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MLT · 67 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1640 (May 2025)

Best performance: 1786 at Weekend Classics - January 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=160356 live, up 4050#164,406 publishedMalta #80

NOV26 Rating

1563

Live Rating

1577.8

Change

+14.8

Games Played

6

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 20261563-1
Oct 20261564-23
Sep 20261587+14
Aug 20261573+8
Jul 202615650
Jun 20261565+9
May 20261556+7
Apr 20261549+7
Mar 20261542-21
Feb 20261563-4
Jan 20261567-17
Dec 20251584-6

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, May 20 – Aug 2.

From 103 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 3.

In Progress

vsNikol Borg1597
PairedR10Swieqi Chess Club League 2026 - Div 3 (Development Group)standard

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
SCC Weekend Classics - International Open October 2026Oct 30 – Nov 3TPR 17013½/7+14.8

Best wins · Classical

From 83 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Matthias Gatt, Weekend Classics - August Open 2024, Aug 2024, 1792
2, Benjamin Zammit, SCC Weekend Classics - International Open October 2026, Oct 2026, 1728
3, Jack Cutajar Forte, Swieqi Chess Club League 2026 - Div 3 (Development Group), Aug 2026, 1664

Openings · Classical

Moves are on record for 5 of 103 classical games. Openings show once one has been played 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

24 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20263312½16721585
2025331416371580
2024176½16681581

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Recent opponents · Classical

CM Jake DarmaninFM Patrick ZerafaBenjamin ZammitZachary BriffaMihails PucinskisNikol BorgDavid Fedotov

Rated near John McKellar · Classical

World

  1. #=160356Dishant Pathak1577.8
  2. #=160356Avir Jayneel Patel1577.8
  3. #=160356John McKellar1577.8
  4. #=160359Philippe Patane1577.6
  5. #=160359Rei Kerner1577.6

Malta

  1. #78Ella Miceli-Farrugia1580.0
  2. #79Rwan Farag1578.0
  3. #80John McKellar1577.8
  4. #81Gabriel Grech1577.0
  5. #82Mario Haber1576.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE