[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.64"] [White "Vella, D"] [Black "Abdelhakiem Abdellatief Nogdalla Fadul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1960"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Malta"] [BlackTeam "Sudan"] [WhiteFideId "5600243"] [BlackFideId "12202460"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 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 "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.52"] [White "Rodgaard, J"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "1985"] [ECO "B36"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Faroe Islands"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] [WhiteFideId "7200013"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] 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 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. O-O 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 "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.07"] [Round "9.67"] [White "Daniel, Cyrus"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [BlackElo "1985"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Saint Lucia"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] [WhiteFideId "23000228"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O 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 "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.64"] [White "Espirito Santo, Waldyr"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "1985"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Sao Tome and Principe"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] [WhiteFideId "16900049"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] 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. O-O Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bg3 O-O 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 "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.67"] [White "Vella, D"] [Black "Gheith, Isam"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1828"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch"] [Variation "Mieses variation"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Malta"] [BlackTeam "Palestine"] [WhiteFideId "5600243"] [BlackFideId "11504463"] 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. O-O-O 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 "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.02"] [Round "5.52"] [White "Al Aqrabi, S"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2172"] [BlackElo "1985"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Yemen"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] [WhiteFideId "9400338"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.12.04"] [Round "9.3.2"] [White "Vella, D"] [Black "Mooney, G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "5600243"] [BlackFideId "15600106"] [WhiteTeam "Malta"] [BlackTeam "Jersey"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O 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 O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.12.02"] [Round "7.2.3"] [White "Hale, Andrew"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1892"] [BlackElo "1981"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "10700021"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] [WhiteTeam "Guernsey"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] 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 O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.12.01"] [Round "5.1.3"] [White "Vella, D"] [Black "Rodgaard, J"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "2317"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "Schlechter variation"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "5600243"] [BlackFideId "7200013"] [WhiteTeam "Malta"] [BlackTeam "Faroe Islands"] 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. O-O O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.12.01"] [Round "6.5.2"] [White "Ioannides Liu, Alice"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1302"] [BlackElo "1981"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "5904374"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] [WhiteTeam "ESNA Women"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] 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. O-O O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "4.5.3"] [White "Frick, R"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1944"] [BlackElo "1981"] [ECO "B34"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "12000027"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] [WhiteTeam "Liechtenstein"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 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. O-O Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qc5 25. Rf3 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.11.29"] [Round "2.4.3"] [White "Isaakidis, Alexandros"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2147"] [BlackElo "1981"] [ECO "A57"] [Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "5903076"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] [WhiteTeam "Cyprus"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. a4 Qa5 10. Ra3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Nf2 Rfc8 13. Be2 axb5 14. axb5 Qd8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. O-O 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 "TCh-Euro Small Nations"] [Site "Sliema MLT"] [Date "2021.11.29"] [Round "3.2.2"] [White "Porras Mateo, F"] [Black "Vella, D"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2326"] [BlackElo "1981"] [ECO "A57"] [Opening "Benko gambit"] [EventDate "2021.11.28"] [WhiteFideId "2279193"] [BlackFideId "5600243"] [WhiteTeam "Andorra"] [BlackTeam "Malta"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 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