[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Mauquoi, Rudi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. e3 Ne5 10. f3 0-0 11. Bd3 Re8 12. 0-0 Qe7 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rb1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. Qd4 Qg6 19. Rec1 Re5 20. Re1 Qc2 21. Rb5 Rxb5 22. cxb5 Qxa2 23. Qe4 Rf8 24. Qc6 Qd2 25. Kf1 Qd3+ 26. Kg1 a5 27. bxa6 Qxa6 28. Qxc7 Rc8 29. Qxd6 Rxc3 30. Qd4 Rc2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd4 Qa2 33. Qe4+ g6 34. f4 b5 35. f5 g5 36. f6+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mauer, Christian"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. 0-0 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Rad8 11. Qe2 Qb8 12. e4 d6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. a3 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brittner, Serge"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. b3 Bg4 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 Ne4 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. f4 Nxg3 19. fxg5 Nxf1 20. Nxf1 Qxg5 21. Rc3 d4 22. Rg3 Qe5 23. Nc5 g6 24. e3 Rfd8 25. Nxb7 Bc4 26. Nxd8 Bxf1 27. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Christen, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Nh4 Bb4 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. c5 Qd8 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Rcd1 Ba5 18. Nf4 g6 19. Bc1 Bc7 20. f3 Nef6 21. Qf2 Nh5 22. Nh3 Qd8 23. b4 Re7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Bc4 Kg7 27. g4 Nhf6 28. Qh4 e3 29. Rde1 Re4 30. Be2 Nxg4 31. Qxd8 Bxd8 32. Bf3 e2 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Bxe2 Ngf6 35. a4 Nd5 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bf6 38. Bb2 Re8 39. Bg4 Nf8 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Nf4 Re4 42. Nxd5 Rxg4+ 43. Kh1 cxd5 0-1

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Grazyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 h6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. h3 Qd7 9. Kh2 g5 10. Ng1 a6 11. a3 Ke7 12. Nd5+ Nxd5 13. cxd5 Na7 14. b4 Bd4 15. Ra2 Nb5 16. Rc2 Nc3 17. Qd2 Na4 18. e3 Bb6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. e4 Bg6 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Rfc1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Be4 Rhf8 25. Qh5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Rf6 28. Kg2 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Qd3 c5 32. Nf3 Rcf8 33. Nh2 h5 34. Rd1 Qb5 35. Qd5 a5 36. Nf3 g4 37. Nh4 gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Qd7+ 39. Nf5+ Rxf5 40. exf5 Qxf5+ 41. Kg2 Qxc2+ 42. Rd2 Qg6 43. Qc6 Rd8 44. Qxa4 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Rf8+ 46. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Ajdarpasic, Kemal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bc8 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 e6 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qe2 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Na6 21. Rb2 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. a3 f6 24. Rbc2 Ke7 25. Rc6 Kd7 26. Kf1 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Ke2 Kc7 30. Kd3 Kc6 31. Kc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Blond Hanten, Elsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1445"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Na4 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. Ng5 e6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Be2 Ne7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf3 Ned5 22. Be5 Bf8 23. Rd1 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Nfd4 a6 26. Nd2 b5 27. N4b3 Nb4 28. Nc5 Ba8 29. a3 Nbd5 30. e4 Nf4 31. Bf3 e5 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Fattebene, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Nf3 Bc6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 0-0 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. Qb1 Qd8 14. Rfd1 Rc7 15. Bf1 a6 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Rxc7 Qxc7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Ne1 Ne4 21. Nd3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc3 Nb6 25. Qxc8+ Nxc8 26. Nc3 Be8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Nb3 Bc7 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Nd2 g6 31. Kf1 f6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Ne2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Peters, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. e4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Rb1 0-0 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bg2 Ne5 12. 0-0 Nf3+ 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qc2 Bh3 16. f3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 a6 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. Red1 Rad8 22. a3 b6 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. Nfe2 Qe7 25. Nf4 Rd7 26. Nfe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Stern, Geoffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. a3 Be6 13. f3 Rc8 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 c5 17. Be5 g6 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bf6 20. h4 cxd4 21. exd4 h5 22. Nb5 Rc6 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxb7 Qb6 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qb3 27. Bc2 Qxb2 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Ba4 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Rdxd6 31. cxd6 Rxd6 32. g3 Ra6 33. Bb5 Rxa3 34. Kg2 d4 35. Rd1 a5 36. Bd3 a4 37. Rb2 Rc3 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 a3 40. Kf2 a2 41. Ra5 Be7 42. Ra4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jadin, Yves"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bxd6 Qxd6 5. c3 Nf6 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Nb8 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. 0-0 c5 14. Rac1 c4 15. e4 b5 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Re5 a6 21. Rce1 Rab8 22. b4 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Qg6 24. f3 Kf8 25. Rc5 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Rb6 27. Kf2 f6 28. Ra1 Ke7 29. a4 Rd7 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra5 Rdb7 32. Rc8 Kf7 33. g4 Kg6 34. Rc5 h6 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. h4 g6 37. Rc8 f5 38. Raa8 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 e5 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. d5+ Kd6 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Kxe5 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. d6 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Oberweis, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nge7 6. Nbc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nf5 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 h5 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 h4 15. g4 Ng3 16. Nxe6 Nxf1+ 17. Bxf1 fxe6 18. d4 d5 19. Qe1 Qd6+ 20. Kg1 g5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bg2 Ne7 23. Bd2 c6 24. Na4 Qg3 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. Nc5 Re8 27. Qd3 Nd6 28. Qg6 Ne4 29. Ne6 Re7 30. Nxg5 Nxd2 31. Rd1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe2 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Ke8 35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Rg1 Bxd4 37. Qd6+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milanovic, Milan"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Qd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 b6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Qg5 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. b3 Bb7 12. 0-0 Rac8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Ne2 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nc5 16. Ng3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc3 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. Rf1 h6 20. Qh4 Qe5 21. Rae1 Rxd3 22. Nf3 Qb2 23. Nd4 Qxa3 24. h3 Rdc3 25. Kh2 Qd6 26. Rf3 Ne4 27. Nde2 Rxb3 28. Nf4 Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Rf2 a5 32. Rc2 a4 33. Rc7 Bd5 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rd1 b5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 a3 38. Ra7 b4 39. Rd4 Rb2 40. Rd1 a2 41. Rd4 b3 42. Rxe4 Rb1 43. Rea4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Hentges, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 c6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ne5+ Ke8 8. Nxg4 e6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Ne5 Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Ng5 Ke7 17. Nce4 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 h6 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. Rac1 Rhf8 23. Rc4 Nf6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Nd2 Rf5 26. Ne4 Raf8 27. f3 Rh5 28. h3 Rd5 29. b4 Ne5 30. Rcd4 a5 31. a3 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 axb4 33. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schilpp, Roland"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 h5 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Bc3 Ne8 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 b5 16. f5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. f6 Ng6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Qxg5 Qf7 22. Qh4 Nxf6 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Blaeser, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. f3 d6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne5 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. a4 0-0-0 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nf2 g5 15. e4 f4 16. Bc1 Rdg8 17. Nd3 Nh5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Ra1 Rg6 21. Ra2 Rhg8 22. Rf2 Nf6 23. Kf1 g4 24. Ke1 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Rxg4 27. Qc2 Kc7 28. Kf1 h5 29. Qd3 h4 30. Rad2 R4g6 31. Ra2 h3 32. Rad2 Rh8 33. Rf3 hxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Kuffer, Jean Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. Qb3 e6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 f5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 h6 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Rc5 Qb6 17. Rc3 Na5 18. Qb4 a6 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adam, Ken"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Ngf3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Nb3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ne4 17. Nbc5 Nd6 18. Ke2 Nab5 19. g4 Ke7 20. g5 Rab8 21. Rh3 h5 22. Ne5 g6 23. Rxa6 Nc4 24. Ra2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 b6 26. Nd3 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Kd2 Na7 29. Rh1 Nc6 30. Kc2 Kd7 31. Rb1 Ne7 32. b3 Nf5 33. Kb2 Nh4 34. Rg1 Nf5 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Kxa1 Nh4 37. Nf4 Kc6 38. c4 dxc4 39. bxc4 Nf5 40. Kb2 Nd4 41. Kc3 Nf5 42. b5+ Kd7 43. Kd3 Kc7 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. Nd3 Nh4 46. g3 Nf5 47. Nf4 Kc7 48. Ne2 Kd7 49. Kf4 Kc7 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Kd7 52. Kf4 Kc7 53. Ke4 Nh4 54. Nd4 Kd7 55. Nf3 Nf5 56. Nh2 Kc7 57. Ng4 Kd7 58. Nh6 Ke7 59. Nxf5+ 1-0

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[Black "Nestler, Patrick"]
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[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Be3 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qe2 Ncd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. Bd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qd8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Ned7 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Nc5 Re7 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. d6 Re2 32. Nxd7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxc2 34. Rdxf7+ Kg8 35. d7 Rd2 36. Re7 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. d8Q Rxd8 40. Rxd8 1-0

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[Site "Luxembourg"]
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[White "Corbin, Paul"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
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[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
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[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. a4 Nbd7 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nge2 b6 8. g4 Bb7 9. g5 Nh5 10. Ng3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d5 12. e5 e6 13. f4 a6 14. Kf2 c5 15. Ne2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bg2 Ne4+ 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. c3 Bd5 20. Rc1 Bc4 21. Rh4 0-0-0 22. Qh1 Kb7 23. b4 Bd3 24. Rxh7 Bg7 25. b5 Qc4 26. bxa6+ Kxa6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Qg1 Qa2+ 29. Ke1 Rh2 30. Bf2 e3 31. Bxe3 Re2+ 32. Kd1 Qxa4+ 33. Nc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
