[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raupach, Philipp"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Branding, Volker"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Be7 10. Bf2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc2 13. Rc1 Bh7 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 h5 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Nh6 19. Nxd5 Ng4 20. Rc7 Nxe5 21. Qe4 Bd6 22. Rxb7 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 Re8 24. 0-0 Bc5 25. Qd5 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Rh6 28. Rxa7 Rd6 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxe2+ 32. Nxe2 Rd2 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Nf4 Nf6 35. a4 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 Ra3 37. a5 Ra4 38. Ke3 Ng4+ 39. Kf3 Ne5+ 40. Kg3 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Nc4 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Nxh5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daub, Markus"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. 0-0 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. c4 Qd6 12. Qe2 Ng8 13. Rd1 Kc7 14. c5 Qe7 15. Bf4+ Kd8 16. g3 b5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Qa5+ Nb6 20. cxb6 a6 21. Bc7+ Kc8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rac1 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gamer, Torsten"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nge7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grafl, Florian"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Qa6 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Kf2 Ne7 18. Nd2 Nec6 19. a3 Be7 20. f4 f6 21. Qb1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rf8+ 23. Ke1 Kd7 24. b4 Nc4 25. b5 Nxe3 26. bxa6 Ng2+ 27. Kd1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janz, Frerik"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 h6 12. Bb1 Nde7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Ne4 b6 16. a3 Bb7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Ne5 Nf8 20. Qg4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxb3 Qxe5 27. Bf3 Red8 28. Raa1 Kg7 29. g3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lampe, Joerg"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 c5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. 0-0 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 Be7 13. Qa4 Kf8 14. c4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 dxc4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Nb5 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Rc5 19. Rxc4 g6 20. Nxa7 Ra5 21. Nc6 Rxa4 22. Nxe5 Rxa2 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Rc8+ Kg7 25. Bc6 Bf6 26. f4 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Ne7 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Bf3 Ra5 30. b4 Rb5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Ke3 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Kd4 e5+ 35. Kc4 Rb8 36. Kc5 Ke6 37. Bg4+ Nf5 38. Kc6 Ke7 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Kc7 Rb5 41. Kc6 Rb8 42. Rb2 e4 43. b5 Rc8+ 44. Kd5 e3 45. Ke5 Kf7 46. Kf4 Re8 47. Kf3 Re6 48. Ke2 f4 49. g3 fxg3 50. hxg3 Rg6 51. Kf3 Re6 52. Ke2 Rg6 53. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 54. Kf4 Rg8 55. b6 Ke6 56. b7 Rb8 57. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pitl, Gregory"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. 0-0-0 g5 17. Qa4 c5 18. h4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rhe1 c4 23. g3 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Qa5 26. Qc4 Qa4 27. Qc7 Rc8 28. Qe5 f6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qd6+ Kd8 31. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Priebe, Jan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Ne4 11. 0-0 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 0-0 15. Rae1 Bf6 16. Re3 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Rf3 g6 19. g4 Rfe8 20. gxf5 g5 21. Re3 Kf8 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Kg2 Red8 24. Kf3 b5 25. Bd3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Buring, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. exd5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 cxd5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Ba4+ Nc6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd5 0-0-0 15. Qxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxf6 Nd4 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Ne4 Rhg8 19. Kf1 Rg6 20. Bb3 f5 21. Ng3 f4 22. Ne4 f3 23. g3 Rh6 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Ne4 Rxh3 26. Kg1 Be7 27. c3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Rxd3 29. Rxa7 Rd5 30. Raa1 Rb5 31. b4 Rb6 32. Nd2 Rf6 33. Nxf3 Rh5 34. Nxe5 Bd6 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rae8 b5 38. R1e7+ Kc6 39. Rc8 bxc4 40. Rexc7+ Kb5 41. Rc5+ Rxc5 42. Rxc5+ Ka4 43. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Dahm, Jochen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. exd5 Bb4 8. Bg5 Qxd5 9. Kf1 Qc6 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Bd2 f6 14. Ke2 Kf7 15. Rhe1 g5 16. c4 Ne7 17. Bc3 Ng6 18. Kf1 Re8 19. b4 b6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Ne4 g4 22. g3 a6 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Bc1 h5 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Be3 h4 27. b5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Bf3 29. Nxc7 Rh8 30. Bxb6 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rxh2 32. Nd5 Rdh8 33. Ra7 Rg2 34. Rxe7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Edlich, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qc7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rfd8 12. Qe2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Bg4 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd5 21. Kg2 Qg5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Rh1 Nf6 24. Qe5 Qf5 25. Bb1 Qxe5 26. dxe5 Nd5 27. Rhd1 Nb6 28. b3 Kf8 29. g4 Kg7 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. f5 Ke7 35. f4 Nf8 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Kd7 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Bxf5 Nd7 43. Ke4 Nb6 44. b4 f6 45. Bg4 fxe5 46. dxe5 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Foetsch, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Nb5 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. dxc5 0-0 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. 0-0 b5 17. Ng3 b4 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Rac1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rf7 21. Rb1 Rfb7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nh5 Qf8 25. f4 Qh6 26. Qe1 Bf7 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Qh3 Ne7 29. Ng3 e4 30. h5 Qf8 31. Bg4 Rb2 32. Rf2 Qb8 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Ne2 f5 35. Qh4 Ng8 36. h6 fxg4 37. Qg5 Qb6+ 38. Nd4 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Gospodinow, Niels"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. Nxf6+ Nxf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. d4 Be7 9. c3 0-0 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 c6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. f4 f5 20. g4 fxg4 21. hxg4 Rad8 22. Kf2 Rd6 23. Kf3 Kg7 24. Re2 Ra6 25. a3 Rb6 26. Rh1 h6 27. Reh2 Rh8 28. Ke3 Kg6 29. Kd3 f5 30. g5 h5 31. Kc2 Rc6 32. Rh3 b5 33. Kb3 Rc4 34. Ka2 a5 35. Kb3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Re3 Re8 38. Rhe1 Kf7 39. g6+ Kf6 40. Rg1 bxc3 41. bxc3 Rc7 42. Rh3 Rb7+ 43. Kc2 Rg7 44. Rxh5 Rxg6 45. Rxg6+ Kxg6 46. Rh1 Kf6 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Rh3 Ra8 49. Rh1 Rg8 50. Rf1 Rg3 51. Kb3 Re3 52. Kb4 Kd6 53. Kb3 Re4 54. Kb4 Kc6 55. Kb3 Kb5 56. Rf3 Kc6 57. Rf1 Kd6 58. Rf3 Ke7 59. Kb4 Kd6 60. Kb3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Janzen, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. f4 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 c6 10. h3 exf4 11. Nxf4 b5 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 b4 14. Na4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb6 Qe5 17. Rf3 Bd6 18. Nxa8 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Bb7 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. d4 Qe8 22. Rxa7 Bxa8 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qb8 25. Re7 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qg6 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. Re8 Qxf4+ 29. Qxf4 Rxe8 30. Qd6 1-0

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Korsus, Bernd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Pfaff, Timo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qe2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. Bh4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ng5 e5 18. Nf3 Qf8 19. Qb5 Qf7 20. dxe5 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe5 22. Bg3 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Qe6 24. Qd3 Ng5 25. h4 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rac1 Nxc3 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf6 31. f4 d4 32. Rce1 Rf8 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. h5 a6 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. hxg6 Kxg6 37. Rxb7 Nxa2 38. Ra1 Nc3 39. Rxa6+ Rf6 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rd7 Kg6 42. Rxd4 Nb5 43. Rd5 Nc3 44. Rc5 Na4 45. Rc6+ Kg7 46. Kg4 Nb2 47. Kg5 Nd3 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Re7 h6+ 50. Kf5 Nc5 51. Kg6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Prause, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 Qc7 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Nc6 8. 0-0 g6 9. a3 a6 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Bh6 12. Re1 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Nge7 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. Ng5 h6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nh3 d4 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Qg3 g5 20. b5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Qe7 22. a4 0-0 23. Nhf4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qf7 25. h4 g4 26. Nd3 Rfc8 27. Nc5 Be8 28. Nxe6 Nd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U18"]
[Site "Oberhof"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Riewe, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 d5 5. d3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. c4 e6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Ne5 Nh5 15. Nxc6 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qxc6 17. e3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Qe2 d4 20. Rd2 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. e4 Qf4 23. f3 Bh6 24. Rdd1 Qh4 25. Qe1 Qxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chJMF"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Schuster, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. 0-0 Ned5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. f4 Bb4 12. Nce4 0-0 13. Nc5 Nd7 14. Nce4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Be7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 f5 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Rc6 22. Nf1 Qa6 23. a3 Nb6 24. Bf2 Nc4 25. Qf3 Qa5 26. Be1 Qa6 27. Bf2 b5 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ne3 Bf7 30. Kg1 a5 31. Nb1 Nxb2 32. Qb3 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Nxc2 Nc4 35. Be1 Qb6 36. Nd2 g6 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Qc3 b4 39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Qxc4 b3 41. Bxa5 Qxa5 42. Qxb3 Qd2 43. g3 g5 44. Qb8+ Be8 45. Qc8 Kf7 46. fxg5 Bxg5 47. Kg1 Ba4 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wippermann, Till"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 h5 8. Be2 Nh6 9. d3 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. b3 g6 13. Ne3 Kf8 14. 0-0 Kg7 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf5 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Qe2 h4 21. c4 Nc7 22. Rad1 b6 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Qxd4 Rhd8 28. Rf2 Qg6 29. e6+ Qf6 30. Qxb6 fxe6 31. Qxa5 Ne8 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Qa7+ Kg8 34. Qd4 Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Ne4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. b4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Rexe4 Kf7 40. Re5 Kf6 41. a5 Rc8 42. Re2 Rcc1 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kg4 Rc8 45. Re5 Rg3+ 46. Kxh4 Rxg2 47. Rg5 Rb2 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kf3 Rh2 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. h4 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. h5 Rc3 54. Kg2 Rb1 55. Kh2 Rb2+ 56. Rg2 Rbb3 57. Ra2 Rh3+ 58. Kg1 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rbh1 60. Rf2 Rxh5 61. a6 Rh8 62. f5 Ke5 63. Rdd2 R8h2+ 64. Kf3 Rh3+ 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. fxe6 d4 67. Ra2 R1h2 68. Rd2 d3+ 69. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 70. Kxf2 Kxd3 71. a7 Rh8 72. b5 Rf8+ 73. Kg3 Ke3 74. b6 Rg8+ 75. Kh4 Kf4 76. Kh5 Kf5 77. Kh6 Kf6 78. Kh7 Ra8 79. e7 Kxe7 80. b7 Rxa7 81. b8Q Rd7 82. Qe5+ Kd8+ 83. Kg6 Kc8 84. Kf6 Kb7 85. Qb5+ Kc7 86. Qc5+ Kb7 87. Ke6 Rc7 88. Qb5+ Ka7 89. Kd6 Rb7 90. Qa5+ Kb8 91. Kc6 Rb1 92. Qd8+ Ka7 93. Qe7+ Kb8 94. Qf8+ Ka7 95. Qf7+ Kb8 96. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Voigt, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. Rh3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Kf1 Nbc6 15. g4 Na5 16. Ne1 Nc4 17. Kg2 Nc6 18. Be3 cxd4 19. cxd4 0-0 20. g5 Nxe3+ 21. Qxe3 hxg5 22. Qxg5 f6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Nf3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qf5 26. Qg3 Ne7 27. Rg1 Rc3 28. Kh2 Rf7 29. h6 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rg4 Rf5 34. Ra4 Kg8 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rg7 Rh5+ 37. Kg3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Engelbert, Christoph"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Qd7 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxg4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rfd8 21. Rab1 g6 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. b4 Nc6 26. Bc4 a6 27. Bc5 Kg7 28. Bd5 f5 29. a4 Bc7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Na5 32. b6 Bd8 33. Kg2 g5 34. Kg3 h5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Bd4+ Ke7 37. Bc5+ Kd7 38. h4 gxh4 39. f3 e3 40. Bxe3 Kd6 41. Bf7 Ke5 42. f4+ Ke4 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. Be6 Ke4 45. Bf7 Nc6 46. Bxh5 Kd5 47. Bf3+ Kd6 48. Kg2 Na5 49. Bf2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Meyer, Falko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Bg2 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bg4+ 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Nde7 13. d3 0-0-0 14. Be3 g6 15. Na3 Bg7 16. Kd2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Bf2 Kc7 21. Ne3 b5 22. Kc2 b4 23. Nxd5+ Bxd5 24. a3 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 b3+ 26. Kd2 Ne7 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Nf3 Kc6 29. d4 c4 30. Re1 Nb6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Bh4 Bxh4 33. Nxh4 Nd5 34. Ng2 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Rg8 38. Re2 Rg4 39. Ke3 Kc6 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. Re7 Rb1 42. Rxa7 Rxb2 43. Ra4 Rxh2 44. Rxc4+ Kd5 45. Rb4 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rxc3 47. a4 Ke4 48. a5 d5 49. Kd2 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Ra2 51. Rxb3 Rxa5 52. Rb6 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Re6+ Kxd4 56. Re5 Rh5 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Re8 Rh2+ 59. Kf3 d4 60. Rc8+ Kd3 61. Rc5 Rh5 62. Rd5 Kc3 63. Rc5+ Kd2 64. Ra5 d3 65. Ra2+ Kc3 66. Ra3+ Kc2 67. Ra5 d2 68. Rc5+ Kd3 69. Rd5+ Kc3 70. Kg2 Rh4 71. Rc5+ Kd4 72. Rc7 Rxf4 73. Rc2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buhr, Carl Christian"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 c5 11. e4 Na6 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc7 14. a3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Qd3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. b4 Nd7 22. f4 Qg6 23. Rce1 Na6 24. b5 Nc7 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Ne3 Qf6 27. Nf5 Qd8 28. Re3 c4 29. Qd4 f6 30. Rg3 g6 31. a4 Kf8 32. Ne3 Qe7 33. a5 Nd7 34. Nxc4 Nc5 35. e5 Nb3 36. Qd1 dxe5 37. d6 Qe6 38. dxc7 Rbc8 39. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Bc1 Nf7 14. b4 Ng5 15. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 exd4 17. Rxd4 f5 18. Rdd1 Ne5 19. Be2 f4 20. f3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Pajeken, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nh3 g6 8. Ng5 Bg7 9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. d5 Nd4 11. 0-0 Bh6 12. Qd3 Rf5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 c6 15. c3 cxd5 16. cxd4 dxe4 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qe2 d5 20. Nd2 Nxb2 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxb2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pestov, Sergei M"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 Bd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nd5 Bf5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nc3 Bf6 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. g5 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ne7 25. Nf6 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bxf6 27. gxf6 Nc6 28. Kf3 Re8 29. Rd6 e4+ 30. Kg3 Nb4 31. Rd7 a6 32. Rad1 Nxa2 33. Ra7 Ra8 34. Rb7 Rab8 35. Rdd7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Re6 37. Rb8+ Re8 38. Rxb6 Nb4 39. Ba3 Nd3 40. Rxa6 Re6 41. Ra5 Rxf6 42. Bxc5+ Ke8 43. Bd4 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Lamprecht, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. f4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Qxb2 10. Nb5 Qb4+ 11. Kf2 a6 12. Nd6 Nc6 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. cxd5 d3 16. Kg3 Qd4 17. Bxd3 Nxe5 18. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 19. d6+ Kf8 20. fxe5 Rc3 21. Qh5 Rxd3+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg1 Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qg3+ 27. Kg1 Rd2 28. Rh2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 0-0 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 e6 16. Qf3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Ra6 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Rad1 Qxa2 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. Rd7 Rf6 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Qd5 Qxd5+ 25. Rxd5 Re6 26. Red1 Bf8 27. Be3 Ree8 28. g4 h6 29. Rd7 Rc4 30. Kf3 Rce4 31. Rb7 R4e7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Bxh6 g5 34. Re1 f6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf4 Kf7 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Bg3 h3 39. Bf4 Kg6 40. Kg3 f5 41. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blumenstingl, Julian"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc1 Nxd3+ 11. Nxd3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. 0-0 Ba6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Kh1 Nc4 17. Qc1 b4 18. axb4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qb8 22. Nca2 Bxb2 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Nc6 Qb7 25. Nab4 Ra4 26. Qd2 Rfa8 27. h3 Qb5 28. Rc1 Bf6 29. f4 Bh4 30. e5 Ra1 31. Kh2 R8a3 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kilic, Oguz"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. f5 exf5 8. Qxf5 Qd7 9. Qf3 Qg4 10. Bf4 Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Be3 g6 14. 0-0-0 Ne7 15. Ne2 Nf5 16. Bf4 0-0-0 17. Rhf1 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nf1 Be7 21. Ne3 Nfg7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nf5 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxa4 Rd7 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Rhd8 28. Red3 f6 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raabe, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Bxc6 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bxc6 14. b4 f6 15. 0-0 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qb6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Qc3 Rhc8 19. Rc1 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Qa6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rb1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Haucke, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 0-0-0 6. c4 Qh5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. b4 e5 9. d5 e4 10. Ng1 Ne5 11. f3 Bxb4+ 12. Nd2 exf3 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 Bxd2 16. Kxd2 Rhe8 17. Bxa7 Nc6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Qa4 Rxe3 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Qa3+ Rxa3 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Lindinger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Qg4 g6 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. Nf4 h5 12. Qg3 Nb6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kd8 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Rxh5 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 Na5 19. f4 Nac4 20. a3 c5 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. f5 Kc7 23. f6 Qe8 24. Qf3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qg6 26. Nxd5+ exd5 27. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne3+ 29. Kd3 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rg8 31. Ke3 Rg3+ 32. Kf4 Rxg2 33. Rc5+ Bc6 34. Kf5 Kd7 35. Rc1 Rf2+ 36. Kg6 Ke6 37. Kg7 Rg2+ 38. Kf8 Rxb2 39. Rg1 Bd5 40. Kg7 Rf2 41. Re1 Rg2+ 42. Kh6 Bc4 43. Re4 b5 44. Rf4 Kxe5 45. f7 Bxf7 46. Rxf7 Rg3 47. a4 bxa4 48. Kh5 a3 49. Ra7 Kd4 50. Rxa6 Kc4 51. Kh4 Rc3 52. Kg4 Kb3 53. Kf4 a2 54. Ke4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Wippermann, Till"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 Qc7 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Na3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Nd2 Qxa3 10. Bd4 f6 11. h4 Nh6 12. Rb1 Qd6 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Ba1 Nf5 16. Qd3 Nh6 17. Be2 0-0 18. 0-0 b5 19. Ne3 a5 20. Nd5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qe4 23. Qxh6 Qxe2 24. Rbe1 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rxe7 Ra6 27. Rc1 Rd6 28. Rc5 Bb7 29. Rxb5 Bxd5 30. Rxa5 Bf7 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Bc3 Kf7 34. Re3 Rc8 35. Rf3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 Bxf5 37. Bd4 Rc4 38. Be3 Kg6 39. a4 d5 40. Kf1 d4 41. Bd2 d3 42. g3 Bg4 43. Ke1 Bf3 44. a5 Ra4 45. Bc3 Re4+ 46. Kd2 Re2+ 47. Kxd3 Rxf2 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Ra6 Bg4 50. Bd4 Kf7 51. Rb6 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 Ra3 53. Rxf6+ Ke7 54. Bc5+ Kxf6 55. Bxa3 Ke6 56. a6 Bh3 57. Kf3 Bg4+ 58. Kf4 Bh3 59. Kg5 Kd7 60. Kxh5 Kc6 61. a7 Kb7 62. Bc5 Bf5 63. g4 Bg6+ 64. Kg5 Bb1 65. Kf6 Bc2 66. g5 Bg6 67. Kg7 Ka8 68. Kh6 Kb7 69. h5 Bc2 70. Kg7 Bd3 71. Kf6 Bc2 72. Ke5 Bb1 73. Kf4 Bc2 74. g6 Bxg6 75. hxg6 hxg6 76. Kg4 g5 77. Be3 Ka8 78. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qg4 Qf6 10. Qxh4 Qxg7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. g3 Be7 14. Qf4 Bd6 15. Qh4 Ne7 16. Bd3 0-0-0 17. Qh6 c5 18. Qxg7 Rxg7 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Rd2 Kc7 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. a3 a6 23. Bf1 b5 24. Rh5 Kb6 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Kd1 Bb7 27. Ke2 Be7 28. Nd1 d4 29. c3 dxc3 30. Nxc3 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Na5 32. Ne5 Bd6 33. Bf1 f6 34. Nd7+ Rxd7 35. Kc2 Be5 36. Bd3 Bf3 37. Rh7 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Bd4 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sebastian, Dirk"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 c4 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Bc5 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. 0-0 Be7 15. Qd4 Rh4 16. f4 Nh6 17. Qe4 Ng4 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Bf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxf4+ 21. Ke3 Rh4 22. h3 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rh5 24. Ke4 Rd8 25. Rbd1 Rh4+ 26. Kf3 Bd4 27. Rfe1 Rh5 28. Ke4 Rxe5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke4 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rf2 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Kd4 Rxc2 34. Kxc4 Rxg2 35. a4 Rg5 36. Rb1 Kc7 37. Kb4 a5+ 38. Kc4 Rh5 39. Rf1 f6 40. Re1 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boukh, Boris"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 a5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rfd1 c6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Ng4 14. Bc5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. c5 Qc7 17. a3 Kg7 18. Rac1 f5 19. h3 fxe4 20. hxg4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nf6 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Rd6 Qf7 24. Qc3 e4 25. Re1 Re7 26. Re3 g5 27. Qd4 Be6 28. Rxe4 Rbe8 29. Re3 h5 30. Re5 Kh6 31. Qe3 Nh7 32. gxh5 Kg7 33. g4 Qf6 34. Qe4 Qf7 35. Bd1 Kh8 36. Bc2 Nf6 37. Qg6 Qxg6 38. Bxg6 Nxg4 39. Re4 Nf6 40. Re5 Kg7 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rexe6 Rf8 43. Nd7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2 a6 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 b5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxa5 Nxe3 14. Rc1 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Qxc5 Be6 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. e5 f6 21. Nd5 Rad8 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qc6 Bd7 25. Qxa6 fxe5 26. Qxd3 f4 27. Qc4 Rde8 28. Qc5 e4 29. Nd5 e3 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Kc1 Rfc8 32. Qd6 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Kd1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buhr, Carl Christian"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. Qe2 c6 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Nh4 e6 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. h4 Nc7 17. 0-0-0 Qe7 18. h5 Rxh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Qf7 21. Qh4 Nd7 22. Rh1 Nf8 23. Ne2 b5 24. c3 bxa4 25. Bxa4 c5 26. f4 c4 27. Bc2 Rb8 28. Ng3 Ne8 29. f5 exf5 30. Nxf5 Qb7 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Rf1+ Bf6 33. exf6 Qxb2+ 34. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dankert, Peter"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d5 Ne8 9. a3 h6 10. b4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bb2 Ndf6 13. Qc2 Rf7 14. Rad1 Nh7 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. f4 e4 17. c5 Nhf6 18. Nc4 h5 19. Ne3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. g3 Qh6 22. Nb5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 b6 24. cxb6 Ba6 25. b7 Rb8 26. Nxa7 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rxb7 28. Nc6 Qg7 29. Rf2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Rf8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. N7xf5 Nf6 33. Nd4 Ra8 34. Rb3 Rba7 35. Ndc2 Kg6 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Nd4 Rha8 38. Ndc2 Rh8 39. Rc3 Rh5 40. Rc4 Kf7 41. Rd4 Ra8 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Rd4 Rah8 44. h4 gxh3+ 45. Kh2 Kd7 46. a4 Ra8 47. a5 Rb8 48. Na3 Ra8 49. Nac4 Rb8 50. Nd2 Rb5 51. Nxe4 Nxd5 52. Nxd5 Rhxd5 53. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freudenberg, Jan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bc2 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qe5+ 11. Qe3 Bd6 12. Qxe5+ Bxe5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Kf2 h5 21. g3 Re6 22. Bc5 b6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hielscher, Wulf"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bc4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Be2 Be6 13. 0-0 Rfc8 14. b4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfc1 b5 17. e4 Bd3 18. Re1 Bc4 19. a3 Ra4 20. g4 Rca8 21. Rac1 Rxa3 22. Be3 R3a4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxe4 25. Rc7 Rxb4 26. Rxe7 d5 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nd3 Rc4 31. Rb1 Rac8 32. Nf4 R4c7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Nxd5 Rf7 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. Nf4 Rd7 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Bf4 Ne8 40. Be3 Kf7 41. Kf1 Nd6 42. Ke2 Nc8 43. Rb5 Nd6 44. Rb4 Ke6 45. Kd3 b5 46. Bf4 Rb7 47. d5+ Kd7 48. Kd4 Rb8 49. f3 h5 50. Bg3 hxg4 51. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johansen, Morten"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Ng3 e6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Nd1 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 exd5 14. cxd5 Ne8 15. Be2 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bc3 Nc7 19. Ne3 Nh6 20. Ba5 Ne8 21. Nc4 b5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3+ 26. Bxc3 Rxb6 27. 0-0 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Ba6 29. Rb6 Bxf1 30. Nxf1 Ng4 31. h3 Ngf6 32. Ne3 Ne4 33. Bb2 h5 34. Rb7 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Nxf5 c4 37. Ne3 c3 38. Ba3 Nc7 39. Kf1 Nb5 40. Bc1 Nd4 41. Ke1 Nc5 42. Ba3 Nd3+ 43. Kd1 Nb5 44. Bc1 Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karner, Christoph"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 a5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rad1 c6 11. Rfe1 Bf8 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bc1 b6 14. Bf1 Ba6 15. Qb1 Nh5 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. a3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qc1 Ng4 20. g3 Bh6 21. Qc2 Bb7 22. Bg2 Ng7 23. h3 Ne5 24. Kh2 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. f4 Nf7 27. f5 e5 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. Na4 Qc7 31. Qg4 Bc8 32. b4 Qa7 33. Nc3 Bg7 34. Qe2 Bb7 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Qg4 Kh7 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kues, Jarl Hendrik"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. d4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nd4 0-0 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Be2 b6 14. 0-0 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qh3 a5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Be1 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nf5 21. g4 Ng7 22. Bh4 Rfb8 23. Bf6 Ne8 24. Qh6 Qc8 25. Bg5 Ra7 26. Rf3 Rb2 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 Qb8 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rh3 f6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Qg8+ Kf5 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. exf6 Qc7 37. Qxd5+ Kxf6 38. Qf3+ Kg7 39. Qh3 Qe7 40. Rf1 Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Bg5 e5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+ 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Nf3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nf5 11. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Baerwinkel, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Na3 e6 14. Qxd7+ Rxd7 15. Rfd1 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 b6 19. c4 Ne7 20. c5 Bc2 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Be3 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Kd7 25. a4 Nd5 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Bb5+ Kd8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. a5 bxa5 31. Bxa5 Nc7 32. Bc6 Bb1 33. a4 Ba2 34. Be4 Bd5 35. Bxh7 Na6 36. Bc2 Kb7 37. h4 Kc6 38. Bc3 Nc5 39. h5 e5 40. f4 exf4 41. gxf4 Ne6 42. f5 Nc5 43. Kh2 Bf3 44. Bxf6 Bxh5 45. Bxg7 Bg4 46. f6 Bh5 47. Kg3 Nd7 48. Kf4 Kb6 49. Kf5 Bf7 50. Bh6 Kc7 51. Be3 Kc6 52. Bd3 Nf8 53. Kg5 Be6 54. Kh6 Nd7 55. Kg7 Ne5 56. Bb5+ Kb7 57. Bf4 Nf7 58. Kf8 Bd5 59. Ke7 Nh8 60. Be3 Ng6+ 61. Ke8 Ne5 62. Ke7 Ng6+ 63. Kd6 Bf7 64. a5 Nh4 65. a6+ Kc8 66. Ke7 Nf5+ 67. Kxf7 Nxe3 68. Ke7 Nd5+ 69. Ke6 Nxf6 70. Kxf6 Kb8 71. Bc6 Ka7 72. Bb7 Kb8 73. Ke7 Ka7 74. Kd7 Kb8 75. Kc6 Ka7 76. Bc8 Kb8 77. Kb6 Ka8 78. Bb7+ Kb8 79. a7# 1-0

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Bakker, Sven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. f4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bb4 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 g6 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Qh3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qe7 18. Rb1 0-0-0 19. Rb3 h5 20. Qd3 Kb8 21. a4 Rc8 22. Qb1 Rc6 23. Rf2 Rhc8 24. Ra2 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Nxb6 26. Ba3 Qd7 27. Qb3 Qc6 28. Bc5 Nd7 29. Bb4 Ka8 30. Kf2 Qb6 31. Rb2 Rc4 32. a5 Qc6 33. Ke3 Qb5 34. Qa3 Rc8 35. Qb3 Qf1 36. g3 Qe1+ 37. Kd3 h4 38. Be7 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qe1+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 Qd3+ 43. Ka2 b6 44. Qa4 Qc4+ 45. Qxc4 Rxc4 46. axb6 Nxb6 47. Bb4 hxg3 48. hxg3 Kb7 49. Kb3 Rc8 50. Rh2 Nc4 51. Bc5 Rc7 52. Ra2 a5 53. Rh2 Kc6 54. Re2 Kb5 55. g4 a4+ 56. Ka2 Na5 57. f5 exf5 58. gxf5 Nb3 59. fxg6 Nc1+ 60. Kb2 Nxe2 61. gxf7 Rxf7 62. e6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Breder, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. Nxb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Rc1 Nge7 13. Bd3 Nc8 14. a3 Kd7 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc5+ Bxc5 17. Rxc5 N8e7 18. Kd2 b6 19. Rc3 g6 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21. Be2 Nf5 22. Kd3 Na7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Bd1 Na7 25. Ba4+ b5 26. Bd1 Nc6 27. b3 Kc7 28. f4 Kb6 29. Bg4 Rg8 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Bd1 Rc7 32. Bg4 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Gara, Anita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Qb5+ Kf8 14. Nf3 exd5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd3 Qf6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. 0-0 Bc6 19. Nb5 Bf4 20. Nbd4 h5 21. Qb3 g5 22. Ne2 g4 23. Nfd4 Bc7 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. a3 Be5 26. Qd3 Ra4 27. b4 h4 28. f4 Bxd4+ 29. Nxd4 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 b5 32. Qa1 Qxa1 33. Rxa1 Ke7 34. f5 Kf6 35. Rae1 Rh5 36. Rf4 Rg5 37. Kg1 Rg8 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Rf2 Ra8 40. f6 Ra6 41. Re5+ Kg6 42. Ref5 Bd7 43. Re5 d4 44. Ke2 d3+ 45. Kd2 Rxf6 46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rh5 h3 48. gxh3 gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Kuehn, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. 0-0-0 Nf6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 0-0-0 13. Nf4 Bh7 14. g5 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. g6 Bxg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc7 20. Qg2 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Qf5 22. Rhg1 Rhg8 23. Qxg6 Qxg6 24. Rxg6 Nf8 25. Rg4 Ne6 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Bb4 Rde8 28. Reg1 b6 29. f4 a5 30. f5 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 axb4 32. Rxb4 Ref8 33. Rbg4 Rf7 34. Rg6 Rxf5 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Ke8 37. Rg6 Rh5 38. Rxc6 Rxh4 39. Rxb6 Kd7 40. b4 Kc7 41. Rg6 h5 42. Kb2 d4 43. Rh6 Rh2 44. Kb3 Rh3+ 45. Kc4 Rxa3 46. Rxh5 Rc3+ 47. Kxd4 Rxc2 48. Rc5+ Rxc5 49. Kxc5 Kb7 50. Kb5 Ka7 51. Kc6 Ka6 52. b5+ Ka7 53. Kc7 Ka8 54. Kb6 Kb8 55. Ka6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ned5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. Nc5 h5 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rcc1 Nxe5 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. e4 h4 22. Ne2 Bxe4 23. Qf4 Nf6 24. Nc3 Bd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re1+ Ne4 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxc7 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 0-0 30. h3 Re8 31. Qa5 Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qg3 35. Kf1 g6 36. Qd2 Nh1 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Ng3+ 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ra5 a6 42. Ra4 g5 43. Rb4 b5 44. Rb3 Ne4+ 45. Kg1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Maahs, Erich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh2 Qd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Qc4 Nd4 19. Nc3 a4 20. Nd5 Nxe2 21. Qe4 Nd4 22. Kg2 Ra5 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Bd2 f5 25. Qe3 Qd5+ 26. f3 Rc5 27. Rbc1 Rf6 28. Bc3 f4 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. dxe4 Ne2 31. Rcd1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Putzbach, Gerd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 h5 8. Qg3 Bxg5 9. hxg5 g6 10. 0-0-0 c5 11. f4 cxd4 12. Nce2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Nxd4 Ne4 15. Qe3 b5 16. g4 Qb6 17. gxh5 gxh5 18. Qf3 h4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4 Nf8 22. Rxh4 Rxh4 23. Qxh4 Bd7 24. Nge2 0-0-0 25. Qh1 Qb7 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxc6 29. Qd4 e3 30. Qxe3 Qh1+ 31. Qc1 Qf3 32. a3 Ng6 33. Qd2 b4 34. axb4 Nxf4 35. Qd6 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Ka3 Ng6 38. Na4 Qe2 39. Qc6+ Kd8 40. Nc5 Qd2 41. Nxa6 Qd4 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Nb8 Nxe5 45. Qc7+ Ke8 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Nc6+ Nxc6 48. Qxc6 Qa7+ 49. Kb3 Qe3+ 50. Ka4 Qxg5 51. Qc7+ Ke8 52. b5 Qd5 53. c4 Qd1+ 54. Ka5 Qa1+ 55. Kb6 Qxb2 56. c5 e5 57. c6 Qd4+ 58. Kb7 Qd5 59. b6 e4 60. Kc8 Kf8 61. b7 e3 62. b8Q Qe6+ 63. Kb7+ Kg7 64. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Ruspini, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nc4 h6 12. Rd1 b6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rad8 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bc8 18. Qa4 Bf5 19. Rac1 e4 20. Qb3 Be5 21. g3 h5 22. Be3 h4 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. a4 Kg7 25. c5 Rh8 26. b4 Bg4 27. Qxe4 Bxe2 28. Rd2 Rde8 29. Rxe2 hxg3 30. fxg3 Bxg3 31. Bd4+ Kh7 32. hxg3 Qh3 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Rhf8 1-0

