[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "B.WADE"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Ne8 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. e4 Bxg3 13. hxg3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ndf6
15. c3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Rad1 c5 20. Qc4 b6 21.
dxc5 Bb7 22. Ne5 b5 23. Qe2 Qxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 Bxd5 28. f3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Nd7 31. Nd3 Kd6 32. b3 e5 33. Nb2 Nc5
34. b4 Nd7 35. a4 Nb6 36. a5 Nc4+ 37. Nxc4+ Bxc4 38. g4 g6 39. g3 Be6 40. Be4
Kc7 41. Bd3 Kd6 42. Be2 Kd5 43. f4 Kd6 44. Bf3 Bd5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. fxe5 Kxe5
47. c4 bxc4 48. b5 axb5 49. a6 c3 50. a7 Kd5 51. a8=Q+ Kc4 52. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd4 O-O 11. O-O Qd6 12. Ne2 Ng4 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bc3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Bf5 Nh6 20. Bd3
Rfc8 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Nh5 Qa6 24. Qg5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Nf4 g5
27. Nd3 c4 28. Ne5 Ba8 29. Ng4 Nf5 30. g3 g6 31. Red1 Rbc8 32. Re1 Rc5 33. Rb2
Ra5 34. Reb1 Bc6 35. Rb8 Rg8 36. R8b2 Ra3 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Be4 Ne7 39. Bg2 Rxc3
40. Re1 Nf5 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Rxe3 d4 43. Re7 d3 44. cxd3 Rc1+ 45. Bf1 c3 46.
Rbe2 c2 47. Re1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qe7 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
dxe5 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxe5 Qd6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Re1
Nf6 15. d5 Qd7 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Ng8 18. Bxe7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Nxe7 20. Nd5
O-O 21. Rxe7 b5 22. h4 a5 23. Nc7 Ra7 24. Rdd7 Rb7 25. Nd5 Rbb8 26. Rb7 Rbd8
27. Red7 b4 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nc6 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 g6 31. Nxa5 Ra8 32. Rd5 Kg7 33.
Kf1 Kf6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Rb5 h5 36. Kd3 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Ra8 38. Ke4 Ra6 39. Nc4
Rxa2 40. Rxb4 Ra7 41. Rb6+ Kd7 42. Kd5 Kc7 43. Rf6 Kd8 44. b4 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.DEMANUELE"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Be3 Nxe5 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 b5 12. Nc6 Qxa4 13. Qxa4 bxa4 14.
Nxa7 Rb8 15. Rb1 Bc5 16. Nc6 Rb6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne7 19. Kd2 e5 20. Nc2
Nc6 21. Rhe1 Ke7 22. Ne3 Ke6 23. Kc2 f5 24. Rbd1 Nf6 25. Rd2 f4 26. Nd1 Rc8 27.
Kb1 Na5 28. Rd4 Rc4 29. f3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 e4 31. Nc3 a3 32. Re2 Rxb2+ 33. Rxb2
axb2 34. Kxb2 Nc6 35. Ne2 g5 36. h3 Ne8 37. Kc3 Nd6 38. a4 Nf5 39. fxe4 dxe4
40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Nc3 Ne3+ 42. Kb5 Nxd4+ 43. Kb6 Nd5+ 44. Nxd5 Kxd5 45. a5 e3 46.
a6 Nc6 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.GRECH"]
[Black "M.CUSCHIERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Nb1 a6 15.
Nc3 Kf8 16. Qe2 Re8 17. d4 Kg8 18. e4 Rcd8 19. Qc2 Kh8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Bc3 Kg8 25. Qb2 Bf5 26. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qe7 Bd7 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qxd7 33. Bxd7
f5 34. Nd3 Kg7 35. Nf4 Kf6 36. Ne6 h5 37. f4 Ke7 38. Bc8 a5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ng5
Ke7 41. Nh3 Kd8 42. Be6 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf6 14. Rb1
Qd5 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Be3 b6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rc7 19. Bf4 Rcd7 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Rxe5 Qd4 22. Re4 Qb2 23. a4 Rd4 24. f3 h6 25. h3 R8d5 26. Rd2 Rf5 27. Rxd4
cxd4 28. Kf2 Rc5 29. Qd1 Rc3 30. g3 Qa3 31. Qe2 Qc1 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qf2 Rc5 34.
Qe2 Re5 35. Qf2 Re3 36. Re2 e5 37. Rxe3 dxe3 38. Qe2 g5 39. c4 f5 40. h4 f4 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. g4 Qd2 43. Kf1 Qc3 44. Qd1 Qb2 45. Qe2 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "L.AGIUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. O-O Bc5
8. Bf4 Qf6 9. Bg3 h5 10. e5 Qg5 11. h4 Qe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. a3 g5
15. Nf3 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxg5 Rdg8 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Bb6 20. Ng5 Rg7
21. Be5 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Ng4 23. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "P.HENDERSON"]
[Black "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Bf4 Qf6 7. Qf3 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Qb6 9. b3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxd2+ 12. Ke2 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 Nc3+ 15. Kd2 d4 16. e4 a5 17. a4 Qh6+ 18. Ke1 Qe3+ 19. Kf1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "B.WADE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. d5 c5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 g6
15. a4 a6 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. a5 Nf6 18. Nc4 Nh5 19. g3 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Nd1 Bh6 23. b3 Qe7 24. Nb2 Rbe8 25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Kh1 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5
28. Qd1 Ref8 29. g4 Rf3 30. gxh5 Qh4 31. Qe2 Bh6 32. Nc4 Bf4 33. Nxf4 R8xf4 34.
Ne3 Rxf2 35. Ng2 Rxe2 36. Nxh4 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rxh4 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Kg2 Rd4 40.
c4 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Rxb3 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Rc2 Kh6 45. h4 Kg7 46. Rc1
Kf6 47. Rf1+ Ke7 48. Rc1 b5 49. axb6 Rxb6 50. Kg5 Rb8 51. Kxg6 Rg8+ 52. Kf5 Rh8
53. Kg5 Rg8+ 54. Kf5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rg3 Rg8 20. Rh3 Qc5 21. Qh4
g5 22. Qg3 g4 23. Qh4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Rd3 Re5 26. Rd4 Kg7 27. f4 gxf3 28.
gxf3 Rg5+ 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. a4 Ke7 31. Ra1 bxa4 32. Nxa4 Rdg8 33. Rad1 Ne8 34.
R1d2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Nc7 37. Nb6 Bc6 38. Nc4 d5 39. Na5 Ba8 40. c4
dxc4 41. Bxc4 Nb5 42. Nb3 Rc8 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Nd4 Bc6 45. Rc2 Kd7 46. Kf4 f6
47. Nxc6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Kxc6 49. e5 f5 50. Kg5 Kd5 51. f4 b4 52. h4 b3 53. Kf6
Kd4 54. Kxe6 Ke4 55. Kf6 Kxf4 56. e6 Kg4 57. e7 f4 58. e8=Q f3 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Bf5 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bf4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "A.MICALLEF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc4 Bxc4
15. Bxc4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. c3 Rac8 18. Ba2 Bf6 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. f4 Nd5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qf2 Qd6 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27.
c4 Rd8 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. Rd5 Qc6 31. Qe7 f6 32. Rxg5 fxg5 33. Qf7+
1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L.AGIUS"]
[Black "J.GRECH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8.
Nde2 Be7 9. Bh4 d6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. f4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bf2 Nc5
15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. b4 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. O-O Qd7 21.
Rfd1 Rc6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd5 24. Qd2 Rdc8 25. Bd4 Nxb4 26. Nge2 Nd5 27.
Qb2 Bg5 28. Rc2 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxc3 31. Nxc6 Nxd1 32. Qb1 Ne3 33.
Re2 Qxc6 34. Qg1 Nxg2 35. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kh6 11. h4 f6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Nd2 Nbc6 14. g4 cxd4 15.
O-O-O Ne5 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. exd4 fxg4 20. Rhf1 Rf4
21. Kb2 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Ng6 23. Rde1 Rxd4 24. Nf7+ Kh5 25. Kc3 Rf4 26. Nd6 e5 27.
Rb1 b6 28. Ne8 Kh6 29. Nd6 Be6 30. Rbe1 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rd4 32. Rde1 R8xd6 33. Re3
Rxc4+ 34. Kb2 Rd2+ 35. Kb1 Bf5+ 36. Ka1 Ra4 37. a3 b5 38. f3 b4 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "J.DEMANUELE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nge7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nd5 d6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. c3
f6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd8 13. Qb3 c5 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Rd2 b6 16. Rhd1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. g4 g5 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 fxg5 21.
Rh2 Qe6 22. Rdh1 Rh7 23. Nxg5 Qg6 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Rxh6+ Qxh6 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6
27. Qh2+ Kg7 28. Qh5 Ne7 29. Qg5+ Ng6 30. Qf5 Nh8 31. Qd7+ Nf7 32. Qb7 Rh8 33.
Qxa7 Rh3 34. Qxb6 Rxe3 35. Qb7 Rf3 36. a4 Rf4 37. a5 Rxg4 38. a6 Kf6 39. a7 Nd8
40. Qd7 Rxe4 41. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "M.CUSCHIERI"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d4 11. c4 Be7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h4
Ra7 16. Qd2 Rfa8 17. N1h2 a4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. Reb1 Ra3 20. Ne1 Nb4 21. Rb2 Bd8
22. Bf1 Qd6 23. Nhf3 Ba5 24. Qe2 Bg4 25. Rb3 Bd8 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Qb2 Ra7 28.
a3 Nc6 29. Nh2 Be6 30. h5 Ba5 31. Qc1 Bc3 32. Rb1 Bc8 33. Rb6 Bxe1 34. Qxe1
Rxa3 35. Be2 Qc7 36. Rb1 Nb4 37. Qd1 h6 38. Kg2 Bd7 39. f3 Qa5 40. Qf1 Nc2 41.
Kf2 Nb4 42. Qe1 Ra2 43. Kf1 Qa3 44. Ng4 Bxg4 45. fxg4 Nxd3 46. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 47.
Kg1 Re2 48. Qf1 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "A.MICALLEF"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O Qe7 7. a3 Bd6 8.
Nxc3 Ne5 9. Ba2 c6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. Rad1 b6 19. Rd2 Bb7 20. Red1 O-O-O
21. Rd6 h5 22. e5 g4 23. Qe3 Qg5 24. Qe1 h4 25. a4 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rh6 27. b4
Rdh8 28. R1d2 Rd8 29. a5 b5 30. Rc2 Nc7 31. Bxf7 Rxd6 32. exd6 Na6 33. Qe7 Qg7
34. Re2 Qxc3 35. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "M.CUSCHIERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. a3 c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Ne4 Nf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rb1 a6 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Qa5 Rab8 20. a4 Qd8 21.
Qxd8 Rbxd8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Re3 Ng6 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Ne5 26. Rf4 Nc6 27.
c3 Ne5 28. d4 Ng6 29. Re4 Rd7 30. Rde1 Nf8 31. d5 Rd6 32. f3 Nd7 33. dxe6 fxe6
34. Rxe6 Rexe6 35. Rxe6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Kh8 37. Rxa6 Nf6 38. Ra5 Ra1 39. Ra8+ Kh7
40. Bg8+ Nxg8 41. Rxa1 Nf6 42. Ra5 b4 43. cxb4 Nd7 44. Kg1 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne5 g6
15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Qd2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. f4 Rad8 21.
Red1 Qc6 22. Qf2 b6 23. a4 Ng7 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. Qf3 Qc7 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Rd8 28. Qc4 Qc6 29. Ne4 Nc7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. b4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5
34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ra3 Ra5 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 bxa4 39. c4 g5 40.
g3 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Kf8 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. c5 Ra6 44. f5 Kd7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Kc4 Kd7
47. Kb5 Rc6 48. Rxa4 Rc7 49. Ra6 Rb7+ 50. Kc4 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J.DEMANUELE"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. b4
Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qd1 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. f3 Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Rb2
Rc7 22. Qb1 Rcd7 23. Nc1 e4 24. Bxe4 Rxd2 25. Rbxd2 Rxd2 26. Nd3 Nxe4 27. fxe4
Bxe4 28. Qe1 Rxd3 29. Nb1 Bg6 30. Kf1 Qd6 31. Nd2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "B.WADE"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bg3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nxg3 14. Qxg3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qg6 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Nb1 a5 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nf3 Ke7 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 Rb6 27. Ra1
Rxb5 28. b3 Ra8 29. Ra4 Rc8 30. Ra2 Rc3 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Kf1 g5 33. h3 h5 34.
Ne5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rg3 36. Kf2 h4 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 e5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40.
Ra4 Kf5 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Rhe1 Qa5 12. Qe3 c5 13. dxc5 dxe5 14. Bh6
Nef6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. g4 a6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rd5 e6 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Qxe5+ Kg8 22. Rh1 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. g5 Kg7 26. h4 Rd4
27. f3 Rd5 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Rf5 30. Rh3 Rf4 31. Kd2 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Rxc5 33.
Rh5 Kg6 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Rh5 b5 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J.GRECH"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Qc7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Rc1 d4 11. a3 Bb7 12. e4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rd7 15.
Ne1 Rfd8 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc2 Qa6 21.
Qh5 Bf6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. a4 Qa5 24. Rcf2 Qc3 25. Qd1 a6 26. Qc2 Kg8 27. Kg2 Qa5
28. Kf3 Bc3 29. Ke2 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxd3 31. Kf3 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "P.HENDERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Qb3 b6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. a3 h6 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. Qa2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7
21. b4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Rd6 Rac8 24. Red1 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Bb2 Qe7 27.
Qf3 Red8 28. R6d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 a6 30. Qc3 b5 31. c5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33.
Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "J.GRECH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 cxd4 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qg6 12. O-O Bc6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bd3
Qg4 15. Ne1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 O-O 17. Nc2 Nd5 18. Be4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Rd7 20. Bxd5
Bxd5 21. b3 b6 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Red1 Be4 24. Ne1 Bg6 25. Be3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2
27. Bxd2 Bb1 28. a4 Ba2 29. b4 a6 30. Nd3 Kf8 31. Kf1 Bc4 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Ke3
Bd6 34. g3 b5 35. a5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "M.CUSCHIERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Qf3 Qxf3 6. Nxf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6
8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Be7 10. Bf4 c6 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 f6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Nd4 Bf7 16. g5 fxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. Bg4 Rad8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kg7
21. Bd4+ Nf6 22. gxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bb3 Rxf2 25. Rh4 h5 26. Rg1 Rf5
27. d4 b6 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Bd3 Rf6 30. Rxh5 Ree6 31. Rh2 Rd6 32. c3 b5 33. Rgh1
Rf3 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 a5 37. Rc7 g5 38. Bg2 g4 39. Rxc6 Rxc6
40. Bxc6 g3 41. Kd2 Kf5 42. Ke2 Kf4 43. Kf1 b4 44. cxb4 axb4 45. a4 bxa3 46.
bxa3 Kf5 47. a4 Ke6 48. a5 Kd6 49. d5 Kc7 50. a6 Kb6 51. Bb7 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "P.HENDERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. h3 Bh7 15.
b4 Qb8 16. Bd4 Ng6 17. Bd3 Ngxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qb1+ Kg8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
f4 Nc4 22. Qd1 f6 23. Qg4 Qe8 24. Rfe1 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Bxe5
fxe5 28. Rxe5 axb4 29. cxb4 Qf4 30. Qe1 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 Qf2 32. Re7 Qxe1 33. Raxe1
Rfd8 34. Rxb7 Rxa4 35. Ree7 Kh7 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rxh6 d4 39. Rg6+
Kf8 40. Rh6 Kg8 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Rf6+ Ke8 43. Rh6 Rd7 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Ke6
46. Rhxd7 Ke5 47. Rd6 Ke4 48. Rxc6 Ke3 49. Re6+ Kd3 50. c6 Kc2 51. Rd6 d3 52.
c7 Ra8 53. Rb8 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Na5 8. Nbd2
Nxc4 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ncd2 c5 11. c3 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Nh2 Ra5 16. Nb3 Ra4 17. Nd2 Rfa8 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. b3 Ra3 20. Nb1 Ra8 21. f4
Qa5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qf2 Qc7 24. Ng4 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Bg5 cxd3 27. Nxf6+
gxf6 28. Be3 Bxe4 29. h4 Kh8 30. Nd2 Bd5 31. c4 Bb7 32. Qf5 Rg8 33. Rf2 Qc6 34.
