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Malta Chess Federation
Established in 1923
ESNA Round 1 Game Analysis
November 29, 2021 by Robert Novak, game analysis by IM Imre Fancsy
- Today, round 1 of the ESNA tournament was held. The games are being played at the Victoria Palace Hotel in Sliema.
- The biggest clash happened between Andorra and Faroe Islands and the decider game was on the second board where Høgni Egilstoft Nielsen managed to win with the white pieces. 2,5-1,5
- The Maltese team played very well, but lost against Monaco with the minimum difference.
| Bo. | 3 |
Malta |
Rtg | – | 8 |
Monaco |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 3.1 | CM |
|
2106 | – | GM |
|
2350 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 3.2 | CM |
|
2141 | – | GM |
|
2386 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 3.3 |
|
1937 | – | WGM |
|
2239 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 3.4 | FM |
|
1923 | – |
|
1739 | ½ – ½ |
Further results can be found here.
All round 1 games can be downloaded from here.
Today Malta will play with Cyprus at 9 AM and with Monaco at 3:30 PM.
A nice move happened in the Peter Kirby – Elvira Berend game: 32… f3! After Bxf3, Black played …Rdf8 and White could not avoid the f-file penetration anymore.
Below please find analysis of the game CM Jake Darmanin vs GM Amir Bagheri.
CM Darmanin, Jake 2106 – GM Bagheri, Amir 2350
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