[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buecker, Juergen"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. 0-0 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Qe2 e4 21. Nc2 Qc8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bd8 24. Qe3 Qg4 25. Ra2 h6 26. Re1 Kh7 27. h3 Qh4 28. Kh2 Bf5 29. Rf1 Re8 30. f3 Bg5 31. f4 Bd8 32. Qc1 Kh8 33. Re2 Bf6 34. Qa1 Bg4 35. Ra2 Be6 36. Rxa5 Bd8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 e3 40. g3 Qe7 41. Re1 Bb6 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxd4 45. Rxe3 d5 46. Bd3 g5 47. Bc2 gxf4 48. Re6 Ba5 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rg6+ Kh8 51. g4 Rd2 52. Ra6 Bc7 53. Rc6 Be5 54. Re6 Bc3 55. Re2 Rd4 56. h4 1-0

[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwetlick, Thomas"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 0-0 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. Kh1 Bf6 15. Qc2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be5 17. Qd2 b6 18. b4 Qf6 19. Rac1 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ne5 23. Qd2 f4 24. Ne4 Qh6 25. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. 0-0 g6 13. c3 Ne6 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Be3 c5 16. Rad1 c4 17. Be2 a6 18. Nf1 d5 19. Bf3 Nc7 20. Bf4 e6 21. Ne3 Nb5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Re8 24. a4 Bd6 25. Be3 Nc7 26. Bd4 Rhf8 27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rfe8 30. f4 Be7 31. g3 Bf6 32. Bc5 Be7 33. Bf2 Rb3 34. Rde2 Bf8 35. g4 Bg7 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Bg2 Reb8 38. f5 e5 39. Bf3 Rxb2 40. Bxh5+ Kg8 41. Rxe5 Bf6 42. Bg3 R8b7 43. Re7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rc2 45. Re1 Rxc3 46. Bd6 Rc2 47. Bg6 d4 48. f6 1-0

[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Junge, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc6 16. Qd1 b5 17. 0-0 Qb6 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd2 Bc4 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Be4 Bxe2 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxe2 h6 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. g3 Ne5 28. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Schulz, Volker1 101010"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf1 Qh6 14. Bg2 Qa6 15. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 dxe4 17. Kf2 Nb6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Bd7 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. Rb1 Rc4 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Rec1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nc4 26. Nc2 f5 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT LF-1 B4 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zapf, Herbert"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Nf7 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Qa6 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN090 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petersen, Flemming Petri"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. 0-0 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1 Bg7 15. c3 0-0 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Nc2 Rc5 20. Ne3 f4 21. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaschuba, Juergen"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Re1 e5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Nc3 Bc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. f4 e4 21. Bc2 Bf6 22. Bd1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. b4 Qf6 25. Rb1 cxb4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxb4 Rf7 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rc7 30. h3 Rdd7 31. g4 g6 32. g5 Kf7 33. Ba4 Re7 34. Bc6 Bb7 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rc3 Ke7 39. Kg2 Rb7 40. Rb3 Rc7 41. Rb4 a5 42. Ra4 Rc5 43. Kf2 Kd7 44. Ke3 Kc7 45. Kd4 Kb6 46. Ra3 Rc7 47. Rb3+ Ka6 48. Rb8 Re7 49. Ke3 Rc7 50. Kd4 Re7 51. c5 e3 52. cxd6 Re4+ 53. Kc5 e2 54. d7 e1Q 55. d8Q Qc3+ 56. Kd6 Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Kc7 Rc4+ 59. Kd6 Qc6+ 60. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Harms, Friedhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be2 Bg5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ne4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Bf5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. b4 Qb6 18. a3 a5 19. Qd2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. b5 Nc5 22. Rc3 Qa5 23. Rfc1 Nb3 24. Qg5 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Ra1 26. h4 h6 27. Qe3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirths, Martin"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1073"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. f4 Qa5 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 e6 13. f5 Qb6 14. c3 0-0-0 15. b4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1+ Kd8 21. b5 Bg5 22. Rf3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rf8 24. Rec3 Rf4 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. R1c7 Rxe4 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Ra8 Rxd4 29. Rxa7 Kc7 30. a4 Kb8 31. b6 Rb4 32. a5 Rb2 33. a6 Rxb6 34. Rxb7+ Rxb7 35. axb7 Kxb7 36. Kf2 Kc6 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. g4 g5 39. h4 gxh4 40. Kf3 e5 41. g5 e4+ 42. Kg4 e3 43. Kxh4 e2 0-1

[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Eschweiler, Gottfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Bg2 Qc4 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne5 20. f6 Bd8 21. Rf4 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Ng6 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Rxd6 Qc4 25. Rd4 Qc6 26. Bf2 Bc7 27. Nd5 Be5 28. Rd2 Bf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. Qg4 Re4 31. Qf3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 h6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. 0-0 f5 12. b4 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f3 Nd6 15. c5 Nf7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be5 Qf8 19. e4 Nh5 20. Rae1 f4 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qg6+ Ng7 23. Qxh6 Rf5 24. Bh3 Rf7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Qxg5 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qf7 28. Re2 Qh5 29. Qxh5 Nxh5 30. g4 Ng7 31. Kg2 a5 32. b5 cxb5 33. Rb1 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rxb4 Ne6 36. Reb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amico, Rosario"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 d6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qf6 16. Nh5 Qh4 17. f4 g6 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. d5 Nd4 24. Rh3 Qe7 25. Nd2 Qc5 26. Kh1 Rc7 27. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Castillo, German"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 Rc8 14. Qd3 a5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Qg4 Kf7 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Qg4 Kf7 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Qg4 Kf7 25. Nxe6 Rhc8 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qd5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanchez Rodenas, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Qa2 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nb6 24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Ra8 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Qb3 Qxd5 30. Qxb6 Qd3 31. h3 c4 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxd8 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staf, Gunnar"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. g3 Ne7 12. Be3 0-0 13. Bg2 e5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nc8 16. Nb1 Nb6 17. b3 Be7 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 c5 20. c4 f5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nc3 fxe4 23. Qxb5 Bc6 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Bf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxf4 27. Bg3 Rf7 28. Bxe4 c4 29. bxc4 Bc5+ 30. Kg2 Bxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Nxc4 33. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Benko, Bostjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. 0-0-0 e5 14. f5 b5 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. g4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Fischer, Detlev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Rab1 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. Bc2 Qc5 22. Qd3 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Ruppel, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Nb8 14. Nb3 Bb5 15. Nc5 0-0 16. Ne1 Na6 17. a4 Bxd3 18. Nexd3 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Qa6 20. a5 f6 21. Rb1 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Bg5 23. Qd2 Rce8 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Nxf3 Bf6 26. Qb2 Re7 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. Rxb5 Rc7 29. g4 g5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. e4 Kc6 34. Rb2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Schmidt, Mrs Anja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Stephan, Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. g3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 0-0 17. Bg2 a5 18. 0-0 f5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb8 21. Qd2 Rb5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Rfa1 e4 24. Rxa5 Bxd5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. cxd5 Bd4 27. Qh6 Qxd5 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Bh3 Kh8 31. Qf4 Qe8 32. Kg2 e3 33. fxe3 Qxe3 34. Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Van der Houwen, Peter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. d4 Re8 9. Be2 Nd7 10. 0-0 c6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. h3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Willigen, Jan Willem"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. g3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 0-0 17. Bg2 a5 18. 0-0 f5 19. Qh5 Rc8 20. Rad1 Rc5 21. Rd2 e4 22. Rfd1 b4 23. Qe2 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Be5 25. f4 exf3 26. Bxf3 Kh8 27. Na4 Rc8 28. Nc3 f4 29. g4 a4 30. Kh1 Bc4 31. Qf2 a3 32. Ne4 axb2 33. Rxb2 d5 34. Rc2 Qd7 35. Nc5 Qb5 36. Nb3 Rfe8 37. Rcd2 Rcd8 38. Be2 Bc3 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Rd3 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Bf6 42. h3 Rd6 43. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch MN062 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Votypka, Miroslav"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. 0-0 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 0-0 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pircher, Karl"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe8 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qh5 16. Bg3 g5 17. b4 Rad8 18. c5 e5 19. f4 Qe8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc4+ Kh7 22. Qc2 Be4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qg6 25. Qc3 f4 26. Be1 exd4 27. exd4 Nf6 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Bf2 Ne4 30. Qc7+ Qf7 31. Qc2 Qg6 32. Qc7+ Qf7 33. Qc2 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Schelbert, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qf3 0-0 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Bxh6 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Rxd4 21. g3 Ng4 22. Bf4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Bxf4 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Rad1 Kh7 27. Rd3 Kh6 28. Red1 Bc7 29. Rh3 Bf4 30. c3 Be5 31. Kf1 Bc7 32. Ke2 Bb6 33. f4 Nxh5 34. Kf3 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Kg4 g6 37. Rd3 Nf6+ 38. Kf3 Bc7 39. Bc4 Kg7 40. b4 Kf8 41. a4 Ke7 42. b5 Nh5 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Ba6 Nxf4 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Bc8 Nb6 47. Bb7 Nxa4 48. Bxc6 Nc5 49. Ke3 f6 50. Rh1 Kd6 51. Be8 g5 52. Kd4 g4 53. Rh6 Bb6 54. Rg6 f5 55. Rg7 a5 56. Kc4 a4 57. Kb4 Bd8 58. Bxa4 Bf6 59. Rg6 Bh4 60. Bc2 Bf2 61. Bxf5 g3 62. Bh3 Ke5 63. Rxg3 Na6+ 64. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rechel, Ralf"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. d5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nb8 10. 0-0 g6 11. Qd4 f6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc5 15. Qa4 Kf7 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bb5 a6 19. f4 Bf5 20. fxe5 Bxb1 21. e6+ Kg8 22. Rxb1 h5 23. Be8 Kh7 24. Bxg6+ Kg8 25. Bf7+ Kf8 26. Nf5 Rc8 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Muench, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. c3 Nd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. 0-0 Nbd7 14. f4 0-0-0 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17. Rae1 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Ng5 Rdf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxe6+ Rd7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. h3 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. g4 Ne7 26. c4 b5 27. b3 Nd7 28. Kg2 Bc7 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Bb4 Nc8 31. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muehlbach, Peter"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. 0-0 Rbd8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 b5 20. Rfd1 bxc4 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rb8 23. Rd2 Rb4 24. Rc2 Kf8 25. a3 Ra4 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Kd6 28. Kd4 c5+ 29. Kc3 Ke5 30. g3 g5 31. Rd2 h5 32. Rd8 h4 33. Rg8 f6 34. Re8 hxg3 35. hxg3 Kd6 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kd7 38. Rb8 Kd6 39. Rb6+ Kd7 40. f5 Bg8 41. Rxf6 Ra5 42. Rf8 Bh7 43. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Tauber, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nf1 Qe7 12. Ng3 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. 0-0 Rad8 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Rae1 Nh5 20. a4 Rf8 21. Qe3 Qd4 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Kh2 Qd7 25. Qe2 Ng7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Ne6 28. Qg4 Nd4 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rf2 c5 31. Nf3 Re7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 c5 39. Rf1 Rf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kd5 b6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Kxc5 Ke6 44. Kxd4 g5 45. Ke4 h5 46. d4 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schaefer, Michael"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Re8 14. Bc6 Bf5 15. Rxb7 Rxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be7 Be6 18. Ba6 h6 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxd8 c6 21. Be7 Ne4 22. Bb4 Nd2 23. Bc5 Nxc4 24. Bxa7 Na3 25. Bc5 Nb1 26. a4 Nxc3 27. a5 Nb5 28. Bb7 Bc4 29. e3 Nc7 30. Bd6 Na6 31. Bxc6 f6 32. e4 Bd3 33. Bd5+ Kh7 34. f3 Kg6 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. f4 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kh6 39. Bb7 g6 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Be7 Nb8 42. e5 Kf5 43. exf6 Ke6 44. Ke4 Na6 45. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burgemeister, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 Bd6 8. a4 0-0 9. Qb3 Ne5 10. Na3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 e5 12. 0-0 Bh3 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rda1 Rxa7 21. Rxa7 Be6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Bf8 24. e4 Rd8 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qg5 27. b3 Qd2 28. Qd5 c4 29. dxc4 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Qd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Bd4 33. Qd1 g5 34. Nd6 h5 35. Nf5 f6 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Qxh2 38. Qf3 Kf7 39. Qg3 Qd2 40. Qh3 Qe2+ 41. Qf3 Qh2 42. Qh3 Qe2+ 43. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koehler, Thomas"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Ba6 6. Qb3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 d5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Qb3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc6 Rfe8 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rfc1 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rec8 26. Rc5 Nd7 27. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Betker, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. 0-0 g6 18. b4 Bd7 19. Qa1 Qc8 20. Bd3 axb4 21. cxb4 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Ra7 Bd8 24. Ne3 Bb6 25. Ra6 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxb4 27. Rxd6 Qe8 28. Rdf6 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Qa3 Kg7 31. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Escher, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. g3 f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ne6 Rfc8 17. Nxe4 h6 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Nxg7 Qxg7 20. f4 Nd7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. c5 Rf8 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Nb6 25. Nf2 Nf6 26. Bc3 Rfe8 27. Bxe5 Qe7 28. Qd3 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Fischer, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nc5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Bf3 Bg5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nce3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Rb8 20. f3 Qd7 21. Nc2 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. f4 Bh6 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Ncb4 Kh8 26. Qd4 Rbe8 27. Rae1 Ng6 28. Bh5 Re4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qf2 Nfe6 32. Bf3 Qb7 33. Qe2 Qa7 34. Kh1 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qd7 36. Ne3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qf7 38. h3 Qf5 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Nc6 Kf7 41. Nd4 Qd3 42. Qf2+ Ke8 43. Nf5 g6 44. Nh6 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Hagenstein, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be7 13. 0-0-0 0-0 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 h6 16. g4 Nh7 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Qg2 Ng5 19. Rhf1 Bf6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rh1 Kh7 22. f4 Qb6 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. h6 g6 25. Qf2 Rc7 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Nd4 Bg5 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Nd4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thielen, Dieter"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 Ng6 22. Bd6 f5 23. Qe2 Bd5 24. Kb1 Qa4 25. b3 Qb5 26. g3 a5 27. Rc1 a4 28. b4 Bc6 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Qd4 Nh8 31. g4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Ould Ahmed Louly, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b3 0-0 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. Bc1 Qd8 17. Be3 f6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Kg2 b5 20. Nh4 Rh8 21. Nxg6 Kxg6 22. Nf5 Nf8 23. Rh1 Ne6 24. Rag1 Qd7 25. Kf1 c5 26. h4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 fxg5 31. Rg1 Be7 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. f4 Rf8 34. Ke1 c4 35. Rxg5+ Kh7 36. Qh2+ Kg8 37. Rh5 Qb4+ 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Rh7 cxd3+ 40. cxd3 Qc3 41. Qh5+ Ke7 42. Rxg7+ Kd8 43. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thuemmler, Manfred"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e4 h6 11. d5 Ne7 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Ne7 14. Qe1 Kh7 15. Qh4 Neg8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nb6 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Qg4 Rc7 21. gxh6 g6 22. Rg3 Be8 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Qe7 26. Bg5 Nbd7 27. Bc2 b5 28. cxb5 Rb7 29. c4 Rg8 30. Kh1 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rg6 32. Rgf3 Rxg5 33. Qxg5 Qf8 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 35. Rxf6 Rb6 36. Ng3 a6 37. a4 axb5 38. axb5 Rb7 39. Nf5 Ra7 40. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Bergstraesser, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. 0-0 Nc7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. c3 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Rad1 Qe6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qa2 18. Bg5 Nce8 19. Qc2 Be7 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Kf1 Re7 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. b4 a5 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Bd1 b6 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Kc4 Ke7 37. f3 Kd6 38. Bb3 Nc5 39. Bc2 h5 40. h4 Ne6 41. g3 f6 42. Kd3 g5 43. Ke3 gxh4 44. gxh4 Nf4 45. Bb3 Ke7 46. Kf2 Kf8 47. Bc4 Kg7 48. Ba6 Kg6 49. Bb7 c5 50. Ba6 f5 51. Bc4 Kf6 52. Bb5 Ng6 53. exf5 Nxh4 54. Be8 Kxf5 55. Bxh5 Kf4 56. Ke2 Nf5 57. Bg6 Nd6 58. Bd3 Nc8 59. Bb5 Nb6 60. Bc6 Nc4 61. Kd3 Ne3 62. Bb7 Nf5 63. Ba8 Nd6 64. Bd5 Kf5 65. Ba8 Ke6 66. Bc6 Kf5 67. Ba8 Kf4 68. Bd5 Nc8 69. Bb7 Nb6 70. Bc6 Kf5 71. Be4+ Kg5 72. Bc6 Kf4 73. Ke2 Nc4 74. Kd3 Nb6 75. Ke2 Nc8 76. Kd3 Nd6 77. Ba8 Kg3 78. Ke3 Nc4+ 79. Ke4 Nb2 80. Bc6 Nd1 81. Kxe5 Nxc3 82. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Walda, Michael"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Nb3 0-0 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 Ne5 12. Bg5 Bb5 13. Re1 Nd3 14. Re2 Ne5 15. Rd2 Nc4 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rc2 Ba4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Rcc1 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Rxa7 Nxc1 22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxc1 Qa2 25. Qd2 Qb1+ 26. Bf1 Qxe4 27. Ne3 Bh6 28. f4 Qc6 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. b4 Qc6 32. Kh3 Qd7+ 33. Kh4 Re8 34. Bh3 f5 35. g4 Qe6 36. gxf5 Qe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe1 38. f6 Bh6 39. Bc8 b6 40. Kg3 Re8 41. h4 Kf8 42. Bd7 Rb8 43. c4 Rb7 44. Bb5 Kg8 45. Ne7+ Kh8 46. Nd5 Bf8 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kf3 Bh6 49. Ke4 Kg8 50. Ne7+ Kf8 51. Nd5 Ra7 52. Nxb6 Ra1 53. c5 dxc5 54. bxc5 Rb1 55. Bc4 Ke8 56. Nd5 Bf8 57. c6 Bd6 58. f5 Re1+ 59. Kf3 gxf5 60. Ne3 Rh1 61. Nxf5 Bc7 62. Bb5 Rb1 63. Bc4 Rb4 64. Ne3 Bb6 65. Nf5 Bc7 66. Ne3 Ra4 67. Ke2 Ra7 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Ke4 Ra1 70. Nf5 Ra4 71. Kd5 Ra5+ 72. Ke4 Re5+ 73. Kf4 Rc5+ 74. Kg5 Rxc4 75. Ng7+ Kf8 76. Kxh5 Rxc6 77. Kg5 Bd8 78. Nh5 Kg8 79. Kf5 Kh7 80. Kg5 Rc5+ 81. Kg4 Kh6 82. Nf4 Bxf6 83. Ne2 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Turbanisch, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Nge7 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 a6 9. Be2 d6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. b3 Be7 12. Rd1 0-0 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. c5 Nb4 15. cxd6 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bf8 17. a3 Nc2 18. Rac1 Ne3 19. Qxe3 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sikorsky, Reinhard"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. Nce3 Nd4 15. Nf5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nxf5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. exf5 Bg7 19. 0-0 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Ba4 h5 22. Rac1 Bh6 23. Rc6 Qa7 24. Qc4 Rb7 25. Re1 h4 26. Re2 h3 27. Rc2 Kf8 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Bg5 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Qh5 Bh6 33. Be8 Qd4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Fischer, Gerd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4 Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. f5 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne5 14. fxg6 fxg6 15. 0-0 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 0-0 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nh7 19. Qg3 Be5 20. Qg4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5+ 22. Be3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Ng5 24. Rg1 Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Rh6 Rh8 28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Re1 Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. c4 Kf6 33. c3 e5 34. b4 Rc8 35. Re4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thonig, Manfred"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. a3 e6 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Nc3 Rad8 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nf3 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. a4 exf4 16. exf4 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nxc3 18. Nxg6 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 fxg6 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bxb2 22. Rxe2 Qg7 23. Re3 Rde8 24. Rg3 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. c3 Bb6 27. h4 h5 28. b4 a6 29. a5 Ba7 30. c4 Re2 31. Rc1 Rfe8 32. Rcc3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qg4 0-0 11. Qxe4 d5 12. Qf3 dxc4 13. Qxc6 Qd5 14. Qc7 Bb7 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Rfd1 Qe4 18. Rd4 Qxc2 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. R4d2 Qa4 21. Bf4 Rf6 22. Qe3 Rg6 23. f3 Qc6 24. Kf1 Rf6 25. Rb2 h5 26. Rdb1 Kh7 27. Rb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Be5 Rf7 30. Qd4 Bd5 31. a4 Rc8 32. h4 Rc6 33. Qd1 Rb7 34. Bd4 Ra6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. fxg4 Rf7+ 38. Kg1 e5 39. Bxe5 Re6 40. Bg3 Re3 41. Bf2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch26 V11 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Graf, Christian"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Bd7 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Re3 Rad8 18. Rf3 Be8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Rd3+ Ke7 22. h3 f6 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. b3 Bc6 25. Qd2 Kf7 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Qd6 Qa7 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch26 V11 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hirmer, Matthias"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. 0-0-0 Nge3 20. Bc3 Nxd1 21. Bxh8 Nf2 22. Nxf2 Rxh8 23. Ne4 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. g3 Rf8 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Ng5 Nxh2 28. Re6 Rxf7 29. Re2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch26 V11 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polster, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 b5 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nxh6 15. Ned4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Kd7 17. Rac1 Nf5+ 18. Kf2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a5 20. Rc4 Ra6 21. Nb3 Ra7 22. Nc5+ Kc7 23. Rhc1 f6 24. d4 fxe5 25. dxe5 Rf8+ 26. Ke3 Rf5 27. Re4 Nd7 28. Ne6+ Kb6 29. Nd4 Rxe5 30. Rxc6+ Kb7 31. Re6 Rxe4+ 32. Rxe4 e5 33. Nf3 Nf6 34. Rc4 Ra6 35. Nxe5 Re6 36. Kd4 Rd6+ 37. Ke3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch26 V11 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Nitsche, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. d3 Be6 10. b4 f6 11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd5 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rab1 Bh3 17. Qc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Na5 19. Qh4 Rab8 20. Rfc1 Ne7 21. Bc3 Nac6 22. Qc4+ Qd5 23. Rb2 Qxc4 24. dxc4 Rd7 25. Rcb1 Nd8 26. Ne1 Ne6 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nc6 29. Rb1 Nxc5 30. Bb4 Na4 31. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch26 V11 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Piel, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxe5 Qg6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Ne1 Kd7 12. f3 Bd6 13. Qd4 Bf5 14. d3 c5 15. Qf2 Rae8 16. f4 Rhf8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Bd2 Bd5 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qf6 21. b3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qd5+ Qd6 25. Qxb7 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 27. Qd5+ Kc8 28. Qa8+ Kd7 29. Qd5+ Kc8 30. Rg1 Re8 31. h3 g6 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qd5+ Kc8 34. c3 Re1 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc3 37. a4 a5 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Qe2+ 40. Kf4 Kb8 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Augustin, Horst"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Ne4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc3 Bb4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. Qxb4 Rxb4 14. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Herbrechtsmeier, Christof"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 h5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Nb3 0-0-0 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Qb6 17. a3 Kb8 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Nbc5 Rhd8 21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. c4 Rdc7 23. Rh3 Rh8 24. Be2 h4 25. g3 Qf2 26. Bd3 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Nd4 28. Bf1 Nb3 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Nc3 Nd7 31. gxh4 Nb6 32. b3 Rc5 33. Be2 f5 34. h5 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Rf5 36. Nxd6 Rxf4 37. Bf3 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Kc7 39. Rd2 Rh6 40. Kc2 Nc8 41. Bh1 Na7 42. Rhd3 Nc6 43. Bxc6 Kxc6 44. Rd6+ Kc7 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kregelin, Jan"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Qc2 0-0-0 15. 0-0-0 Rh8 16. e4 Kb8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Ka1 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bf3 f4 21. Bh2 Nf6 22. Qf5 Qg7 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qa4 Qd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. dxc5 Ne5 27. Qb3 Rxh2 28. Rxh2 Nxf3 29. gxf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kb2 g4 33. Kc2 Rd8 34. Nd4 g3 35. fxg3 fxg3 36. Rg2 Rg8 37. cxb6 cxb6 38. Ne2 Nh5 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. Kd3 b5 43. a3 Rg7 44. Rg1 g2 45. Kc2 Kc4 46. Kd2 Nf6 47. Nf4 Ne4+ 48. Kc2 Rg3 49. Rxg2 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Hannebauer, Torsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Qd2 d5 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. 0-0 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bg4 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nf2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Nd1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nb5 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Huebner, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Qh4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qa5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Nf4 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd2 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb6 Nf6 24. Rfb1 Nd7 25. Rxb7 Bf6 26. d4 e5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. d5 Nd7 30. Bb4 Be7 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Nc4 h5 36. h3 g6 37. Ba5 Kc8 38. Bd2 Kc7 39. Na5 Nd7 40. Nc6 Bf6 41. Ba5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Koser, Erich Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Nxc3 8. Qb3 Ne4+ 9. Kd1 Nxf2+ 10. Kc1 Kxd8 11. Qf3 Nxh1 12. Qxf7 b6 13. Qxg7 Re8 14. Qxh6 Kc7 15. Nh3 Bb7 16. Qf4+ d6 17. Qf7+ Nd7 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Nxe6+ Kb7 20. Kc2 Nf2 21. a3 Ba5 22. Nxc5+ dxc5 23. Qxf2 Rf8 24. Qh4 Rae8 25. Qh3 Ne5 26. Qh7+ Kc8 27. Qh4 Ba4+ 28. b3 Bd7 29. h3 Nc6 30. Kb2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Telljohann, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Bb3 0-0 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Nc5 15. Qh5 Bb7 16. Rg4 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 e5 18. Be3 g6 19. Qh6 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rg2 Rac8 22. f3 Qf7 23. Rf2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT2 Gr2 Br2 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trost, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 0-0 9. g4 a6 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nd4 d5 17. h5 a4 18. Kb1 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. Nxb3 Qb8 21. g6 h6 22. Bb5 Ne5 23. Bxh6 Nxf3 24. Qg2 dxe4 25. Be3 Bd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bc6 d4 29. Nxd4 Ra5 30. h6 Nh4 31. Qg4 Qf8 32. Ne6 Qc8 33. Qxe4 Bf6 34. Bd5 1-0

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lauer, Georg"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. Nf3 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Kh1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Re4 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Qf2 Qd3 26. Rfe1 Rc2 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. R4xe3 Rdd2 29. Rg3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stock, Andreas"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. g3 Qc7 8. Bg2 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. c4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. b3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Re3 Re8 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. f4 b6 25. Kf2 h5 26. Kf3 Rc7 27. g4 hxg4+ 28. hxg4 Kg7 29. Kg3 Bc8 30. Bh3 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Rg1 e5 34. dxe6 Rxe6 35. Reg3 Rf7 36. Bg2 Re8 37. Bc6 Rh8 38. Rg6+ Ke7 39. Re1+ Kd8 40. Rxd6+ Kc7 41. Rg6 Rh3 42. Bf3 Bb7 43. Bxb7 Kxb7 44. Rg3 Rh2+ 45. Rg2 Rh3 46. Re3 Rh4 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Rg8 Rd4 49. Re7+ Kc6 50. Rg6+ Kc5 51. Re5+ Kb4 52. Rxb6+ Kc3 53. Rxf5 Rd3+ 54. Ke4 Rhh3 55. Rg5 Rhe3+ 56. Kf5 Rd8 57. Kg4 Re1 58. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Gimber, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 Nxh5 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "St Ingbert op"]
[Site "St Ingbert"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Pax, Horst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. c3 c5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e6 f6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Bg3 Nge5 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. c4 Nb4 19. Ba4 Ned3 20. Bd7 Qa8 21. Bc7 Nxe1 22. Qxe1 Nxa2 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. b3 Bb7 25. Qe3 Nb4 26. h4 Bc6 27. Nb1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nc2 29. Qf4 Nd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxf3 32. Nd2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Bh6 34. Nf3 Qxb3 35. h5 Qb1 36. c5 bxc5 37. Qxc5 Kf8 38. Nd4 Qb6 39. Qc3 Qb7+ 40. f3 Rxd7 41. exd7 Qxd7 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Qc4 Kg7 44. Ne6+ Kh7 45. Nc5 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Bg7 47. Ne6 a5 48. f4 Qb4 49. Qc8 a4 50. Kg4 f5+ 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenhardt, Manfred"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Rf1 0-0 12. h3 Bxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Nc6 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kd2 Rad8 17. Raf1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Kxc3 d4+ 20. Kd2 dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 b6 22. g4 e5 23. Rbf1 exf4+ 24. Rxf4 Rde8+ 25. Kd2 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Be4 Ne5 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. g5+ Ke6 32. h4 Nd7 33. h5 Ne5 34. h6 Nf7 35. c4 a6 36. Bd5+ Ke7 37. a4 a5 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. Kd5 Kd7 41. c5 Kc7 42. cxb6+ Kxb6 43. Kd6 Kb7 44. Kc5 Kc7 45. Kb5 Kb7 46. Kxa5 Kc6 47. Kb4 Kb6 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Black "Lobanov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 f5 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bb1 b5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf4 g6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rg1 Qe7 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. Rfg3 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 Bc6 25. Qh5 a5 26. Qh6 Bd7 27. Bc2 Rg8 28. Bd1 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Be8 30. Kg2 Bg6 31. Kf3 Kg8 32. Kf4 b4 33. Qg5 Qxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Kg7 35. Ba4 h6+ 36. Kf4 bxc3 37. bxc3 Kf7 38. Bd1 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bh5 40. Ba4 Be2 41. Bb5 Bd1 42. a3 Bh5 43. Ba4 Kd8 44. Bc2 Kc7 45. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wurm, Martin"]
[Black "Thal, Ortwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qxb2 12. Kd2 Qxa1 13. Bxa6 Qxh1 14. Nb5 Qxg2+ 15. Kc3 Ne7 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nxa8 bxa6 18. Nc7 Qxe4 19. Qd8+ Kg7 20. Qxe7 Qc6+ 21. Kb2 Bd7 0-1

