[Event "Eschborn op"]
[Site "Eschborn"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. e4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8. Ne2 Be7 9. N2c3 0-0 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rf7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Ng3 Bg5 15. 0-0 Bf4 16. Rae1 Qh4 17. Be4 Rf6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 f3 21. Qe4 Qg5 22. Bh3 Rf4 23. Qe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 fxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxc4 26. Rfe1 Rxa4 27. Rxb7 Rb4 28. Rc7 Rxb2 29. Ree7 Kh8 30. Rxg7 Re2 31. Bf5 Rae8 32. Bd3 R2e5 33. Bxa6 Rh5 34. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eschborn op"]
[Site "Eschborn"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neukirchner, Pascal"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5 gxh5 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 Qe8 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxh5 Bh8 14. Qc2 Qf7 15. 0-0-0 Na6 16. Be2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Be6 18. g4 f4 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. a3 Na2+ 21. Qxa2 Qxe4 22. Bd3 Qf3 23. Qb1 Qxf2 24. Bxh7+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Bf6 27. Nxf6 Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Rxf6 29. Bg6 Raf8 30. Rh7+ Bf7 31. Rxf7+ R8xf7 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Rd1 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Qg6 36. Qh5 f3 37. Qh8 e4 38. Qc8+ Ke5 39. Qc7+ Rd6 40. c5 1-0

[Event "Eschborn op"]
[Site "Eschborn"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Brahn, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 a6 6. Rc1 0-0 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Re1 c5 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nc3 Be7 19. d5 Nf6 20. Ne5 Re8 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. d6 Qf8 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Bf3 Qg7 27. Qf4 Nc5 28. Qg5 Qf8 29. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Eschborn op"]
[Site "Eschborn"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Lange, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Be2 c5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. dxc5 Rf6 15. Qh3 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. 0-0 Nbd7 18. Nce4 Rc6 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Bf4 Bxh6 25. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Eschborn op"]
[Site "Eschborn"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rota, Emile"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc2 Be6 20. Nd4 Bf7 21. b3 Rad8 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Qa5 d4 29. Ree1 Ne6 30. g4 Qf6 31. Qb5 a6 32. Qc4 b5 33. Qc6 Nxf4 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Nc6 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Rd7 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ne6 39. Nb4 a5 40. Nd3 Rc7 41. Rc1 Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Nc5 43. Ne2 d3 44. Nd4 Ne4+ 45. Ke1 b4 46. Nc6 Ke6 47. Nxa5 Kd5 48. Nc4 Kd4 49. Nd2 Nc3 50. Nf3+ Ke3 51. Nd2 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Schlachowitsch, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbc6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. a4 0-0-0 13. Ba3 Rhe8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 f5 16. e5 Qe6 17. Rfb1 f4 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. a5 Bd5 22. Nd2 g5 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Rb4 g4 25. Rf1 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Rg8 27. Rb2 Reg7 28. Rf2 h5 29. Kf1 Rg4 30. Ke1 Qc6 31. Kd1 Rxg2 32. Ne1 f3 33. Qe3 Qa4+ 34. Kd2 Qa1 35. Rc2 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Be4 37. Qf1 Rg2+ 38. Ke3 Bd3 39. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 40. Kf4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reichenbaecher, Thomas"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Rb1 d6 7. d4 a5 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 c6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Ba3 Nb4 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. a3 Na6 17. Nh3 Bc8 18. e3 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. h4 Qf7 21. Qc2 h6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Nce2 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qc3+ Kh7 29. Kg2 Bg4 30. b5 Rh8 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. f3 Bxf3+ 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. Rb2 g5 35. Rfb1 Ra7 36. Ng2 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 gxh4 38. Rf2 Qg6 39. Qf6 hxg3 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kxg3 Ra3 42. Rbf1 Rxe3+ 43. Kh4 Rf3 44. Rxf3 exf3 45. Rxf3 Re8 46. Rf4 Re6 47. Kg4 Rf6 48. Re4 Kf7 49. Kh5 Re6 50. Rf4+ Ke7 51. Rg4 Rf6 52. Re4+ Kd7 53. Kg4 Kc7 54. c5 dxc5 55. Re1 Rd6 56. Rh1 c4 57. Kf4 Kb6 58. Ke4 Kc5 59. Ra1 c3 0-1

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Powalla, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne8 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Ne3 Nc7 18. Nc3 Na6 19. f4 Nd3 20. Nc4 Bd4+ 21. Be3 Nxb2 22. Nxb2 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. Nb5 Bg7 26. Rab1 Nb4 27. Nc4 Ra8 28. Rbd1 Ra6 29. Rfe1 Qd7 30. e5 Rd8 31. exd6 exd6 32. Qe2 Kf8 33. h3 h5 34. Kh2 Bh6 35. f5 Raa8 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Nb6 Qe8 38. Qb2 Bf4+ 39. g3 Be5 40. Qf2+ Kg7 41. Nxa8 h4 42. Nac7 hxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Qh8 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46. Re4 g5 47. Nxd8 Qxd8 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Nxd6 Qf8 50. Ne8+ Kh7 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Nh5+ Kh7 53. d6 Qf5 54. d7 Qxe6 55. d8Q Qe3+ 56. Kg4 Qe4+ 57. Kxg5 Qg2+ 58. Kh4 Qe4+ 59. Kg3 Qe3+ 60. Kg4 Qe6+ 61. Kf3 Qb3+ 62. Kg2 Qc2+ 63. Rd2 Qe4+ 64. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gerhardt, Dirk"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Ng5 Nd4 9. Qd1 h6 10. Nh3 0-0 11. e3 Ne6 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Bc3 Qf7 16. Qd2 g4 17. Ng1 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be4 Ng5 21. exf4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qxc4 23. Ne2 Qxe4 24. Rg1 Bf5 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Rae8+ 27. Kd2 Kf6 28. f3 gxf3 29. Nxf3 Re4 30. Kc3 Re3+ 31. Kd2 Re4 32. Nh4 Rfe8 33. Raf1 0-1

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Reinecke, Katharina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. 0-0 c5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Ne4 e5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. Nf5 Kf8 22. b3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kirchner, Markus"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Kf2 f6 10. g3 0-0 11. Kg2 Qe8 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Rc1 g5 15. fxg5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rhf1 Bc5 22. a3 a5 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 d4 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Kh3 Bc4 28. Rfe1 Bb3 29. Rd2 Rcd8 30. Kg4 b5 31. Rh2 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Bd2 Bc2 34. Nh4 d3 35. g6 Rd4+ 36. Kh3 Bxd2 37. Rxd2 Kg7 38. gxh7 Kxh7 39. Ng6 Rf5 40. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vellmar op 9th"]
[Site "Vellmar"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wolf, Philipp"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Qf6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Qe3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Ng4 Qh4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf7 21. Qe3 Nd6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Nh5 Qh4 27. Ng3 Rc8 28. Qe5 Nf7 29. Qe3 Nh6 30. h3 Nf7 31. Nf1 Re8 32. Nd2 Qf6 33. Nf3 Rc8 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. b4 a6 36. a4 Bd7 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qc1 Qd8 39. Qc2 g6 40. h4 Nd6 41. h5 Nf5 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. g4 Nh6 44. Ne5 Bd7 45. Bxg6 Bc6 46. Bh7+ Kh8 47. Qg6 Qf8 48. g5 Be8 49. gxh6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Calvi, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. Qd1 Rxb6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. e4 d6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. a3 Nc6 17. f4 Nd4 18. f5 Bb3 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. h4 Qe7 21. h5 Nc2 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Bh6 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. h6 Rb8 26. Rab1 Rbb3 27. Bf3 Bd4 28. Kg2 Qf6 29. Qf4 Red3 30. g4 Be3 31. Qg3 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Qxh6+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djakow, Alexander"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. 0-0 h6 9. h3 g5 10. Bh2 Qg6 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nb5 Bd8 13. Re1 a6 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qc3 e4 19. Bxc7 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxc7 21. Bc4 Ba5 22. Qc2 b5 23. dxe6 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxd2 25. Red1 Na5 26. Qxa6 Ra8 27. Qe2 Bb4 28. a3 Be7 29. b4 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Reschke, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Qd2 f5 8. f3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nf6 10. h3 a6 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Bd3 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Rf7 15. Nge2 Nc8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nce4 Nf8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc6 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf5 23. Ng5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krischak, Werner"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[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. Re1 Qg6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Rc1 f4 14. Qd3 fxg3 15. fxg3 b6 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Nb7 18. Rf1 h5 19. Rc2 Rf7 20. Nd1 Bd7 21. Ne3 Be7 22. Rcf2 Raf8 23. Nd2 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 h4 26. Nf5 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qf6 28. Nf3 Bf8 29. g4 g6 30. g5 Qf7 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Ke1 Qf4 33. Nf1 axb4 34. axb4 Nd8 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Nxe3 Nf7 37. b5 Nxg5 38. Kf2 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Raquet, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. e4 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. d5 b5 18. Be2 exd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qxd5 Qb6 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Qb3 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bc5 27. Bf3 Qe6 28. Kf1 Bb6 29. Bd5 Qg6 30. Bc4 Nd7 31. Qb5 Nf8 32. Bd3 Qe6 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Bxc4 Bc5 35. Be5 Nd7 36. Bd4 Kf8 37. Ke2 f6 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Ke4 g6 40. Kd5 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Nb6+ 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. Bb5+ Kc7 44. a4 Nc8 45. Kd5 Nd6 46. Ke6 Nf5 47. d5 Nd4+ 48. Ke7 Nf5+ 49. Kxf6 Kd6 50. Kxg6 Nh4+ 51. Kxh6 Nxg2 52. Kg5 Ke5 53. h4 Nf4 54. f3 Nxd5 55. h5 Nf4 56. h6 Ne6+ 57. Kg6 Nf4+ 58. Kg7 Ne6+ 59. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stockmann, Michael"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A98"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh4 Qh5 11. Bf3 Ng4 12. h3 g5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Qe4 Qh3 17. Qg2 Qg4 18. Ne4 b6 19. f3 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6 21. Ng3 e4 22. Nxe4 Nd7 23. b3 a5 24. Bb2 Rae8 25. Ng3 Bf6 26. e4 Be5 27. Nf5 Rf7 28. Rad1 h6 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rd2 Rh7 31. Qg3 Kh8 32. Rh2 Nd3 33. Qg2 Nf4 34. Qb2+ Re5 35. Nd4 h5 36. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Riha, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Qb4 Bxc6 11. c4 Qf5 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Rd1 b6 14. Bd4 Qe7 15. Qb2 0-0-0 16. f3 Rd6 17. e4 Rhd8 18. c5 R6d7 19. Ba6+ Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. 0-0 Rxd4 22. c6+ Kxc6 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rc1+ Kb7 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qd2 Ne8 27. Qd5+ Kb8 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Machlin, Maxim"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e5 Qe7 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd4 0-0 15. 0-0 Rc7 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc2 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Nd4 Rc3 22. Ne2 Rc2 23. Nd4 Rc3 24. Ne2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Kolker, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[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. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e5 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. d5 Na5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. h4 b4 15. Nb1 c6 16. dxc6 Be6 17. h5 Bxa2 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Kd2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5+ 21. Ke1 Qxc6 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Ng3 Rb7 24. Bd3 e4 25. Ndxe4 Re7 26. Qg5 Rfe8 27. Kf1 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rf7 30. Kg1 Nc4 31. b3 Qb6+ 32. Qc5 Qxc5+ 33. Nxc5 Na5 34. Rh4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Ewin, Hans Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc5 7. Nb3 Nxb3 8. Qxb3 dxe5 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bc3 Qe7 11. Be2 0-0 12. h3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Be6 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bf4 c6 19. 0-0 Kh8 20. Bc4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Rac1 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Kg8 26. Rdd4 Rfc8 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 c5 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Kf1 b5 31. Rc7 c4 32. Ke2 g5 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Rd5 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra7 h5 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. f3 g4 39. f4 gxh3 40. gxh3 Kf7 41. Rxc4 Rd5 42. b4 h4 43. e4 Rd7 44. Kb3 Rd3+ 45. Rc3 Rd4 46. Re3 f5 47. Kc3 Rd1 48. b5 fxe4 49. Rxe4 Rh1 50. Re3 Rf1 51. Kd4 Rxf4+ 52. Re4 Rf5 53. Kc4 Rh5 54. b6 Rh8 55. Kc5 Rc8+ 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Feicht, Arno"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 exf3 7. Nxf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 b6 10. Qe1 Bb7 11. a4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qh4 Nce4 16. Bf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. Bc1 Qh5 19. Ba3+ Nc5 20. Qg3 Rac8 21. Rad1 Nfe4 22. Rd7+ Kf8 23. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Koch, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 c6 14. f4 Bd7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf2 Ra6 21. Rc1 Rf6 22. Qc2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 f5 24. exf5 Qd4 25. Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nekhamkis, Genadi"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. b4 cxb3 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Bxb3 Bb5 14. Rc1 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Ne7 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxa3 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. Kd2 0-0 21. Rc1 Bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Nxd4 23. Ba4 Nf5 24. Ke1 Ne7 25. Qa3 Ng6 26. Rc5 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Ke3 Nxg2+ 29. Kf3 Nh4+ 30. Kg4 Qe4+ 31. f4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch Gr-A+B 65th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Will, Patrick"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. b4 Qh5 9. Nfd2 Qg6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Na3 e5 12. Qb3 e4 13. Rac1 c6 14. Rfd1 h5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Nb5 dxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf7 21. Rxf5 Nf6 22. Bxe4 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nh7 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qc2+ Kg8 26. a3 Rbc8 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Rd1 b5 30. Nd6 Rcd8 31. Ne4 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qf5 33. Qd4 Rc8 34. Nd6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qe6 36. e4 a6 37. Nf5 Qf6 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Qd7 Rc4 40. Qe8 Qg6 41. Qe5 Qf6 42. Qe8 Qg6 43. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Busic, Nedjeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nge2 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Ne4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nc5 15. Ne4 Nh4 16. Nxc5 Nxg2+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Ng3 dxc5 19. Kxg2 Bh3+ 20. Kf2 Bg4 21. Be4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 e4 23. Rae1 Rxf3+ 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rhf1 Qg4 26. Rxf3 exf3+ 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Qe3 Qxc4 29. Rd1 Qh4 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. h3 Qa4 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rd2 Re8 34. Qc3 Qh4 35. Rd3 Re2+ 36. Kxf3 Rh2 37. Qe5 Rxh3 38. Re3 Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qc1 41. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Enders, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 c6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. f4 Rd8 13. Qg3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 e6 15. h4 h5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 b6 18. Qg5 Bb7 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf8 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Ng6 24. Rf2 Rd7 25. Rg2 Rad8 26. Rf1 Ra8 27. Qg4 Qh4 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. f5 exf5 30. e6 Nh4 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Bg5 Qxg5 34. Qxg5 Rg8 35. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radtke, Thoralf"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne4 13. h3 Rad8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng3 16. Kf2 Nf5 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. Rb1 Rfd8 21. Re2 Nd6 22. Nd2 Bh4+ 23. Kf3 f5 24. b3 Bf6 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Nb5 27. Nc4 Nc3 28. Re1 Ne4 29. b4 Rd5 30. Rb3 Rbd8 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kh2 Kf6 34. h4 h6 35. Rg2 g5 36. fxg5+ hxg5 37. hxg5+ Nxg5 38. Kg3 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rdd1 41. Rh2 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kinski, Sven"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nh6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. 0-0 h5 9. c3 Bd7 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Nc2 0-0-0 12. Qe2 h4 13. g4 h3 14. Bh1 Nh4 15. Ne3 f6 16. Nc2 Kb8 17. Rb1 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 g5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. fxg5 Bxc3 21. Be3 Be5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 c4+ 24. Rf2 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rdf8 26. Qg3+ Kc8 27. Ne3 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Qc5 29. Rf1 d4 30. Qf6 Rg8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Nd1 Rxg5 33. Qh8+ Kc7 34. Qxh3 e5 35. Nf2 d3 36. Kh1 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Qe3 Bxg4 39. Qf4+ Qe5 40. Qxe5+ Rxe5 41. Nxg4 Rg5 42. h3 e3 43. Rf7+ Kd6 44. Kf1 e2+ 45. Kf2 Rd5 46. Ne3 Rg5 47. Rg7 Rc5 48. Rg1 Rh5 49. h4 Rh8 50. Ke1 Ke5 51. Kd2 Kf4 52. Kxd3 Kf3 53. Nc2 Rd8+ 54. Kc3 Kf2 55. Rg6 Rd1 56. Re6 Rh1 57. Re4 Rc1 58. h5 Kf3 59. Re5 c5 60. h6 Rh1 61. Re6 Rh3 62. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Scharmann, Hartmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd2 f5 11. d5 c5 12. dxe6 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Rac1 b6 20. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huelsdunk, Heinz Juergen"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A98"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Qc2 Qg6 9. Nh4 Qh5 10. f4 Nc6 11. e3 Kh8 12. a3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. d5 Nd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Nd4 g4 19. h4 exd5 20. cxd5 Nh7 21. Nce2 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Rb8 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Bb2+ Bf6 27. Bd5 Qg7 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. Rae1 Be5 30. Nf4 Kg7 31. e4 Nf6 32. exf5 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Qf7 34. f6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Mehler, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. 0-0 Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 f5 14. c5 Nf6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Reb8 20. Rb1 Be8 21. Rb2 Nd7 22. Rfb1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qh4 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bh5 26. h3 Rd8 27. g4 Be8 28. Ne2 Rdc8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Kg3 g6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Rh1 h5 33. g5 Ke7 34. Rc1 Kd8 35. Ne2 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Kc3 Kd8 40. Kd4 Kc7 41. Nc3 Rcb8 42. Ra1 Ra7 43. Rba2 Rba8 44. Rb2 Rb8 45. Rab1 Raa8 46. Ne2 Be8 47. Kc3 Bd7 48. Nd4 Rf8 49. Kc2 Rfb8 50. Kc3 Rf8 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Rfb8 53. bxc6 bxc6 54. Rxb8 Rxb8 55. Rxb8 Kxb8 56. Ne2 Kc7 57. Kd4 Kd8 58. f5 exf5 59. Nf4 Be8 60. e6 Ke7 61. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schlein, Julia"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 Qe8 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. e4 c6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Re1 Na6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qb3 Bb4 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Bg5 Rd4 20. a3 Bc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Rae1 Ne6 24. f4 h6 25. Bh4 exf4 26. gxf4 Rd3 27. Qxa7 Rf8 28. Bg3 Bg4 29. Be4 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qf6 31. Bg2 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Nd4 33. Re5 Nf5 34. Qf2 Rd8 35. Qe1 Kh7 36. Be4 g6 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Ahrends, Norbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. 0-0 c5 13. Re1 c4 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. e4 Rb8 16. a3 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubel, Julian"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 0-0 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nd5 Ne7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bh6 Bg7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qd2 c6 16. b4 Qe7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Kopp, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Nc5 6. f3 a5 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nge2 h6 9. g4 Nh7 10. Ng3 Bg5 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. Be2 Nh3 15. 0-0-0 Nf2 16. Rdf1 Nxh1 17. Rxh1 Bd7 18. Kc2 a4 19. h4 g6 20. h5 Ke7 21. Nd1 f5 22. hxg6 fxg4 23. g7 Rh7 24. Ne3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxg7 26. Ngf5+ Bxf5 27. Nxf5+ Kf8 28. Rxh6 Kg8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Rh3 Rf8 31. Kd2 b6 32. Ke3 a3 33. b3 Rh8 34. Rg3+ Kf7 35. Bg2 Rg8 36. Rf3+ Ke7 37. Rf2 Rg3+ 38. Bf3 Rg1 39. Bh5 Re1+ 40. Kd2 Rxe4 41. Rf7+ Kd8 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Ra8 Rd4+ 44. Kc2 Rh4 45. Be8+ Ke7 46. Bc6 Rh2+ 47. Kb1 Rb2+ 48. Ka1 Nd3 49. Rxa3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eckard, Markus"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. h3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 0-0 6. gxf5 exf5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Be2 d6 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Qe7 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Kd2 Nf6 21. Raf1 Ne4+ 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qe2 c6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rf4 Qa3 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qg4 Qf2+ 30. Kd1 Qf1+ 31. Kc2 Qd3+ 32. Kb2 Qb5+ 33. Kc2 Qc4 34. Kb2 b5 35. Qf5 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Hoppe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[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 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. b4 Nd7 14. a4 b6 15. Rfc1 c5 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Nb5 c4 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Qa4 a5 23. Qc2 Bb4 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Ne5 Be6 26. e4 Rc8 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Qf5 Be6 29. Qe4 Qd6 30. Nf3 Bd5 31. Qf5 Re8 32. Ne5 Be6 33. Qe4 Bd5 34. Qf5 Be6 35. Qe4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seifert, Norbert"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 e5 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8 Bxh8 11. e4 Nf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. exf5 Qxb3 14. axb3 e4 15. Nd4 gxf5 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Na6 19. Bf4 Kf8 20. N1a3 Be6 21. Ke2 Kg8 22. Be3 b6 23. b4 Rf8 24. Nxa7 d4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Nxb4 27. Rc1 Nd3 28. Rc6 Nf4+ 29. Kd2 Bd5 30. Rxb6 Nxg2 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch MVT"]
[Site "Offenbach"]
[Date "2005.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Fussnecker, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8. 0-0-0 cxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxd5 Qa5 11. Bc4 Ne5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Qxb7 Rd8 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rhe1+ Be7 18. Be6 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kf7 21. Qd5+ Kg7 22. Re3 Rhf8 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qxe5+ Bf6 25. Qe6 Qb4 26. Rg8+ Rxg8 27. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2004.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Behnick, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Qc2 d5 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Bg5 Rab8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qg4 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qb4 20. b3 g6 21. Rd7 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rbe8 23. Kg2 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Re7 25. Rd5 Rc7 26. e3 Kg7 27. h4 h5 28. Qd3 Qc3 29. Qb5 Qb4 30. Qe8 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Qc5 34. a4 Qe7 35. Qb5 Qc7 36. a5 Bd8 37. a6 Qb6 38. Qe8 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coligaew, Dimitru"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. c4 Na6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qc2 dxe5 12. h3 e4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. hxg4 exf3 15. exf3 fxg4 16. fxg4 Qd4 17. Nf3 Qxg4 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Re3 Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Nd4 Nc7 24. b4 Bd7 25. Nb3 Rae8 26. Na5 Bc8 27. Kf1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. c5 g5 32. Ke3 h5 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Ng7 35. Nc4 Be6 36. Nd6 Bxa2 37. Nxb7 Ne6+ 38. Ke3 Bd5 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Na5 Kf5 41. Nc6 Kg4 42. Kf2 a6 43. Nb8 a5 44. bxa5 Nxc5 45. Nc6 Na6 46. Ne5+ Kf5 47. Nf3 Ke4 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Ne1 Kg4 50. Kf2 Nc5 51. Kg2 Na6 52. Nc2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Isserman, Ryhor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 0-0 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qe7 13. h4 Nbd7 14. h5 Qe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rxe3 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nh3 Nh5 18. Kd2 Re5 19. Bd3 Ndf6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Nf2 Nge8 22. f4 Re7 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Re5 25. Rde1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd7 27. Nce4 b5 28. b3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Kf8 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kf4 Re5 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34. Kxg4 Re3 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Kf4 Rh3 37. Kg5 Rg3+ 38. Kf4 Rg2 39. Bb1 Kf6 40. Rh1 Rf2+ 41. Kg4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Bxf5+ 43. Bxf5 Rxf5 44. Rh6+ Ke5 45. Rxd6 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Rxc4 47. Rxa6 f5 48. d6 Rd4 49. Rc6 Kd5 50. Rc8 Kxd6 51. Rf8 Ke5 52. Kf3 Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Althoff, Guntram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. e4 Bc5 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. b3 Qh4 11. a3 h5 12. Qd2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Blank, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Nxb6 9. a4 Bg7 10. e4 a5 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. f4 Nc7 15. Nc3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qc8 17. Ra3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Nb5 Rfb8 20. b3 Nb4 21. Nc4 Nc2 22. Ra2 Nd4 23. Ra3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baumgartl, Guenther"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. 0-0-0 f5 11. Ng3 Bf6 12. Qd3 d6 13. Nh5 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Bf3 d5 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Nh3 Rfe8 21. a3 c5 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. c3 d4 24. Ng5 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxg5 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Re5 g4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Re2 31. Rxf5 Rxg2 32. Rxc5 Rbxb2 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rxg4 Rgc2+ 35. Kd1 Rf2 36. Ke1 a6 37. h4 Rbe2+ 38. Kd1 Ra2 39. Rc4 Rxa3 40. Re1 Ra1+ 41. Rc1 Raa2 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Re8 Ra1+ 44. Rc1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Hahn, Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 Qe7 13. 0-0 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nfd7 15. Nb5 b6 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 f5 18. Nc7 Na6 19. Nxa6 Bxa6 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Bb3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qh4 25. Ng3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Qb5 Qd2 28. Re2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polenske, Kai"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. c4 Nc6 8. d4 Qe8 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Nd8 12. h3 Nh6 13. 0-0 Nhf7 14. Na3 h6 15. Nh4 Kh7 16. g4 Qe7 17. Ng2 b6 18. Rae1 Nb7 19. e4 Nc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Be2 Bd7 24. Nc2 a5 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Kh2 Nd3 27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. dxe6 Nxe1 29. Ne3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Nxf5+ Kh7 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. Qd3 Qb2+ 34. Kg3 Qe2 35. Qb1 Kh8 36. Qa1+ Kh7 37. Qb1 Kh8 38. Qa1+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Von Kiedrowski, Klemens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Na6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f3 Nc7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Bb1 h5 13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 Ne5 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. b3 Bf6 17. 