Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 2C Last Rounds
Team Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 13-round tournament, held from 15 Dec 2025 to 27 Dec 2025 in St. Julians, Malta. Top 10 Elo average was 1109, and top seed was John Refalo (🇲🇹 MLT, 1733).
John McKellar (🇲🇹 MLT, 1584) won with 2.0/13, ahead of Albert Mamo (2.0) and John Refalo (1.5). McKellar shared the lead from round 12, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇲🇹St. Julians, Malta
Dates
15 Dec 2025 → 27 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 13 rounds
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 | McKellar, John | 🇲🇹MLT | 1584 | 2.0 | 1659 | 1784 | +16.2 |
| 4 | Mamo, Albert | 🇲🇹MLT | 1569 | 2.0 | 1470 | 2270 | +7.2 |
| 5 | Refalo, John | 🇲🇹MLT | 1733 | 1.5 | 1584 | 1584 | -8.0 |
| 6 | Gauci, Gabriel | 🇲🇹MLT | 1642 | 1.5 | 1584 | 1584 | -3.2 |
| 2 | Borg, Nikol | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 1.0 | 1636 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Abdilla Castillo, Matthias | 🇲🇹MLT | 1490 | 1.0 | 1470 | 2270 | +18.8 |
| 7 | FIDE 5604923 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1662 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Borg Barthet, Jacques | 🇲🇹MLT | 1470 | 0.0 | 1530 | 730 | -33.2 |
| 10 | Strojek, Lars | 🇲🇹MLT | 1603 | 0.0 | 1584 | 784 | -21.2 |
| 8 | Wang, Fanrui | 🇲🇹MLT | 0 | 0.0 | 1655 | 855 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Abdilla Castillo, MatthiasMLT+18.81.0 pts · #3
- 2McKellar, JohnMLT+16.22.0 pts · #1
- 3Mamo, AlbertMLT+7.22.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Borg Barthet, JacquesMLT-33.20.0 pts · #9
- 2Strojek, LarsMLT-21.20.0 pts · #10
- 3Refalo, JohnMLT-8.01.5 pts · #5