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ESNA Round 2-3 game analysis
November 30, 2021 by Robert Novak, game analysis by IM Imre Fancsy
Today round 2 and 3 of the ESNA tournament were held. The games are being played at the Victoria Palace Hotel in Sliema.
The second round was entirely pro forma, higher rated teams won. Unfortunately Malta lost again with the smallest difference 2,5-1,5
| Round 2 on 2021/11/29 at 09:00 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | Luxembourg | 4 | : | 0 |
| 2 | Jersey | Guernsey | 1 | : | 3 |
| 3 | Monaco | ESNA Women | 4 | : | 0 |
| 4 | Cyprus | Malta | 2½ | : | 1½ |
| 5 | Andorra | Liechtenstein | 3 | : | 1 |
In the third round Malta opponent was a quite strong team: Andorra and with amazing win on the 1st and 4th table the result was 2:2!
Jake Darmanin won against a GM!! You can check the game analysis below.
| Bo. | 3 | Malta | Rtg | – | 1 | Andorra | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 2.1 | CM |
| 2106 | – | GM |
| 2466 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2.2 | CM |
| 1981 | – | FM |
| 2326 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2.3 |
| 1937 | – |
| 2070 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 2.4 | FM |
| 1923 | – | CM |
| 2061 | 1 – 0 |
Further results can be found here.
Round 1-2 games can be downloaded here.
Today Malta will play with Liechtenstein at 3:30 PM.
Round 2 Mertens, Marc 2128 – Apol, Luitjen Akselsson 2111 0-1
Round 3 CM Darmanin, Jake 2106 – GM De La Riva Aguado, Oscar 2466 1-0
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