[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2396"] [ECO "D20"] [Opening "QGA: 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.e5 Qe7 7.Nf3 dxc3 8.O-O Ne4 9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Bg5 Qf7 14.Rad1 Bd6 15.b4 O-O 16.bxc5 Nxc4 17.Qxc3 e5 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Bh4 h6 20.Nd2 Be6 21.Nxc4 Rac8 22.Nxd6 Rxc3 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Rxe5 Bxa2 25.Ra5 Bb3 26.Rb1 b6 27.Ra3 Bc2 28.Rxc3 Bxb1 29.f3 Rb7 30.Be1 Ba2 31.g4 a5 32.Ra3 Bc4 33.Ra4 Bb3 34.Rd4 a4 35.Bb4 Ra7 36.Ba3 Rc7 37.Rd2 b5 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Kg3 Be6 40.h4 Rc3 41.Bb4 Rb3 42.Bc5 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Rd6 Bc4 45.Rd7+ Ke8 46.Rg7 Kd8 47.Rxg5 b4 48.Rg8+ Bxg8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kaim, Piotr"] [Black "Kirk, Ezra"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2316"] [ECO "B31"] [Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo, 3...g6 4.Bxc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Qb6 9.e5 cxd4 10.cxd4 d6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Ne4 dxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Bf4 Qxb2 15.Re2 Qa3 16.h3 Nh6 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.Rd2 Bd5 19.Ng3 Qa5 20.Qc1 Qa4 21.Qd1 Qxd1+ 22.Raxd1 Rb8 23.Rc2 Rb6 24.Rdc1 Ra6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Rxa2 27.Rc8 Ra4 28.Be3 Nf5 29.Nxf5 gxf5 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Rc8 f4 32.Bd2 Kg7 33.g3 fxg3 34.fxg3 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ra2 36.Ke1 e6 37.Bg5 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Kg6 39.Bf6 Kf5 40.Rc4 a5 41.g4+ Kg6 42.Rc8 h5 43.Rg8+ Kh6 44.g5+ Kh7 45.Rg7+ Kh8 46.Rg6+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.09"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2367"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.a4 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.a5 a6 10.Qb3 Nd6 11.Nd2 Bg5 12.e4 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bb4 Nf6 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Bh3 Qc7 18.Qa3 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 cxd5 23.Qa4+ Kf8 24.Rc5 h5 25.Rxd5 e3 26.f4 Rh6 27.Re5 Qc7 28.Rxe3 Kg8 29.Rc3 Qb8 30.Qc2 h4 31.Bg2 Nb5 32.Rc4 Nd4 33.Qe4 Nc6 34.Bc3 Qa7+ 35.Kf1 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 Re6 37.Kxd1 Qg1+ 38.Be1 Rxe4 39.Bxe4 h3 40.Bxc6 bxc6 41.Rc2 f5 42.Rf2 Qh1 43.Rc2 c5 44.Re2 c4 45.Kc2 Qf3 46.Kd1 Qf1 47.Rf2 Qh1 48.Ke2 Qe4+ 49.Kf1 Qd5 50.Bc3 Qd1+ 51.Be1 Kf7 52.Rd2 Qf3+ 53.Rf2 Qd5 54.Bd2 Kg6 55.Bc3 Qd1+ 56.Be1 Kh5 57.Rd2 Qf3+ 58.Rf2 Qd3+ 59.Kg1 Qd1 60.Kf1 Kg4 61.Rd2 Qf3+ 62.Rf2 Qd3+ 63.Kg1 Qb1 64.Kf1 Qa1 65.Rc2 c3 66.bxc3 Qxa5 67.Ke2 Qa4 68.Kd2 Qc4 69.Kc1 a5 70.Bd2 a4 71.Kb1 a3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.09"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Scotch Gambit"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Ng5 Ne5 6.Bb3 h6 7.f4 hxg5 8.fxe5 Nxe4 9.Bd5 Nc5 10.O-O Ne6 11.Qf3 Qe7 12.Nd2 g4 13.Qf5 Qh4 14.Qxf7+ Kd8 15.Ne4 Qxh2+ 16.Kf2 Be7 17.Bxe6 dxe6 18.Rh1 Bh4+ 19.Ke2 Qxg2+ 20.Kd3 Bd7 21.Bg5+ Kc8 22.Rxh4 Bb5+ 23.Kxd4 Re8 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Nxf2 g3 26.Ne4 g2 27.c4 Bc6 28.Rg1 b6 29.Rxg2 Kb7 30.Rf2 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.Rf4 Rh8 33.Bh4 a5 34.Ng5 Bd7 35.Ke3 Kc6 36.Nf3 Kb7 37.Rg4 Bc6 38.Nd4 Rh7 39.Nxe6 Bd7 40.Nf8 Bxg4 41.Nxh7 Be6 42.Kd4 c5+ 43.Kc3 b5 44.b3 a4 45.Be7 b4+ 46.Kb2 a3+ 47.Kc1 Kc6 48.Ng5 Bf5 49.Bf8 g6 50.Bd6 Kb6 51.e6 Kc6 52.e7 Bd7 53.Ne4 g5 54.Bxc5 g4 55.Bxb4 Be8 56.Bxa3 Bg6 57.Kd2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.09"] [Round "1.5"] [White "House, Glenn L"] [Black "Kerigan, Demre"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2311"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d5 Na6 8.h3 Nc7 9.Re1 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.e5 Nfe8 12.Bf4 b5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Ng3 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxd5 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Qe3 Nd6 19.Bf3 Ne4 20.Rad1 Qe6 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Qxe4 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nc6 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Ne6 27.Nxe7+ Kf8 28.Nf5 Bxb2 29.Bd6+ Ke8 30.Bxc5 Rd5 31.Nd6+ Kd7 32.Bxb4 Be5+ 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Nxf7 Rf5 35.Nh6 Rxf2 36.Ng4 Rxc2 37.Nf6+ Kc6 38.Nxh7 Rc4 39.Bd2 Rxa4 40.Ng5 Nd4 41.Ne4 Nf5 42.Nf6 Ra2 43.Bg5 a5 44.h4 a4 45.h5 a3 46.h6 Nxh6 47.Bxh6 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 a2 49.Kg3 a1=Q 50.Bg5 Kd6 51.Kg4 Ke6 52.Nh5 Qd1+ 53.Kh4 Qd4+ 54.Bf4 Qf2+ 55.Kg5 Qg2+ 56.Bg3 Qd5+ 57.Kh4 Kf5 58.Bh2 Qe4+ 59.Nf4 Qf3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Black "Kerigan, Demre"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2396"] [BlackElo "2311"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.Be2 b6 12.a3 a4 13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.Nxa4 Nh7 15.h4 h5 16.Nc3 Bh6 17.Qc2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nde4 Nf6 20.Bd3 Qe7 21.g3 Bg4 22.Be2 Bf5 23.Bf3 Kh8 24.Bg2 Rf7 25.Ra2 Ng4 26.Qe2 Raf8 27.b4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Nxf2 29.O-O Ng4 30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.bxc5 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Rb8 33.Qf1 Qxf1+ 34.Bxf1 dxc5 35.Bd3 Bd4 36.Kg2 Rb3 37.Be2 Ne3+ 38.Kh2 Nf5 39.a4 Rb6 40.a5 Ra6 41.g4 Nd6 42.Nxd6 cxd6 43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Bxh5 Bc3 45.Kg3 Rxa5 46.Rxa5 Bxa5 47.Kg4 Bc3 48.Kf5 e4 49.Kxe4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Black "House, Glenn L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2230"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English: 1...e6 2.Nc3 Bb4"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.b3 Re8 11.d4 h6 12.Bb2 Be4 13.Rfe1 a5 14.Bh3 a4 15.b4 c6 16.Nd2 d5 17.f3 Bf5 18.Bg2 Bg6 19.b5 cxb5 20.cxb5 Qe7 21.Rac1 Qf8 22.Qe3 Ra5 23.Bc3 Rxb5 24.Ra1 Rc8 25.Rec1 Qd6 26.Bb4 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Rxb4 28.axb4 Qxb4 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Rxc3 b5 31.e4 dxe4 32.fxe4 e5 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.d5 Nb6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Black "Lombaers, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2291"] [ECO "A80"] [Opening "Dutch: 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5"] 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.f3 Nc6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bb5 Qd7 7.Nge2 a6 8.Bxc6 Qxc6 9.Nf4 O-O-O 10.Nd3 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Be5 Rg8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.b3 Bf7 15.O-O f4 16.exf4 g4 17.f5 gxf3 18.Rxf3 h5 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Rg3 Ng4 21.h3 Nh6 22.Rf3 h4 23.Rf2 Bh5 24.Nb4 Qd7 25.Nbxd5 Nxf5 26.Bxc7 Nxd4 27.Bxd8 Kxd8 28.Qxd4 e6 29.Qxh4+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Kirk, Ezra"] [Black "Arkell, Keith C"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2497"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Keres Defence, 3.Bd2"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.e4 Na6 10.Nge2 Nc5 11.O-O Re8 12.Rae1 Bd7 13.Nc1 Qb8 14.Nd3 Qa7 15.h3 c6 16.Kh2 cxd5 17.exd5 h6 18.b3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qc5 20.a4 Qb4 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Rf8 23.g4 Qb6 24.f4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Rae8 26.Ref1 f6 27.h4 Re5 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Rxg5 30.Bg6 Be8 31.Bh7+ Kf7 32.Qh3 Re5 33.Re4 Rh8 34.Rxe5 dxe5 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Qd3 g6 37.Qh3 Kd8 38.Qh4 Kc8 39.Rxf6 Qd8 40.Qg4+ Bd7 41.Qxg6 Rxh7 42.Qxh7 Qxf6 43.Qg8+ Kc7 44.c5 Qf5 45.d6+ Kc6 46.Qc4 Qg4+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Black "Kaim, Piotr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2212"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 d6"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nh5 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 f5 10.e3 c5 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Rb1 Nd3 15.Ba1 Qe7 16.Qe2 Nhf4 17.Qe3 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Be5 19.f4 Bf6 20.Nb5 Bxa1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kaim, Piotr"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2396"] [ECO "A09"] [Opening "Reti: Accepted"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.Bxc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 a6 8.a4 Qc7 9.d3 Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Bg5 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Nb1 Bf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Qe3 Qb8 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Ne2 h6 19.Nd2 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.f4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.dxe4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxb5 27.Rd2 Qb4 28.Kh2 c4 29.Qd4 Qb3 30.Qc3 Rb8 31.Rd4 Qxb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Rxc4 g5 34.f5 exf5 35.exf5 h5 36.Kg1 Kg7 37.g4 Kf6 38.Re4 Rd2 39.Ra4 Ke5 40.h4 hxg4 41.Rxg4 gxh4 42.Rxh4 Kxf5 43.Kf1 Kg5 44.Ra4 f5 45.Ra3 Kg4 46.Rb3 f4 47.Ra3 Rh2 48.Rb3 Rh3 49.Rxh3 Kxh3 50.Kf2 Kg4 51.Kg2 f3+ 52.Kf2 Kf4 53.Kf1 Kg3 54.Kg1 f2+ 55.Kf1 Kf3 {#D} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2075"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Old Benoni: Czech, 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3"] 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.b3 a6 7.a4 b6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg5 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.h4 Bh6 12.g4 g6 13.g5 Bg7 14.h5 gxh5 15.Rxh5 Ng6 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Bh3 h6 18.Bf5 hxg5 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qh3 Qf6 22.Bc1 O-O-O 23.Qg3 Rf8 24.Bxg5 Qf7 25.Be3 Kc7 26.Rb1 Nf6 27.Nc3 Qh7 28.Kd2 Nh5 29.Qg4 Bg7 30.Qe2 Kb7 31.b4 c4 32.Qxc4 Rc8 33.Qe2 Bh6 34.Rb3 Nf6 35.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 36.Qe3 Qh1 37.a5 Nd7 38.b5 Rc4 39.bxa6+ Ka8 40.Rb1 Qg2 41.Qg3 Qxg3 42.fxg3 bxa5 43.Nb5 Nc5 44.Nxd6 Nxe4+ 45.Nxe4 Rxe4 46.c3 Rc4 47.Rb5 e4 48.Rxa5 Ka7 49.d6 Rc8 50.Rd5 Kxa6 51.d7 Rd8 52.Ke3 Kb6 53.Kxe4 Kc7 54.Ke5 g5 55.Ke6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "Kirk, Ezra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2316"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 3.c3 d3"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.c4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.h3 d6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Rc1 b6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.b3 Nc5 15.Bb1 Rc7 16.Nd4 Qa8 17.Nd5 Rd7 18.b4 e6 19.bxc5 exd5 20.cxb6 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 dxe4 23.Qf6 axb6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Qxd6 e3 26.Qxb6 Re8 27.Re1 Bxg2 28.fxe3 Bxh3 29.e4 Rd8 30.Qe3 Be6 31.Rc1 Rc8 32.c5 Bxa2 33.Bxa2 Qxa2 34.c6 Qe6 35.c7 h5 36.Qg5 Kg7 37.Qf4 Qb6+ 38.Kg2 Qe6 39.Rc2 f6 40.Rc5 Ra8 41.Rc2 Rc8 42.Rc5 Qa2+ 43.Kf3 Qa3+ 44.Qe3 Qa6 45.Kg2 Qd6 46.Qc3 Qe6 47.e5 Qg4+ 48.Kh2 Qh4+ 49.Kg2 Qg4+ 50.Kh2 Qf4+ 51.Kg2 fxe5 52.Rxe5 Kh6 53.Rc5 Re8 54.Qc1 Qxc1 55.Rxc1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "3.4"] [White "House, Glenn L"] [Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2367"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence"] 1.e4 Nc6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Be2 Be7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 a5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O h6 9.b3 Re8 10.a3 b6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Kerigan, Demre"] [Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern: 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.h4 Nd7 7.h5 Nb6 8.h6 Bf6 9.f4 e6 10.Nf3 b4 11.Nd1 d5 12.e5 Be7 13.b3 Bf8 14.Nf2 a5 15.g4 Bxh6 16.Bd3 Bf8 17.Ng5 h6 18.O-O-O Bg7 19.Nf3 Ne7 20.Kb1 Ba6 21.f5 exf5 22.Bxh6 Rxh6 23.Rxh6 Bxd3 24.Nxd3 fxg4 25.Rh7 Nf5 26.Nh4 Nxd4 27.Rxg7 Qxh4 28.Qf4 Nf5 29.Rg8+ Ke7 30.Rxa8 Nxa8 31.e6 g3 32.Qb8 g2 33.Qxa8 Qd4 34.Qb7+ Kxe6 35.Qxc6+ Ke7 36.Qc7+ Kf8 37.Qc5+ Qxc5 38.Nxc5 Nh4 39.Rg1 f5 40.Ne6+ Kf7 41.Nf4 g5 42.Nxg2 Nf3 43.Rh1 Kg6 44.Kc1 f4 45.Kd1 Kf5 46.Ne1 Nd4 47.Kd2 g4 48.Rh5+ Ke4 49.Nd3 g3 50.Re5+ Kf3 51.Rxd5 g2 52.Rg5 Ke4 53.Rxg2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2396"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxd8 Bf2+ 12.Kd2 Be3+ 13.Ke1 Bf2+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Black "Kerigan, Demre"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2311"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 3.f3 g6"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O-O b5 8.Kb1 Nbd7 9.Bh6 Nb6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.e5 Nfd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.h4 h5 14.Ne2 Be6 15.Nf4 Nxf4 16.Qxf4 dxe5 17.Qxe5+ Kg8 18.Re1 Qa5 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Bd3 Rd5 21.Qg3 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5 23.Rxe7 Qd2 24.Re5 Rf4 25.Rxh5 Rxd4 26.Re5 Qc3 27.h5 Rad8 28.Ree1 Rd2 29.Rc1 Kg7 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Rhe1 Qf6 32.Qe5 Kf7 33.Re4 R8d5 34.Qh2 Rd1 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ Kf7 37.Rf4 Rxc1+ 38.Kxc1 Rf5 39.Qh7+ Ke6 40.Re4+ Kd6 41.Qh2+ Kd7 42.Kb1 Rd5 43.Qh7+ Kd6 44.Re1 a5 45.Qh2+ Kd7 46.Qg1 a4 47.Rd1 Rxd1+ 48.Qxd1+ Kc7 49.bxa4 bxa4 50.Qd2 Qe5 51.Qb4 Qe2 52.Qa5+ Kb7 53.Qxa4 Qxg2 54.Qb3+ Ka6 55.a3 g5 56.Kb2 Qg3 57.Qc4+ Kb6 58.Qb4+ Ka6 59.Qe4 Qb8+ 60.Kc3 Qh8+ 61.Kd3 Qf6 62.Ke2 Qh6 63.Qd3+ Kb7 64.Qd7+ Kb6 65.Kd3 Qh1 66.Qd4+ Kb7 67.Qd7+ Kb6 68.Ke4 Qg2 69.Qd4+ Kb7 70.c3 Qg3 71.Qe5 Qg2 72.Qe7+ Kb6 73.Qd8+ Kb7 74.Qe7+ Ka6 75.Qc5 Qc2+ 76.Ke5 Qe2+ 77.Kf5 Qxf3+ 78.Kxg5 Qd5+ 79.Qxd5 cxd5 80.Kf5 Kb5 81.Ke5 Kc4 82.a4 Kxc3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Kirk, Ezra"] [Black "House, Glenn L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2230"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...e6"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Bd7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Rad8 12.Re1 Bb6 13.Qc2 h6 14.e5 Qe7 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.Qd2 f6 17.Nbd4 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.Rxe5 Bc7 20.Rae1 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Qf6 22.Qe2 Rce8 23.g3 a6 24.h4 g6 25.f4 Re7 26.Nf3 Rg7 27.Nh2 Qd8 28.Qe3 g5 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.fxg5 Bb5 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Ng4 Rg6 33.a3 Kg7 34.Nh6 Qd6 35.Kg2 Kh7 36.Qd4 Qc6 37.Ng4 Qc4 38.Qe3 d4 39.cxd4 Qc6+ 40.d5 Qd6 41.Qd3 Kg7 42.Qd4 Kg8 43.Nh6+ Kh7 44.Qe4 Qc5 45.Rxe6 Qf2+ 46.Kh3 Qf1+ 47.Kh4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Black "Lombaers, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2291"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Saemisch Attack"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Bg5 g6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bf4 Bg7 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Qe3 Bf5 11.Bb5 a6 12.d5 axb5 13.dxc6 Nc4 14.Qf3 bxc6 15.Nge2 O-O 16.b3 b4 17.Na4 e5 18.g4 Be6 19.Bd2 Bd5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Kaim, Piotr"] [Black "Arkell, Keith C"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2497"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3 b5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 a6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.c3 e6 8.b4 Nd7 9.a4 c6 10.e4 Nb6 11.a5 Nc4 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qc2 Qf4 14.g3 Qg4 15.Be2 O-O-O 16.Ne5 Qg7 17.Nexc4 bxc4 18.O-O-O Qg6 19.f4 h5 20.Nf3 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 dxe4 22.Nd2 f5 23.Nxc4 h4 24.Ne3 Bd6 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Ne5 Rh7 27.gxh4 Rxh4 28.Bc4 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Rdh8 30.Rdg1 Kd8 31.Rg7 Ke7 32.Rhg1 Rxh2 33.R1g6 Rf2 34.Rg1 Rhh2 35.Rg8 c5 36.Rb8 Bc6 37.bxc5 e3 38.d5 exd5 39.Rb6 dxc4 40.Rxc6 Rb2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2396"] [ECO "D23"] [Opening "QGA: Mannheim, 4...Nbd7"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qxc4 Bd6 9.Ne4 Qe7 10.Nxd6+ cxd6 11.e3 Nf6 12.Qb4 O-O 13.Be2 b5 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.a4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 h6 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 d5 21.Qc6 Qe8 22.Bd1 a5 23.Ba4 Qxc6 24.Rxc6 Kf8 25.Rb6 Ra7 26.Kf1 Ke7 27.Ke2 Ne4 28.f3 Nd6 29.b3 h5 30.Kd3 f5 31.h4 Ra8 32.Rc6 Ra7 33.g3 Ra8 34.Rc7+ Kf6 35.Kc3 Rc8 36.Rc5 Ra8 37.Kb2 g5 38.hxg5+ Kxg5 39.Rc6 Rd8 40.Kc3 h4 41.gxh4+ Kxh4 42.Kd3 Kg3 43.Ke2 f4 44.exf4 Kxf4 45.Ra6 Nf5 46.Kd3 Rg8 47.Rxe6 Rg3 48.Re5 Rxf3+ 49.Kd2 Nxd4 50.Rxd5 Ke4 51.Rxa5 Nxb3+ 52.Bxb3 Rxb3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "Kaim, Piotr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2212"] [ECO "A15"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.g3 g6"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 c6 6.Nge2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.b4 Bb7 11.Qb3 e6 12.a4 Qd7 13.Nf4 Rfc8 14.Ba3 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Bc4 16.Qb2 a6 17.Rad1 Ne7 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Ra7 20.b5 a5 21.Rc1 Rac7 22.Rd2 Nf5 23.Rdc2 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Nb1 Nd6 26.Nd2 Ke7 27.f3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Qc8 30.Qxc8 Nxc8 31.e4 Ne8 32.Kf2 h5 33.Ke3 Ncd6 34.Bf1 Nc7 35.Bg2 Nde8 36.Kf4 Nd6 37.h4 dxe4 38.fxe4 Nc8 39.Nc4 f6 40.Bf3 e5+ 41.dxe5 Ne6+ 42.Ke3 Nc5 43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Bd1 Nd7 45.Kd4 Ke6 46.Bb3 Nc5 47.Bc2 Nd7 48.Bd3 Nc5 49.Bf1 Nd7 50.Bh3+ Ke7 51.e5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "5.3"] [White "House, Glenn L"] [Black "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2075"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Breyer, 3.Nd2 g6"] 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Ngf3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.Qe2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be6 10.h3 Qb6 11.Re1 a5 12.Bf1 a4 13.a3 c5 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.e5 Nfd7 16.c3 Nc6 17.Qe4 b5 18.Ne3 Ncxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.f4 f5 21.Qg2 Nf7 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qd6 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Rxe7 Rae8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Bd2 c4 28.Rd1 Ne4 29.Be1 Bf8 30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kf3 Bc5 32.Rd5 Ke6 33.Re5+ Kd7 34.Rxe8 Kxe8 35.g4 Kd7 36.Be2 Nd6 37.Bd1 Kc6 38.Be2 Bb6 39.Bh4 Nb7 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Be1 Nc5 42.Bf2 Nd7 43.Be1 Nf6 44.Bd2 Nd5 45.Bd1 Nf6 46.Be2 Nd5 47.Bd1 Nf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Kerigan, Demre"] [Black "Kirk, Ezra"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2316"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.O-O g5 9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Nb3 f5 16.Be3 Bf6 17.Qd2 Kf7 18.Nc1 b6 19.Nb3 Be7 20.Rfc1 Rhd8 21.Bf2 Rab8 22.Rc3 a5 23.a4 b5 24.Nc1 bxa4 25.Nd3 Bf6 26.Ne5+ Bxe5 27.fxe5 Kg8 28.h3 Qg7 29.Rxa4 Rb4 30.Rxb4 axb4 31.Rb3 Ra8 32.Bh4 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 h5 34.Bf6 Qg6 35.h4 f4 36.Qxf4 Rd1 37.Qf2 Nxd4 38.Rxb4 g3+ 39.Qxg3 Rh1+ 40.Kxh1 Qxg3 41.Rxd4 Qf2 42.Ra4 Qxc5 43.b4 Qc6 44.Ra7 d4 45.Bg5 Qb5 46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Rd8 Qxe5 48.b5 Qc5 49.Kh2 e5 50.Rb8 Qc7 51.Rh8 Kg7 52.Re8 Kg6 53.b6 Qxb6 54.Rxe5 d3 55.Rd5 Qc7+ 56.Kg1 Qc4 57.Rd6+ Kf5 58.Rf6+ Kg4 59.Rf2 Qd4 60.Bf6 Qb4 61.Bg5 Qb6 62.Bd2 Kxh4 63.Be1 Kg4 64.Kh2 Qxf2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2367"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.N1f3 Bg4 8.O-O e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Rxe6 Rf8 15.Qh5+ Rf7 16.Rae1 Kf8 17.Rxh6 Bf6 18.Rxh7 Rxh7 19.Qxh7 Bxd4 20.Qxb7 Qc8 21.Qh7 Rb8 22.Re7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2396"] [BlackElo "2367"] [ECO "A11"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann Defence"] 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qc4 10.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Nf6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rd1 Nbd7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rac1 Rfe8 16.Kf1 Bb6 17.Na4 h6 18.h3 Re7 19.b4 Nd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Nc5 Nf8 22.Bf4 Bc7 23.Nd3 Ne6 24.Re1 Bb6 25.Nc5 Rd8 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Be5 Kf7 29.Ke2 Rd7 30.a4 a6 31.g4 Bd8 32.f4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rc5 Rb7 35.Bd6 g6 36.Rc8 Bf6 37.Bc5 g5 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.f5 exf5 41.gxf5 h5 42.Rd6 Re7 43.Rxd5 Re1 44.Rd7+ Kg8 45.Rb7 Rh1 46.Kg2 Rd1 47.Rxb5 Bxd4 48.Rb6 Kf7 49.Bxd4 Rxd4 50.f6 Rd3 51.b5 Rb3 52.Kh2 Kg6 53.Kg2 Kf7 54.Kh2 Kg6 55.Kg2 Kf7 56.Kh2 Kg6 57.Kg2 Kf7 58.Kh2 {#D} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Kirk, Ezra"] [Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: 2.d5 e6 3.c4"] 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 Ne7 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 Be7 9.Ng3 Bf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Be3 Nd7 13.f4 Rb8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qa5 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.b4 b6 18.g4 h6 19.a5 c4 20.Bxc4 bxa5 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.bxa5 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.e5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Bg5 26.Qf2 c4 27.Be4 Rxe5 28.Nxh6+ Bxh6 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Qf8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Black "Kerigan, Demre"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2311"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.Nge2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nge7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxf5 12.Be3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Be6 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.b3 Qg7 16.Bf3 Rae8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qd4 Bf5 19.Rae1 Qe5 20.Nd1 a5 21.Nf2 Re7 22.Ng4 Qg7 23.Qf4 g5 24.Qg3 h5 25.Nf2 h4 26.Qf3 Bd3 27.Qxc6 Bxf1 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Rxf1 Ref7 30.Qd1 g4 31.g3 Rf3 32.Kg2 Qb2 33.Qd4+ Qxd4 34.exd4 h3+ 35.Kg1 c5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Kaim, Piotr"] [Black "House, Glenn L"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2230"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Torre Attack: 3...c5 4.e3 h6"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 cxd4 6.exd4 Qb6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nbd2 Qxb2 9.Bd3 Qc3 10.O-O Qc7 11.d5 Be7 12.Nd4 a6 13.c4 Qf4 14.N2f3 b5 15.Re1 Bb7 16.a4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 O-O 18.Qb3 Bc8 19.Bd3 Re8 20.Be4 Ra7 21.g3 Qd6 22.Qe3 Bf8 23.dxe6 dxe6 24.Nb5 axb5 25.Qxa7 f5 26.Rad1 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Bxc5 28.Bd3 bxa4 29.Bb5 Rf8 30.Bxa4 Bb7 31.Ne5 Bd5 32.Bb5 Bb4 33.Re2 f6 34.Nd7 Nxd7 35.Bxd7 Bf3 36.Bxe6+ Kh8 37.Red2 Bxd2 38.Rxd2 Re8 39.Bc4 Re1+ 40.Bf1 Kh7 41.h4 Kg6 42.Rb2 f4 43.g4 Bxg4 44.f3 Bh3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.12"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Lombaers, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2291"] [ECO "A81"] [Opening "Dutch: 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Qb3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 a6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Bg2 Ne5 13.Rad1 Qe8 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.f4 Ng4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rd3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Qb4 e5 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Qd4+ Nf6 22.b3 Qf7 23.e4 b4 24.Nd5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Nxd5 28.Rxd5 Ra8 29.Rf2 Ra6 30.Rc2 c5 31.Kf2 Rfa8 32.Rdd2 Re8 33.Kf3 h5 34.h3 Re1 35.g4 hxg4+ 36.hxg4 Kf6 37.Rh2 Rd1 38.Rh7 Rd3+ 39.Kf2 d5 40.Re2 c4 41.Rb7 cxb3 42.axb3 Rxb3 43.Re3 Rxe3 44.Kxe3 Re6+ 45.Kf3 g5 46.Rxb4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.13"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2396"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 2.Ne2"] 1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 d4 4.d3 c5 5.Ng3 Nc6 6.f4 Nh6 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Bf3 Qc7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.a4 b6 12.Nc4 f5 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qe2 Rab8 15.Nh1 Qd7 16.Nf2 Bd5 17.Nh3 Nf7 18.b3 Ncd8 19.Rfb1 a5 20.Re1 Ne6 21.g3 Qc6 22.Kf2 Nc7 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qf3 Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 Nd8 26.Nf2 Nde6 27.h4 h5 28.Ra2 Nd5 29.Rea1 Rfc8 30.Nd1 Bf8 31.Ndb2 Kf7 32.Na3 Nec7 33.Nbc4 Ke6 34.Rd1 Rb7 35.Raa1 Ra8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.13"] [Round "7.2"] [White "House, Glenn L"] [Black "Arkell, Keith C"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2497"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern"] 1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d3 c5 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h4 h6 10.e5 Nf5 11.Nf1 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.N1h2 e5 14.Ng4 Qd6 15.Nfh2 Be6 16.Nf1 Qd7 17.Ngh2 Rf7 18.c3 Raf8 19.Re2 b5 20.Bd2 c4 21.Be1 cxd3 22.Qxd3 e4 23.Qc2 Ne5 24.Rd1 Qc6 25.Ne3 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Red2 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Bf5 29.Qb3 Be4 30.Bf2 Qd7 31.Kh1 Qh3 32.Rg1 Be5 33.Qxb5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.13"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Kerigan, Demre"] [Black "Kaim, Piotr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2212"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6 3.b3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O Nb4 6.Re1 Nxd3 7.cxd3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 b6 10.d3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.Ne5 d6 15.Ng4 Qd8 16.Nc4 d5 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne3 Kh8 20.Qh5 dxe4 21.dxe4 Bxe4 22.Qh4 f5 23.Qf4 Qf6 24.f3 Ba8 25.Red1 Rg8 26.Rd2 Rcd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxc5 Qa1+ 29.Kf2 Qxa2+ 30.Kg3 Qb2 31.Kh3 Qf6 32.Rc7 a5 33.Nc4 Kg7 34.Ne5 Re8 35.Qg3+ Kh6 36.Rxf7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.13"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Black "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2075"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.h4 h5 5.Nh3 Bxh3 6.Rxh3 e6 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Nc3 Qb6 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.Kf1 Nf5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Rh7 15.Bb5 f6 16.exf6 O-O-O 17.Bd3 Nd4 18.f7 Nf6 19.Rc1+ Kb8 20.Qe5+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.13"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Black "Kirk, Ezra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2316"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, Euwe"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 Nf5 8.O-O h5 9.Nc2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Rb1 Be7 13.Bxe7 Ncxe7 14.Qd3 a6 15.h3 h4 16.Na3 Nc6 17.Nc2 Nb4 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.Qa3 Qxa3 20.bxa3 b5 21.Rfc1 Ke7 22.Bd3 g6 23.Kf1 a5 24.Ke1 Rb8 25.Rc5 Rbc8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Kd2 f6 28.Rc1 Rxc1 29.Kxc1 g5 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Kc3 Ne7 32.exf6 Kxf6 33.Ne5 Be8 34.g3 Nf5 35.Bxf5 exf5 36.gxh4 gxh4 37.Nf3 f4 38.Nxh4 Bd7 39.Ng2 Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.h5 Kg5 42.h6 Bf5 43.Kd2 Bb1 44.f3 Bg6 45.Kc3 Bh7 46.a4 b4+ 47.Kb2 Bg6 48.a3 bxa3+ 49.Kxa3 Bh7 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.14"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Black "Kirk, Ezra"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2396"] [BlackElo "2316"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Be2 Qe8 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.a3 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Qc2 f5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Nca4 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 Qf7 19.O-O fxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxd5 21.Rbc1 h6 22.Be3 Qf7 23.Qxc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 d5 25.Rxb7 Nc8 26.Nc5 Nc3 27.Bg4 Nd6 28.Rd7 Rfd8 29.b6 Rxd7 30.Bxd7 d4 31.Bd2 Rb8 32.Be6+ Kh7 33.Nd7 Re8 34.Bb3 Nce4 35.Rd1 Rd8 36.Ba4 Nxd2 37.Rxd2 e4 38.Bc6 d3 39.Rd1 Bd4 40.Kf1 Nc4 41.b7 Ba7 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Nxe4 Nb2 44.Ra1 Bb8 45.Nd2 Rd6 46.b5 Rd8 47.g3 Kf6 48.Ra2 Nd1 49.Ne4+ Ke5 50.Rd2 Nxf2 51.Nxf2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.14"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2367"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Na4 Qxd4 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.g4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Bd3 13.cxd3 Nxd3+ 14.Kb1 Nd5 15.Bc3 Nxc3+ 16.bxc3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.14"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Kaim, Piotr"] [Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "B42"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 Bf6 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Qxg5 e5 13.Rad1 d6 14.Rd2 Be6 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Bf1 Rad8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nb8 19.c4 f6 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.Qc3 b6 22.f4 a5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Qh3 Nc5 25.Bd3 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 Rf6 27.Nd2 Rdf8 28.b3 Rh6 29.Qg4 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Rhf6 31.Rf3 Rxf3 32.Nxf3 Nf5 33.Ng5 Qe3 34.Ne4 h6 35.Qf3 Ng3+ 36.Qxg3 Qxe4 37.h3 Qe2 38.Qg4 Qxg4 39.hxg4 Rf2 40.b4 axb4 41.Rb1 Rxa2 42.Rxb4 Ra6 43.Kh2 Kf7 44.Kg3 Kf6 45.Rb3 Kg5 46.Rf3 Ra5 47.Rf7 g6 48.Rc7 Ra3+ 49.Kf2 Kf4 50.Rf7+ Kxg4 51.Rf6 Ra2+ 52.Ke3 Ra3+ 53.Ke4 Kg5 54.Rxd6 Ra4 55.Rxb6 Rxc4+ 56.Kxe5 Rc2 57.d6 Re2+ 58.Kd5 Kf6 59.Rb4 g5 60.g4 Rd2+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.14"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Kerigan, Demre"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2311"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.b3 c5 14.Nde2 Qe7 15.Rad1 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Bb7 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.f4 Ree8 21.e5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 b4 23.exf6 bxc3 24.Nxc3 Bf8 25.Rc6 Rbd8 26.Rf3 Rd2+ 27.Rf2 Rd3 28.Re2 Rxe2+ 29.Nxe2 Rd2 30.Kf1 Rxa2 31.Nc3 Rd2 32.Ne4 Rd3 33.Nxc5 Bxc5 34.Rxc5 h5 35.b4 Rxg3 36.Kf2 Rxh3 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rf8 Rb3 39.Rxf7+ Kg8 40.Rb7 Rd3 41.b5 Rd6 42.f7+ Kf8 43.b6 Rd2+ 44.Kg3 Rb2 45.Kh4 Kg7 46.f8=Q+ Kxf8 47.Kg5 h4 48.Kxh4 Rb5 49.Kg4 Ke8 50.Kf3 g5 51.fxg5 Rxg5 52.Rh7 Rb5 53.b7 Kd8 54.Ke4 Rb2 55.Kd5 Rb1 56.Kc6 Rc1+ 57.Kb6 Rb1+ 58.Ka7 Ra1+ 59.Kb8 Rd1 60.Rh5 Kd7 61.Ra5 Rb1 62.Ra2 Rb3 63.Rd2+ Ke7 64.Rd4 Ke6 65.Kc7 Rc3+ 66.Kb6 Rb3+ 67.Kc6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.14"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "House, Glenn L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2230"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird: 1..c5 2.Nf3 Nc6"] 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 d6 8.Na3 Bd7 9.h3 a6 10.Nc4 b6 11.e4 Rb8 12.g4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ne3 Ne8 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Nd5 e6 18.Nb4 Nc7 19.f5 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Nxa8 21.Qf2 Be5 22.Bh6 Nc7 23.f6 Ne8 24.g5 d5 25.exd5 Bd6 26.Qxd4 e5 27.Qc3 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 Qe3 29.d4 Qxd4 30.Qxd4 exd4 31.Nc6 Bxc6 32.dxc6 Nc7 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Rd1 Ne6 35.c3 Ke8 36.h4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.15"] [Round "9.1"] [White "House, Glenn L"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2396"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Scotch: Goring Gambit, 4...d5"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qc4 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nge7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Ra4 Bd6 15.g3 f5 16.Re1 Rhf8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Raa1 Ng8 20.Bh5 f4 21.Rad1 fxg3 22.hxg3 Nf6 23.Bg6 Kb8 24.Re2 Rd7 25.Kg2 Rfd8 26.Bf5 Re7 27.Re6 Rxe6 28.Bxe6 c6 29.f4 Bc7 30.Kf3 Bb6 31.d5 cxd5 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 Bd4 35.Ke4 Bxb2 36.g4 Kc7 37.Bf7 Bc1 38.Bd5 b5 39.f5 Kd6 40.Bf7 Bg5 41.Bg8 Kc5 42.Kd3 a5 43.Bf7 Kd6 44.Be8 Ke5 45.Bxb5 Kf4 46.f6 Bxf6 47.Bd7 Kf3 48.Kc4 g6 49.b4 a4 50.b5 Be7 51.b6 Bd6 52.b7 h5 53.gxh5 gxh5 54.b8=Q Bxb8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.15"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Kerigan, Demre"] [Black "Lombaers, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2291"] [ECO "B03"] [Opening "Alekhine: 4.c4 Nb6"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.h3 Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O Bf6 11.Be3 h6 12.Re1 d5 13.c5 Nc8 14.Rc1 N8e7 15.Nh2 Be6 16.g4 g5 17.Nf1 Ng6 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Qd2 Bh8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.gxf5 Qxf5 22.Bg4 Qf6 23.Nxd5 Qd8 24.Bf3 Nh4 25.Bh1 Nf5 26.Rc4 Qd7 27.Kh2 Rae8 28.Rg1 Bg7 29.Qd1 Nxe3 30.fxe3 f5 31.Rc1 f4 32.Qb3 Kh8 33.exf4 Nxd4 34.Qxb7 gxf4 35.Rce1 f3 36.Rxe8 Rxe8 37.Nf4 Qf5 38.Ng6+ Kh7 39.Rg4 Re2+ 40.Kg3 Be5+ 41.Kh4 Qf6+ 42.Kh5 Ne6 43.Nf8+ Qxf8 44.Qxf3 Qe8+ 45.Kh4 Qe7+ 46.Kh5 Nf4+ 47.Rxf4 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.15"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Ahlander, Bjorn"] [Black "Arkell, Keith C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2497"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...c5"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4 e6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.b4 Bf8 11.a3 a6 12.Bd2 Ne7 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.f4 Be7 15.O-O O-O 16.Qh5 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Kh1 Nf8 19.Ne2 Bb7 20.Bc3 Rh6 21.Qf3 Bf6 22.f5 Bc6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Qe3 exf5 25.Bxf5 Bb5 26.Bd3 Ne6 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 Qd6 30.h3 Re8 31.Rd1 Bxd3 32.Qxd3 Re5 33.Qd4 h6 34.a4 Qe6 35.b5 Re4 36.Qxd5 Qxd5 37.Rxd5 Rxa4 38.bxa6 Rxa6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.15"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Przedmojski, Rafal"] [Black "Kaim, Piotr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2212"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Nge2 e5 8.d5 a5 9.O-O Nc5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Nh7 12.Qc1 Nd3 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Qc1 Nd3 15.Qb1 Nc5 16.Nc1 Bd7 17.Nd3 b6 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Qc1 h5 20.a4 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XYChess IM Section"] [Site "Sliema, Malta"] [Date "2015.01.15"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Kirk, Ezra"] [Black "Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2075"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qd3 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Nc3 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Ne8 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bg5 Qc8 16.Rfe1 f6 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qf5 21.Rad1 Nd6 22.b4 c4 23.Bc5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Nf7 25.Qxc4 Rae8 26.c6 Ba8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.d6 Qa5 29.Bd5 Kf8 30.Bxf7 Qb6+ 31.Kf1 Re3 32.Bd5 {#r} 1-0