[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Bender, Dirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. e4 d6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g4 Bd7 13. Qd2 b4 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Bh6 Ng6 17. h4 f6 18. h5 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. exf5 Bc6 21. d4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kh3 Nf3 24. Qf4 Bxh6 25. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rfe8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 Re3+ 30. Kh4 Rb2 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Ra4 Rh2+ 34. Kg4 Re7 35. Rb1 Rg2+ 36. Kf4 Rf2+ 37. Kg4 Rg2+ 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roosen, Holger"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qf3 g6 7. Ne2 c6 8. c4 Be6 9. c5 Bc7 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Nbc3 0-0 12. b4 Bf7 13. a4 Re8 14. Qh3 Nf8 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nd1 Ne6 17. Nec3 b6 18. b5 bxc5 19. bxc6 Nd8 20. Qf3 cxd4 21. Nxd5 Qd6 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. c7 Ne6 25. Bb5 Rec8 26. Bd7 dxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Nc3 Rd8 31. Bc6 Rd6 32. Bb7 Ne6 33. Bd5 Nc5 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Ne2 Rd2 37. Kf1 Ne4 38. g3 Rd5 39. Kg2 Rd2 40. Kf1 Rd5 41. Kg2 Ra5 42. Rb1 Ra6 43. Rb5 Ke6 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. g4 Nd2+ 46. Ke3 Nc4+ 47. Kd3 Na3 48. Rb3 Rxa4 49. Rxb6+ Kd5 50. Rxf6 fxg4 51. Rf7 Nb5 52. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Hoehn, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Nh4 Bh7 7. 0-0 Qb6+ 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Kh1 e6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ng4 13. Nf3 Bc5 14. h3 Nf2+ 15. Kh2 Nxe4 16. Nh4 Ndf6 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 0-0-0 20. Bxe4 Rhe8 21. Nc3 Bd4 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Bf4 g6 24. Qf3 h4 25. Qg4+ Re6 26. Rf1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 f5 28. Qxg6 hxg3+ 29. Bxg3 Rd2+ 30. Kh1 Rxg6 31. Bxf5+ Kd8 32. Bxg6 Qb5 33. Bh4+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Felczer, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 0-0 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Bf4 Rd7 21. h3 b5 22. Be5 Rd5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rd3 Rcd8 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rfd3 Qd7 27. b4 a5 28. f4 axb4 29. axb4 Ra8 30. Rf1 Ra3 31. Re3 Qa7 32. f5 exf5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schlesinger, Omri"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Bd3 Qa4 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bxh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Orwatsch, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. h3 0-0 11. Be2 a6 12. 0-0 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Qd5 Nf6 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc4 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qa3 Qd8 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qd1 Bc2 22. Qe1 Nd5 23. Nbd4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bh6 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. a4 d5 27. Nxc2 Rxc2 28. Ra3 Rxb2 29. Qc3 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 d4 33. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reschke, Thomas"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxb7 f4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. f3 Bh3 20. g4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rh6 22. Bd2 Qe7 23. Be1 Bf6 24. b5 Kh8 25. Qa4 Rg8 26. Qxa7 Qf7 27. Kh1 e4 28. b6 exf3 29. bxc7 Qg6 30. Rb8 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holzer, Richard"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. Nxe4 0-0 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 Qd5 11. Bd3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. 0-0-0 Qb6 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Kb1 Bg6 18. Ng5 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Qa5 20. Rxe7 Qxg5 21. Rxc7 Rd8 22. f4 Qf6 23. Rcc3 h6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch qual"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Deuker, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Bb7 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. a4 a5 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. h3 0-0 12. Bf4 Nxb6 13. 0-0 Nfd7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qd2 f6 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be2 Qd8 21. Bg4 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. b3 Qb7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. f4 exf4 27. e5 dxe5 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Fischer, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Nh5 9. 