[Event "Bodenmais Arber Seniors op 10th"]
[Site "Bodenmais"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schroeder, Klaus"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 c6 10. b4 Qe7 11. c5 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ng4 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. Nb1 Ng5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qd3 Bh6 24. Kf1 Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxe3 26. Ke2 Bg1 27. h3 f5 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Nd2 Ke6 30. a4 a5 31. bxa5 Bxc5 32. a6 bxa6 33. Nc4 Bd4 34. Na5 Kd6 35. Nb3 Bc3 36. Ke3 Bb4 37. Kd3 f4 38. Kc4 a5 39. Nc1 g5 40. Nd3 Bd2 41. Nc5 h5 42. Nb7+ Kc7 43. Nc5 g4 44. Ne6+ Kd6 45. Ng7 f3 46. gxf3 gxh3 47. Nf5+ Ke6 48. Ng3 h2 49. Kc5 Be1 50. Nh1 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Bodenmais Arber Seniors op 10th"]
[Site "Bodenmais"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Klimpel, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e5 Ne8 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Ng7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Rf3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Rh3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ba6 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Ne4 Bxd3 19. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Bodenmais Arber Seniors op 10th"]
[Site "Bodenmais"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Auterhoff, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 0-0 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rb5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rxb7 Na5 18. Rxc7 Rxb3 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Ne5 Rb7 22. Nc6 Kf8 23. Nxe7 Rxe7 24. Bd6 1-0

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wuensche, Klaus"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neustadt Post"]
[BlackTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Ndxe7 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qh6 Qg7 17. Qg5 Ne5 18. Be2 f5 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qe7 Bc8 22. Bc4 Nd8 23. Qh4 Kh8 24. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Wilhelm, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[BlackTeam "Alzenau Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f4 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. h3 Na5 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Re1 Qxa4 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qxd6 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rb6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc2 25. Rxa6 Qf5 26. Kg2 Rfd8 27. Qb6 Rc2+ 28. Bf2 Rdd2 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Kg3 Bd6 32. Qe3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Pauly, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[BlackTeam "Erbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 h5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxc5 Qa5 26. Bb6 Nd3 27. cxd3 Qb4 28. Bc5 Qb3 29. Bd1 Qe6 30. b4 Bh6 31. Be3 Bf8 32. Qb2 Qd6 33. Be2 Qxb4 34. Qxb4 Bxb4 35. Nd5 Bf8 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nd7 Bb4 38. Nxe5 a5 39. Nc4 Bc6 40. Bd1 Kf6 41. Bb6 Kg5 42. Bxa5 Bc5 43. Bd2+ Kf6 44. a5 Bb5 45. g3 Ke6 46. Kg2 f5 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Bf3 Bd4 49. Be4+ Kf6 50. Bb7 g5 51. a6 1-0

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kepler, Ewgenij"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Segeberg SF"]
[BlackTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a3 a6 8. 0-0-0 Qc7 9. h4 h5 10. Nge2 a5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxf6 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. g4 Qc8 17. Ng5 hxg4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. fxg4 Nd7 20. Rdf1 Nf6 21. Qc3 Kd7 22. Qd3 Nd5 23. Bd2 a4 24. Rf2 Rab8 25. Rhf1 Rxh4 26. c4 Nf6 27. Bd1 d5 28. Bb4 Bh6+ 29. Kb1 Ne4 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Re2 Rxg4 32. Rfe1 f5 33. Bxa4 Rg3 34. Qa6 Rxb4 35. axb4 Bd2 36. Qb7+ Kd6 37. Rd1 Rd3 38. Rg1 g5 39. Rh2 Nf6 40. Qc8 Rxd4 41. Rd1 Be3 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Rc2 Qh1+ 44. Rc1 Qe4+ 45. Ka1 Ke5 46. Qc7+ Ke6 47. Bb3+ Nd5 48. Qxc6+ Ke5 49. Bxd5 Bxb2+ 50. Kxb2 Qxb4+ 51. Bb3 Qd2+ 52. Rc2 1-0

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Nilius, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[BlackTeam "Lauenburg SV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 e6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Rd7 17. Rd2 e5 18. Bb6 exf4 19. Qf2 Qc4 20. e5 Bxf3 21. exf6 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Bxf6 23. Bd4 Bg5 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Ne4 Bd8 26. b3 Qe6 27. Re2 Kf8 28. Rfe1 Qf5 29. Nc3 Rde7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Re6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "DSOL 04 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hameln"]
[BlackTeam "Gerolzhofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 a6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Be2 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. f3 a5 21. Bd3 Ne8 22. Ne2 Nd6 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 e6 26. b4 a4 27. Na2 exd5 28. exd5 f5 29. Nc3 Kf6 30. Kf2 h6 31. Ke3 g5 32. g4 f4+ 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 0304"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Lutz, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schweinfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Kulmbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. h3 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Nh2 g5 12. Bg3 Ne6 13. h4 Nf4 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. g4 Nh7 17. f3 Qh4 18. Rf2 Qh3 19. Rg2 Ng5 20. Kf2 Kg7 21. Qg1 Be6 22. Ke2 c6 23. Ba4 d5 24. Qf2 dxe4 25. dxe4 Bc4+ 26. Kd2 Rad8+ 27. Kc1 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Qxc3 29. Rb1 Qa3+ 30. Rb2 Rd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qxb2 32. Qh4 f6 33. Re2 Rd8+ 34. Ke1 Qc3+ 35. Kf2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Qxe4+ 40. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Regionalliga NW 0001"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hientz, Werner"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marktleuthen"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bg4 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. b3 Qd7 14. Kh1 Bh3 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nxd7 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Bb6 Rfe8 20. Rd6 e4 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Re1 f5 24. Nd5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Nce5 26. Rd1 Rc6 27. Rd8 Kf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. a4 Nd3 30. a5 Kf7 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Bd4+ Nde5 33. Rh4 Re6 34. Nf6 Nxf6 35. gxf6+ Kg8 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. f7+ Kxf7 38. Rxh7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 Rxa5 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Re6 Ra3 42. b4 Rb3 43. Rxa6 Rxb4 44. Ra2 Rxc4 45. Kh3 Rc3 46. Re2 Rc7 47. Ra2 Rh7+ 48. Kg2 Kg4 49. Ra4 Re7 50. Rb4 f4 51. gxf4 Kxf4 52. f3 g5 53. Rxe4+ Rxe4 54. fxe4 Kxe4 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kf3 g4+ 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. Kg2 Kf4 59. Kf2 g3+ 60. Kg2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9900"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kuespert, Helmut"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marktleuthen"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9899"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Ruetzel, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[BlackTeam "Burgsinn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nb4 13. f5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Rf3 Ne5 18. Rh3 Qc6 19. Bg5 Qxd5 20. exd5 f6 21. Bf4 Rfc8 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Rg3 f5 25. Bc4 e4 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Re2 Rh8 29. g4 Raf8 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rg2+ Kf6 32. Be2 Bd6 33. Bg4 Ke5 34. Rgf2 f4 35. Be6 f3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Rg5+ Kf4 38. Rg4+ Ke3 39. Rc2 f2 40. Rc3+ Kd4 41. Rc4+ Ke5 42. Rcxe4+ Kd6 43. Ref4 f1Q+ 44. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45. Kg2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9899"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Elzinger, Wilfried"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Coburg"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h4 Nh5 8. Bg5 f5 9. Nh2 Ndf6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. 0-0-0 Qe8 14. Rdg1 e5 15. d5 Qf7 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. f3 Be6 19. g4 Rab8 20. Qc2 e4 21. b3 exf3 22. Bxf3 d5 23. h5 Ne4 24. hxg6 Qf6 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. g5 Qe7 27. gxh6 Qa3+ 28. Kd1 exf3 29. hxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Rf6 31. Nxf3 d4 32. Qxd4 Bg8 33. Rh7+ Bxh7 34. gxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9899"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Schmid, Bernhard"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bamberg SC III"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. h3 Qe7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 c6 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. b4 axb4 15. Bxc5 b3 16. Bxe7 bxc2 17. Rdc1 Re8 18. Bh4 f5 19. Rxc2 fxe4 20. Ng5 Nf4 21. Ngxe4 Bf5 22. Rb2 Rf8 23. c5 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Ra4 25. Bf3 Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. Rxb7 Ne6 28. Be7 Rfa8 29. Bf6 Rxe4 30. Bxg7 Rh4+ 31. Kg3 Raa4 32. Bxe5 Nxc5 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rb1 Na6 35. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9899"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Schmid, Michael2222"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Klingenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Nb6 10. b3 c5 11. Bg5 a5 12. a4 Bd7 13. g4 h6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. h4 Kh7 16. Ng3 Nc8 17. h5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9798"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Herrmann, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[BlackTeam "Sand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Qe2 Qd5 13. f4 g6 14. a4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f5 0-0-0 17. Bc4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. fxe6 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Bc5 21. Rxf7 Rd2 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bh3 g5 24. Bf5 Re8 25. b4 Bd6 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rf1 h4 28. Bg4 Rxd7 29. exd7+ Kc7 30. Re1 Rf2 31. Kg1 Rf8 32. Re8 1-0

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9899"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Kress, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[BlackTeam "Dettingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8. Bc4 e6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 b5 13. exf6 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Nh5 0-0 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. b4 f6 22. Rd4 h5 23. a3 Rfd8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rbc8 26. Bc5 Kf7 27. f4 Rd2 28. Rac1 Rcd8 29. Be3 Re2 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Be4 32. Bf2 Ra2 33. g3 Rxa3 34. Re1 f5 35. Re2 Rc3 36. Bc5 a5 37. Rd2 Bd5 38. Kf2 a4 39. Bd4 Rc4 40. b5 Rb4 41. b6 a3 42. Bc5 Rb3 43. b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9798"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Pfeifer, Peter"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dettingen"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c3 Re8 9. b4 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxd5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. c4 Red8 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Rac1 e4 21. Nd4 Bf7 22. Qc2 f4 23. c5 fxe3 24. fxe3 Qg5 25. Qxe4 Re8 26. Nf3 Rxe4 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Bf3 Rxa4 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. c6 Be6 31. Ba6 Rxa6 32. bxa6 Rc8 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rb7 Be5 37. Rxa7 Rxc6 38. Ra8 Bg3 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Ra1 41. a7 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Be1 43. Re8+ Kf5 44. Rf8+ Ke5 45. Re8+ Kf5 46. e4+ Kf6 47. a8Q 1-0

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9798"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Sappok, Johann"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bamberg SC III"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 f5 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be3 Nge7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rbe8 19. Nxe6+ Rxe6 20. exf5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. c3 Kg7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. b3 Ne5 27. Qe3 Qg4 28. Qd2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9697"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker, Alexander1111"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kronach"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Nf2 Nh5 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. 0-0-0 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. g3 Ng6 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. h4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. h5 Ne7 23. g4 Rd4 24. Qe3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxg4 26. Nfe4 Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. fxg4 Bxg4 29. Rg1 Kf8 30. Nxd6 e4 31. Nxb7 e3 32. d6 Nc6 33. Nd5 Bf5+ 34. Kc1 Rc4+ 35. Nc3 e2 36. Kd2 Nd4 37. Ke3 e1Q+ 38. Rxe1 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nxe1 40. Kxe1 Ke8 41. Nd5 Kd7 42. Nf6+ Ke6 43. d7 Rd4 44. d8Q Rxd8 45. Nxd8+ Kxf6 46. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9596"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seyb, Helmuth"]
[Black "Birken, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hof SK II"]
[BlackTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 e5 9. Na3 0-0 10. Bg5 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bh6 b5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. b3 Rac8 16. d5 Qa5 17. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Regionalliga NW 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Birken, Michael"]
[Black "Herrmann, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schweinfurt Fr"]
[BlackTeam "Sand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Re8 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qb4 17. Qd5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rad8 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. c3 Qxb2 21. Qb3 Qd2 22. Rad1 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 c5 24. Qxb7 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Rde1 Rf4 27. Rg1 Qc5 28. e6 Rf6 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rc7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 a6 32. e7 Re6 33. h3 R8xe7 1/2-1/2

