[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5+ Be7 10. Nc3 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14.
g4 Ne3 15. fxe3 Bxg4 16. Rd2 Rhf8 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxf5 g6 21. Rf1 Rd2 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Ke6 26. Nf3 c5
27. e4 b5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 c6 30. Kd3 g5 31. h3 f6 32. exf6 Kxf6 33. a3 h5
34. Ke3 a4 35. Ne1 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Kf4 g3 38. Kxg3 c4 39. c3 c5 40. Kf4 b4
41. cxb4 cxb4 42. axb4 c3 43. bxc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2
Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nf4 Qf5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Be3 d6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhg1 Rg8
14. Rg5 Qd7 15. c4 b6 16. c5 Bb7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rgxd5 Kc7 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. Bf4+ Kd7 23. Qd3+ Ke8 24. Qe4+ Kd7 25. Bg4+ Kd8 26.
Qd5+ Ke7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Bd7+ Kd8 29. Bxc6+ Kc8 30. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PATTERSON"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Bb5 e4 11. Qxf5 Qxf5 12. Bxc6+ Nd7 13. Bxa8 Bb4 14.
Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. Bc6 Ne5 17. Bd5 Ng4 18. O-O-O Nxf2 19. Rhf1 Qg5+ 20.
Bd2 Qxd5 21. Rxf2 Qxa2 22. c3 Rb8 23. b4 Rd8 24. Rdf1 h6 25. Be3 Qa1+ 26. Kc2
Qa4+ 27. Kc1 Rd3 28. Bd4 e3 29. Rxf7 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. f4
Be6 15. Rhe1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rfd8 17. g4 e6 18. f5 d5 19. e5 c5 20. Qg3 Rb4 21.
f6 Bf8 22. h4 c4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. h5 Rb8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. e6
Qb4 28. Qe5 Bd6 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qc2 b5 8. Bg5
Qd7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rad1 Qb7 15.
dxc5 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Rd6 Bd7 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Qb6 21.
Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 e5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. Nf3 Re8 16. Qb3 c6 17. c4 Rb8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21.
Bf4 Be6 22. Bd6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4 24. Rd4 Qf5 25. Rf4 Qd5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27.
Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rd4 Be7 29. e4 Nf4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rcd1 Ne6 32. Rc4 f6 33. g3 Kf7
34. h4 c5 35. a4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rc2 Ra8 38. Rd7 Ra4 39. e5 Ke8 40. Rb7
Rb4 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. exf6 Bxf6 44. Re2 Rxb2 45. Rxe6+ Kf8 46. Ra6
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON BYE"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Na3 Bb6 6. Nc4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a4
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 f6
15. a5 Bc5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Bxc6 Bxc3 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. a6 Rfd8 20. Be3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nd5
Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nb8 10. h4 a5 11. a4 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qc3 Be6 14. Ra3 Nd7 15.
Ng5 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Qg4 Qb4+ 20. Qxb4 axb4 21.
Ra1 Nxa4 22. O-O Nxb2 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxf7 b3 25. Nxe5 bxc2 26. Rc1 Ra3 27.
Rxc2 Nxd3 28. Rd2 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6 14. O-O f5 15.
Nd5 f4 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Bc3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nd7 19. Rcd1 Qg5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. b4
g5 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxb7 Raf8 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. f3 g4 27. Be1 Qg5
28. fxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf3 Qg8 30. Rd5 Re8 31. Bf2 Qg5 32. Bxa7 Rg6 33. Kh1 Reg8 34.
Bd4 Qf6 35. Qc3 f3 36. g3 Rxg3 37. Rxe5 f2 38. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bf4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Bd8 14.
O-O Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bd7 16. Be4 Bc7 17. Bc3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20.
g3 Rd5 21. f4 Bb6+ 22. Kg2 h5 23. a4 a5 24. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nce2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc6 13. c3 Ne5 14. Nb3
Nc4 15. Qc1 Qg4 16. f3 Qh4 17. Rb1 Bh6 18. Qe1 Be3+ 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Ned4 a5 21.
a4 Bd2 22. Qe2 Bf4 23. g3 Bxg3 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. Rg1 Be5 27. Rg2
Ne3 28. Qd2 Qf4 29. Re2 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Rbg1 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rg8 33. Nd4
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Ne4 Qd4 7. Nxf6+ exf6
8. Qe2+ Qe5 9. Nf3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nb6
14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. h4 h5 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20.
Nd2 f5 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. b3 f6 23. Nd2 Bf7 24. e4 f4 25. a4 a6 26. Nc4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Nb2 Be5 29. c4 Rd7 30. Kc2 Rhd8 31. Be2 Kb7 32. Ra1 bxc4 33. bxc4
Rb8 34. Ra2 Kc8 35. Na4 Rdb7 36. Rd1 Bd4 37. Rf1 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rh1 g4
40. Nc3 Rb3 41. Nd1 Rb1 42. Rf1 f3 43. gxf3 g3 44. Nc3 R8b3 45. Nd1 g2 46. Re1
h4 47. f4 h3 48. Bg4+ Kd8 49. Ne3 Bxe3 50. Bxh3 g1=Q 51. Rxg1 Bxg1 52. Ra6
R3b2+ 53. Kc3 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCSAT BARON"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc1 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 e6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Nc5 15.
Qe3 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Qg3 e5 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qd3
b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Nd1 Rc6 24. c3 Qb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Ne3 Ba6 27. Qc2 Rac8
28. Qd1 Bd3 29. Ra1 Qxb2 30. Nef1 Rxc3 31. Qa4 Rc2 32. Reb1 Qc3 33. Ra3 Nxe4
34. Nxe4 Qc4 35. Re1 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxa4 37. Rexa4 Re2 38. Ra1 Rcc2 39. Ne3 Rcd2
40. Rf1 Ra2 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Nc4 a4 43. Nxd6 a3 44. Nc4 f6 45. Rc1 Kf7 46. Kf1
Ke6 47. Rd1 f5 48. f3 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Re1 Kf5 51. Nd6+ Ke5 52. Nxe4 Kd4
53. Ng3 Rb2 54. Ra1 a2 55. Ne2+ Kd3 56. Nc1+ Ke3 57. Rxa2 Rb1 58. Rc2 g5 59.
Ke1 Kf4 60. Rf2+ Kg3 61. Rc2 g4 62. Kd1 h5 63. hxg4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e5 8.
Qd3 a6 9. O-O g6 10. Kh1 Bg7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. f4 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qg3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCETI"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Qxd4
Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Re8 16. g3 e5 17. Qd6 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ne4 20. Rd5 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Be4 22. gxf4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. h3 e6 8. f4
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Ne8 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Qh4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rd2 Nxd3 21. cxd3
b4 22. Ne2 a5 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Qg4 Rxc1+ 25. Nbxc1 Nc7 26. g6 d5 27. Bc5 Re8 28.
Nf4 dxe4 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nh5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O f5 13. Re1 Qxd5 14.
Bf3 Qb5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qa4 19. Qc3 Be7 20. Bd5 Qg4
21. Rxd7 f4 22. Rdxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 O-O 24. Qf3 Qf5 25. Be4 Qf6 26. Rb7 Bd8 27.
Rxa7 Bb6 28. Qb3+ d5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Ra8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Qe3
Ng8 15. Nxg8 Kxg8 16. Qxh6 Re8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bxf7 Re6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Qh6+
Kg8 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Rd5 Ne7 23. Rh5 Ng8 24. Rf5+ Kg7 25. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 8.
e3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. Bh4 Bh5 12. c5 f5 13. Be2 h6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 g6 16. Nxg6 Rg8 17. Ne5 Ng7 18. Qf3 Qc8 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Qg6+ Qxg6 21. Nxg6
Ne6 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Bg3 Ng5 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. g3 Rg6 26. h4 Re8 27. h5 Rg4 28.
Kd2 Kg7 29. f3 Rg5 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Rad1 Nf7 33. Rh4 e5 34. dxe5+
Nxe5 35. b3 Nd7 36. Rc1 Kg5 37. b4 Kf6 38. Rf4 Re5 39. g4 Nf8 40. Rxf5+ Rxf5
41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Rg1 Ne6 43. Rg6 Nc7 44. Rxh6 Kg5 45. Rh7 Nb5 46. f4+ Kf6 47.
Rxb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f3 Ne5
14. Rb1 a6 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. c3 Nc4 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qc1 h6 20. Nd2
Bg5 21. Be1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Nd4 Nd3 24. Qd1 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2
Bxf2 27. Nb3 Rcd8 28. Qe2 Bh4 29. g3 Bf6 30. Qe4 Rd5 31. Bf4 Qd7 32. Kg2 b5 33.
c4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rc8 35. Qe2 a5 36. Bd2 a4 37. Nc5 Rdxc5 38. b3 Rc2 39. Rd1
Rxa2 40. bxa4 Rcc2 41. Kh3 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Qxd2 43. Qxd2 Rxd2 44. a5 Ra2 45. a6
Rxa6 46. f4 e5 47. f5 e4 48. g4 e3 49. Kg2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Bc3 51. Kg1 e2 52. Kf2
e1=Q+ 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Be5+ 55. Kh3 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Bc4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 
8. f3 Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Qe2 d5 
14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qf2 Bf6 16. Bd4 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe4 Bd5 19. Ra4 a6 
20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qd4 g6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rc1 Rad8 
26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Qxb6 cxb6 28. Raxc4 Rd2 29. R4c2 Ree2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Rc8+ 
Kg7 32. Ra8 a5 33. b4 Rxa2 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. g4 h6 36. h4 g5 37. h5 a4 38. Kf1 
a3 39. Ke1 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 a2 41. Kc3 Rf1 42. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 43. Kd4 Rg3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. h5 Qa5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nb3 Qe5 
14. Bh6 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 Nf4 17. Qh2 h5 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Nd2 b5 
20. Bb3 Rh8 21. Ndb1 hxg4 22. Qd2 gxf3 23. a3 Nc6 24. Qe3 Bg4 25. Rhg1 Ng2 
26. Qf2 Rh2 27. Rd5 Qf4+ 28. Rd2 Rch8 29. Nd5 Qxe4 30. Nbc3 Qf5 31. Nxb5 Nf4 
32. Nxe7 Nxe7 33. Qxa7 Rxd2 34. Qxe7+ Kh6 35. Rh1+ Nh5 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 
37. Qxd6 f2 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Qd2+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 c6 7. O-O Nf6 
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rac1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Bxg5 13. Qxb7 Bf6 
14. b3 Rb8 15. Qd5 Qd7 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc6 18. c4 a5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 
20. Qc3 a4 21. b4 h6 22. h3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8
25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 f5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. e4 f4 29. Kf3 g5 30. Kg4 Kg6 31. a3
h5+ 32. Kf3 h4 33. Kg4 Kf6 34. Kh5 Ke5 35. Kxg5 Kxe4 36. Kxh4 Kd4 37. Kg4 Kxc4
38. Kf3 Kc3 39. h4 d5 40. h5 d4 41. h6 d3 42. h7 d2 43. h8=Q+ Kc2 44. Qh7+ Kc1
45. Qxc7+ Kb2 46. Qd6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd4 Bc4 12. f4 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Ned7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Ncxe4 17. Ne6 Nd2 18. Qe2 Qa5 19.
Bxd2 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. g4 d5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Kh2 d4 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. c4 Nxf4
26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Kg2 Raf8 28. Rfd1 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Nc5 Rf2+ 31. Kg1 Re2
32. Nd3 e5 33. Ne1 e4 34. Ng2 Rff2 35. Nh4 d3 36. c5 Bd4 37. a3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Na5 
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nb3 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Bc4+
Rxc4 19. Qxc4+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Ra3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe4 23. Rf1 Nd2 24.
Rc1 Rc7 25. Rc2 Nc4 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. Re1 g5 28. Re4 d5 29. Re1 Kf6 30. Rd1 Ke6
31. Re2 Nb6 32. Rde1 Nd7 33. Re3 Rc4 34. b3 Rf4 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rf3 e4 37. Rxf4
gxf4 38. c4 g5 39. cxd5+ Kxd5 40. Rd1+ Ke6 41. Rc1 Kd6 42. b4 h6 43. Rc4 Nf6
44. Kf1 f3 45. Ke1 b6 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Rc8 Kd4 48. a5 Nd5 49. Rc6 bxa5 50. bxa5
e3+ 51. fxe3+ Nxe3 52. Rf6 Nc4+ 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Re6+ Kf4 55. Rxa6 Kg3 56. Rxh6
f2+ 57. Ke2 Nxa5 58. Rf6 Kxh3 59. Rf5 Nc4 60. Rxg5 Ne3 61. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 62. Kf3
Nh2+ 63. Kf4 Nf1 64. Kf3 Nh2+ 65. Kf2 Ng4+ 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bg5 Qb4+ 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Nd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Qxe5 9. Nc4 Qe4 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nd2 Qd4 12. Nxa8 Qc3 13. e3 Nb4
14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qxd3 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 b5 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Nc7 Bc6
20. Na6 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Bb7 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Rc2 g6 24. e4 Bc6 25. Ndb3 d6 26. Na5
Ba8 27. Ncb7+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Bxb7 29. Nxb7 Nh6 30. Rxd6+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rdd7
Kg7 33. Nd6 b4 34. Nxf7 Nxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
f4 Bd6 9. e5 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Nh7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qd5
Ba6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Nc3 Qh4 17. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. g4 Bf4
15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Nxf4 Qf6 17. g5 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bxe4 21.
Rh3 Rfe8 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Be2 Bg2 24. Rh2 f3 25. Bf1 Ng4 26. Rxg2 fxg2 27. Bxg2
Ra7 28. f4 Ne3 29. Bc6 Nxd1 30. Bxe8 Nxb2 31. Bc6 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Nc2 h6
34. Be4 Nb2+ 35. Kd4 Na4 36. Bf5 Rc7 37. Kd5 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. Nd2 h5 11. Ndf3 Bd7 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Ngxf7 Rxf7 14. Bg6 Nd8
15. Qd3 a6 16. Bxf7+ Nxf7 17. Qg6 Bb5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. a4 Be8 20. Qd3 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Ne4 22. b3 Kg8 23. c4 Rc8 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qh3 Rc3 26. Qxh5 Rxb3 27. Qd1
Qb4 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Nc3 30. Qd2 a5 31. Rc1 Nxa4 32. Rc8 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. b3 Na6
9. Be3 Nh5 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bh6 Qg6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15.
O-O-O Nf4 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. g3 Ng6 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nh8 20. Be2 Nf7 21. Nh4 a4
22. Nb5 Ng5 23. Ng6 Rd8 24. f4 Nge4 25. Qe3 c6 26. Na3 cxd5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
cxd5 Bd7 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. d6 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nb5 Ra6 33. Rd5 Nxd6 34. Qxe5
Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Ra5 36. Nc3 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Ne4 38. Ne3 Nxg3 39. Rh2 Nd4 40. Kd2
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d6 8.
Nd5 Be6 9. O-O Bxd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Bb5+ c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4
O-O 15. d5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Nxh6+
Kf8 21. Nf5 Qd5 22. Qc1 Re2 23. Qg5 g6 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Qh3 Ne4
27. Qf3 Rd2 28. Rae1 f5 29. Qe3 Kf6 30. Qh6 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O Nge7 7. bxc3 Bc5
8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Nxf7 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Ng6 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. Qxc5 d6
14. Qa5 b6 15. Qd5 Ba6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Na3 Ne5 19. f4 Bb7 20. Qd1
Ng6 21. f5 Ne5 22. f6 Ba6 23. fxg7 Qxg7 24. Qa4+ b5 25. Qxa6 Qxg5 26. Qxa7 Kd7
27. Qe3 Rhg8 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. Re2 b4 30. Rb1 c5 31. Nc2 Nd3 32. Re3 Nf4 33. g3
Ra8 34. Kh1 Nh5 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. Ra1 bxc3 38. Rxc3 Rf8+ 39. Kg2
Nf4+ 40. Kh1 Nh3 41. Re3 Nf2+ 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. h3 Ne5 45. Ne3 Rg5
46. Nf5 Re8 47. a4 Nc4 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Kf3 d5 51. g4 dxe4+ 52. Kf4
h5 53. Rc1 Ne5 54. Rg1 hxg4 55. hxg4 Nxg4 56. Nd6 Re6 57. Nxe4+ Rxe4+ 58. Rxe4
Rf5+ 59. Kg3 Ne5 60. Rb1 Rg5+ 61. Kh3 Nd3 62. Re8 Kf7 63. Rc8 Ke7 64. Rbb8 Nb4
65. a5 Kd7 66. Rd8+ Kc7 67. Rbc8+ Kb7 68. Rb8+ Kc7 69. Rdc8+ Kd7 70. Rh8 Rd5
71. Rb6 Kc7 72. Rh7+ Rd7 73. Rh5 Nd3 74. Rhh6 Ne5 75. Rh5 Nd3 76. Rhh6 Ne5 77.
Rhe6 Rd5 78. a6 c4 79. Rb7+ Kd8 80. a7 Rd3+ 81. Kh4 Nf3+ 82. Kh5 Ra3 83. Rb8+
Kd7 84. Rg6 Ne5 85. Rg7+ Ke6 86. a8=Q Rh3+ 87. Kg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
a5 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Bh6 Nb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h4 Nh5 13. g4 Ng3 14. Rh2 Nxf1 15.
Rxf1 Nc4 16. Qf4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 Qd4 19. c3 Qe3+ 20. Kc2 b4 21. cxb4
axb4 22. Nd2 Qd4 23. Rb1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Re1 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Ne8
15. Rad1 Qb4 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Be3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 gxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 Nfd7 15.
Rc1 Nc6 16. Bh5 Kh8 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. Nf4 Bd4 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. h4 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. f4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Qd3 Qxc5 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Nd4 a6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rc8
15. Bb2 Bb5 16. Qd4 Qc6 17. a4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 O-O 19. Rf3 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Ba3 Nf5 22. Qd3 Nh4 23. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 axb5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kd2 Ra8 27.
Rb2 Ra1 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Ke3 f6 30. Ra2 Kf7 31. Ra7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 Rh1 33. Rxb5
Rxh2 34. Rb6 Kf5 35. Rb7 g6 36. Rf7 Re2+ 37. Kxe2 Kxf4 38. Rxf6+ Kxe5 39. Rf7
h5 40. b4 Kd6 41. f4 h4 42. Rh7 g5 43. fxg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Bd2 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. b4 Nb6 14. Bd3
Na4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. c3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Be4 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Nb2 22. Qe2 Na4 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Nb6 25. a4 Rd7 26. a5 Nd5 27. c4
Nf4 28. a6 bxa6 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Qxh8 Nd3 32. Qxh7 Nxe1 33. Rxe1
Qxd4 34. Qc2 Rc7 35. Rc1 g5 36. h3 Rc5 37. Qe4 Qb2 38. Qe3 Re5 39. Qxa7+ Kf6
40. Rd1 Qc3 41. Qd4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Bf4 a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nfd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. f3 Nd7 10. h4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. a3 Nc5 13. g4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 h5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bd4 hxg4 18. fxg4 e5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Bxc5 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bf2
Rcd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Kc1 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5+ 31. Kb1 Bf4 32. b4 Rd2 33. Bc5 Re2
34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Rxe4 37. Rxa6+ Kf5 38. Rb6 Re1+ 39. Kb2 e4
40. Rxb5 Ke6 41. Rb6+ Kd5 42. Rg6 Be5+ 43. Kb3 Rb1+ 44. Ka4 Rb2 45. Rg2 Ra2 46.
c4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Ne2 h6 5. Nbc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bg3 c5 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bxg6 exd4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qh5+
Ke6 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. exd4 Qe7+ 17. Kd2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Kg6 19. Rae1 Qd8 20. Qd3+
Kf7 21. Re2 Nc6 22. Rhe1 Qd6 23. g3 a6 24. Kc1 Rhf8 25. Nd1 Rac8 26. Kb1 Rc7
27. Ne3 Rfc8 28. h4 b5 29. c3 g6 30. Ng2 Na5 31. Re6 Qd8 32. h5 Qg8 33. Nf4 g5
34. Nxd5 Rc6 35. Qf5 Rxe6 36. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 b6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Bb2 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. f4 c5 19. Be2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Bc5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Qf2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne4 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Nf3 g5 27. g3 g4 28.
Kf1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qa3 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Bc2 Qxa2 32. Qe5 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qc1 34.
Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ Kd7 39. Qe5 Qd2+ 40.
Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O b5 14. Ne2 Qa5 15.
c3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. f5 Rb3 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5
Qd4+ 22. Kh2 f6 23. Qg4 Qxd3 24. Rfd1 Qb5 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. Qxe7 fxg5 27. Rxd6
Rf2 28. Rxd7 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Ng4 6. Bf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Be2 Re8 13. f3 Nd4 14. Kh1 Ne6
15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Ned4 17. b3 Be5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. g3 Qd7 20. f4 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 f5 23. Re3 Qc6 24. Re1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. Qf3 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Kg2 c6 30. Kf2 d5 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ke6 33. Kd4
c5+ 34. Ke3 b6 35. a3 a6 36. a4 a5 37. cxd5+ Kxd5 38. f5 Ke5 39. fxg6 hxg6 40.
h4 b5 41. axb5 c4 42. bxc4 a4 43. c5 Kd5 44. c6 Kd6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 a3 47.
h6 a2 48. h7 a1=Q 49. Kxe4 Qb1+ 50. Kd4 Qxh7 51. Kc4 Qe4+ 52. Kb3 Qd3+ 53. Ka4
Qc4+ 54. Ka5 Qc5 55. Ka6 Kc7 56. Ka5 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Be7 6. b4 d6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7
9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. g4 Be6 12. Be3 a6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Rd1 f5 17. Rg1 fxg4 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxg4 Rxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Rg3
Qf5 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg2 Qf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Rg3 Rf4 27. Ke2 h4 28.
Rg4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Ke4 Ne7 32. a4 Kg7 33. b5 a5 34. d4 exd4
35. cxd4 Kf7 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Rc7 Nd5 39. Rxb7 Nc3+ 40. Kxf4 Bxd4
41. Rh7 Be5+ 42. Ke3 Bf6 43. Kf4 Nxa4 44. g5 Be5+ 45. Kg4 Kd5 46. Kxh4 Nc3 47.
g6 a4 48. Rh5 Kd4 49. Rxe5 a3 50. g7 a2 51. Re1 Nb1 52. g8=Q a1=Q 53. Qh8+ Kc4
54. Qxa1 Nc3 55. Rc1 Kxb5 56. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nxe5 Bf5 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. dxc6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd2 c6 5. Qc1 h5 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nd1 Qb6
9. f3 Qxd4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Be3 c5 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Ba6 15. Nh3
Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qb5+ 17. Kf2 Qb7 18. Ng5 e6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 a6
22. Qa1 Nb4 23. Rc1 Ra7 24. Ba4 Bg7 25. f4 O-O 26. Nf3 Nb6 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. c3
Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Nd3 30. Rd1 c4 31. Ra3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe1 Be6 8. f5
Bxc4 9. dxc4 Nd7 10. Qg3 Nd4 11. Rf2 Bf6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
b4 Qe7 16. Rd1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rfd2 Nc8 19. g4 Bg5 20. Rd3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
b6 22. Rg1 g5 23. h4 Rg8 24. h5 h6 25. b5 f6 26. Rgd1 Kg7 27. a4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. g4 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8
15. Rxd2 Rce8 16. g5 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Rxe7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nc4 20. Rd3 Rxe4
21. Bxa7 Nxb2 22. Nxd6 Ra4 23. Bc5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 b6 25. Bf2 Be5 26. Nc4 Rb4+
27. Kc1 Bf4+ 28. Kc2 b5 29. Bc5 Rxc4+ 30. dxc4 Rc8 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. c5 Bd6 33.
Kb3 Bxc5 34. Rc1 Bxd4 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Kb4 Bf2 37. Kxb5 Bxh4 38. a4 Bxg5 39.
a5 Be3 40. a6 g5 41. Rc5 g4 42. a7 h5 43. a8=Q Bxc5 44. Kxc5 h4 45. Qe4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
Bd7 9. Bb2 Be8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Rf3 Qb6+ 14. e3 Nxe3
15. c5 Nxd1 16. cxb6 Nxb2 17. Rb1 Bh5 18. Rc3 Nd1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O c6 8. a3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxc7 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Nxc7 20. f4 Nb5 21.
c3 Nd6 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Re2 Ne8 25. b4 Nf6 26. g3 Nd5 27. Rc1 b6
28. Rd2 c5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 Rdc8 32. Rcd1 Ne3 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rd3 Nxc4 36. Rc3 Nd6 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Nxf7 Kg6 39. Ne5+ Kf5
40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Nf3 Kd5 42. Ne5 Nd6 43. Kf3 Nc4 44. Nd7 Nxa3 45. Kg4 a5 46. Kh5
Nc4 47. Nb8 e5 48. fxe5 Nxe5 49. g4 a4 50. Na6 Kc4 51. g5 a3 52. gxh6 gxh6 53.
Kxh6 Ng4+ 54. Kh5 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nbd2
Nc5 9. h3 Ne6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Re1 f5 12. Nf1 f4 13. Bd2 g5 14. g4 Qe8 15. N1h2
Qg6 16. Kf1 Nf6 17. Ng1 h5 18. f3 hxg4 19. fxg4 c5 20. c3 b6 21. Qb3 Kf7 22.
Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd1 Ba6 24. Kc2 c4 25. dxc4 Nc5 26. Qb4 Nfxe4 27. Kd1 Nxd2 28. Kxd2
Qd3+ 29. Kc1 Qg3 30. Bf1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 b6 5. Bg5 Qb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qxc2
8. Nd4 Qg6 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 Nge7 11. Qc4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. h5
Qe6 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Qg4 17. Bg3 Nb4 18. Qxf7 Nc2+ 19. Kf1 Bxe4 20. Rh4
Ne3+ 21. Kg1 Qf5 22. Rxe4 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Nf5 24. Bh2 Bc5 25. Nb3 Rhf8 26. Nxc5
Rxf7 27. Nd3 Re8 28. Rc1 c5 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Rxe5 31. Rd5 Re4 32. Ng6 Re2
33. Bg3 Rxa2 34. Re1 a5 35. Re8+ Kb7 36. Rb8+ Ka7 37. Rd8 a4 38. R5xd7+ Rxd7
39. Rxd7+ Ka6 40. Ne5 Kb5 41. Rxg7 a3 42. Ra7 c4 43. Bf4 Kb4 44. Nc6+ Kc5 45.
Ne5 b5 46. Bxh6 b4 47. Bf8+ Kd5 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Bxb4 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 a2 51. Nf3+
Kd3 52. Ra3+ Kc2 53. Bc3 Rd1 54. Rxa2+ Kxc3 55. g4 Kb3 56. Rd2 Rc1 57. h6 c3
58. Rd3 Kc4 59. Ne5+ Kc5 60. h7 c2 61. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Bf2 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. Re1 a6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Bb4 7. c3 Nxe4 8.
cxb4 Qxg5 9. Qxg5 Nxg5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Nc4 d5 14.
Ne5 f6 15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. O-O Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3
Rac8 21. Rc1 Rc4 22. Kf1 Rhc8 23. Ke2 Rxb4 24. cxb4 Rxc1 25. Ra3 Rc2+ 26. Kd3
Rc6 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxa7+ Kf8 29. Rb7 Ra6 30. Rxb5 Rxa2 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ra3+
33. Ke2 Rh3 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Re7 e5 36. Rd7 d4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Bf4 Ncd5 14. Bg3 g5
15. Re1 Bc5 16. h3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne5 g4 21.
hxg4 Qg5 22. f3 Nfd5 23. Qf2 Ba4 24. Bh4 Qg7 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ng6 27. Bg3
Rfd8 28. Rab1 Bb3 29. Rbc1 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qg6 31. c5 Nd7 32. Bd6 Nf6 33. Rc3 Ba4
34. Bd3 Qg7 35. Be5 Rd5 36. Qh4 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Nd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. g5 hxg5 40.
Qxa4 Rc6 41. Qg4 Re6 42. Kf1 Qe5 43. Rc1 Qe3 44. Rd1 Rh6 45. Qh3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H, C.A.M.I.L.L.E.R.I."]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. b3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. a4 c5 13. b5 cxd4 14. exd4 a5
15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. Ng3 Qc3 20. Qd1 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. c3 Qd6 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. f3 Re8 26. Nf4 h6 27. Nd3 Nd7
28. Nb2 Rc7 29. c4 Nf6 30. Qf2 Rec8 31. Qe2 dxc4 32. Qe3 c3 33. Nd3 Nd5 34. Qf2
Nf4 35. Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Rc2 Rc4 37. d5 Qd4 38. dxe6 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 fxe6 40. Ke3
Kf7 41. Ra3 Kf6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. g3 e5 44. Rcxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3
e4 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kc4 g5 49. g4 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. fxe5 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 dxe5 9. Nd5 c6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Rf1 Qe7 13. Qxe5 Bxc4 14.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. dxc4 Rd8 16. Be3 Bh4+ 17. g3 Bg5 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rad1 Rde8 20.
Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rd7 Rxe4+ 22. Kd3 Re6 23. Rxb7 c5 24. Rf5 Rfe8 25. Rxc5 Re3+ 26.
Kd4 R3e4+ 27. Kc3 Re3+ 28. Kb4 Re2 29. Kb3 Rxh2 30. c3 Ree2 31. Ka3 Re6 32.
Rcc7 Ra6+ 33. Kb3 Rf2 34. c5 Rff6 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc6 37. Kc4 f5 38. Rd7
f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd2 g5 41. Kd5 Rc8 42. Rg2 Kf7 43. Rxg5 Kf6 44. Rg1 Kf5
45. c6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. d5
Nb4 9. O-O c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. a3 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15.
Rc1 Nfd7 16. b4 Na6 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nb6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. f5 Nd7 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bg4 Ne5 23. a4 b6 24. Na3 Qb7 25. Nc4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Qd7 27. b5 Nc5 28.
Qf2 Rf8 29. Qf3 Nxa4 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Nf5 e6 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Nxf7
Nxe4 35. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
c4 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc7 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. b4 Rfe8
15. Nb3 g5 16. g3 g4 17. Bd2 Ng5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Nf3 21. Be3
h4 22. Na5 Rab8 23. Nb3 a6 24. gxh4 Nxh4+ 25. Kg3 Ng6 26. h3 Nf6 27. hxg4 Nxg4
28. Bd2 Kg7 29. Rae1 Nf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Be3 Nh5+ 32. Kh2 Nhxf4 33. Re1 Rh8+
34. Kg1 Nd3 35. Re2 Nxb4 36. Na5 Rb8 37. Bd2 Nd3 38. Bg5 f6 39. Re3 Nxb2 40.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nh5 9. Be2 Ng7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bg7 14. Qe1
Ba6 15. Rf2 O-O 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. b3 Qd4 18. Be4 e6 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. Na4 Qe7 21.
Rfd2 Rfd8 22. c4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qh4 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nc5 f6 26. e6 g5 27. Bg3
Qg4 28. Nxa6 f4 29. Qd7 Bf8 30. e7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5+ Be7 10. Nc3 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14.
g4 Ne3 15. fxe3 Bxg4 16. Rd2 Rhf8 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxf5 g6 21. Rf1 Rd2 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Ke6 26. Nf3 c5
27. e4 b5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 c6 30. Kd3 g5 31. h3 f6 32. exf6 Kxf6 33. a3 h5
34. Ke3 a4 35. Ne1 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Kf4 g3 38. Kxg3 c4 39. c3 c5 40. Kf4 b4
41. cxb4 cxb4 42. axb4 c3 43. bxc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2
Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nf4 Qf5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Be3 d6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhg1 Rg8
14. Rg5 Qd7 15. c4 b6 16. c5 Bb7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rgxd5 Kc7 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. Bf4+ Kd7 23. Qd3+ Ke8 24. Qe4+ Kd7 25. Bg4+ Kd8 26.
Qd5+ Ke7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Bd7+ Kd8 29. Bxc6+ Kc8 30. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PATTERSON"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Bb5 e4 11. Qxf5 Qxf5 12. Bxc6+ Nd7 13. Bxa8 Bb4 14.
Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. Bc6 Ne5 17. Bd5 Ng4 18. O-O-O Nxf2 19. Rhf1 Qg5+ 20.
Bd2 Qxd5 21. Rxf2 Qxa2 22. c3 Rb8 23. b4 Rd8 24. Rdf1 h6 25. Be3 Qa1+ 26. Kc2
Qa4+ 27. Kc1 Rd3 28. Bd4 e3 29. Rxf7 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. f4
Be6 15. Rhe1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rfd8 17. g4 e6 18. f5 d5 19. e5 c5 20. Qg3 Rb4 21.
f6 Bf8 22. h4 c4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. h5 Rb8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. e6
Qb4 28. Qe5 Bd6 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qc2 b5 8. Bg5
Qd7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rad1 Qb7 15.
dxc5 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Rd6 Bd7 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Qb6 21.
Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 e5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. Nf3 Re8 16. Qb3 c6 17. c4 Rb8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21.
Bf4 Be6 22. Bd6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4 24. Rd4 Qf5 25. Rf4 Qd5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27.
Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rd4 Be7 29. e4 Nf4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rcd1 Ne6 32. Rc4 f6 33. g3 Kf7
34. h4 c5 35. a4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rc2 Ra8 38. Rd7 Ra4 39. e5 Ke8 40. Rb7
Rb4 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. exf6 Bxf6 44. Re2 Rxb2 45. Rxe6+ Kf8 46. Ra6
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON BYE"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Na3 Bb6 6. Nc4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a4
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 f6
15. a5 Bc5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Bxc6 Bxc3 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. a6 Rfd8 20. Be3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nd5
Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nb8 10. h4 a5 11. a4 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qc3 Be6 14. Ra3 Nd7 15.
Ng5 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Qg4 Qb4+ 20. Qxb4 axb4 21.
Ra1 Nxa4 22. O-O Nxb2 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxf7 b3 25. Nxe5 bxc2 26. Rc1 Ra3 27.
Rxc2 Nxd3 28. Rd2 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6 14. O-O f5 15.
Nd5 f4 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Bc3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nd7 19. Rcd1 Qg5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. b4
g5 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxb7 Raf8 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. f3 g4 27. Be1 Qg5
28. fxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf3 Qg8 30. Rd5 Re8 31. Bf2 Qg5 32. Bxa7 Rg6 33. Kh1 Reg8 34.
Bd4 Qf6 35. Qc3 f3 36. g3 Rxg3 37. Rxe5 f2 38. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bf4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Bd8 14.
O-O Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bd7 16. Be4 Bc7 17. Bc3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20.
g3 Rd5 21. f4 Bb6+ 22. Kg2 h5 23. a4 a5 24. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nce2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc6 13. c3 Ne5 14. Nb3
Nc4 15. Qc1 Qg4 16. f3 Qh4 17. Rb1 Bh6 18. Qe1 Be3+ 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Ned4 a5 21.
a4 Bd2 22. Qe2 Bf4 23. g3 Bxg3 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. Rg1 Be5 27. Rg2
Ne3 28. Qd2 Qf4 29. Re2 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Rbg1 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rg8 33. Nd4
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Ne4 Qd4 7. Nxf6+ exf6
8. Qe2+ Qe5 9. Nf3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nb6
14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. h4 h5 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20.
Nd2 f5 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. b3 f6 23. Nd2 Bf7 24. e4 f4 25. a4 a6 26. Nc4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Nb2 Be5 29. c4 Rd7 30. Kc2 Rhd8 31. Be2 Kb7 32. Ra1 bxc4 33. bxc4
Rb8 34. Ra2 Kc8 35. Na4 Rdb7 36. Rd1 Bd4 37. Rf1 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rh1 g4
40. Nc3 Rb3 41. Nd1 Rb1 42. Rf1 f3 43. gxf3 g3 44. Nc3 R8b3 45. Nd1 g2 46. Re1
h4 47. f4 h3 48. Bg4+ Kd8 49. Ne3 Bxe3 50. Bxh3 g1=Q 51. Rxg1 Bxg1 52. Ra6
R3b2+ 53. Kc3 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND2"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCSAT BARON"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc1 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 e6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Nc5 15.
Qe3 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Qg3 e5 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qd3
b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Nd1 Rc6 24. c3 Qb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Ne3 Ba6 27. Qc2 Rac8
28. Qd1 Bd3 29. Ra1 Qxb2 30. Nef1 Rxc3 31. Qa4 Rc2 32. Reb1 Qc3 33. Ra3 Nxe4
34. Nxe4 Qc4 35. Re1 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxa4 37. Rexa4 Re2 38. Ra1 Rcc2 39. Ne3 Rcd2
40. Rf1 Ra2 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Nc4 a4 43. Nxd6 a3 44. Nc4 f6 45. Rc1 Kf7 46. Kf1
Ke6 47. Rd1 f5 48. f3 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Re1 Kf5 51. Nd6+ Ke5 52. Nxe4 Kd4
53. Ng3 Rb2 54. Ra1 a2 55. Ne2+ Kd3 56. Nc1+ Ke3 57. Rxa2 Rb1 58. Rc2 g5 59.
Ke1 Kf4 60. Rf2+ Kg3 61. Rc2 g4 62. Kd1 h5 63. hxg4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e5 8.
Qd3 a6 9. O-O g6 10. Kh1 Bg7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. f4 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qg3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCETI"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Qxd4
Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Re8 16. g3 e5 17. Qd6 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ne4 20. Rd5 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Be4 22. gxf4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. h3 e6 8. f4
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Ne8 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Qh4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rd2 Nxd3 21. cxd3
b4 22. Ne2 a5 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Qg4 Rxc1+ 25. Nbxc1 Nc7 26. g6 d5 27. Bc5 Re8 28.
Nf4 dxe4 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nh5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O f5 13. Re1 Qxd5 14.
Bf3 Qb5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qa4 19. Qc3 Be7 20. Bd5 Qg4
21. Rxd7 f4 22. Rdxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 O-O 24. Qf3 Qf5 25. Be4 Qf6 26. Rb7 Bd8 27.
Rxa7 Bb6 28. Qb3+ d5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Ra8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Qe3
Ng8 15. Nxg8 Kxg8 16. Qxh6 Re8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bxf7 Re6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Qh6+
Kg8 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Rd5 Ne7 23. Rh5 Ng8 24. Rf5+ Kg7 25. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 8.
e3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. Bh4 Bh5 12. c5 f5 13. Be2 h6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 g6 16. Nxg6 Rg8 17. Ne5 Ng7 18. Qf3 Qc8 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Qg6+ Qxg6 21. Nxg6
Ne6 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Bg3 Ng5 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. g3 Rg6 26. h4 Re8 27. h5 Rg4 28.
Kd2 Kg7 29. f3 Rg5 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Rad1 Nf7 33. Rh4 e5 34. dxe5+
Nxe5 35. b3 Nd7 36. Rc1 Kg5 37. b4 Kf6 38. Rf4 Re5 39. g4 Nf8 40. Rxf5+ Rxf5
41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Rg1 Ne6 43. Rg6 Nc7 44. Rxh6 Kg5 45. Rh7 Nb5 46. f4+ Kf6 47.
Rxb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d3 Ngf6 
6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Be3 
Qc7 13. f3 Ne5 14. Rb1 a6 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. c3 Nc4 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 
19. Qc1 h6 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Be1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Nd4 Nd3 24. Qd1 Nxd2 
25. Bxd2 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Nb3 Rcd8 28. Qe2 Bh4 29. g3 Bf6 30. Qe4 Rd5 
31. Bf4 Qd7 32. Kg2 b5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rc8 35. Qe2 a5 36. Bd2 a4 37. Nc5 
Rdxc5 38. b3 Rc2 39. Rd1 Rxa2 40. bxa4 Rcc2 41. Kh3 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Qxd2 43. Qxd2
Rxd2 44. a5 Ra2 45. a6 Rxa6 46. f4 e5 47. f5 e4 48. g4 e3 49. Kg2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 
Bc3 51. Kg1 e2 52. Kf2 e1=Q+ 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Be5+ 55. Kh3 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Bc4 {0.25 (5/6): d4c6 d7c6 d1d8
e7d8 c1e3  (00:00:03) 0.25 (5/6): d4c6 d7c6 d1d8 e7d8 c1e3  (00:00:03)} 5... d6
6. Be3 Nf6 {0.00 (5/9): c6d4  (00:00:09) 0.00 (5/9): c6d4  (00:00:09)} 7. Nc3 {
0.28 (5/5): d4c6 b7c6 b1c3 e8g8  (00:00:01) 0.41 (5/7): d4c6 b7c6 b1c3 e8g8
e3f4  (00:00:04)} 7... O-O {0.00 (5/8): c6e5 c4b3 e8g8 e1g1 c8d7  (00:00:05)}
8. f3 {0.34 (5/6): d4c6 b7c6 e1g1 f8e8 f2f4  (00:00:03)} 8... Nd7 {
-0.06 (5/6): c6e5 c4b3 c7c5 d4e2 h7h5  (00:00:04)} 9. Nxc6 {
0.44 (5/6): d4c6 b7c6 e1g1 e7f6 e3d4  (00:00:02)} 9... bxc6 {
-0.31 (5/8): b7c6 e1g1 e7f6 e3d4 c8b7  (00:00:04)} 10. O-O {
0.50 (5/6): e1g1 e7f6 e3d4 d7e5 c4b3  (00:00:04)} 10... Ne5 {
-0.38 (5/6): e7f6 f1e1 a8b8 c4b3 f6c3 b2c3  (00:00:05)} 11. Bb3 {
0.41 (4/7): c4e2  (00:00:03)} 11... Ba6 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Qe2 d5 14. Bxc4 Bxc4
15. Qf2 Bf6 16. Bd4 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe4 Bd5 19. Ra4 a6 20. Nxd5 cxd5
21. c3 Rfe8 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qd4 g6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rc1 Rad8 26. Qf2 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 cxb6 28. Raxc4 Rd2 29. R4c2 Ree2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Ra8 a5 33.
b4 Rxa2 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. g4 h6 36. h4 g5 37. h5 a4 38. Kf1 a3 39. Ke1 Ra1+ 40.
Kd2 a2 41. Kc3 Rf1 42. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 43. Kd4 Rg3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 {0.13 (5/8):
f8g7 f1b5 c8d7 e1g1 d7b5 d4b5  (00:00:04) 0.13 (5/8): f8g7 f1b5 c8d7 e1g1 d7b5
d4b5  (00:00:04)} 7. f3 {-0.03 (5/5): f1b5 c8d7 e1g1 e8g8 f2f3 d7b5 c3b5  (00:
00:01) -0.03 (5/11): f1c4  (00:00:11)} 7... O-O {
0.06 (5/6): e8g8 f1b5 e7e5 d4e2 c8e6  (00:00:03)} 8. Qd2 {
0.09 (5/9): f1b5  (00:00:07)} 8... Nc6 {
0.00 (5/8): b8c6 a1d1 c6d4 e3d4 c8d7  (00:00:04)} 9. O-O-O {
0.09 (5/7): f1b5 c6d4 e3d4 a7a6 b5c4  (00:00:04)} 9... Bd7 {
-0.16 (4/6): c6d4 e3d4 b7b6 f1d3  (00:00:00)} 10. h4 {
0.03 (4/7): g2g3 c6d4 e3d4 d7c6  (00:00:01)} 10... Rc8 {
-0.03 (4/6): c6d4 e3d4 e7e5 d4e3  (00:00:01)} 11. h5 {
0.53 (5/7): d4c6 c8c6 e3a7  (00:00:03)} 11... Qa5 {
0.31 (4/10): c6d4  (00:00:02)} 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nb3 Qe5 14. Bh6 Nh5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. g4 Nf4 17. Qh2 h5 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Nd2 b5 20. Bb3 Rh8 21. Ndb1 hxg4 22.
Qd2 gxf3 23. a3 Nc6 24. Qe3 Bg4 25. Rhg1 Ng2 26. Qf2 Rh2 27. Rd5 Qf4+ 28. Rd2
Rch8 29. Nd5 Qxe4 30. Nbc3 Qf5 31. Nxb5 Nf4 32. Nxe7 Nxe7 33. Qxa7 Rxd2 34.
Qxe7+ Kh6 35. Rh1+ Nh5 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Qxd6 f2 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Qd2+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 {
-0.03 (4/7): c8g4 c1g5 f7f6 f1b5 b8d7  (00:00:02)} 5. Bb5 {
0.06 (5/7): f1b5 c8d7 d4d3 g8f6 h2h4  (00:00:03)} 5... Bd7 {
-0.03 (5/8): c8d7 d4d3 c6b4 b5d7 d8d7  (00:00:05)} 6. Bxc6 {
-0.03 (4/6): d4d3 c6b4 b5d7 d8d7  (00:00:01)} 6... Bxc6 {
0.22 (4/6): d7c6 c1g5 f7f6 g5e3  (00:00:00)} 7. O-O {
-0.09 (5/9): c1g5 f7f6 g5e3 g8e7 h2h4  (00:00:04)} 7... Nf6 {
0.38 (5/7): g8f6 c1g5 f8e7 b1c3 a8c8  (00:00:03)} 8. Nc3 {
-0.25 (5/7): b1c3  (00:00:04)} 8... Be7 {
0.38 (5/7): f8e7 f1d1 e8g8 c1g5 f8e8  (00:00:03)} 9. Bg5 {
-0.31 (5/8): f1e1  (00:00:03)} 9... O-O {
0.41 (5/8): h7h6 g5e3 e8g8 f1d1 f8e8  (00:00:06)} 10. Rac1 {
-0.25 (4/6): f1d1 h7h6 g5e3  (00:00:01)} 10... Nxe4 {
0.28 (5/8): h7h6 g5e3 f8e8 f1d1 a7a6  (00:00:05)} 11. Nxe4 {
-0.13 (2/2): c3e4 c6e4 d4e4 e7g5 f3g5 d8g5 e4b7  (00:00:00)} 11... Bxe4 12.
Qxe4 Bxg5 13. Qxb7 Bf6 14. b3 Rb8 15. Qd5 Qd7 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc6 18. c4
a5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qc3 a4 21. b4 h6 22. h3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8
25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 f5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. e4 f4 29. Kf3 g5 30. Kg4 Kg6 31. a3
h5+ 32. Kf3 h4 33. Kg4 Kf6 34. Kh5 Ke5 35. Kxg5 Kxe4 36. Kxh4 Kd4 37. Kg4 Kxc4
38. Kf3 Kc3 39. h4 d5 40. h5 d4 41. h6 d3 42. h7 d2 43. h8=Q+ Kc2 44. Qh7+ Kc1
45. Qxc7+ Kb2 46. Qd6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 {
0.19 (5/11): f8g7 e1g1 e8g8 f2f4 b8c6  (00:00:03)} 7. O-O {
-0.03 (5/7): e1g1 b8c6 c1e3 e8g8 f2f4  (00:00:03)} 7... O-O {
0.31 (5/10): d8b6  (00:00:12)} 8. Be3 {
-0.03 (5/10): f2f4 b8c6 c1e3 d8c7 f1e1  (00:00:02)} 8... Nc6 {
0.16 (5/10): b7b6 e2f3 c8b7 e4e5  (00:00:10)} 9. Nb3 {
0.00 (5/8): f1e1 c6d4 e3d4 b7b6 e2f3  (00:00:08)} 9... Ne5 {
0.25 (5/9): b7b6 f2f4 c8b7 f1e1 a8c8  (00:00:06)} 10. h3 {
0.09 (5/8): f2f4 e5c6 b3d4 d8c7 f1e1  (00:00:03)} 10... Be6 {
-0.03 (4/7): d8c7 e3d4 e5c4 e2c4 c7c4  (00:00:01)} 11. Nd4 {
-0.06 (4/6): e3d4 e5c6 f2f4 e6b3 d4f6  (00:00:01)} 11... Bc4 12. f4 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Ned7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Ncxe4 17. Ne6 Nd2 18. Qe2 Qa5 19.
Bxd2 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. g4 d5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Kh2 d4 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. c4 Nxf4
26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Kg2 Raf8 28. Rfd1 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Nc5 Rf2+ 31. Kg1 Re2
32. Nd3 e5 33. Ne1 e4 34. Ng2 Rff2 35. Nh4 d3 36. c5 Bd4 37. a3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 {
0.03 (5/9): e7e5 d4f3 c8g4 f1c4 b8c6  (00:00:04)} 7. Nf3 {
0.00 (4/8): d4b3  (00:00:02)} 7... Be7 {
-0.06 (5/9): f8e7 c1e3 e8g8 f1c4  (00:00:09)} 8. Bd3 {
0.16 (5/7): f1e2 e8g8 e1g1 c8g4 c1e3  (00:00:03)} 8... O-O {
0.00 (6/8): e8g8 e1g1 b8c6 c1e3 c8e6 d1d2  (00:00:09)} 9. O-O {
-0.03 (6/10): e1g1 b7b6 c1g5 c8b7 h2h3 b8c6  (00:00:05)} 9... Nc6 {
0.09 (5/9): b7b6 c1g5 c8b7 d1d2 a6a5  (00:00:03)} 10. Nd5 {
-0.03 (5/7): c1e3 c8e6 d3e2 b7b6 d1d3  (00:00:04)} 10... Bg4 {
0.03 (5/7): f6d5  (00:00:06)} 11. h3 {-0.03 (4/7): c1e3 a8c8 e3b6  (00:00:03)}
11... Bh5 {-0.09 (5/7): g4e6 d5e7 d8e7 c1g5 d6d5 e4d5 e6d5  (00:00:04)} 12. c3
Rc8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nb3 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Bc4+
Rxc4 19. Qxc4+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Ra3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe4 23. Rf1 Nd2 24.
Rc1 Rc7 25. Rc2 Nc4 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. Re1 g5 28. Re4 d5 29. Re1 Kf6 30. Rd1 Ke6
31. Re2 Nb6 32. Rde1 Nd7 33. Re3 Rc4 34. b3 Rf4 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rf3 e4 37. Rxf4
gxf4 38. c4 g5 39. cxd5+ Kxd5 40. Rd1+ Ke6 41. Rc1 Kd6 42. b4 h6 43. Rc4 Nf6
44. Kf1 f3 45. Ke1 b6 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Rc8 Kd4 48. a5 Nd5 49. Rc6 bxa5 50. bxa5
e3+ 51. fxe3+ Nxe3 52. Rf6 Nc4+ 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Re6+ Kf4 55. Rxa6 Kg3 56. Rxh6
f2+ 57. Ke2 Nxa5 58. Rf6 Kxh3 59. Rf5 Nc4 60. Rxg5 Ne3 61. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 62. Kf3
Nh2+ 63. Kf4 Nf1 64. Kf3 Nh2+ 65. Kf2 Ng4+ 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bg5 Qb4+ 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Nd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Qxe5 9. Nc4 Qe4 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nd2 Qd4 12. Nxa8 Qc3 13. e3 Nb4
14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qxd3 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 b5 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Nc7 Bc6
20. Na6 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Bb7 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Rc2 g6 24. e4 Bc6 25. Ndb3 d6 26. Na5
Ba8 27. Ncb7+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Bxb7 29. Nxb7 Nh6 30. Rxd6+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rdd7
Kg7 33. Nd6 b4 34. Nxf7 Nxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
f4 Bd6 9. e5 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Nh7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qd5
Ba6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Nc3 Qh4 17. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. g4 Bf4
15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Nxf4 Qf6 17. g5 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bxe4 21.
Rh3 Rfe8 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Be2 Bg2 24. Rh2 f3 25. Bf1 Ng4 26. Rxg2 fxg2 27. Bxg2
Ra7 28. f4 Ne3 29. Bc6 Nxd1 30. Bxe8 Nxb2 31. Bc6 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Nc2 h6
34. Be4 Nb2+ 35. Kd4 Na4 36. Bf5 Rc7 37. Kd5 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. Nd2 h5 11. Ndf3 Bd7 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Ngxf7 Rxf7 14. Bg6 Nd8
15. Qd3 a6 16. Bxf7+ Nxf7 17. Qg6 Bb5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. a4 Be8 20. Qd3 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Ne4 22. b3 Kg8 23. c4 Rc8 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qh3 Rc3 26. Qxh5 Rxb3 27. Qd1
Qb4 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Nc3 30. Qd2 a5 31. Rc1 Nxa4 32. Rc8 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. b3 Na6
9. Be3 Nh5 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bh6 Qg6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15.
O-O-O Nf4 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. g3 Ng6 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nh8 20. Be2 Nf7 21. Nh4 a4
22. Nb5 Ng5 23. Ng6 Rd8 24. f4 Nge4 25. Qe3 c6 26. Na3 cxd5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
cxd5 Bd7 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. d6 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nb5 Ra6 33. Rd5 Nxd6 34. Qxe5
Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Ra5 36. Nc3 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Ne4 38. Ne3 Nxg3 39. Rh2 Nd4 40. Kd2
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND5"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d6 8.
Nd5 Be6 9. O-O Bxd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Bb5+ c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4
O-O 15. d5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Nxh6+
Kf8 21. Nf5 Qd5 22. Qc1 Re2 23. Qg5 g6 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Qh3 Ne4
27. Qf3 Rd2 28. Rae1 f5 29. Qe3 Kf6 30. Qh6 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O Nge7 7. bxc3 Bc5
8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Nxf7 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Ng6 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. Qxc5 d6
14. Qa5 b6 15. Qd5 Ba6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Na3 Ne5 19. f4 Bb7 20. Qd1
Ng6 21. f5 Ne5 22. f6 Ba6 23. fxg7 Qxg7 24. Qa4+ b5 25. Qxa6 Qxg5 26. Qxa7 Kd7
27. Qe3 Rhg8 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. Re2 b4 30. Rb1 c5 31. Nc2 Nd3 32. Re3 Nf4 33. g3
Ra8 34. Kh1 Nh5 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. Ra1 bxc3 38. Rxc3 Rf8+ 39. Kg2
Nf4+ 40. Kh1 Nh3 41. Re3 Nf2+ 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. h3 Ne5 45. Ne3 Rg5
46. Nf5 Re8 47. a4 Nc4 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Kf3 d5 51. g4 dxe4+ 52. Kf4
h5 53. Rc1 Ne5 54. Rg1 hxg4 55. hxg4 Nxg4 56. Nd6 Re6 57. Nxe4+ Rxe4+ 58. Rxe4
Rf5+ 59. Kg3 Ne5 60. Rb1 Rg5+ 61. Kh3 Nd3 62. Re8 Kf7 63. Rc8 Ke7 64. Rbb8 Nb4
65. a5 Kd7 66. Rd8+ Kc7 67. Rbc8+ Kb7 68. Rb8+ Kc7 69. Rdc8+ Kd7 70. Rh8 Rd5
71. Rb6 Kc7 72. Rh7+ Rd7 73. Rh5 Nd3 74. Rhh6 Ne5 75. Rh5 Nd3 76. Rhh6 Ne5 77.
Rhe6 Rd5 78. a6 c4 79. Rb7+ Kd8 80. a7 Rd3+ 81. Kh4 Nf3+ 82. Kh5 Ra3 83. Rb8+
Kd7 84. Rg6 Ne5 85. Rg7+ Ke6 86. a8=Q Rh3+ 87. Kg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
a5 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Bh6 Nb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h4 Nh5 13. g4 Ng3 14. Rh2 Nxf1 15.
Rxf1 Nc4 16. Qf4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 Qd4 19. c3 Qe3+ 20. Kc2 b4 21. cxb4
axb4 22. Nd2 Qd4 23. Rb1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Re1 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Ne8
15. Rad1 Qb4 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Be3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 gxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 Nfd7 15.
Rc1 Nc6 16. Bh5 Kh8 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. Nf4 Bd4 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. h4 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. f4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Qd3 Qxc5 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Nd4 a6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rc8
15. Bb2 Bb5 16. Qd4 Qc6 17. a4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 O-O 19. Rf3 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Ba3 Nf5 22. Qd3 Nh4 23. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 axb5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kd2 Ra8 27.
Rb2 Ra1 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Ke3 f6 30. Ra2 Kf7 31. Ra7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 Rh1 33. Rxb5
Rxh2 34. Rb6 Kf5 35. Rb7 g6 36. Rf7 Re2+ 37. Kxe2 Kxf4 38. Rxf6+ Kxe5 39. Rf7
h5 40. b4 Kd6 41. f4 h4 42. Rh7 g5 43. fxg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND6"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Bd2 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. b4 Nb6 14. Bd3
Na4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. c3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Be4 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Nb2 22. Qe2 Na4 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Nb6 25. a4 Rd7 26. a5 Nd5 27. c4
Nf4 28. a6 bxa6 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Qxh8 Nd3 32. Qxh7 Nxe1 33. Rxe1
Qxd4 34. Qc2 Rc7 35. Rc1 g5 36. h3 Rc5 37. Qe4 Qb2 38. Qe3 Re5 39. Qxa7+ Kf6
40. Rd1 Qc3 41. Qd4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Bf4 a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nfd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. f3 Nd7 10. h4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. a3 Nc5 13. g4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 h5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bd4 hxg4 18. fxg4 e5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Bxc5 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bf2
Rcd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Kc1 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5+ 31. Kb1 Bf4 32. b4 Rd2 33. Bc5 Re2
34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Rxe4 37. Rxa6+ Kf5 38. Rb6 Re1+ 39. Kb2 e4
40. Rxb5 Ke6 41. Rb6+ Kd5 42. Rg6 Be5+ 43. Kb3 Rb1+ 44. Ka4 Rb2 45. Rg2 Ra2 46.
c4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Ne2 h6 5. Nbc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bg3 c5 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bxg6 exd4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qh5+
Ke6 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. exd4 Qe7+ 17. Kd2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Kg6 19. Rae1 Qd8 20. Qd3+
Kf7 21. Re2 Nc6 22. Rhe1 Qd6 23. g3 a6 24. Kc1 Rhf8 25. Nd1 Rac8 26. Kb1 Rc7
27. Ne3 Rfc8 28. h4 b5 29. c3 g6 30. Ng2 Na5 31. Re6 Qd8 32. h5 Qg8 33. Nf4 g5
34. Nxd5 Rc6 35. Qf5 Rxe6 36. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 b6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Bb2 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. f4 c5 19. Be2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Bc5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Qf2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne4 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Nf3 g5 27. g3 g4 28.
Kf1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qa3 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Bc2 Qxa2 32. Qe5 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qc1 34.
Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ Kd7 39. Qe5 Qd2+ 40.
Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O b5 14. Ne2 Qa5 15.
c3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. f5 Rb3 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5
Qd4+ 22. Kh2 f6 23. Qg4 Qxd3 24. Rfd1 Qb5 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. Qxe7 fxg5 27. Rxd6
Rf2 28. Rxd7 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Ng4 6. Bf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Be2 Re8 13. f3 Nd4 14. Kh1 Ne6
15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Ned4 17. b3 Be5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. g3 Qd7 20. f4 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 f5 23. Re3 Qc6 24. Re1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. Qf3 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Kg2 c6 30. Kf2 d5 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ke6 33. Kd4
c5+ 34. Ke3 b6 35. a3 a6 36. a4 a5 37. cxd5+ Kxd5 38. f5 Ke5 39. fxg6 hxg6 40.
h4 b5 41. axb5 c4 42. bxc4 a4 43. c5 Kd5 44. c6 Kd6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 a3 47.
h6 a2 48. h7 a1=Q 49. Kxe4 Qb1+ 50. Kd4 Qxh7 51. Kc4 Qe4+ 52. Kb3 Qd3+ 53. Ka4
Qc4+ 54. Ka5 Qc5 55. Ka6 Kc7 56. Ka5 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND7"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Be7 6. b4 d6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7
9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. g4 Be6 12. Be3 a6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Rd1 f5 17. Rg1 fxg4 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxg4 Rxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Rg3
Qf5 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg2 Qf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Rg3 Rf4 27. Ke2 h4 28.
Rg4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Ke4 Ne7 32. a4 Kg7 33. b5 a5 34. d4 exd4
35. cxd4 Kf7 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Rc7 Nd5 39. Rxb7 Nc3+ 40. Kxf4 Bxd4
41. Rh7 Be5+ 42. Ke3 Bf6 43. Kf4 Nxa4 44. g5 Be5+ 45. Kg4 Kd5 46. Kxh4 Nc3 47.
g6 a4 48. Rh5 Kd4 49. Rxe5 a3 50. g7 a2 51. Re1 Nb1 52. g8=Q a1=Q 53. Qh8+ Kc4
54. Qxa1 Nc3 55. Rc1 Kxb5 56. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nxe5 Bf5 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. dxc6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd2 c6 5. Qc1 h5 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nd1 Qb6
9. f3 Qxd4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Be3 c5 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Ba6 15. Nh3
Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qb5+ 17. Kf2 Qb7 18. Ng5 e6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 a6
22. Qa1 Nb4 23. Rc1 Ra7 24. Ba4 Bg7 25. f4 O-O 26. Nf3 Nb6 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. c3
Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Nd3 30. Rd1 c4 31. Ra3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe1 Be6 8. f5
Bxc4 9. dxc4 Nd7 10. Qg3 Nd4 11. Rf2 Bf6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
b4 Qe7 16. Rd1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rfd2 Nc8 19. g4 Bg5 20. Rd3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
b6 22. Rg1 g5 23. h4 Rg8 24. h5 h6 25. b5 f6 26. Rgd1 Kg7 27. a4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. g4 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8
15. Rxd2 Rce8 16. g5 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Rxe7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nc4 20. Rd3 Rxe4
21. Bxa7 Nxb2 22. Nxd6 Ra4 23. Bc5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 b6 25. Bf2 Be5 26. Nc4 Rb4+
27. Kc1 Bf4+ 28. Kc2 b5 29. Bc5 Rxc4+ 30. dxc4 Rc8 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. c5 Bd6 33.
Kb3 Bxc5 34. Rc1 Bxd4 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Kb4 Bf2 37. Kxb5 Bxh4 38. a4 Bxg5 39.
a5 Be3 40. a6 g5 41. Rc5 g4 42. a7 h5 43. a8=Q Bxc5 44. Kxc5 h4 45. Qe4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
Bd7 9. Bb2 Be8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Rf3 Qb6+ 14. e3 Nxe3
15. c5 Nxd1 16. cxb6 Nxb2 17. Rb1 Bh5 18. Rc3 Nd1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND8"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O c6 8. a3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxc7 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Nxc7 20. f4 Nb5 21.
c3 Nd6 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Re2 Ne8 25. b4 Nf6 26. g3 Nd5 27. Rc1 b6
28. Rd2 c5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 Rdc8 32. Rcd1 Ne3 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rd3 Nxc4 36. Rc3 Nd6 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Nxf7 Kg6 39. Ne5+ Kf5
40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Nf3 Kd5 42. Ne5 Nd6 43. Kf3 Nc4 44. Nd7 Nxa3 45. Kg4 a5 46. Kh5
Nc4 47. Nb8 e5 48. fxe5 Nxe5 49. g4 a4 50. Na6 Kc4 51. g5 a3 52. gxh6 gxh6 53.
Kxh6 Ng4+ 54. Kh5 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nbd2
Nc5 9. h3 Ne6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Re1 f5 12. Nf1 f4 13. Bd2 g5 14. g4 Qe8 15. N1h2
Qg6 16. Kf1 Nf6 17. Ng1 h5 18. f3 hxg4 19. fxg4 c5 20. c3 b6 21. Qb3 Kf7 22.
Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd1 Ba6 24. Kc2 c4 25. dxc4 Nc5 26. Qb4 Nfxe4 27. Kd1 Nxd2 28. Kxd2
Qd3+ 29. Kc1 Qg3 30. Bf1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 b6 5. Bg5 Qb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qxc2
8. Nd4 Qg6 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 Nge7 11. Qc4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. h5
Qe6 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Qg4 17. Bg3 Nb4 18. Qxf7 Nc2+ 19. Kf1 Bxe4 20. Rh4
Ne3+ 21. Kg1 Qf5 22. Rxe4 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Nf5 24. Bh2 Bc5 25. Nb3 Rhf8 26. Nxc5
Rxf7 27. Nd3 Re8 28. Rc1 c5 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Rxe5 31. Rd5 Re4 32. Ng6 Re2
33. Bg3 Rxa2 34. Re1 a5 35. Re8+ Kb7 36. Rb8+ Ka7 37. Rd8 a4 38. R5xd7+ Rxd7
39. Rxd7+ Ka6 40. Ne5 Kb5 41. Rxg7 a3 42. Ra7 c4 43. Bf4 Kb4 44. Nc6+ Kc5 45.
Ne5 b5 46. Bxh6 b4 47. Bf8+ Kd5 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Bxb4 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 a2 51. Nf3+
Kd3 52. Ra3+ Kc2 53. Bc3 Rd1 54. Rxa2+ Kxc3 55. g4 Kb3 56. Rd2 Rc1 57. h6 c3
58. Rd3 Kc4 59. Ne5+ Kc5 60. h7 c2 61. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Bf2 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. Re1 a6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Bb4 7. c3 Nxe4 8.
cxb4 Qxg5 9. Qxg5 Nxg5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Nc4 d5 14.
Ne5 f6 15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. O-O Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3
Rac8 21. Rc1 Rc4 22. Kf1 Rhc8 23. Ke2 Rxb4 24. cxb4 Rxc1 25. Ra3 Rc2+ 26. Kd3
Rc6 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxa7+ Kf8 29. Rb7 Ra6 30. Rxb5 Rxa2 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ra3+
33. Ke2 Rh3 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Re7 e5 36. Rd7 d4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Bf4 Ncd5 14. Bg3 g5
15. Re1 Bc5 16. h3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne5 g4 21.
hxg4 Qg5 22. f3 Nfd5 23. Qf2 Ba4 24. Bh4 Qg7 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ng6 27. Bg3
Rfd8 28. Rab1 Bb3 29. Rbc1 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qg6 31. c5 Nd7 32. Bd6 Nf6 33. Rc3 Ba4
34. Bd3 Qg7 35. Be5 Rd5 36. Qh4 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Nd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. g5 hxg5 40.
Qxa4 Rc6 41. Qg4 Re6 42. Kf1 Qe5 43. Rc1 Qe3 44. Rd1 Rh6 45. Qh3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND9"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H, C.A.M.I.L.L.E.R.I."]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4
Be7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. f5 d5 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qe5 Kd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Ke8 18. Qxe4 Ra7 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Nc5 Rd5
21. Ne6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. b3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. a4 c5 13. b5 cxd4 14. exd4 a5
15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. Ng3 Qc3 20. Qd1 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. c3 Qd6 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. f3 Re8 26. Nf4 h6 27. Nd3 Nd7
28. Nb2 Rc7 29. c4 Nf6 30. Qf2 Rec8 31. Qe2 dxc4 32. Qe3 c3 33. Nd3 Nd5 34. Qf2
Nf4 35. Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Rc2 Rc4 37. d5 Qd4 38. dxe6 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 fxe6 40. Ke3
Kf7 41. Ra3 Kf6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. g3 e5 44. Rcxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3
e4 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kc4 g5 49. g4 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. fxe5 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 dxe5 9. Nd5 c6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Rf1 Qe7 13. Qxe5 Bxc4 14.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. dxc4 Rd8 16. Be3 Bh4+ 17. g3 Bg5 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rad1 Rde8 20.
Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rd7 Rxe4+ 22. Kd3 Re6 23. Rxb7 c5 24. Rf5 Rfe8 25. Rxc5 Re3+ 26.
Kd4 R3e4+ 27. Kc3 Re3+ 28. Kb4 Re2 29. Kb3 Rxh2 30. c3 Ree2 31. Ka3 Re6 32.
Rcc7 Ra6+ 33. Kb3 Rf2 34. c5 Rff6 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc6 37. Kc4 f5 38. Rd7
f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd2 g5 41. Kd5 Rc8 42. Rg2 Kf7 43. Rxg5 Kf6 44. Rg1 Kf5
45. c6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. d5
Nb4 9. O-O c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. a3 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15.
Rc1 Nfd7 16. b4 Na6 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nb6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. f5 Nd7 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bg4 Ne5 23. a4 b6 24. Na3 Qb7 25. Nc4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Qd7 27. b5 Nc5 28.
Qf2 Rf8 29. Qf3 Nxa4 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Nf5 e6 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Nxf7
Nxe4 35. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
c4 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc7 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. b4 Rfe8
15. Nb3 g5 16. g3 g4 17. Bd2 Ng5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Nf3 21. Be3
h4 22. Na5 Rab8 23. Nb3 a6 24. gxh4 Nxh4+ 25. Kg3 Ng6 26. h3 Nf6 27. hxg4 Nxg4
28. Bd2 Kg7 29. Rae1 Nf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Be3 Nh5+ 32. Kh2 Nhxf4 33. Re1 Rh8+
34. Kg1 Nd3 35. Re2 Nxb4 36. Na5 Rb8 37. Bd2 Nd3 38. Bg5 f6 39. Re3 Nxb2 40.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nh5 9. Be2 Ng7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bg7 14. Qe1
Ba6 15. Rf2 O-O 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. b3 Qd4 18. Be4 e6 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. Na4 Qe7 21.
Rfd2 Rfd8 22. c4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qh4 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nc5 f6 26. e6 g5 27. Bg3
Qg4 28. Nxa6 f4 29. Qd7 Bf8 30. e7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS BYE"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. dxe6 fxe6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a3 Rad8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Ngf3 Be6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nfg4 18. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21.
Ne5 Qc7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Qh5 Bd3 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Nf3 Nc4
28. Ng5 Re7 29. Bh3 Rde8 30. Rd1 Bc2 31. Rxd5 Nxe3 32. Rd7 Nf5 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8
34. Rxc7 Bd4+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rf2+ 37. Kg4 hxg5 38. Kxg5 Bf6+ 39. Kg6 Nd6+
40. Bf5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Ng3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nh4 g6 13. a3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
f5 15. Nf3 f4 16. Ne2 h6 17. h4 Rhf8 18. Kb1 Nf5 19. Nc1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Ne4 22. Bxf4 Nxf2 23. Qe2 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qg7 26. Nd3 Rde8 27.
Re1 b6 28. e6 h5 29. Qh3 Kb7 30. Bg5 Qd4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd3 Qg4 33. Qh2 Qg3 34.
Qh1 Nd4 35. Re3 Qd6 36. e7 Rf7 37. Qe1 Qh2 38. Qc3 c5 39. Nxc5+ bxc5 40. Qxc5
Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Nc6 42. Qb5+ Kc7 43. Qxf1 Kd7 44. Qf7 Qxg2 45. Qxg6 d4 46. Qf5+
Kc7 47. Bf4+ Kb7 48. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Nd5 c6 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 Nf6 11. Na2 Bb6 12. g3 Ne4 13. e3 d4 14. f4 Qe6 15.
Bg2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 dxe3 17. Qe2 Qxa2 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Kh1 Rad8 21.
Ra1 Rd2 22. Qe1 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. e5 d5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxd4 c6 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Kh1 h6 16. f4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc5
Re8 22. Bxd5 Qg3 23. Bg2 Nc8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "T.MIFSUD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. a4 Ng7 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Nd4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Qd1 Nh5 21.
Bc1 Rac8 22. Ref2 Rf8 23. Nf5 f6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Be3
Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Rce8 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Nc4 Ng7 31. h3 Nf5 32. Qg4 Qe4 33. Kh2 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Na3 b4 37. cxb4 Rxb4 38. g4 Ne3 39. Rxf6 Nxf1+
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "BYE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. a4 Ng7 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Nd4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Qd1 Nh5 21.
Bc1 Rac8 22. Ref2 Rf8 23. Nf5 f6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Be3
Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Rce8 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Nc4 Ng7 31. h3 Nf5 32. Qg4 Qe4 33. Kh2 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Na3 b4 37. cxb4 Rxb4 38. g4 Ne3 39. Rxf6 Nxf1+
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Black "J.RICHARDS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e4 Ng4 8.
Nd1 Qc7 9. h3 Nge5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ng6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 b6 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bf1 d6 18. g3 Ng6 19. Nd4 a6 20. b4 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 22. a4 Rfd8 23. b5 Bb7 24. Bg2 a5 25. Rd4 Rd7 26. h4 Qc5 27. Qc3 Rad8
28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Kh2 Ne7 30. Nd1 Rcd7 31. Nb2 Ng6 32. Nd3 Qc7 33. Rdc2 Ne7 34.
Nf4 Qc5 35. Bf3 Ng6 36. Nd3 Qc8 37. h5 Nf8 38. Kg2 Qa8 39. Qe1 f5 40. Re2 fxe4
41. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 42. Rxe4 d5 43. Rxe6 dxc4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.PETTERSON"]
[Black "C.PACE"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Black "D.ABELA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ndb5 Qa5
15. a3 a6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. c5 b6 20. Qxa6 bxc5 21. bxc5
Rxc5 22. Nd5 Ra5 23. Qb7 e6 24. Nb6 Bc8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qb4 Ra6 27. Rac1 Qb8
28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Rc2 Nc6 30. Qb3 Na7 31. a4 Bf8 32. Rdc1 Rd7 33. Qb2 Nxb5 34.
axb5 Ra8 35. b6 Qb7 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qb8 38. b7 Ra1+ 39. Qxa1 Qxc7 40. Qa8
Qc3 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qe5+ 43. Bf4 Qc3 44. b8=Q Qe1+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Black "V.XUEREB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qb6 8.
Bf4 Qxb3 9. axb3 Kd8 10. Ne5 Be6 11. c4 f6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. g3 g5 14. Bd2 Bg7
15. e4 Ke8 16. Bg2 a6 17. O-O Kf7 18. h3 Kg6 19. f4 f5 20. e5 g4 21. hxg4 fxg4
22. f5+ Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Kxf5 24. Rf1+ Kg6 25. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Black "R.SAMMUT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Nh5 7. Bh6 Nc6 8.
Bxg7 Nxg7 9. h4 e5 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. g4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 f6
15. Rdg1 c5 16. Ndb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Qxd6 Qa5 19. Qxc5 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qxa2
21. Qa3 Qf7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nd6 Qe7 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25. Rd1 a6 26. Nxb7 Rdb8 27.
Qxe7+ Nxe7 28. Nc5 Rb4 29. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.VELLA"]
[Black "W.ATTARD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qf2 Kh8 13. Qh4 f6 14. Nbd2 Qe8 15.
b4 g5 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Rf2 Rad8 18. Raf1 Qh5 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. Ndf3 Be8 21. h4 h6
22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kg7 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8
Qxe8 28. d4 Nc4 29. Nf1 Qxe4 30. Qf3 d5 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Ng3 Nd6
34. c4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND12"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD BYE"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.SAMMUT"]
[Black "D.VELLA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. c5 f4 13. Bc4 g5 14. Nb3 h5 15. Bb2 Rf7
16. b5 Bf8 17. a4 Rg7 18. a5 g4 19. b6 axb6 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 cxb6 22.
cxd6 Ng6 23. Nb5 gxf3 24. Rxf3 Bg4 25. Nc7 Nh4 26. Qe1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bh3+ 28.
Kh1 Bg2+ 29. Kg1 Bxf3+ 30. Kf2 Bxe4 31. Bxe5 Ng4+ 32. Kf1 Nxh2+ 33. Ke2 Nf3 34.
Bxg7 Nxe1 35. Bxf8 Qxf8 36. Kxe1 Qxd6 37. Ne6 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V.XUEREB"]
[Black "H.CAMILLERI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Bf4 c6 8.
Ne5 Qc8 9. Ne2 Be7 10. Ng3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qg3+
Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bh4+ 16. Be5+ Rxe5+ 17. Qxe5+ f6 18. Qe7+ Kg6 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. g3
Bg5 21. h4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qe8 23. h5+ Kf5 24. O-O-O Qxe3+ 25. fxe3 Kg4 26. Rdg1
f5 27. Rh4+ Kg5 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Rhf4 Rxe3 30. Rxf5+ Kg4 31. Rf7 Nb6 32. Rxb7 h6
33. Rxa7 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. Rf6 Nf5 36. Rxc6 Kxh5 37. Rc5 Nxg3 38. Rxd5+ Kg4
39. Rg7+ Kf3 40. Rxg3+ Kxg3 41. Rh5 Re6 42. d5 Rd6 43. c4 Kg4 44. Rh1 h5 45.
Kd2 h4 46. Ke3 h3 47. Ke4 Rh6 48. a4 Rb6 49. c5 Rxb3 50. d6 Rb4+ 51. Kd5 Rxa4
52. d7 Ra2 53. c6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.ABELA"]
[Black "D.CILIA VINCENTI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. d3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qd7 8.
Nd5 e6 9. Ne3 Bg6 10. Nc4 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Bf4 b5 14. Bb3 Be7
15. a3 O-O 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. O-O c4 18. Ba2 Bf6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Qg3 Nxc2 21.
dxc4 Nd4 22. Be5 Ne2+ 23. Nxe2 Qxd1 24. Bxf6 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C.PACE"]
[Black "P.SAMMUT BRIFFA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 b5 8. g3 Nf6
9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ne1 Re8 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Rc8 15.
Nb2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd2 Na5 18. Nc2 Qd7 19. Ne3 Ba3 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4
Nc4 22. Bc1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bc2 24. Bxa3 Bxa4 25. Bb4 Rxe3 26. Kf2 Rd3 27. Rfe1
Rd2+ 28. Re2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Re8+ 30. Kd2 Bb5 31. Re1 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.RICHARDS"]
[Black "J.PETTERSON"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T.MIFSUD"]
[Black "A.MUSCAT BARON"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ROUND13"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W.ATTARD BYE"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *


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