0-0-0 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nge2 f4 12. Bf2 a6 13. Ne4 b5 14. g4 Nf6 15. N2c3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Kh8 17. h4 Qc7 18. h5 h6 19. Bh4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Rdg1 Nd7 22. g5 Nb6 23. Bb3 Bf5 24. gxh6 Bxh6 25. Bf6+ Kh7 26. Bc2 Rg8 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Nc4 29. Bxf5+ Rxf5 30. Qd3 Ne3 31. Bxh6 Kxh6 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rhg1 c4 34. Qa3 c3 35. Rg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. h6+ Kh7 38. Qxc3 Rh5 39. Qc7+ Kxh6 40. Qxd6+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. b3 Rh1+ 45. Kb2 Rh2+ 46. Ka3 Nc2+ 47. Ka4 Nd4 48. a3 Ra2 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Qxa6 Nc2 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. Qb6+ Kh5 53. Kb5 Rxa3 54. Kc4 Nd4 55. Qd6 Nc2 56. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. d5 c5 12. Nb5 0-0 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rd8 15. 0-0-0 Nf8 16. Bg5 N8h7 17. Bh4 Qf8 18. Kb1 Kh8 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. gxh5 Bh6 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qf2 gxh5 23. Rhg1 Bf4 24. Ne2 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qh6 26. Ng3 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Rg8 28. Qh4 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. b6 Qf4 32. Qe1 Qxf3 33. Bc2 Qxh3 34. Qxa5 Qc8 35. b4 cxb4 36. Qxb4 Qc5 37. Qb3 Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxb6+ 39. Ka2 Qa5+ 40. Kb3 Qb6+ 41. Ka2 Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kf8 43. Qh4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Henzner, Reiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qc2 Nfd7 11. Be2 0-0 12. Be3 Qa5 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Nd5 Rfc8 15. a3 Nf6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nb6 Ng4 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc1 Bb3 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd6 Be7 26. Rd5 Rd8 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Qd3 Bf6 29. Nd2 Nd4 30. Nb1 a5 31. Nc3 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. Nxb5 Ra1+ 34. Bf1 Qc8 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. e5 Bd8 37. Rxd4 Bc7 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Loeffler, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 d5 6. fxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Qe1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 Kd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Be6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6+ Ke8 19. Qe4 Kf7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qf5 Qd5 23. Ng5+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Re5 Qxa2 26. Nf4 Rh6 27. Nxh5 Rd8 28. Ra5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. Rxa7 b5 32. Re1 f5 33. Nd3 Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Ra1 Kb7 37. Nd7 Bg7 38. Nc5+ Kc7 39. Ra7+ Kb6 40. Rxe7 Rg6 41. Nd7+ Ka5 42. Ne5 Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rf6 44. Kf2 Ka4 45. Kf3 Ka3 46. Kf4 Kb2 47. d5 cxd5 48. Rxd5 Rh6 49. Rxb5+ Kxc3 50. h3 Rh4+ 51. Kg3 Rh5 52. Rc5+ Kd4 53. Rc8 Ke5 54. Kf3 Rh4 55. c4 Rd4 56. Re8+ Kf6 57. c5 Rc4 58. Rc8 Kg5 59. c6 Rc3+ 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. c7 Ke7 62. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Schild, Christoph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 Bd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 c4 9. Bf1 Nbc6 10. g3 b5 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. b4 cxb3 13. cxb3 Rc8 14. 0-0 b4 15. Bb2 0-0 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rac1 a4 18. bxa4 Na5 19. Qg5 Ng6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Ba1 Qa5 23. Qh5 h6 24. Nh4 Nxh4 25. Qxh4 Qxa4 26. Qe7 Qa3 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Bh3 Nd2 29. Bxe6 Rf8 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. e6 Qd3 33. Rd1 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Tochtrop, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nge7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Rad1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Domanski, Markus"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 Ne4 9. Rd1 f5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qe7 12. Qb2 a5 13. Rac1 g5 14. Nb1 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Qd2 Qg7 18. Nc3 Be8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Qxa5 f4 23. Bh3 fxg3 24. hxg3 g4 25. Bxg4 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Rxf5 28. Qe1 Qh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke3 Qf4+ 31. Kd3 dxc4+ 32. Nxc4 Be8 33. Kc3 Bg6 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Qe3 Re8 36. Kb2 c5 37. Ne5 b6 38. Nxg6 hxg6 39. dxc5 Qg7+ 40. Kb1 bxc5 41. Rxc5 Qa7 42. Rdc1 Qd7 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kleine, Matthias"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. Nge2 d6 7. Rb1 c6 8. b4 e5 9. 0-0 Be6 10. d3 Qc7 11. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lebermann, Hellmuth"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. b3 Be7 9. Ng3 0-0 10. Be2 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. a4 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nd7 14. 