Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2B Final Rounds
Team Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 13-round tournament, held from 07 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in St. Julians, Malta. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1089, and top seed was Ziyang Lin (🇲🇹 MLT, 1709).
Matthew Callus (🇲🇹 MLT, 1548) won with 2.0/13, ahead of Benjamin Calleja Falzon (2.0) and Ziyang Lin (1.5). Callus shared the lead from round 12, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 12: Benjamin Calleja Falzon (1465) beat Ron Sammut (CM, 1614), a +149-point gap.
Location
🇲🇹St. Julians, Malta
Dates
07 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Callus, Matthew | 🇲🇹MLT | 1548 | 2.0 | 1616 | 2416 | +23.6 |
| 2 | Calleja Falzon, Benjamin | 🇲🇹MLT | 1465 | 2.0 | 1614 | 2414 | +28.0 |
| 1 | Lin, Ziyang | 🇲🇹MLT | 1709 | 1.5 | 1532 | 1725 | +2.0 |
| 3 | Thornton, Hayley | 🇲🇹MLT | 1490 | 1.0 | 1447 | 2247 | +17.6 |
| 5 | WCMPortelli, Martina | 🇲🇹MLT | 1615 | 0.5 | 1629 | 1436 | -9.2 |
| 9 | Grech, Michael | 🇲🇹MLT | 1447 | 0.0 | 1600 | 800 | -12.4 |
| 7 | Dalli Poole, Miles James | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 0.0 | 1474 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 8 | CMSammut, Ron | 🇲🇹MLT | 1614 | 0.0 | 1465 | 665 | -14.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 5605628 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1548 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mallia, Thomas | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 0.0 | 1483 | 683 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Calleja Falzon, BenjaminMLT+28.02.0 pts · #2
- 2Callus, MatthewMLT+23.62.0 pts · #4
- 3Thornton, HayleyMLT+17.61.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Sammut, RonCMMLT-14.00.0 pts · #8
- 2Grech, MichaelMLT-12.40.0 pts · #9
- 3Portelli, MartinaWCMMLT-9.20.5 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R12+149 Elo gap