[Event "NED 50 YEARS-A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schweer, Carsten"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne5 Ba6 10. d3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Be3 Qd5 13. Qg4 0-0 14. Bd4 f6 15. dxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 c5 20. Bf2 Rfe8 21. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aymard, Michel"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Bh6 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Qg4 e4 16. 0-0-0 e3 17. fxe3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 fxe3 19. Be1 e2+ 20. Rd2 Bxa8 21. Nxe2 Re8 22. Nf4 Qe5 23. Rf2 Qd4 24. Rff1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 27. Kb1 Bxg2 28. Rhg1 Bh3 29. b4 a6 30. c3 Bf5 31. Ka1 Ne8 32. Rd1 Bd6 33. Rd2 Be7 34. Rh1 h5 35. Kb1 Nd6 36. Kc1 Bg4 37. Rg2 Nf5 38. Rhg1 Bxh4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Rxg4 g5 41. Kd2 Bg3 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. Rg1 Kc7 44. Kf3 Kc6 45. Ra1 Kb5 46. Ke4 Ng3+ 47. Kf3 d5 48. Re1 Nf5 49. Ra1 Nd6 50. Ke2 Nf7 51. Rb1 Ne5 52. Rf1 d4 53. Rg1 Ka4 54. Ra1+ Kb3 55. Rxa6 Be3 56. Ra8 Kxb2 57. cxd4 Bxd4 58. b5 g4 59. Ra7 Ng6 60. Kf1 Nf4 61. Rf7 Nxd3 62. Rf3 Ne1 63. Rg3 Nc2 64. Rc3 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Aymard, Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 f4 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 f3 16. Qxb6+ Kc8 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Be3 Bxh1 19. 0-0-0 Bb7 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Qd4 Ndf7 22. Bxf7 Nxf7 23. Qc4+ Bc6 24. Nd4 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Qd5 27. Qa6+ Bb7 28. Qe2 Bxd6 29. Nb5 Qh5 30. Nxd6+ Kc7 31. Qd2 Bc6 32. Nc4 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kb7 34. Qd4 Re6 35. a4 Bxa4 36. Rd3 Qb5 37. Nd6+ Rxd6 38. Qxd6 Qb6 39. Qf4 Qa5 40. Qe4+ Bc6 41. Rxd7+ Kb6 42. Qe3+ Qc5 43. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Czudek, Bohuslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Qd3 Bxa8 13. 0-0 h5 14. a3 h4 15. Bd5 h3 16. g3 Bg7 17. Qb3 f4 18. d3 Nf5 19. Qa2 Kc7 20. b4 Qd6 21. Nc3 Ncd4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. a4 Qc6 24. Nd5+ Kd8 25. c3 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Ne7 27. c4 g5 28. a5 b5 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. cxb5 Qxb5 31. Qe2 Qd5 32. Qe4 Ke6 33. b5 Bf6 34. Rb1 Be7 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Rb8 37. b7 Bc5 38. g4 d6 39. Rd1 Qa2 40. Rb2 Qd5 41. Bd2 Qd4 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Rdb1 Qxf2 44. Bxf4 Qg2+ 45. Rxg2 hxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Nh4+ 47. Kf1 Nxf5 48. Bxg5+ Ke6 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. h4 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Douglass, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Qd3 Bxa8 13. 0-0 Bg7 14. Re1 Kc7 15. Qh3 g5 16. Qh5 h6 17. d3 e4 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qe5 23. c4 Rf8 24. Qa4 a5 25. Bd2 Qf6 26. Be3 N6f5 27. c5 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Nc6 30. cxb6+ 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Horak, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Qd3 Bxa8 13. 0-0 f4 14. Qh3 Nf5 15. Bd5 Ncd4 16. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. c3 Qb5 19. Re1 Bc5 20. a4 Qb3 21. Qf3 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Re8 23. Qb7 Bd6 24. Qxa7 Qxb2 25. Be4 Ke7 26. Rb1 Qxd2 27. Red1 Qxf2 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Lanzani, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Qd3 Bxa8 13. 0-0 h5 14. a3 Bg7 15. Bd5 h4 16. Qb3 h3 17. g3 Ne8 18. d3 Nd6 19. a4 Nb7 20. a5 Nbxa5 21. Qb5 Kc7 22. Bd2 Nb7 23. Qa4 Nd6 24. b4 Nc8 25. b5 Nd4 26. Qxa7+ Nxa7 27. Rxa7+ Kd6 28. Bb4+ Kxd5 29. c4+ Ke6 30. Nxd4+ Kf7 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Rfa1 e4 33. Rxa8 Bxd4 34. Rxh8 Bxa1 35. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Rheindt, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Qd3 e4 13. Qh3 Bxa8 14. 0-0 Bg7 15. d3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Kc8 17. Rd1 exd3 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd3 g5 21. Rac1+ Kd8 22. d4 Nc6 23. d5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qb5 Na5 26. Nd4 1-0

