Jack Mizzi

From Wikitia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jack Mizzi
CountryMalta
Born (2006-05-17) 17 May 2006 (age 17)
Malta
TitleArena International Master
FIDE rating2059
Peak rating2059 (October 2022)
Ranking8 (National)
Peak ranking8 (National)

Jack Mizzi is a Maltese chess player. He was born on the 17 May 2006 in Malta and is the U-20 Junior Champion in Malta. Jack is the youngest chess player to have won the Preliminaries [1] in Malta at 13 years old. He was called a chess "Chess prodigy" by the online journal Malta Today in their short documentary about Mizzi.[2] Mizzi participated in the World Youth Chess Championship in Romania 2022[3].

Chess career

Early Days

Jack started learning chess in 2016 at the age of 10. His debut in FIDE-rated competitions started in the Preliminaries 2017[4] where he obtained his initial Elo rating system of 1478.

2017

In 2017, he became the Malta U14 Rapid Junior Champion[5] winning 5 out of 5 games and obtained an ELO performance of 2068.

Later that year, he represented Malta in his first international tournament: the European Youth Chess Championships (EYCC) [6][7].

2018

In 2018, he became the U14 Junior Champion [8] for the second time.

He participated in the Preliminaries 2018[9] , placed third and qualified for the first time for the Candidates 2018[10], where he managed to obtain 3 points[11].

In Summer 2018, Mizzi (ELO 1575) represented Malta in the European Youth Chess Championships in Latvia[12] , with a win against the higher rated Davidov Lazar (ELO 1763) from Serbia.

In December 2018, 12-year-old Jack gave a 2.5-hour long Simultaneous exhibition at the Birkirkara Local councils of Malta against 13 players and won all games. The entire event was filmed [13]. He placed second in the FIDE-rated Blitz tournament[14] that followed the simultaneous chess exhibition.

2019: A new Malta record

In 2019, 13-year-old Jack broke a Malta record[1] as the youngest player to have ever won the Preliminaries[15] unbeaten with 5.5/7. This resulted in a qualification in the Candidates 2019[16] where Jack placed in the 15th place.

In March 2019, Jack played for the first time in a team tournament in Sicily in CIS 2019 and finished the tournament unbeaten with 4/5 points[17].

In the 2019 Junior Championships, Jack Mizzi tied for 1st place[18] with Cosmin Alexa. Following tie-breaks, Jack was awarded the U-18 Junior Champion title[19].

Jack participated in the European Youth Chess Championships 2019[20] in Bratislava with an important win against Heldenbergh Nils from Belgium. Jack placed 6th in the Blitz tournament[21] that was part of the event.

2020: The COVID-19 pandemic

In December 2019 through the start of January 2020, Jack played in his first open tournament overseas in Schwanberg, Austria where he obtained 4 draws.[22] Jack played in the Blitz event and obtained a performance rating of 2074[23].

Jack participated for the final time in the Interschool chess tournament in March 2020 which he won with 7/7[24].

After this tournament, the Malta Chess Federation (MCF)[25] as well as the European Chess Union (ECU) and FIDE stopped the organisation of all on-the-board tournaments due to the Covid pandemic. In 2020 the Junior championships and the European Youth Chess Championships were not held due to the pandemic.

To mitigate the situation FIDE, European Chess Union and MCF organised a series of online tournaments.

Online FIDE Olympiads that were held for the first time ever in 2020. Jack obtained 6.5/9 and was Malta's top player[26]. This resulted in Malta qualifying to Division 3. Jack obtained 4.5/9[27] but this was not enough for Malta to qualify for the next phase.

Candidates 2020

In July 2020, there was a relaxation of the Covid measures in Malta and the Malta Chess Federation organised the Candidates tournament. Jack placed 5th[28]. Soon after, chess on the board was prohibited again.

2021

During the period Jan-May 2021, Jack played and managed to win both the Blitz and Rapid Grand Prix that consisted of a series of online tournaments organised by the Malta Chess Federation, as a substitute to on-the-board chess during the COVID-19 pandemic. [29][30]

In Summer 2021, some European chess Federations and organisations, started organising on-the-board tournaments.

At the end of July 2021, Jack was invited to play in Poland in the Irene Warajomskiej Memorial[31]. Despite a result of 5/9 with only 1 loss, 2 wins and 6 draws, Jack's ELO rating suffered a reduction of 55. Jack also participated in the Blitz tournament[32] where he met strong opponents including Bartosz Soćko.

Jack was invited to play for ASD Pedone Isolano, a chess club based in Sicily, in CIS2021. Jack obtained 3 wins, suffered one loss, and in the last game he managed to obtain the draw[33] that was required for the "promozione". As a result, the team got promoted from Serie C to Serie B.

Candidates 2021 redux

The MCF held the Candidates 2021 in what was nicknamed a redux version after it had to be rescheduled because of the pandemic [34]. Jack obtained the 2nd place in the tournament[35] that earned him a place in the final stage of the Championships for the first time.

Junior Championships 2021

Jack participated in the 2021 Junior Championships[36] and won the U18 Junior Champion title unbeaten.

Jack also played in the European Small Nations (ESNA) Blitz championship in Malta and managed to draw against WGM Berend Elvira[37]

2021 Final Championships

Jack participated for the first time and placed 3rd in the final phase of the championships that were held in Dec 21-Jan 2022 [38][39]

2022: Junior Champion

In March 2022, Jack at 16-years became Malta's U20 Chess Junior Champion[40] with 6.5/7.

Later that year, Jack placed 10th in the Candidates 2022[41]. He obtained 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

After the Candidates 2022, Jack embarked on a tour consisting of 4 back-to-back international tournaments. The path was: India - Romania - Liechtenstein - Malta.

Chess Olympiads 2022

Jack's win of the Junior Champion U-20 earned him a place in the Malta National Chess Team. In August 2022, Jack participated for the first time[42][43] in the 44th Chess Olympiad that were held in Chennai and obtained 3 wins and a draw[44]

World Youth Chess Championships 2022

Jack played in the World Youth Chess Championship that were held in Mamaia, Romania during September 2022. He obtained 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses and suffered an ELO 54 loss. [3]

European Small Nations 2022

Jack won against IM Fred Berend in the European Small Nations ChampionshipTwo weeks later, in October 2022, Mizzi represented Malta in the 4th European Small Nations Championships[45] that were held in Liechtenstein and finished in 5th place[46][47][48][49][50][51] , gaining 144 ELO points. Jack obtained wins against IM Berend Fred (ELO 2300) and FM Michaelides Konstantinos (ELO 2304).

World Amateurs Chess Championships 2022

In October 2022 Jack, participated in the World Amateur Chess Championships[52] that were held in Malta. Jack placed 4th[53] in the Blitz tournament which was part of the World Amateur Chess Championships 2022. Playing in the U-2300 category of the main event of classical chess, Jack won 3 games[54] including a win against Alex Cherniak (ELO 2246) and obtained two draws including one with CM Panjkovic Aleksandar (ELO 2110). He suffered 4 losses, all against higher rated players.

At the start of the World Amateur Championships, Jack's ELO rating was 1808. Following this tournament, Mizzi's ELO increased by 251 in one period resulting in a rating of 2059.[55]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weenink, Steffie; Weenink, Steffie (2019-03-15). "WATCH: This 12-Year-Old Boy Might Be Well On His Way To Becoming Malta's Youngest Chess Champion". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. ↑ "From The Fringe | The Chess Prodigy | Queen's Gambit, Alekhine's Defence, Caro-Kann and Trompowsky Attack... it's all part of the game for prodigy Jack Mizzi ♟ | By MaltaToday | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2022 - Open 16". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Preliminaries 2017". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta U-14 Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  6. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. ↑ "Maltese juniors set for Euros". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  8. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta Junior Championship 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  9. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Preliminaries 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  10. ↑ "Candidates 2021 redux - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  11. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta Championship Candidates 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  12. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship O-12 - 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  13. ↑ Jack Mizzi Simultaneous Chess 29 12 2018, retrieved 2022-11-08
  14. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - B'Kara Chess Challenge". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  15. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Preliminaries 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  16. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Candidates 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  17. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - CIS 2019 - Raggruppamento Promozione - Catania". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  18. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Sparkasse Malta Junior Championship 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  19. ↑ "Past Malta Junior Champions - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  20. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Open U14". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  21. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Friendly Blitz Tournament at EYCC 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  22. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 3. Internationales Schilcherlandopen Gruppe A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  23. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Silvesterblitzturnier". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  24. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Interschools March 2020". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  25. ↑ "Home - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  26. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  27. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  28. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Candidates 2020". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  29. ↑ "Jack Mizzi wins Blitz and Rapid Online Grand Prix - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  30. ↑ "April online Rapid tournament - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  31. ↑ "V Międzynarodowy Memoriał Ireny Warakomskiej - Open B - ChessManager". www.chessmanager.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  32. ↑ "V Międzynarodowy Memoriał Ireny Warakomskiej - Blitz - ChessManager". www.chessmanager.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  33. ↑ "CIS 2021 serie C 29_30_31". www.vegaresult.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  34. ↑ "Candidates 2021 redux - Malta Chess Federation". 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  35. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Candidates 2021 redux". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  36. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Sparkasse Malta Junior Championship 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  37. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - ESNA Blitz 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  38. ↑ "Robert Zerafa wins Malta Chess Championship". SportsDesk. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  39. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Finals 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  40. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta Junior Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  41. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Candidates 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  42. ↑ "Malta participating at the Chess Olympiads in India". Times of Malta. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  43. ↑ "Maltese national teams halfway through the 44th Chess Olympiad". Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  44. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  45. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 4th ESNA Individual Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  46. ↑ Sport, minn TVM. "Ċess: Jack Mizzi jipparteċipa fil-Kampjonat ESNA". TVMnews.mt. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  47. ↑ "16-year-old Jack Mizzi makes waves at international chess tournament". www.guidememalta.com. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  48. ↑ "Ċess: Riżultat prestiġjuż għal Jack Mizzi fil-Kampjonat tal-ESNA f'Liechtenstein". NETnews. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  49. ↑ "Jack Mizzi jikklassifika fil-ħames post fil-Kampjonat taċ-Ċess tal-Pajjiżi ż-Żgħar għall-Ewropa - ONE". 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  50. ↑ "Lance Henderson wins European Small Nations Championship". Chess News. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  51. ↑ "Prosit Jack Mizzi!". University of Malta. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  52. ↑ "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022". World Amateur Chess Championships 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  53. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Malta blitz". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  54. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 - U2300". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  55. ↑ "Mizzi, Jack MLT Individual Calculations Chess Ratings FIDE". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.

External links

Add External links

This article "Jack Mizzi" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.

Retrieved from "https://wikitia.com/index.php?title=Jack_Mizzi&oldid=159633"