[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Rohrer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[BlackTeam "Donaueschingen "]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Rd2 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxb5 e4 16. Nxe4 axb5 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Kb1 b4 21. c3 bxc3 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Rxc3 Qb6 24. Rd7 Nd8 25. Qd3 Bc6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qd6+ Be7 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 g5 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. fxg5 Bxg5 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. a4 Be3 35. Kd3 Bg1 36. a5 Bxh2 37. a6 Bb8 38. Nd4 Ba7 39. Nc6 Bb6 40. a7 Bxa7 41. Nxa7 f5 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Nb5 Kd5 46. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dombrowsky, Michael"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lichtental"]
[BlackTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Kh1 0-0-0 15. Rab1 Kb8 16. b4 Ne7 17. a4 Qd6 18. e4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24. Be4 Qe6 25. Rbe1 Bc6 26. b5 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qc8 28. Rc4 Qb8 29. h3 Rd7 30. a5 Qxf4 31. Rcxf4 Kb8 32. b6 Rhd8 33. Rf8 axb6 34. axb6 Kc8 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rc7 Rg8 38. Kh2 h6 39. Kg3 g5 40. Rh7 g4 41. h4 Kc8 42. h5 Rg5 43. Kh4 g3 44. Rxh6 Rb5 45. Rd6 Rb3 1-0

[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Reichenbaecher, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[BlackTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 Qe4+ 5. Be2 Qc2 6. Qxc2 Bxc2 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nb5 0-0-0 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxa7+ Kb8 11. Be3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nb5 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Bd3 15. 0-0-0 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. c5 Be4 18. f3 Bd5 19. Kb2 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nh3 h6 22. Bd4 Nd5 23. Rhe1 Rhe8 24. Rd2 g5 25. Bg7 Nf4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Bd4 Rg8 29. Rg1 h5 30. a3 Kc8 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Be5 Bd5 33. Bxf4 Bxf3 34. g3 Kc6 35. Re1 Bg4 36. Re5 Rd8 37. Rg5 Rd7 38. Rg8 Kxc5 39. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gierth, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dreisamtal"]
[BlackTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 0-0 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 f5 12. c4 g5 13. Bh2 g4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 gxh3 16. gxh3 Bb4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb5 c5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. a3 Ba5 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Qg5+ 24. Bg3 Qf5 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. d5 h5 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. Bf4 Ne5 30. Rg3 h4 31. Rg4 Nxg4+ 32. hxg4 Qf6 33. Rc1 Rac8 34. g5 Qg6 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. d6 Qf5 37. Qxb6 a4 38. Qa7+ Kg6 39. Qxa4 Qd5 40. d7 Rf8 41. Qa6+ Kg7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qe8 Kg8 45. Be5 Qc6 46. Qxf8+ Kxf8 47. d8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Burkart, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Durmersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Nf3 Be7 10. 0-0 d4 11. Nb1 0-0 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Re1 h6 17. a3 b5 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. e3 g5 21. exd4 Qf5 22. d5 Bxf3 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Be3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. f3 Ne5 27. Rf1 g4 28. Qe2 gxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxd3 32. Kf2 c4 33. Bxh6 Rb3 34. Rc2 c3 0-1

[Event "Baden VLS 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fischer, Thomas"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dreilaendereck"]
[BlackTeam "Waldkirch II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. 0-0 Rc8 8. Qb3 cxd4 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Be2 Nc2 12. Bd2 Nxa1 13. Nc3 Nc2 14. a3 Nh6 15. Bd3 Nxa3 16. bxa3 Bxa3 17. Rb1 0-0 18. Rxb6 Bc1 19. Ne2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Rc7 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. f3 Ra3 23. Nc5 g6 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. Nf4 Kf8 27. h4 Ng8 28. Rb1 Ne7 29. Rh1 b6 30. Na6 Ra7 31. Nb4 Rb3 32. Nc2 Ra2 33. Rc1 Bb5 34. Ke3 Bc4 35. Ne1 b5 36. Ne2 Nc6 37. Rd1 Rba3 38. Rb1 b4 39. f4 Ra1 40. Rxa1 Rxa1 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Nf3 b3 43. f5 b2 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Baden 0001"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Thomann, Johannes"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Be3 Nbd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Kh8 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 h5 22. g5 Nd5 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Qe6 Rcd8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Re6 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rae1 Bf8 30. Re8 b5 31. R1e4 Rff7 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Rc8 Kh7 34. Ree8 Kg8 35. Rxc6 Kh7 36. Rcc8 Kg8 37. d5 b4 38. cxb4 a3 39. d6 Kh7 40. Kg2 Rf4 41. d7 Rxb4 42. d8Q Rb1 43. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Freiburg-ch"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1999.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schoch, Thomas"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 0-0 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Qe2 c5 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb8 16. e5 Nc6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qf4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Nb5 Qxd3 21. Nd6 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Qe2 23. Rd2 Qh5 24. Ne8 Rxe8 25. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Baden-ch U18"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dirks, Jan"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 c6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. 0-0 a6 11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Be3 b5 13. Rad1 Ndf6 14. h3 b4 15. Na4 Nxe4 16. Qxb4 a5 17. Qb3 Nhf6 18. c5 Be6 19. Qc2 d5 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Bf4 Qb7 22. f3 Ng5 23. h4 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bf5 25. Qc3 Ne6 26. g4 f6 27. gxf5 fxe5 28. fxe6 exd4 29. Qd3 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. h5 Rf6 32. Nb6 Re8 33. Bf1 Kg8 34. hxg6 Ref8 35. Bg2 Rf4 36. Rd2 R8f5 37. Kf2 Rg5 38. Rh1 Qc7 39. Nd7 Rh4 40. Rxh4 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qxh4 42. Qa6 Rxg6 43. Qxa5 Rxe6 44. Re2 Rg6 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Freiburg-ch"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Koehl, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Qe3 Qc5 13. Bf3 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 g6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf6 Rhe8 22. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Freiburg-ch"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Loch, Hagen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Nb3 d6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Na5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxa5 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Rc1 e6 20. Qe4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Rd1 d5 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Qe2 a5 28. f4 a4 29. a3 Qc7 30. Qe3 Rfb8 31. h4 Qb6 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. fxe5 h6 35. Rf2 R8b7 36. Rd4 g5 37. h5 Rb8 38. Kc1 Rf8 39. Rf6 Rfb8 40. Rd2 Rb3 41. Rff2 R8b5 42. Rd4 Rb6 43. Rdd2 Rb7 44. Rf6 R3b5 45. Rd4 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Baden-ch U18"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Reznikov, Wladislaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Bh6 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd4 12. c3 Ba7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. f4 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. g4 Ne3 19. Nxd6 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxf4+ 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Rf1 Qxc4 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Qe5 Ke7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Qe5 Rg8 28. Qf6 Qb4 29. Rd5 Bb8 30. Rdd1 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-ch U18"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Schwab, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Nc5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Kb1 Qb7 16. Qc1 Qb4 17. Ka1 Qa5 18. Bc4 0-0 19. Qd2 Rb4 20. Bb3 Rfb8 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. g6 a5 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. a4 Nxb3 25. Nxb3 Ne5 26. Bd4 Bf6 27. Qf4 Bxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxa4 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rab4 33. Rh2 a4 34. Nc5 Rxb2+ 35. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-ch U18"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jacko, Tobias"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[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. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. Qd2 g5 16. Ne2 g4 17. Ng5 Rhg8 18. Nxf7 Rdf8 19. Nh6 Bg5 20. Qd1 Bxh6 0-1

[Event "Freiburg-ch"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lenz, Olaf"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Ne4 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Qc4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be6 11. Qd3 Ba5 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Qb5+ N7c6 14. Bg2 a6 15. Qa4 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 dxc3 17. bxc3 0-0 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Be4 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 Rfd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Nce5 26. Ne4 Qc6 27. Bg5+ Kd7 28. f3 Qb6 29. Qf6 Qb2 30. Rd1 Kc8 31. Rd2 Qa3 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Rhd1 Bd8 34. Qh8 Kc7 35. Qh4 f5 36. Nf6 Qc5 37. Nf4 Ne1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxd2+ 39. Ne2 Nd3 40. Bxd2 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Bxf6 42. Qxf6 Nxe1 43. Bf4+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Kd8 46. Bg5+ Kc7 47. Qe7+ Kb8 48. Qe8+ Kc7 49. Bf4+ Kb6 50. Be3+ Ka5 51. Qe5+ b5 52. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Freiburg-ch"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mueller, Christian"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d5 9. d4 0-0 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. bxc4 Qc7 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Rad8 15. e4 b5 16. Bf3 b4 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Na4 c4 19. Qc2 Bc5+ 20. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qa5 22. f5 Rde8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Qd4 Nb6 25. Bf4 f6 26. d6 c3 27. Bh5 Rd8 28. e5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Nd5 30. Bd1 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6 32. Bb3+ Kh8 33. Re7 Bd5 34. Be5 Bxb3 35. Rxg7 Rfe8 36. Rg3+ Rxe5 37. axb3 c2 38. Rd3 Rc5 39. Rc1 a5 40. Rd2 Kg8 41. Rdxc2 Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Rxd6 43. Rc5 Rd5 44. Rc6 Nd7 45. g4 Nc5 46. f6 h5 47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. Rc7 Nxb3 49. Ra7 Rf5 50. Ra6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Baden-ch U18"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Persich, Christoph"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. h3 Nc5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. d4 Nd7 16. a4 h6 17. Kh2 Bd6 18. Kg1 Bh7 19. b3 Nef8 20. Bd2 Qb8 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. e3 Be4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kg2 Nh7 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Bc3 Re6 28. Rg1 Ne4 29. Kf1 Qc7 30. Nd2 f5 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Ke2 Rf8 33. Qf1 Ref6 34. Rg2 Rf3 35. g4 Bg3 36. Be1 Qb6 37. Qg1 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dirks, Jan"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Re1 e5 13. a4 e4 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. f3 g5 16. Bf2 a5 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Rf2 Bg6 24. h4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. d5 Qh6 31. Kf1 Kg6 32. Qd2 f4 33. exf4 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Bc2+ 35. Kf3 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feygin, Michael"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 Nf5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 0-0 13. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Gamer, Torsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. h3 Kh8 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. f4 Bb8 20. Bb1 Re7 21. a3 Ba7 22. b4 Ne8 23. Qd1 Kg8 24. Kh2 Nd6 25. Rf1 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Rf7 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rf1 g6 30. Bg1 Qf8 31. Rf4 Qh6 32. Qf1 g5 0-1

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Kuci, Blerim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Ne8 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. f5 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bh6 b4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Ne3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne4 24. Qe1 gxf5 25. Nh4 e6 26. Bf3 d5 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qg3+ Kf6 29. Qd6 Ne7 30. Qf4 Rg8 31. Qxe4 Rh8 32. Rd3 Ng6 33. Nxg6 fxg6 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rhd8 36. Rfd1 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rb6 38. Kg1 e5 39. Rc4 f4 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Staender, Kai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. 0-0 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Bh4 b5 18. Ng5 Qf4 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Bg3 Qh6 21. Ne2 Nh5 22. Ne5 Bc6 23. Nc3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bg5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Qg4 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Nf3 Rg6 30. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Steinhart, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 0-0 13. Nf4 Nd8 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Re3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Rxf4 17. Rb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rxe4 19. f3 Rh4 20. Bg5 Rh5 21. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lehmann, Sven"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. a3 Re8 15. Rc3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 a6 19. f4 Na7 20. Nb1 Nb5 21. R3c2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 h6 25. Bh4 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 b5 27. g4 Nb6 28. b3 Qc8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Nd7 31. c6 Nb6 32. Bd8 Nc8 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Kf8 35. Bc7 Ke8 36. Bd6 Nb6 37. a5 Nc4 38. Bc7 Ne3 39. Bb6 Nc2 40. Bc5 d4 41. Kf2 d3 42. h4 Na1 43. Bf8 g6 44. Bxh6 Nc2 45. h5 d2 46. Ke2 d1Q+ 47. Kxd1 Ne3+ 48. Kd2 Nxg4 49. Bg5 gxh5 50. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck-ch U17"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lindorfer, Peter"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Ng5 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 h6 16. Nf3 Qxb2 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc7 Nc6 19. Bxd8 Nxd8 20. Ne5 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Red1 c5 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 cxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rb4 Kf8 28. f3 d4 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. f4 e4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 d3 34. Rbd4 Bf5 35. Re5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Bh7 38. f5 d2 39. Red5 Rxa2 40. Rxd2 Ra1 41. g4 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. R2d7+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Scheuermann, Gerhard"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[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 Nge7 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Nd6+ Qxd6 13. exd6 Nf5 14. d5 1-0

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Ba4 11. 0-0 Nbc6 12. Ne1 0-0-0 13. g3 Rdg8 14. Ng2 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 Nd8 17. Bf3 h5 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. Nxh5 Rg6 20. Nf4 Rgh6 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bg4 Nxh4 23. gxh4 Rg8 24. Ng2 Rxh4 25. Nxh4 Rxg4+ 26. Ng2 e5 27. f3 Rg7 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Rh1 Ng5 30. Rh8+ Kc7 31. Rb1 Bg4 32. dxe5 Bxf3 33. Qf4 Ne4+ 34. Ke1 Qxc3+ 35. Bd2 Qxd2+ 36. Qxd2 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Bxg2 38. exf6 Rf7 39. Rg1 Rxf6 40. Rxg2 Rf3 41. Rh6 a6 42. Rg7+ Kb8 43. Rb6 Rxa3 44. Rbxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dinger, Felix"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 e5 10. d5 Bg7 11. Rc1 f5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 b6 14. Nd2 f4 15. Na4 axb4 16. axb4 g5 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 Nxc5 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. h3 Rf6 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Ra1 f3 25. Nxf3 Nxe4 26. Ra7 g4 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Nh2 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Nxf2 30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxc7 Nxd5 33. Rd7 Bf8 34. Nf3 Be7 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Rxd5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Burger, Stefaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Bg4 8. Nc3 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Ng5 Bxc3 14. Bxg4 Ba5 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bd3 Bc7 17. Rfe1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Qh4 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. g3 Bc7 28. d5 Rd8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nc5 b6 32. Ne6 Rd7 33. Nxc7 Rxc7 34. d6 Rd7 35. b4 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rd5 Kf8 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Rxc5 Ke6 40. Rd5 Rxd6 41. Ra5 a6 42. c5 Rc6 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. h4 Kc4 46. a3 Kd5 47. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. 0-0 d6 8. Kh1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 h6 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Ng4 17. Be1 0-0 18. Qe2 f5 19. h3 Nf6 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxd6 Qc7 25. Bc3 Rae8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Bxg7 Bxg2+ 28. Kh2 Bxf1 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Rf6+ Ke7 31. Bxf8+ Kd8 32. Rd6+ Qxd6 33. Qh4+ Kc8 34. Bxd6 Re2+ 35. Kg3 Bf2+ 36. Kf3 Bxh4 37. Nd4 Rh2 38. Nxf5 Rxh3+ 39. Kg4 Bf6 40. Ng3 Rh2 41. Nxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gierth, Michael"]
[Black "Nadj, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 a6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Rae1 h6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. f4 0-0 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg4 Nc5 16. f5 dxe5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Kh8 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mehne, Claudius"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 Rb8 11. Qe2 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Ba5 Rd7 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Na4 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qa8 24. Ba5 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Klinge-ch U17"]
[Site "Klinge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waffenschmidt, Joachim"]
[Black "Gierth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. 0-0 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 f5 13. b4 Nd6 14. Qb3 b5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rc6 Ne4 18. Re6 Qf7 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ng5 Qf5 21. Qxa8 Qxg5 22. Rc6 Qd8 23. Rfc1 1-0