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Czudek, Bohuslav"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Qd3 f4 14. 0-0 h5 15. f3 Nf5 16. Qb5 Qc5+ 17. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Rf2 h4 19. c3 g5 20. Bd5 Ba6 21. b4 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 h3 23. g4 Nfe7 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. a4 Bd3 26. Bb2 Re8 27. a5 Kc7 28. Ng1 e4 29. Nxh3 Rh8 30. axb6+ Kxb6 31. Nxg5 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 Rxd2 33. Bc1 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Bf1+ 35. Kg1 Bc4+ 36. Kg2 Bf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Douglass, Paul"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Bh6 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Qg4 e4 16. 0-0-0 e3 17. fxe3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 fxe3 19. Nf3 exd2+ 20. Nxd2 Bxa8 21. Kb1 Bg7 22. Rhe1 Qf6 23. c3 h5 24. Qb4 Bxg2 25. Qa3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Kc7 28. Re2 Bc6 29. Rf1 Nf5 30. Nc4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horak, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. d3 Nd4 14. Qh3 f4 15. c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 17. Ne2 Nf7 18. Kd1 g5 19. f3 g4 20. fxg4 Qe6 21. Bxf4 hxg4 22. Qg3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Qxb3+ 24. Kc1 Ne5 25. Re1 Bd6 26. Ng6 Nc4 27. Qf2 Rxh2 28. Rg1 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lanzani, Paolo"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Qd3 f4 14. 0-0 h5 15. f3 Nf5 16. c3 h4 17. Qb5 Qc5+ 18. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxf4 dxc3+ 21. Kh1 h3 22. gxh3 g5 23. Nd3 Ncd4 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Bxg5+ Kc7 26. bxc3 Nxf3 27. Bf4+ d6 28. Rxf3 Rxh3 29. Raf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WS TT/4/16/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rheindt, Stefan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ne2 Bxa8 13. 0-0 h5 14. f4 Ne4 15. c3 Qf6 16. Qh3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Bd5 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxf2 20. Qf3 Bc5 21. d4 exd4 22. Bd2 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qe7 24. Bc4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Bendana, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. 0-0 d6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. d3 Qe7 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. a4 Qd7 14. b3 0-0 15. Qe2 h6 16. c4 Qf7 17. f3 Nh5 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Kh1 Qf7 21. b4 Ra6 22. Kg1 Qd7 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Ra2 Raa8 25. Qd1 Kh8 26. Rba1 Qc7 27. Rb2 Kg8 28. Qb1 Rf7 29. Kh1 Ra6 30. Qc2 Kh7 31. Rab1 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Hall, Richard VM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. 0-0 b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 Be7 12. Nd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe3 16. Bxa6 Qb8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxe3 0-0 19. a3 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Qf2 Bf6 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Ng4 Bh4 24. g3 h5 25. Ne3 Bf6 26. Nf3 e5 27. f5 Ne7 28. Nd2 Qxb2 29. Ne4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qb6 31. Nc4 Qb3 32. Qf1 Nc6 33. Rd3 Qb5 34. Rd7 Na5 35. Rc7 Qb3 36. Ncd6 Qb6+ 37. Rc5 Be7 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Nc6 40. f6 Bxd6 41. Nxd6 gxf6 42. Rb7 Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rc7 Nd4 45. Nc4 Rb8 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. a4 Ra1 48. a5 Ra4 49. Rc5 Nb3 50. Rb5 Rxc4 51. Rxb3 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 Ra2 53. Rb5 Kg5 54. h3 Kf5 55. Kf1 Ra4 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Ra3 59. Kf2 Kd4 60. Rb6 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 f5 63. Rb5 Ra4 64. Kf1 Ke4 65. Kf2 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 f4 67. Rb4+ Ke3 68. Rb3+ Kd4 69. gxf4 e4 70. h4 e3 71. f5 Rxa5 72. Ke2 Ra2+ 73. Kd1 Rf2 74. f6 Rxf6 75. Rb5 Kd3 76. Rd5+ Ke4 77. Rxh5 Kf3 78. Ke1 Ra6 79. Rf5+ Ke4 80. Rf8 Ra1+ 81. Ke2 Ra2+ 82. Ke1 Ra1+ 83. Ke2 Ra2+ 84. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. d4 c5 7. Re1 Nbc6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 a5 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. a4 Nc8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nb3 N8a7 15. Nfxd4 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Nb4 17. N3d4 Rc8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Rc1 h5 20. g5 Bc5 21. Re2 0-0 22. Rd2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc6 27. h4 Qc7 28. c3 Rc8 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. Kf2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Pierzak, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Be7 9. f3 0-0 10. g4 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. g5 Nh5 13. f4 Ng4 14. e5 Bb7 15. Rg1 b4 16. Rxg4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. c4 g6 20. Ka1 Bb4 21. Rh4 Rab8 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. Nb3 Bf3 24. Rb1 Bf2 25. Rh3 Be4 26. Rc1 Ba8 27. c5 Ng7 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Bd3 Bg2 30. Rc4 Nf5 31. Ra4 h6 32. gxh6 Nxh6 33. Rxa6 Nf5 34. Ba5 Rcc8 35. Ra7 Bc6 36. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Elent, Michael"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Re1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nf4 b4 19. Bd2 bxa3 20. bxa3 Nc4 21. Rb1 Qa7 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Rg8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxh6 Rg6 26. Bg5+ Kf7 27. h4 Rh8 28. Rb3 Bc6 29. Nh2 1-0

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Neto, Horacio"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Qf2 Nc5 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qd4 Re6 21. g3 a5 22. b3 h5 23. Re3 h4 24. Rd2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Re7 26. f4 Qf8 27. e5 Qh6 28. Bb5 Rf8 29. Rde2 hxg3 30. hxg3 f5 31. exf6 Rh7 32. Rg2 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Rh2 34. Bf1 Rh7 35. a3 Qh5 36. Bb5 Nd7 37. Re6 Nc5 38. Qc4 Nd7 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. Qd3 Rdf7 41. g4 Qh4+ 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Rf2 Rf7 46. Kh4 Re7 47. Kg5 Kf8 48. Kxg6 Rg7+ 49. Kf5 Rf7+ 50. Ke4 Re7+ 51. Kf3 Rh7 52. g5 Rf7 53. Rc2 Re7 54. f5 Re1 55. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Novak, Joze"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 c6 6. Bd3 d6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. a4 g5 16. Nh2 f5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Ra3 Qd6 19. Qc2 g4 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. Rd1 b6 22. Nf1 Rf6 23. Ne2 Rh6 24. Neg3 Qf6 25. Qb3 Bd7 26. Bb5 Bc8 27. d6 Be6 28. Bc4 Bf8 29. Qb5 Rg6 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Ne3 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Bxd6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Qf7 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. g3 Qe6 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Rbd3 Rc8 39. Qc3 1-0

[Event "olm20 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Rogos, Jan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. cxd4 0-0 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Bb2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. d5 Kg8 18. Nd4 Bb4 19. Re3 Bc5 20. Rf3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Ne8 22. Rg3 Qd6 23. e5 Qd8 24. Rh3 h6 25. Rg3 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Be3 1-0

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Atakisi, Fatih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Qe2 b6 21. Qb2 a5 22. a3 Nf6 23. a4 Re7 24. Qe2 Red7 25. Rd3 Nh5 26. Qe3 Qb8 27. Red1 Bf4 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. Qf1 c5 30. Qe2 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. c5 Bc7 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 bxc5 37. Be5 Bd8 38. Bb8 c4 39. bxc4 Bb6 40. Kf1 Nf6 41. Ke2 Nd7 42. Bd6 a4 43. Kd3 Bxf2 44. Ne5 Nxe5+ 45. Bxe5 Kf8 46. Bd6+ Ke8 47. c5 Kd7 48. Bf8 e5 49. Ke4 f6 50. Kd5 Kc7 51. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Baiocchi, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 c5 11. f3 Nf6 12. a4 Qe7 13. a5 Bd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rfc8 16. b4 b6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Be8 19. a6 Qc7 20. b5 Bd7 21. h3 Rf8 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh6 Qd8 25. Qd2 Bh4 26. f4 Qe7 27. Rf3 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Raf1 Kg7 30. Nc1 Rh8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. g3 Bf6 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Qc2 Qe4 35. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Burne, Nigel G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. 0-0 e5 14. Bb3 e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Rc1 a5 18. a4 Be2 19. Rc5 Nd7 20. Rf5 g6 21. Rf4 Bd3 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. f3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 f5 28. g4 Rfc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nb3 fxg4 31. Rf6 Kg7 32. Rb6 h5 33. Rxb7+ Kh6 34. Nc5 Kg5 35. Rb3 Rc6 36. Rc3 Rf6 37. Kg2 Bf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Glauser, Hansruedi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Rc8 11. c6 Rxc6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Be3 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qb2 e5 17. Bxa7 Nxc3 18. Be3 e4 19. Nd4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Nb4 21. Rab1 Nd3 22. f3 Qc4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 exf3 25. Rxf3 Bc6 26. Rff1 Be4 27. Rb3 Re8 28. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Mrkvicka, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Rbe1 Ra4 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe7 21. Bc3 Na4 22. Bd2 Re8 23. Re1 Bxb4 24. e4 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd8 27. Ne5 Re7 28. Qe3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Skripko, Petr Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 0-0 7. Bg2 b6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Qb2 a5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. a4 1-0

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joppich, Ulrich"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxa1 11. Neg5 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Bg7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nh4 g5 16. Qg4 Nc6 17. Nf5 Rxf5 18. Qxf5 Qf8 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Be3 Rf8 21. c5 Rd8 22. Rd1 d5 23. Rxd5 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxa2 26. Kg2 Qb2 27. Bd3 Qf6 28. Be2 Bf8 29. h3 Qe5 30. Qd7 Nb4 31. Bf3 Nc2 32. Bd2 1-0

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlamov, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Kb1 0-0 14. Be2 Rfb8 15. Rhe1 e6 16. a3 Ne8 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd8 19. Nd3 Bc6 20. Nb4 Qc7 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. e5 d5 23. Bf1 Nc7 24. b3 Ne8 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Nc5 27. Qh4 Qc7 28. Nd4 Rab8 29. Qg5 Na4 30. bxa4 Qc3 31. Qe3 b4 32. Bb5 axb5 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. axb4 bxa4 35. Kb2 Rc4 36. c3 Nc7 37. Rd3 Na8 38. g3 Nb6 39. f4 Kf8 40. h3 Ke7 41. Re2 Rc7 42. Ka2 Nc4 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rh8 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Rcc8 47. Rf3 Rce8 48. b5 Rh7 49. fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marez, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Bb3 h5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. g4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 hxg4 18. h5 g5 19. fxg4 Qc7 20. c3 Kh7 21. Bb3 Qc5 22. e5 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 f6 24. exd6 e5 25. Bc2+ Kh6 26. Rb4 f5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 Bd7 29. Re4 Rce8 30. Re3 Rf6 31. Be4 Rd8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bg2 Re8 34. b3 g4 35. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napalkov, Vladimir Aleksandro"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qe2 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. a4 0-0 14. f3 Qc7 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qxb3 18. Qd2 a4 19. Rdb1 a5 20. Bf1 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxb3 axb3 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 a4 25. Bc1 Ra6 26. Ba3 Nc5 27. Qd4 h6 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. Ke2 Rac6 31. Rf1 f6 32. g4 Nd7 33. h4 1-0

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pessoa, Francisco Azevedo"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. a4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 a6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. e5 d5 12. g3 0-0 13. Qe2 b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Nd1 Re8 16. f4 Bf8 17. c3 Ne7 18. Bc2 g6 19. Nf2 h5 20. Nh3 Nf5 21. d4 Be7 22. Kg2 a5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Ng1 Ba6 25. Qd2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Qc7 29. Ra2 Kg7 30. Nf3 Re6 31. Re3 Rc6 32. Ne1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch35 sf02 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoeckert, Mario"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. d6 e5 15. 0-0 exf4 16. Qxf4 Qa5 17. c4 Qxa2 18. Bd3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bc3 21. Bc1 Bg7 22. Qg3 Be6 23. e5 b6 24. Bb2 Qa4 25. Bc3 Bxc4 26. Rf4 Bxd3 27. Rxa4 Bxb1 28. h4 Bf5 29. e6 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxe6 31. h5 f6 32. Qe3 Bf5 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Acevedo Villalba, Angel"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. 0-0 a5 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. e3 a4 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 axb3 16. Nxb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 0-0 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Rc1 e5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. dxe5 Nc4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qa2 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Nxd2 25. Nd3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 g5 27. h3 h5 28. Ne4 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Nf4 Rf7 31. Ng6 e5 32. Nh4 Kf8 33. Nxf3 Rxf3 34. Ng5 Rf5 35. f4 gxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Ke7 37. e4 Rf6 38. Nxe5 Re6 39. Nd3 Rxe4 40. Rxc6 Re3 41. Rxc7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Acevedo Villalba, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 Bg6 13. c4 a5 14. c5 a4 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd3 Ra5 19. a3 Rxd5 20. Qc3 Nd7 21. Nb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rb8 23. Bc4 Rd6 24. b5 Nf6 25. f4 Ng4 26. fxe5 Rdd8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rf4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rd6 30. Be2 Rbd8 31. h3 h6 32. Rxa4 Bd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxb6 Rxh3 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qh4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qxh4 Rxh4 39. b6 Rb4 40. Rc6 Kg6 41. Rxe6+ Kf5 42. Rc6 Rxb2 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Demetrio, Antonio E Robalo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa Asia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe A"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rfc8 16. Kh2 d5 17. Nf5 cxd3 18. Bxd3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rxe4 f6 22. b4 Rd8 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Nh4 Qd7 25. Re1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Nf5 Rxc3 28. a4 Be8 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Bd2 Kf7 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Rc7+ Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Nxd7 37. Kg1 Ke6 38. f3 Nb8 39. h4 Nc6 40. Kf2 f5 41. g3 g6 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Nd4 44. Bc3 0-1