Qh3 Qc8 35. Qh1 f5 36. Bb6 Qc6 37. c5 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Black "L.AGIUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O-O 9. c4 e5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. d5 Ne7
15. Nxe5 Qe8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qxa7 Rd6
21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Bb5+ c6 23. Qxb7+ Kd8 24. dxc6 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "A.MICALLEF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qc4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxe5 Qc8 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Be3 h6
15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qa4 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Qc4 c5 20. f3 Bc8 21. Nb5
Qb7 22. Nbxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Qc7 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "B.WADE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Nbxd5 10. Re1 c6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 e6 17. Qd2 Ra6 18. Re3 Rc6 19. Rc3 Qc7 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. g3 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. a5 Rb7 27.
Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. a6 Ra7 30. Kd3 f6 31. f4 Kd6 32. c4 h5 33. c5+ Kc7 34.
Kc3 Ra8 35. Kc2 Kc8 36. Kc3 Kc7 37. Kc2 Kc8 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Na5 11. e5 Nxb3+ 12. Nxb3 Ne8 13. Ne4 d5 14. Qh5 Bd7
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Nd4 Qa5 19. Kb1 g6 20. Qe2 fxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qc7 22. Qe2 Ng7 23. Bg3 Qc4 24. Qd2 Nf5 25. Be5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 b5 27. h4 a5
28. h5 Be8 29. Qh6 Rc7 30. Rd2 Re7 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. Bb6 Qd6 33. Bxa5 Rf5 34. Qe3
Rxh5 35. Rxh5 gxh5 36. Qd4 Qh2 37. Bc3 e5 38. Qxd5+ Bf7 39. Qd8+ Re8 40. Qg5+
Bg6 41. b3 Qf4 42. Qxf4 exf4 43. Bd4 h4 44. f3 Bh5 45. Bf6 h3 46. gxh3 Re3 47.
Rf2 Rxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxf3 49. Be5 Bg2 50. Bxf4 Bxh3 51. Kb2 Kf7 52. Kc3 Ke6 53.
Kb4 Bf1 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kb6 Ke6 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. a4 bxa4 58. bxa4 Kc8 59. Kb6
Bg2 60. a5 Be4 61. c4 h5 62. a6 h4 63. Kc5 Kd7 64. Bh2 h3 65. Kb5 Ba8 66. c5
Bc6+ 67. Kb6 Bg2 68. Bd6 Bf3 69. Ka5 Kc6 70. Ka4 h2 71. a7 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "A.MICALLEF"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qxc4 c6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Rad1 Re5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rd3 Qe7 19. Rg3+ Rg5 20. Rxg5+
fxg5 21. a3 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Ne2 Kf7
27. f3 Bc7 28. h3 Re3 29. Ra1 Be5 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. Ke1 Rb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. a4
Ba3 34. b5 c5 35. Kd1 d4 36. Kc2 Ke6 37. Kb3 Bb4 38. Nxd4+ cxd4 39. Kxb4 Kd5
40. g3 h6 41. a5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "B.WADE"]
[Black "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Qd3 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 Be8 13. c3 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. O-O Rf6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b4 Bd6 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rd4 Qb6 21.
Qf2 Qc7 22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rg6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Qb8 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. Qxa7 Rg4 29. Qc5 Qxc5+ 30. bxc5 Ra4 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. Rb1
Ra7 34. Bc4 g6 35. Bxe6 Be4 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Bb3 Kh6 38. e6 Kg5 39. Rf8 Kf4 40.
Rf7 Ra6 41. e7 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 e6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. O-O
Bc6 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Qb3 Qa6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nxa7 Rc4 20. Nb5 Rb4
21. Nc7 Qd6 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Na7 Qd5 24. Bxf6 Rxb3 25. Bxe7 Rxb2 26. Bxf8 Kxf8
27. a4 Rb4 28. Nb5 g6 29. Rfe1 Qf5 30. Nc3 Rc4 31. Ne2 Qg5 32. Reb1 Qe5 33. Ng3
Rc2 34. Nf1 Qe2 35. Nd2 Qxd2 36. Rf1 Qd4 37. a5 Rxf2 38. Kh1 Rxf1+ 39. Rxf1 Qc3
40. Rb1 Qxa5 41. Rxb7 Kg7 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. c3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. a4 Qxb5 13. axb5 Nd7 14.
O-O Ne7 15. Re1 f6 16. d4 Ng6 17. Ra2 O-O 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Be3
a6 21. Rea1 Rf6 22. Bc5 Nf8 23. Rd2 b6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. bxa6 Rd6 26. b5 Ke7
27. Re1 Kf6 28. g3 d4 29. Red1 Rd5 30. c4 Rc5 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. f4 exf4 33. Re1+
Kf6 34. Rxd4 fxg3 35. hxg3 Rac8 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Rxb6 Rxc4 38. a7 Ra4 39. Rb8
Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. b6 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "J.GRECH"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 11. Kh1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6 13. Rab1 a6 14. Ne2 Bg7
15. c3 O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rb8 18. b4 b5 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. Rfc1
Rbc8 22. Rc2 Rc4 23. Ne2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Rc8 25. Qb3 Rc4 26. a3 Qc7 27. Qe3 Rc2
28. e5 d5 29. Bf3 Nc4 30. Qd3 Nb2 31. Qb3 Na4 32. Qe3 Nb2 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Qxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Nc4 36. Nd3 Nxa3 37. Bd1 Bf8 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. dxc5 Kf8 40.
g4 Nc4 41. Kg1 a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 43. Be2 Nc4 44. Kf1 Ke7 45. Ke1 Kd7 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8.
dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bg5 e4 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 O-O 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qd2 Rfe8+ 16. Kd1 Qb7 17. Kc1 Rad8 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Qxf2 20.
Rf1 Qh4 21. b3 Qg5+ 22. Kb2 Re5 23. Rf2 Rde8 24. Raf1 Kg7 25. Qg3 Be6 26. Rxf6
Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb8+ 29. Kc3 Rb7 30. Rd6 Re3+ 31. Rd3 Re2 32. Rd2
Re3+ 33. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "P.HENDERSON"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be6
8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. Nf4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd5 Qxe5 15. Ne3 Nf5 16. Qg4 g6 17. Re1 Kb8 18. Rb1 h5 19. Qc4 Bd6 20. f4 Qd4
21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rf1 Bc5 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Rf3 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Nxe3
27. Kxe3 Re8+ 28. Kf3 Ree1 29. Bd2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Rxb1 31. Bc3 Rxf4 32. Kd3 Rf2
33. b3 Rd1+ 34. Kc4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Bxc6 Qxc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. d4 Nxe3 12. Rxe3 c4 13. Re1 b5 14. Ne2 a5 15.
c3 Bg4 16. Ng3 b4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfb8 19. Reb1 Ra6 20. Qd1 Rab6 21. Qc2
e6 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. b3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 a4 25. b4 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4
28. Nc3 f6 29. a3 Rb3 30. Nxa4 fxe5 31. Nc5 Rb8 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Re1 Bd6 34.
Nxe6 Re8 35. a4 d4 36. a5 d3 37. a6 d2 38. Rd1 Rxe6 39. a7 Re1+ 40. Rxe1
dxe1=Q# 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "B.WADE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qa5 5. Qd2 e5 6. O-O-O Be7 7. Kb1 Ng4 8.