[Site "Differdange"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Roitzsch, Philippe"]
[Result "0-1"]
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[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. cxd5 c4 11. Bc2 exd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. a4 Re8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg3 Qc8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Nd2 23. Rc2 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh2 Re6 26. Kg3 Nf5+ 27. Kg2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[Round "8"]
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[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
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1. e4 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. exd5 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 Ne7 12. Nh5 0-0 13. g3 Ng6 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Nd2 f4 17. 0-0-0 Bh3 18. Rdg1 f3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 20. Nxg5 Bxe2 21. Ne6+ Kg8 22. Nxd8 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Rhe1 Bf3 25. Ne6 Bxd1 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Kxd1 Rxf2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Ne7 30. c4 Kg7 31. Kf3 h5 32. h3 Kg6 33. g4 h4 34. b4 Kg5 35. a4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[Round "7"]
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[Black "Pietras, Ryszard"]
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[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nge2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 c4 13. Bc2 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qb6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Be3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[EventType "swiss"]
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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nb6 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Be4 a6 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qe2 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 e6 17. Bf2 d5 18. Bd3 a5 19. Bh4 Rd7 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. Nb3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Na2 Na4 24. Ba6 Qb6 25. Bxb7+ Rxb7 26. Bg5 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qa6 Kb8 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. exd6 Bxf4+ 33. Kb1 Bxd6 34. Rhf1 Rc8 35. Nc1 Rc6 36. Nb3 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bg3 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bh4 Qd7 22. Qf3 g6 23. Nd4 Be7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Red1 Ne4 26. Rac1 Ree8 27. Qf4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Qf4 Nc5 33. Qf3 Ne4 34. Qd1 Nc5 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Nd4 Kg8 37. Nf3 d4 38. exd4 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. Rc7 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[Date "2007.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bakalarz, Leszek"]
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[BlackElo "1936"]
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[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. 0-0 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxa7 b6 17. Bxa6 0-0 18. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[PlyCount "53"]
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[EventType "swiss"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. b4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. a3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Bxe4 Bxb2 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qxb2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qd6 25. Be4 Qe7 26. Qe5 f5 27. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. h3 Bc7 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. c5 Rab8 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 exd4 20. exd4 Qf4 21. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaupthing op-B 1st"]
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[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Ne2 c6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. h3 d5 8. Nd2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bf5 Bxd4 16. Bxg6 Bxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxe3 Qf4 19. Rf3 Qh6 20. Qd4 Be6 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Qe4+ Qg6 23. Qe5 Rd5 24. Qc7 Rd7 25. Qe5 Rad8 26. Rg3 Rd5 27. Qe3 Qc2 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Qg5 g6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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[Black "Maiffret, Patrick"]
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[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "14"]
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[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 Ng4 0-1

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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[Black "Pollina, Paolo"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 7. 0-0-0 exd4 0-1

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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[Black "Rouse, Phil"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 7. 0-0-0 exd4 0-1

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 0-1

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 1-0

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[Round "?"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. h3 1-0

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bd3 1-0

[Event "IECG TE.2001.P.00810 email"]
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[Round "?"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bd3 1-0

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
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[Round "?"]
[White "Bilsel, Sabahaddin"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
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[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "33"]
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[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
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1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bd2 e5 10. e4 c6 11. exf5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nxc4 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Rf7 17. Rad1 1-0

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
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[Round "?"]
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[BlackElo "1197"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2000.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 0-1

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
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[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
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[BlackElo "1118"]
[PlyCount "26"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. h3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e5 8. Bg5 e4 9. Qe3 Nb4 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Na3 Bc5 13. Rd1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Vishin, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb5 Bc6 13. Qxc5 Nd7 14. Qa3 e5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 e4 17. Nd4 exd3 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Nxc6 Qb6 21. Qa4 Ne5 22. b5 Qc5 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Rab1 Nd7 25. Bg3 Nb6 26. Qa6 f5 27. Rfc1 g5 28. Qa5 f4 29. exf4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qb4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lorenzi, Matteo"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "800"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. a6 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 bxa6 12. b3 Bc8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. b4 Qd7 15. Rfb1 Rab8 16. Rb3 Nh5 17. b5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. bxa6 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxb3 21. cxb3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Qc4 Qf5 24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IECG CP.2000.P.00039"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ramini, Edgardo Atilio"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
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1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 Nbd7 9. a3 e5 10. Bb2 c6 11. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Felix, Paulo"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Qc2 0-0 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Be3 c6 8. Na3 e5 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. h3 Rb8 15. g3 Qe7 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Bd6 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Rh2 Bh6+ 21. Kc2 Bf5 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. g4 Bf4 25. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Kayser, Pierrot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Ne1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh2 Ne8 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dhaene, Gilbert"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Ne2 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be4 Bf5 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. f3 Nd4 20. Qg2 Qh5 21. Nd2 Nc2 22. Rae1 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Rf7 24. Re4 Raf8 25. Rh4 Qg5 26. Re4 Qg6 27. Qe2 Qf5 28. b3 Qd7 29. Kg2 c6 30. Qd3 Qc7 31. Rh4 g6 32. Re4 Rf6 33. h3 Qa5 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. a4 Qb4 36. g4 Qa3 37. h4 Qb2 38. Re2 Qa3 39. Nb1 Qb4 40. Nd2 Qb8 41. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Wolff, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nb4 9. Na3 Bf5 10. c3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxd3 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. 0-0-0 e4 15. Nc4 Ke8 16. Ne5 Be2 17. Rd2 Bd6 18. Rxe2 Bxe5 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Red2 Ke7 21. h3 Bd6 22. Rd4 Re8 23. Ra4 a6 24. Rad4 Kf7 25. Kc2 Nd7 26. b4 b5 27. a3 Nb6 28. Kb3 Nc4 29. a4 Re6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Kg6 32. Ra7 c6 33. Ra6 Be5 34. Rd7 Bf6 35. Kc2 Ne5 36. Rc7 Rd6 37. Ra2 Nc4 38. Kb3 Nb6 39. Kc2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smailovic, Omer"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bb3 Na6 9. Bh6 Nc5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h3 a5 12. a3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qb6 14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 17. e5 Qe6 18. 0-0 Nd7 19. Rae1 d4 20. Ng5 Qd5 21. f4 e6 22. h4 h6 23. N5e4 f5 24. exf6+ Nxf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Rae8 27. Re5 Qxb3 28. Rxc5 Nd5 29. Qe2 Bc8 30. h5 Rh8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. h6 Rxh6 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qxc8 Ne3 36. Rc1 Qd5 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Wagner, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Bh2 Nhf6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qb3 Qc6 15. Bb5 Qc8 16. Ng5 d5 17. Be2 c4 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Ngf3 Ned7 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. N4f3 Nfe4 25. Nxc4 Qc6 26. Nce5 Qc8 27. Nd3 a5 28. Nd4 Ba6 29. Nxc5 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 bxc5 31. Nb5 Qc6 32. Nc7 Red8 33. Nxa8 Qxa8 34. f3 Nf6 35. Rd2 Re8 36. Rcd1 Bh6 37. f4 Nh5 38. Qf3 Nf6 39. g4 Bg7 40. g5 Nd7 41. Qxd5 Qxd5 42. Rxd5 Nb6 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ Bf8 45. f5 Nc4 46. f6 a4 47. b3 axb3 48. axb3 Nb6 49. Bd6 Nd7 50. Rxd7 Bxd6 51. Rxd6 h5 52. b4 cxb4 53. cxb4 h4 54. b5 Kh7 55. b6 Kh8 56. b7 Kh7 57. Rd7 Kh8 58. b8Q+ Kh7 59. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jongsma, Daan"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. d5 a6 8. dxc6 Ne5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bg7 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. h3 f5 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bd4 0-0 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bd3 e6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Qf6 Nd8 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rhe1 Kf6 24. Nd4 Rf7 25. Re2 Raa7 26. Rde1 Rfe7 27. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Weber, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bh2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e6 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Red1 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Rc2 Qe8 21. Rcd2 Qe7 22. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludewig Gambucci, Daniela"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. a3 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nh6 7. Qe1 0-0 8. Nc3 a6 9. Rb1 b5 10. b3 Bf5 11. d3 e5 12. Bb2 exf4 13. exf4 Re8 14. Nd1 d4 15. Nf2 Qc7 16. Qd2 Re7 17. h3 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. Bg4 Ne3 21. Bxc8 Qxf4 22. Nf3 Rxc8 23. c3 Rce8 24. c4 Qg3 25. Nh1 Qf4 26. Re2 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. g3 Qg5 29. g4 Qh4 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. Qg2 Bxb2 32. Rxb2 e2 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Egdell, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 g6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nb3 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Qf3 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd7 Qf8 22. Rxb7 e4 23. Rxb8 exf3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. gxf3 Re2 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. f4 Kd6 29. Kf3 f5 30. Ke3 Kc6 31. a4 Kb6 32. h4 Ka5 33. Rd1 Rxb2 34. Rd7 a6 35. Rxh7 Kxa4 36. Rh6 a5 37. Rxg6 Rb8 38. Rg5 Kb3 39. Rxf5 a4 40. Ra5 a3 41. c4 a2 42. c5 Kb2 43. Kd4 a1Q 44. Rxa1 Kxa1 45. c6 Rb1 46. Kc5 Rc1+ 47. Kd6 Rd1+ 48. Ke7 Rc1 49. Kd7 Kb2 50. c7 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Harald, Kennet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Qe2 h6 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. d5 e5 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nf3 d5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. e4 d4 20. Nd2 Kg7 21. Nb3 Rh8 22. Nxc5 Bf4 23. g3 Bg5 24. b4 Bh3 25. Rfe1 Rh5 26. f4 exf4 27. e5 Qe7 28. e6 fxg3 29. Qe5+ Bf6 30. Qf4 Rh4 31. Qd2 Bg5 32. Qb2 Qf6 33. hxg3 Rg4 34. Ne4 Qe5 35. Bf1 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Bxh3 Be3+ 38. Kh2 Rh8 39. exf7 Qf5 40. Qg2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Jansen, Tonek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. 0-0 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. c4 h6 11. cxd5 hxg5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Nce5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nf4 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. g3 Ne6 20. d5 Nd4 21. b3 Kg7 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Re4 Nf5 24. Qf3 Qf6 25. Ng4 Qb2 26. Rce1 a6 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. g4 Rh8 29. R4e2 Qd4 30. Re4 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hadley, Guy"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. c3 Bd6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Ng5 exd5 7. Qxd5 Qe7 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. Qf7+ Qxf7 10. Nxf7 Rf8 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bg5 d5 13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Be5 Rxg2 16. Bg3 d5 17. h3 Na6 18. Kf1 Rxg3 19. fxg3 Nc5 20. Na3 Be6 21. Nb5 Kd7 22. Nd4 Nd3 23. Rh2 h5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Rh7+ Kd6 27. Rxb7 e3 28. Rg7 e2+ 29. Kg1 Bh5 30. Nb5+ Kc5 31. Nc7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harrison, Kenneth Louis"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Be2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bh6 15. Rxf6 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Nf5 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. Bd3 Qh4 20. Qg4+ Qxg4 21. hxg4 d5 22. Na4 Rab8 23. b3 Re5 24. Kh2 Rbe8 25. Kg3 Bg5 26. Kh3 Re3+ 27. g3 Be7 28. Rg1 h6 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Rd1 Bd6 31. Rd3 Rbe8 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00162"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harvey, William Thurmond"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 0-0 6. h3 c6 7. a3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Ng3 f5 13. Ne2 f4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nxf4 Qxf4 16. c3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rae1 Ne4 20. Nf3 Rf8 21. Qe3 Bxh3 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. gxh3 Rxf3 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Bh6 26. Re1 b5 27. Re2 Kf7 28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h4 Nd6 31. b3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00132"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Halperin, Stephen Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1998.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 f5 7. d4 f4 8. Qd3 Nh6 9. Bxf4 0-0 10. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00132"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krabbenbos, Jan"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Ba4 Be6 11. c4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1998.0.00132"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sullivan, Jerry"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. 0-0-0 Bb7 12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Be2 Nxe5 14. Qh3 Nbd7 15. Rhe1 Bb4 16. Nxe6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Hansen, Herve"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qg3 0-0 12. f5 e5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Ndxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Bf6 16. Bxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.18"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Dhaene, Gilbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nf3 b5 10. d3 Bb7 11. c4 dxc4 12. dxc4 b4 13. a4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Zanier, Nico"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 e5 9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. 0-0 Nd5 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nb6 14. Nc1 Bc4 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. b3 Ba6 17. c4 b6 18. h4 Qe8 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. h5 Qf7 22. f4 Nf6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bg5 Bc5+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Qxh5 28. c5 Nd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. cxb6 cxb6 31. Qc3 Ba6 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Qc7 Ke8 34. Bf3 Qg5 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qh6+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Rc8 39. Qa7 Be2 40. Bg4 Bxg4+ 41. Nxg4 Rc2 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qh8 Qg2+ 44. Kh4 Qxe4 45. Qxg7+ Kd8 46. Rd1 Rh2+ 47. Kg5 h6+ 48. Nxh6 Qe3+ 49. Kg6 Qxg3+ 50. Kh7 Qxg7+ 51. Kxg7 Ke7 52. Nf5+ Ke6 53. Rd6+ Kxf5 54. Rxd7 Rb2 55. Rd3 e4 56. Rh3 Kf4 57. Rh4+ Ke3 58. Kf6 Kd3 59. Ke5 e3 60. Rd4+ Ke2 61. Rd6 Rxb3 62. Rf6 Rb4 63. Rd6 Ke1 64. Rf6 e2 65. Rd6 Rb2 66. Ke4 Rd2 67. Rxb6 Kd1 68. Rb1+ Kc2 69. Re1 Kb3 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. Rb1+ Kxa4 72. Kd3 Ka3 73. Kc3 a4 74. Re1 Rb2 75. Ra1+ Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Lorentz, Jacques"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nh3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. f3 e5 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 b6 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Qe8 15. Ba3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bc1 h6 18. Kg2 Rf8 19. Nf2 Rac8 20. Bd2 Ra8 21. Rab1 Ba6 22. Bc1 Rab8 23. Ba3 Nh5 24. Nh3 Nhf6 25. Nf2 Nh5 26. Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.15"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Da Silva, Serge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. d3 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe1 Qc7 15. Qg3 f6 16. Qg4 Rfe8 17. Rf3 e5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. e4 Rad8 20. Rg3 g6 21. f5 g5 22. h4 Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. hxg5 Rg8 25. gxf6+ Kh8 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Ne7 Bxe7 28. fxe7 Rd7 29. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.14"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Baskewitsch, Pierre"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qc2 d6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. b3 b6 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Ba3 c5 14. e4 f4 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Ndf6 17. Nc3 h6 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxg7 Bxe4 22. Qb2 Nxg7 23. Rxd7 Rf7 24. R7d6 Qe7 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. Rd7 Qf8 27. Ng4 Re6 28. Nxh6+ Kh7 29. Rf7 Qh8 30. Ng4 Bc6 31. Nf6+ Kh6 32. Rd3 f3 33. Qd2+ g5 34. Bxf3 Rd8 35. Bd5 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Steil, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Be7 10. d3 Qc7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Ndf3 Rad8 13. c4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Ne8 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qg4 Qa5 17. Ra1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nf3 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Rad1 Rh5 27. g3 Re5 28. Qf2 Rf5 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. d4 Rc8 31. e4 Rg5 32. d5 h5 33. Qe2 Re8 34. Rd3 Qd6 35. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Agovic, Esad"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. h4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Nf3 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. 0-0-0 Ng4 12. e3 h6 13. Bf4 0-0-0 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Na5 16. Bg3 Qf7 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Qd3 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qd7+ 23. Kc1 Rd8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rg1 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Simon, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Qe1 0-0 9. Nc3 c5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rb1 Rae8 13. e4 e6 14. Nd1 b5 15. Nf2 Rc8 16. c4 Ra8 17. Qc3 b4 18. Qc2 a5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Qe2 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rbd1 Rd8 25. Kh1 Nc5 26. Qb2+ f6 27. Nd4 Kf7 28. Ne2 a4 29. e5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 axb3 31. axb3 Ra3 32. Nd4 Rda8 33. Kh3 Ra2 34. Qb1 fxe5 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Ne4+ Kg7 37. Nxc5 exd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc5 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Arroyo, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ng5 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. c3 Qg6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Qb3 Qf5 12. g3 h6 13. Nge4 Nxd5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. 0-0-0 Ne3 16. Re1 0-0 17. Rg1 Qa5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. c4 Qb6 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Bxb7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Calder, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. d4 Qe7 8. 0-0 0-0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 Qe6 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Qc2 f4 14. gxf4 Qe3+ 15. Rf2 Bxf4 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Nfd2 Rhf8 18. d5 Qf6 19. Raf1 Bf5 20. e4 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Popp, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 b6 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Planchat, Christophe"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 Rc8 10. a4 Qc7 11. Na3 a6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Rcd8 16. Rxe7 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Powers, Thomas"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 a6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxd5 0-0 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rac1 Qa4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4 19. Qd3 1-0

[Event "IECG C2.1997.0.00101"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sullivan, Jerry"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. 0-0 Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qxb2 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Nfg5 Qc7 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Bd5 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qh6 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Rcf1 Kd8 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Qf6+ Kc7 29. Qxh8 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Romano, Antonino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. 0-0 b5 11. c4 Na5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d5 c5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxe4 18. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Klein, Ingo"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. b3 d6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. a4 b6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Qe2 a5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Qc4 Qc8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Bc6 Qc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Be5 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. d3 Rbd8 25. Re3 h5 26. Rde1 g6 27. R1e2 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 f5 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. g3 g5 32. Kc3 Re8 33. Kc4 e5 34. Kb5 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Re4 Rde6 37. f3 Kg5 38. Kc4 Kf6 39. Rg2 R8e7 40. h4 Rh7 41. Re1 Ke7 42. Reg1 Kd6 43. Rg6 Rh6 44. Rxe6+ Rxe6 45. Kb5 Kc7 46. Rg5 Kb7 47. Rxh5 Kc7 48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rh5 Kc7 50. Rg5 Rh6 51. h5 Kb7 52. Rxe5 Ka7 53. Rg5 Kb7 54. Rg6 Rxh5 55. Rxb6+ Ka7 56. Rf6 Rh4 57. Kxa5 Kb7 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. Kxc5 Kb7 60. Kd4 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Scho, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 0-0 9. c3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 Ng5 13. 0-0-0 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. Rh2 Rf7 16. Rdh1 g6 17. g4 e5 18. gxf5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.03"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Biwer, Joel"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. b3 Ba6 13. Ne2 b4 14. Bc1 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. a4 h6 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. g4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nh4 Bb7 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5+ Rxf5 24. Ng3 Rf7 25. Qd2 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 27. Ne4 Nf5 28. Kg1 Qc7 29. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.02"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Ludewig, Robert"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qe1 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bd3 f5 10. c3 Qe7 11. b4 c6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Nb3 a6 17. h3 Ngf6 18. a5 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Bc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bb2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qh4 Rac8 26. Rc2 Qe7 27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Rcf2 Qe7 29. h4 Bf6 30. Qg4 Bxh4 31. g3 Bf6 32. Rh2 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Rfh1 Rc7 35. Rh6 Qe8 36. Qh3 Kg8 37. g4 Ba8 38. Qg3 Bg7 39. R6h3 Bf6 40. Bd4 Bb7 41. g5 Bg7 42. Qh2 Kf8 43. Rh4 Ba8 44. Qg3 Ke7 45. Rxh7 Rxh7 46. Rxh7 Kd8 47. Qh3 Bb7 48. Nc6+ Bxc6 49. Bxg7 Rxg7 50. Rxg7 Bd7 51. Qh7 Kc7 52. Rg8 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Gudendorf, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nd5 5. Bg3 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 f5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Be2 d5 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. N2b3 Bd7 14. Rc1 b5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. b4 Qa3 20. Qd2 Rc4 21. Be5 Rfc8 22. Nc2 Qa4 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Qe1 R4c6 25. Na1 Bxb4 26. Bd1 Qa3 27. Nc2 Qxc1 28. Nxb4 Rb6 29. Bd4 Rb7 30. Nxa6 Qa3 31. Nb4 Nxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 33. Nc2 Qxa2 34. Qxc3 b4 35. Qa1 b3 36. Qxa2 bxa2 37. Na1 Bb5 38. Re1 Bc4 39. Bc2 Rb2 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. f4 h6 42. Rd1 Ke7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke1 Kc5 45. Kd2 Kb4 46. Kc1 Kc3 47. h4 Rxc2+ 48. Nxc2 Bb3 49. Na1 Bxd1 50. Kxd1 Kd3 51. Nc2 a1Q+ 52. Nxa1 Kxe3 53. Ke1 Kxf4 54. Kf2 e5 55. Nb3 d4 56. g3+ Ke4 57. Nc5+ Kd5 58. Nd3 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Ke2 f4 61. gxf4 gxf4 62. Kd2 Ke4 63. Nc5+ Kf3 64. Kd3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.03.31"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Weber, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Ndf3 Qe7 8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 Ne4 10. h4 f6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Ng5 fxg5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. hxg5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh8+ Kf7 18. Rh7+ Ke8 19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qg7+ Rf7 21. Qxg6 Ne4 22. f3 Ng3 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Ke2 Bb5+ 25. Kd1 Nf2+ 26. Kd2 Raf8 27. Qh6 Ne4+ 28. Kc2 Nf2 29. g6 Bd3+ 30. Kd2 Rf6 31. Qh4 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.03.30"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Stoll, Bernard"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1440"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bd2 e6 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 Nbc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Rb8 10. Bg5 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Ne2 Bxb2 13. Rab1 Bg7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nfxd4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Nf4 Bc3 18. Qc1 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 f6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Bh3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nxe6 Qe7 24. Nf4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bb7 26. Re6 Re7 27. Bxf5 Rbe8 28. Bg5 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Bd7 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1997.03.29"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Smailovic, Omer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 Nh5 8. Qc2 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bh6 10. g3 a5 11. h4 Nf6 12. Ne5 a4 13. f5 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne4+ 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rhe1 c5 19. Ke2 f6 20. Nd3 cxd4 21. Red1 Qc8 22. Qe4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bf5 24. Qb4 Qe6+ 25. Kf1 Qc6 26. Kg1 e5 27. Kh2 Qf3 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Kg1 Be4 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Boussong, Yves"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 c4 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Qd7 9. Nxf5 Qxf5 10. g4 Qg6 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bf3 Qf5 14. Bg4 Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. 