[Event "USCF 2001 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Schakel, Corky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Nb5 Nb4 16. c3 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 a6 20. Bd3 Rxc3 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. f5 Rfc8 24. Rd2 exf5 25. Nxf5 R8c5 26. Rhd1 g6 27. Nd4 Rc7 28. Nf3 Rb4+ 29. Rb2 Rxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Rc5 31. Rd3 Kf8 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 a5 34. Nd4 Ke7 35. Nb5 Ke6 36. Kd4 a4 37. h3 h6 38. g3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 2000 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Wesley Ted"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 c5 14. d5 0-0-0 15. 0-0 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg7 Rdd8 23. Qxf7 Rd7 24. Bh3 Rxh3 25. Qe8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qc5+ 29. Kf1 Rhh7 30. Re6+ Kb5 31. Rd6 Bc6 32. Qc8 Qb6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Ra5+ Kxa5 35. Qxc6 Rhf7 36. g4 c3 37. b3 c2 38. g5 c1Q+ 39. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "USCF 2000 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schakel, Corky"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Qe8 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Rb8 16. b4 Be6 17. f4 Bf5 18. Qe2 d4 19. g4 Bc8 20. cxd4 Rxb4 21. Qd2 Rc4 22. Qd3 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Bxg4 24. h3 Bc8 25. Rab1 Qe7 26. Qc3 Bf5 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Rf3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 h6 30. Rxa7 Qh4+ 31. Ke3 Kh7 32. Ra4 Rh1 33. a3 Qh5 34. Kf2 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Burgess, Otis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c4 Bg6 12. d5 Qc7 13. Nh4 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 0-0-0 16. Qd3 e5 17. f5 Rdg8 18. Bg4 g5 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. a3 b6 22. Rac1 Kc7 23. Bf3 Kb8 24. Qe2 Kc7 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Bg3 Qa4 27. Be4 Qa6 28. Bc2 Kd8 29. a4 Qb7 30. Ra3 a5 31. Be4 Nb8 32. Bh2 Kd7 33. g4 Na6 34. Bh1 Nb4 35. Bg2 Rce8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Clark, William O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. c3 Rac8 20. a3 Qe7 21. a4 Rc5 22. Bc2 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bh4 Qb7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ng4 Kf8 27. Qe3 Bxg2 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qxf6+ Ke8 30. Qg5 Be7 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Noble, James Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 d4 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. g3 Na5 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. 0-0 Qd7 19. Rb4 Qd5 20. Kf2 Rh8 21. g4 Ne3 22. Rxd4 Qf3+ 23. Ke1 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qxh3 26. Rf2 Qxg4 27. Ne2 Rh3 28. Ng3 Rxh2 29. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 30. Qf2 Qc3+ 31. Bd2 Qa1+ 32. Ke2 Bb5+ 33. Kf3 Qxa3+ 34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Nc4+ 36. Kd4 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Ke7 38. Ra2 a6 39. Rc2 Kd7 40. Rh2 a5 41. Rh7 Ke7 42. Rh8 Bc6 43. Rh3 a4 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Kb4 Ke7 46. Rh8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Poliakoff, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Ng5 d5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Ba2 Bxd5 13. c3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Qd5 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Ra1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 exd4 18. Qf1 h6 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Bf4 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra5 Nh5 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. Bd2 b4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Rxh5 Qc2 27. Nbd2 Qxb2 28. Rc5 Rc8 29. Nc4 Qc3 30. Rb5 Ra8 31. Na5 Ra6 32. Qb1 Rea8 33. Qxb4 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. h4 Qxd3 37. Qd8 Rf5 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Nxd4 Rxf2 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Nf3 Rd5 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. g3 Rf5+ 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Ke3 