0-0 f6 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Ne1 Nf4 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 c5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. g3 Qe6 23. Qd1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 f5 25. Kg2 fxe4 26. Qh5 Rxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 Qf6 30. Qe2 e3 31. Ra2 g5 32. Ng2 Qf5 33. Ne1 Kg7 34. Rc2 h5 35. Qg2 Rf7 36. h3 g4 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schuchardt, Guenter"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2 f6 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nge7 13. a4 Ng6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 Rg8 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. a5 a6 20. Bd2 Bf4 21. Rfd1 Rde8 22. Bd3 Bg4 23. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen op"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Warnk, Torsten"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. b4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Qe8 9. d5 Ne4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Be5 Rd8 13. Qb3 c5 14. Nc7 Nxc7 15. Bxc7 Rd7 16. Be5 Qd8 17. Be2 g5 18. h3 g4 19. Nh2 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rc1 Nd2 23. Qa4 Rfd8 24. Rg1 Qb2 25. Rd1 Qc3 26. f3 Qxe3 27. Rf1 gxf3 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29. Rf2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Ballo, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. 0-0 c5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. b5 Bb7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ng5 e3 16. Bxe3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 0-0 19. Nce4 Be7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rac1 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 a6 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qb3 Qa8 25. Rfd1 Nc6 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Rb1 Rb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Qe5 Nf5 32. a4 Qa6 33. a5 Nxe3 34. fxe3 h6 35. Qc7 Qd3 36. Qc3 Qd6 37. Qc5 Qa6 38. Qc7 Ra8 39. Rd1 Qxa5 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Qc2+ g6 42. Rxa8 Qxa8 43. Qc7 Qf3 44. Qe5 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qd5 46. Qc7 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Kg2 e5 50. Qc4 h5 51. e4 Qf6 52. h4 Kg7 53. Qd5 Qe7 54. Qa5 Qd6 55. Qa7 Qd2+ 56. Kf1 Qd3+ 57. Kf2 Qd4+ 58. Qxd4 exd4 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. g4 hxg4 62. Kxg4 d3 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Heppe, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 b4 8. Ne4 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bxc4 e6 11. 0-0 c5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. dxc5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qd6 Nd5 18. Rac1 Qxd6 19. exd6 f6 20. Nd4 Kd7 21. f4 Bf7 22. f5 e5 23. Nf3 a5 24. Nd2 Rhc8 25. Nc4 Ra7 26. Ne4 Kc6 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rfe1 Bb3 30. Ra1 Bc2 31. Kf2 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Kxc5 33. Rc1+ Kxd6 34. Rec4 Rdd7 35. Rd1+ Ke7 36. Rdc1 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rad7 38. Rc7 Rxb2 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Rc5 e4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxg2 42. Rxa5 b3 43. Rb5 Rxh2 44. Rxb3 Kc6 45. Rg3 Rh4+ 46. Kf3 Rh5 47. Rxg7 Rxf5+ 48. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Hillgaertner, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 d6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rae1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qh4 16. Nd5 Rac8 17. g3 Qe4 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Ne5 20. Rf4 Qd3 21. Qh5 Qd2 22. Bc3 Qc2 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qh5 c6 25. Rg4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Re5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nh5 Rg8 30. Qf3 e4 31. Qf4 Qc3 32. Re2 Qd3 33. Kf2 Bd6 34. Qg4 Be5 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qf5 Rg5 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf8 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Janoszka, Arnd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. b3 Bf8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5 Nc5 14. Rd2 h6 15. Nge4 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. e3 Be7 20. Qc3 Bf6 21. Ba3 e4 22. Qc2 c5 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Re7 25. Rd6 Bd7 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Bh3 Rf8 28. Rd8 Ref7 29. Bf1 Rf6 30. Be2 Kf7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke1 g5 34. b4 b6 35. b5 Bb7 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. a4 Qc7 38. Qb2 f4 39. Bg4 Bc8 40. Bxc8 Qxc8 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qxe4 fxe3 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qh8+ Rf8 45. Qe5+ Kf7 46. fxe3 Re8 47. Qd5+ Kg6 48. Kf2 Rf8+ 49. Kg2 Rf7 50. Qe4+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Rf5 52. Qe7+ Rf7 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Laschek, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0-0 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf4 Ndf6 13. h3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Be6 15. Kb1 Rec8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Rhd1 a6 18. Qb3 c5 19. Qxb6 c4 20. Bc2 Rcb8 21. Qa5 Rb5 22. Qc3 Rab8 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Qa3 25. Rd2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Hofheim op"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Mueller, Hans Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. a4 g6 8. a5 Qb7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qc2 0-0 13. Nd2 e6 14. Bc4 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. 