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9th Harry Camilleri Memorial 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 May 2026 to 20 May 2026 in Qormi, Malta. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1879, and top seed was Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2110).

Matthew Portelli (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2110) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Patrick Zerafa (5.0) and Jake Darmanin (5.0). Portelli won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zachary Briffa (1615) beat Jacob Zammit (1822), a +207-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Qormi, Malta
Dates
06 May 2026 → 20 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹CMMatthew Portelli2110
Avg top 10
1,879
Participants
22
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇲🇹Malta×19
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Matthew Portelli led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Portelli6Greve5Zerafa5Darmanin5Refalo5Pala4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Matthew Portelli never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Matthew Portelli lost to Alexander Greve (Black).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

CM Matthew Portelli won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMMatthew Portelli*
0
1
1
2Alexander Greve
1
*
0
—
3FMPatrick Zerafa
0
1
*
½
4CMJake Darmanin
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Portelli, MatthewCM2110MLT+8N+7B+2N+6B+3N+10B−4N6.027.531.026.002200+28.4
2Zerafa, PatrickFM2001MLT+17B+11N−1B+7N+4N=6B=3N5.028.030.519.752048+11.8
3Darmanin, JakeCM2045MLT+18N=5B+15N+10B−1B+9N=2B5.026.528.517.501954-8.4
4Greve, Alexander2046NED+20B+9N−6B+11N−2B+16N+1B5.025.527.017.501961-7.2
5Refalo, John1698MLT+19B=3N−10B=17N+14B+13N+6N5.021.523.516.251883+56.4
6Pala, Onurcan1847MLT+13N+16B+4N−1N+9B=2N−5B4.528.030.517.001920+15.4
7Zammit, Jacob1822MLT+14B−1N+17B−2B−13N+15B+10N4.023.526.012.001810-1.4
8Reyansh, Keshav1650MLT−1B=14N+19B+16N−10N+12B=11B4.022.024.011.251724+19.6
9Oral, Kaan Emre1710TUR+22N−4B+21B+18N−6N−3B+13B4.020.521.06.501769+7.4
10Stagno, MilenaWCM1766MLT=15N+12B+5N−3N+8B−1N−7B3.527.530.514.001803+5.0
11Licari, Claude1662MLT+21N−2B+13N−4B=12N=18B=8N3.522.523.58.751723+5.2
12Zammit, Benjamin1743MLT−16B−10N+20B+21N=11B−8N+19B3.517.018.06.251501-64.8
13Briffa, Zachary1615MLT−6B+19N−11B+20N+7B−5B−9N3.023.024.57.501603-4.4
14Borg, Nikol1577MLT−7N=8BF=15B−5N+19B+18N3.020.020.57.501599+4.0
15McKellar, John1556MLT=10B+20N−3B=14N−16B−7N+22N3.019.520.05.251626+9.2
16Scicluna, Tristan Jes1547MLT+12N−6N=18B−8B+15N−4BF2.522.524.57.501671+31.2
17Glykos, Aristovoulos Panagiotis1618GRE−2N+22B−7N=5B−18B+20NF2.520.020.54.501645-19.6
18Gatt, Joseph1627MLT−3BF=16N−9B+17N=11N−14B2.020.520.55.501579-10.0
19Agbesola, Emmanuel0MLT−5N−13B−8N+22B+21B−14N−12N2.019.520.01.5013470.0
20Gauci, David1627MLT−4N−15B−12N−13B=22N−17B+21B1.518.018.51.251278-87.6
21Pisani, Marlon0MLT−11BF−9N−12B−19N+22B−20N1.015.015.00.5013950.0
22Vella, Brian1434MLT−9B−17NF−19N=20B−21N−15B0.516.017.00.751326-17.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets