[Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Volkmann, Andre Jordi"] [Black "Becerra, Juan David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2092"] [BlackElo "2296"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qe1 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bb4 Qb6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. b4 Ng4 22. Rf3 e5 23. h3 e4 24. Rg3 Nf6 25. Qc3 g6 26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. a4 h6 29. b5 c5 30. Rb1 Nh5 31. Qe5 Rd8 32. a5 Qb8 33. Qc3 g5 34. Rf1 Qxb5 35. fxg5 Qxf1 36. Qe5 Qa6 37. g6+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh7+ Kd6 40. g7 Nf6 41. Rg6 Ke5 42. Qxh6 Qd6 43. g8=Q Rxg8 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Qxd6+ 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bouget, Alexandre"] [Black "Messala, Noureddine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A51"] [WhiteElo "2277"] [BlackElo "2090"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bb2 O-O-O 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Qf3 Qe6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Bxh8 Rxh8 16. g4 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 fxg4 18. c5 Bc7 19. O-O dxc5 20. bxc5 Be5 21. Qf5 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Cmiel, Thorsten"] [Black "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "2257"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Bg5 c5 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qf4 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e4 Bb3 20. Rd2 cxd4 21. e5 Be7 22. h4 Bd5 23. Nxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc4 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. Qe2 Qb7+ 28. Kh3 Rfc8 29. Rd3 R4c5 30. Nf3 Rc2 31. R1d2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qe4 33. Kg2 g5 34. Rd4 Qf5 35. g4 Qc2 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Rd2 Rc7 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. Kd1 Rc4 42. Rd4 Rxd4+ 43. Nxd4 Bc5 44. Nc6 Bxf2 45. b4 Bb6 46. Ke2 Kg7 47. Kd3 Kf8 48. Ke4 Bc7 49. Nd4 Ke8 50. Nf3 Bd8 51. Kd4 Kd7 52. Ke4 Kc7 53. Nd4 Kb6 54. Nb3 Be7 55. Kd4 f5 56. gxf5 exf5 57. Kd5 g4 58. Nd4 g3 59. Ke6 g2 60. Nf3 Bd8 61. Kd7 Bh4 62. e6 a5 63. Ng1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Rusev, Jeliazko"] [Black "Khamidov, Komil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2255"] [BlackElo "2035"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Be2 Qh5 11. Nd2 f5 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Qxg4 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Nxd4 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Rh5 Ne5 18. Nde4 Bb4 19. Rdh1 Bxc3 20. Rxh7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Ng6 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Nf5 Rd8 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rxg6 Rxg6 26. Rh8+ Rg8 27. Rh7 Rd2+ 28. Kc3 Rxf2 29. Kd4 Rxg4+ 30. Ke5 Rgxg2 31. a4 Rh2 32. Nh6 Rh5+ 33. Ke4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Ishbaev, Avazbek"] [Black "Cherniack, Alex"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2033"] [BlackElo "2246"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Nbc3 c5 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Nbc6 9. f4 Nd4 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rf2 Bh3 13. Raf1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rf7 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bh6 Raf8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5 Kg8 22. Qh4 Qd6 23. Kg1 Qe5 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. d6 Qe6 26. e5 a5 27. Re1 Kg7 28. h4 h6 29. b3 Re8 30. Qc1 b6 31. Qc4 Rd7 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Kg2 h5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Rfe2 Ke8 36. a3 Ra7 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Kf4 Kc6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Ra3 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Rec2 Ra5 43. Rc4 Re8 44. Rxd4 Kd7 45. Rdc4 Rb8 46. Rxc5 Rb4+ 47. R1c4 Rxc5 48. Rxb4 Rd5 49. d4 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Bendayan Claros, Aaron"] [Black "Malinarski, Yehuda"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2243"] [BlackElo "2032"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. c3 O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nc4 h6 11. h3 Nb6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Qb3 g5 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Nh2 Qg6 17. Qxb6 Qxe4 18. Qxd6 Ra6 19. Bxf4 Rxd6 20. Rxe4 exf4 21. Bb5 Be6 22. Rae1 Rc8 23. Nf1 Bf6 24. Nd2 Rdd8 25. R4e2 Kg7 26. Ne4 Be7 27. f3 Bf8 28. Rd2 f5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Rxe6 Bd6 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Rde2 Bf8 33. Bxf5 Rc4 34. Bc2 Rc6 35. R6e5 Rb6 36. Rf5+ Rf6 37. Rxg5 b6 38. Bb3+ 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Singh, Arvinder Preet"] [Black "Jaskolka, Tomasz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "2226"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rhf1 f5 14. g4 d5 15. exf5 exf5 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qd3 Raf8 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Bc3 Qh6 21. Kb1 R5f7 22. Be5 a5 23. Rf3 Bc8 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qg2 Qb7 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Bxg7 Rdd7 30. Bf8+ Kxf8 31. Nxe6+ Ke8 32. Rxd7 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Ciganovic, Nikola"] [Black "Papadimitriou, Loukas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2013"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Bxd7+ Rxd7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qg4 Qb4 14. Qh3 Bd6 15. Rfd1 h5 16. f4 Re8 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. c4 b6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rab1 Qe2 21. Bf2 Re6 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. f5 Re2 25. Qh3 f6 26. Bg3 Qa3 27. Qxh5 Bxg3 28. Qxe2 Be5 29. Ne7+ Nxe7 30. Rb8+ Kxb8 31. Rxd8+ Kb7 32. Qb5# 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Gorozhankina, Julia"] [Black "Schnelzer, Reinhold"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2007"] [BlackElo "2178"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 exd5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rac1 Qd6 15. a3 Rfc8 16. h3 h6 17. Bb1 b6 18. Ne5 Rxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Popiol, Michal"] [Black "Lochte, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2177"] [BlackElo "1999"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nh3 a6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nf4 Bh7 11. g5 Ng8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Na5 18. Qh2 O-O-O 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Rh7 Nc4 21. Nd1 Ne7 22. b3 Na5 23. Rxg7 Rf8 24. Kd2 Nac6 25. c3 Nf5 26. Rh7 Rg8 27. f4 Rg7 28. Rh8+ Kc7 29. N1f2 Ng3 30. Rh3 Ne4+ 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Nf2 d5 33. Ng4 Rg8 34. Rh7 Nd8 35. Nh6 Kd6 36. Nxg8 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Beshara, Nadi"] [Black "Michalek, Michal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "1998"] [BlackElo "2153"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Qe2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d3 f5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Bf7 17. N3h2 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc3 Nh4 21. Qe2 Bc7 22. g3 Ng6 23. f4 Qd6 24. fxe5 Qxd3 25. Qf3 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxc4 27. Rad1 Qxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Be2 30. Rd7 Bxf3+ 31. Kh2 Nxe5 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rc2 Re2+ 34. Rxe2 Bxe2 35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Bxd2 Bd4 37. Bc1 Bf3 38. h4 Kf7 39. a3 Ke6 40. b4 Kd5 41. a4 Kc4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Matras, Ondrej"] [Black "Grigoryan, Meri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "2146"] [BlackElo "1993"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. h3 Be6 10. g4 Bc5 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Bg3 h5 15. Neg5 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Bxg4 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Bg3 Bc5 22. Bg2 Kf8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Qf5 Re8 25. O-O-O Bxa3 26. Bd5 Bxb2+ 27. Kb1 Ba3 28. c5 Nce5 29. Bxf7 Qxc5 30. Bxg6+ Kg8 31. Bf7+ Kf8 32. Nh7+ Ke7 33. Qxe5+ 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Favier, Alain"] [Black "Bourgois, Bastien"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "2137"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kb3 cxb5 18. Kxb4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8+ 20. Ka3 Qd6+ 21. Ka2 O-O 22. Rc1 Rb4 23. Qc3 g6 24. Be2 Rfb8 25. Rc2 Qd5+ 26. Kb1 Qxg2 27. Rf1 Qb7 28. Qf6 a5 29. Bf3 Qb5 30. Bc6 Qd3 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Kc1 Rd8 36. Qe1 Rbd4 37. Kb1 R8d6 38. Qc1+ g5 39. Rf3 Qg6 40. Ka2 Rd1 41. Qe3 Qxc2 42. Rh3+ Kg7 43. Qxg5+ Qg6 44. Qe7+ Qf7+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Gonzalez, Henry Singer"] [Black "Psaila, Clarence"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2127"] [BlackElo "1978"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Qe8 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Bf6 15. Qc6 Rc8 16. e4 e5 17. exf5 Qf7 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nb8 20. Qd5 c5 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. g4 h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 g6 26. Nh4 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Nc6 28. Rad1 Rg6 29. f3 Rf8 30. Kf2 Rff6 31. Re4 Kf7 32. Rh1 Re6 33. Rh7+ Kf6 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rc7 Nb4 36. Rxa7 d5 37. cxd5+ Nxd5 38. Ne3 Nf4 39. Rb7 Ke5 40. Rxb6 Rg8 41. Rc6 Nd3+ 42. Kg3 Rd8 43. a4 Rb8 44. Rb6 Rf8 45. a5 Ra8 46. Nc4+ Kd4 47. f4 Re8 48. g5 Re4 49. f5 Nc1 50. f6 Ne2+ 51. Kf2 Nc3 52. Rd6+ Nd5 53. Nb6 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Gautier, Marc"] [Black "Shergaliev, Nurlan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1670"] [BlackElo "1403"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d3 c6 7. dxc6 Bxc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qe2 h6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Bd4 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe3 Ne5 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Nc5 b6 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Nxd3 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Kf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ng6 28. Rd6 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nc5 Ra8 31. Ra6 Rxa6 32. Nxa6 Ne7 33. Nc7 b4 34. Ke4 Nc6 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Na6 Ne5+ 38. Kxb4 Nd3+ 39. Kc3 Nxf2 40. a4 e5 41. b4 Nd1+ 42. Kd2 Nb2 43. Nc5 f5 44. a5 Nc4+ 45. Kd3 Nxa5 46. Na4 Nb7 47. Nc3 g5 48. Kc4 Nd8 49. b5 g4 50. Ne2 Ne6 51. Ng3 Ng7 52. Kb4 h5 53. Ka4 h4 54. Ne2 Ne6 55. b6 Nc5+ 56. Kb4 f4 57. Nc3 f3 58. gxf3 gxf3 59. Nd1 e4 60. Ne3 h3 61. Nd1 Kd5 62. Ne3+ Kd6 63. Nc4+ Kd5 64. Ne3+ Kd4 65. Nf5+ Kd5 66. Ne3+ Kd6 67. Nf5+ Kd5 68. Ne3+ Kd4 69. Nf5+ Kd5 70. Ne3+ Kd6 71. Nf5+ Kd5 72. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Alban, Mendez Carlos Billy"] [Black "Ortega Herrera, Paris Francisco"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1401"] [BlackElo "1667"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qc2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nc3 a4 14. Qd1 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3 18. Qc2 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Qe8 21. e5 Rc8 22. Qb1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc8 24. h4 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 Bc5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. f3 Kd7 33. Nb4 Bd4 34. Nd3 Kc6 35. f4 Kd5 36. Kf3 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. g4 Kc4 39. Ke2 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. g5 e4 42. Nf4 Bxb2 43. h5 b4 44. g6 bxa3 45. Ne6 a2 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vella, Timothy"] [Black "Tiakoudis, Zaharias"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "1667"] [BlackElo "1366"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rd4 Bd6 18. Rh4 h6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bc7 24. Rgd4 Bb6 25. Rxd8 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rxd8 27. Rf1 Rd4 28. Qc2 Qe3 29. Qf5 Qe6 30. a4 Qxb3 31. Qc8+ Bd8 32. Qxb7 Qxb7 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Kugler, Pawel"] [Black "Farhaan, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "1363"] [BlackElo "1632"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 e6 10. a3 Qb6 11. e3 Rc8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Na4 Qc7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. b6 Qc2 18. Bf1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne4 20. Bb2 f5 21. Bd3 g5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nc3 Nd7 24. Na4 Nf6 25. Rac1 g4 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nd5 30. Kf2 Rc6 31. Be5 Rfc8 32. Bd6 Kf7 33. Re1 Rh8 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rb1 Rd7 36. Rb5 a4 37. Ra5 Nxb6 38. Rd1 Nc4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Kao, Jamison Edrich"] [Black "Kwiatkowski, Jakub"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "1355"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. f4 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. d3 Rc8 11. g4 a6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Ng3 b5 14. g5 Ne8 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Be3 b4 17. Nce2 Bb5 18. Nf4 c4 19. Nd5 Nxd3 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. f6 exf6 22. gxf6 Bh6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Bd4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Qb3 c2 28. Qxb5 c1=Q 29. Raxc1 Nxc1 30. Bb2 Nxa2 31. Qa4 Qc5+ 32. Kh2 Nc3 33. Qa3 Qxa3 34. Bxa3 Be3 35. e5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. Rc1 Na4 38. Rc4 Nb6 39. Rxc5 Nd7 40. Rd5 Nb6 41. Rb5 Nc4 42. Rc5 Nb6 43. Ne4 Kg8 44. Kg1 Nd7 45. Rd5 Nb6 46. Rb5 Nc4 47. Kf2 Na3 48. Ra5 Nc2 49. Rd5 Nb4 50. Ra5 Nc2 51. Rd5 Nb4 52. Rd7 Nc6 53. Re7 Nxe7 54. fxe7 Nc7 55. Nf6+ Kg7 56. Bc6 Rb8 57. Ba4 Rb6 58. Nd5 Re6 59. Nxc7 Rxe7 60. Ne8+ Kf8 61. Nf6 Kg7 62. Nd7 Kh6 63. h4 g5 64. Nf6 Kg7 65. Nd7 gxh4 66. Kf3 Kg6 67. Kg4 h3 68. Kxh3 Kf5 69. Kg3 Ke6 70. Nb8 Ra7 71. Bc2 Rc7 72. Bxh7 Kxe5 73. Na6 Rc3+ 74. Kf2 f5 75. Nb4 Rh3 76. Bg8 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Gkizis, Konstantinos"] [Black "Jacobs, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1334"] [BlackElo "1629"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Bh6 O-O 7. h4 c5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Be2 Qc5 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Nxd5 14. exd5 b6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. Ng5 Rc5 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Re1 h6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rexe4 e6 24. Rc4 Rfc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Kd2 e5 27. a4 f5 28. Re3 e4 29. f3 d5 30. c3 Kf6 31. Re1 Ke5 32. g3 g5 33. Ke3 f4+ 34. gxf4+ gxf4+ 35. Kf2 Rg6 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxb2 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. Rd1 Rc2 40. Rd7 e3 41. Rxa7 Ke4 42. Rb7 Kf5 43. Kg1 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Celis Vargas, Walter Enrique"] [Black "Abhinav, Banerjee"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1628"] [BlackElo "1329"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Rfe1 Bf5 12. Re2 Bg4 13. Be4 Bf6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rae1 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. a4 Rab8 20. Qc1 Rb7 21. Bd2 d5 22. Re8 Rb8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. c4 Qxa4 25. b3 Qa6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bb4 Rd8 28. Qe3 h6 29. Bc5 d4 30. Qe4 d3 31. cxd3 Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Bxa7 Rxb3 34. g3 Rc3 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Kg2 c5 37. Rc8 Bd4 38. f4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Rc7 f5 41. Bxc5 Rf2# 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Saket, Kumar"] [Black "Ben Youssef, Chedly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1321"] [BlackElo "1616"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe3 Nb4 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Qc4 c6 12. a3 b5 13. Qe2 Na6 14. Qf3 Nc7 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Qg3 d6 18. f4 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. e5 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne4 Rg4 23. Qf2 d5 24. h3 Rh4 25. g3 Rh6 26. h4 dxe4 27. Bc4 Bd7 28. Qxa7 Qa8 29. Rxd7 Qxa7 30. Rxa7 Kf8 31. Rf1 f6 32. Rf4 Rc8 33. Rxe4 f5 34. Rf4 g6 35. c3 Ke8 36. b4 g5 37. Rxf5 gxh4 38. Bf7+ Kf8 39. Bh5+ Kg8 40. Rxe7 h3 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Zafra, Kim"] [Black "Buckle, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1285"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. f3 h5 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O Ne8 13. f4 Bg4 14. Rdf1 Be6 15. Rhg1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 f6 17. Bh4 Bh6 18. g4 hxg4 19. Rxg4 Kh7 20. Qg2 e5 21. Rxg6 Bxf4+ 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Qg4 Ng7 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Qg6 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Yarur Rescaglio, Maria Jose"] [Black "Caceres, De La Calle Eduardo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C21"] [WhiteElo "1284"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Qb3+ d5 7. Qxb4 c2 8. Na3 dxe4 9. Qc4+ Be6 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 20. Ke1 b5 21. Nxb5 Rhb8 22. Nc3 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Bxa2 24. Nc3 Bc4 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Kc1 a6 27. Re1 Bd3 28. Bg5 Re8 29. Kd2 h6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. f3 f5 32. Ra1 Bb5 33. fxe4 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Rxc3 36. exf5 Kf6 37. Re1 Rc4+ 38. Re4 Rxe4+ 39. Kxe4 a5 40. g4 c5 41. Kd5 h5 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Pantelic, Slobodan"] [Black "Zamir, Zayan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1275"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Nfd7 9. c3 e5 10. Bh2 e4 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nb3 Nf8 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Be6 19. Qc7 Qd7 20. Qb6 Rac8 21. Rc3 Re7 22. Bd6 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Re8 24. Nc2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Nb4 Ne8 28. Bc5 Nc7 29. Bb7 Ra3 30. Bxc6 Rxc3 31. a4 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Ra1 Rc4 34. Na2 Rxc6 35. a5 Ra6 36. Nb4 Ra8 37. a6 Bc8 38. a7 Nb5 39. Nxd5 Rxa7 40. Rc1 Be6 41. Rc5 Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Nc3 43. Re5 Re7 44. Rc5 Na4 45. Rc6 f5 46. g3 Rd7 47. h4 Nb2 48. Kg2 Nd3 49. g4 fxg4 50. Re6 Re7 51. d5 Rxe6 52. dxe6 Ke7 53. Kg3 Kxe6 54. Kxg4 Nxf2+ 55. Kg3 Nd1 56. Kf4 h5 57. Kxe4 Kf6 58. Kf4 Nc3 59. e4 Ne2+ 60. Ke3 Ke5 61. Kxe2 Kxe4 62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Kg2 Kg4 64. Kh2 Kxh4 65. Kg2 Kg4 66. Kh2 g5 67. Kg2 Kf4 68. Kh3 g4+ 69. Kg2 h4 70. Kf2 g3+ 71. Kg2 h3+ 72. Kg1 Kf3 73. Kh1 g2+ 74. Kg1 h2+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Zangrilli, Leonardo"] [Black "Fleri, Luke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1264"] [BlackElo "1596"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. exd6 O-O 11. dxc7 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Aysha, Nasser H Alshamsi"] [Black "Margadgua, Erdenebayar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1667"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 g6 8. Rd1 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Re1 a6 15. Qe3 h6 16. Qf4 Qe6 17. Qe3 Rfc8 18. Qb3 b5 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. h3 Rc4 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Bc1 Na7 25. Qb4 Nc6 26. Qc3 Rb8 27. Nh2 Nb4 28. a3 Nd3 29. Re2 Rb3 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Nf3 Nxc1 32. Qxc1 c3 33. Kh2 Rxb2 34. Re3 Rxf2 35. Rxc3 e6 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 Qb3 38. Qc8 g5 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Ne1 Qe3 41. Rxa6 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Alipbek, Arailym"] [Black "Jaramillo, Amparo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. f4 Nc6 9. h4 a6 10. Bd2 d6 11. h5 h6 12. g4 Qe7 13. Rh2 Bd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qf3 Ne7 16. O-O-O Bc6 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. g5 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. gxh6 