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Malta Chess Federation
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Jake Darmanin to participate in ESNA Individual online Championships
April 10, 2021
Malta Champion Jake Darmanin will represent Malta in the European Small Nations Association Individual Championships. This year, the tournament will be held in an official FIDE Hybrid format. The official Maltese arbiters will be IA Noel Grima and FA Duncan Vella.
Darmanin and all participants will be in their respective countries and participate via Tornelo online.
The tournament will be held from the 17th to the 25th April 2021.
The list of players are:
GM Ziska Helgi Dam 2543 (Faroe Islands)
IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2445 (Luxembourg)
GM Efimov Igor 2416 (Monaco)
IM Berend Fred 2323 (Luxembourg)
CM Constantinou Pavlos 2120 (Cyprus)
CM Darmanin Jake 2106 (Malta)
Apol Luitjen Akelsson 2103 (Faroe Islands)
CM Luke Brezmes Cristofer 2043 (Andorra)
Carpenter Paul A. 1982 (Jersey)
CM Righi Ezio 1915 (San Marino)
The pairings can be found here: ESNA Pairings
Good luck Jake!
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