0-0-0 e6 17. h4 Rc8 18. Rxd3 Nb4 19. Rd2 f5 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe6 Rc6 22. Bg4 Rg8 23. Bf3 f5 24. Kb1 Rcg6 25. Bh5 Nc6 26. Bxg6+ Rxg6 27. Bg3 a5 28. Rdd1 a4 29. b3 Na5 30. Kc2 b5 31. Rb1 Rc6 32. bxa4 b4 33. Rhc1 Nc4 34. cxb4 Na3+ 35. Kd1 Rc4 36. Rb3 Bxb4 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. Rxb4 c3 39. Kc1 Ke7 40. Rb3 c2 41. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Jemming, Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. c3 c4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bd7 9. Nhf3 h6 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 b5 15. Qd2 e6 16. Qd1 Bd6 17. Be3 0-0 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bg6 21. Ng5 Ne7 22. g4 Bf4 23. h4 Be4 24. f3 Bg6 25. h5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 f6 27. Qh6 Bh7 28. Qf4 Nd5 29. Qg3 Ne3 30. g5 Nc2+ 31. Kf2 Nxa1 32. gxf6+ Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qxh7 Rxf6 35. Qh8+ Rf8 36. Qg7 Rf7 37. Qg8+ Rf8 38. Qg6+ Rf7 39. h6 Ke7 40. h7 Rh8 41. Qg8 Rf8 42. Qg5+ Kd7 43. Qg7+ Ke8 44. Rg1 Qd6 45. Qg6+ Kd7 46. Qg7+ Qe7 47. Qxe7+ Kxe7 48. Rxa1 Rxh7 49. Ke3 Rfh8 50. Rf1 Rh1 51. Kd2 R8h2 52. Rxh1 Rxh1 53. Bd1 Kf6 54. Bc2 Kg5 55. Be4 Rh2+ 56. Kc1 a5 57. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Spartz, Gaston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Nc4 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Nxd6 exd6 12. Bxd6 c4 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Re1 Nh5 16. e4 Nhf4 17. Rb1 h5 18. h4 g5 19. d5 g4 20. dxe6 gxf3 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Qxf3 Qxh4 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Qg4 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rbd1 Ng5 27. Rd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Nxf7 29. Bf5 Ne5 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. Be6 Rh8 33. Rd1 Kd6 34. Rc1 Nd3 35. Rc2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtz, Claude"]
[Black "Verlaine, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 a6 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ncd2 Bb7 10. b3 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nxf4 12. exf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. d5 Bxd5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 0-0 17. 0-0 Qb7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Nh5 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Ng5 Qc2 25. Qd5 Qxe2 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qd5 Rf8 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Re1 Qf6 30. g3 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Qxf4 32. Qg2 Qd2 33. Rxe7 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bishop, Peter"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. b4 e5 13. e3 Re8 14. Bc3 a6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 e4 18. Rf1 Nf8 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. f4 Rf8 21. Rab1 Qe7 22. Be1 b6 23. Nh4 f5 24. Ng2 b5 25. h4 g6 26. a4 Ng7 27. Ra1 Qd7 28. a5 Nh5 29. Kf2 Nf6 30. Bd2 Ng4+ 31. Ke1 h5 32. Kd1 Rab8 33. Rh1 Qf7 34. Kc2 Qd7 35. Kb3 Qf7 36. Ne1 Qd7 37. Nc2 Qf7 38. Na3 Qd7 39. Nb1 Qf7 40. Nc3 Rfe8 41. Raf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Diesel, Carlo"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nc6 4. Nxc4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Bxb2 7. Nxb2 Nf6 8. d3 b6 9. e4 e5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Rfc1 0-0 14. Ng5 Rac8 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Nh3 c5 17. f3 f6 18. Bf1 Qe6 19. Nf2 Nb8 20. Be2 Nbc6 21. Bd1 Ne7 22. Ne3 Rcd8 23. h3 f5 24. Bc2 fxe4 25. dxe4 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxd2 27. Nf1 Rdd8 28. Nh2 Qf6 29. Nfg4 Qg7 30. b4 c4 31. Bb1 b5 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bc2 Nc6 35. Rab1 Qe7 36. Ra1 Nxb4 37. Ra7 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Qxa7 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. N6g4 Nxc2 41. Rxc2 Rd1 42. Nf2 Rfd8 43. Nhg4 R1d2 44. Rc1 h5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. Nxg4 Rd1 47. Rc2 R8d2 48. Rc3 g5 49. Ne3 Qxe3 50. Kg4 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Scho, Romain"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nfd2 d5 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Ne5 c6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. Be2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd7 15. 0-0 g6 16. Bg4 Nxe5 17. Bxf5 Nc4 18. Bd3 Nxe3 19. Re1 Nxd1 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rxd1 Rae8 22. Rd2 f5 23. Kf2 Kd6 24. b4 Re7 25. a4 Rhe8 26. Be2 f4 27. h3 Re3 28. Rc2 g5 29. Kf1 Rg3 30. Bf3 Re3 31. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thill, Gerard"]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a3 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. g4 0-0 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 d5 18. h5 Nxa3 19. g6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 Nxc2 21. Qg3 Qd6 22. exd5 Nxa1 23. Ne4 Qb8 24. hxg6 h6 25. Qh3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. f5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nb3 29. Rc7 Nd4 30. Qg3 Nxe6 31. fxe6 Bh4 32. Qe5 Bf6 33. Qd6 Rc8 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rxe7 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Be2 Rc8 41. Rxg7 Bxd5+ 42. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zachmann, H."]
[Black "Birtz, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Bd2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Ba2 b5 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. c3 Red8 17. Qf3 d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qh3 Bc5 20. Bb1 g6 21. N2f3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bc8 23. Re3 Ng7 24. Qh6 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rce1 Qe7 28. Rh3 f6 29. Qh4 Re8 30. e6 Qg7 31. Rg3 Qc7 32. Qxf6 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nxf5+ Kf6 35. Nd4 Bxe6 36. Rge3 Bd7 37. Kf2 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Re8 39. g3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Ke7 41. Nf3 h5 42. Ne5 Be8 43. h4 a5 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. b3 a4 46. b4 Ke6 47. Kc5 Kf6 48. Kxd5 Ke7 49. c4 bxc4 50. Nxc4 Kd7 51. Ne5+ Ke7 52. Kc5 Kd8 53. Kd6 1-0