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. hxg7 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qe7 24. h6 f6 25. h7 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Rani, Puja"] [Black "Von Beckh, Frieda"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1156"] [BlackElo "1615"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nd2 a6 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf3 d4 14. Ne4 f5 15. Neg5 h6 16. Nh3 Bb7 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Ba5 Rc8 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Nh4 Qd5 22. Rg1 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 c4 24. Qg3 Rfc8 25. Nf2 cxd3 26. Nxd3 a5 27. Ne1 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Rxc2 29. b3 d3 30. Rad1 d2 31. Qf2 Rxa2 32. Qe3 Rb2 33. Qb6 b4 34. h3 Rxb3 35. Rxd2 Rxh3# 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Amulya, Guruprasad"] [Black "Thornton, Hayley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "1537"] [BlackElo "1145"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nc7 Nb6 10. Nxa8 Nxa8 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. g4 d4 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Nc7 20. Nb3 Qc4 21. Rd4 Qa6 22. Rxb4 Nd5 23. Rd4 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nd5 25. f5 h6 26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. Qxe7 Qe2 30. f6 Qxh2 31. Re1 Qg3 32. Qxf7 Qxg4 33. Nd2 Qg5 34. Ne4 Qg6 35. Qf8 a6 36. fxg7 Qxg7 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Rg1+ Kf5 39. Qxg7 Kxe5 40. Ne8+ Kd5 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. Qd7+ Kc5 43. Qd6+ Kb5 44. Nc7+ Ka5 45. Qa3# 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Gibbs, Dominic V"] [Black "Hurtado Bahamonde, Matias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1845"] [BlackElo "1990"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 b4 6. Nd5 e6 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nf3 d5 10. e5 d4 11. exf6 dxe3 12. Bxe3 gxf6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. c3 Nf5 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Bxc5 a5 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rae1 h5 22. Qc2 h4 23. g4 Rhg8 24. h3 Nh6 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. Qd4 Nxg4 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. hxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kh2 Rg6 30. Rg1 f5 31. Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan"] [Black "Ng, Chun Hei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1814"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. h4 f6 8. Nf4 Bf7 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. Nd3 e5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Bg5 Ngf6 15. O-O-O h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rhf1 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qg7 21. Qf2 Bg6 22. Rf3 d4 23. Ne2 Bc5 24. h5 Bxc2 25. Nxd4 Qg5+ 26. Kxc2 Rxd4 27. Qe2 Rhd8 28. Qe6+ Kb8 29. R1f2 Rd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 31. Kb3 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Rd2+ 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vallianos, Gerasimos"] [Black "Quijada Carvajal, Leonardo Gustavo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1984"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. Re1 c6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 Ne5 13. Be3 c5 14. b3 Be6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Kh2 h5 18. Bf3 a6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxc5 Rad8 21. Qe2 Bf5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb4 Qc8 24. Ncd3 a5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 exf4 27. Nxf4 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Qc3 29. Re1 Re5 30. Qd2 Qxd2+ 31. Bxd2 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Be4 33. Bxa5 Rd7 34. Kg1 Bxd5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Bc3+ Kh6 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Nd3 Be6 40. Nc5 Rc7 41. Bd4 Bd5 42. Nd3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Re7+ 44. Kd2 Kg4 45. Bc5 Re8 46. Bd6 Be4 47. Ne5+ Kxg3 48. Ke3 Kg2 49. Kxe4 f6 50. b4 h4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Medeiros, Thauane Ferreira"] [Black "Hrisafis, Argirios"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1979"] [BlackElo "1812"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Ne7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Re3 Qc7 19. Rae1 Na5 20. b3 Nb7 21. Qd3 Nd6 22. g4 Qd7 23. g5 b5 24. Rh3 g6 25. a5 a6 26. Qg3 Nf5 27. Qh2 f6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe5 Rcf8 30. Rf3 Qd6 31. Rxf5 Qxe5 32. Rfxe5 Rxf2 33. Nf3 Rc2 34. R1e3 Rc8 35. Rxe6 R8xc3 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. b4 Rb3 38. Rxa6 Rxb4 39. Ra7 Ra4 40. a6 b4 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nd2 Ra2 43. Nb3 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Zielinski, Olgierd"] [Black "Klein, Raimund"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E93"] [WhiteElo "1808"] [BlackElo "1978"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. g4 c6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nh4 a4 14. Ng2 Bd7 15. h4 Nf6 16. f3 h5 17. g5 Ne8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa7 21. Be3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rc6 24. Rhd1 a3 25. b3 b6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Ne3 Qa6 28. Qd2 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qd3 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Nc7 33. Bd3 Nxd5 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bg6+ 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Lozovoi, Roman"] [Black "Ainakul, Mukhtar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "1806"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. Rxc5 Qa6 15. e3 Na5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Re1 h6 18. h4 Bg4 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Qb4 Qb6 21. Nh2 Qxb4 22. axb4 Be6 23. Rc1 Nxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bxd5 Nd3 26. b5 Nxf4 27. gxf4 e6 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Nf3 Kd6 31. Bd3 Bd7 32. Nd2 Kc7 33. Kg3 Bf8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Kh4 Bb4 36. Ne4 Kb6 37. Kxh5 f5 38. Nf6 Bxb5 39. Bb1 Be1 40. f3 Bd2 41. d5 Bc3 42. Ng8 exd5 43. Nxh6 Be2 44. Nxf5 Bxf3+ 45. Kg5 Kc5 46. Ne7 Bd2 47. Nf5 a5 48. Nd4 Bd1 49. Bc2 Bxc2 50. Nxc2 Kc4 51. f5 Kd3 52. Na3 d4 53. f6 dxe3 54. f7 e2+ 55. Kg6 Bb4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Forsa, Elise"] [Black "Alashtar, Aasef"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1969"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Ned2 Bd6 9. c4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Bc2 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nf1 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qf1 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rcd8 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. Nc3 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Qf4 26. Re3 Qh4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Messala, Jamal"] [Black "Baete, Guy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "1805"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Rfe1 a5 13. Rac1 Ne8 14. a3 b5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Sodbilegt, Naranbold"] [Black "Montiel, Angel Nathanael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1790"] [BlackElo "1963"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O b4 8. Ne2 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Nf2 Nc6 12. Be3 f6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 f5 16. g4 O-O 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd3 Qe8 19. Bh3 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. f5 exf5 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. e6 Rff8 24. exd7 Bd6 25. Qf3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxh3 27. Qg5 Qh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke6 31. d8=Q Rfxd8 32. Rxb7 Rac8 33. Re1+ Kd6 34. Rbe7 Kc6 35. Rxh7 Kb5 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Cuesta, Cifuentes Jair Alfon"] [Black "Coy, Rupert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1962"] [BlackElo "1780"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Qa5 O-O 