Godfrey Darmanin 1996

It's a 100% score for Malta champ Timothy Mifsud.  Colin Pace lost to
Ron Sammut while Duncan Vella lost to Pace.  Fourth place came John
Richards who only lost to the top three players and came draw
against newcomer Gordon Portanier.

Close on 5 points came Antoine Micallef and Ron Sammut.  Finally
Alex Galea on 3, Portanier on 2.5 and Olive Rippengal on 1 completed
an interesing tournament.

Only one draw was registered in the whole tournament and that came
in the very first round!

Round 1

O. Rippengal - D. Vella       0-1
A. Galea     - R. Sammut      0-1
A. Micallef  - C. Pace        0-1
G. Portanier - J. Richards   .5-.5
T. Mifsud    bye 

Round 2

C. Pace      - G. Portanier   1-0
R. Sammut    - A. Micallef    0-1
D. Vella     - A. Galea       1-0
T. Mifsud    - O. Rippengal   1-0
J. Richards  bye
Scores of Rounds 1 and 2

Round 3

A. Galea     - T. Mifsud      0-1
A. Micallef  - D. Vella       0-1
G. Portanier - R. Sammut      0-1
J. Richards  - C. Pace        0-1
O. Rippengal bye

Round 4

R. Sammut    - J. Richards    0-1
D. Vella     - G. Portanier   1-0
T.Mifsud     - A. Micallef    1-0
O. Rippengal - A. Galea       0-1
C. Pace      bye
Scores of Rounds 3 and 4

Round 5

A. Micallef  - O. Rippengal   1-0
G. Portanier - T. Mifsud      0-1
J. Richards  - D. Vella       0-1
C. Pace      - R. Sammut      0-1
A. Galea     bye
Scores of Round 5

Round 6

D. Vella     - C. Pace        0-1
T. Mifsud    - J. Richards    1-0
O. Rippengal - G. Portanier   0-1
A. Galea     - A. Micallef    0-1
R. Sammut    bye

Round 7

G. Portanier - A. Galea       0-1
J. Richards  - O. Rippengal   1-0
C. Pace      - T. Mifsud      0-1
R. Sammut    - D. Vella       0-1
A. Micallef  bye
Scores of Rounds 6 and 7

Round 8

T. Mifsud    - R. Sammut      1-0
O. Rippengal - C. Pace        0-1
A. Galea     - J. Richards    0-1
A. Micallef  - G. Portanier   1-0
D. Vella     bye

Round 9

J. Richards  - A. Micallef    1-0
C. Pace      - A. Galea       1-0
R. Sammut    - O. Rippengal   1-0
D. Vella     - T. Mifsud      0-1
G. Portanier bye
Final Positions

Final Positions

Players    Played  Points

T. Mifsud       9       9
C. Pace         9       7
D. Vella        9       7
J. Richards     9       5.5
R. Sammut       9       5
A. Micallef     9       5
A. Galea        9       3
G. Portanier    9       2.5
O. Rippengal    9       1



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