Catania and Gauci win SCC Juniors December 2025 Edition
- Dec 28, 2025
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The monthly Swieqi Chess Club Junior Rapids held on 20th December with the two usual events, the Under 12s and the third Secondary Arenas.
Under 12 Event
23 young players played the Under 12s, with representatives from over 15 different schools. Francesco Catania, won the event with full points, whilst three players tied on 4 points. On tie breaks, Hangchang Wang took took 2nd place, whilst Nikol Borg took 3rd place. Worth noting that Miles Dalli Poole also scored 4 points but missed top 3 places on tie-breaks.
Other category prizes were rewarded:
Alfredo Bonaci - Best Unrated
Ana Refalo - Best Female
Ozgun Oszay - Best Under 10
Nikolai Kardalev - Best Under 8
Full results for Under 12s can be found at:
3rd Secondary Arena
The third event of the Secondary Arena attracted over twenty players and 11 schools represented.
Gabriel Gauci (De La Salle) won the event by dropping only half a point - this is Gabriel's second win from this Secondary Arena series. Second place, was taken by Zachary Briffa on tie-break with the third place going to Mikhail Gusarov.
Other category prizes were rewarded:
John Refalo - Best Under 14
Tristan Scicluna - Best Under 12
Thomas Ellul - Best Unrated
Full results for the Secondary Arena can be found at:
The Swieqi Chess Club is also keeping track of the accumulative scores of all players over the series of the Secondary Arena for 2025/26 (6 events in total). There will be a prize for the overall winner. Below you can see the current top 10 standings of these accumulative scores.