Kh5 48. Ne5 f6 49. Nd7 Kg4 50. Kf2 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Kf3 52. Ke1 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Skratulia, John A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 0-0-0 14. Be4 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxe1 19. Ne7+ Kd7 20. Rxe1 Kxe7 21. Bg5+ Kd6 22. Be7+ Kd7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. b4 Rb8 25. a3 Rb5 26. Kf1 a5 27. Rb1 Rd5 28. Rd1 axb4 29. axb4 Rb5 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Waite, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nce2 a6 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qa5 19. Rd2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rfd1 b4 22. Nf4 Bb7 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. Kh1 Bxd5 25. exd5 e5 26. h3 Rc3 27. f4 f5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qh4 Re4 30. Qf6 Qc7 31. Rd4 Rc1 32. Qg5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rc1 Re2 36. Rc4 Rxa2 37. Rxb4 Rd2 38. Rb7 Rxd5 39. Kg1 Rd2 40. b4 Rb2 41. b5 d5 42. Kf1 g5 43. Ke1 f4 44. b6 d4 45. Kd1 d3 46. Kc1 d2+ 47. Kd1 h6 48. Ke2 h5 49. Rd7 Rxb6 50. Rd5 Rg6 51. Kxd2 Kf7 52. Kd3 Rf6 53. Rxg5 f3 54. gxf3 Rxf3+ 55. Kd4 Rxh3 56. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Connery, Christopher"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Re1 Nd4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qf6 10. Re3 Bc5 11. d3 0-0 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxe3 14. hxg4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Rfe8 16. Be4 Qh6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Rad8 19. c4 Qg5 20. Rc2 a4 21. a3 Ra8 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. Bh3 Qf6 24. Bg2 Qg6 25. Qe2 f5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Be4 Qh3 28. Bg2 Qh6 29. Qg4 Rf7 30. Qh3 Qxh3 31. Bxh3 Rf3 32. c5 Rxd3 33. b6 cxb6 34. cxd6 Kf8 35. d7 Rd8 36. Be6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henderson, Scott L"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bb3 d5 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 a5 13. a4 Na6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Ba2 Ne6 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Be3 Ng5 21. Qg2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johnson, Gardner R"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. f4 Kh8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf1 Qh5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 g5 23. Raa1 a5 24. fxg5 f4 25. Bxf4 Rb8 26. b3 Bh3 27. Qxh3 Qxh3 28. Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxa5 Qf5 31. Re4 Qxg5 32. Re2 Qf5 33. Rf2 Qe6 34. Kg2 Qc6 35. Rc5 Qb7 36. b4 Qa6 37. Nf3 Qe6 38. Ne5 Rb7 39. g4 Rb8 40. b5 Kg8 41. Rf5 Qh6 42. Nd7 Ra8 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Rf2 Qh4 45. Rc7 Rg8 46. h3 Rb8 47. Rf7 Qh6 48. Re2 Qxf6 49. Rxf6 Rxb5 50. Re7 Kg8 51. Kf3 Rb8 52. Kf4 h6 53. Rg6+ Kh8 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 55. Kg5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orlowski, John M"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Rxh8 Bxh8 11. Qb5 g4 12. Qh5 gxf3 13. Qxh8 Qxe4+ 14. Kf1 Be6 15. Qxg8+ Kd7 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Qg5 Qe2+ 18. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch15 prel 06 corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosenfield, Christine"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 b5 9. a4 a6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. axb5 Be4 12. Rb2 axb5 13. Rxb5 Rxa2 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Re1 Qa8 16. Qc1 Rc2 17. Qd1 c3 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Re5 Qa2 20. Ng5 Rd2 21. Qc1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Nf3 Rb2 24. Qa1 Qb3 25. Qc1 Rb8 26. e4 Rb1 27. exd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qb2 29. Ree1 exd5 30. Ne5 c2 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nf5 c5 34. dxc5 Re8 35. Ne3 d4 36. Rxc2 Qb4 0-1

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Wesley Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nd5 15. exd5 Bxg5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Nd2 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Bxf4 19. Qf5 g6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Qh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Cullen, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne3 Rxe4 16. f3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Re5 18. Kh1 b5 19. Ng4 Rc5 20. b4 Rc7 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Qf2 Rc2 24. Qg3 Qd7 25. Qe5+ dxe5 26. Rxd7 Rxa2 27. Nxe5 Rc8 28. Nd3 Rcc2 29. Rexe7 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rhg2+ 31. Kh1 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rhg2+ 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Lapham, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Ng3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. h4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 0-0-0 14. Ne2 Rdf8 15. Nf4 Be8 16. Qg4 Kb8 17. g3 Na5 18. Kd2 c5 19. Rhb1 Bd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Ba6 Bc8 22. Bb5 Na5 23. Nd3 c4 24. Nc5 Ka8 25. Rb4 a6 26. Ba4 f6 27. Qe2 Rh7 28. f4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nxa6 bxa6 32. Qe5 Bb7 33. Qxg5 Qg7 34. Rh1 Qxg5 35. fxg5 Rxh1 36. gxf6 Rf1 37. Rb6 Rxf6 38. Ke3 Kb8 39. Rd6 Bc8 40. Rd8 Nb7 41. Rg8 Nd6 42. g4 Kc7 43. g5 Rf5 44. g6 Nb5 45. Bxb5 axb5 46. g7 Rg5 47. Kf4 Rg2 48. Ke5 Rg6 49. a4 bxa4 50. Rf8 Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Michelman, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Qb3 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Qxb7 Nf6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Qxa6 Nc5 15. Qc4 0-0 16. Qb4 Bg5 17. Kd1 Rb8 18. Qe1 Bxc1 19. Kxc1 Qc7 20. Nc4 Ra8 21. Kd1 Ndb3 22. Rb1 Rxa2 23. Qc3 Rb8 24. Ne3 Qa7 25. Nc4 Na4 26. Qc2 Nd4 27. Qc1 Nb5 28. Nd2 Na3 29. bxa3 Rxb1 30. Nxb1 Qd4+ 31. Qd2 Rxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Qa1+ 33. Ke2 Nb2 34. Kf2 Qd1 0-1

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Rizzo, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rad1 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb3 b5 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bg4 Nxc2 20. Qc1 d4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxd4 Bd5 25. Qd2 Rfb8 26. Rc1 Nf8 27. b4 Qb7 28. Bg3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. f5 Rac8 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Bf3 Qb5 33. Bf2 Rc4 34. Be2 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Qa4 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Qe1 Ra2 38. Rxa2 Qxa2 39. Bc3 Bc4 40. Bf3 Bb5 41. h3 Qc4 42. Qd2 Ne6 43. Kh2 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Wesley Ted"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Qc2 Qh6 11. Rc1 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Nge2 f5 14. 0-0 Bd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. b4 b5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qxb5 Qg7 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Ne2 Qe5 25. g3 Be7 26. Nf4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 g5 28. Nh5 Rb8 29. Qa6 Qe4 30. Qxa7 Rb1 31. Qd7 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Kg8 33. Qa1 Kf7 34. a4 Kg6 35. Qg7+ Kxh5 36. h3 g4 37. Qxh7+ Kg5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. h4 f4 40. exf4 c4 41. a5 c3 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. f5 Qc6 44. Qxe7 c2 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qc1 Qe4 47. f6 Kg6 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Kh2 Qg6 50. Qc5 Kxf6 51. a6 Qf5 52. Qc3+ Kf7 53. Kg1 Qe4 54. a7 Qa4 55. Kh2 Qxa7 56. Qxc2 Qd4 57. f3 gxf3 58. Qb3+ Kg6 59. Qxf3 Qc5 60. g4 Kg7 61. Kh3 Qe5 62. h5 Kg8 63. Qf2 Kg7 64. Qd2 Kh7 65. Qc2+ Kg7 66. Qh2 Qe1 67. Qc7+ Kh6 68. Qc6+ Kg7 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Qf6+ Kh7 71. Qd4 Kg8 72. Kg2 Qc1 73. Qe5 Qh6 74. Kg3 Qb6 75. Kf4 Qf2+ 76. Kg5 Qd2+ 77. Kf6 Qf2+ 78. Kg6 Qc2+ 79. Kh6 Qc6+ 80. Kg5 Qc1+ 81. Qf4 Qc5+ 82. Kh4 Qc6 83. h6 Qh1+ 84. Kg5 Qd5+ 85. Qf5 Qb7 86. Kg6 Qc6+ 87. Qf6 Qc2+ 88. Kh5 Qh2+ 89. Qh4 Qc7 90. Qg5+ Kh7 91. Qg7+ Qxg7 92. hxg7 Kxg7 93. Kg5 1-0

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lapham, William"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Be3 Bd8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 d4 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Nf5 a5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh4 a4 19. Ba2 Bc8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd6 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. g4 b4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Rec1 Nxa2 26. Rxa2 Nd7 27. Rxa4 Rxb2 28. Ra8 h6 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. f6 g5 31. h4 gxh4 32. Bxh6 Ng6 33. Bg5 Qf8 34. c3 Rb5 35. Qe4 Qb8 36. cxd4 exd4 37. Bf4 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qf3 c5 41. Bd6 c4 42. dxc4 Qxc4 43. Qe4 Qb3 44. Qxd4 Qf3 45. Qe3 Qxf6 46. Bc5 Qc6 47. Bd4 Kh7 48. Bc3 Qd6+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 Ne6 51. Qe4+ Kh6 52. Bf6 h3 53. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michelman, Peter"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Rb8 12. Nf2 Ne8 13. Be2 Nc7 14. h4 b5 15. axb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. h5 Ne5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Qxf4 f5 22. 0-0 Qe7 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. exf5 Qxe2 27. Re1 Qxh5 28. Qxd6 Ra8 29. Nxc5 Qf7 30. Qc6 Rb8 31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32. Qc3+ Qg7 33. f6 Qh6 34. f7+ Qg7 35. Re7 Qxc3 36. bxc3 b4 37. Rxd7 bxc3 38. Rc7 Kg7 39. Rxc3 Kxf7 40. Kf2 Rd8 41. Rd3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Re3+ Kd4 44. Re7 h5 45. Rg7 Rxd5 46. Kf4 Rd8 47. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCF 1999 Absolute-ch corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizzo, Robert"]
[Black "Bates, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 c5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 Qd7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rfd1 Bd6 12. c3 Ne7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb5 15. Qxb5+ axb5 16. Rac1 0-0 17. d5 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bf7 20. Nb3 b6 21. Nbd2 Ra8 22. Ne1 Ra4 23. f3 Ng6 24. Nd3 Ra6 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rdc1 Raa8 27. Nf1 Nh4 28. Kf2 Ng6 29. Ng3 Nh4 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Rdc8 32. Bxb6 Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Ng6 34. Nf5 Be8 35. Nd6 Kf8 36. Kg3 Bd7 37. Bb6 Ke7 38. Nb7 Nh8 39. Bc5+ Ke8 40. Nd6+ Kd8 41. Bb4 g5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kc7 44. b3 Ra7 45. Nf5 Bxf5 46. exf5 Nf7 47. Nc5 Kc8 48. Ne4 Ra6 49. Kh5 Kd8 50. d6 Rc6 51. Nxf6 Nxd6 52. Nxh7 Ne8 53. Kg5 Kd7 54. f6 Nxf6 55. Nxf6+ Ke6 56. Ne4 Rc1 57. Kg6 Rb1 58. Nc5+ Kd5 59. Kf7 Rf1 60. Ne4 Rxf3+ 61. Nf6+ Kd4 62. g5 Rxb3 63. g6 Rg3 64. g7 e4 65. g8Q Rxg8 66. Nxg8 e3 67. Ke6 e2 68. Kd6 1-0

[Event "USCF corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Rogalski, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. 0-0 Qf6 8. Be2 e4 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h5 11. d3 h4 12. Nh5 Qf5 13. Nf4 0-0-0 14. c3 g5 15. Nh3 g4 16. Ng5 Re8 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. f3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. fxg4 Qxg4 21. Qc4 Nd7 22. h3 Qd1 23. b4 Nce5 24. Qxe4 Rhf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Ngf3 Nxf3 27. gxf3 Bf2 28. Bb2 Qd2 29. Rb1 Rg8 30. Ng2 Nf6 31. Qf5+ Kb8 32. Qxf6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "USA Golden Knights corr"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Michael W"]
[Black "Wrinn, Steven J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Ne2 f6 6. f4 h5 7. Ng3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 h4 9. Ne2 f5 10. Ng1 Nh6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nh3 Nf7 13. Bh5 Kf8 14. 0-0 Qd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ncd8 17. Be3 Rh6 18. Be2 g6 19. c4 a4 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bd2 Ne6 22. Bb4 Rh8 23. a3 Kg7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rb4 Ra5 26. Bd3 c5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Bc2 Rha8 29. Rf3 c5 30. dxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Nf2 Nh6 32. Bxa4 Ng4 33. Bd7 Rxa3 34. Rb5 Ra1 35. Rxc5 Nxc5 36. Bc6 Nxf2 37. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Ke2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxg2 42. Bxd5 Rxh2 43. e6 Kf6 44. Re3 h3 45. Rf3 Rh1+ 46. Rf1 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Ng3+ 48. Kf2 Nh5 49. Kf3 h2 50. Ke3 Ng3 51. Kf2 h1Q 52. Bxh1 Nxh1+ 53. Kg2 Kxe6 54. Kxh1 Kd5 55. Kg2 Ke4 0-1

