Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2B Rds 10-12
Team Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in St. Julians, Malta. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1098, and top seed was Ziyang Lin (🇲🇹 MLT, 1700).
Matthew Callus (🇲🇹 MLT, 1511) won with 2.0/11, ahead of Martina Portelli (2.0) and Ziyang Lin (2.0). Callus won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 11: Samuel Spiteri (1473) beat Ron Sammut (CM, 1628), a +155-point gap.
Location
🇲🇹St. Julians, Malta
Dates
05 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 11 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇹Malta×9
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callus, Matthew | 🇲🇹MLT | 1511 | 2.0 | 1483 | 2283 | +36.8 |
| 3 | WCMPortelli, Martina | 🇲🇹MLT | 1606 | 2.0 | 1572 | 2372 | +9.0 |
| 4 | Lin, Ziyang | 🇲🇹MLT | 1700 | 2.0 | 1493 | 2293 | +9.2 |
| 2 | Spiteri, Samuel | 🇲🇹MLT | 1473 | 1.0 | 1570 | 1570 | +10.4 |
| 7 | CMSammut, Ron | 🇲🇹MLT | 1628 | 1.0 | 1473 | 673 | -14.2 |
| 5 | Thornton, Hayley | 🇲🇹MLT | 1571 | 1.0 | 1607 | 807 | -18.0 |
| 6 | Azzopardi, Thomas | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 1.0 | 1628 | 828 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Calleja Falzon, Benjamin | 🇲🇹MLT | 1493 | 0.0 | 1606 | 806 | -28.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 5605628 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1636 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Micallef Trigona, Luke | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 0.0 | 1527 | 727 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Callus, MatthewMLT+36.82.0 pts · #1
- 2Spiteri, SamuelMLT+10.41.0 pts · #2
- 3Lin, ZiyangMLT+9.22.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Calleja Falzon, BenjaminMLT-28.00.0 pts · #9
- 2Thornton, HayleyMLT-18.01.0 pts · #5
- 3Sammut, RonCMMLT-14.21.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R11+155 Elo gap