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Malta Junior Championships U20

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Qormi, Malta. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1800, and top seed was Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2235).

Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2235) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Vince Kosik (6.0) and Jack Mizzi (5.5). Portelli shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vince Kosik (1893) beat Matthew Portelli (CM, 2235), a +342-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Qormi, Malta
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹CMMatthew Portelli2235
Avg top 10
1,800
Participants
15
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇹Malta×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Kosik takes lead
Kosik6Portelli6Mizzi5.5Callus4Wang4Reyansh3.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE08 Mar

Vince Kosik takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Portelli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vince Kosik beat CM Matthew Portelli (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vince Kosik*
1
½
—
2CMMatthew Portelli
0
*
1
—
3CMJack Mizzi
½
0
*—
4Matthew Callus———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Portelli, MatthewCM2235MLT+13N+9B+3N−2B+6N+4B+8N6.025.527.021.002205-1.2
2Kosik, Vince1893MLT+15N+14B=7N+1N=3B+11B+6N6.021.522.518.002091+32.0
3Mizzi, JackCM2202MLT+8B+6N−1B+4B=2N+10N+7B5.526.529.020.002082-9.8
4Wang, Yunlong1701MLT−14N+15B+10B−3N+5B−1N+9N4.022.023.010.501761+9.6
5Callus, Matthew1541MLT−7N+13B−9N+14B−4N+15B+11N4.015.016.05.501682+53.6
6Borda, Matthias1671MLT+12N−3B+14N+7B−1B=8N−2B3.526.527.58.251773+28.8
7Refalo, John1744MLT+5B=10N=2B−6N=8B+12N−3N3.525.027.012.001724-9.6
8Reyansh, Keshav1612MLT−3N+12B=11N+9B=7N=6B−1B3.523.525.59.501729+35.2
9Caruana, Thomas1688MLT+11B−1N+5B−8N−10B+14N−4B3.022.023.07.001662-12.8
10Vella, Wayne0MLTF=7B−4N=11B+9N−3B=12N2.520.020.06.7516620.0
11Briffa, Zachary1494MLT−9NF=8B=10N+13B−2N−5B2.020.520.54.501530+4.8
12Spiteri, Samuel1482MLT−6B−8NF=13B+15N−7B=10B2.015.515.53.001508+4.8
13Catania, Francesco1662MLT−1B−5N+15B=12N−11NFF1.515.015.02.001486-52.0
14Calleja Falzon, Benjamin1537MLT+4B−2N−6B−5NF−9B−15N1.021.521.54.001409-36.8
15Scicluna, Tristan Jes1594MLT−2B−4N−13NF−12B−5N+14B1.018.518.51.001364-68.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets