2094 | 2.0 | 2107 | 2107 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Rovatti, Paolo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1710 | 2.0 | 1551 | 2351 | +11.6 |
| 10 | Kirici , Ali | 🇹🇷TUR | 0 | 1.5 | 1828 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Manz, Caspar | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.5 | 1446 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Grech, Matthew | 🇲🇹MLT | 1708 | 1.5 | 1713 | 1626 | -9.8 |
| 18 | Gusarov, Mark Mikhail | 🇲🇹MLT | 1549 | 1.0 | 1841 | 1568 | -0.8 |
| 31 | FIDE 8667365 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1756 | 956 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ozsoy, Ozkan | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 1.0 | 1702 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Grech, Gabriel | 🇲🇹MLT | 1552 | 1.0 | 1819 | 1626 | +11.2 |
| 34 | Gauci, David | 🇲🇹MLT | 1445 | 1.0 | 1770 | 970 | -2.6 |
| 29 | Beech, Benjamin | 🇬🇧ENG | 0 | 1.0 | 1578 | 778 | -37.2 |
| 26 | Manz, Michael | 🇨🇭SUI | 1670 | 1.0 | 1831 | 1031 | -11.6 |
| 30 | Kang Di Benedetto, Leonardo Nils | 🇲🇹MLT | 1568 | 0.0 | 1808 | 1008 | -25.2 |
| 33 | FIDE 5606373 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1770 | 970 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gatt, MatthiasMLT+27.04.0 pts · #2
- 2Buckle, AdamMLT+24.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Zammit, JacobMLT+22.05.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Beech, BenjaminENG-37.21.0 pts · #29
- 2Kang Di Benedetto, Leonardo NilsMLT-25.20.0 pts · #30
- 3Pala, OnurcanMLT-21.22.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R7+362 Elo gap
- R2+159 Elo gap
- R1+115 Elo gap