[Event "Doeberl Cup 58th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bf6 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nb2 23. Bh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf1 Nc4 26. Qd3 Qxa3 27. Qxa3 Nxa3 28. Bb3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rc3 Red8 31. Rb1 Rc7 32. Rb4 Rxd4 33. f3 h5 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rc5 36. h4 b5 37. f4 Rcd5 38. Kf3 R5d3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 40. Ke4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Sydney NSW op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "O'Chee, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Na4 Bb6 5. Nxb6 axb6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Re3 Bc6 15. Bd5 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rd3 Ra5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. a3 c5 20. Rad1 Ra4 21. Qe1 Qc6 22. f3 Qb5 23. Rb3 Qa6 24. Rbd3 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. e5 Qc4 27. Qe4 Qe6 28. b3 Qg6 29. Re1 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd8 31. Kf2 b5 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc6 d3+ 37. Kd2 dxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Rd3 39. a4 Ra3 40. Rxc4 Ra2+ 41. Kb3 Rxg2 42. a5 Rxh2 43. a6 Rd2 44. a7 Rd8 45. Rxc7 h5 46. Rb7 Rd3+ 47. Kc4 Ra3 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. a8Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kf6 51. Kd4 Kg5 52. Ke4 g6 53. f4+ Kg4 54. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Sydney NSW op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lo, Willis"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Kh2 Rae8 13. Be3 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 b6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc3 Ref7 23. Ra2 h6 24. Qe2 h5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rf6 27. Qe4 Bh6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. a4 Qf5 30. a5 Qxe4+ 31. Bxe4 Be3 32. f3 bxa5 33. Rxa5 g5 34. Raa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney NSW op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 b5 10. Be3 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. h3 a4 13. g4 b3 14. axb3 axb3 15. c3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ng3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. d4 c4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Qd2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nb6 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Bg5 Qe8 26. Qf4 Rb7 27. Bf6 Na4 28. Qg5 h6 29. Qh4 Nxb2 30. g5 Nd3 31. Nxg7 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Bxg7 33. Rg1 b2 34. Bxd5 b1Q 35. Bxb7 Bxb7+ 36. Kh2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Ostapenko, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Re1 Qd7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rad8 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qe6 18. Bc3 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. a4 a5 23. Rb5 Rd5 24. Nf4 Rxb5 25. axb5 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Na7 27. Bxa5 Nc4 28. Bxc7 Nxb5 29. Bb8 Nxd4 30. Kd1 g5 31. Nd3 Ke7 32. g4 b6 33. Bg3 Ke6 34. Bb8 Nc6 35. Bc7 Kd7 36. Bg3 N6e5 37. Nxe5+ fxe5 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. f3 Kd5 40. Bf2 e4 41. Bg1 h6 42. Bf2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lo, Willis"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nd2 Bc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 h6 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. f4 Qe7 20. Bd3 Rbd8 21. c5 Bc7 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qe2 b5 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. Ra1 g5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bxf5 Qf7 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. Qxe6 Ra3 32. Qe8+ Qxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 Rxc3 35. Rxc7+ Ke6 36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rd6+ Ke4 38. Re6+ Kxd4 39. Rxh6 gxf4 40. Rh4 Kd5 41. Rxf4 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 Ke5 44. Kg4 Rxh2 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. c6 Kd6 47. Rxb5 Rb2 48. c7 Kxc7 49. Rc5+ Kd6 50. Rc4 Rb3 51. Rf4 Ke6 52. Kh3 Ke5 53. Kh4 Ke6 54. g4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke6 56. Kg6 Ke5 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. b5 Ke7 59. g5 Rb1 60. Kg7 Ke6 61. Rf6+ Ke5 62. b6 Kd5 63. g6 Ke5 64. Kf7 Rd1 65. Re6+ Kf5 66. g7 Rd7+ 67. Re7 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "McGowan, Cameron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 Nd7 11. Ne2 a5 12. c3 e5 13. f5 Nb6 14. Be3 c4 15. d4 d5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5 Nxd5 21. Bd4 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Bxd5 25. Rfe1 e4 26. Rad1 Rbd8 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Rd4 Bc6 29. Red1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Re8 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rd6 Be8 33. Ng3 Rd7 34. Nxe4 h6 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Ke5 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Bc6 38. f6+ Kf8 39. a3 Bg2 40. Nf5 Bf1 41. Nxh6 Bd3 42. Nf5 Bf1 43. Nd6 Bxh3 44. Kf5 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prasad, Lalit"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. f3 exf3 7. Nxf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd3 d6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rae1 Nc6 12. Rb1 Ne4 13. a3 a5 14. Rbd1 g5 15. Be3 h6 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bf2 Qxe2 20. Qb1 Qh5 21. Rde1 Nd8 22. Qd1 g4 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qf8 25. c5 Bd7 26. Nc4 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qb3 Rb8 30. Re6 d5 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Lester, George E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 0-0 9. h4 f6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h5 g5 12. h6+ Kh8 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Nce2 g4 16. Rh4 e5 17. Kb1 Be6 18. f5 Bf7 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nge2 Rg8 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb8+ 23. Ka1 Qb6 24. Qc2 a4 25. a3 Rb7 26. c4 Rgb8 27. Rd2 Na5 28. Nc3 Nec6 29. Nb5 Nd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rh1 Qb1+ 32. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Ka2 Nxc4 34. Rc2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bhat, Vishal"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 0-0 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. g4 Bc6 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nf3 f5 22. gxf5 e5 23. Qe3 gxf5 24. Kh2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Ng5 Qf6 28. Rg2 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Rd1 e3 31. f3 Rce8 32. Re2 h6 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Montenegro, Jesson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. c4 Qh5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Ne5 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Nf8 16. Ba3 Ng6 17. g3 Red8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. f3 c5 20. Red2 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 a6 23. g4 g5 24. Kf2 b5 25. c5 Bd5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rc6 29. Bc1 Nd7 30. Bxg5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Bd2 Nb7 33. Ke3 f6 34. g5 Kf7 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Bb4 Kg7 37. Ke4 Kg6 38. f4 Nd8 39. Bc5 Nb7 40. Bb4 a5 41. Bd2 a4 42. Bb4 Nd8 43. Bd6 Nc6 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Kc4 Nd8 46. Kb4 e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kxa4 Ke6 49. Bc7 Nf7 50. Kb5 Kd7 51. Bb8 Kc8 52. Ba7 Kb7 53. Be3 Nd6+ 54. Kc5 Nf5 55. Bg5 e4 56. Kd5 e3 57. Ke4 e2 58. Bd2 Nh4 59. Ke3 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zheng, Shucheng"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 e5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 0-0 11. Nd5 e4 12. Nh2 Nf6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Rc1 c6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. 0-0 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Kg7 22. Ra1 Qb6 23. Rab1 cxb5 24. Qb3 Nc7 25. Bb4 Rfc8 26. Bc5 Qa6 27. Rfd1 Qa2 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. Rdc1 Rca8 31. Bd6 Bd8 32. Bxc7 Bxc7 33. g3 Bd6 34. Bxb5 Bd5 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Ra7 39. Nf1 Kf6 40. Nd2 Ke6 41. Nc4 Bc7 42. Rb5 Kd7 43. Kg2 h5 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 f4 46. exf4 Bxf4 47. Ne5+ Bxe5 48. Rxe5 Kd6 49. Rxe4 b5 50. Re8 Rb7 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rh8 Ke6 53. Kf3 b4 54. Ke4 b3 55. Rh1 b2 56. Rb1 g5 57. d5+ Kd6 58. f3 Rb5 59. Kd4 Rxd5+ 60. Ke3 Rb5 61. Kd4 Rb6 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. Kd4 Rb7 64. Ke4 Rb4+ 65. Kd3 Ke5 66. Kc3 Rb5 67. Rxb2 Rxb2 68. Kxb2 Kf4 69. Kc2 Kxf3 70. Kd2 Kxg4 71. Ke2 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Davis, Tony J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nge2 c5 6. d3 h6 7. f4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c4 0-0 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Be4 Bg5 17. Qf3 Rb6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Re8 20. Qg3 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Re3 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. f6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Kg2 Rxd3 28. d6 Kf8 29. d7 Ke7 30. Rxf7+ Kd8 31. Rxg7 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rxg5 Rxa2 34. Rxc5 b3 35. Rb5 Rh2 36. Ke4 Rxh3 37. Kxd4 Kxd7 38. c5 Kc6 39. Rb8 a5 40. Kc4 a4 41. Rb6+ Kc7 42. Kb4 Rh4+ 43. Ka3 Rc4 44. Rb5 Kc6 45. Ra5 Rc2 46. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rewais, Sarwat"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 e5 3. d4 e4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Bg5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nge2 c6 10. h4 d6 11. Nf4 Kf7 12. h5 g5 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. a4 Nf8 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Qa3 Be6 18. d5 Bf7 19. g4 fxg4 20. Nxe4 c5 21. Rb1 a5 22. Qb3 Be5 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. Kd2 Bg8 25. Ng3 Bh7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. e4 Qf6 28. Kc2 Rf8 29. Rhf1 Rae8 30. Ng3 Qf4 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Ng3 Qd7 33. b3 b6 34. Rbe1 Re7 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Be4 Qf4 38. f3 g3 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. Rxe3 g2 41. Rg1 Bd4 42. Kd3 Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Rf4 44. Rxg2 Rh4 45. Kf2 Rxh5 46. Bf5 Rh1 47. Be4 Rc1 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Kg4 Rc3 50. Rb2 Rxe4+ 51. fxe4 Kg6 52. Rh2 Re3 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Marsh, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 Nd7 7. 0-0 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nb6 9. c4 Ne7 10. c5 Nbd5 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. Ngxf7 Qe7 14. Nxh8 Bxh8 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. d4 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. a3 Nc7 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Be5 Kg8 21. Bxh8 Kxh8 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Kf7 27. Rac1 Rd8 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 Rxd6 30. Rxh7 a6 31. h4 Bg8 32. Ra7 Be6 33. f4 Rb6 34. b4 Rc6 35. a4 Bc8 36. Re5 Be6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rc8 39. Ra6 Re8 40. g4 fxg4 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rexe6+ Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. b6 f4 45. b7 Kf5 46. b8Q Ke4 47. Qe5+ Kf3 48. Qxd5+ Kg3 49. h5 f3 50. Qe5+ Kh4 51. Kf2 g3+ 52. Qxg3+ Kxh5 53. d5 Kh6 54. d6 Kh7 55. d7 Kh6 56. d8Q Kh7 57. Qdh4# 1-0

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Mallari, Donato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bg4 Ne7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ng4 0-0 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. d4 b5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 h4 26. Qd3 Kf7 27. Qe3 Rfd8 28. Nf3 h3 29. g3 Kg7 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd1 c4 32. Kf1 Ra2 33. Rd2 Nf8 34. Nh4 Nd7 35. Qf3 Nc5 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Ng6+ Ke8 38. Qxh3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Qxe4+ 40. f3 Rg1+ 41. Kxg1 Qe1+ 42. Qf1 Qxd2 43. Qf2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Kf7 45. Nh4 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nxb2 47. Ng2 Nd1+ 48. Kd2 Nf2 49. Ne1 Ke7 50. Ke2 Nh3 51. Nc2 Kd6 52. Ke3 Kc5 53. f4 exf4+ 54. gxf4 e5 55. fxe5 fxe5 56. Nb4 Kd6 57. Nc2 Nf4 58. Na3 Nd5+ 59. Kd2 Kc5 60. h4 b4 61. cxb4+ Kxb4 62. Nc2+ Kb3 63. h5 c3+ 64. Kd1 Nf6 65. h6 Kc4 66. Ne3+ Kb3 67. Ng4 Kb2 68. Nxe5 c2+ 69. Ke2 Kb1 70. Nd3 c1Q 71. Nxc1 Kxc1 72. Kf3 Kd2 73. Kf4 Kd3 74. Kf5 Nh7 75. Kg6 Nf8+ 76. Kf7 Nh7 77. Kg7 Ng5 78. Kg6 Ne6 79. Kf6 Nf8 80. Kg7 Ne6+ 81. Kf7 Ng5+ 82. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Ng, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. Nd1 Ne7 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 0-0 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. 0-0 e5 15. Bg2 b5 16. Ne3 f6 17. f4 b4 18. Rf2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb7 20. Raf1 Rbf7 21. h4 h6 22. f5 g5 23. Bf3 Rh8 24. Rh2 Rff8 25. Bd1 Ne7 26. Bb3 Bb7 27. Rb1 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qg2 Qb6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 c4+ 32. Kf1 cxb3 33. Rxb3 Rd8 34. Rxb6 Rxd5 35. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illingworth, Max"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Bc6 13. Rg4 h5 14. Rg3 h4 15. Rg4 h3 16. Be3 hxg2 17. Nbd2 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. a3 Nc2 21. Ne4 Qf5 22. Rf4 Qh3 23. Qxc2 f5 24. Neg5 Qh6 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Rh4 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Rxh4 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qxe6+ Be7 32. Bc5 1-0

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Huynh, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Nd2 c6 10. Ba4 d5 11. h3 Qd6 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. Kh1 f6 14. Bh4 Nc5 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qf3 Nc7 20. Qh5 Be6 21. a4 a5 22. b5 Bf7 23. Qe2 Ne6 24. Rae1 Rc8 25. Nb1 Nc5 26. Bc2 Re8 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qf3 Be6 29. Qe2 Bf5 30. f3 d4 31. c4 Qf7 32. Rd1 Qg6 33. Bf2 h5 34. Rg1 Rc7 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bc8 37. g5 f5 38. Rg2 Rce7 39. h5 Qd6 40. g6 Ne6 41. Rh2 Nf4 42. Qf3 e4 43. Qg3 e3 44. Be1 Bc7 45. c5 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Ngf3 Nbc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Nf1 d4 12. N1d2 e5 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Bf1 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bf7 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Nh4 Rac8 22. Bd2 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Rec1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxa2 26. Rc7 a5 27. Qc2 Bb3 28. Qc1 a4 29. g5 Qd6 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Ng2 Be6 32. f4 Bxh3 33. f5 Qd6 34. Qc5 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Bxg2 36. Bxg2 Rb8 37. Rxe5 Kf8 38. Rc5 b4 39. e5 Nxf5 40. e6 g6 41. Rc7 Ne7 42. Ra7 a3 43. b3 Rb6 44. Be4 Rxe6 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. Rb7 Kf6 48. Rxb4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch 4th"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 f6 11. Be3 c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. a3 Rad8 17. h4 b5 18. g5 b4 19. Nd5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. e5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd5 23. Nf3 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rdxe5 25. Bd2 Be4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bxb4 R8e6 28. Bc3 Rh5 29. Rf4 Rg6+ 30. Kh2 Bxc2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Re7 c6 33. Ra7 Bb3 34. Rb7 Bd5 35. Re7 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 Rg1 37. Rg4 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxc3 42. bxc3 Kh8 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. Rgxg7 h5 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Reg7+ Kf8 47. Rb7 Kg8 48. Rhd7 Rf3+ 49. Kh2 Bf7 50. Kg2 Rf5 51. Kg3 a5 52. Ra7 Kf8 53. Rdc7 Be8 54. Ra8 Re5 55. Kf4 Re6 56. Rxa5 Bf7 57. Rf5 Re7 58. Rxc6 Kg7 59. c4 Rd7 60. c5 Rd4+ 61. Ke5 Rd5+ 62. Ke4 Rd7 63. Rg5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Continental Class-ch 4th"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 f6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4 0-0 9. b3 b5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Ba3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng6 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Rg1 Rad8 16. Qd2 f5 17. Rad1 Nh4 18. Qc3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf3 20. dxe5 Qh3 21. Rg2 Rf4 22. e6 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 d6 8. f4 b4 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. h3 h5 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 0-0 18. Qd2 d4 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. a3 a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 Re8 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Nd6 Qxa6 26. Nxe8 Bh6 27. Bc1 Kf8 28. Qe1 Qe6 29. f5 Be3+ 30. Kg2 Qxe8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Nf4 Nxf4+ 33. gxf4 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulamali, Kazim"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d4 Qb6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d5 Bd7 10. Re1 f6 11. c4 Nh6 12. Nc3 Nf7 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc1 g4 16. Nh2 gxh3 17. g4 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Nd1 Kh8 20. Ne3 Rg8 21. Kh1 Nf7 22. Rg1 Qb4 23. a3 Qb3 24. a4 Ng5 25. Ra3 Qb4 26. Nf5 Nf7 27. Nxe7 Rge8 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. e5 Qxe5 30. Re3 Ng5 31. Qe2 Qf4 32. Rgg3 Kg7 33. Nf3 Bxg4 34. Nxg5 Qxg3 35. Ne6+ Kh8 36. f3 Qg2+ 37. Qxg2 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Rxe7 40. Rxf6 Rae8 41. Kh3 Kg8 42. Ng5 Rg7 43. Kh4 Rg6 44. Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mabe, Chris J"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. g4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. g5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 d4 17. Qc5 dxe3 18. dxe3 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. 0-0 Rac8 21. Qb4 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Strenzwilk, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 0-0 8. Be2 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. 0-0 Rfe8 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. c3 Nc6 15. d4 Qe4 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rae8 19. Raf1 Na5 20. Bd3 Qd5 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Nc6 24. b4 Qb6 25. Bc4 Qc7 26. Bd3 Qd8 27. Qf2 Re6 28. b5 Ne7 29. Qxa7 b6 30. Bc4 Nc8 31. Qa8 R6e7 32. Qd5 Qc7 33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Qg5 Rd6 35. f5 Rf6 36. Rg3 Qxg3 37. Qxg3 Nd6 38. h3 h6 39. Qd3 Kh7 40. Bd5 Ne8 41. c4 Kg8 42. g4 Rd6 43. h4 Red7 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Nc7 46. Qe4 Nxd5 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Romanenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Rb8 7. 0-0 e6 8. f4 Nge7 9. g4 f5 10. exf5 exf5 11. g5 d5 12. Ne2 0-0 13. c3 d4 14. c4 Qd6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Nhg1 Nd8 18. h4 b5 19. b3 Ne6 20. Nf3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa6 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Rfb1 Rb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Rb2 Qb7 27. Ne1 Nc8 28. Kh2 Bf8 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Ng2 Bd6 31. Qc1 Qf3 32. Ng3 Ra3 33. Qe1 Kf7 34. h5 Nxg5 35. hxg6+ hxg6 0-1

[Event "Continental Class-ch"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. dxc6 Bxc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb5 15. Bb3 Ba4 16. Bxa4 Qxa4 17. Qxc7 Rfc8 18. Qe7 Qb5 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Qa3 Rac8 21. Qd3 Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kf2 Qh5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bg3 g4 26. Rc2 Qh6 27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Rxd2 gxf3 29. gxf3 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke8 31. Kd3 Nh5 32. Bb8 Rc8 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bc5 Rxa2 35. Rc2 Ra1 36. Bd6 Kd7 37. Be5 f6 38. Bb8 Rd1+ 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40. Kd2 Rb1 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rxh7 Kc8 43. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Rb8 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. f4 0-0 9. f5 b5 10. Nf4 b4 11. Ncd5 e6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Nh3 a5 15. Kh1 a4 16. Bh6 Bxb2 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rb1 a3 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. c4 Bd7 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Kg2 Qe3 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Bd1 Bd4 27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Qe2 Qh6 29. Kh1 Ba4 30. Qg2 Qg5 31. Bd1 Bc6 32. Bf3 Qe3 33. e5 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxe5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Rb3 g4 38. Rf2 f5 39. Rb1 Kf6 40. Re2 Bc3 41. Rh1 e5 42. Rf1 Bd4 43. Rh1 Kg5 44. h4+ gxh3+ 45. Rxh3 Rxh3 46. Kxh3 Bb2 47. Kg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. 0-0 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nd4 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Be3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. Rc1 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd7 21. c4 Kf8 22. b4 b6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Nc3 Kg7 25. Na4 f5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rfd1 exf4 28. gxf4 Rh4 29. Qe3 g5 30. Rf1 b5 31. cxb5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxf4 33. Rd1 axb5 34. Nc3 Ne5 35. Nxb5 Ng4 36. Qa7+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Qh8 38. Rxf4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qxf4+ 40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 Ne3 44. Kf2 Qxf1+ 45. Kxe3 f4+ 46. Kd2 Qxb5 47. Qa8 Qxb4+ 48. Kc2 Qc3+ 49. Kd1 Kf5 50. Qg8 Qa1+ 51. Kd2 Qxa2+ 52. Kd1 Qb1+ 53. Kd2 Qb2+ 54. Kd1 Be5 55. Qe6+ Ke4 56. Qg4 Ke3 57. Qg1+ Qf2 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 g6 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bh6 Nb4 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 Na6 21. c5 Nb8 22. Nc4 e5 23. Rxe5 Be6 24. Nxa5 b5 25. b4 Qd7 26. Bf4 Bf6 27. Re3 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Nb7 Nd7 30. Nd6 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Ra8 32. Bh6 Ne5 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. Nxe4 Ng4 35. Bc1 Be7 36. f3 Nf6 37. Nxf6+ Bxf6 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Rd6 Be5 42. Rb6 Rd8 43. Ke2 f6 44. Rxb5 Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kd5 46. f4 Bc7 47. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "World op 36th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Tayar, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 Rb8 7. 0-0 b5 8. f4 Nd4 9. f5 Nf6 10. Nf4 0-0 11. g4 b4 12. Ncd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Nh3 Ba4 16. b3 Bc6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. a4 Qh4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rf2 e5 24. Qe3 Rh8 25. Raf1 Rbf8 26. Ng5 f6 27. Nh3 g5 28. Ng1 Bd7 29. Bf3 Rh4 30. Rg2 Rfh8 31. Bd1 Qf7 32. Qf2 Ne6 33. Ne2 Qe7 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Nh5+ R8xh5 36. gxh5 Nxg2 37. Qxg2 Bh3 38. Qg1 Bxf1 39. Qxf1 Rf4 40. Qh3 Kh6 41. Bg4 Qf7 42. Kg2 d5 43. Be6 g4 44. Bxg4 Qg7 45. Kg3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "World op 36th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, Daniel"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[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 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Nc2 0-0 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Be4 Bf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxd6 Rce8 20. Rae1 Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Rf6 23. Qd1 f3 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Re3 Bg4 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. cxd5 Kxe8 29. dxc6 Kd8 30. cxb7 Kc7 31. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 10th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nf3 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 Bf5 10. Bb5 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. f4 Be4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rae1 f6 20. Nc4 f5 21. g5 Rfd8 22. Ne5 g6 23. Re3 Bf8 24. Rb3 Bg7 25. Qa6 Bxe5 26. Rb7 Bxf4 27. Rxc7 Be3+ 28. Kg2 Rxc7 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. h4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. b4 f4 33. b5 f3+ 34. Kg3 Be5+ 35. Kg4 cxb5 36. Qxb5 f2 37. c6 Rxc6 38. Kh3 e3 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Be6 12. a4 b4 13. Ncd5 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bg5 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Rb1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re2 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Kh1 Qc7 26. Bd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 d5 28. h3 dxe4 29. fxe4 h6 30. Bd6 Qc4 31. Qf3 f6 32. Rb7 Qc6 33. Re7 Rxd6 34. Qh5 Rc7 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Qxe6 Qxc3 39. Kh2 h5 40. Qf5+ Kh6 41. g4 Qd2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kf3 Qg5 44. Qc8 Qf4+ 45. Ke2 Qxe4+ 46. Kd2 Kg5 47. Qc7 Qb4+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kf3 Qb3+ 50. Ke2 Qa2+ 51. Ke1 Qa1+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 Qa3+ 54. Ke2 g6 55. Qxa5 Qxh3 56. Qd2+ Kxg4 57. Qb4+ Kf5 58. a5 Qg2+ 59. Ke3 Qg1+ 60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 h3 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. d3 e6 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nc4 0-0 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. Bg3 Rb7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Ne3 Qd4 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Nc4 Be7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Qg3 g6 25. h4 h5 26. c4 Qd8 27. Bc3 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Re5 Rd7 30. Rxc5 Qd4 31. Rxh5 Rcd8 32. Rg5 Qc3 33. h5 Rxd3 34. Qg4 R8d4 35. f4 Qc2 36. Rf1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kh2 Qc1 39. Re5 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1 41. hxg6 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. Qg5 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kxg6 47. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Socorregut, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 h6 7. 0-0 e6 8. f4 Nge7 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Rxh5 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 Bd7 13. Be3 0-0-0 14. Ng3 Rh4 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nf3 Rh7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Kb8 20. Rc1 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qd2 Rg8 23. b4 Qd8 24. a4 Ne7 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. fxg5 Ng6 28. b5 Ka8 29. Rc5 Rgh8 30. h3 Nh4 31. Bh1 Ng6 32. Bg2 e5 33. dxe5 f4 34. Qxd5 Qb8 35. Bxf4 Bxh3 36. Bg3 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nh4+ 38. Bxh4 Rxh4 39. Rfc1 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rxg5 41. Qd6 Qg8 42. Rc8+ Qxc8 43. Rxc8+ Rxc8 44. a5 Re8 45. Kf4 Rgxe5 46. Qxe5 Rxe5 47. Kxe5 Kb8 48. Kd6 Kc8 49. Ke6 Kc7 50. Ke7 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Cheng, Bindi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. g3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bf4 Rc8 10. Re1 Ngf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Rad1 Qd5 18. Qc3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rd2 Rhc8 21. Ree2 Rb6 22. b3 Nd5 23. Nf3 Nc3 24. Re1 Rd6 25. a4 f6 26. g4 h6 27. h4 g5 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Kg6 31. Ne1 Rh7 32. Rxh7 Kxh7 33. Nf3 Kg6 34. Ng1 f5 35. Ne2 Nd5 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. c4 Nh5 39. c5 Rd5 40. Rc2 g4+ 41. Kg2 f4 42. f3 Kg5 43. Rc4 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Re5 45. Nxd4 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rxd3 47. Nf3+ Kf5 48. c6 bxc6 49. Rc5+ Kf6 50. Rxh5 Rxb3 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rxc6 Ra3 53. Rc4 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Kd6 55. Rxf4 Kc5 56. Nd2 Rb2 57. Ke2 Rb4 58. Rf5+ Kb6 59. a5+ Ka6 60. Kd3 Rb5 61. Rxb5 Kxb5 62. Nc4 Kb4 63. Kd4 Kb5 64. Kd5 a6 65. Kd4 Kb4 66. Kd3 Kb5 67. Kc3 Ka4 68. Kd4 Kb4 69. Kd5 Kb5 70. Kd4 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd2 Ra5 11. Ke2 e6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Ra8 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Rhc1 0-0 16. Be1 Ne4 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Nd6 19. Nb3 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Bd6 21. Bg3 f4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Na5 24. Bxd7 Nxb3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Rad8 28. Bxb7 Rxd4 29. b4 Rfd8 30. Ra2 g6 31. Be4 R8d7 32. Ke3 Rc4 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Kg7 35. a4 Kf6 36. h4 Rc7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. g4 Kd6 39. Bb3 Rc8 40. Bc4 Rf8 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd4 Re1 43. a5 Rb1 44. Kc3 bxa5 45. bxa5 Kc5 46. a6 Rb4 47. Bd5 Ra4 48. Bb7 Kb6 49. Kd3 Rxf4 50. Ke3 Rb4 51. f4 Rb3+ 52. Ke4 Rh3 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 Rxh5 55. f5 Rh1 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Bf3 Rg1 58. f6 Rg6 59. Kf5 Rxf6+ 60. Kxf6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 g6 5. d4 Bd7 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxb5 8. c4 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 f5 13. e5 0-0-0 14. Rb1 Nh6 15. Bd2 Kb8 16. Rb5 Ka8 17. Qa4 Rb8 18. Rfb1 b6 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Qe2 Rhe8 21. Be1 Nf7 22. Bg3 Nh6 23. a4 a5 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Qd1 Ka7 26. Rb2 dxe5 27. fxe5 e6 28. Bh4 Nf7 29. Bf6 Nh6 30. h3 Ng8 31. Bh4 h6 32. d6 g5 33. Bf2 Red8 34. Rb5 Ne7 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rxa5+ Kb6 37. Rb5+ Ka6 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. dxe7 Qxe7 40. Qd6+ Qxd6 41. exd6 Rd8 42. Rxe6 Ka5 43. Re5 Rxd6 44. Rxc5+ Kxa4 45. Rxf5 Kb3 46. c5 Rc6 47. Rd5 Kxc3 48. Kh2 Kc4 49. Rd6 Rxc5 50. Rxh6 Kd4 51. Re6 Rc3 52. Rg6 Rc5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. Kg4 Rc2 55. g3 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 Re8 10. 0-0 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. a4 g6 19. Rab1 Re7 20. Re1 Rce8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. c5 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Kf8 27. g3 Bb8 28. a5 a6 29. d5 Ba7 30. d6 Re8 31. Na4 Re4 32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. Rxa7 Rxa5 34. g4 Rxc5 35. g5 Ne4 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. d7 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 15th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd2 0-0 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Rf3 g6 16. Rh3 Qc7 17. e5 Nh5 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Re3 Nf8 24. Rh3 Bh4 25. Rxh4 Ng6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. f5 exf5 28. Bh6+ Ke7 29. Bg5+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ Ne7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. e6+ Kc6 33. Nd4+ Kc5 34. Qxf5+ d5 35. Na4+ Kb4 36. a3+ Kxa4 37. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 15th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Martinez, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Be3 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Qg6 16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Bd4 Rad8 18. b4 Nf8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd5 c6 21. Qd4 Qe7 22. a4 Ne6 23. Qc3 Nf4 24. g3 Ng6 25. Kg2 Qe6 26. h3 h5 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. h4 Ne5 29. Nf3 Ng4 30. Nd4 Qf6 31. Qf3 Qe5 32. Qf5 g6 33. Qf4 a5 34. b5 Qc5 35. Nf3 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Re6 37. Rd2 Qc5 38. e5 Rde8 39. Ng5 Rf6 40. Ne4 Rxf4 41. Nxc5 Rxc4 42. Nxb7 Rxe5 43. Rxe5 dxe5 44. Nxa5 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 cxb5 46. axb5 Rb1 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rb8 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 e4 50. b6 e3 51. Nc4 Nh2+ 52. Ke1 Nf3+ 53. Kd1 e2+ 54. Kc1 e1Q+ 55. Kxb2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rc8 18. h4 Kg7 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Rd1 Rc7 21. Kg2 Na5 22. b3 Rec8 23. Qe1 Qb4 24. Rdd3 Nc6 25. Bxe6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd5 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Bxf2 29. Nxc7 Bxe1 30. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michel, Christian"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. 0-0 Be6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Rad1 Bg5 15. c3 f5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qg3 Qh6 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21. Bd3 Ne7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rcf8 24. Re2 Nd5 25. g3 Nc7 26. Be4 Ne6 27. Red2 Ng5 28. Bg2 e4 29. h4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Qd7 R8f7 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe7 g5 34. Rxd6 gxh4 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxb7 hxg3 40. fxg3 f2+ 41. Kf1 a6 42. Rb4 Kg5 43. Rf4 Rb6 44. Rxf2 Kg4 45. Kg2 Rd6 46. Rf4+ Kg5 47. Rd4 Re6 48. Kf3 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Re6+ 50. Re4 Rd6 51. c4 h5 52. c5 Rd1 53. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g3 Be7 13. Be2 Qd7 14. a4 Nc8 15. f3 Nd6 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Nd1 Rae8 18. Nf2 Nf5 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. Bf1 Qc7 21. Bg2 g5 22. Qd3 Nh6 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Nfg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. h3 Bxg3 27. hxg4 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Re6 29. e5 Qb6 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. a5 Qb5 32. Qf5 Qc4 33. Qf2 Re7 34. Bf1 Qa4 35. Re3 Qd1 36. Re4 Red7 37. Kg2 b5 38. axb6 axb6 39. Bc4 Re8 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kh7 42. Re1 Rh8 43. Rh1+ Kg8 44. e6 1-0

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. a5 a6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bf3 Rf6 16. e4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Rh6+ 18. Kg1 Qh4 19. Bh5 Rxh5 20. f3 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. exf5 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2 Rh4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rd1 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brookshear, H Timothy"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. e3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. g4 Bxf4 11. exf4 Bg6 12. Ne5 0-0 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. 0-0 f6 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nxc6 Qd6 20. Rc1 Qxf4 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. g6+ Kxg6 24. Rf2 Rac8 25. Rc5 Rfe8 26. Rfc2 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Qxh4 28. Rc1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Kh7 30. c6 Rb8 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. f4 g6 33. Qxd5 Rxf4 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qd2 g5 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. Rc3 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johnson, Andrew"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 Bd6 7. b3 h6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Re1 Bh7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rad8 15. Qc3 f5 16. c5 Be7 17. f4 g5 18. e3 Bf6 19. b4 Kh8 20. Bf3 Bg6 21. Qd2 Qf7 22. Qe2 Qg7 23. Kh1 g4 24. Bg2 h5 25. Kg1 h4 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Rec1 Rfc8 28. a4 b6 29. Qc2 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rb7 31. Bc3 Be8 32. Rcb1 Rcb8 33. Bf1 Kg8 34. Ba6 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Qh7 37. Bf1 Rxb1 38. Qxb1 Qh1 39. Qd1 Bh5 40. Qe1 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. a3 Ra7 12. Nf1 b6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Re1 Nf7 19. Ng4 Qf5 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. h4 h6 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. c4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bc1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. g4 Qf6 28. Bxg5 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxg5 30. Kg1 dxc4 31. dxc4 Rf4 32. f3 Raf7 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 35. Rd1 Rc2 36. Rg5+ Kh7 37. f4 Rxf4 38. Rd3 Kh6 39. Rg8 Kh7 40. Rxc8 Rxg4 41. Rd7+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dougherty, Michael J"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 0-0 13. 0-0 a6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. Ng5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qe7 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. g3 Rad8 20. Qh5 h6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Qg6 Ne4 24. f3 Rf6 25. Qh5 Rc8 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rc4 28. Kg2 Rxe4 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Rf1 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Del Mundo, Anton Paolo C"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Ne1 Be7 8. g3 Bh3 9. Ng2 Nd4 10. Nd5 0-0 11. c3 Ne6 12. f4 Nc7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Bxc4 16. dxc4 b5 17. cxb5 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Ne3 Qe4 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. Nxg4 Nxb5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bxh6 Rfd8 24. Kf2 Rab8 25. Ke2 Nd6 26. b3 c4 27. Rab1 Ne4 28. Rf3 Rd5 29. bxc4 Rxb1 30. cxd5 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. Rf1 Rxh2 33. Be3 Rxa2 34. Bc5 e4+ 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd4 Nd2 37. Rd1 Nb3+ 38. Kc4 Nd2+ 39. Kb5 e3 40. Bxe3 Ne4 41. Rd3 Kf8 42. Bh6+ Ke7 43. Re3 Kd6 44. Rxe4 Kxd5 45. Ra4 Rf2 46. Bf4 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chernin, Oliver"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Bb2 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. d3 Nf6 8. g3 Bh3 9. Nd2 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 d4 11. e4 e5 12. Nd2 h5 13. h3 Bb4 14. a3 Bc3 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Ke2 b5 18. Qc2 bxc4 19. bxc4 0-0 20. Qxc3 Rb8 21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. Rab1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rb3 g5 27. fxg5 Qe5 28. Kf2 Qxg5 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Qc1 Qe5 31. Kg2 Rg6 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Rf1 Rg7 34. Rf5 Qa1 35. Qd2 Qd4 36. Qf2 h4 37. g4 Qd6 38. Qxh4 Rb8 39. Rh5 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Fernandez, John C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. Kg1 Rd8 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne8 21. Rd4 Ne5 22. Kg2 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc6 24. Bc3 Nc7 25. Na5 Nxa5 26. Bxa5 Nd5 27. c4 b6 28. cxd5 bxa5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Re1 Rb8 31. b3 Kf7 32. a4 Rxb3 33. Re5 Rb6 34. Rxa5 Ke7 35. h4 g6 36. h5 Kf6 37. f4 h6 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Kg4 Kg6 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Rh5 Kg6 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. a5 Rd6 45. Kh5 Rd3 46. Kh4 Ra3 47. Rh5 Kg6 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Rc6 h5+ 51. Kh4 Rxa5 52. Rxe6+ Kg7 53. Rb6 Kh7 54. g4 hxg4 55. Kxg4 Kg7 56. f5 Rb5 57. Rxa6 Rb1 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Kg5 Rg1+ 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Ke5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Matthew, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 Bc5 5. Nc3 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. 0-0-0 c6 12. Qg5 Qe7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 Bd4 16. Ne2 h6 17. Qxg7 Rh7 18. Qg3 Qb4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. c3 Qc5 21. d4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Nh5 23. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johnson, Ben"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. 0-0 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. b4 0-0 17. a5 Qb7 18. e5 Nd5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. b5 axb5 21. Qc2 g6 22. Ba1 Bd7 23. Be4 b4 24. Rfd1 Nxa5 25. Bf6 Bc6 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qd2 Be7 28. Be5 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rbd8 30. Qh6 f6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qh3 Qd5 33. Bc7 Nb3 34. Re1 Rd7 35. Bf4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Sloan, Julia Elizabeth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 h6 10. h4 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. e5 0-0 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Ned2 Ncb4 15. Nc4 b5 16. Nd6 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. h5 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nxe5 22. h6 Bh8 23. f4 Ng6 24. h7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. f5 Ne5 27. Bh6 Rfd8 28. Be4 exf5 29. Bxf5 Rc6 30. Bg5 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Re4 Bg7 33. Rf1 Rh6 34. Qg5 Kf8 35. Bg4 Rg6 36. Qf5 Rf6 37. Qh5 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qg6 39. Qh3 Nxg4 40. Rxg4 Qxd3+ 41. Kg2 Re8 42. Qh5 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. Kh1 0-0 14. e5 Nd7 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 f5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rae8 21. Re3 e5 22. fxe5 Ncxe5 23. Rxf5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rxf5 25. Rxe8+ Nf8 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bh6 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qg6 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nge7 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nd5 h6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Be3 0-0 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Bc5 Qe6 15. Qc2 Nf4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne1 Nd3 18. f3 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. Qf2 Qd4 21. Rc1 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rd4 23. Rfc2 Rad8 24. Kf2 Ba4 25. Re2 Bd1 26. Rb2 Rd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Ke3 Re2+ 29. Kd3 Rxe1 30. Kd2 Re2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 32. Rxd1 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Ra5 35. Rxb7 Rxc5 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Ra8 Rf6 40. c5 Rxf3+ 41. Kc4 Rf6 42. Kd5 Re6 43. c6 Rd6+ 44. Kc5 Rd8 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Kd5 Kf6 47. Rxa6 Rd8+ 48. Kc5 Ke6 49. Ra7 Rc8 50. Ra3 h5 51. h4 g6 52. Rd3 Re8 53. Rd7 Re7 54. Rd8 f5 55. exf5+ Kxf5 56. Rd5 Kf6 57. Rd8 e4 58. Kd4 e3 59. Rf8+ Kg7 60. Rf1 e2 61. Re1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sena, Juan Oscar"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. a4 b6 8. Be3 d6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. c4 Bb7 11. a5 Ngf6 12. axb6 Nc5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Na5 Qxb6 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Be2 Qc7 18. h3 Be5 19. Qc2 0-0 20. Nc3 Rab8 21. Rfb1 Rb4 22. Bd2 Rb3 23. Ra3 Rfb8 24. Rxb3 Nxb3 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Qd3 Ndc5 27. Qd1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rd8 29. Qe1 Qe5 30. Qf2 g6 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Nd3 33. Qe2 Nbc5 34. Qd2 Qg3 35. b4 Nxb4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ e5 38. Qxc5 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxc3 40. Bf3 Nc2 41. Qe7 Qxe3 42. c5 Nd4 43. Bd5 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Ne2 45. h4 h5 46. g3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Lewis, James E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd2 f5 10. f4 Bd4 11. Rad1 d6 12. Bf2 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg5 Be6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c4 Rb8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. a3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nxb4 22. Rfe1 Rf7 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Rb1 Na6 25. Qa5 Nc5 26. Rb6 Qc7 27. d6 Qc8 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxd4 Ra8 30. Qb4 Re8 31. Nc6 Nxd3 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Qxc4 34. Qd6 e4 35. Reb1 Kg7 36. Rxb7+ Kh6 37. Rc7 Qa2 38. Rf1 Qe2 39. Qf6 Qh5 40. h4 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karell, Leif K"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bxb5+ Ncd7 17. Bd3 0-0 18. Qh4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Bd2 Bd4 22. Be4 Bf6 23. Qf2 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rfc8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bf4 Be5 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxe5 Rxd5 31. Bc3 Rb8 32. Rbd1 Nb6 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34. Bd4 Kf8 35. c3 Nf4 36. g3 Ne6 37. Bf6 Nc5 38. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia National op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 b5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. f4 Nf6 11. Qf3 d6 12. g4 0-0 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh3 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe6+ Kg7 20. Qh3 h5 21. Bg5 Nbd7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qb4 26. Bxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qg3 Qd4 28. Rg1 g5 29. Rdf1 Bd8 30. Qh3 Kh6 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Qe6+ Rf6 33. Qg8 g4 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 e4 36. Qxd8 exd3 37. cxd3 Qf2 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qg7+ Kh4 40. Rg2 Qf1+ 41. Rg1 Qf3+ 42. Rg2 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rd1 Bb8 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21. e4 Bf4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxe6 Bxc1 24. Qg4+ Bg5 25. Nxg5 Kh8 26. Qf5 fxg5 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rd3 Bh3 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rg3+ Bg4 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. h3 h5 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Rfd8 43. Rxg4+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kf8 46. Rh4 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Jeremy"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 d6 7. 0-0 e6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11. Kh1 0-0 12. f5 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. f6 Nf5 15. dxe4 Qxf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Ng5 Bg7 19. Rxf5 h6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rh5 Rd8 22. Bxh6 f6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. Qh4 Kg8 27. Qc4+ Kf8 28. Ng5 Rd4 29. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Qa4 Qe7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 0-0 15. Nxd5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. e4 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nb8 20. Qc2 Re6 21. d5 Rf6 22. Qd2 Na6 23. Rac1 Nc5 24. f3 Rg6 25. b4 Na6 26. a3 h5 27. Qe2 Nb8 28. Rxc7 Qh4 29. Kh1 Qf6 30. Rfc1 h4 31. Qc2 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kh7 33. e5 Qd8 34. d6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Nc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. 0-0 Be7 15. Nb4 0-0 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Bc8 19. Bg4 Nf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxa6 Bf6 23. Rfc1 Kh8 24. g3 Rf5 25. Na7 Rd8 26. Rc8 e4 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Qc8 Rf8 29. Qe6 Bb6 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Ra6 Bc5 32. Nb5 Rd8 33. Nc3 e3 34. fxe3 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ne4 Rb8 37. Nxd6 Rxb2 38. Nc4 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. d6 Rh1 42. h4 Bf6 43. d7 Rc1 44. Nd2 g5 45. Ne4 Be7 46. Nxg5+ Kg6 47. d8Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Kf5 49. Rd4 Rc3 50. Rf4+ Kg6 51. Ne4 Ra3 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Rd6 Rb3 54. Rd3 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Kf4 Rb5 57. Rd6+ Kg7 58. Re6 Rb4 59. Kf5 Rb5+ 60. Re5 Rb6 61. Kg5 Rg6+ 62. Kxh5 Rh6+ 63. Kg4 Ra6 64. h5 Ra4 65. Kg5 Kh7 66. g4 Kg7 67. Nd6 Ra6 68. Nf5+ Kg8 69. Re7 Rb6 70. h6 Kf8 71. Ra7 Kg8 72. Ne7+ Kh8 73. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 Be6 8. 0-0 h6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. h3 0-0 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Nc2 Bxe3 15. Ncxe3 Nd4 16. f4 Bxd5 17. exd5 f5 18. fxe5 Qg5 19. Nc2 dxe5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qf3 g6 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Nf6 24. Rxd4 Rfe8 25. Kf2 b6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. b4 Rc8 29. g4 Ke7 30. gxf5 g5 31. d6+ Kd7 32. Bc2 b5 33. c5 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra8 36. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Qe1 Bc5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Nc4 h6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 0-0 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. c3 Rfe8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nc4 e4 20. a4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qxf5 23. a5 g5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 a6 26. Rad1 Rd5 27. Rd4 Rde5 28. f4 R5e6 29. fxg5 Qxg5 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. Rf4 Qb5 32. Qb2 e3 33. c4 Qe5 34. Qe2 Rd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Bh3 Qd2 37. Bf1 Qxb4 38. Qf3 Qc5 39. Rxf6 e2+ 40. Kh1 e1Q 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Rb5 Nb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rfb1 Rad8 21. Be3 Bc7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qd6 24. g3 Qe6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Bxd8 Rxf3 28. Bxc7 Qe2 29. Be5 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf7 31. Rb8+ Rf8 32. R8b7 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. g4 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qxc2 39. g5 Nd7 40. Bf6 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "New York Fall Futurity"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Qc7 10. h4 h6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Bf4 0-0-0 14. Red1 d4 15. c4 g5 16. hxg5 Ng6 17. Bd2 hxg5 18. Nxg5 f6 19. Nf3 Rdg8 20. a3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Fall Futurity"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Fernandez, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. 0-0 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Rad1 a6 14. a4 e6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Nc2 Ne7 19. Kh1 d5 20. Qe3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Nc6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg3 Na5 24. Na3 Bf8 25. Qg5 Nd7 26. f4 Bxa3 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. fxe5+ Kg8 29. e6 Qc5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qe7 32. exd7 Rc5 33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "New York Fall Futurity"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sloan, Julia Elizabeth"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Qd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rf3 Rae8 19. Raf1 f5 20. Bf4 R8e6 21. h4 Qe7 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. g3 Qe7 25. Kf2 c5 26. h5 cxd4 27. hxg6 dxe3+ 28. Ke2 Qb4 29. Rb1 Rd4 30. Qc3 Qb5+ 31. Ke1 Rd2 32. Rxe3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "New York Fall Futurity"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olsen, Robert"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. h4 Rg8 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. 0-0-0 Qb6 15. hxg5 Rxg5 16. Bh5 Bc5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxd7+ Ke8 19. Rdd1 Bd4 20. Rxh6 Rxg3 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Rf6+ Ke7 23. fxg3 Bxe5 24. Nd5+ cxd5 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. exd5 Rxa2 27. Qh7+ Kd6 28. Qxb7 Bxb2+ 29. Kb1 Ra1+ 30. Kxb2 Rxd1 31. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Zaremba, Andrie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 a6 10. a3 b5 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 0-0 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c4 19. Bb1 g6 20. Be4 Rab8 21. h4 Bxh4 22. g3 Be7 23. Kg2 Nb3 24. Rad1 Nc5 25. Rd4 Nxe4 26. Rexe4 Rfc8 27. a4 Qc6 28. Bh6 Qxa4 29. Qf4 Qe8 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rc8 32. Rd4 Rd8 33. Rc4 Rc8 34. Rd4 Bf8 35. Bg5 Bg7 36. Qe3 Qb5 37. Bf6 Bxf6 38. exf6 Qf5 39. Rf4 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 g5 41. Ra4 Qf5 42. Rxa6 Qxf6 43. Ra5 h6 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. c4 Rb2 46. Kg2 Rc2 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. c5 Qf5 49. c6 Qd5+ 50. Qf3 Qd4 51. Rc7 Qf6 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. Rc8 g4 54. c7 Kf5 55. Kf1 h5 56. Rh8 Rxc7 57. Rxh5+ Ke4 58. Kg2 f5 59. Rh6 e5 60. Ra6 Rc4 61. Ra3 Kd4 62. Ra5 Rb4 63. Ra3 Rc4 64. Ra5 Ke4 65. Ra3 Rd4 66. Re3+ Kd5 67. Ra3 Rc4 68. Ra5+ Kd4 69. Ra3 e4 70. Ra5 Rc5 71. Ra4+ Ke5 72. Ra8 Rd5 73. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 03rd"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 a6 14. a3 Rae8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Qf4 22. Ne2 Qh2 23. Ng3 c5 24. Ke2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd4+ 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Nf5 Qe5 28. Nfg3 d3+ 29. Kxd3 Rc8 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qb3+ Kg6 32. Ke2 Rc4 33. Rg1 Kh6 34. Qe3+ Rf4 35. Nd2 Qc7 36. Nf5+ Kh5 37. Nxg7+ Kh6 38. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. e4 Nc7 14. Nxc4 dxe4 15. Ne3 f5 16. f3 Ned5 17. Nexd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. fxe4 Rxc3 22. Qe1 Qa3 23. exf5 Bc4 24. Rf4 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Re8 27. Bf3 Qc3 28. Rd1 Re3 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. d5 Ke7 31. d6+ Kd7 32. g4 Qe5 33. Rd2 Re1 34. g5 1-0

[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2000.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Ng5 hxg5 19. Bxc6 Rd2 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Be4 Kf7 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Rd2 24. Bb3 Rb2 25. Bc4 Rb4 26. Bb5 a6 27. Bc6 Rc4 28. Bd7 Ke7 29. Bc6 Bd6 30. Bb7 Rxa4 31. Rb1 b5 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Rxb5 Kf6 34. h3 Ra4 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Ra5 Rb2 37. Ra4 Bb4 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Ra7 Bc3 40. Rc7 Be5 41. Rc4 Rb3 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Ra4 Rc2 45. Ra8 Rb2 46. Ra7 Bc3 47. Kf1 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Rb7 Be1 50. Kf1 Rc1 51. Rb5 Bc3+ 52. Kg2 Rc2 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. Rc5 Rb3 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Be5 57. Kg2 Rd2 58. Rb5 Bd6 59. Ra5 Be7 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Ra7 Ke8 62. Ra8+ Kd7 63. Ra6 Bf6 64. Ra7+ Kc6 65. Ra6+ Kd5 66. Ra5+ Kc4 67. Ra6 e5 68. Rc6+ Kd3 69. Rd6+ Kc2 70. Rxd2+ Kxd2 71. Ke4 Ke2 72. f4 exf4 73. exf4 gxf4 74. Kxf4 g5+ 75. Kg3 Bd4 76. Kg2 Bf2 77. Kh1 Kf3 78. Kh2 Bh4 79. Kh1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filatov, Leonid"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Bb2 a5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rac1 a4 13. b4 Na7 14. Ne5 b5 15. f4 Ne8 16. Rf3 f6 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Ng7 20. Qg6 f5 21. Qxh6 Bf6 22. Ndf3 Bxe5 23. Ng5 Rf7 24. fxe5 Qb6 25. Rf1 Nc6 26. Rf4 Nxe5 27. Rh4 Kf8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bc1 Ng6 30. Rg4 e5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qh7+ Ng7 33. Bh6 Rg8 34. h4 Bc8 35. Rg3 Qxd4+ 36. Be3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5 38. Rf3+ Nf4 39. Qxh5+ Ngxh5 40. g3 Rxg3 41. Rxg3 Nxg3 42. Kxg3 Kg6 43. Bxf4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. c3 Bf5 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. h5 Bg4 48. h6 Bf5 49. Kd2 d4 50. cxd4+ Kxd4 51. Ke2 Kc3 52. Ke3 Bh7 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stein, Kurt W"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nh4 Ne8 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Ne3 Be6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Kh2 f5 14. f4 Nf6 15. c4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nhxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Qg2 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Rh5 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bh6 Rfe5 27. Rf2 Kh8 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kh6 31. Rf6+ Kh5 32. Rg2 R8e6 33. Rf7 Re7 34. Rf4 d5 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxb4 b6 38. a4 Rde5 39. Rd4 Re2 40. a5 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaremba, Andrie"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 0-0 9. h3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. c3 f5 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Be6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. d4 e4 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Rad1 b6 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. Qf4 Nh5 24. Qh4 Qg6 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Re8 27. Qd7 Nf4 28. Bf1 e3 29. Kh2 e2 30. Bg2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 f4 32. Qg4 Qe4+ 33. Qf3 Qc2 34. Qxf4 Qd1 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qh5 Qxe1 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Kf3 Qd2 40. Qxe2 Qd5+ 41. Kf4 Qf7+ 42. Ke3 Qxa2 43. g4 Qb1 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kh4 Qg2 47. Qe5+ Kg6 48. Qe3 Qg1 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Kg5 Qc1+ 52. f4 h6+ 53. Kh5 Qxb2 54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Qxh6+ Kf7 56. f5 Qxc3 57. Qe6+ Kf8 58. f6 Qxh3+ 59. Kg5 Qh7 60. Qc8+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Shibut, Macon A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+ 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Qxe5+ Bxe5 10. Be3 b6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. 0-0-0+ Kc6 16. h3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. Rhe1 h6 21. c4 a6 22. b3 b5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Be5 27. Kd3 Bd4 28. f3 Bf2 29. Nc2 Kd6 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. g4 g6 32. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Ba3 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. e3 Rb5 22. a4 Rb4 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rbc1 Bf8 25. Nxc6 Rxa4 26. Ne7+ Bxe7 27. Rxc8+ Kf7 28. Rd7 Kf6 29. Rcc7 Bf8 30. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "New Hampshire op 50th"]
[Site "New Hampshire"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 Bd6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. exd5 Qe5 14. Qg3 Qh5 15. f4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Re3 17. Rf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 cxd5 20. Kg2 Bd7 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Nb5 Re8 23. Re5 c6 24. Bd4 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Nd4 g6 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. f5 Nh5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Ne2 Ke7 31. h4 Kf6 32. f4 Bg4 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nb5 Nxf4+ 35. Kg3 Nxd3 36. Kxg4 Nb4 37. Nc7 d4 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Ke4 Kh6 40. a4 Kh5 41. Nd5 f5+ 42. Ke5 Nxd5 43. Kxd5 f4 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Golder, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Bf4 f5 9. Nbd2 g6 10. Nb3 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. Nbxd4 a6 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 dxc4 15. Rc1 b5 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. b3 Qb6 18. Bf1 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Rd8 20. Qb4 Rb8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. a4 Bd5 24. axb5 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 axb5 26. Qb4 Nd8 27. Red1 Qb7 28. Qd6 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxb5+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Jarva, Eugene Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 7. 0-0-0 Nc6 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rhe1 Qb7 16. f3 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. fxe4 Re5 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Bc4 f6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Qg4 Nc5 24. Bd5 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Qh4 g5 28. Qh6 Rf7 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chwick, A."]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 Nf6 12. Bg5 b6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ba2 Bb7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Nc4 Qf4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. e4 Rdc8 28. Rd2 Bxe4 29. h4 Qf4 30. Rdd1 Bd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. h5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Mirabile, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nxa7 Ra8 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Ra4 Nxe3 14. Nxc6 Rxa4 15. bxa4 Nxf1 16. Nd4 Bxa4 17. Rxf1 e5 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Nbd2 0-0 20. Ke2 Ra8 21. c4 Bc6 22. Rc1 Bb4 23. c5 Ra2 24. Nxe5 Rxb2 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Bxc5 28. f3 Bb4 29. Kd3 Kf8 30. Kc4 c5 31. f4 Ke7 32. g4 Ke6 33. h3 f5 34. g5 g6 35. h4 Kd6 36. Nc3 Bxc3 37. Kxc3 Kd5 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Kc2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luchan, Jason"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 0-0 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Qd2 Bc4 15. Bh6 Rb8 16. h4 Bd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 Qb6 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc4 22. h5 h6 23. Rg4 a4 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Rg3 a3 26. Rb1 Kh7 27. c4 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Ra8 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Kg3 e6 34. f4 f6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke2 fxe5 37. dxe5 Ke7 38. Kd2 d6 39. Rg3 Ra4 40. Kc3 dxe5 41. fxe5 c5 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rb7 Ra8 44. Rh7 Rd8 45. Rxh6 Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Re7 Rd4 48. Rxe6 Rh4 49. Rc6 Rxh5 50. Rxc5 Rg5 51. Ra5 Kf7 52. Rxa3 Ke6 53. Rb3 Rxg2 54. a4 Kxe5 55. Kb4 f4 56. a5 Ke4 57. a6 f3 58. a7 Rg8 59. Kb5 f2 60. Rb1 Ke3 61. Ra1 Kd4 62. c5 Kd5 63. Rd1+ Ke6 64. c6 Rd8 65. Rf1 Kd6 66. Rxf2 Rh8 67. Kb6 Rg8 68. Rd2+ Ke7 69. c7 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaplan, Ivan"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. b4 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Qf6+ 7. Nf3 Qxa1 8. Qc2 Qf6 9. Bb2 Qg6 10. Qc3 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Ne4+ 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f6 14. e3 Nc6 15. Qc2 f5 16. b5 Ne7 17. g3 0-0 18. a4 e5 19. Bxe5 Be6 20. Nb3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Qf7 22. Be2 g5 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. c5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Ba5 Ne5 29. Bc3 Re6 30. Bd4 Nd3+ 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Rd1 Rh6 33. Kg2 f4 34. g4 fxe3 35. Bxe3 Re6 36. Bxg5 Rg6 37. Bf4 Rxg4+ 38. Kf3 h5 39. Bd6 Rxa4 40. Rxd3 Rc4 41. Rd5 h4 42. Rh5 Rb4 43. Bb8 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. 0-0 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Nb3 Be7 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 g5 14. Bg3 gxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bxh4 Qxe5 17. Bg3 Qg7 18. Nc5 h5 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Bb5 h4 21. Bh2 Nf6 22. Qf3 Ne4 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. c4 Nd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qxb2 27. Qe3 Qc3 28. cxd5 Qxe3 29. d6+ Kd8 30. fxe3 Nc3 31. Be5 Nxb5 32. Bxh8 Kd7 33. axb5 Rxh8 34. Rf1 f5 35. b6 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. Ra4 Kxd6 38. Rxh4 Kc6 39. Rd4 Kxb6 40. e4 Kb5 41. exf5 exf5 42. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Re1 0-0-0 12. b4 h5 13. Nh4 Rdg8 14. c4 Bxb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. d5 Nxc4 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Nxf5 c5 20. Qa4 exf5 21. Qxa7 Rd8 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bh3 Qb8 24. Bxf5+ Rd7 25. Qxb8+ Kxb8 26. Bxd7 Kc7 27. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Marshall Furity op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Eng, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qe4 Bf8 14. Bg5 Nce7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. c4 Rf8 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Bf4 Bd7 23. Qe3 Rfd8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 a6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Ba4 Ne5 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Rab1 Rab8 31. Rd6 Nf8 32. Rdb6 Qf5 33. Qe5 Qd3 34. c5 Qd5 35. c6 Re8 36. Rxb7 Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Rbc8 38. f4 Red8 39. c7 Rd4 40. Rc1 Rxf4 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Marshall Furity op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Santana, Joan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 e6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. Be2 Ke7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na3 Ne4 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. c4 a6 17. c5 Bc7 18. Be3 h5 19. f3 Nf6 20. b5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nc6 25. Nxc7 Nxc7 26. Bc3 f6 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Bd2 g5 29. Ra4 Nb6 30. cxb6 Rxd2 31. Ke3 Rxb2 32. f4 g4 33. Ra8 Rxb6 34. Rh8 Rb3+ 35. Kd2 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 Nb4 37. Bc4 b5 38. Bf1 Nd5+ 39. Kd4 Nxf4 40. g3 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Liccardo, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Rdg1 Nb4 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Bh6 g6 17. h4 a5 18. h5 g5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Rxg5+ Kh8 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nb5 Qf4 23. Rhg1 a4 24. Qd3 f5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Qh4 27. Rf7 Qxh5 28. Rgg7 Ne5 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rfg7+ Kf8 31. Qe4 Qxf3 32. Qxf3+ Nxf3 33. Rxb7 Nd2+ 34. Kc2 Ndc4 35. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Marshall Furity op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qa4 Be6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Ng4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Be3 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Qa5 19. Ng5 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bc4 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxc4 Rd4 25. Qc2 Rd2 26. Qc3 Qa5 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. b4 Rd4 31. bxa5 Rxe4 32. Rc7 Ra4 33. Rxb7 Rxa5 34. Rb2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall Furity op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Crossen, Stephen F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Nge2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nce8 14. Bb5 Nd6 15. Bc6 Rc8 16. Nb5 a5 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Qb5 h6 21. Bxd6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Re6 25. Qb7 Rxd6 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rc7 Qxa4 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qd1+ 30. Nf1 h5 31. Rc4 b5 32. Rc5 Qxd4 33. Rc2 a4 34. Qe7 b4 35. Rd2 Qxd2 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. g4 Rd4 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kg2 a3 40. bxa3 b3 41. Qf7 b2 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qb5 Rg4+ 46. Kf1 Rh4 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. a4 Rh4 51. a5 Rb4 52. Qd5+ Kh7 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Santana, Joan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. d6 exd6 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rae1 Qg4 20. h3 Qh5 21. Be7 Rfe8 22. Kh2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxd4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxd6 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. Bg3 h5 30. b3 Rc3 31. Re4 Rd3 32. a4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Qb3 Bg7 8. Nfd2 Rb8 9. e4 f4 10. gxf4 h6 11. fxe5 hxg5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qb5 g4 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. 0-0-0 Nd4 18. Qc5 Nf3 19. Bxf3 gxf3 20. Qxc7 Rd8 21. Rhg1 Kf7 22. Nd6+ Ke6 23. Rxg6+ Bf6 24. N6e4 Rhf8 25. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Cooke, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 0-0 11. Re1 f5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. h3 f4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 0-1

