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Weekend Classics April 2026 Open

Open SwissStandard

22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in St Julian's, Malta. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1902, and top seed was Luca Magini (🇮🇹 ITA, 2100).

Jake Darmanin (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2029) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Luca Magini (4.0) and Federico Rosin (3.5). Darmanin broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zachary Briffa (1510) beat Keshav Reyansh (1692), a +182-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹St Julian's, Malta
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Luca Magini2100
Avg top 10
1,902
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇲🇹Malta×17
🇮🇹Italy×2
🇱🇻Latvia×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Jake Darmanin led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
5
5
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Darmanin4.5Magini4Rosin3.5Kosik3.5Zerafa3.5Pucinskis3
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Jake Darmanin held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

CM Jake Darmanin went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJake Darmanin*—
½
1
2Luca Magini—*
1
—
3Federico Rosin
½
0
*—
4Vince Kosik
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Darmanin, JakeCM2029MLT+6N+12B=3N+14B+4N4.512.514.512.752177+15.8
2Magini, Luca2100ITA+9N+7B=5N+3B=6N4.013.015.512.252119+5.2
3Rosin, Federico2094ITA+13B+10N=1B−2N+9B3.513.516.09.752025-4.2
4Kosik, Vince1941MLT+15N+14B=7N+5B−1B3.513.015.09.001984+8.4
5Zerafa, PatrickFM1999MLT+20B+11N=2B−4N+10B3.512.513.07.501988+2.0
6Pucinskis, Mihails1564LAT−1B+8N=11B+16N=2B3.014.016.08.251837+64.4
7Fong, Kenny1904AUS+8B−2N=4B=17N+16B3.012.514.57.751906+2.2
8Briffa, Zachary1510MLT−7N−6B+21N+20B+14N3.08.59.03.001709+50.0
9Callus, Matthew1583MLT−2B+16N=10B+11N−3N2.512.514.55.751843+59.2
10Thake, ConradCM1863MLT+21N−3B=9N+15B−5N2.511.512.03.751739-13.0
11Gauci, Gabriel1694MLT+18N−5B=6N−9B+17B2.511.012.55.001442-38.8
12Borda, Matthias1700MLT+19B−1NF+18B=13N2.59.59.53.751613-11.2
13Borg, Nikol1582MLT−3N+21B−15N+22B=12B2.58.58.51.751588-4.8
14Reyansh, Keshav1692MLT+17B−4N+22B−1N−8B2.013.013.02.001027-42.0
15McKellar, John1549MLT−4B=17N+13B−10N=18B2.010.512.04.251670+6.6
16Grech, Marco1691MLT+22N−9B+18N−6B−7N2.010.010.01.50884-62.0
17Cutajar Forte, Jack0MLT−14N=15B+20N=7B−11N2.09.510.03.0016070.0
18Clark, Martin0MLT−11B+20N−16B−12N=15N1.59.09.51.5014890.0
19Gauci, David0MLT−12NFF=21B=20N1.03.53.50.5014500.0
20Azzopardi, Thomas1557MLT−5N−18B−17B−8N=19B0.510.011.00.50934-26.0
21Vella, Brian1469MLT−10B−13N−8B=19NF0.59.09.00.50852-34.8
22FIDE 86878030—−16BF−14N−13NF0.06.56.50.008550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets