[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Abdelhakiem, Abdellatief Nogda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Sudan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Qh4 h5 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. h3 fxe4 23. dxe4 Kg7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bc3 Rde8 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Nxe5 Rf6 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Rh8+ 30. Kg1 Rh5 31. Rad1 Qf8 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Qd8 Rf5 35. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Rodgaard, John"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Faroe Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FAI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. 0-0 Qa5 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Kf1 Ne6 20. Nc2 Nc5 21. Nb4 a3 22. b3 Bb2 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Na6 26. Bd2 Kf8 27. Be1 Nc5 28. Rd2 Ra6 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Bd3 Raa8 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. f4 Nd7 33. b4 b5 34. cxb5 Nb6 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Be4 Rc4 37. Bf3 Rxf4 38. Rd1 Na4 39. Rd3 Rc4 40. Bd2 Bc3 41. b6 Bxd2 42. b7 Rxb4 43. Rb3 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Bc1 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Kd3 Bb2 47. Bd1 Nc5+ 48. Kc4 Kf6 49. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Daniel, Cyrus"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Santa Lucia"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Qe7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 Be6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 c6 17. Rd2 b5 18. Nh3 Rfc8 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Rd6 b4 21. a4 Rb8 22. Qd2 Rbb7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Qa6 Qe8 25. Rxc6 Nb8 26. Rxc7 Nxa6 27. Rxb7 Qxa4 28. Rd8 g5 29. Nxg5 Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rdxf8 h6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Espirito Santo, Waldyr"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sao Tome and Principe"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SAO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be6 10. 0-0 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bg3 0-0 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 b6 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. Qb5 Rfc8 23. Qg5 Na5 24. Nd2 h6 25. Qe3 Qa3 26. Ne4 Qxa2 27. g4 Qd5 28. g5 Nc4 29. Qg3 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Qf5 31. h4 Rd7 32. Re4 Nd6 33. Rg4 Ne8 34. Nf3 f6 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Re1 Re7 37. Re3 a5 38. Ne1 a4 39. Nc2 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qh5 41. f3 Rd8 42. Rg6 Kf7 43. Rg4 Qh6 44. Re2 Nd6 45. Ne3 Ne8 46. f4 Nd6 47. Rg2 Rg8 48. Qf3 f5 49. R4g3 Qxh4+ 50. Rh3 Qf6 51. Qc6 Ne4 52. Nc4 Ree8 53. Ne5+ Kf8 54. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Isam, Gaith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Palestine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PLE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Be7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. 0-0-0 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Rxh7 Rxh7 18. Bxh7 Rf8 19. f3 c5 20. c3 a5 21. Kd2 Rh8 22. Bf5 Kd6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Kc2 Ba4+ 26. b3 Bc6 27. f4 g6 28. Rh1 d4 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Ke6 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Rh7 Rc8+ 33. Kd3 Rc3+ 34. Kxd4 Rxf3 35. Ke4 Rf2 36. Rg7 d5+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Rxg6+ Ke7 39. f5 Ra3 40. Re6+ Kf8 41. Kd4 Rxb3 42. Kxd5 a4 43. Ra6 a3 44. Ke6 a2 45. Rxa2 Rb6+ 46. Ke5 Rb5+ 47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. f6 Ke6 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. g6 Rb1 53. Re2 Rf1+ 54. Rf2 Rg1 55. g7 Rg6 56. f7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Al Aqrabi, Saleh"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yemen"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YEM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. c3 0-0 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf1 Rfe8 12. a4 a6 13. Bh2 Ne4 14. Qb3 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qc6 16. f3 d5 17. Kh1 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. e4 Qe6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. c4 Bb7 23. f4 Qd6 24. fxe5 Qxd2 25. Qxb6 Qd7 26. Qxc5 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4 28. b4 Rac8 29. Qf2 Qg5 30. Qe3 Qg4 31. c5 Re7 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rce8 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. c6 Qc7 36. Qd4 Bc8 37. Rac1 Rd8 38. Qc5 Bf5 39. b6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Prasad, Rudr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Fiji"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIJ"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qe1 g6 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Nd2 0-0-0 14. Nb3 h5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nc5 Nf5 17. b4 h4 18. Ne2 Ne3 19. Rf3 Nc4 20. a4 b6 21. Nb3 Kb8 22. a5 b5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. a6 Ka8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qb1 Nb8 27. Qa2 Qb6 28. Qa5 Rd6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ra5 Nxa6 31. Nxa6 Bxa6 32. Rf1 Bb7 33. Rfa1 a6 34. Kf2 Kb8 35. Ng1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "De Araujo, Helder"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timor Leste"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rb4 15. Nd1 Rfb8 16. Bc3 Rxc4 17. Ne3 Rc5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Bd4 Rd8 20. e3 e5 21. e4 Rh5 22. Be3 Ng4 23. h3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 f5 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Rh4 27. Qg5 Rh6 28. Rad1 Re8 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rfd1 g5 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Bf1 c5 34. Bc4 Rc6 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 a5 7. a4 Nb4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qf6 10. Qe2+ Ne7 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 0-0 16. Qd2 Qxb2 17. 0-0 Qf6 18. Rfe1 b6 19. c4 Nf5 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Re4 Qc3 22. Qa2 Ne3 23. Nd2 f5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Nxc2 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bh3 g6 29. g4 Bxa4 30. gxf5 Bd7 31. Ne4 Bxf5 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Nxh7 a4 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Mooney, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Jersey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GCI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Na3 b5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. f3 Rb8 15. Ne2 a6 16. Nc2 Nf6 17. Qd2 0-0 18. Nf4 a5 19. Rad1 b4 20. cxb4 axb4 21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Ba4 23. Rb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Kh2 Rb2 26. Qd4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.12.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Hale, Andrew"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guernsey"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GCI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 g6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Ba4 15. Bxb6 Bxb3 16. Bxd8 Bxd5 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Bxf6 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 0-0 20. Bxe5 Bxa2 21. h4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Kg1 Rc2 24. Bd4 Bd5 25. Kh2 Bd6+ 26. Be5 Bxe5+ 27. Nxe5 Rxf2 28. Rg1 Rxb2 29. Ng4 Kg7 30. Ne3 Bc6 31. Rc1 a5 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nxc2 a4 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Kf2 b5 36. Ke3 Bxg2 37. Nb4 Kf5 38. Kd4 Kg4 39. Kc5 Bf1 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.12.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ioannides Liu, Alice"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1302"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ESNA Women"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NET"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. exd6 e6 8. Be2 Bxd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Bb8 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. Bg5 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Nd2 h6 24. Be3 f4 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Qg4 fxe3 27. Nxe3 Bb4 28. Red1 Rf4 29. Qe2 Ref8 30. a3 Bd6 31. b4 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Qf7+ 34. Ke2 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 Bf4+ 36. Ke2 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Qh5+ 38. Kd3 Qxh2 39. Re1 Qxg2 40. Rxe6 Qh3+ 41. Re3 Qf1+ 42. Re2 g5 43. Kd2 g4 44. d5 g3 45. a4 g2 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.12.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Rodgaard, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Faroe Islands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FAI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Nbc3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Be6 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Be5 g6 15. f4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bxf6 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bg7 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Nd4 Nxb2 24. Rd2 Nc4 25. Rd3 Bd5 26. Ng5 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Ndf3 h6 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.11.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Frick, Renato"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liechtenstein"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c3 e5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Qf2 Qa5 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Be2 d4 17. Bd2 d3 18. Bxd3 e4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Be3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb5 22. Qd2 Bh6 23. 0-0 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qc5 25. Rff3 Re8 26. Kf2 f5 27. Qd4 Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Qxd4 29. cxd4 Rd8 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Rb8 33. b4 Rd8 34. Kc3 Rc8+ 35. Kb3 Ke6 36. Rc3 Rd8 37. Kc4 f4 38. Kd3 Rd7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. h4 Rd6 41. d5 Rd7 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Ke5 Ke8 44. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.11.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Isaakidis, Alexandros"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. a4 Qa5 10. Ra3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Nf2 Rfc8 13. Be2 axb5 14. axb5 Qd8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. 0-0 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nfd7 18. f4 Qe8 19. Rd1 Ra7 20. h4 Qa8 21. h5 Ra1 22. hxg6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 hxg6 24. Kh2 f5 25. exf5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. fxg6 Bxg2 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Qg4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd7 Qh5+ 32. Qh3 Qxg6 33. b6 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 7th"]
[Site "Sliema"]
[Date "2021.11.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Porras Mateo, Felipe"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 a5 10. h3 a4 11. a3 Bd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bf4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15. Nd2 b3 16. Qc1 Bf5 17. Bf1 Bc2 18. Ndf3 Ra6 19. g4 f6 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Nf7 23. Qe3 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Nfe5 25. Nd2 Rf7 26. f4 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Nf8 28. Qf3 e6 29. Rad1 Rd7 30. Ne4 exd5 31. Nxc5 dxc4 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gomez Anadon, Daniel"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 0-0 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Bb2 g5 16. Ra1 Kh8 17. Ra7 b6 18. Rfa1 f4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Nc8 22. Ra8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8 Qd7 24. Qc4 Qf7 25. Nf1 h5 26. Bc1 Nh7 27. Be3 Bf6 28. Be4 Bg7 29. f3 g4 30. Nh2 gxf3 31. Nxf3 Qd7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Nh4 Ng4 34. Bg1 Kg8 35. Bg6 Bh6 36. Bxh5 Ne3+ 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Qg4+ Qxg4 39. Bxg4 Ne7 40. Ra7 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. Rxc7 Nxd5 43. Rd7 Bc5 44. Be6 Nc3 45. Ng6+ Ke8 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Schartz, Alain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 h6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 c6 9. h3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. f4 Be6 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf5 Ncxe4 15. Nxg7+ Kd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Rxf6 Bc5+ 18. Be3 Nxc3 19. Qd3+ Nd5 20. Bxc5 Qxf6 21. Bd4 e5 22. Rf1 Qd6 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bc3 Rg8 26. Qf2 Kd7 27. Qf5+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kc8 29. Rf2 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Carpenter, Paul A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Jersey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GCI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. 0-0-0 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qc7 15. Qg4 Rh7 16. Qe4 Rh8 17. g3 0-0-0 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd2 e5 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Kb1 Rhe8 25. Rc1 Bc5 26. Rhe1 Bd4 27. Qf3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qc6 29. Qf5+ Qe6 30. Rxe5 Qxf5+ 31. Rxf5 Re1+ 32. Rc1 Rdd1 33. Kc2 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Rh1 35. g4 Nxg4 36. Rxf7 Rxh5 37. Rxg7 Nxf2 38. Ne2 Rh2 39. Nd4 a6 40. Ne6 h5 41. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Klerides, Paris"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 gxf3 19. Rdg1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rxh5 c3 22. Qxc3 gxh5 23. Bh6 Kh7 24. Bxg7 f2 25. Rh1 f1Q+ 26. Rxf1 Rg8 27. Rxf7 Qe8 28. Qf3 Rxg7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Qh4+ Ke5 33. Nxe7 Qf7 34. b3 Qf3 35. Ng6+ Kd4 36. e5+ Ke3 37. Qe1+ Kd4 38. exd6 Kc5 39. Qa5+ Kxd6 40. Qb4+ Kc7 41. Qc5+ Kb7 42. Ne5 Qf1+ 43. Kb2 Qf6 44. Qd5+ Kb8 45. Qd4 Ka8 46. Qd5+ Kb8 47. Qc5 Be8 48. a4 Kb7 49. Qb4+ Kc7 50. Qc3+ Kb7 51. Qf3+ Qxf3 52. Nxf3 Kb6 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. b4+ Kd5 55. b5 Kc5 56. Nd4 a6 57. bxa6 Kb6 58. a7 Kxa7 59. Kb4 Ka6 60. a5 Bf7 61. Nb3 Bd5 62. Nc5+ Ka7 63. Kb5 Bf3 64. Ne6 Be2+ 65. c4 Bf1 66. Nd4 Bg2 67. a6 Bf1 68. Nc6+ Ka8 69. Kb6 Bxc4 70. a7 Bd5 71. Nb4 Bc4 72. Nc2 Bd3 73. Ne3 Bc4 74. Nf5 Bd5 75. Nd6 Bc6 76. Nc8 Bb7 77. Ne7 Bc6 78. Nf5 Be4 79. Nd4 Bc6 80. Ne6 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Berardi, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Marino"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SMR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. b3 g5 13. Qc2 f4 14. Ne4 g4 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Bc3 Ne7 17. Rbd1 Rf7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc6 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Bd5 Qe7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Kg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Rd5 Nf6 30. Qd4 Kf8 31. Rb5 b6 32. Qxf4 h5 33. Qh6+ Qg7 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nf4 Ne4 37. Nxh5+ Kh6 38. Nf4 Bb7 39. Rh5+ Kg7 40. Rd1 Re8 41. e3 Nc3 42. Rd3 Ne4 43. Nd5 Rf8 44. Nf4 Re8 45. Rh4 Nf6 46. Nh5+ Nxh5 47. Rxh5 Kg6 48. Rh4 Bf3 49. Rd4 Kg5 50. Kf1 Rd8 51. Rh7 a4 52. b4 c5 53. Rd2 cxb4 54. axb4 Rc8 55. Ra2 Rxc4 56. Ke1 Rxb4 57. Kd2 b5 58. Rd7 Rb1 59. Kc3 Rb3+ 60. Kd4 Rb4+ 61. Kc3 Rb3+ 62. Kd2 Rb1 63. Kd3 Rb3+ 64. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Van Hoolandt, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Re3 d5 13. Ba3 d4 14. Bxf8 dxe3 15. Bc5 exd2 16. Qxd2 Bf5 17. Rd1 b6 18. Be3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nc7 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. Bg5 Qd5 22. Bf4 Ne6 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. Qe2 h6 25. Kh1 f5 26. Nd2 f4 27. Re1 fxg3 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 gxf2 30. Rxc6 Be3 31. Nf1 Rxd3 32. g3 Bc5 33. Kg2 a5 34. Re6 Kf7 35. Re2 Rd1 36. Re4 g5 37. h4 Re1 38. Rg4 Kg6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rc4 Re2 41. a4 Rb2 42. Rc3 g4 43. Rd3 Rb1 44. Rc3 Kf5 45. Rd3 Ke5 46. Rc3 Re1 47. Rc4 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Rc4 Rb1 50. Rc3 Kf5 51. Rd3 Ke5 52. Rc3 Kd5 53. Rc4 Rxb3 54. Rxg4 Rb4 55. Rg5+ Ke6 56. Rg6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 6th"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Simonsen, Hans Kristian"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Faroe Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FAI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ngf3 0-0 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Nd4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Be6 16. Bc2 a6 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Nc2 Rd7 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Kf8 21. Rfd1 g5 22. f3 Ke7 23. a4 b6 24. R1d2 h6 25. Bd1 Ne8 26. Be2 Nc7 27. Rb4 Rd6 28. Kf2 f5 29. g3 Kf6 30. f4 Bc8 31. Rbd4 Bb7 32. fxg5+ hxg5 33. Bf3 Ne6 34. Rb4 Nc5 35. h4 g4 36. Bg2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rxd6+ Rxd6 39. a5 b5 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Ke6 42. h5 Kf6 43. h6 Bc8 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. Ke3 Be6 46. Nb6 Kf6 47. d5 Bg8 48. d6 Ke6 49. d7 Ke7 50. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. e5 Nxb3 13. exf6 Nxa1 14. fxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxa1 Be6 16. Qd1 a6 17. Bd4+ f6 18. Bd3 Bf7 19. f5 g5 20. Qg4 h6 21. h4 Rg8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Re1 Kd7 26. Qh7 Qc6 27. Be4 Qc4 28. Bf2 Rae8 29. b3 Qxc3 30. Qxf7 Kc7 31. Bd3 Kb8 32. Rxe7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Rh8+ 34. Kg3 Reg8+ 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. gxh3 Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Strade, Arita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Guernsey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GCI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bg2 d6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 0-0 10. Na3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nce7 12. Qc1 Nf5 13. Nd3 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb2+ Kg8 16. Ne5 a6 17. Ng4 Nd4 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nxd5 Qc6 21. c4 f6 22. Re3 Bg4 23. Nc2 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. f3 Bh3+ 26. Kf2 Bd7 27. Rae1 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. h4 Ne6 30. Re3 Kg7 31. Qc3 Rf7 32. Qd3 b5 33. Qe4 Bd7 34. d4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Qxd4 Qd6 38. Rb3 Qe6 39. Rb6 Qf5 40. Ne3 Qa5 41. Qb2 Bc8 42. Kg2 Qe5 43. Qxe5 fxe5 44. c5 Rd7 45. Nc4 Rd5 46. c6 Rc5 47. Nd6 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Be6 49. Rxa6 Kf8 50. a4 Bd5 51. Ne4 Bxc6 52. a5 Bxe4 53. fxe4 Re2 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. a6 Rxe4 56. a7 Ra4 57. Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Righi, Ezio"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Marino"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SMR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Bd3 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Villegas, Pierre"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Bd6 11. Kf2 Qc7 12. Kg2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 0-0-0 14. c5 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Rxh1 16. Kxh1 Qxg3 17. Qg2 Qe1 18. Rb1 Rh8+ 19. Kg1 e5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Nc4 23. Be1 Qh5 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Nd1 Qf5 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bg3 Rh5 28. Bxe5 Rg5 29. f4 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qb4 32. Bc3 Qxc5 33. b4 Qd6 34. a3 Ne4 35. Be5 Qe7 36. Bf3 Nd2 37. Bxd5 Qh4 38. Bg2 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qd2+ 43. Be2 Qxc1 44. Kg2 Qxa3 45. Bc3 Qb3 46. Kf2 Kd7 47. Ke1 Ke6 48. Kd2 Qd5+ 49. Bd3 Qg2+ 50. Ke1 g5 51. fxg5 Qxg5 52. Bd4 b6 53. Nf2 c5 54. bxc5 bxc5 55. Bb2 Qxe3+ 56. Kf1 g5 57. Bc4+ Ke7 58. Bf6+ Kf8 59. Be2 c4 60. Bb2 c3 61. Ba3+ Kg7 62. Nd3 a5 63. Bc1 Qh3+ 64. Kf2 g4 65. Bf4 Qh4+ 66. Bg3 Qf6+ 67. Ke1 Qc6 68. Kd1 Qh1+ 69. Ne1 Qd5+ 70. Nd3 Qb3+ 71. Kc1 a4 72. Bd1 Qc4 73. Kc2 f6 74. Be1 a3 75. Bxc3 a2 0-1

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hoegener, Claude"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qb3 a5 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Be3 N8d7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qc4 b6 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Nf4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rfd8 25. Rcc1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ne8 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Bxd8 Nd6 29. Nd5 Nc4 30. Bxb6 Nxb2 31. Nc3 f6 32. Bxc5 Be8 33. Bb6 Nxa4 34. Bxa5 Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Kf7 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ke3 h5 38. Be1 Bd7 39. h4 g4 40. Kd4 gxf3 41. gxf3 Ke6 42. f4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nh6 11. 0-0 e6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Rc3 h6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Qa4 Kd7 21. Rb3 Qd8 22. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "EU Small Countries ol 5th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2017.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mooney, Graham"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jersey"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GCI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Qd1 Nge5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Be2 0-0 15. 0-0 Kh8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. c3 Qe3 20. f5 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qxe4 22. Bg3 Qe3 23. Bf2 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Bxd2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bxa7 Kg7 27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Bg1 Kf7 29. Rad1 Bg5 30. Rde1 e6 31. Re2 Ne5 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 b6 34. Kg1 g5 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Ra6 Nd7 37. b4 d5 38. Be2 Rb7 39. Bb5 Ne5 40. Be2 Kg6 41. Bd1 Rh4 42. Ra8 d4 43. Re1 d3 44. Bb3 Kf7 45. Rd8 Ke7 46. Rd4 Rd7 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Rd1 Ke7 49. Ba4 Rh8 50. Bb5 Rd8 51. h3 Rd5 52. c4 Rd4 53. Rd2 Ng6 54. g3 e5 55. Kf2 Rd8 56. Ke3 Rh8 57. Rxd3 Rxh3 58. Ke4 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Ribbegren, Karl Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 Qc7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Qb3+ e6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qf3 a6 13. N5c3 Rf8 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rd1 e5 16. Bg5 b5 17. Qd3 Kg8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Nd2 Qa7 21. Rf1 Be6 22. Nf3 Bh6 23. h4 Raf8 24. b3 Bg4 25. Nh2 Rxf2 26. Kh1 Be2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Murillo Tsijli, Alexis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Costa Rica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bg2 h6 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 a5 9. b3 a4 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Na3 Na5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 h5 16. h4 g5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Kf2 h4 20. g4 h3 21. Bh1 0-0-0 22. b4 Nac4 23. Naxc4 dxc4 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Rh1 Bh4+ 27. Ke2 a3 28. Bxa3 Nxc3+ 29. Kf1 Rxd4 30. Rxh3 Rxd2 31. Qxc6 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 bxc6 33. Rc1 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Martis, Valentino"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands Antilles"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AHO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. a3 b5 8. e3 e6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Ra2 Qh6 21. Bf5 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25. Ke1 Qxg3+ 26. Kd2 Qf2+ 27. Ne2 Qxf5 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rc7 Ba8 30. Rac2 h5 31. Nd4 Qf2+ 32. Kc1 Qe1+ 33. Kb2 Nxe3 34. Re2 Nd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qxd1 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Nf5 Qd2+ 38. Ka1 Qd1+ 39. Kb2 Qd2+ 40. Ka1 d4 41. Rxa8 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qf2+ 43. Rc2 Qxf5 44. Rxa6 d3 45. Rd2 Qe5+ 46. Kb3 Qd5+ 47. Kc3 Qc4+ 48. Kb2 Qd4+ 49. Kb3 h4 50. Ra5 Qc4+ 51. Kb2 h3 52. Rh2 Qd4+ 53. Ka2 Qd5+ 54. Kb1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Parraga, Alejandro"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bolivia"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BOL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rac1 0-0 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qb3 Rfb8 15. Be1 Nd6 16. c5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 e5 19. f3 b6 20. cxb6 Rxb6 21. Qc3 a4 22. Bf2 e4 23. Rdc2 exf3 24. gxf3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Qf5 26. Qd2 c5 27. dxc5 Rf6 28. Qe2 Ne5 29. c6 Nxf3 30. c7 Rc8 31. e4 Qh5 32. Bg3 dxe4 33. Rd1 Re6 34. Rd8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. c8Q Nh4+ 37. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Su, Haifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Guyana"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GUY"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. c3 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 0-0 11. h3 b5 12. Ne3 Bd8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Ne8 16. Nhf5 Ra7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rg1 Qd7 19. Nxg7 Nxg7 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bd2 Qe8 23. Raf1 Raf7 24. d4 Ng6 25. Ng4 Nh5 26. Kh2 Nhf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qc2 h5 29. Ne3 c4 30. Qd1 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rfg8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. d5 e5 34. Nf5 Rd7 35. Rg1 Bf6 36. Nh6 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Bxg7 38. Nf5 Bf8 39. Qg1 Qf7 40. Qg5 a5 41. Nxd6 Bxd6 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qxd6 Qa7 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qh4 Qe3 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qe8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kg6 51. Qf5+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shrestha, Bilam Lal"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nepal"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NEP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 0-0 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. f3 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Qe1 Qc7 15. Qf1 Nb8 16. Qf2 Nfd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Nb4 Rc7 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Nxa6 Ra7 24. Nb4 Qa8 25. Ra3 Rxa4 26. Rda1 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Qb7 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Nd5 Qxc2 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nd5 Qc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. Ra7 Ne5 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. Rxb6 Nd3 36. g4 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. g5 Rxb2+ 40. Rxb2 Nxb2 41. Kf2 h5 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. f4 Nd6 44. Kd3 h4 45. Ne3 f6 46. gxf6+ Kf7 47. e5 Nb5 48. h3 Nd4 49. Ng2 Ne6 50. Ke3 g5 51. fxg5 Nxg5 52. Nf4 c4 53. Kd4 Nf3+ 54. Ke4 Nd2+ 55. Kf5 Kg8 56. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kalugampitiya, RS."]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Qh5 11. f4 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Na5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Nxb3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. axb3 Ng7 19. Rfe1 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Be6 21. Rb4 b6 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh6 Bf7 24. Rd4 Rfe8 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Kf2 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc6 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bd5 32. Nxa7 Bxg2 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Nc8 b5 36. Nd6 Bc6 37. c4 Ke7 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. Nd4+ Kd6 40. Ke3 bxc4 41. Nxc6 Kxc6 42. bxc4 Kc5 43. b3 h5 44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Colombia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rae1 a4 13. Nh2 Nf8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Rf2 g5 18. Ref1 Be6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Rxf7 Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. hxg4 Rhf8 23. Nd1 Kg6 24. Bf2 Be5 25. c3 Bf4 26. Be3 Nb3 27. Qe2 Rad8 28. Nf2 Bg3 29. Nh3 Rf7 30. Bf2 Be5 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. g3 Rf3 33. d4 cxd4 34. cxd4 Bxd4 35. Bxd4+ Rxd4 36. Kh1 Rf1+ 37. Ng1 Rdd1 38. Qc3+ Kg6 39. Qe5 Rxg1+ 40. Kh2 Rgf1 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Rf7 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Kg2 Rdf1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mimbasa Kutesa, Willy"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Congo"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CON"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bd3 a6 12. f5 Ne5 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Ng5 b5 17. Qe1 Nh7 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Nd5 f6 21. c3 g5 22. Qh5 Rxe4 23. Qg6 Re5 24. Qd3 Bc6 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Bd4 Re4 27. Rae1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qd7 29. Qg3 e5 30. Be3 Qf5 31. Bc1 Rd8 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. Nf2 Rh8 34. Ng4 Qg6 35. Qf2 Re8 36. Qb6 Re7 37. Qxd6 Qf5 38. Qd2 Rd7 39. Qe2 Qe6 40. Rf1 Kg8 41. Ne3 Be4 42. Rd1 Bg6 43. b3 Bf8 44. c4 Bc5 45. Kh2 Bxe3 46. Bxe3 Rxd1 47. Qxd1 bxc4 48. bxc4 Qxc4 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Bf7 51. Qd2 Qxa2 52. Qd6 Kg6 53. Qd3+ Kg7 54. Qf5 Qd5 55. h4 gxh4 56. Qg4+ Kf8 57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qg4+ Bg6 59. Qxh4 a5 60. Qh6+ Kf7 61. Qh8 Qe4 62. Bh6 a4 63. Qf8+ Ke6 64. Qc8+ Kd5 65. Qd7+ Kc5 66. Bf8+ Kb6 67. Qd8+ Kb5 68. Qd7+ Qc6 69. Qd2 Be4 70. Qb2+ Ka6 71. Qe2+ Kb6 72. Be7 f5 73. Bd8+ Kb7 74. Qb2+ Kc8 75. Bh4 Qc2 76. Qxc2+ Bxc2 77. Bf6 e4 78. Kg3 Kd7 79. Kf4 Ke6 80. Bb2 Bd1 81. g3 Kd5 82. Ke3 Kc4 83. Kd2 Kb3 84. Kc1 e3 85. Bd4 e2 86. Bf2 a3 87. Kb1 a2+ 88. Ka1 Bc2 89. Be1 Bb1 90. Ba5 Kc2 91. Be1 Kd1 92. Bf2 e1Q 93. Bxe1 Kxe1 94. Kb2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bg2 e5 13. Nde2 exf4 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. 0-0-0 0-0 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Kb1 fxg5 21. Bh3 Rf4 22. Be6+ Kg7 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. a3 Rc4 27. Qf2 Bf4 28. Rd4 Qc5 29. c3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Qc1+ 31. Ka2 Qe3 32. Qc2 Qxd4 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qd8 Be5 35. Qf8+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Sarwary, Hamidullah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Afghanistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AFG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Qf6 8. Qd3 Qg6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. 0-0-0 0-0-0 11. Ne5 Qh5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa6+ Kd7 14. e5 Qf5 15. Bg3 Ne8 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Rhe1 Be7 18. Ne4 Qb5 19. Qa3 Kc8 20. Qxa7 Qb7 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Re7+ Kb6 25. Rxf7 g6 26. Re1 Rdf8 27. Ree7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Kc5 29. Kd2 h5 30. Rg7 Rf8 31. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 32. Kc3 h4 33. Rh6 Rf4 34. b3 Rg4 35. a3 Kb6 36. Rxd6 Rxg2 37. Rd2 Rg4 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. Kxd4 h3 40. a4 Kc7 41. Kc5 Kb7 42. a5 Ka6 43. Kxc6 Kxa5 44. c4 Kb4 45. Kd5 Kxb3 46. c5 Kc3 47. c6 Kd3 48. c7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hassuji, Nurdin Husein"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tanzania"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. f3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Nb3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. Nd2 0-0 17. a5 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. 0-0 Qc7 21. Qc4 Rac8 22. b3 Qd6 23. Qd4+ e5 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Qf2 f5 26. Rfe1 Qf6 27. Rad1 Rf7 28. Ng3 Re7 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Nb6 Re6 31. Red1 Red6 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 34. Qc5 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Nf1 f4 38. Rd3 Ke6 39. Nd2 Rc6 40. c3 bxc3 41. Nc4 Bxc4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rd1 c2 44. Rc1 Kd5 45. Ke2 Kc5 46. Kd3 Kb4 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 Kxa5 49. Kb3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jordan"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "JOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne5 a6 8. a4 b4 9. Nb1 e6 10. a5 c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. 0-0 Bb4 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Ra4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Qd5 17. Rxb4 0-0 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Giron, Jorge Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "El Salvador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 h6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. h3 Bc6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. g4 Rc8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rac1 b4 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Qd2 Rc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Ne1 Bd8 24. Nd3 h5 25. f3 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. Kg2 Qe3 28. Re1 Qd4 29. a4 h4 30. Rd1 Qe3 31. Nc1 Bxg4 32. hxg4 h3+ 33. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh3 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bassel, Charaf"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lebanon"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LBN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Be3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qc7 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Ncb5 Qd7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. b4 Nd5 17. b5 0-0 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 e5 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Re4 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Rf1 Qh5 27. Rh4 Qg6 28. Rg4 Qh5 29. Rf6 g5 30. h4 Nd7 31. hxg5 Nxf6 32. gxf6+ Kh8 33. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wong, Brian"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hong Kong"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HKG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bc4 Nh6 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Nc3 Qc5 12. Rae1 exf4 13. Ne4 fxe3 14. Qxd7 Qb6 15. Qd3 Bxb2 16. c3 Ba3 17. b4 a5 18. Nfg5 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qd7 e2+ 21. Rf2 Ng7 22. Nc5 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Rf8+ 24. Kxe2 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Nxb7 axb4 27. cxb4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Ba3 29. Rb3 Bc1 30. Ne4 d5 31. Nec5 e5 32. Nd7 Bg5 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. Rb7+ Be7 36. g4 e4 37. Ke3 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kf6 40. g5+ Kxg5 41. Ne6+ Nxe6 42. Rxe7 Kf5 43. a4 d4+ 44. Ke2 Nf4+ 45. Kf1 e3 46. a5 d3 47. Ke1 Nd5 48. Rd7 Ke6 49. Rd8 Nb4 50. Re8+ Kd5 51. Rxe3 Nc2+ 52. Kd2 Nxe3 53. Kxe3 Kc5 54. Kxd3 Kb5 55. Ke4 Kxa5 56. Kf4 Kb5 57. Kg5 Kc5 58. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. h3 0-0 7. Nf3 c6 8. a4 b6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qf3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 b4 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nd2 c4 20. Ng3 c3 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Nb3 Nxe4 23. Nf5 g6 24. Qg4 Rad8 25. f3 h5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Aizpurua, Patrick Emilio"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Panama"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Be6 12. Rae1 Rc8 13. Nce2 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. c3 Ndf5 16. Bf2 d4 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. Nb3 dxc3 19. bxc3 b6 20. g4 Nd6 21. Bh4 Re8 22. d4 c4 23. Na1 Qc7 24. Nc2 Bh6 25. Bg3 Qd7 26. Bh3 g5 27. Nh5 Nd5 28. Ne3 Re6 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Re1 Qg6 32. Be5 Ne8 33. Re3 f6 34. Bg3 f5 35. Re5 f4 36. Rxd5 fxg3 37. Nxg3 Qc6 38. Nf5 Kh8 39. Ne7 Qb7 40. Nxc8 Qxd5 41. Qe3 Nf6 42. Ne7 Qf7 43. Nf5 Qg6 44. Bf1 b5 45. a4 a6 46. axb5 axb5 47. Qe5 Bf8 48. Qxb5 h5 49. h3 hxg4 50. hxg4 Qf7 51. Qb8 Nd7 52. Qc7 Qe6 53. Qh2+ Kg8 54. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Veer, Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Surinam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 0-0 12. c3 a5 13. Nf1 a4 14. a3 Re8 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. h4 Ra5 22. h5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qd3+ Kg8 26. Qxd7 Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. e6 Bxg3 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. fxg3 Kf6 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. g4 Rf7 34. Kg3 Rd7 35. Kf4 d4 36. g5+ Kf7 37. cxd4 Rxd4+ 38. Re4 Rd2 39. Rxa4 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rxb2 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tromp, Rigoberto"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aruba"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. h3 0-0 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Rad1 b6 17. Nb1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Ne4 19. Rc1 Ba5 20. Rf1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Hemam, Moulaye Brahim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Mauretania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 h5 9. h3 Nd4 10. 0-0 Nf5 11. Ne2 d4 12. c3 Nb6 13. c4 Bd7 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Kh2 0-0-0 16. a3 Rdg8 17. b4 Ba4 18. Qd2 Ne3 19. Rf2 g5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bb2 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bc6 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxg2 25. Nxg2 Rd8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Qd7 28. Qa5 Kb8 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Qd2 Qa4 31. Qc2 Qxa3 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Qb2 Qxb2 34. Rxb2 Rhd8 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. Rb3 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Rxf4+ 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Nxd5 exd5 40. d4 Rg2+ 41. Ke3 Rf5 42. Rdd3 Rh2 43. Rbc3 Rxh3+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Ke1 h4 46. Rc5 Rg5 47. Kf1 Rh1+ 48. Kf2 h3 49. Rg3 Rf1+ 50. Kxf1 Rxg3 51. Rc2 Rd3 52. Rh2 Kc7 53. Rf2 Kb6 54. Kg1 Rg3+ 55. Kh1 Rg7 56. Rb2 Rg2 57. Rb3 Rd2 58. Rf3 Rxd4 59. Rxf7 Re4 60. Re7 d4 61. Kh2 Re3 62. Rd7 Rxe5 63. Rxd4 Kxb5 64. Kxh3 a5 65. Kg3 a4 66. Rd7 b6 67. Kf4 Re1 68. Rd3 Kb4 69. Rd4+ Ka5 70. Rd3 b5 71. Kf3 Re6 72. Kf4 Kb4 73. Rd4+ Kc3 74. Rd5 b4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Kigigha, Inimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Nigeria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NGR"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. f4 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Rf3 Rfe8 13. Rh3 Nf8 14. g4 N6d7 15. g5 g6 16. Ndf3 a6 17. Bd2 Nb8 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Nfe5 Kg7 21. Qf2 Bd8 22. Qh4 h5 23. gxh6+ Kh8 24. Qe1 f5 25. Ne3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 d4 27. cxd4 Qd7 28. Bc3 g5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. e6 Qd5 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. fxe5 f4 33. Bf5 Nxe6 34. Rd3 Bd5 35. b3 a5 36. Bb2 b5 37. Rc1 Bb6 38. Kf1 b4 39. a4 Rad8 40. h3 f3 41. Rc2 Nf4 42. Re3 Ne2 43. e6 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gentilleau, Jean Philippe"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 0-0 11. f3 Rac8 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. b3 a6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rd2 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Ra4 d4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Raxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg3 Rxa2 30. Ra4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Chogdov, Munkhbat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Korea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd6 14. Nxe6 Re8 15. Neg5 Bg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. g4 Qxd4 22. Qc2+ Kf6 23. Bd2 Re2 24. Nh7+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fekadu, Desalegn Jimma"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ethiopia"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ETH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Nb1 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Nf3 Qd6 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qc3 Qb6 14. Nbd2 Na6 15. a3 Bf5 16. b4 Re8 17. Rad1 c5 18. b5 Nb8 19. a4 a5 20. Rfe1 Nbd7 21. e4 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nf8 24. e5 N6d7 25. Nh2 Rad8 26. Ng4 h5 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Nd5 Qa7 29. Be3 b6 30. f4 g6 31. Be4 Ndf8 32. f5 Nd4 33. f6 Bd6 34. exd6 Rxe4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Qd2 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Kh7 38. Re7 Rd7 39. Qxd4 Qb8 40. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rfd1 0-0 11. a3 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. b3 a4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. bxa4 c4 23. Qc2 g5 24. h3 h5 25. Nh2 Qf4 26. Nf1 Re4 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Bxa3 29. Re4 Qc1 30. Qxc1 Bxc1 31. d6 Kg7 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rxc4 Bf4 34. Rd4 Kf6 35. h4 Ke6 36. g3 Be5 37. Rb4 Rxd7 38. hxg5 Kf5 39. Rb5 Ke6 40. Ne3 Bd4 41. Ng2 Be5 42. Kh2 Kd6 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. f4 Rd2+ 45. Kh3 Bd4 46. f5+ Kd7 47. Rd5+ Kc6 48. g6 fxg6 49. fxg6 Re2 50. Rxd4 Rxe3 51. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 24th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Soyez, Cyril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 b5 7. Bxc5 b4 8. Nce2 Bxb2 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. c3 bxc3 11. Rxb8 Nxb8 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. d4 Qa5 14. Kd1 Nh6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nh3 Ngxe5 17. Nxc3 Nd3 18. Bxc6 Nxc5 19. Qb5 Qxc3 20. dxc5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Said, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Palestine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PLE"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 h6 6. f3 a6 7. a4 e6 8. h4 e5 9. Nge2 f6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. 0-0-0 b6 12. Be2 Nf8 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Rhf1 Ne6 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. f4 b5 17. Bb3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Bb3 bxa4 22. Bxa4 0-0 23. h5 c5 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. hxg6+ Kxg6 26. e5 Bb5 27. c4 Bd7 28. Qd3+ Kf7 29. Bc2 Rh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rde1 Be8 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Be4 Ra7 34. Bd5+ Bf7 35. e6 Qf6 36. exf7+ Rxf7 37. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adedeji, Adekola"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nigeria"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NGR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Nxd4 d6 9. f3 0-0 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. g4 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Kb1 a6 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bh3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd7 R8c7 24. Rxd5 Rxd7 25. Rhd1 Rdc7 26. c3 b5 27. R1d4 R4c5 28. a4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 bxa4 30. Ra5 Rc4 31. Kc2 Kf8 32. Kd3 Rc6 33. Rxa4 f6 34. gxf6 exf6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. c4 g5 38. Ra5 g4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40. h5 Rb6 41. Kc3 g3 42. h6 Rb8 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rxa6 Rxh7 45. Ra1 Ke5 46. Rg1 Rg7 47. Kd3 Kf4 48. Kd4 Rg5 49. b5 Re5 50. b6 Kf3 51. b7 Re8 52. Kd5 Kf2 53. Rb1 g2 54. Kxd6 g1Q 55. Rxg1 Kxg1 56. c5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Nakapunda, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Namibia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NAM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 Bc6 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Theocharides, Constantinos"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Qd2 Ne7 8. Nd1 d6 9. c3 Ndc6 10. Ne2 Rb8 11. 0-0 0-0 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Ndc3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bf4 e5 17. dxe5 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxe5 19. Nc4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Ncd4 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Nd5 Kg7 23. Rd2 b6 24. Ne5 Ba6 25. Rfd1 Rbc8 26. Nc3 Rfd8 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Nc6 Bc4 31. Nxa7 h5 32. Nc8 b5 33. Nb6 Be6 34. a3 Nd6 35. b4 Kf6 36. f4 g5 37. Kf2 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kf5 39. Kg3 f6 40. h4 Kg6 41. Bf1 Nf5+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. a4 bxa4 44. Nbxa4 Bd7 45. Nc5 Bc6 46. Bd3+ Kf7 47. N5e4 Ncb5 48. Nxb5 Bxe4 49. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Borigas, Edgardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Hong Kong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HKG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. Nf3 Rc8 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qg5 g6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. h4 Qxg5 13. hxg5 h5 14. Bd3 Kf8 15. g4 h4 16. Ke2 Nge7 17. Rh3 Kg7 18. Rah1 b5 19. Bxb5 Nxe5 20. Ba6 Nxf3 21. Bxc8 Nxg5 22. Bxd7 Nxh3 23. Rxh3 g5 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Ke3 Kf6 26. Rh1 Rb8 27. b4 Rb7 28. Ba4 Rc7 29. Kd2 Rc4 30. Nh2 d4 31. Rc1 dxc3+ 32. Rxc3 Rxb4 33. Bb3 Ne5 34. f3 Rd4+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Ke4 Rd2 37. Rc2 Rd1 38. Re2 Rg1 39. Kd4 Ng6 40. Kc5 Rc1+ 41. Kb5 Nf4 42. Rc2 Rh1 43. Ka6 h3 44. Bc4 Rg1 45. Bf1 Ng2 46. Kxa7 Rh1 47. a4 Rxh2 48. a5 Rh1 49. Bxg2 Rh2 50. a6 hxg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skehan, Craig"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Papua New Guinea"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PNG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Ngf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxf4 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. g3 Bd6 13. Rg1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bb2 Bxc3 17. Rc1 d4 18. Nb1 Qc6+ 19. Rg2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Ng4 21. Qe2 Rae8 22. Qc2 Ne3 23. Qf2 Bxg2+ 24. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Nxg2 26. Ba3 Re1+ 27. Kxg2 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Re8 29. Na3 Bb2 30. Bxb2 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Nb5 Rxh2 33. Ke4 Rxa2 34. Nxd4 Kf8 35. Kd5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chinasamy, Devarajen"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mauritius"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d3 Nd7 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 b5 16. e5 Qe7 17. a4 a6 18. Ra2 Nb6 19. c3 Qd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rfa1 Qb7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Ra5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qc6 25. Qa2 Ra8 26. Kf2 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Nd7 28. h4 Qb6 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Ke2 c4 31. dxc4 dxc4 32. b4 Qc7 33. Nd4 Nb6 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. g4 Nd5 36. gxf5 Qd8 37. fxe6+ Kg8 38. Nc6 Qxh4 39. Qxd5 Qxf4 40. e7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 0-0 10. Nc3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc8 13. b4 Bf6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. b5 Na5 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qa4 b6 18. Qb4 Nf5 19. c6 Be7 20. Qb2 Bd6 21. Bd3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. Ne2 Rf6 24. Rac1 Qc7 25. g3 Raf8 26. a4 Rh6 27. Bb1 g5 28. Rf2 Qe7 29. Rcf1 Nc4 30. Qc1 Ba3 31. Qc3 Bb4 32. Qd3 Bd2 33. Ba2 Bxe3 34. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 dxc4 36. Qxc4 f4 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5+ Qe6 39. Qxg5+ Rg6 40. Qh4 f3 41. Nf4 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 f2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. e4 Nb4 11. Ra3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Kg2 e5 15. Be2 f5 16. f4 Qe7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nf3 e4 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. g4 Nf8 21. gxf5 h6 22. Rg3 Rxf5 23. Bg4 Rf6 24. Be6+ Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. f5 Qf6 28. Rg6 Qd4 29. Bxh6 Qxb2+ 30. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Fung, ST."]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hong Kong"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HKG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rd1 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bh6 14. Nf1 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nb3 16. Rc2 Nd4 17. Rcd2 Bg4 18. f3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Kg2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Rad8 22. Rf2 Kg7 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. Kf3 Rd3 25. Ke2 Rxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 f5 29. Ke3 Rf8 30. b4 f4+ 31. gxf4 exf4+ 32. Kf3 g5 33. Ne2 h5 34. Nd4 g4+ 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Nb3 Rd8 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Nc5 b6 39. Nd3+ Rxd3 40. Kxd3 h4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Pickering, Henry"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "British Virgin Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IVB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. h3 Ne5 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Bc2 Nec4 13. Bc1 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b3 Nd6 16. 0-0 Re8 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Bb2 e4 22. Na3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rfc1 Qb4 25. Nc4 Ndxc4 26. bxc4 Qc5 27. Qe1 Rad8 28. Rab1 Re7 29. Rb5 Qc6 30. Bb3 Kg7 31. Qe3 Rd3 32. Qg5 Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. c5 Nc8 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6+ Nd6 37. Rb8 Kg5 38. Rd8 Nb5 39. Rxd3 exd3 40. Rc5 a6 41. Rd5 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Re2 43. Rxd3 Rxf2 44. Rd7 h5 45. Kg3 Rf4 46. Re7 h4+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. Ra7 Rf2 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. Bc4 Rc2 51. Bd3 Rxa2 52. Rxa6 Rxa6 53. Bxa6 Kf4 54. Kf2 Nb3 55. Bb7 Nc5 56. Ba8 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Kg3 58. Kf1 Ng5 59. Bc6 Nxh3 60. gxh3 Kxh3 61. Bd7 Kg3 62. Ke2 h3 63. Bc6 g5 64. Bd5 g4 65. Kf1 h2 66. Bh1 f4 67. Ke2 f3+ 68. Kf1 Kf4 69. Kf2 g3+ 70. Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Kawuma, Steven Male"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Uganda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UGA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 Qc7 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Hill, Christopher"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jersey"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "JCI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qa5 8. Qd2 0-0 9. a3 d6 10. 0-0-0 Bd7 11. g4 Rfc8 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. h4 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h5 Nxg4 17. hxg6 Nxe3 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxe3 Qh8 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. e5 h5 22. exd6 Bxc3 23. dxe7 Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Bxa3 25. Qd5+ Be6 26. e8Q+ Rxe8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Nakapunda, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Namibia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NAM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nanjo, Ryosuke"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Japan"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "JPN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Rb1 b5 11. b4 cxb4 12. Rxb4 Qa5 13. Rb3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Rb2 f5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Bd1 b4 19. Nce2 fxe4 20. Nc1 Re8 21. f4 Rb8 22. Nge2 Qb6 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bc2 Ba6 26. g4 Bc4 27. Qd4 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 b3 29. 0-0 Qa6 30. Bb1 Na4 31. Rd2 e3 32. Rd3 Nc5 33. Rc3 Qxe2 34. f5 Qd2 35. Qxd2 exd2 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd1 b2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 a6 7. Ba4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10. c3 0-0 11. Nd2 d5 12. Qd3 Nf4 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. g3 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Ne4 Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 dxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Bg4+ 23. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 24. Kh3 Bd6 25. Be3 f5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. b3 g5 28. Kf3 g4+ 29. Ke2 f4 30. Kd3 Re8 31. Bd2 h5 32. c4 c6 33. d5 cxd5 34. cxd5 h4 35. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Huguet Mainar, Sergio"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Honduras"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HON"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nf5 11. Bb3 e6 12. Bc2 f6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. f4 b5 15. Be3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qe1 Rf7 18. Nd1 Rfc7 19. Nf2 Nb8 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Kf7 28. Kf2 h6 29. h4 Be7 30. g3 Nb8 31. Bd2 Nc6 32. Ne2 g5 33. Be3 gxh4 34. gxh4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxh4+ 36. Kf3 Bg5 37. Nc5 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Bc8 39. Nf4 Ne7 40. b4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bhowany, Hurrynarain"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mauritius"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nd7 10. h3 Nh6 11. 0-0 a5 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. f3 c6 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. Rd2 Nf7 18. Rfd1 Bh6 19. Rd3 Nf4 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Bg3 Nxh3+ 22. Kh2 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Kg1 Qg5 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Kf1 Nfxd3 27. R1xd3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 a4 29. Nd2 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 f5 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Be6 34. Rd6 Rad8 35. e5 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rd8 37. Nb5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. Qe3 Kf7 41. Qe2 Qxa2 42. Qe5 Qd5 43. Qe2 Rc8 44. Nc7 Qxd6 45. Nxe6 Qxe6 46. Qd3 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. g3 Re1 49. Qd7+ Qe7 50. Qd5+ Re6 51. Nc4 Kf8 52. Qd4 Qf6 53. Qc5+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Re7 55. Qc5 Re2+ 56. Kh3 g5 57. Ne3 Qh6# 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Labollita, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. c3 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bd2 Na5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Rac1 d5 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Ne5 Ba3 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 Bd6 27. c5 Bxg3 28. Qxg3 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Rd8 30. Bc3 Nd5 31. Ba1 Rc7 32. Kf2 Nb4 33. Rd2 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Rxd2+ 35. Re2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Rxe2+ 37. Kxd3 Re1 38. Bc3 Rd1+ 39. Bd2 Kf8 40. Kc2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. g4 f6 44. h4 e5 0-1

[Event "New Dolmen op"]
[Site "Qawra"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lachaux, Jerome"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 e6 9. cxd4 Bxd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Rac1 Qf5 18. g3 Nd5 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. Ng2 b6 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Bd1 Qh3 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Ne3 Kg7 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Bxb7 Ra7 28. Rxc3 Rxb7 29. d5 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1 Bd6 33. Rc6 Bc5 34. Rxe6 Rd8 35. b4 Bxe3 1-0

[Event "New Dolmen op"]
[Site "Qawra"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Bengafer, Moh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Qd3 0-0 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. h4 Rfd8 13. f4 Rac8 14. Kb1 a6 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 b5 19. Rd2 d5 20. e5 b4 21. Nd1 a5 22. Nf2 Ba4 23. b3 Be8 24. Ng4 Qc3 25. Nf2 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc3 27. Ne4 Rf3 28. Nd6 Bc6 29. h5 Kf8 30. g6 fxg6 31. hxg6 h6 32. Rh5 Ke7 33. f5 Rf8 34. Rxh6 gxh6 35. f6+ R3xf6 36. exf6+ Rxf6 37. Rg4 Rf8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Nc8+ Kd7 40. Nb6+ Kc7 41. Na4 Bxa4 42. bxa4 0-1

[Event "New Dolmen op"]
[Site "Qawra"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Elhaj, Nizar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe1 e6 16. g3 Bd6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Bc3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Ne4 21. Qf3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Dolmen op"]
[Site "Qawra"]
[Date "2002.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maksimovic, Suzana"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. d3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Kh1 Nd4 12. f4 e6 13. Rb1 f5 14. Be3 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 b6 16. Rbd1 Bd4 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Rde1 Be6 22. Qxd4 Nh5 23. Kh2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re3 bxc4 26. Rfe1 Rb3 27. Qxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qb8 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Salani, Polite"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Botswana"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BOT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 c6 8. Be3 exd4 9. Bxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. b3 Qc7 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 Nc8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2 Ne5 21. Be2 f6 22. f4 Nf7 23. Bf3 Re7 24. Kh1 d5 25. e5 fxe5 26. cxd5 Kg8 27. dxc6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 bxc6 29. Ne4 Kf8 30. Nf6 Kg7 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Nxe5 33. Ne4 Nxf3 34. gxf3 Rb7 35. Rd8 Ne7 36. Nc5 Rxb4 37. Rd7 Kf6 38. Rxa7 h5 39. Ra8 Nd5 40. a6 Ne3 41. a7 Rb2 42. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Mannhart, Marcel"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liechtenstein"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nb1 c5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 Ne5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qe1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Kh8 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Qh4 Bf6 16. Qf2 e6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Bd2 f5 20. e5 Rg8 21. Kh2 Bf8 22. Rg1 b6 23. g4 a5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Nxg6 Ra7 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Rxg7+ Nxg7 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Qg2 Ne6 32. Qxg8+ Qxg8 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34. Ng3 Nc7 35. Nh5 Nd5 36. c4 dxc3 37. bxc3 Ba6 38. c4 Nb4 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Bxb4 cxb4 41. Nd5 b5 42. Ne3 bxc4 43. dxc4 a4 44. bxa4 b3 45. Nd1 Bxc4 46. Nb2 Bd5 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Kd4 Be6 51. Kc3 Kb6 52. Kb4 Bd5 53. Nd3 Kc6 54. Kc3 Kb6 55. Nc1 Ka5 56. Nxb3+ Kxa4 57. Nd4 Ka5 58. h4 h5 59. Nxf5 Kb6 60. Kd4 Bf7 61. Ng7 Kc7 62. e6 Bg6 63. f5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Chang, Hon Kun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Macau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAC"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 Be8 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. f4 h6 15. Nh3 Bh5 16. Be2 Bg6 17. a3 Na5 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. Bg4 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nc6 22. f5 Bf7 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nf4 Ng3 26. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Re8 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Re2 Rf8+ 32. Nf3 g5 33. h3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Maduro, Sherman"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands Antilles"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AHO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Rg1 d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 f6 17. 0-0-0 c5 18. Qh4 Rb8 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Rde1 Qb7 21. Nd1 Nc6 22. h6 g5 23. Qd6 Qd7 24. Bh5+ Kd8 25. Rxe6 Nd4 26. Rxf6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6+ Ke7 28. Rxd5 g4 29. Re1+ Kf6 30. Rd6+ Kg5 31. Re5+ Bf5 32. Rxc5 Rbc8 33. Rdd5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Kxh5 35. c3 g3 36. Ne3 Kxh6 37. cxd4 Be6 38. fxg3 Rxg3 39. Nf5+ Bxf5 40. Rxf5 Rg6 41. Kc2 Rd6 42. Kc3 Kg6 43. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Richter, Hans S"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Namibia"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Ne1 f4 16. e4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Be6 18. Ra1 Qd7 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Ng2 Nf6 21. Re1 Rf7 22. Ne3 Rbf8 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nfd5 25. Re2 Nf4+ 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Ned5 f3+ 28. Kh1 Nxd5 29. Rf2 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. Raa2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Domingos, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Angola"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ANG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nf3 Re8 12. b3 Bf8 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Rxe8 Bxe8 17. Re1 Bd7 18. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Yapa, Mayura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malta"]
[BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MLT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. 0-0 Ba6 7. c3 d6 8. Na3 Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. Rad1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. c4 f6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nd6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh6 e4 21. Qf4 exf3 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 fxg2 24. Rc6 Bb7 25. Rxc5 Rfe8 26. Rc1 Re2 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Rc7 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Qf6 14. Qd2 Qh4 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nd5 Rxe4 17. Qc3 Re6 18. Nxc7 Rg6 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Rc8 21. Nd5 Kf8 22. Raf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Cecchetti, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
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[BlackTeam "San Marino"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 Qa5 5. h3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 c4 12. Bc2 b6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. d5 Ree8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Nh4 b5 19. a5 Nc5 20. Bg5 Bc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Kh8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qh5 Ra7 25. Rf6 Rg8 26. Rh6 Rg7 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 f6 29. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg7+ 31. Rg6 Qf7 32. Rd1 e4 33. Rg5 Qe7 34. f6 Qf8 35. Rf1 Rf7 36. Rg7 Rxf6 37. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Simon P"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. 0-0 Nd4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. b3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd2 21. Bf3 Rxa2 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Be4 Ra3 24. Bc2 a5 25. Re3 Ra2 26. Bxg6 Rb2 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Bxc4 29. Bc2 Be6 30. Rc3 Rb4 31. h3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 Bd7 34. Kd2 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4 36. Re3+ Kf8 37. Kc3 Rf4 38. g3 Bxc2 39. gxf4 f6 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. Rg3 Bb1 42. f5 h5 43. Ra3 Ke7 44. f3 1-0

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Guizar, Clemente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Ne6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Rf3 Bxb2 22. Raf1 f5 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bb3 Qd7 25. d6+ Kh8 26. c3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qxe5+ Qg7 29. Qe6 Rc6 30. Re1 Qc3 31. Rd1 Rcxd6 0-1

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doktor, Pavel"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Kg1 Rae8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Bf2 Bh3 21. Ng3 g6 22. Rd1 Ref8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Bxg6 h4 25. Nf1 c5 26. Bc2 Re8 27. Bd3 Re5 28. Ne3 Rg5+ 29. Kh1 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pyshkin, Aleksandr Sergeevic"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nc3 Qb6 4. Rb1 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Qa5 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. b4 a5 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. exd5 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nf6 22. Bd6 Qd8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qc3 Be6 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. g3 Rd8 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. Qe5 Re8 30. Red1 Qc8 31. Qc5+ Kg8 32. Bg2 Nd7 33. Qd4 Nf6 34. b5 c5 35. Qd3 Bg4 36. Rd2 b6 37. Ra8 Qe6 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Qe3 1-0

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruggeri Laderchi, Giorgio"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nce7 14. Bd3 a6 15. c4 Nf4 16. c5 Bc7 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Ra4 Rc8 21. Re1 Rc6 22. Ne2 g6 23. b4 Re6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nc6 26. Rd1 Re4 27. Qc3 Qe7 28. Rd2 Re8 29. h3 Bg7 30. Bd3 Re6 31. g3 h5 32. Nf4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. Re2 R1xe2 35. Nxe2 Nd8 36. Qb4 Nc6 37. Qb3 Kh7 38. Qd1 Nd8 39. Nf4 Kg8 40. Bc2 Ne6 41. Nxe6 Qxe6 42. Bb3 Kh7 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. Rb4 Rd7 45. Rxb7 Bxd4 46. Rxd7 Qxd7 47. c6 Qxc6 48. Qxf7+ Bg7 49. Bxd5 Qf6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. h4 Qf8 52. Qe6 Bd4 53. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "De Faria, Ailton Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. c4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Bb7 Rb8 17. Bxa6 bxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Bb3 0-0 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nec2 Nxb3 22. axb3 f4 23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb3 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Re2 Bd3 27. Rd2 e4 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Na1 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Esses, Marcelo Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. hxg5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rh4 Rh8 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Be2 h6 21. gxh6+ Rxh6 22. Rxh6 Kxh6 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. b3 a6 25. a4 Bc6 26. Kc1 Nd7 27. Kd2 Nf6 28. Ke3 a5 29. Bf3 g5 30. Ne2 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Nd4 Be8 33. c3 Kg7 34. Nc2 Nd7 35. Na3 Ne5 36. Bd1 Kf6 37. b4 b6 38. b5 Bd7 39. Kd4 e6 40. Nc2 Bc8 41. Ne3 Bb7 42. Nf1 Ke7 43. Ne3 Nd7 44. Nc4 e5+ 45. Ke3 d5 46. exd5 Bxd5 47. Nd2 Kd6 48. Bc2 Nf6 49. Bd1 Kc5 50. Be2 e4 51. Bd1 Bb7 52. Kf2 Ba8 53. Be2 Bb7 54. Bd1 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF EM/TT/C/02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vella, Duncan"]
[Black "Jaumandreu Llopis, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Bf4 Nxa1 15. Rc1 c6 16. Be4 f5 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Nc3 Rd4 19. Be3 Rb4 20. Rxa1 Rxb2 21. Na4 Rc2 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Rb1 f4 24. Bxa7 b5 25. Nb2 Bf5 26. Bb6 Rdd2 27. Nd1 Rd5 28. Nb2 Rcd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Neumann, Herni WM"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands Antilles"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AHO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. 0-0 b6 6. Ne5 0-0 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Qh3 h6 10. f4 Ne4 11. Ndf3 f5 12. g4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 a5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Qg2 Rf6 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ba6 18. Kh1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd6 20. Rg1 Qe7 21. Rg3 Qe8 22. Rag1 Bf8 23. Qe2 c6 24. Rg6 Rxg6 25. Rxg6 Rc8 26. Qh5 c5 27. Qxf5 cxd4 28. exd4 b5 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Savva, Panikos"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 f4 14. Nc4 a6 15. a4 g5 16. h3 Rf7 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. b5 Ng6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. a5 Rc7 21. Rc1 f3 22. gxf3 Bxh3 23. Nb6 Raa7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nf4 26. Ne2 Qe8 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Qd3 Qd8 29. Rc6 Ne8 30. Rec1 h6 31. Ke2 Kh7 32. Bb4 Be7 33. Qa3 Bf8 34. Nc4 Rd7 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Bxf8 Nc7 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rg1+ Kf7 39. Rg7+ Ke8 40. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Noble, Mark Frederick"]
[Black "Vella, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Malta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MLT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 b5 9. g4 bxc4 10. h4 Nb4 11. Nf4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. 0-0-0+ Ke8 15. Nfd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 Rb7 19. Rh2 Bf8 20. Ra5 Bd6 21. Rc2 c3 22. bxc3 Ke7 23. Bxa6 Rbb8 24. c4 c6 25. Ba7 Rb4 26. Rb2 Rxb2 27. Kxb2 Ra8 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. Kc3 Bd7 30. c5 Bc7 31. Ra6 Bc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Bb6 Bb8 34. Ra8 Kd7 35. a4 Bc7 36. Ra7 Kd8 37. a5 f6 38. a6 h6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. a7 1-0