0-0 Nd4 19. Qc4 Rab8 20. Ra3 Qc6 21. Qd3 Rfe8 22. f3 Rb4 23. Nc4 Reb8 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Bc3 f5 27. Re1 f4 28. Ra1 g5 29. Ra3 Rxa3 30. Nxa3 Kf8 31. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Petri, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Bg5 Ng6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bd3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Qc2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. 0-0 Bg5 19. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofheim op"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Zunker, Reinhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. a4 Nfg4 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qxa5 Nxc2+ 19. Kf2 Nxa1 20. Qb6 Nd7 21. Qxd6 Nxb3 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Nd5 Be5 24. Qe7 b5 25. f4 Nc6 26. Qh4 Bd4+ 27. Kg3 bxa4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. h3 a3 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brendel, Hans Gerhard"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ne5 13. Rd1 b5 14. Kf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nh5 16. f4 Ng3+ 17. Ke1 Rxc2 18. Rh3 b3+ 19. Kf2 Nxe4+ 20. Kf1 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Ng3+ 22. Kg2 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 24. Kf1 Rxb2 25. Qg5 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fay, Roland"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A98"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2 Qg6 9. e3 a5 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. a3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Rd1 Qg4 16. b3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Rce8 20. Qb2 Bc8 21. Rd5 f4 22. exf4 exf4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. h3 Qg7 25. Kh2 fxg3+ 26. fxg3 Re3 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Qh6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Re8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Nc2 Kf7 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Re4 35. c5 Rc4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Nf4 Rxb4 39. Rc2 Bd5 40. Rd2 Be6 41. Rc2 Bf5 42. Rc3 Be4 43. h4 f5 44. Kg1 Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Ke3 Rb5 47. Ne2 Bd5 48. Nc1 Ra5 49. Nd3+ Kf6 50. Nc1 Ra4 51. Nd3 Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kh6 53. Rd3 Be4 54. Rc3 Rb4 55. Ne6 Kh5 56. Nxc7 Kg4 57. Ne8 Kxg3 58. Nf6 Kxh4 59. Ra3 Kg3 60. Nxe4+ Rxe4+ 61. Kd2+ Kg2 62. Ra7 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Froehlich, Andreas"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Qa4 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh4+ Kg8 13. Qxe7 Nc6 14. Qh4 Qxc2 15. 0-0 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Bf4 Qg6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rf3 22. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofheim op"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaulfuss, Helmut"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. h3 d6 8. Kh2 Nh5 9. d3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nd4 13. Ng3 c6 14. f5 Qh4 15. Qd2 f6 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. c3 Nb5 18. d4 Ba7 19. a4 Nc7 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. exf6 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Rde8 26. Bf3 Ne6 27. Be3 Bb8+ 28. Kg2 Rxf6 29. Nf2 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Ng4 Rd6 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klings, Peter"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. h4 f6 10. h5 0-0-0 11. Rb1 Nh6 12. Nf1 Nf7 13. Bf4 h6 14. N1d2 Rg8 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Bd1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Nf3 Rdf8 20. Qh7 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd8 22. Qg6 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng6 Qf5 25. Rc1 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 e5 27. Bc2 Qg4 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Bxf5+ Rxf5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Rc2 Nd3 34. g3 Kd7 35. Re2 b5 36. Kg2 a5 37. Rg4 Rf7 38. Rg6 b4 39. Ra6 d4 40. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Hofheim op"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopp, Peter"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Bb7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qc2 dxe4 8. dxe4 c5 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. 0-0 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. g3 b5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. Nb3 0-0 21. f3 c4 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf5 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Re2 Rfd8 27. Rfe1 f6 28. a4 Rd1 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ne3 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Rd3 32. Kf2 g6 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. g4 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. h4 Ke6 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Kc2 Kd6 41. b3 Kc5 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Kb2 Bb7 44. Ka3 Bc6 45. Kb2 Bb7 46. g5 f5 47. exf5 gxf5 48. h5 f4 49. g6 fxe3 50. gxh7 e2 51. h8Q e1Q 52. Qf8+ Kb6 53. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bergen Enkheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roeberg, Frank"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Be2 0-0 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Rf3 g6 20. Rg3 Kg7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qh5 Kf7 23. Qxg6+ Ke7 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Hoehn, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 Bc5+ 6. e3 0-0 7. d3 c6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rad8 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rfd1 Nc4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Nd2 21. e5 Nxf3 22. exf6 gxf6 23. c3 Ne1 24. Nf2 Kf8 25. Kg1 Ke7 26. h3 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. b3 Nb6 30. c4 f5 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Kd4 c5+ 34. Ke3 f6 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 a6 37. Ke4 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. a3 e5 40. a4 c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Nb4 Nc5+ 43. Kf5 exf4 44. Kxf4 Nxa4 45. Kf5 Nb6 46. Na2 Nd5 47. Nc1 Kc5 48. Ke4 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nd5 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. Na2 Nd5 52. Nc1 Kd6 53. Kf5 Ne3+ 54. Kf4 Nxg4 55. Kxg4 Kd5 56. Kf5 h5 57. Ne2 Kc5 58. Kf4 Kb4 59. Kg3 Kb3 60. Kh4 Kc2 61. Kxh5 Kd3 62. Nc1+ Ke4 63. Kg4 f5+ 64. Kg3 Ke3 65. Kg2 Kd2 66. Na2 Kc2 67. Kf3 Kb2 68. Nb4 c3 69. Nd5 c2 70. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Kasper, Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. 0-0 c4 10. Bf5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Qd5 15. Rb1 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. Ra1 Nf6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Ra3 Qc6 24. Be5 Ng4 25. Bg3 Nf6 26. Qa2 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 h6 28. h3 Nd5 29. Nxe4 Nxe3 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. fxe3 Bc6 33. Qa2 Qg6 34. Be1 Qd3 35. Qf2 Qe4 36. Kh2 Qg6 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Bg3 Bd5 39. Be1 Bc6 40. Kg1 Bd5 41. Kf1 Bc6 42. Kf2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Kleine, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. a4 c4 14. e4 Na5 15. Rb4 Rc8 16. Qe2 e6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. e5 Bc6 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc7 23. Rfb1 b6 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Rb5 Rf8 27. Bf6 Qb8 28. d5 a6 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rbb1 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qd8 34. Qf3 Nb3 35. Rd1 Qe8 36. Qf6 Nc5 37. Qxb6 Nxa4 38. Qf6 Nxc3 39. Bc6 Qe6 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Ra1 Rf5 42. f4 g5 43. Bd7 Ne2+ 44. Kg2 Nd4 45. Rd1 Nc2 46. Bxe6+ Kf8 47. Kf2 Rf7 48. Bxf7 Kxf7 49. f5 Nb4 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rd4 Kf7 52. Kf3 Nc6 53. Ke4 Na5 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Rc7 Kd8 56. Rc5 Nb3 57. Rxc4 Nd2+ 58. Kd5 Nxc4 59. Kxc4 g4 60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Kopp, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Be2 c6 14. 0-0 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Rac1 d5 22. Rc5 Qc7 23. Qc2 dxe4 24. fxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bd7 26. Rc2 Ne6 27. Rd2 Be8 28. Kh1 c5 29. Nb2 Qe5 30. Bf3 Nd4 31. Nd3 Qg5 32. Ne1 Bc6 33. Nc2 Nxf3 34. gxf3 f5 35. Rd6 Ba8 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 fxe4 38. fxe4 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Ra8 40. Ne1 Bb1 41. Rd1 Bxa2 42. Ra1 c4 43. bxc4 b3 44. Nd3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Marth, Juergen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nb3 12. Nxb3 cxb3 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Qc4 0-0 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qxb3 Qg4 17. Be3 f5 18. f3 Qg6 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Ne4 Nf4 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Re4 Qf7 25. Rc1 b5 26. a5 Rbc8 0-1

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Willich, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxb3 13. c7 Qxc7 14. axb3 Be6 15. Be2 Ne8 16. 0-0 f5 17. Rfd1 f4 18. Bf2 Kh8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rf7 21. b4 Bf8 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. bxa5 g5 25. b4 h5 26. b5 g4 27. Rb1 axb5 28. cxb5 Rg7 29. Kf1 g3 30. hxg3 fxg3 31. Be3 Kh7 32. Rbc1 h4 33. b6 Nh5 34. Rc7 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rc1 Ra8 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. a6 bxa6 40. b7 Rb8 41. Bxa6 d5 42. exd5 Ke5 43. Rh7 Kxd5 44. Rxh4 Bd6 45. Bd3 Kd4 46. Be4 Be5 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Rh1 Rb8 49. Rh7 Rd8 50. Bf5 Kc5 51. Rh1 Rd4 52. Rb1 Rb4 53. Rxb4 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goeke, Bernd"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb4 12. a3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Qa4 Bc5 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mueller, Andrea"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. h4 0-0-0 12. Nf1 h6 13. c3 Rdg8 14. N1h2 Re8 15. d4 Kb8 16. Ng4 Ka8 17. a3 c4 18. Bf4 Na5 19. h5 Nb3 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Qd8 23. Ne3 Rc7 24. b3 cxb3 25. Rxb3 Qc8 26. a4 Kb8 27. Bf1 Bg5 28. f4 Bd8 29. Reb1 Rg8 30. f5 Bg5 31. Bh3 Ba6 32. Qf3 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qe8 34. a5 Qe7 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Bc1 Qd7 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Ba3 Ka8 39. Bd6 Rb7 40. Qf3 Nc4 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Bxd7 Rxb3 43. Rxb3 Nxd6 44. exd6 Bb7 45. Be6 Rd8 46. d7 a6 47. Kf2 Ka7 48. Ke3 Bc6 49. Kf4 a5 50. Ke5 a4 51. Ra3 Kb6 52. Kd6 Bb5 53. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruhrberg, Martin"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Qe8 8. Bd2 Qh5 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rhf1 Bf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rfe1 a6 20. Qb3 b5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxe4 Bg7 24. d5 Bxc3 25. dxc6 Bxe1 26. cxd7 Rxd7 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wachweger, Albrecht"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Kf1 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Be7 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ng8 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 Bd8 16. Kg2 Nge7 17. Be3 Nc8 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qg5 Bc8 24. Rhc1 Nd7 25. Qh6 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Qe7 27. Qxh7 Bd7 28. Qh6 a5 29. Qc1 f5 30. g5 axb4 31. axb4 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Nxb4 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Nc6 35. Qb1 Nd8 36. Rb6 Kf7 37. h4 Kg8 38. Qb5 Rf7 39. Rd6 Nc6 40. Qa4 Rf8 41. Qa1 Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Nxd8 43. Qa8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hofbieber op"]
[Site "Hofbieber"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zweschper, Erich"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. f3 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. fxe4 Nxe4 8. Ngxe4 dxe4 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nxe4 Qd5 11. Bd3 0-0 12. c3 e5 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. 0-0-0 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Qc2 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Hoehn, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qd5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bg2 Be4 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. a4 c6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Ra5 a6 16. Rfa1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. R5a2 e6 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nd8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nxc5 26. Rb6 Ne4 27. Be1 Rc5 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Hoehne, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 h6 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Nd4 b5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg6 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22. Be5 Nc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Rxc6 Bb8 27. Kf1 Be5 28. b3 a5 29. Ke2 a4 30. Be4 axb3 31. axb3 b4 32. f4 Bc3 33. Rdd6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Re7 35. Bd3 h5 36. Bc4 Bb2 37. e4 Bd4 38. h3 Bc3 39. Kf3 Be1 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Kf7 42. g5 Bd2 43. Kg4 Kg7 44. Rxe6 Ra7 45. f5 Ra1 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. g6 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Bc3 50. Bd5 Bd4 51. Ke2 Rg3 52. Kd2 Bc3+ 53. Kc2 Bd4 54. Bc6+ Kd8 55. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Krah, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nge7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 b6 14. Bf3 Kh8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Nb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Qd2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kg7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. h3 h5 25. Qf6 Qg7 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. b4 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. a3 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Tutschka, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Rc1 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Qxb3 15. axb3 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Bf5 Rcd8 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. Nd3 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Nbxd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rfd8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nxd5 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 28. g3 Kf8 29. Ra5 Rac8 30. Rxa7 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. exd4 Rxd5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rbb7 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralf"]