Bd3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Bg4
Rfd8 15. Rhf1 Qb6 16. Ne2 exd4 17. exd4 c5 18. c3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf8 20. Nc3 d5
21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Rd8 23. Bf3 Ng6 24. Qc3 Ne7 25. Qc5 Nf5 26. Qxb6 axb6
27. Rd3 Nd6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rc7 g6 30. Bg4 h5 31. Bf3 Re1+ 32. Kc2 Nb5 33. Rxb7
Nxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Bxd4 35. d6 Rf1 36. d7 Rf2+ 37. Kd1 Bf6 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. d8=Q
Bxd8 40. Rxd8 Rxb2 41. Rd2 Rb4 42. Kc2 f5 43. Kc3 Ra4 44. Kb3 Rh4 45. Rd6 g5
46. Rxb6 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Bb7 f4 49. Rb4 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L.AGIUS"]
[Black "A.MICALLEF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. Re1 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Qd2 Qxe7 14. Qxc3
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Re3 Rad8 17. Rg3 g6 18. Re1 e5 19. Qd2 d5 20. Bb3 e4 21.
c3 Qe5 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfd8 25. h4 Kf8 26. Re3 f5 27. g3 Kg7
28. f3 exf3 29. Bd1 Re8 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Bxf3 Bc6 32. c4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34.
Ke3 dxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kg2 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Rc7 h6 40.
Rc5+ Kf6 41. Ra5 g5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Rb4+ 44. Kh3 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6
8. c4 N7f6 9. cxd5+ Qxd5 10. Qxd5+ Nxd5 11. Bc4 c6 12. Nc3 g6 13. O-O Kd6 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4+ Kc6 16. Bb3 e6 17. Rac1+ Kb6 18. Rc7 Bh6 19. Be5 a5 20. Rf7
Rf8 21. Rxh7 Bf4 22. Bc2 g5 23. Rg7 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Kc5 25. Rxg5 Bd7 26. Rg4 Bb5
27. Rc1 Kb6 28. Ba4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxb5 Kxb5 31. h4 Kc5 32. Kf1 d4 33.
Ke2 Kc4 34. h5 Rh8 35. Rh4 Kd5 36. f4 Ke4 37. a4 d3+ 38. Kd2 Rc8 39. f5+ Kxf5
40. Kxd3 Kxe5 41. h6 Kf6 42. h7 Kg7 43. h8=Q+ Rxh8 44. Rxh8 Kxh8 45. Ke4 Kg7
46. Ke5 Kf7 47. g4 Ke7 48. g5 Kf7 49. g6+ Kxg6 50. Kxe6 Kg5 51. Kd6 Kf5 52. Kc7
Ke5 53. Kxb7 Kd5 54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "S.FARRUGIA"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ne8 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. Be3 Qe6 16. Qa4 Nc7 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Qh4 Qxa2 19. Qxe7 Qxb2 20. Qxb7
Rfb8 21. Qd7 Rd8 22. Qc6 Qa2 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rcd1 Rac8 25. Qd7 Qe6 26. Qd2 Qb6
27. Qf4 Rc2 28. Rf1 Qc7 29. Bh6 Rc4 30. Qe3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. d3 e6 8. Be3
Nge7 9. Rb1 a6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. e5 d5 13. Bxc5 Nf5 14. Bf2 Rc8 15.
Ne2 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bh6 18. Kd1 Nb4 19. c3 Nxd3 20. Be1 Ke7 21. Kc2
Nb4+ 22. Kb3 Nc6 23. a3 Na5+ 24. Ka2 Rhd8 25. Bf2 Nc4 26. g4 Nd2 27. gxf5 Nxf3
28. Rbd1 d4 29. cxd4 Rc2 30. Rd3 Rxe2 31. Rxf3 Rc8 32. f6+ Kd7 33. Rb1 Rcc2 34.
Be3 Kc6 35. Rc1 Kd5 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Kb3 Rc4 38. Bg1 Rc1 39. Bf2 a5 40. Rc3
Bxf4 41. Rxc1 Bxc1 42. Be1 a4+ 43. Kb4 Bxb2 44. Kxb5 Bxa3 45. Bc3 Bc1 46. Kxa4
Be3 47. Kb3 Bxd4 48. Be1 Bxe5 49. Kc2 Bxf6 50. Kd3 Bg5 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "J.GRECH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Qb2 e6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa5 21.
