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Malta Junior U12 Championship

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Qormi, Malta. Top 10 Elo average was 759, and top seed was Nikol Borg (🇲🇹 MLT, 1596).

George Borg Mercieca (🇲🇹 MLT, 1480) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Thomas Azzopardi (6.0) and Nikol Borg (5.5). Borg Mercieca shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: George Borg Mercieca (1480) beat Nikol Borg (1596), a +116-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Qormi, Malta
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹Nikol Borg1596
Avg top 10
759
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇹Malta×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Borg Mercieca takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thomas Azzopardi beat George Borg Mercieca (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Thomas Azzopardi 4 wins (R4–R7)George Borg Mercieca 6 wins (R2–R7)Nikol Borg 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Borg Mercieca, George1480MLT−2B+9N+7B+5N+3N+4B+8B6.027.030.524.501673+31.2
2Azzopardi, Thomas1518MLT+1N+8B−3N+11B+4B+10N+5B6.026.529.524.001714+40.8
3Borg, Nikol1596MLT+7B+5N+2B=4N−1B+8N+9B5.527.531.022.751510-14.4
4Borg Mercieca, Elena1519MLT+13N+6B+10N=3B−2N−1N+7B4.528.030.015.251430-23.2
5FIDE 56067480—+?N−3B+13N−1B+11N+14B−2N4.024.024.06.507310.0
6FIDE 56060630—+?B−4NFF+?B+13N+10B4.012.512.55.0015040.0
7FIDE 56065510—−3N+12B−1N+?B+13N=9B−4N3.524.024.06.257360.0
8FIDE 56060980—+11B−2N=?B+?N+10B−3B−1N3.523.523.56.0013240.0
9FIDE 56056280—+?N−1B+14N−10B+12B=7N−3N3.522.022.05.757170.0
10Ozsoy, Ozgun1474MLT+12N+14B−4B+9N−8N−2B−6N3.024.025.57.50725-34.4
11FIDE 3434919950—−8N+?BF−2N−5B+?B+14N3.019.019.01.507160.0
12FIDE 56067720—−10B−7NF=14B−9N+?B+?N2.511.511.50.756740.0
13FIDE 56067300—−4B+?N−5B+?N−7B−6BF2.016.016.00.007330.0
14FIDE 56067130—F−10N−9B=12N+?B−5N−11B1.516.016.01.256740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
Malta Junior U12 Championship (2026) — Qormi, Malta | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats