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European Amateur Championship U2300

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15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Nov 2025 to 04 Dec 2025 in Mellieha, Malta. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2100, and top seed was Habil Javadov (🇦🇿 AZE, CM, 2241).

Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2216) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Matthew Portelli (7.0) and Habil Javadov (6.5). Prisacaru won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Filipina Thornton (WFM, 1764) beat Olga Yushko (WFM, 2020), a +256-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Mellieha, Malta
Dates
26 Nov 2025 → 04 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿CMHabil Javadov2241
Avg top 10
2,100
Participants
15
Titled players · 9
CM×6
WFM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇹Malta×5
🇫🇮Finland×2
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
5
2
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru drew with CM Matthew Portelli (Black).

R6–R8 · WIN STREAK

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru won 3 in a row (R6–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMStefan-Emilian Prisacaru*
½
1
1
2CMMatthew Portelli
½
*
½
1
3CMHabil Javadov
0
½
*
½
4CMColin Pace
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prisacaru, Stefan-EmilianCM2216ROU+8B=2N+6B+3N=5B+4N+7B+11N=9B7.542.044.536.502340+25.8
2Portelli, MatthewCM2064MLT+14N=1B+10N+4B=3N+5B−6B+9N+8B7.041.543.031.502295+106.0
3Javadov, HabilCM2241AZE+9N+10B=4N−1B=2B+12N=5N+6B+11B6.540.042.525.752225-1.2
4Pace, ColinCM2106MLT+12B+15N=3B−2N+7B−1B+9N=5B+6N6.041.542.522.002185+20.4
5Fernandez Manrique, AgustinCM2013ESP=6B=7N+8B+9B=1N−2N=3B=4N+13B5.544.045.524.002172+38.8
6Kinnunen, Kari2148FIN=5N+13B−1N=7N=12B+10B+2N−3N−4B4.543.044.518.252077-16.8
7Leidorf, Sebastian2082GER=13N=5B+11N=6B−4N+9B−1N+15BF4.532.032.012.752054-4.2
8Yushko, OlgaWFM2020UKR−1N+14B−5N=11B−15N+13B+10N+12B−2N4.531.532.510.251972-11.0
9Naymanova, PatricieWFM2034BUL−3B+12N+15B−5N+13B−7N−4B−2B=1N3.541.042.08.751963-17.4
10Draghici Flutur, GavrilCM2074ESP+11B−3N−2B=14NF−6N−8B+13N+15N3.529.029.05.751941-27.8
11Pala, Onurcan1892MLT−10NF−7B=8N−14B+15N+12B−1B−3N2.531.531.55.751884-4.6
12Peltomaki, Jarmo1982FIN−4N−9B+13N+15B=6N−3B−11N−8NF2.530.030.04.751874-23.2
13Blokzijl, Ruben1918NED=7B−6N−12BF−9N−8N+15B−10B−5N1.529.529.53.251764-58.8
14Mizzi, Steve1821MLT−2B−8NF=10B+11NFFFF1.517.517.54.251926+9.4
15Thornton, FilipinaWFM1764MLTF−4B−9N−12N+8B−11B−13N−7N−10B1.028.528.54.501692-11.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
European Amateur Championship U2300 — Mellieha, Malta | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats