[Event "Oberliga NRW 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kamp, Christoph"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenster"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0-0 Nf8 11. h3 b5 12. Kb1 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. e4 Nb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nf4 Rb8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Rhe1 Qd6 20. Nh5 a6 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Ng3 Qf4 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Qe2 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qf4 27. Nh5 Qc7 28. Qe3 f6 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Nxg3 Nd7 31. Ne2 Ne5 32. Bc2 Rd8 33. Nd4 Bf7 34. f4 Nc4 35. Re1 Rd7 36. b3 Nd6 37. Nc6 Ne4 38. Nd4 Nc5 39. Bf5 Bg6 40. Bxg6 hxg6 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Re7 43. b4 Nd3 44. a3 Nxf4 45. Rxa6 Nxg2 46. Nxb5 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.10.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kuhnen, Thomas"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Qa4 0-0 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf3 exf4 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Bc2 a6 15. Qc4 Be6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Qf2 g5 20. h3 Bd7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. Bb2 Nc6 26. d4 Ne7 27. g3 Nxf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. gxf4 Qxh3 30. fxg5 Re3 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Bus, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. a3 f6 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Nc5 Bg5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nxb7 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Rac8 20. Na5 c5 21. Nc6 Qg5 22. Nxa7 c4 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qd1 c3 25. bxc3 dxc3 26. e3 Qe7 27. Qb3 Qc5 28. d4 Qa5 29. Kg2 g6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rc2 h6 32. Qe6 Rc7 33. d5 Qc5 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxf5 Nc8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qxh5 Qd6 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qd4 Qxa3 40. Qf4+ Rf7 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ljuboschiz, Alexander"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wuerselen"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg4 e5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Rde1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 a6 22. h3 h6 23. a3 Rad8 24. Qf2 h5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Franke, Johannes"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 a6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 9. 0-0 d6 10. f4 Be7 11. Ng3 Nf6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4 17. Na4 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qd5 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Naxc5 Ba8 25. d4 Qc6 26. Ra1 Qb5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 a5 29. Rfe1 h5 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 h4 32. Be5 f6 33. Nxe6 fxe5 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. dxe5 h3 36. Kg1 hxg2 37. e6 Nf4 38. e7 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Maslak, Sulejman"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duisburg PSV"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Na4 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ba6 11. b3 Nxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. c5 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. dxc5 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qa5 19. a3 Rc8 20. Qd1 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc1 22. Qxc1 Qxa4 23. g4 Qc6 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. a4 e5 26. a5 d4 27. Qe4 Nc6 28. Qe1 Qd6 29. b5 Nb4 30. b6 axb6 31. a6 Nc6 32. Qe4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Qg6+ 35. Qxg6+ hxg6 36. Bd3 Kf7 37. Kg2 Na7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. f4 exf4 41. Kxf4 Kf6 42. Ke4 Nc6 43. Bb5 Na7 44. Be8 g5 45. Kxd4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Nc8 47. Ba4 Nd6+ 48. Kf3 Nc8 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Bd7 Na7 51. Kh5 Ke7 52. Bf5 Kf6 53. Bb1 Nc8 54. Kh6 Na7 55. Kh7 b5 56. Kg8 b4 57. Ba2 g4 58. Kf8 Kg5 59. Ke7 Kh4 60. Kd7 Kh3 61. Be6 b3 62. Bxb3 Kxh2 63. Kc7 g3 64. Bd5 g2 65. Bxg2 Kxg2 66. Kb7 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Himpenmacher, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Lieme"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc5 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. d4 exd4 14. Rb1 dxc3 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Qc2 c6 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rdc1 g6 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Bg7 22. Ra3 Bd4 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bg4+ Kb8 25. Bf4+ Be5 26. Be3 Bd4 27. Bf4+ Be5 28. Be3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Gottschalk, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Wiesbaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Na4 Bd5 11. a3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bc6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Ra5 17. Ra1 Rc5 18. Qd2 Rf5 19. b4 Qd6 20. Qb2 Bxf3 21. exf3 Rd8 22. f4 c6 23. Re4 Rb5 24. Rae1 Bf8 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qc4 Rh5 27. h4 b5 28. Qb3 Rh6 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Re5 Bd6 31. Re8+ Bf8 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. Qe2 Rd6 34. Bh3 Qc7 35. Qe7 Rxe8 36. Qxc7 Rxe1 37. Qxb7 Ra1 38. Qa8 g6 39. Bg2 Rc1 40. f5 Rc2 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Qc8 Rf6 44. f4 Re6 45. Kh3 Ree2 46. Qf5 Rxg2 47. Qg5+ Bg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Kh4 Bh6 50. Kxh5 Rxg3 51. Qh4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mertens, Heiko"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Be7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Qe2 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bf6 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nge5 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Ba4 Nc4 21. Rab1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Red8 23. Bb3 Na5 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Rf8 27. h3 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bd5 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Bf6 Qf7 33. Bc3 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Stewart, Neil"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koblenz"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 f6 14. Kh1 a5 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rac8 21. b3 Nd7 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxd6 Rc6 25. Rfd1 Rf7 26. Bf3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc7 28. h4 Nd7 29. Rd5 Nc5 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Rd6 Ke7 32. Rb6 Nd7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Nxe5 35. Bd5 h6 36. a3 Kd6 37. Bg8 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen Aufwaerts"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a5 0-0 16. h3 Qc8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Na4 Rf8 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rde8 22. Ra3 e5 23. Rc3 Qe6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rcd3 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. c4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rc6 29. Re3 Qf7 30. Re4 Rfc8 31. Rd3 Qf8 32. Qg4 Qe8 33. Qe2 Qg6 34. Rd5 Qf7 35. Qd3 Bf8 36. Re3 Qg6 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Re4 Re8 39. f4 Kf7 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Rdxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Bb4 43. Kf3 Rd6 44. Rd5 Rf6+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Rg5 Kf7 47. Rd5 Ke6 48. c5 Rf7 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum SV 02"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Ne2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. b3 Na5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Be3 f6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bb4 Qf7 18. c4 Nd6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Ba3 Nb7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nd8 23. Bb2 Ndc6 24. Nd5 a5 25. Qe2 Re8 26. h3 Bc8 27. Rbd1 Ba6 28. Qe3 Rac8 29. Rf2 Qg6 30. Qf4 h6 31. Kh2 Qg5 32. Rc2 Rcd8 33. Rcd2 Bc8 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Nxc7 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Re7 37. Nd5 Rb7 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Bc1 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Qd7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qf4 0-0-0 12. d3 h6 13. Be3 g5 14. Qg4 Rdg8 15. Qh5 g4 16. Nd2 Bd4 17. Bf4 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Nd4 19. Bd1 Nf5 20. Rxb2 Qd4 21. Ne4 Qxb2 22. Qxf7 Bxe4 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. dxe4 Nd4 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qg7 h5 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Qd7 Qxe5 29. Qd5 Qf6 30. c5 Nf4 31. Qd2 Rxe4 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Qc2 Qe5 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 Nd3 39. Qf1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nd3+ 41. Kh1 Ka7 42. Bc4 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 Ne4+ 44. Kh1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Hirsch, Stefan"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum Wattenscheid II"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Re1 Ne5 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Qb3 h6 14. a4 Rfc8 15. b5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Re8 17. d4 Nh7 18. d5 Bf6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Nhf8 21. Nf1 Kh8 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Ng3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bc1 g5 26. Qc2 Qg7 27. Rd3 Qg6 28. f3 Nh7 29. Nh1 Nf6 30. Nf2 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qd1 Rd7 33. Ba2 Rde7 34. Rde3 d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Bb2 Qe8 39. Nd3 Re2 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Nxb2 Qe5 42. Qe2 Qd6 43. Nc4 Qc5 44. Qe6 Kg7 45. Nd6 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Qe2 Ng4+ 48. fxg4 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Van Beek, Alexander"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erkenschwick"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 0-0 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Qe2 e5 13. d3 h6 14. Nd5 Re8 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bb2 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Re1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe6 21. Qf3 Re7 22. a4 a5 23. Bc3 b6 24. Re2 Qd7 25. Rae1 Rbe8 26. Qd5 Bb8 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. f4 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Kf2 Rde7 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Rf1 Bc7 34. Rf5 g6 35. Rf3 Rd8 36. Ref2 Rd6 37. Rf6+ Kd7 38. Rxd6+ Bxd6 39. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Klein, Felix"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 h5 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. b3 Rc8 18. Kb2 Bc6 19. a4 0-0 20. Rhd1 Rb8 21. R6d4 Ra8 22. Ra1 Rfc8 23. b4 Bd7 24. Kb3 Nc6 25. Rdd1 Rab8 26. Nb5 e5 27. c3 Be6+ 28. Kb2 Ne8 29. Bf2 Nc7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. a5 Nxb4 32. cxb4 Rxb4+ 33. Kc1 Bb3 34. Rd2 Na6 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. Rb1 Ba4 37. Rxb4 Nxb4 38. Kb2 Na6 39. Kc3 Kf8 40. Kc4 Bc6 41. Bc5 Kg8 42. Rb2 Rc7 43. Bb6 Rd7 44. Nf5 g6 45. Ne3 Kg7 46. Nd5 f5 47. Be3 fxe4 48. fxe4 Nc7 49. Rd2 Na6 50. Bg5 Rb7 51. Bf6+ Kf7 52. Bxe5 Rb5 53. Bc3 Rc5+ 54. Kb3 Bb5 55. Ne3 Rc7 56. Rf2+ Ke8 57. Bd4 Rb7 58. Bb6 Bc6 59. e5 Nc5+ 60. Kc4 Nd7 61. Kd4 Nxb6 62. axb6 Rxb6 63. Kc5 Rb3 64. Kxc6 Rxe3 65. Kd6 Ra3 66. Rc2 Ra6+ 67. Rc6 Ra2 68. Rc8+ Kf7 69. e6+ Kg7 70. e7 Rd2+ 71. Kc7 Rc2+ 72. Kb7 Rb2+ 73. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bonnmann, Reinhard"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koeln SF"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 c5 9. Na3 Nd5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nxc4 Qxc5 12. Qb3 b5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Nd4 N7b6 15. Ndf5 0-0 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ng4 Rfd8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 Na4 21. e5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Ne3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 h6 26. h4 Qc7 27. f4 Qb6 28. c4 Na5 29. Qc3 Nxc4 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Nd1 Qe4 32. Nf2 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34. Qf3 Nb6 35. Kh3 Qd5 36. Ne4 Nc4 37. Qe2 b4 38. h5 a5 39. g4 Qd4 40. Kh4 b3 41. g5 hxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wittenberg, Andreas"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord II"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. 0-0 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bruchmann, Norbert"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ennepe Ruhr Sued"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. c3 Rc8 12. Ne1 Bf8 13. f4 g6 14. g4 Bg7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Ne3 b5 18. Rc1 f5 19. Qf2 Nb6 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. exf5 exf5 22. d4 Rce8 23. Qf2 Bxg2 24. N1xg2 Re4 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Nc2 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxc5 Rg4+ 29. Kf2 dxc5 30. Ba3 Rc8 31. Ne1 Rxg5 32. Nf3 Rg4 33. Rfd1 c4 34. bxc4 Rgxc4 35. Bb4 Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rb1 a6 38. Rd6 R3c6 39. Rbd1 Nc4 40. Rxc6 Rxc6 41. Rd7 Rd6 42. Rc7 h6 43. h4 Kf8 44. a4 Nd2 45. axb5 Nxf3 46. bxa6 Rxa6 47. Kxf3 Re6 48. h5 g5 49. Rc5 Rf6 50. Rc7 Ra6 51. Ke3 Re6+ 52. Kf3 Re7 53. Rc6 Kg7 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Rf6 f4 56. Kg4 Re3 57. Ra6 f3 58. Kg3 f2+ 59. Kxf2 Rh3 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Kg2 Rxh5 62. Kg3 Rh4 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rf7 65. Ra5 Kg7 66. Ra6 Rf6 67. Ra4 Kg6 68. Ra5 h5 69. Ra4 Rb6 70. Ra3 h4+ 71. Kh3 Kh5 72. Ra2 g4+ 73. Kh2 h3 74. Ra8 Rb2+ 75. Kh1 Kh4 76. Ra4 Re2 77. Kg1 Kg3 78. Ra3+ Kf4 79. Ra4+ Kf3 80. Ra1 g3 81. Kh1 Rd2 82. Re1 Kf2 83. Rf1+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ottens, Stephan"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rheine Klein Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. e5 Nd7 14. f5 Nxe5 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bd4 Ke7 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Ne4 h5 23. Qf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Qa3+ Kf7 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. c4 Qxc4 29. Qa3+ Kd7 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Qxe5 Bc7 32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. Qxd6 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxb2+ 35. Kg3 Qc3+ 36. Kh4 Qc4+ 37. Kxh5 Qc5+ 38. Qxc5+ bxc5 39. Kg5 e5 40. Kf5 c4 41. Ke4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Racherbaeumer, Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. d4 c6 10. h3 Qd6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. f3 c5 13. g5 Nh5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxd5 Rd8 16. e4 Be6 17. Nef4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qa6 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na4 21. Qb3 Nxb2 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd4+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nc4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qe7 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qd6 31. Qe4 Qc5 32. f4 Nd6 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Kh2 b5 35. h4 Qc7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Kg3 Qd8 38. Kh4 h6 39. Bh3 hxg5+ 40. fxg5 a5 41. Kxh5 Nc4 42. Qe4 Nd6 43. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Wittenberg, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. b4 Rb8 10. d3 b6 11. e3 Qd7 12. b5 Nd8 13. d4 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. e4 Nf7 20. Ng5 Nd6 21. a4 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Nxe4 24. Bb2 Rfe8 25. Rd7 Rxe6 26. Rxa7 Rd8 27. Re1 Rd2 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Bc3 Rc2 30. Re3 Bf6 31. Be1 Rc4 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. b6 Re8 36. Rxe4 Bd8 37. Ra8 Kf7 38. b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gerst, Michael"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberhausen"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qe1 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Be2 Rc8 22. c3 Bg7 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Rfe1 Qd7 25. b3 b5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. c4 b4 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Bg4 f5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Bf3 Be5 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qg7 34. Qd2 a5 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qe5 37. Re1 Re8 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "NRW Class1 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wicht, Juergen"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Elberfeld"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. a3 Ng6 12. b4 a6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bf5 Be7 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Kg2 h5 19. h4 Qf5 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Qd1 Qg4 22. Rh1 Rf6 23. Ref1 Re8 24. Ng5 Nxh4+ 25. Rxh4 Rxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh4 28. Qf3 f6 29. Nh3 Bg3 30. Rg2 Qxh3 31. Qxg3 Qxg3 32. Rxg3 h4 33. Rh3 g5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Na4 Kg6 36. Nc5 Re7 37. Rh1 Kf5 38. a4 Kg4 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Nd3 h3 41. a5 Re4 42. Rh1 Kh4 43. Ne1 g4 44. Ng2+ Kg5 45. Nf4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ruhrgebiet VK3 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Baumann, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buer"]
[BlackTeam "RE Sued"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Rb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rc7 19. Rc3 Qb8 20. Rdc1 Rxc3 21. Qxc3+ Kg8 22. Qc7 Nc5 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. Qh4 Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 a5 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. a3 a4 29. Bb5 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ke3 Rc7 32. Bxa4 Na6 33. Rxc7+ Nxc7 34. b4 f6 35. Bc6 g5 36. b5 h6 37. a4 Kd8 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. f4 Kd8 40. e5 fxe5+ 41. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Ruhrgebiet VK3 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Fork, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buer"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund FS 98"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Bf5 14. Qh4 Bf6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qc8 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. c5 Rad8 20. Qh6 Kh8 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qxd6 exd6 26. e3 Kg7 27. Bxc6 Rc8 28. Rc4 bxc6 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Kg5 31. Ra4 Rc7 32. Ra5 d5 33. Rc5 h5 34. b4 Rb7 35. h4+ Kf6 36. Rxc6+ Ke5 37. a3 a5 38. bxa5 Rb3 39. Rh6 Rxa3 40. Rxh5 Ke6 41. Rh6+ f6 42. Rh7 Rxa5 43. Rb7 Ke5 44. h5 Ra8 45. h6 Ra1 46. Rb4 Ra7 47. Rh4 Rh7 48. Rh1 d4 49. exd4+ Kxd4 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Ruhrgebiet VK3 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Weber, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buer"]
[BlackTeam "Essen Werden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. b3 f5 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 e4 7. d5 Bf7 8. Nh3 Be7 9. 0-0 Bf6 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Ne7 14. e4 Bh5 15. Rf2 c5 16. Ne2 0-0 17. Nef4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bf7 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nge6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Rf7 22. exf5 Rf6 23. g4 Na6 24. g5 Rf7 25. f6 Ng6 26. fxg7 Nc7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Bh3 h6 30. Qf6 Nxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kh7 32. g8B+ Rxg8 33. Bxg8+ 1-0

[Event "NRW Class1 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Kai Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.09.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln SF II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. a3 a6 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 Nec6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Qa4 Ra6 13. d3 0-0 14. Nb5 d6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Nec3 Bc6 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Rxb4 d5 21. Rb2 dxc4 22. dxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc5 24. e3 Nxb5 25. cxb5 Rd6 26. Ne4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc1 f5 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Rbc2 b6 31. Na4 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxb5 33. Rc6 Ra5 34. Nxb6 Ra6 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Nd5 e4 38. h4 Rd6 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nc6 h6 41. Ne7 Re6 42. Nd5 Rd6 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bischof, Detlef"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Hassel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c6 12. 0-0 Qc8 13. Qd3 Qb7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.10.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dresen, Ulrich"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gerresheim"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be2 Bf5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. 0-0 e5 14. Bh2 Rae8 15. Rac1 Re7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 h6 20. a3 Red7 21. Nd2 Bf5 22. c4 d4 23. c5 Qc7 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxe3 27. fxe3 Kh7 28. Bg3 f5 29. Bh4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 g5 32. Bg3 Qd8 33. Qf3 Qd7 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Kg6 36. e4 f4 37. Be1 Bf8 38. Bc3 Kf6 39. Kf2 Be7 40. Kf3 h5 41. Bc4 Bd8 42. Bd5 Be7 43. Bc4 Bd8 44. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NRW Class2 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Wagenknecht, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen Hassel"]
[BlackTeam "Bielefeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 d6 11. b4 c5 12. Rab1 Qd7 13. f4 f5 14. h3 Nec6 15. a3 Rae8 16. Kh2 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd4 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Rfc1 cxb4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxb4 Rc3 24. e5 Re8 25. Rxc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 dxe5 27. Qc6 Rd8 28. Re1 Qe7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. dxe6 Bd6 32. Bc6 Be7 33. Bd7 Kg7 34. a4 Kf6 35. d4 Bd6 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rg1 Rh8 40. Ke2 Rf8 41. Kd3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.05.04"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hubert, Ralf"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen II"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ne5 0-0 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. f4 a6 15. g4 b4 16. g5 bxc3 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxc3 c5 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Bf3 cxd4 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxd4 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rfc8 26. Rd7 Bh4 27. Rfd2 Be1 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Rb7 f5 30. Ne5 Bf2+ 31. Kg2 Bxe3+ 32. Kf3 Bd4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Nd7 Rxb2 35. Ra8 Kg6 36. Rxa6 Kf7 37. Ra4 Rd2 38. Nb8 g5 39. h3 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rxf4 41. Kg2 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 Rd2 43. Nc6 Bf6 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. a4 g4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. Rb7 Rc2 48. Rc7 Kh5 49. Rf7 Rxc6 50. Rxf6 Kg5 51. Rf1 Ra6 52. Ra1 Ra5 53. Kg2 h5 54. Ra2 e5 55. Ra1 h4 56. Ra2 e4 57. Ra1 e3 58. Kf1 Kf4 59. Ke2 h3 60. Rf1+ Kg3 61. Rg1+ Kh4 62. Ra1 h2 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Sonntag, Hans Hubert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. 0-0 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. Be2 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. Qb2 Nd5 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Ra5 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qa3 24. Qxa3 Rxa3 25. Be8 f6 26. Nc4 Rb3 27. Bg6 Nc3 28. Ra1 Rb4 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. h4 Ra4 31. Rxa4 Nxa4 32. Bd3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Skulener, Wladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bergheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d3 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 0-0 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Bb2 Qh5 13. Qd2 h6 14. e3 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nh2 Bd7 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 e4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. a4 Ng6 22. Bd4 f4 23. g4 f3 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Qc2 h5 26. g5 Nh7 27. Rxe4 Bf5 28. Bd3 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxg5 31. Qe3 Nxh3+ 32. Kf1 Nh4 33. Re1 Ng2 34. Qxf3 Qxf3 35. Nxf3 Nxe1 36. Nxe1 Ng5 37. Nd3 Kf7 38. c5 Ne4 39. cxd6 Nxd6 40. Ne5+ Ke8 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. f3 Nf7 43. Nc4 Rxd5 44. Bb6 Ne5 45. Ne3 Rd3 46. Nf5 g6 47. Nh4 Rxb3 48. Bxa5 Ra3 49. Bc7 Rxa4 50. Kg3 g5 51. Nf5 h4+ 52. Kg2 Ra2+ 53. Kh3 Nxf3 54. Kg4 Ra3 55. Bb6 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Schmitz, Joachim"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duisburg/Hochheide"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 Bf7 17. Rf3 Rd8 18. g4 Qd6 19. Qf2 a6 20. e4 Nd7 21. g5 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 fxg5 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Rd7 27. Qe3 Qd5 28. Qe5 b5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30. Re6 Ne7 31. Ra3 Nxf5 32. Rxc6 Rxd4 33. Rf3 Rd5 34. Rxa6 g4 35. Rf1 h5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Nd4 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Rf2 Ne3+ 40. Kg3 g5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bauduin, Etienne"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Charleroi CREC"]
[BlackTeam "Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Qf3 Bg7 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Ne3 Qa5 15. Rd1 Qb4 16. Bd3 Qxb2 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qc3+ 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Rb1 b5 21. a4 Rc5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Rhb1 0-0 26. Rb4 Rfc8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. g3 Ke8 29. Rg4 Bf8 30. Qxf6 Qd8 31. Qh8 Kd7 32. Rg8 Qe7 33. Qxh7 Qf6 34. Ra1 Bh6 35. Rxc8 Bxe3 36. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bruemmer, Frank"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gesch"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. h3 c6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Kb1 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Nce2 Bd7 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bf5 Nc4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. h4 a4 21. h5 Nf8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rh3 Qd6 24. Nd3 Rac8 25. Rch1 Rc7 26. Nc5 Rf7 27. Nf1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Nh2 b4 30. Nf3 b3 31. Qd3 bxa2+ 32. Ka1 Qb7 33. Qc3 Rb8 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rxf2 36. Rxh7 Qxb2+ 37. Qxb2 Rfxb2 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rf1+ Ke6 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Rf6+ Kxe5 42. Rxc6 g5 43. Rg6 Kf5 44. Rd6 Ke4 45. Re6+ Kf5 46. Rd6 Rb5 47. Kxa2 Kg4 48. Re6 Rb3 49. Re5 Rd3 50. Kb1 a3 51. Ka2 Kh4 52. g3+ Kg4 53. Kb1 Rd2 54. Ka1 Re2 55. Kb1 d4 56. e4 d3 57. Ra5 a2+ 58. Kc1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Temse"]
[BlackTeam "Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qh3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Rf5 Nd7 20. Rh5 h6 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxh6 Kg7 25. Rf1 Rh8 26. Qg4+ Kxh6 27. Rf5 Bg5 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Raubal, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rac8 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Qd2 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bb5 18. a4 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 b5 20. Bxb5 Qb7 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. Kg2 Qb8 23. f3 Nh5 24. Rc1 f5 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bf2 Qf7 28. Kh2 e4 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. Bc4 f4 31. g4 Ng3 32. Bxg3 fxg3+ 33. Kg2 exf3+ 34. Nxf3 Re8 35. Qd2 Rf8 36. Be2 Re8 37. Bb5 Rf8 38. Qd3 Qf4 39. Bd7 Be5 40. Bf5 Qc1 41. Nxe5 Qb2+ 42. Kxg3 Qxe5+ 43. Kg2 Rf7 44. Qc4 Qb2+ 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Kg3 Rb7 47. Bc2 Re7 48. Kf3 Qa1 49. Kg2 Qe1 50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Bd1 Re4 52. Qf6 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Bf3 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kg3 Qxd5 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qc7+ Qf7 59. Qc6 d5 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Lippstadt Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. 0-0 h5 8. d4 h4 9. d5 Nb8 10. f4 hxg3 11. hxg3 e4 12. g4 Qh4 13. g5 Qh2+ 14. Kf2 Rh3 15. Rg1 Rf3+ 16. Ke1 Na6 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Ra3 Kf8 21. b4 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 Qh4+ 24. Kd1 Rf2 25. e4 Qh2 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Nxg3 Bd4 28. Bh1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Rh2 30. Rf1 Ne7 31. Ne2 Bg7 32. Rf3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Re8 34. Bd3 Nc8 35. Bd2 Rh1+ 36. Kc2 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Bxa1 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Kxc3 Ne7 40. Nd4 Rh8 41. Kd2 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Rb2 43. Ne6 Rxb4 44. Nxc7 Nf5+ 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kc3 Rf2 47. Ne6 Ke7 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. Kb4 Ra2 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. Nd4 Kd7 52. Nxf5 Rf1 53. g6 Rxf4 54. g7 Rg4 55. Kc3 Kc7 56. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Partenheimer, Axel"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 h6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qb8 13. Qxb8 Raxb8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. Ne2 Rbe8 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Boe, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A98"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Qc2 Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nd4 17. Rae1 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Re3 Qh5 20. Be7 Re8 21. Rfe1 Qh3 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Qf4 Bc6 24. f3 Qd7 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Qe3 a5 27. b3 a4 28. b4 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. a3 h6 31. g4 Bc4 32. h4 Ra6 33. Kg3 Bf7 34. Re2 Qd1 35. Rd2 Qa1 36. Rc2 c6 37. Bf6 Rxe5 38. Bxe5 Qd1 39. Rd2 Qb3 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pham, Minh Hoang"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Rd1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. 0-0 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qe4 Re8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. dxe5 b5 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Rd6 Rac8 19. f4 Kf8 20. Kf2 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Ba2 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. Kf3 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. g4 Rb8 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 c5 29. e6 Rbb7 30. e4 b4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. axb4 a3 33. Ra6 Rc3+ 34. Kf4 Rh3 35. Rd2 g6 36. Kg4 Re3 37. Kg5 Rf3 38. Rad6 a2 39. Rd7+ Rxd7 40. Rxd7+ Ke8 41. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Soos, Bela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. e4 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Rb1 axb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Bb4 13. dxe6 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 fxe6 15. Nf3 0-0 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Bh3 Nd4 19. 0-0 Nxe6 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxe4 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Bg2 Qe5 24. b4 c6 25. h4 Qf6 26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Rb3 Qe6 28. Rfb1 Kg8 29. Be3 Ra1 30. R1b2 Qc4 31. b5 Re6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. R2b4 Qc2 35. Rb2 Qd1 36. Rd2 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Rxe3 38. h5 Re5 39. g4 Ra3+ 40. f3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paci, Cedric"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 d6 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 Ne7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 e5 15. Nc2 Rd8 16. b3 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nb4 Qb7 21. Rac1 f6 22. Rc3 Rd7 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. f4 Bf8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. g5 Nc6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nb8 31. gxf6 Rf7 32. Bg5 Nd7 33. Bxh4 Nxf6 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Bf3 Be7 36. Qg2 Qd7 37. Rf1 Rdf8 38. Bg5 Bd8 39. Kh1 Ng8 40. Be4 Bxg5 41. Rxg5 Nf6 42. Qe2 Rg7 43. Rfg1 Rfg8 44. Rxg7 Rxg7 45. b4 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qa7+ 47. Kf1 Qd4 48. Bg2 Qxb4 49. Qc2 Qc5 50. Qxc5 dxc5 51. d6 Kg7 52. Bc6 Kf7 53. Bxb5 Ne4 54. d7 Ke7 55. Kg2 c4 56. Kf3 Nf6 57. a4 c3 58. Ke3 e4 59. Bc6 Ng4+ 60. Ke2 e3 61. f6+ Nxf6 62. Kxe3 Nxd7 63. Be4 h5 64. Kd4 Nf6 65. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 c6 9. f4 a5 10. h3 Na6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Bb2 Be6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Kh2 Ncd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc3 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qe6 23. Nxb5 Nd5 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Na3 exf4 26. exf4 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Ne3 28. Rf2 Ra8 29. Nc2 Nxc2 30. Qxc2 Ra1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Qe3 33. Qc2 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Rg2 Qb6 36. Qc4 Re1 37. d4 Qa7 38. Rc2 Kh6 39. Qg8 Qxd4 40. Qf8+ Qg7 41. Qxd6 Rb1 42. Re2 Qh8 43. Qe7 Rb2 44. Kh3 Rxe2 45. Qxe2 Qa8 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb2 Kh7 48. b5 Qb7 49. b6 Kg8 50. Qf6 Qe4 51. Qxg6+ Kh8 52. Qxh5+ Kg7 53. Qd1 Kh6 54. Qh1 Qb4 55. b7 Kh5 56. Qf3+ Kh6 57. Kh3 Kg6 58. Qc6+ Kh5 59. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Egeli, Per Ove"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Rfe8 14. f5 Bf8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Bh3 Qf7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Rc2 h5 20. Bg2 Nfg4 21. h3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qg6 23. Kh2 Be7 24. Nce2 h4 25. g4 Bg5 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Ref1 Rd7 28. Nde2 Rf8 29. Nd3 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Bf6 32. Kh1 Be5 33. Qf3 Qf6 34. Qe3 Qd8 35. Nd4 Re7 36. Ne2 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Ng1 g5 39. Nf3 Bf4 40. Qf2 e5 41. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mork, Kjell Arne"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. 0-0 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 0-0 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rc2 Rbc8 18. Be3 b5 19. h3 f6 20. Nc1 exf4 21. Bxf4 d5 22. Nb3 Qa3 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Re1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Rfd8 26. e5 Qc5 27. e6 Be8 28. Be3 f5 29. Rcc1 Nd5 30. Qf2 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 b4 32. e7 Rd6 33. cxb4 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 Bxd4 35. Rxc8 Bxe3+ 36. Kf1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-C"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Dobos, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 0-0 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bg7 13. g4 f5 14. g5 Rb8 15. Qd3 a6 16. Rb1 b5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nd1 c4 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 b4 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. Nf2 Qb6 25. Rfc1 Rbc8 26. Kh1 a5 27. e4 a4 28. e5 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nd1 Bb7 33. h3 Qc5 34. Nc3 Nc8 35. Na4 Qc2 36. Qd4 Ba6 37. Qb4 Bc4 38. Qb7 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf4+ 40. Kh1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Meyer, Armin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Be2 Qe7 9. 0-0 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bh4 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. a3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ba7 9. d4 Bf5 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. b4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Bd2 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Bb4 Qf5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. e4 Qc8 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 c4 25. Kh2 Qc5 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Bf3 Qf2+ 28. Bg2 Qc5 29. Bf3 Ba4 30. Kg2 Bb3 31. h4 Rc7 32. h5 h6 33. Bg4 Rce7 34. Bf5 a5 35. Ra1 a4 36. Re2 Kh8 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Bg6 Rf8 39. g4 Qa7 40. Bf5 Rfe8 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Reg2 Kh8 43. Kh1 Qc5 44. Be6 Rfe8 45. g5 fxg5 46. fxg5 Rxe6 47. dxe6 Qe5 48. Qxe5 dxe5 49. gxh6 c3 50. hxg7+ Kg8 51. Rf2 Bxe6 52. h6 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Drollinger, Dennis"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rde1+ Kd8 19. Rxf4 Re8 20. Ref1 Rc8 21. a3 Rc7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 b5 24. Kh1 Re5 25. Rc1 g5 26. Rd4 Nd7 27. c4 Rxc4 28. Rdxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe7 30. Rc1 Re2 31. Qd3 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Bf1 Qxb4 34. Qxa6 Qe4+ 35. Bg2 Qe1+ 36. Bf1 Qe4+ 37. Bg2 Qb1+ 38. Bf1 Qb6 39. Qa1 Qf6 40. Qa5+ Ke7 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Ne5 43. Qe4 Kf6 44. Bh3 Kg7 45. Qd4 Kf6 46. Qe4 Qc7 47. Kg2 Qc3 48. Qe2 Qd4 49. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Nc4 51. Kf3 Nd6 52. Kg4 Kg6 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Kg4 Ne8 55. Bg2 Ng7 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. Ke3 Nf5+ 58. Kd3 Nd6 59. Bf3 f5 60. Bg2 f4 61. gxf4+ gxf4 62. Ke2 Nf5 63. Kf3 Nh4+ 64. Kf2 Nxg2 65. Kxg2 Kxd5 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. Kf2 h5 69. Ke2 f3+ 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Kf1 Ke3 72. Ke1 Ke4 73. Kf1 Kf5 74. Kg1 Kg4 75. Kf1 Kf4 76. Kf2 Ke4 77. Kf1 Ke3 78. Ke1 f2+ 79. Kf1 Kf3 80. h3 Kg3 81. h4 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Jacob, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Rcd1 Qh4 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Be4 Rc7 22. Rd3 g6 23. Rh3 Qg5 24. Rg3 Qh6 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Bc1 Qg7 27. Bg5 Be7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. f4 Red7 30. c5 b5 31. c6 Rc7 32. Rd3 Rdc8 33. Rfd1 Qf8 34. Rc1 Nxc6 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. h3 Nd5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. a4 Qc5 40. axb5 Qc1+ 41. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 axb5 43. Rxd5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Heinzel, Olaf"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Essen Borbeck"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. Na4 Bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nc5 16. c3 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Rc6 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Bb6 Bd8 22. Rb4 Bxb6 23. Rxb6 Kf8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb4 Ke8 26. Qd4 f6 27. Qe3 h6 28. Qe2 Qc5 29. Ra1 Qe5 30. Qc4 Kd8 31. Qb4 Qc5 32. Qb3 d5 33. h3 dxe4 34. Qxe6 Qd5 35. Qb6+ Ke8 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Qb4 f5 38. Qb6 Qd2 39. Qb3+ Qd5 40. Qb6 Qe6 41. Qb4 Qd6 42. Qb3+ Kf6 43. Rf1 Qd5 44. Qb6+ Rd6 45. Qb4 g5 46. c4 Qc6 47. f3 exf3 48. Rxf3 Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Loifenfeld, Jakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Qe3 Nxc5 15. Nxd5 Ne6 16. Bc4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Qb4 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nde5 Nxd4 22. Rfd1 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Puth, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Andernach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. 0-0 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3 15. Nd4 Bd6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qxc4 a6 21. Be4 Qd7 22. h4 b5 23. Qc3 Qg4 24. Rbd1 Bd7 25. Bf3 Qc4 26. Qa1 b4 27. Re3 Rac8 28. Be2 Qc2 29. Bd3 Qc3 30. Qb1 Bc5 31. Bxg6 Bxe3 32. Bxh7+ Kh8 33. Bxe3 a5 34. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dobos, Jozsef"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. Bh4 c6 11. f3 Ng6 12. Bf2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Kahn, Evarth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. Rbd1 Na6 18. f4 Ndc5 19. Qb1 Bd7 20. Bf2 h5 21. f5 Qb6 22. Nce2 a4 23. Nf4 axb3 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxb3 Qb4 26. Rxd6 Nxb3 27. Rxd7 Na5 28. Qxb4 Nxb4 29. Nxg6 Nxc4 30. Rxb7 Nd3 31. Re2 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Bd4+ 33. Ke1 Rab8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Kd1 Ne3+ 36. Kc1 Rb5 37. Nf4 Rc5+ 38. Kd2 Rc3 39. Re1 Nc4+ 40. Kd1 Rxg3 41. Bf1 Ne3+ 42. Ke2 Nxf1 43. Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. f4 0-0 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rad1 g6 15. f5 e5 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Bg5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Kh1 b5 22. Rd3 f6 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Qf2 Rg7 25. Qh4 f5 26. Bf3 f4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Ne7 29. R5d2 Ng8 30. Rd3 Rg6 31. Rc3 Qb6 32. Bh5 Rf6 33. Bg4 Rdf8 34. Bf5 Qb7 35. Rh3 R8f7 36. Rhd3 Rg7 37. Qh3 Qe7 38. Qf3 Nh6 39. Bh3 Nf7 40. Qe2 Qb7 41. Rc3 Rg8 42. Qd3 Qb6 43. Rf1 Ng5 44. Bf5 Qb7 45. Rd1 Qg7 46. Qf1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Cooke, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Be4 Ne5 10. 0-0 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc2 b4 18. Qa4 e5 19. d5 Qe7 20. Qa5 e4 21. Be2 Bc7 22. Qc5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Be5 24. Qd2 f5 25. f4 Bc3 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. c5 Bb7 28. d6 Qf7 29. Qa4 Bd5 30. a3 a5 31. Rfd1 Kh8 32. Bf2 e3 33. Bh4 Qg6 34. Rxd5 Qe6 35. Bxd8 Qxd5 36. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nf3 c6 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Kb1 N6d7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Qe7 20. f4 Rec8 21. g4 a6 22. Qf2 c5 23. f5 c4 24. f6 Qf7 25. Bc2 b4 26. Na4 Nxa4 27. Bxa4 Rab8 28. Rf1 b3 29. fxg7 Qxg7 30. Rc1 Rb4 31. axb3 Rcb8 32. Rc3 cxb3 33. Bc6 Qg6+ 34. Kc1 Rc8 35. Kd2 Rc4 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Dub, Zeev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nge2 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Qc2 Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Nc6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qd1 0-0 11. 0-0 e5 12. Be3 fxe4 13. dxe4 c5 14. f4 d6 15. f5 Bc6 16. g4 Be8 17. h3 Rb8 18. Rf2 a6 19. g5 Bh5 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. a4 Bf7 22. h4 Rb7 23. Bh3 Nb8 24. Nd5 Nbc6 25. Raf1 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nb4 27. Qd1 Kh8 28. Qh5 h6 29. f6 g6 30. Qxg6 Rg8 31. Qh5 Rh7 32. g6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sigfusson, Sigurdur Dadi"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. f3 0-0 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd5 21. Qh5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Ne2 Be7 27. Nf4 Ne4 28. Qh6 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Kg8 31. Qxe6 Bxa4 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Nc3 Qb7+ 11. f3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 f5 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Qc2 Nh6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Qe7 11. Ne5 Nf7 12. f4 Bb4 13. Kb1 Bd6 14. g4 Rc8 15. Qb3 b6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. cxd5 c5 18. Be1 0-0 19. Bh4 Nd8 20. Rhg1 Nb7 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qc7 23. Qd3 cxd4 24. exd4 Ne8 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Nd7 Qa8 27. Nxf8 Bxf8 28. Qxf5 a6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qf7 Ned6 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Qh5 Qb7 33. Rc1 Nc4 34. Qf5 b5 35. Ka1 Rb8 36. Rge1 Qb6 37. Qd3 Qd6 38. Re5 Qb4 39. Qc3 Qd6 40. Qd3 Qb4 41. Re2 Qd6 42. Qf5 a5 43. Rce1 a4 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Grafl, Florian"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schott Mainz"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bg5 Qxg5 8. Nc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. h4 Qg6 12. h5 Qe6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Qd3 Na7 16. Qe3 Nc8 17. Nc3 g6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f3 h5 20. g4 Be7 21. 0-0-0 Nh7 22. Kb1 Bg5 23. Qe2 h4 24. Qb5 Qd7 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Bf7 Rh6 28. Rh3 Be3 29. Nb5 Bf4 30. a4 g5 31. Bg8 Nxg8 32. Qxg8 Rf6 33. Rd3 Qe6 34. Qh8 Rf8 35. Qg7+ Qf7 36. Qh6 Qf6 37. Qh7+ Rf7 38. Qg8 Qg7 39. Qxg7 Rxg7 40. Rc3 Kd8 41. Rd3 Rd7 42. c4 Ba6 43. Na3 Ne7 44. b3 Ng6 45. Nc2 Bb7 46. Rh1 Nf8 47. Kb2 Ne6 48. Rdd1 Kc7 49. Kc3 Bc6 50. Rh3 Rf7 51. Rf1 Bg3 52. Rhh1 Rh7 53. Ne3 Nd4 54. Nf5 Nxf5 55. gxf5 h3 56. b4 h2 57. a5 bxa5 58. bxa5 Bf4 59. a6 Rh3 60. Kb2 Kb6 61. f6 Rh6 62. f7 Rf6 63. Rd1 Kc7 64. a7 Rxf7 65. Ra1 Rf8 66. Kc3 g4 67. fxg4 Bxe4 68. Rhe1 Ba8 69. c5 dxc5 70. Kc4 Rh8 71. g5 h1Q 72. Rxh1 Rxh1 73. Rxh1 Bxh1 74. g6 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. 0-0 d6 9. d3 Bd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Kh2 c6 12. b4 Ba7 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Ng6 15. b5 d5 16. cxd5 cxb5 17. Rb1 Bb8 18. Bd2 Ra6 19. Nxb5 Nh4 20. Bh1 Ne4 21. d6 Nf5 22. Nec3 Nexd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. d5 Rg6 25. Rg1 Qh4 26. Rxb7 Ne3 27. Rxd7 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Pachow, Joerg"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 e6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Nxc4 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd5 19. Nd2 0-0 20. a3 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rfc8 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. Kg2 a5 27. Be3 c4 28. Nf5 Bc5 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Ke8 31. Rb7 a4 32. Bc3 Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd7 34. Rxa4 Ke7 35. Ra8 g6 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rh8 h5 38. a4 Ke6 39. a5 Kd5 40. Re8 Re6 41. Rc8 Rc6 42. Rb8 Rcc7 43. Rb5+ Rc5 44. Rb6 Rc6 45. Rb4 Rc5 46. Ra4 Ra7 47. Ra1 Ra6 48. Kf3 Rc8 49. Rd1+ Ke6 50. Ke4 Rac6 51. f4 Rf8 52. Ra1 Ra8 53. g4 hxg4 54. Rg1 Rd8 55. Rxg4 Kf7 56. Rh4 Kg8 57. Rh1 Rd3 58. Ra1 Rd7 59. Ra4 Kf7 60. Bd4 Ra6 61. Bb6 Rd2 62. Rxc4 Rxb2 63. Rc7+ Ke8 64. Kd5 Rb5+ 65. Kd6 Rbxa5 66. Rc8+ Kf7 67. Rc7+ Kf8 68. Rc8+ Kg7 69. Rc7+ Kh6 70. Rc6 Rb5 71. Kc7 Kg7 72. Rd6 Ra4 73. Rd7+ Kh6 74. Rf7 Rc4+ 75. Kb7 Re4 76. Rf6 Kg7 77. Kc6 Rbb4 78. f5 Rxe5 79. Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. b3 Bc7 17. g4 Rfe8 18. Nde2 h6 19. Ng3 Ba8 20. Rc2 Ne5 21. Bd4 Rcd8 22. Bg2 Rc8 23. h3 Ned7 24. Nf1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rdc1 b4 27. Nb5 Qxb5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 e5 30. Bb2 Nc5 31. Ne3 Qb6 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Nc4 Nd7 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. Bf1 f6 37. Na5 Ra8 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Nxc6 Rxa2 40. Nd8 Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Nb7 Rh2 43. Bf1 Rc2 44. Bc4 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. d3 Bd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc4 13. b3 Qa6 14. Rc1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxa7 Be6 18. Bc5 Bf6 19. b4 0-0 20. Qc1 Qxe2 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. a4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Na4 0-0 14. Nb6 Rad8 15. c4 Ng4 16. Rae1 Ne5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qc3 Rde8 19. b4 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Qc8 21. Rf2 f5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Rxf5 24. Rge2 Bf8 25. Qd3 Rf7 26. Re4 e5 27. Qd5 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. b5 Rfe7 30. f5 Rf6 31. Bd8 Rxf5 32. Bxe7 Bxe7 33. b6 Rf3 34. c5 Rc3 35. cxd6 Bxd6 36. Rd1 Bc5+ 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Rdxd4 exd4 39. Re7 Rc5 40. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Proehl, Holger"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 d6 8. Re1 e5 9. Nbd2 h6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Be6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ne3 d4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. g3 Ne8 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Bg2 Qd8 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. h4 b5 21. Ncd2 Qb6 22. Rac1 Ne7 23. a4 b4 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. Qd2 f6 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Nh2 Nc6 28. h5 g5 29. Bd2 Ne5 30. f4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 Qc7 32. Qd3 Kh8 33. Re2 Bf8 34. f5 Bd7 35. Ng4 Bg7 36. Rf1 Nd6 37. e5 fxe5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Re8 40. Rxe8+ Nxe8 41. g4 Nf6 42. Qf3 Bc8 43. Re1 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Re1 h6 10. Na3 Qd7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. c4 d4 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nd8 15. a4 Nb7 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Nc6 Nd8 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 Bc5 20. b4 Nd7 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qg4 Rg8 23. e5 Rb8 24. Bxh6 Qd7 25. Be4 g6 26. Rc4 Rc8 27. Rec1 Nxe4 28. Rxc8 Nc5 29. R1xc5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Qe7 31. Qxd4 g5 32. Rc8 Rg6 33. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Ruhrgebiet 4 Cup"]
[Site "Ruhrgebiet"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Schlawin, Marlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.02.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buer Hassel"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. b4 0-0 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d3 f5 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ne1 Kh7 13. e3 Qe8 14. Qa4 Be6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qxa7 Nf7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ra8 19. Qxb7 Qd8 20. b6 Rxa3 21. e4 Ra2 22. Be3 Nc8 23. Qc6 Ra6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bh3 Ng5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf5+ Rxf5 28. b7 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Nb6 30. Nc2 Rf8 31. Rb3 Qc7 32. Rfb1 Qxc6 33. Rxb6 Qf3 34. Rf1 Rb8 35. Ne3 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Eupen op rapid"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marechal, Andy"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 d5 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. 0-0 Ne7 14. Bh6 0-0 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd7 Rac8 17. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eupen op rapid"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arnold, Ferenc"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[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. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. g4 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. e4 Rb8 17. Nce2 Rc7 18. Nc1 Be6 19. Nb3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd6 21. f3 Nb7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qf6 24. Rhg1 Rd8 25. Rg4 a5 26. Rdg1 g6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxg6+ Nxg6 30. Rxg6+ Qxg6 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qxc6 Nd6 34. a3 a4 35. Nc5 Rg6 36. Ka2 Rf8 37. Ne4 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Backwinkel, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. 0-0 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Niklasch, Oliver"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andernach"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qa4 a6 7. Nc3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd2 17. Nd3 Bd4 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd5 20. Rc6 Rxe2 21. Rd1 Re4 22. Rdc1 Kh7 23. Kf3 Rd4 24. Ne5 Rd2 25. R1c2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 f6 27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Ke2 Rd6 29. Rc8 e5 30. Nc5 Nb4 31. a3 Nc6 32. Ke3 Nd4 33. Ne4 Nf5+ 34. Ke2 Rd4 35. Nc5 Rc4 36. Rc7 Nd4+ 37. Kd1 a5 38. h4 Kg6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 h5 41. Rb7 Rxb4 42. Na6 Rb1+ 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 b4 45. Nc7 b3 46. Ne8 Rc2 47. g4 hxg4 48. Rxg7+ Kf5 49. Nd6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Ruhrgebiet 4 Cup"]
[Site "Ruhrgebiet"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weidemann, Christian"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.02.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kamen SV"]
[BlackTeam "Buer Hassel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Qf3 g6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Nh5 11. Be3 a6 12. Qg2 e5 13. Nd5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Rg8 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. 0-0-0 Qc6 17. Rd3 Nf4 18. Nxf4 Qxb6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. f4 Be6 21. e5 Nc6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Nxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rh4 Rd8 27. Kb1 Nb4 28. f5 Nxd3 29. fxe6 Ne5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Re4 Qe7 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Qh8+ Rf8 35. Qh3 Qd7 36. Qd3 Bc7 37. Qe2 Qf5 38. Bg2 Rf7 39. a3 Re7 40. Qe3 Qd7 41. Bh3 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Qxc2 43. Rh4 Nf7 44. Be6 Be5 45. Qxe5 Rxe6 46. Qxe6+ Kf8 47. Rc4 Qf5 48. Qxf5 gxf5 49. Rc7 Nxg5 50. Rxb7 f4 51. Rb4 f3 52. Rf4+ Ke7 53. Kb3 Ne6 54. Rc4 f2 55. Rc1 Nc5+ 56. Kc2 Ne4 57. Rf1 Ke6 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. b4 Kd5 60. a4 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nc3 62. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Ne2 d6 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. h3 0-0 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f4 Ba6 18. Rf2 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxe4 20. Nd5 Nxd2 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxd2 Bb7 23. Rxd6 Ne5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rad1 f5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kf7 28. Bf4 Nc6 29. Rd6 Rb6 30. Be3 Ra6 31. Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rxh7 Ne5 33. Rc7 Rd6 34. Rc5 Rd5 35. Kf2 Rxc5 36. Bxc5 Kd5 37. Bb6 Nc4 38. Bd8 Nxb2 39. Bxa5 Kc4 40. Bd8 Nxa4 41. Bf6 Nc5 42. Kf3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Daum, Holger"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siershahn"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 d6 9. Nf1 h6 10. c3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. h3 Nf4 15. Bf1 d5 16. Be3 d4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. c4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Nd2 Raf8 21. Nde4 Ne5 22. Rf1 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 R3f7 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. f3 Kh7 27. Ne2 Be5 28. Rf2 Qe7 29. Raf1 Bf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Qe2 h5 32. Kg3 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qe5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Rg2 hxg4 36. Rxg4 Bxe4 37. dxe4 Rxg4+ 38. hxg4 d3 39. Qh2 Qd4+ 40. Qf2 Qxc4 41. Qg3 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kober, Henning"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 0-0 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Nd2 axb4 18. axb4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Na4 Ba6 21. b5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Nxb6 Rab8 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. e4 Kh7 26. h3 b4 27. Rc7 Nc6 28. Nf3 Na5 29. Qa4 Nb7 30. Re7 Nc5 31. Qa7 Rxd5 32. exd5 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. d6 Bf8 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. d7 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gallinnis, Norbert"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koeln Porz II"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. f3 Nf6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nh3 h6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Na3 a6 9. Qc2 d4 10. Bf2 e5 11. Ng1 Be6 12. g4 Nd7 13. h4 Be7 14. Bd1 b5 15. Nb1 Nb6 16. Ne2 c4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Qd2 cxd3 19. Nc1 Nc4 20. Qc3 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bf6 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bc3 25. Ncb3 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Keller, Thomas L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 e6 9. b4 Nge7 10. Rb1 0-0 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 Nec6 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15. f4 f5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qb2 e5 20. c5 Qd7 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. cxb6 axb6 23. b5 Rc5 24. fxe5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 dxe5 26. a4 Bh6 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Bg2 f4 29. gxf4 Bxf4 30. Bg3 g5 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Bf3 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Qh6 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 Qe7 37. Qb3 Kg7 38. Qc4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Qg7+ 40. Kf2 Qh6 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Kh1 Qh4 43. Qc7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qxd3 46. Qxb6+ Kg5 47. Qd8+ Kg6 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qf5+ Kg8 51. Kg4 Qb3 52. Qxe5 h5+ 53. Qxh5 Bc8+ 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d4 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd3 17. Re2 Re5 18. e4 f5 19. f4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Kh8 22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Bc1 Qe6 24. Bf3 Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Ne1+ 26. Kh1 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qa4 Nh5 12. Rad1 f5 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Qb4 Re8 15. Bc1 Bf8 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 e4 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. h4 e3 20. Bxe3 Nxg3 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. b3 Ng4 25. e3 Bg7 26. Bb2 f4 27. exf4 Rf8 28. Ne2 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qb6 30. Ned4 Nxf4 31. Re7 Nf6 32. Qd2 N6h5 33. Rde1 Bg4 34. Ne5 Bh3 35. Nd7 Bxd7 36. Rxd7 Rad8 37. Ree7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qc5 39. Nf3 Qf5 40. Qd6 Nxg2 41. Qe7 g5 42. Qxg5+ Qxg5 43. Nxg5 Nxh4 44. Rxb7 Rf5 45. Ne4 Re5 46. Ng3 Nf4 47. f3 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Nd3# 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Griasev, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa6 17. a4 Bf5 18. axb5 Qa3 19. Qd2 Qxb4 20. g4 Bd7 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Rfb1 Qe6 24. Ra7 Rfd8 25. b6 d5 26. Nxd5 h5 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bd5 Qd6 29. Bf4 Rxb6 30. Bxd6 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Bxe6 Rxd6 33. Qc2 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Burkart, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Andernach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. d4 Nbc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Rfd1 Nb6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Qe4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxc7 Re8 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. h3 f6 20. Ng4 Be6 21. Ne3 Red8 22. g4 Rac8 23. Rd2 b5 24. Nc2 Kf7 25. Nb4 h5 26. Bf3 g5 27. Bg3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bf8 29. Na6 Ng6 30. Nc7 b4 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. e4 Bd6 33. exd5+ Kf7 34. Be4 Nf4 35. Bf5 Rc7 36. Re1 Re8 37. Be6+ Kg7 38. Kf1 Rh8 39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Bxf4 Bxf4 42. Rc2 c3 43. Ke2 Kf8 44. bxc3 bxc3 45. Rb1 Ke7 46. Rb5 Kd6 47. Kd3 Rh1 48. Ke2 Rh2 49. Rb8 Bg3 50. Kd3 Rxf2 51. Rxf2 Bxf2 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. d6+ Kxd8 54. dxc7+ Kxc7 55. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rosen, Bernd"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. a3 e5 8. b4 f6 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rc1 Na6 14. d3 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. Ned2 Nc5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Nfd2 Na4 20. Ba1 b5 21. Ne3 Bxa3 22. Rc2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nd5 Nc3 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Becking, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Saarbruecken"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Rc1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. b5 Na5 15. Qc2 Bg5 16. Rb1 e4 17. Ncxe4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bh6 19. Bc3 Nb3 20. Rxb3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3+ Rf7 22. f4 Kh8 23. Be5 Nd5 24. d4 Rf8 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. Nxb7 Rd7 27. Nc5 Rdd8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. e4 Rdd8 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. g4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Bxf4 Rxd4 34. Bxc7 Rc4 35. Bd6 Kg8 36. e5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rc4 38. a4 Kf7 39. Ke3 h5 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. a5 Rb1 42. Kc4 g5 43. Nb3 1-0

[Event "4 Laender-Cup"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Kettner, Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. d4 0-0 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 a6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. a4 c5 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bb4 17. Qh3 h6 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Rac1 g6 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc6 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 Bd6 31. f3 Ne8 32. Bd2 Nc7 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4 Laender-Cup"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qb4 10. c5 a5 11. a4 d6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ra3 Bxb3 14. Rxb3 Qxc5 15. Rxb7 Rab8 16. Rb5 Rxb5 17. Nxb5 Nb4 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bf1 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Nc3 Nec6 24. e3 e6 25. Kg2 d5 26. Bb5 Ne5 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. Nd4 Nc4 29. Qc3 Nd6 30. Qd2 Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. Nb3 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Nc4 34. Nxa5 Nxb2 35. Qa6 Rc2 36. Nc6 Bf6 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. a5 Nd3 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qxd5 Ne5 42. a6 Rc7 43. Qa5 Re7 44. a7 Nc6 45. a8Q Nxa5 46. Qxa5 g5 47. Qc5 Re5 48. Qb6 Kf7 49. f4 Re6 50. Qb3 Ke7 51. Kf3 h6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. e4 gxf4 54. gxf4 Re7 55. Qd5 Rf7 56. e5 Bg5 57. Qe4 1-0

[Event "4 Laender-Cup"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buchenau, Frank"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Na3 b5 11. Rae1 e5 12. Nh4 exf4 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. c4 b4 17. Nc2 Nfg4 18. h3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Ne5 20. Qg3 a5 21. d4 Ng6 22. Rf2 f6 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Ne3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 a4 28. Red1 Qc7 29. Rd5 Ra5 30. Qf2 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Qd4 Nf7 34. Qe4 Qc6 35. Qe1 Rb8 36. Kh2 h6 37. Bc1 Ne5 38. Bf4 Qb6 39. Qd2 Qc7 40. Rxd6 Re8 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Bg3 Qc8 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Qe4 Nf7 45. h4 Qc5 46. Rc6 Qa5 47. Rc7 Ne5 48. Bxe5 Re8 49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Meyer, Peter"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 d4 7. Nc4 Nd5 8. a4 a5 9. e4 dxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. d4 Nf6 12. c3 Be6 13. Ncd2 Qd7 14. e4 Bh3 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Neg5 e6 20. Bd2 h6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Rae1 Nb8 23. h4 Nd7 24. Nh2 f5 25. exf6 N7xf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Ng4 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Kh7 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nxh6 Nf6 31. Qd3+ Kh8 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Bg5 Qe8 34. Rxf6 Qxg6 35. Rxg6 Re8 36. g4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 Kh7 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Rg8 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nc2 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. c5 Nh5 12. Ne4 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxc5 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Nc4 16. Rad1+ Ke7 17. b3 Nd6 18. Rd3 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxd8 Nc3 22. R1d2 Ra8 23. e3 Rb8 24. R2d7+ Bxd7 25. Rxb8 b5 26. Rb7 Ke8 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Bxc6+ Kf8 30. a3 a4 31. b4 Bf6 32. Bxb5 Bh4 33. Kf1 Ne4 34. Bxa4 Nxf2 35. Bc2 Ng4 36. Ke2 Nxh2 37. a4 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Dueball, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. b3 Bh3 11. Bb2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. e4 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qe1 f5 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4 21. f3 Rf7 22. Nd5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rdf8 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Qc4 Kh8 27. Ne3 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Rc8 29. Rd2 b5 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rb7 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rd5 a6 38. Kd4 Rf7 39. e5 Rf2 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rxa6 Rxh2 42. Kc5 h5 43. Rxg6 Rxa2 44. Kxb5 Re2 45. Rg5 Re4 46. b4 h4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Kc5 Rh1 49. b5 Rc1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 Ke6 52. b6 Rc1+ 53. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 9798 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Hanisch, Bernd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Herford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bb3 e6 13. e4 b5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bh2 c5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe3 c4 21. Bc2 Rfe8 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Qa3 Nc6 24. Nc7 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxa6 Rb8 27. a4 Nb4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxc2 30. Rxc2 Nxe4 31. Rd5 c3 32. b3 Nd2 33. a5 Nxb3 34. a6 b4 35. a7 Ra8 36. Ra2 Bd4 37. Rd7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "4 Laender-Cup"]
[Site "Hessen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qf4 Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bf3 Kf8 19. Nd3 Nb8 20. Rfe1 Na6 21. Ne5 Nb4 22. a3 Na6 23. b4 Nb8 24. c5 Nd7 25. Nxd7+ Rcxd7 26. b5 Rc8 27. d5 cxd5 28. c6 Bxc6 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. g3 Rc2 31. Re2 Rdc7 32. Rdd2 R2c4 33. Rd3 R7c5 34. Bg2 Ra5 35. Rf3 Bf6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Rxa3 38. h4 Kg7 39. Rf3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 b5 41. h5 h6 42. Bh3 Rcc1 43. g4 b4 44. Bg2 Rc3 45. Rf4 Rc4 46. Rf3 Rxg4 47. Bh3 Re4 48. Rxe4 dxe4 49. Re3 f5 50. f3 Ra3 51. Re2 Rxf3 52. Rg2+ Kf7 53. Rg6 e3 54. Kg2 Rf4 55. Rg3 Re4 56. Kf1 f4 57. Bg2 Rc4 58. Rg6 b3 59. Rxh6 b2 60. Rh7+ Kf6 61. Be4 Rxe4 62. Rb7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 9798 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balster, Stefan"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. h3 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Qc8 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Rad1 Be5 18. Qd2 f5 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Qb2 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Qd2 Nh5 24. Qh6 Nf6 25. Re3 Nce4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Ng5 Bf5 28. Be2 Qc7 29. g4 Bc8 30. Nxh7 Qd8 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Oberliga NRW 9798 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Dassel, Ulrich"]
[Black "Balster, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neheim"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. 0-0 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 f6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rbd1 Be6 17. Rd2 f5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. f4 Nd7 20. a3 g5 21. Kf2 Nf6 22. g3 b5 23. Bf3 Rae8 24. Ne2 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Nc3 Re7 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rde2 Kg6 30. Rd1 h5 31. Rde1 Re6 32. Rd1 h4 33. gxh4 g3+ 34. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Bxc2 38. Rd2 Bd3 39. Bf1 Rg3+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Kf5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Nxd5 Ke4 44. Nc3+ Kxf4 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. h5 Nxh5 47. Kf2 Nf6 48. Ke1 Ne4 49. Na2 Ke3 50. Kd1 Kd4 51. Nc1 Kc4 52. Ke1 Nc5 53. Kd1 Be4 54. Ke1 Nd3+ 0-1