13. Bc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nec4 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qb3 Ne5 17. f4 Ned7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Qa3 Nba4 20. Ne2 b5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qa3 Rb6 24. Bc4 Qh4 25. g3 Qf6 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Bb3 Nxb3 28. Nxb3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. c3 Rfb8 32. Kc2 Qe7 33. Rhe1 Qd7 34. Qc4 a5 35. Re4 Rb4 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Qd3 Qa4+ 38. Qb3 Qxb3+ 39. axb3 Rxe4 40. Bf4 Re7 41. Rd2 Rd7 42. Be3 Bf8 43. Kc3 c6 44. dxc6 Rc7 45. Rd8 Rxc6 46. Kc4 Kg7 47. Bd2 Be7 48. Bc3+ Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kf5 50. g4+ Ke6 51. Bxa5 Rd6 52. Bc3 Rd1 53. Rh8 Bg5 54. h4 Bf4 55. Kxc5 Rg1 56. Rg8 Rh1 57. Kc6 Rxh4 58. Re8# 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Djokic, Dusan"] [Black "Selva Salvador, Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "1780"] [BlackElo "1961"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nb3 d6 10. e4 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Ba5 Qe8 14. Nc7 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nd4 Qxc4 17. b3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 Qb5 21. Rfe1 Nd7 22. Bh3 e6 23. Bf1 Bh6 24. f4 Qb8 25. Kg2 e5 26. Qf2 exf4 27. gxf4 Qb7 28. Rcd1 d5 29. e5 c5 30. Qf3 Nb8 31. Rxd5 Bxf4 32. Bc4 Bh6 33. Qh3 Bg7 34. Kg1 Qe7 35. Kh1 Nc6 36. Rd7 Qe8 37. e6 Kh8 38. exf7 Qxd7 39. Qxd7 Nxa5 40. Re8 1-0 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Saber, Anas"] [Black "Hipler, Andreas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "1957"] [BlackElo "1774"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Ncd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 h6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. c4 Ba4 19. Rac1 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. c5 Qd4 24. Nd3 Nc8 25. Be5 Qd8 26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Qh5 f6 28. Bf4 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Qe8 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qe2 Ra6 32. Qe5 g5 33. Nd3 Ne7 34. Qe2 Ng6 35. h3 e5 36. f3 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd8 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. Nf2 Nh4 40. Nd3 Qd5 41. Rc3 Rc6 42. Qf2 Qd4 43. Qe1 Re6 44. Ne2 Qe3 45. Ndf4 exf4 46. Rxe3 Rxe3 47. Qxa5 Rde8 48. Nc3 h5 49. b4 g4 50. Qc7+ R8e7 51. Qxf4 Kg6 52. Nd5 Nxf3+ 53. gxf3 Re2+ 54. Kg1 Re1+ 55. Kg2 R1e2+ 56. Kg1 Re1+ 57. Kg2 R1e2+ 58. Kg1 Re1+ 59. Kg2 R1e2+ 60. Kg1 Re1+ 61. Kh2 R1e2+ 62. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Hrebicek, Petr"] [Black "Celik, Berkay"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1771"] [BlackElo "1954"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Qh4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Rd1 Bc6 18. Ng3 f5 19. e5 Rfd8 20. Bd2 d3 21. Ba5 dxc2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxb6 Rd1+ 24. Bg1 Rxa1 25. Ne2 Re1 26. Nc1 Rxc1 27. Qc3 Rf1 28. Qxc2 Rxf4 29. h3 Bxe5 30. Qc5 Re4 31. Qe7 Bg3 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 h5 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Bc5+ Kd7 37. Qg7+ Kc8 38. Bxa7 Re1+ 39. Bg1 Bf2 40. Qg8+ Kc7 41. Qg7+ Kb6 0-1 [Event "World Amateur Chess Championships 2022 -"] [Site "Mellieha, Malta"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Oelmann, Henry"] [Black "Tardi, Oscar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "1954"] [BlackElo "1766"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.10.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MLT"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 Nb6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 e5 13. Rae1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. h3 Bc8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Ng5 Ndf6 23. f5 a5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Rf2 Rf8 28. Ref1 Rd5 29. h4 e3 30. Rf3 axb4 31. axb4 Rxg5 32. hxg5 Nd5 33. Bb2 Qxg5 34. Kg2 f5 35. b5 Re8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qb7+ Ne7 39. Rd1 Kg8 40. Qd7 Rf8 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Rd7 Rf7 43. Rxe3 Kf8 44. Qe5 1-0