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Green, Wesley C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa Asia"]
[BlackTeam "North America Pacific"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. Qc3 Rb8 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. a3 b4 21. Qc2 Na5 22. Ba4 Qxh3 23. Qxc7 bxa3 24. bxa3 Bh4 25. Qd7 Qxf3 26. Bd1 Qe4 27. Qh3 Nc4 28. Bg4 Bd8 29. Bf3 Qg6+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Bh4 33. Reb1 Bg5 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bxd5 Bxe3 36. Rf1 Bxd4 37. Rxf7 Kh8 38. e6 Bc5 39. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexandr Sergeevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa Asia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe B"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Be6 13. d4 Qc7 14. d5 Bd7 15. b3 g6 16. Nbd2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Rfc8 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Ne3 Bh6 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Kh2 Rab8 22. Ng4 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nf4 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Ng1 Nh5 26. g3 h6 27. Rf1 Qb6 28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. f4 Re8 33. Rbe1 a5 34. fxe5 axb4 35. g4 bxc3 36. Qg2 Nf4 37. Rxf4 dxe5 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Rxf2 b4 40. Bc2 Rb8 41. Rb1 Bc8 42. Ne2 Ba6 43. Nc1 Bc4 44. Rf3 Rcb7 45. Kg3 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Rxf5 b3 48. Nxb3 Bxb3 49. Rc1 Bxc2 50. Rxc2 Rc8 51. Rxe5 Rb2 52. Rxb2 cxb2 53. Re7+ Kf6 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Rb6 Rc2 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. e5 Kd7 58. Rb7+ Kc8 59. Rb5 Kd7 60. Kf5 h5 61. h4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Lanc, Alois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa Asia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe C"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a4 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Kh1 Nb4 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. g4 g6 17. Qg2 e5 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. f5 Nc5 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Rad1 gxf5 25. gxf5 Rg8 26. Qf2 Rbd8 27. Bg2 f6 28. Kh2 c4 29. a5 Be8 30. Qh4 Rb8 31. Bf3 Bf7 32. Bh5 Bxh5 33. Qxh5 Bf8 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Bxg1 Qd7 36. Rg2 Qe8 37. Qh4 Bg7 38. Qg4 Qf8 39. Qe2 Bh6 40. Bf2 Bf4+ 41. Kg1 Rc8 42. Bh4 Rc7 43. Qh5 Bh6 44. Kh1 Rb7 45. Qd1 Rg7 46. Rxg7 Bxg7 47. Qg1 Nxc2 48. Qb6 h6 49. Nd5 Qf7 50. Qxa6 Qh5 51. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Demetrio, Antonio E Robalo"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe A"]
[BlackTeam "Africa Asia"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. 0-0 a5 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. e3 Nb6 13. Nd2 a4 14. Nde4 0-0 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. N5xa4 Nd5 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Ncb4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qb4 Bd7 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Qc3 h6 28. b4 Qa4 29. Ra1 Qd7 30. Ra7 Rc8 31. h4 Qd6 32. b5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Green, Wesley C"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "North America Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Africa Asia"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. a3 a5 19. b3 g6 20. Rd4 Nf5 21. Rd2 Ne7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Bb7 24. Rd7 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 26. Rc7 Nb4 27. Rc5 Ra8 28. Nb6 Ra6 29. Nc4 a4 30. Na5 Rb8 31. bxa4 Kg7 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Nd5+ 34. Kb3 Nb6 35. Nb7 Rd1 36. Nd6 Rb1+ 37. Ka2 Rg1 38. Rf4 Nxa4 39. Rc7 Nb6+ 40. Kb2 Kh6 41. Rfxf7 Nd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg5 43. Rc5 Rb6+ 44. Rb5 Rxg2 45. Rxb6 Nxb6 46. Kb3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexandr Sergeevich"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxc8+ Rxc8 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Qb5 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bb5 Kf6 21. a4 Bd6 22. Ke2 Nd5 23. Bc6 Rab8 24. a5 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Ra2 Bb8 27. g3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ba7 29. Kd2 Ke5 30. a6 g5 31. Bg2 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 d3 33. Kd2 Kd4 34. Bf1 Rb3 35. Ra4+ Kc5 36. Bxd3 Rxb2+ 37. Bc2 Rb4 38. Rxb4 Kxb4 39. Bxh7 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 06 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Lanc, Alois"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe C"]
[BlackTeam "Africa Asia"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Bd3 Na4 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b3 Rd4 24. Qg3 h5 25. Qf2 Rd5 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Re3 Rd4 28. g3 Nd5 29. Re2 Rd8 30. a3 a6 31. Ba5 b6 32. Be1 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Kb2 Rb8 35. h3 Ne7 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Bb4 Ra7 39. Bd6 Rc8 40. Rd3 Kh7 41. c4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 Rca8 43. Rc6 g5 44. Rd1 Ra6 45. a4 R6a7 46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Kc3 Rb7 48. Bb4 h4 49. g4 Rg8 50. Kd4 Rd8 51. Bd2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Hasidume, Shuji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. Nd4 Ncxe5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qb6 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Re1 Ng6 21. Nd5 Qxb2 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rc1 Qxa2 24. Nd5 Ra8 25. Re8 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rcxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Qe6 29. Rd8 Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Be7 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. Rxb7 Ne7 35. Bc7 Nd5 36. Be5 Ne7 37. Bf6 Nf5 38. Bd8 h5 39. Bxb6 Be7 40. f3 gxf3 41. g3 Kf8 42. Kf2 Nd6 43. Ra7 Nc4 44. Bd4 Nd2 45. Ra2 Ne4+ 46. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Afroasian-ch11 sf-B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Henri, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxe5 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. Bd2 0-0-0 15. Kc2 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Nc5 Bf3 19. a3 b3+ 20. Nxb3 Ng4 21. h3 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Henri, S James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxe5 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. Bd2 0-0-0 15. Kc2 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Nc5 Bf3 19. a3 b3+ 20. Nxb3 Ng4 21. h3 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-ch11 sf-B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Jenkinson, Simon W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. c4 Qf6 9. Bc1 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. d4 cxd5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. cxd5 Nc7 14. Bd3 Nxd5 15. 