[Black "Walzer, Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 e6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxa6 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Qb4+ Kg8 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. 0-0 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfd1 Kh7 20. Ne2 Rbc8 21. Nd4 Bd3 22. f3 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Joerges, Frank"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Ne2 Ndf6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Nc3 Be8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Ne2 Bh5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Nf4 Rf5 21. h3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. g4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Qg5 25. Bxe5 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Rxe5 27. Qd1 Qh4 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. Qd4 Qg4+ 30. Kd2 Rf5 31. Rg1 e5 32. Rxg4 exd4 33. Rc7 g6 34. exd4 Rdf8 35. Nh3 Rf3 36. Rg3 e3+ 37. Ke2 exf2 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Nxf2 Rxb3 40. Rd7 Rxa3 41. Rxb7 h5 42. Rd7 h4 43. Rxd5 h3 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Rc1 Ke6 46. Rh1 Kd5 47. Rxh3 Rxh3 48. Nxh3 Kxd4 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Ng5+ Kf5 51. Nh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rath, Gottfried"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bd6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. Re1 Nbc6 8. c3 Qd7 9. b4 0-0-0 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. b5 Nce7 12. a4 Nf4 13. Nf1 Neg6 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Ng3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 f5 17. h3 f4 18. Nf1 Rde8 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. gxf3 Qxh3 22. Nh2 Qe6 23. Qd3 h5 24. Kh1 g5 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Qh7 Qg6 27. Qxg6 Rxg6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Rc1 Re2 30. c4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rb2 32. Kf1 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Bxb4 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Be1 37. d5+ Kf6 38. Nf1 Bxf2 39. a5 Be3 40. Nh2 Bg1 41. Nf1 h4 42. a6 bxa6 43. bxa6 h3 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rilling, Ulrich Jr"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Bd2 a5 7. h4 e5 8. e3 c6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Qc2 d6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Na4 e4 14. Ne1 Nc7 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. d4 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bc3 Raa8 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. Nc2 Ra8 24. Ra1 Qe6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ba5 Nfe8 27. Ra4 Na6 28. Rfa1 Nec7 29. Bf1 f4 30. exf4 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Qf6 32. Bc3 Qe7 33. Nb5 Nc5 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Nxa8 36. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schnegelsberg, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. c3 h6 11. h4 0-0-0 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 Rhg8 14. g4 Rde8 15. Bf4 f6 16. Rac1 fxe5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. b4 Rgf8 19. b5 Nd8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Nf7 24. Re2 Nd6 25. a4 Rf4 26. Ne3 d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Nc4 Bxg2 29. Nxd6+ Rxd6 30. Kxg2 Rxd3 31. Re4 Kd7 32. f4 g6 33. Rce1 Rd5 34. R1e3 Kd6 35. Kf3 e5 36. Re2 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. h5 gxh5 39. f5 Rd5 40. Kg3 hxg4 41. Kxg4 Rd4 42. Rxd4+ cxd4 43. Rc2 Kd5 44. Rc6 d3 45. Rxh6 d2 46. Rh1 Ke4 47. Rd1 Ke3 48. Ra1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wachweger, Albrecht"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Kf1 Be7 10. a3 Bd7 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Bb5 Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. b4 0-0 15. h4 Rc8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. g4 Nd6 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. Bg5 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qc6 23. h5 Qc2 24. Qe1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Be3 Rc3 27. Rc1 f6 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 29. Ne1 Bd6 30. f3 Kf7 31. Bd2 Nb5 32. Nc2 e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Be7 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. Bc1 Nc4 38. Kc3 Nd6 39. Kd3 Nf7 40. Bd2 Ng5 41. f4 Nf3 42. f5+ Kf7 43. Bc1 e4+ 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Bf4 Nd4+ 46. Nxd4 Bxd4 47. b5 Kf6 48. Bb8 Bc3 49. Bxa7 Ba5 50. Bb8 Kg5 51. Be5 h6 52. Bxg7 Kxg4 53. Bxh6 Kxf5 54. Be3 Bc3 55. Bxb6 d4 56. a4 d3+ 57. Kd1 Kf4 58. h6 e3 59. Bxe3+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wolff, Peter"]
[Black "Blum, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 e5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qe8 12. Nb5 Bd8 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Qb3 Ng6 15. Ra1 Rb8 16. Qa2 Qe7 17. Qa7 Nd7 18. Rfb1 f4 19. c5 d5 20. Bh3 c6 21. Nd6 Bc7 22. b5 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. b6 Qc8 28. Qa3 h6 29. Qd6 Qe8 30. Ra7 Bc8 31. Ra8 Rf6 32. Qc7 Rf7 1-0