0-0 Qg8 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Be4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qh6 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. h3 Nf6 25. Bb1 h4 26. Kh2 Rg8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Ke8 29. Nc3 g5 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Rf3 Rh8 32. Rfe3 Rf8 33. R1e2 Kd8 34. Bf3 Rf7 35. Ne4 Re5 36. Nf2 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Nc2 38. Re4 Nd4 39. Rxh4 Nxf3+ 40. gxf3 Rxf3 41. Rh8+ Kc7 42. Kg2 Rxb3 43. Rh7 Kd8 44. Rh8+ Be8 45. h4 Kd7 46. h5 Bxh5 47. Rxh5 Rb4 48. Rh4 Rxa4 49. Ne4 b5 50. Nc3 Rxc4 51. Rxc4 bxc4 52. Kf3 e6 53. Ke4 exd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamann, Joerg"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Ng3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Nh4 e5 12. f3 exd4 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Bxg6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 16. Bb1 h6 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Rhe1 Ba4 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Ng6+ Qxg6 21. Qxa4 Qe8 22. Qh4 Qc6 23. Nf5 Ng8 24. Re1 Rf7 25. Be4 Qc4 26. g4 Raf8 27. Ne3 Qxa2 28. g5 Rf4 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Bg6 Qa2 31. gxh6 Nxh6 32. Ng4 Qa1+ 33. Bb1 Qa3+ 34. Kd1 R8f5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nxh6 Qa4+ 38. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Weisser, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc5 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 14. Kg1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxb4 Qxc4 18. Be7 Rdc8 19. Bxf6 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 gxf6 21. Rad1 Rc2 22. R1d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. e3 Rc5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Kf3 Kg6 27. b3 a5 28. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gertz, Berthold"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qe2+ Ne7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. Rde1 0-0-0 15. g5 Nf5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. Re6 Rde8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rg1 Ne7 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5+ Nd7 25. a3 Qb6 26. Be3 Kc7 27. h4 b4 28. Na4 Qb5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 bxa3 31. b3 Qb4 32. Ka2 Qxh4 33. Rg4 Re5 34. Rxh4 Rxf5 35. Rh8 Re5 36. Bd2 Nxc5 37. Ba5+ Kd6 38. Bc3 Re6 39. Kxa3 Ne4 40. Be1 f5 41. Rd8+ Ke5 42. Ra8 Re7 43. f3 Nd6 44. Kb4 d4 45. Kc5 Rc7 46. Bg3+ f4 47. Bf2 Nb7+ 48. Kc4 c5 49. Re8+ Kf6 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Ra8 Rd7 52. Kd3 Nd6 53. Rb8 Nf5 54. Rc8 Ne3 55. Rxc5 Kf6 56. Ra5 Nf5 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra4 Nh4 59. Bxh4 gxh4 60. Ke4 h3 61. Kxf4 h2 62. Ra1 Rc7 63. Ke4 Kg6 64. Kd3 Rc3+ 65. Kxd4 Rxc2 66. Kd3 a5 0-1

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Rack, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[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. Qg5 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch VM"]
[Site "Moerlenbach"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eibelshaeuser, Stefan"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 0-0 8. Nf3 d6 9. 0-0 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bc4+ Kg7 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne7 18. Bc4 Nf5 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Bd5 c6 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Ke7 23. Ke2 Rf8 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ke3 g5 27. Rg1 Kf6 28. f3 h5 29. Rg2 Rd7 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Staggat, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. a4 Qxb6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Nbd7 14. Ra4 Rab8 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2003.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Dittenberger, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 e5 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. 0-0-0 Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. f3 Bc5 13. fxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nf3 Nf7 16. Bd2 0-0 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Rde1 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bf2 20. Ref1 Bc5 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Ng5 Rde8 25. Rhf1 g6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Rh1 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Ng3 30. Bc4 Nxe4 31. Bxe6+ Rf7 32. Rxh5 Nxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehmsen, Heinrich Eckhart"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Ne1 Rf7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nh5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 f4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Qc4 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bf5 22. Rc3 Ng7 23. Rcf3 Be6 24. Rxf7 Bxc4 25. Rxe7 Qc8 26. bxc4 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Re8 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Nxe8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Lehner, Thorsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Bd6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qd2 Qg7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qc1 a6 15. Rd2 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Rde8 17. Nh4 e4 18. e3 Nc6 19. Nd5 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rc2 Bc5 22. Bh3 Qg5 23. Ng2 c6 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. Rcd2 Bb4 26. Rc2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Drill, Frank J"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 5. Bd2 dxe4 6. Qxe4 Nbc6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 a6 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Rfe1 Ra7 14. Ng5 Nce7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. g3 Nde7 19. f3 Qd5 20. Bxh6 Qh5 21. Bc1 a5 22. Ng5 Nd5 23. g4 Qh4 24. Bxg6 Nxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxe6 Bd5 27. Qe7 Raa8 28. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Mayer, Frank1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 e5 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxe4 Bh6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nf3 Nd6 13. Qb4 Bd7 14. Qa5 b6 15. Qh5+ Nf7 16. Nd4 0-0-0 17. Qf3 Kb8 18. Ba6 Nd6 19. 0-0 c5 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxd6 Bc6 22. Rxc6 Rd4 23. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schuchardt, Guenter"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Rc8 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nc3 a6 10. 0-0 Nge7 11. Na4 Qa7 12. b4 b6 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Qd3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nb8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Nc3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 0-0 22. Nfg5 Bxg5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxg5 h6 25. Qh7 Bd7 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Qxh6 Nc6 30. Bf3 b5 31. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rack, Matthias"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 0-0 6. h4 Bh8 7. Nd2 d6 8. c3 Qe8 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10. Qb3+ Qf7 11. Qxb7 Nc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Nf3 h6 14. h5 gxh5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rab8 17. e6 Qg7 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Nxh5 Qh7 20. Nf4 c6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. Bxh6 Nc4 24. Kf2 Qxe6 25. Bxf8 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 Rxf8 27. Rae1 Rf7 28. Qc1 Nd2 29. Nf2 Be5 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Nh1 e6 32. Qc2 Nxf3 33. Qc1 Nd2 34. Qc2 f4 35. Qd3 f3+ 36. Kh2 f2 37. Qxe3 fxe1Q 38. Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Von Kiedrowski, Klemens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Be2 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 c6 11. 0-0 Nh6 12. Rfd1+ Ke8 13. Ne4 Nf7 14. a4 Bb4 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Ra1 Re8 20. Kf1 Kc7 21. e4 Na8 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Ke1 b6 24. Nd3 c5 25. Nb1 Kb8 26. Nc3 Nc7 27. Nb2 Ng5 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nbxd1 Nge6 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Bd1 Be6 32. Kd2 Kb7 33. Ncd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Ne8 35. g3 Nd6 36. Kd3 Kc7 37. f4 Kd7 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ng4 Nf7 40. Ne3 Nd6 41. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Warnk, Torsten"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. a3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e3 Nh5 14. Ne2 h6 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Nd2 g5 17. f4 Rae8 18. Bf3 g4 19. Bg2 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qb6 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Qc3 Rd7 26. Rd4 Rfd8 27. Nf1 h5 28. Red1 Nc5 29. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Kreiling, Carsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Be2 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. exd4 f5 15. 0-0 f4 16. Bh4 g5 17. Nd5 gxh4 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Nb6+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Qe6 f3 22. Qxd6 Qg5 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. g3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klueners, Juergen"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[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 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 0-0 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Be5 Rae8 16. Rae1 b5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. f4 d4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc3 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 Bc7 25. g3 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe4 Bc7 28. Qa8+ Bd8 29. Re5 Rf8 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Bg2 d3 32. cxd3 Qxd3 33. Qe4 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Raab, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 d6 6. d5 c6 7. c4 0-0 8. h4 Bh8 9. Nd2 e5 10. dxe6 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bxe6 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Nd7 15. Bd2 Bf7 16. 0-0-0 Ne5 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxg5 20. Kb1 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-chB"]
[Site "Kaufungen"]
[Date "2003.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Moritz, Cornelia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 b6 5. f3 Bb7 6. Bxf6 exf3 7. Bxg7 Bxg7 8. Nxf3 e6 9. Be2 Qf6 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Bh5+ Kd8 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Bf3 Rf8 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Ng5 Be5 19. Nxh7 Rh8 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Rf7 Bd6 22. g4 Kd8 23. g5 Ke8 24. g6 Be7 25. Re1 Kd7 26. Nf6+ Kd6 27. Rd1+ Ke5 28. Nd7+ Ke4 29. Rxe7 Kf5 30. g7 Rh5 31. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kreiling, Carsten"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 Na6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. b4 Bf6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bf3 Qf7 17. g4 Ng7 18. Be2 f3 19. Bxf3 Bg5 20. Ncb1 Bf4 21. Be2 Qe7 22. Kg2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qg5 25. Rg1 Bxg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh4 28. c5 Kh7 29. Qb3 Bxd2 30. Rg3 Qh1+ 31. Rg1 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Kd1 Qxg1+ 35. Kc2 Bh6 36. Nd2 Qg5 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Nf3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Uwira, Oliver"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 0-0 6. h4 d6 7. d5 c6 8. c4 e5 9. dxe6 Qe7 10. h5 g5 11. h6 Bh8 12. Nh3 g4 13. Ng5 Bxe6 14. Bf4 d5 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Qxc4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bd6 Rf5 21. Bxe4 Bd4 22. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Guenzler, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 0-0 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 a5 15. a4 Na6 16. 0-0 Nb4 17. Nc4 Re7 18. e5 Ne8 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Bf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 1-0

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Norbert"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe2 Re8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 e5 11. b4 Bb6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Bc2 Nf4 15. Qe1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qxf4 Bc7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. c4 Re4 23. Qf3 Be6 24. g3 Re8 25. Rd2 Bc8 26. Qh5 Be5 27. Ba3 g6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Bxe7 Bg7 30. Bg5 f4 31. f3 Rd4 32. Rc2 Bf5 33. Rcf2 Bh3 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Bd4 36. Bd1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Bxf2 38. Kxf2 b6 39. Bc2 Kg7 40. Be4 Kf6 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Bd5 Kf5 43. a4 Rc8 44. Bc6 Rc7 45. h3 g5 46. fxg5 Kxg5 47. h4+ Kf5 48. Be4+ Ke5 49. Bd3 Rg7+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. h5 Rd7 52. Ke2 Rd6 53. Be4 Rh6 54. Bg6 Rh8 55. Bf7 Rh7 56. Bg6 Re7+ 57. Be4 Re6 58. Kd3 Rd6+ 59. Bd5 Rh6 60. Kd4 Rxh5 61. c5 Rh1 62. c6 Rd1+ 63. Kc4 Rc1+ 64. Kd4 Rd1+ 65. Kc4 Rc1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Leimeister, Erhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Qd2 Re8 9. g4 a6 10. Ng3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be2 c5 13. h4 b5 14. Kf2 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxg4 16. fxg4 Nxg4+ 17. Kg2 Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxe3+ 19. Kf2 Nxc4 20. Qb7 Qf6+ 21. Kg2 Qf3+ 22. Kh3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Hendrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. e4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 f5 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nh4 f4 11. gxf4 Nec6 12. Nf3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rxf4 15. Qxf4 Be5 16. Qh6 Qf6 17. Bg2 Nb4 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxc2 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Rac1 c6 22. Rxc2 cxd5 23. Rfc1 Bg7 24. Qg5 Bf6 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 26. e5 Be7 27. Rc7 1-0

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Goldstein"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Henrich, Frederik"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 0-0 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Be4 Ba6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. 0-0-0 h6 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Kb1 c5 18. Bc1 Kf8 19. f4 Rd7 20. f5 Red8 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. f6 gxf6 24. exf6 h5 25. Bh6+ Ke8 26. Kc1 Rf5 27. Bg7 Bb7 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Rd2+ Kc7 30. g3 b5 31. b3 c4 32. c3 cxb3 33. axb3 Bd5 34. Kb2 Kc6 35. b4 e5 36. Kc1 e4 37. Re2 Kd6 38. Kd2 Ke5 39. Bh6 Bc4 40. Rg2 Kxf6 41. Be3 Rd5+ 42. Bd4+ Ke6 43. Rf2 f5 44. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wilke, Joerg"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f3 g6 6. e4 fxe4 7. fxe4 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 a6 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. 0-0 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. cxd5 e4 20. Ne1 Nxd5 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Nxd5 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qd4+ 24. Be3 Qe5 25. Bf4 Qd4+ 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Nxc7 Bc3 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30. Nc2 Rb7 31. Ne8+ Kh8 32. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Bd7 34. Nd6 Rb6 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Ne5 Bxa4 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ng4+ Kg5 39. Ne3 Rd6 40. Ne2 Nd7 41. Nc3 Nf6 42. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haun, Klaus"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 0-0-0 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c3 Ngf6 14. Qc2 Rde8 15. Kd1 Re7 16. Qd3 Rhe8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. c4 Ne6 19. Bf3 Nf4 20. Rxe7 Nxd3 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. Kc2 Nxf2 23. g5 N6e4 24. Bg2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Bf4+ 26. Kc3 Re3+ 27. Kb4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Storck, Eike Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ne5 f6 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ Ke7 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Ba4 fxe5 11. Qxb7+ Nd7 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxd5+ Kf7 14. dxe5 Ne7 15. Nxe7 Bxe7 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qc4+ Be6 18. Qf4+ Kg7 19. 0-0 Rf8 20. Qd4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stojadinovic, Tomislav"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Be3 Nf6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. g4 Nd5 10. Nxe4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 0-0-0 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rg1 Qxh2 16. 0-0-0 Qh4 17. Kb1 Nd5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qf4 h6 20. e5 Nh7 21. Qxf7 Ng5 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Rd7 24. Rgf1 Rhd8 25. c3 Ba4 26. Rde1 c5 27. dxc5 Ne4 28. Rf4 Nxc5 29. Rc4 Rc7 30. b4 Nd3 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rf1 Nxe5 33. Nxg7 Kd6 34. Rf6 Bb3 35. Rxh6 Rg8 36. Nf5+ Kc7 37. Nd4 Bd5 38. Nxe6+ Kb8 39. Nc5 Nxg4 40. Rh7 Ne3 41. Re7 Rg1+ 42. Kb2 Nd1+ 43. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Wallberg, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 Na6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. cxd5 0-0 11. e4 d6 12. f4 Nc7 13. a4 Nd7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Ne6 21. Nxb5 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qc6 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. f5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng5 Ne5 29. Nf4 Rxd6 30. Qb3+ c4 31. Qb8+ Bf8 32. Rxe5 d3 33. Nfe6 1-0

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Weber, Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. e4 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. Ne2 f5 10. c3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bf2 b4 14. h3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4 16. Qc1 bxc3 17. b3 Nd2 18. Nxd2 cxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Ba6 21. Rd1 Qb6 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nf4 Bb7 25. Bf1 Rbf8 26. Be3 d5 27. b4 Qxb4 28. Qc2 Qe4 29. Qxc5 Rc8 30. Qxa7 d4 31. Bxd4 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ 34. Bf2 Qxf4 35. Qb6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellenkamp, Andre"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 a5 8. a4 Na6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Re1 d5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. f3 g5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nb4 15. c3 Na6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Ndc4 Nc7 18. Nf3 h6 19. Ba3 Ncd5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Re2 Ng6 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Re5 Qf6 30. Rxa5 Bf7 31. b4 Re8 32. Re5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Qxd4+ 37. cxd4 Bb3 38. a5 Ke6 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Bf1 Kf6 41. Bd3 h5 42. h4 Bf7 43. Be2 Bg6 44. Bf3 g4 45. Bxc6 bxc6 46. a6 f4+ 47. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Rhein Main op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iguyovwe, Theo"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 a5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Na6 14. Ba3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rac1 g5 17. Red1 Rad8 18. Ne1 Qf7 19. Nc2 c5 20. Bb2 f4 21. a3 Nc6 22. e4 g4 23. f3 Qg6 24. Nd5 gxf3 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxf3 h5 27. Qe2 h4 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Rd3 Qg5 30. Rcd1 Kh7 31. Rxd6 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rfxd6 33. Rd5 h3 34. Qxc5 hxg2+ 35. Kg1 Qg6 36. Qf2 Qh6 37. Nd4 Rxd5 38. Nxc6 Rd2 39. Nxd8 Rxf2 40. Bg4 Qb6 41. Bf5+ Kh6 42. Nf7+ Kh5 43. Bg4+ Kxg4 44. h3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Wege, Jochen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. f4 Bd6 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. c3 Bf5 12. d4 h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Re6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Nc1 Kg7 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxd3 Qe2 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Rf2 Re3 23. Kf1 Ne8 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 f5 26. Ke3 Nd6 27. b3 Kf6 28. Bf1 b5 29. Be2 a5 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. Bd1 h5 32. Ke3 f4+ 33. gxf4 Nf5+ 34. Kd3 gxf4 35. a4 Ne3 36. Be2 bxa4 37. bxa4 Nc4 38. Kc2 Nb6 39. Kb3 Kf5 40. h4 Kf6 41. Bd3 Nc8 42. c4 Nd6 43. c5 Nf7 44. Kc3 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2002.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kolompar, Josef"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 Ba4 11. 0-0 Nbc6 12. Ne1 0-0-0 13. f4 Rde8 14. Nf3 f6 15. Be1 Kb8 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bf2 h6 18. Nh4 Reg8 19. Nf3 Nd8 20. Bh4 Qc7 21. Rfb1 b5 22. Ne1 a6 23. Bf2 g5 24. Be3 Nf7 25. Bh5 Ng6 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Kh1 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Ng5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. g3 Qh7 31. Nf3 Qh3 32. Rf1 Qxg3 33. Rf2 Qh3 34. Nxg5 Qh4 35. Nf3 Qe4 36. Re1 Qg4 37. Rg1 Qh5 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. Rg2 Qh5 40. Qf4 Qh3 41. Ng5 Qxc3 42. Nxe6 Bxc2 43. Qc1 Rh3 44. Qxc2 Qxc2 45. Rxc2 Rxa3 46. Nc5 b4 47. e6 b3 48. Nxb3 cxb3 49. Re2 Ra2 50. Re3 b2 51. Rb3+ Kc7 52. e7 Kd7 53. Rb8 Kxe7 54. h4 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 0-1

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Schimmer, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Nd2 Nh5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. f3 0-0 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. e4 Nf4 14. g3 Nfd3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bh3 18. Ne2 f5 19. Nf4 fxe4 20. Nxh3 Qe7 21. Kg2 exf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Rf8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Qe4 1-0

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zweschper, Erich"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. Ne2 Qd7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Be2 0-0-0 8. Rg1 h5 9. Be3 e6 10. c3 Nge7 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. b4 g5 13. Nd3 Bh6 14. Nc5 Ng6 15. Qa4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Ba6 Nxd4 18. b5 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Rd7 20. Bxb7+ Kd8 21. Rc1 Rg7 22. Bc6 g3 23. hxg3 Qg6 24. Qxa7 Bg4+ 25. f3 Ne3+ 26. Ke2 fxg3 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Qd8+ Kf7 30. Qxh8 Rg8 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. exf6 Bf5 33. Nf1 Nc4 34. Rd1 g2 35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Bxd2 37. Kf2 Bxc3 38. Nb3 h4 39. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 h3+ 41. Kh1 d4 42. b6 d3 43. f4 d2 44. Bf3 Be4 45. Nxd2 Bxd2 46. Bxe4 Bxf4 47. a4 Be3 48. a5 Kxf6 49. Kh2 Ke5 50. Bd3 Kd6 51. b7 Kc7 52. Be4 Kb8 53. Kxh3 Bg1 54. Kg4 Ba7 55. Kf4 Bd4 56. Bc6 Bg1 57. Ke4 Ba7 58. Ke5 Bg1 59. Kxe6 Bf2 60. Kd5 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Hendrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. b3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Qf2 Bc5 14. b4 Bxb4 15. exd4 Bc3 16. Nb3 Bxa1 17. Ba3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Rf6 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Nb5 Rf7 21. Be5 c6 22. Nd6 Rff8 23. c5 Rad8 24. Qd4 Rd7 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qxe4 Qe7 28. h4 Rd8 29. g3 Qd7 30. Qg4 b6 31. Ne4 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 bxc5 34. Bd6 Ra1 35. Nxc5 Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Nd3 Rc2 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Ng4+ Kf7 40. Ne5+ Ke8 41. Ke3 a5 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Nc4 a4 44. Bf4 Rd1+ 45. Kc2 Rd5 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Ka3 Kf6 48. Kxa4 h6 49. Kb4 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. Bc7 Rd7 52. Bd6 Kf5 53. Kc5 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neumann, Manfred"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 0-0 11. Bd3 f5 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c3 Bd7 15. f4 Rb8 16. Kh1 c5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Bc2 Rf7 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. h3 a4 22. bxa4 Qa5 23. Rb1 Rfb7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Qxc3 27. Bc2 d4 28. Kh2 h6 29. a5 d3 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. Qxc5 Qd5 32. Qc2 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Kh1 Qe4 35. Qb2 Kg7 36. a6 f4 0-1

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Becker, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E88"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qd2 f5 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nd7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. 0-0 Ndf6 14. h3 Qe7 15. f4 e4 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Kh2 Kh8 18. Bd4 Rf7 19. Qe3 Ng8 20. Ba4 Bxa4 21. Nxa4 Nh6 22. Nac3 Qh4 23. Kg1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rg8 25. Ne6 Rg3 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Ne2 Rg6 28. Rac1 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Qh8 Rg7 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Nd4 e3 34. Ne2 Qh5 35. Rc7 Rf7 36. Qxd6+ Rf6 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Qf7 39. Qxe3 Qxd5 40. Ng3 Re6 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42. b3 Rc6 43. Qe3 Rc2 44. Qe8+ Nf7 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greul, Thomas"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[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. 0-0 f6 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Rb1 Ng6 13. b4 cxb3 14. Qd3 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Rf1 Rdf8 18. Nf3 Be8 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Bb2 Bg6 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Rfe1 Rhf8 25. Re3 Rf7 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rdf8 28. f3 g5 29. Kh1 g4 30. Qc4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Kb8 32. Nxe6 Qc6 33. Rd5 Qxe6 34. Qxc5 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "MTS-ch"]
[Site "Nied"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Lemonidis, Christos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. 0-0-0 a6 8. f3 h6 9. g4 Nge7 10. Kb1 Nc8 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. b3 Nc6 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nc8 16. f4 N8a7 17. Be2 Qe7 18. e5 0-0-0 19. Nce4 Kb8 20. Qc3 Bc8 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. b4 Ne7 25. b5 Nd5 26. Qd4 axb5 27. axb5 Qe8 28. b6 Nc6 29. bxc7+ Kxc7 30. Qd2 Ncb4 31. Nc3 Nxc3+ 32. Qxc3 Qa4 33. Ne4 Na2 34. Qd3 Qxe4 35. Kxa2 Qxd3 36. Bxd3 Kc6 37. Kb3 Kd5 38. Kc3 Bf8 39. Be2 Ke4 40. Bd2 Bxc5 41. Bd3+ Kf3 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Bxh6 Be6 45. h4 Kg4 46. Bg5 f4 47. Kd2 Bb4+ 48. Ke2 f3+ 49. Kf1 Bd5 50. Bf6 Bc5 51. Bb5 Bd4 52. Bh8 Be6 53. Bf6 Kh5 54. Ke1 f2+ 55. Kd2 Bh3 56. Be2+ Kg6 57. h5+ Kh6 58. Kd3 Bc5 59. Kc4 Bf8 60. Kd5 f1Q 61. Bxf1 Bxf1 62. e6 fxe6+ 63. Kxe6 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Becker, Robert"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rad1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nb5 cxb5 14. Bxe5 Nb4 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qd4 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. cxb5 Nxa2 20. Bd5+ Kg7 21. h4 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxb3 24. h5 Be6 25. Rd6 Rfe8 26. f4 Rad8 27. Rb6 Re7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Nf3 a4 30. Ng5 Bc8 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Rh1 Rexe2+ 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rdf2+ 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Kd1 Nd4 38. Nh3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Behrang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 Ba5 10. 0-0 Bb6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nc4 13. Bc1 c6 14. b3 Nd6 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Re1 b6 19. Nd3 Be4 20. Rc1 f6 21. Nf4 Nf7 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qd7 24. Red1 a5 25. Nfe1 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 Ng5 27. Ngf4 Rac8 28. Kg2 Nf5 29. e3 g6 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. h4 Nf7 32. Qg4 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Leimeister, Erhard"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Bd3 f6 11. Ne2 fxe5 12. fxe5 0-0 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na5 16. Kc3 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Kb2 Rac8 19. Rhf1 Nc6 20. Rac1 Ne7 21. Rc5 Bc6 22. Rc2 Nf5 23. Ng5 Ne3 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rc3 Nd1+ 27. Kc2 Nxc3 28. Kxc3 Rf2 29. Kd3 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Nagel, Bernhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Qd5 24. g3 g6 25. b5 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 cxb5 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxb5 Rc6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Rd5+ Kc8 33. h4 h5 34. Rb5 Kb7 35. Rb3 Ka6 36. Rc3 Rd6 37. Kc2 Kb7 38. Kb3 Rd8 39. Kb4 Ra8 40. Ra3 Rc8 41. Rc3 Rd8 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kb4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Fuchs, Maximilian"]
[Black "Blum, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Qe8 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Bxe7 exf3 11. Bxf8 fxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxf8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. a3 Qf6 15. Rad1 e5 16. d5 Nd4 17. b4 Qh6 18. Kg1 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Rf8 20. f3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Nc2 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Rc1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 e4 25. f4 e3 26. Rc1 Re8 27. c5 Bh3 28. b5 Kf7 29. a4 Re4 30. a5 dxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd4 32. Rxc7+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Bxc8 34. Kg2 Bg4 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Rd2 37. d6 Rxe2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Kg1 Rd2 40. Kf1 e2+ 41. Ke1 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 e1Q+ 43. Kg2 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Karl Mala Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Greul, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. a4 Qxb6 10. a5 Qc7 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. f4 Neg4 15. Nc4 Rab8 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qe1 Rb4 20. Ne3 Bd4 21. Kh2 Kg7 22. Nc2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3+ f6 24. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blum, Ralph"]
[Black "Uwira, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. e4 c4 11. Qa3 0-0 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nd2 a5 14. Qxd6 Na6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Rf6 19. Bg5 Rxf3 20. Bxd8 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nxa2 22. Rc2 Nxc3 23. Bxa5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. 0-0 Nf4 26. Bf3 Rd4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bf5 29. Ra2 Nxd5 30. Bd2 h5 31. Bf3 Nc3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 Nb1 34. Bc1 Nc3 35. Bd2 Na2 36. Rxb5 c3 37. Bxc3 Nxc3 38. Rb7 Be6 39. Kf1 Be5 40. h3 Kg7 41. Ra7 Bc4+ 42. Ke1 Nb5 43. Rd7 Bc3+ 44. Kd1 Bb3+ 45. Ke2 Bc4+ 46. Kd1 Be6 47. Rd8 Nd4 48. Bd5 Ba5 49. Ra8 Bxd5 50. Rxa5 Bxg2 51. Ra4 Nf5 52. Ra3 h4 53. Ke2 Kf6 54. f4 Ng3+ 55. Kf2 Bxh3 56. Ra6+ Be6 57. Kg2 Kf5 58. Kh3 Kxf4+ 0-1