Ne2 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Ng3 f5 24. Rd7 e5 25. f4 Qb4 26. a3 Qc5 27. Rcd1 Rc7
28. R7d5 Qb6 29. Rxe5 Rxc4 30. h3 Rc7 31. Kh2 Rce7 32. b4 Qc7 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34.
Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qd5 Qxf4 36. Qd8+ Re8 37. Qd7 Qb8 38. Rd6 Qc8 39. Qf7 Rf8 40. Qe7
Re8 41. Qf7 Rf8 42. Qd5 Ne8 43. Qe5+ Ng7 44. Qd4 Qc7 45. Nxf5 g5 46. Nh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 a6
9. Qb3 h6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Bd5 Nb8 15. Bxe6
Qxe6 16. c4 c6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Nc4 f6 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Nf5 Re6 25. Rad1 Nc6 26. Rb1 Ndxb4 27. Re3 Nd5 28.
Rg3 Nd4 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Qxb7+ Re7 32. Qxa6 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nxg3
34. fxg3 e4 35. dxe4 Rxe4 36. Nd6+ Rxd6 37. Qxd6 Ne7 38. Rb7 Re6 39. Qd5 Kf8
40. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "J.GRECH"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 Bf6 11. Rh5 g6 12. Bd3 Ne8 13. d5 Ng7 14. Rh3 d6
15. Re3 Bg5 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 20. c4 f5 21.
Bc2 Rae8 22. Ba4 Rb8 23. Bd7 a6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Re3 f4 26. Re4 Rbe8 27. Qf3 h5
28. Rae1 Rf6 29. Bh3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 b5 31. b3 Rf8 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Be6 Qf6 34.
h3 g5 35. a4 b4 36. Kh2 Qg6 37. Re3 Qh7 38. Rd3 Nf5 39. Qe4 Qg6 40. Rd2 Kg7 41.
a5 Kf6 42. a6 Ra8 43. Bd7 Ng7 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Ra2 Ra7 46. Bc6 Kf6 47. Kg1
0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "B.WADE"]
[Black "A.MICALLEF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. N2c3 Qc7 14. Qf3
Rad8 15. Rd3 Rd7 16. b3 Red8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 R5d7 20. g3 h6
21. Kg2 Qb6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qa5 24. a4 Qb6 25. g4 Kf8 26. h4 Bc5 27. g5
fxg5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Ke8 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Re3+ Kd6 33. Qg3+
Kxd5 34. Qe5+ Kc6 35. Rc3 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "S.RARRUGIA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ne5 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bg5
Bxb5 15. Ndxb5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Nf5 Rc4 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Re3 Re8
21. Nxd5 Be7 22. Nfxe7+ 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "P.HENDERSON"]
[Black "L.AGIUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 d6 10. h3 c6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. d5 Nf8 15.
Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bb3 Neg6 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Ne2 Nh4 19. Bc3 Nxg2 20. Nh2 Nxe1 21.
Rxe1 Bh4 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. Nf4 Qg5+ 25. Kf3 Ng6 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27.
Ng4 h5 28. Ne3 Bxh3 29. Rh1 Bg4+ 30. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Ke3 Bg5+ 32. Kd4 c5+ 33.
Kd5 Qe6+ 34. Kc6 Rec8+ 35. Kb5 Rab8+ 36. Ka4 Qd7+ 37. Ka3 Qc7 38. Rxh5 Rb4 39.
Bxb4 cxb4+ 40. Kxb4 Rb8+ 41. Ka3 Qa5+ 42. Ba4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "M.CUSCHIERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. c4 Ndb4 7. d5 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. a3 cxd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. O-O e6 12. Qd4 Bxb4 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14.
Nbd2 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Ndf3 c6 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Nxh7 Ra7 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. Qxf8+
Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Rfc1 Rb7 24. Rxa6 Rxb2 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rac3
Ke7 27. Nxc4 f4 28. Nxb2 1-0

[Event "BIM open"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "M.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Bb4 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bf1
Nxe4 15. Qd3 Bc6 16. f3 Rd8 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Qc1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. Qg5 f6
21. Qh4 Bxh1 0-1