0-0 Qb6 16. Qe2 d6 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Bd2 Be6 19. a4 a6 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Qe1 Kd7 22. b3 Rhe8 23. Ba5 Qa7 24. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Oren, Itamar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 h6 8. a3 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. Nde4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. a4 Bg7 16. a5 Be6 17. 0-0 c5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Ba3 f5 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 g4 22. Rfb1 Nc6 23. Ba3 Qe7 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. g3 Qg5 27. Rab1 Rf7 28. Bb2 Qxh5 29. Bf1 f4 30. Ne4 Qg6 31. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Simon, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. c4 Qf6 9. Bc1 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. d4 cxd5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. cxd5 Nc7 14. Bd3 Nxd5 15. 0-0 Qb6 16. Qe2 d6 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Bd2 Be6 19. a4 a6 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Qe1 Kd7 22. b3 Rhe8 23. Ba5 Qa7 24. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dalar, Ali Riza"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. 0-0-0 Na5 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. h4 h5 15. Nde2 Re8 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Qe3 e6 18. Rhe1 b5 19. b4 Qe7 20. Qg5 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaabi, Mejdi"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Ne4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 a5 8. 0-0-0 a4 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 a3 11. b3 c6 12. e5 Qa5 13. Qe3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Rd2 Nba6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Nd4 0-0 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khan, Shams Pehlwan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bc4 Nxe4 8. Qh5 d5 9. Bxd5 g6 10. Qf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c6 12. Be4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qf4 Bd6 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nd2 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Nxf1 20. Bf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxf1 Ke8 22. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf6+ 24. Kg1 Be6 25. Be5 Qf7 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qg7 Rd8 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Qxh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Afroasian-zt11 sf-G email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siebert, Willie"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Ne4 f5 10. Be2 h5 11. h3 fxe4 12. hxg4 Bc5 13. c3 0-0 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 hxg4 16. d3 e4 17. dxe4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Gavrilakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 0-0 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qe8 15. c4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bc2 e4 18. h3 exf3 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Nd4 Qh5 21. Ra3 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Re1 g3 25. fxg3 f2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Qg4 28. Rc3 Qd4+ 29. Ree3 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Kindbeiter, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nfg3 h6 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. h4 Be6 14. h5 g5 15. Nf5 d5 16. Neg3 d4 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Na5 19. 0-0 Nc4 20. Qc1 Nd6 21. Re1 Nb5 22. Qd2 Nd7 23. Rec1 Rc8 24. Kg2 Rh7 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. Bxb5+ axb5 27. c3 dxc3 28. bxc3 Rd8 29. Qc2 Nd3 30. cxb4 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Nxb4 32. Rb2 f6 33. a4 Nd3 34. Rxb5 Bc4 35. Rbb1 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Bc5+ 37. Ke1 Rhd7 38. Rc1 Bb4+ 39. Kf2 Bxe2 40. Kxe2 Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. a5 Rdd2 43. Kg1 Rhg2+ 44. Kh1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Marti Pericot, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. h4 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1 17. Rdxf1 Nb6 18. g6 h6 19. Bxh6 Nc4 20. Qd3 f5 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Kb1 f4 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. c3 Qf5+ 27. Qe4 Qxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Bd8 29. Ree1 Bb6 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Nd2 Rcd8 32. Ne4 Nxd5 33. Rd1 Ne3 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Nxd6 Rd8 36. Nf7 Rd5 37. Ng5 Rd2 38. b3 Rh2 39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 Nc2 41. c5 Na3+ 42. Ka1 Nc2+ 43. Kb2 Nd4+ 44. Ka3 Kf8 45. Rc1 Ke7 46. c6 Kd6 47. c7 Nb5+ 48. Kb4 Nxc7 49. Nf7+ Kd7 50. Nxe5+ Kd6 51. Nf7+ Kd7 52. a4 Rxh4 53. Ka5 Rh2 54. Rc4 Rh1 55. Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Pappier, Carlos Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 0-0 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nce3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Rb8 16. Qxa4 Ne7 17. Qa2 Bb7 18. Bd3 d5 19. 0-0 d4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Qb1 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Qa2 Qf6 24. Qa4 h6 25. Bc4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxe4 Rxb2 29. Ng4 Qf5 30. Nxe5+ Kg8 31. Qxf5 Nxf5 32. g3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Pirs, Matjaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. a4 Be6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. c3 Rc8 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Ba5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. axb5 Bb6 18. Bb3 Nexd5 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Ra7 Rb8 23. c4 Ne6 24. g3 d5 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. h4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. b4 cxb4 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Rxb4 h5 32. Ra4 Rc8 33. f3 Re7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. Ra7 Rc7 37. Ra2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Szczepanski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Kh8 10. b4 f5 11. Bb2 e4 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. 0-0 Ne5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rac1 c6 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qc5 Qb2 22. Bf1 Be6 23. e4 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chripko, Lubomir"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[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 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bh5 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. a3 Rab8 15. Bc2 Bf8 16. Qe2 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bb1 Qc8 19. Rc1 Bg6 20. Nd2 d5 21. e5 Bxb1 22. Raxb1 Nd7 23. b3 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Na4 Qf5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Bd6 28. Nc5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. Nd7 Rb5 0-1

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fagerstrom, Bjorn"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[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 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 g6 14. d5 Qc7 15. c4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. b3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rfb8 21. Qc2 Bf8 22. a3 Bg7 23. Rab1 Qd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. b4 Nc8 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Ng4 f6 28. g3 Nh5 29. Nh6+ Bxh6 30. Bxh6 Nd6 31. Be3 Qc7 32. g4 Ng7 33. Rec1 Nge8 34. Ne1 Rb4 35. f3 a5 36. Ra1 Nb7 37. Nd3 Ned6 38. Nb2 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kh1 fxe4 41. fxe4 Rf8 42. Nd3 1-0

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fajs, Bojan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 Nc6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Be2 h5 17. Kb1 Qb6 18. Nd6+ exd6 19. Qxf6 Rh6 20. Qxg5 Rc8 21. Nd5 1-0

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mamonovas, Viktoras"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nb5 0-0 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Nc3 Qg5 14. f4 Qd8 15. Bd3 f6 16. 0-0 Re8 17. Bg6 Bf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxd5 Qd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Qb3 Kf8 22. Rc3 f5 23. Rfc1 Na5 24. Qc2 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nc6 26. Qc4 Qf7 27. Rc3 g5 28. Kf2 Na5 29. Qb5 Nc6 30. b4 Rc8 31. Qc4 Qd7 32. Nf6 Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nh5 d5 35. h3 Ne7 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Ng3 Nd6 38. Ke2 g4 39. a4 gxh3 40. gxh3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Nc4 42. Ne2 Nb2 43. Nc3 a6 44. Kg3 Nc4 45. Nd1 Kf6 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Nc3 Ke6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Nd1 Ke6 50. Nf2 Nb2 51. a5 Nc4 52. Nd3 Kd7 53. Ne5+ Kd6 54. Kd3 Nb2+ 55. Ke2 Nc4 56. Kf3 Kc7 57. Kf2 Kd6 58. Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oskulski, Jacek"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a5 h6 14. h3 Rb8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4 Rb5 18. Bd2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF GMN/020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaclav, Juraj"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[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 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 c5 14. d5 Qc7 15. c4 b4 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. Qg5 Nb6 21. Nh4 Kh8 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Qc2 Bh6 24. Nf3 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Qe7 26. b3 Rad8 27. Ng5 Bc8 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Qe3 h6 30. Nf3 Nf6 31. Ra2 Nh7 32. Nd2 Qg5 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 h5 35. Ne2 f6 36. Ra1 Qh6 37. Raf1 Nd7 38. Bc2 Ne5 39. Nc1 Rg8 40. Nd3 g5 41. R4f2 g4 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. h4 Rg7 45. g3 Kg6 46. Kg2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "De Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. Rxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 a5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ra3 a4 19. 0-0 Rb8 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Ba6 Qc5 22. Nb4 Bd8 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Rfa1 Ba5 25. Nd5 Rfb8 26. R3a2 Bd8 27. Nb4 Ra8 28. Bc4 Raa7 29. h3 h6 30. Bd5 Rb8 31. Qf3 Be8 32. b3 Qc7 33. bxa4 Ra5 34. Ra3 g6 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Rc8 38. Nc2 Rb8 39. R3a2 Bf6 40. Qd3 Be7 41. Ne3 Bd8 42. Nc4 Rc5 43. Kg1 Bc6 44. Ne3 Ra5 45. Bxc6 Qxc6 46. Rd1 Ra6 47. Qc4 Ba5 48. Ra3 Qxc4 49. Nxc4 Bc7 50. Kf1 Kf6 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. f3 f5 53. Rd5 Rb1 54. Rb5 Rh1 55. a5 Rh2+ 56. Ke3 Kd7 57. Nb6+ Bxb6+ 58. Rxb6 Rxb6 59. axb6 Kc6 60. exf5 gxf5 61. Ra6 Kb7 62. Ra7+ Kxb6 63. Rf7 f4+ 64. gxf4 Rxh4 65. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Menetrier, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be2 a6 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Bc8 15. Bf3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Bd4 Rfe8 21. Be5 Qb6 22. Na4 Qb5 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Na4 Qb5 25. Nc3 Qb6 26. Na4 Qb5 27. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa De"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. Rxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 a5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ra3 a4 19. 0-0 Rb8 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Ba6 Qc5 22. Nb4 Bd8 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Rfa1 Ba5 25. Nd5 Rfb8 26. R3a2 Bd8 27. Nb4 Ra8 28. Bc4 Raa7 29. h3 h6 30. Bd5 Rb8 31. Qf3 Be8 32. b3 Qc7 33. bxa4 Ra5 34. Ra3 g6 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Rc8 38. Nc2 Rb8 39. R3a2 Bf6 40. Qd3 Be7 41. Ne3 Bd8 42. Nc4 Rc5 43. Kg1 Bc6 44. Ne3 Ra5 45. Bxc6 Qxc6 46. Rd1 Ra6 47. Qc4 Ba5 48. Ra3 Qxc4 49. Nxc4 Bc7 50. Kf1 Kf6 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. f3 f5 53. Rd5 Rb1 54. Rb5 Rh1 55. a5 Rh2+ 56. Ke3 Kd7 57. Nb6+ Bxb6+ 58. Rxb6 Rxb6 59. axb6 Kc6 60. exf5 gxf5 61. Ra6 Kb7 62. Ra7+ Kxb6 63. Rf7 f4+ 64. gxf4 Rxh4 65. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 sf01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Palsson, Jon Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 Nf4 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. h5 gxh5 19. gxh5 Rad8 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. Rd2 Nd5 22. Qa3 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxe5+ Kf7 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd4 Be2 32. Ra4 Ke6 33. Bf4 Rd8 34. Bd2 Bxf3 35. Rxa7 Rg8 36. b3 Rg1+ 37. Kb2 Rg2 38. Bf4 Bxh5 39. Rh7 Bf3 40. Rxh6+ Kd7 41. b4 Rg4 42. Bd6 Be4 43. Bc5 Rg2 44. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Szczepanski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bf2 h6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd2 g6 16. 0-0-0 Bg7 17. Kb1 0-0 18. h4 Nd7 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Re4 Rab8 22. Qd3 Rfc8 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Rc7 25. h5 g5 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 a5 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Ka2 Qb7 30. Ka1 Rc8 31. Qe4 Bg7 32. Ka2 Qb6 33. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Copar, Anton"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qf2 b5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Kh1 Bd8 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Ng4 23. Qg3 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Rxf6 Bxb3 26. Qg3 Bxc2 27. Rd2 Kh7 28. Rfd6 Bxe4 29. Rd7 Qb8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. Rxf7 Bd5 32. Rf1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dieguez Vera, Carlos"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 g6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxa5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. h4 Rd7 24. c3 Bf8 25. Rg4 Rb8 26. a3 a5 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Rdd8 31. Bf3 Qd7 32. Qc6 Qa7 33. Rd3 Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Rdc8 35. Qd5 Qxa4 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Qb3 Qa6 38. Rd1 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Ottesen, Soren Rud"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. h4 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1 17. Rdxf1 a5 18. Qd3 f5 19. Qxb5 a4 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. h5 Rab8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Nb6 24. c7 Rb7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Nb1 Rc6 27. Nc3 Rxc7 28. Nd5 Rb7 29. g6 Bd8 30. Rg2 Re8 31. b4 axb3 32. cxb3 Rb5 33. Rd1 e4 34. f4 Bh4 35. b4 Ra8 36. Rc2 Rbb8 37. Kb2 e3 38. Re2 Ra7 39. Rxe3 h6 40. Ra3 1-0

[Event "olm18 qual GP email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Papenin, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. exf6 Bb7 13. Bg2 0-0-0 14. 0-0 Ne5 15. dxe5 Rxd1 16. Raxd1 b4 17. Ne4 c5 18. Bf4 1-0

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Lagergren, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Nd5 Nb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxb4 Bxc4 13. c3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bh6 15. Qh5 Bg7 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qa4 19. Bd3 Qb3 20. Qe2 Rc6 21. 0-0 0-0 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Bc2 Rfc8 24. Rd3 Qe6 25. a4 b5 26. Qd1 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rb6 28. b4 f5 29. exf5 Qf6 30. Re3 Rb7 31. Bc2 Rbc7 32. Rb3 e4 33. g3 Qd8 34. Bxe4 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rc3 37. Re2 Be5 38. Ra2 Rc4 39. Bd5 Rxb4 40. Rxa6 Qe7 41. f4 Bxf4 42. gxf4 Rxf4 43. h3 Rxf5 44. Rxd6 Qe3 45. Bf3 Rg5+ 46. Kh1 Qf4 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Qxd4 49. Rxd4 Kf6 50. Bg4 Ke5 51. Ra4 f5 52. Be2 Rg3 53. Kh2 Re3 54. Bh5 Rd3 55. Kg2 Rd4 56. Ra8 Kf4 57. Rh8 Rd2+ 58. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Petruzzelli, Raffaele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. d3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bd5 Bd7 15. Bc4 Na5 16. Nd2 Nxc4 17. Ndxc4 a5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re8 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Qf3 Bxg5 22. Qxd5 Ra6 23. g3 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rexa8 25. h4 Bh6 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Re2 f6 28. f4 d5 29. Nd2 exf4 30. g4 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Nf3 c4 33. Rae1 Rf6 34. d4 Rdf8 35. Re7 R8f7 36. R1e6 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 c3 38. b3 Ra6 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Tago, Shunnichi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. f3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nf2 e5 14. c3 b3 15. Qd1 Rab8 16. Qxb3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. c4 Rb4 22. Nc3 Rxc4 23. b3 Rb4 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. Bxc5 Rc8 26. Bd6 Rxc2 27. Bxb8 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd7 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Rc3 Nd7 31. Bc7 Bf8 32. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Zoll, Detlef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ng6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd2 d4 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. c3 Qd5 14. 0-0 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. Bc3 Qb6 18. h3 Rf5 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. b3 Raf8 22. Rac1 h6 23. g4 Rf3 24. Bxe5 Rxh3 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Kg2 Rh4 28. f3 Bd7 29. Kg3 g5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Nxg5 Qd6+ 32. Kxh4 hxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones, Mary E"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17. Rd2 Be4 18. Bxe4 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxe4 20. c4 Nxc4 21. Rc1 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khrolenko, Viktor Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 f6 4. Bc4 Nh6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qd2 Nf7 8. 0-0-0 a5 9. h4 b5 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. h5 Na6 12. Qe3 g5 13. Bxg5 fxg5 14. Nxg5+ Ke8 15. h6 Bf6 16. Nf3 b4 17. Ne2 e6 18. e5 Be7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Ra7 21. f4 1-0

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kural, Aziz Serhat"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a5 9. Qb3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Bd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. h3 Rc8 16. Nc3 Bf8 17. Nc2 Qd6 18. d4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Ra8 20. e4 Qf4 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Bb2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qg5 24. Ne3 Nh5 25. e5 Qe7 26. Qc2 g6 27. Rb1 Nf4 28. Ne4 Qd8 29. Bf1 Nd5 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. g3 Ra4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Qg5 34. Qd4 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-Cup17 WS70 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murlasits, Martin"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e4 b4 5. a3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 0-0 15. Rfb1 Nc6 16. Rb5 Qc7 17. h3 h6 18. Bb2 Na7 19. Rb3 b5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rbc3 Rfc8 22. Ra1 Rab8 23. Re1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Ra1 Bf8 27. Ra5 Nb6 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Bd4 Qd5 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Rxb3 Nc4 33. d3 Na5 34. Rb1 Ra3 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Bb2 Ra2 37. Rb1 Bc5 38. g3 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. d4 Ba7 41. g4 g5 42. Kg3 d6 43. Ne1 Kd7 44. Kg2 d5 45. Nc2 b3 46. Na1 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Brzoza, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Qe2 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Qh5 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. Qe3 Ngf6 12. Nh4 0-0 13. f4 Qb5 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Rb1 Bh6 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Kh2 Nf2 24. Re1 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Bg7 26. Bh3 h5 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Ng5 Nb4 29. c3 Nd3 30. Rd1 Nxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. fxe5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Bxe5 34. Nxe6 Bb8 35. Nc5 Ba7 36. Ke2 Rh1 37. Nxb7 a4 38. Kd3 Bb8 39. Kc2 Bxg3 40. Be3 Rh3 41. Bg1 Rxh4 42. Nd8 c5 43. Bxc5 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 e5 45. b4 axb3 46. axb3 Bf4 47. Nc6 Kf7 48. Kc4 g3 49. b4 e4 50. Re1 Kf6 51. b5 Rb2 52. Rxe4 g5 53. Re1 g2 54. b6 Bg3 55. Rd1 Bh2 56. Nb4 Kf5 57. b7 Kg4 58. Bg1 Bb8 59. Kb5 Re2 60. c4 Re7 61. Kb6 Re6+ 62. Nc6 Rf6 63. Rd8 Rf1 64. Rxb8 Rxg1 65. Ne5+ Kh3 66. Kc6 Rb1 67. Nf3 Kg3 68. Rf8 g4 69. Ng1 Kh2 70. Ne2 g1Q 71. Nxg1 Kxg1 72. Rf5 Rxb7 73. Kxb7 g3 74. c5 g2 75. c6 Kh2 76. c7 g1Q 77. Rh5+ Kg3 78. Rg5+ Kf2 79. Rxg1 Kxg1 80. c8Q Kg2 81. Kc6 Kf3 82. Kd5 Ke3 83. Qf5 Ke2 84. Kd4 Kd1 85. Qf2 Kc1 86. Kc3 Kd1 87. Qd2# 1-0

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Carnevale, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Qd7 16. Nc6 Rac8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rg1 Rxc2 21. Bxa6 R8c6 22. Bb7 Rxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qxb7+ 24. Ka1 h5 25. Rb1 Qc8 26. Rbc1 Bc4 27. Rc2 d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Rc1 Qe6 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qc8 Nd7 33. Rd1 Bc6 34. Bc1 Qf6 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Qxd7 e4+ 37. Bb2 Qg6 38. Bd4 exf3 39. Qc7 f6 40. Kb2 Qg4 41. Qc5 Qh4 42. a4 Qxh2+ 43. Bf2 g5 44. a5 Qb8+ 45. Qb6 Qe5+ 46. Bd4 Qe2+ 47. Kc3 Qe1+ 48. Kc4 Qe2+ 49. Kd5 f2 50. Bxf2 h4 51. a6 Qf3+ 52. Kd6 h3 53. Bg1 Kg6 54. a7 h2 55. Bxh2 Qd3+ 56. Ke7 Qa3+ 57. Ke8 Qf3 58. Qb8 1-0

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Hryniw, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. b3 Qc6 18. Bxf5 Qc3 19. Qc5 Qb2+ 20. Kd2 gxf5 21. Ke2 Rfc8 22. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Jacobs, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. 0-0-0 Nc6 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxc6 17. Rhd1 Be7 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Lorin, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 0-0 10. c4 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Rc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxa4 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Kg1 a5 21. Rcc1 Rfd8 22. b3 Qb4 23. Bc5 Qf4 24. Ba7 Rbc8 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Bb6 Qg5 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rd2 30. Ra1 Rd3 31. Bxa5 Rxe3 32. Bb6 Rd3 33. a4 Bd5 34. b4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Nd5 36. Bc5 Nc7 37. a5 h6 38. a6 Nxa6 39. Rxa6 Rb3 40. Ra5 Rc3 41. Bf2 Rxf3 42. b5 Rb3 43. b6 h5 44. Ra7 g5 45. Kg2 Kh7 46. b7 h4 47. Bd4 g4 48. Be5 Kh6 49. Ra6+ Kg5 50. b8Q Rxb8 51. Bxb8 Kf5 52. Bc7 f6 53. Bd8 Ke4 54. Bxf6 h3+ 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Bh8 1-0

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geryk, Petr"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. g6 hxg6 16. Na5 Qe8 17. Nc6 f5 18. Kb1 Qf7 19. Rg1 Kh7 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qg2 Ndf6 22. Qh3 Kg8 23. Rxg6 e4 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Rg1 Qxd5 27. Nd4 f4 28. Nf5 Ng5 29. Qh5 fxe3 30. h4 e2 31. hxg5 Qe6 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Re1 g6 34. Bxg6 Rf8 35. Bf5 Rxf5 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qxf5+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40. Rxe2 Rh8 41. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Preussner, Michael"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 6. Ne5 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 c6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qe1 a5 15. Rf2 Bf5 16. Qe3 a4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Rxc2 e5 19. Bxe5 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxe5 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. c4 Rf5+ 25. Kg3 dxc4 26. Rd4 c3 27. bxc3 a3 28. Rb4 Rg5+ 29. Kf3 Rgb5 30. Rd2 Kg7 31. Rdd4 Rf5+ 32. Ke3 Re8+ 33. Re4 Rxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Rb5 35. Rb4 g5 36. Rc4 Rb2 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Rxc6 f5 39. Ra6 Ra1 40. c4 a2 41. Kg3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tritt, Maciej"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. exd6 Nc6 9. Qe4 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Nce5 Qh5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. 0-0-0 a5 17. Bd2 e5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhe1 e4 20. Nd4 Qg6 21. g4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kc2 fxg4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Bxh2 26. Re2 Bc7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 Rf4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 h5 31. Bf7 h4 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Bxe8 Bb6 34. Kd3 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Bh5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valutanu, Marius"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "W-ch WS/M/214 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Viberg, Jan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bb3 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Na4 16. Rcc1 Qb6 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. e3 dxe3 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. d4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 c5 23. Qe2 Bd5 24. Rc2 Bf7 25. h3 g6 26. Kh2 Re8 27. Qf2 Kg7 28. e4 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Rd2 Rd6 31. b3 Nc5 32. b4 Nb3 33. Nxb3 Qxf2 34. Rxf2 Bxb3 35. g4 b5 36. h4 h6 37. Kg3 Bc4 38. Rf3 g5 39. h5 Rd1 40. Re3 Ra1 41. Rf3 Rg1 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Rc3 Kf7 45. a4 Rb1 46. axb5 Rxb4 47. Kh2 Ke6 48. Ra3 Rb2 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. Rc6 Ra3+ 52. Kh2 Be2 53. b6 axb6 54. Rxb6 Re3 55. Bh3 Rxe4 56. Rb8 Bc4 57. Rb6 Re2+ 58. Kg3 Re3+ 59. Kh2 Rb3 60. Rxb3 Bxb3 61. Kg3 Bd1 0-1

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Biedermann, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 0-0 11. f3 Nf6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ndf4 Bf7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bh3 c6 18. Nxd4 Nh5 19. Nfe2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Re8+ 21. Ne2 Re3 22. 0-0 f4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Qd2 Rae8 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxb2 29. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Cipka, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. b3 Qa6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qa5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qc3 18. Rac1 Qb2 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfc8 21. a4 Kg7 22. f4 h5 23. Kf2 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Mary, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Bb6 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 0-0 13. Ba3 a6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Qd2 d3 18. exd3 Be6 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Rdc1 Qd7 21. Rc4 Ne7 22. Re4 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Bd5 24. R4e2 Nf5 25. Qf4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Ne7 27. Ne5 Qe6 28. Nxc6 Qxe2 29. Nxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Ponomarev, Aleksander Anatolie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. d4 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Ba3 h6 15. Na4 b6 16. Nxc5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 bxc5 18. Bxc6 Qc7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb2 a5 21. f3 a4 22. Rd2 axb3 23. axb3 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Nf8 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Rd5 Bc2 27. R1d2 Rxb3 28. Bxe5 Rxe3 29. Bxc7 Bb3 30. Rxc5 Ne6 31. Rc6 Rc3 32. Bd6 Kh7 33. Rc8 g5 34. Ba3 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Bester, Ben"]
[Black "Thomsen, Keld"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nfxd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Nb3 Re5 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qb5 d4 15. Qxb7 dxc3 16. Rad1 Qf8 17. bxc3 Bc2 18. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Biedermann, Thomas"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qd6 Qc8 22. Qf4 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Nxb8 24. c5 Nc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Kf1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Cipka, Ivan"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bf4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 f6 20. e6 Qe7 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Bf5 Kh8 24. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICCF izt 05 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Mary, Patrick"]
[Black "Bester, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 exd4 8. cxd4 Qd7 9. Nc3 0-0-0 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 g5 12. e5 h6 13. e6 Qh7 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. Bd2 Rg8 16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Bc1 Rg7 18. d5 Nxd5 19. g4 Be8 20. Nd4 Be7 21. Nf5 Rg8 22. Qf3 h5 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. gxh5 Rd6 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. b3 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