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Schneider, Henning"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bd2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Voigt, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. dxc5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. a4 Rxg2 17. Kf1 Rxh2 18. Rg1 Nd5 19. Qe2 Kd7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Ra3 Ra5 23. c4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Voigt, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc2 cxd4 10. Ncxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 0-0 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bf4 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Be3 b6 18. Nd4 Rd7 19. g3 Bc5 20. Kf1 Rad8 21. Ke2 e5 22. Nc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Bxf2 26. Nxe5 Bg1 27. Nf3 Bc5 28. b4 Bd6 29. b5 h5 30. Kd2 f6 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. Ke2 g5 33. Nf5 Ke6 34. Ng7+ Kf7 35. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Wegener, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Ne5 0-0 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Be3 Be8 15. Re1 Qa5 16. a3 a6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. h3 Na5 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Red1 Qa5 23. b4 Qf5 24. Rac1 Ra8 25. Qb2 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Na4 Bf6 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. Rdc1 Na7 31. a4 Nc8 32. Nd3 Nb6 33. Bf4 Qa7 34. Bc7 Nc4 35. Qb3 Re8 36. Be5 Bg5 37. f4 Bd8 38. Nb2 Nxe5 39. fxe5 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qxe5 41. Rc5 Bf6 42. Nd3 Qg3 43. Rxd5 Be5 44. Rxe5 Rxe5 45. Qc4 Ree8 46. Rf1 Re7 47. Nc5 Rae8 48. Qd5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Wiethaup, Moritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 0-0 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 b6 6. cxb6 Qxb6 7. Qc1 Ba6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 g6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. c4 Bg7 13. Nbc3 0-0 14. Qd2 d6 15. Kf2 a5 16. b3 Ne5 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Na4 Neg4+ 19. Kf1 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nd7 21. Kf2 Ra6 22. Rhd1 h5 23. Rd5 Kh7 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Rd1 e6 26. Kg1 Bh6 27. Qf2 Nc5 28. Nec3 Bg7 29. f4 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 a4 31. f5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra3 33. fxg6+ fxg6 34. e5 d5 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Qc6 37. Rb6 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Ra1+ 39. Qf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 1-0

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomaschke, Dirk"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qc4 Qc6 15. Qxd4 Bxc5 16. Qg4 Qb5 17. a3 Rd8 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinneberg U20"]
[Site "Pinneberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Willemze, Jeroen"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 h6 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bg6+ Ke7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nf3 Kd8 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Qh5 Nef6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. c4 b6 19. Qg3 Bb7 20. Bf4 Kd7 21. Rae1 Ba6 22. Qc3 Bc8 23. Be5 Rf8 24. d5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wuttke, Stefan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxd5 10. Bc3 e6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 Bb7 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Qa4 0-0-0 16. b4 Kb8 17. b5 Ne7 18. Rfc1 Ng6 19. Qc2 Ba3 20. Rcb1 Rc8 21. Rb3 Bd6 22. Qd1 Nf4 23. Bf1 g5 24. Bd2 g4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Ne1 h5 27. a4 h4 28. a5 h3 29. axb6 axb6 30. f3 hxg2 31. Bxg2 Bxh2+ 32. Kf1 Qf5 33. Raa3 Bg3 34. Qd3 Rc1 35. Qxf5 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "GER-ch U17"]
[Site "Schopfenheim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qh4 9. Ng3 a6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. 0-0-0 Rd8 12. Bg2 Nxe5 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Qxg4 15. Rhe1 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. Bc4 Ke7 21. Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rc8 23. a3 Rxc5 24. Bb3 Nc6 25. c3 Ne5 26. h3 Nd3+ 27. Kd1 Re5 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Nc1+ 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qh4 9. Nb5 Nxe5 10. Ng3 Nxg4 11. Qd4 Be7 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb4+ 15. c3 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bd6 18. b5 Ba3 19. b6 axb6 20. Kd2 Bc5 21. a4 Nf6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Bxf2 24. Bd3 Kd7 25. Rb1 Kc6 26. Bb5+ Kd6 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Kxd3 Kc6 29. Rb2 Bc5 30. c4 Rd8 31. cxd5+ Nxd5 32. Ke2 Nc3+ 33. Kf3 Rd3+ 34. Kg2 b6 35. Ra7 f5 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rc8 Nd5 38. Rb1 h5 39. Nxh5 f4 40. Rf8 Ke5 41. Rf7 g5 42. Nc7 Ne3+ 43. Kh1 Ng4 44. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bleckmann, Florian"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 Rc8 8. Be3 Qb6 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nb3 g6 15. Nc5 h5 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bh6 18. Nh4 Bf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rf3 h4 21. Rcf1 Ne7 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Rh3 Bg5 24. g3 hxg3 25. Rxg3 Bh6 26. Rxg8+ Nxg8 27. Bd1 a6 28. Bc2 Ke7 29. Bb3 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Nxb7 Rc3 32. Rb1 Bxe3 33. Nd6 Bxd4 34. Nxb5 Rd3 35. Bc2 Rd2 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. b5 Kd7 38. b6 Kc8 39. Bd1 Ne7 40. Bh5 Ng6 41. Be2 Kb7 42. Ba6+ Kb8 43. Rc1 Ne7 44. b7 Rc4 45. Bxc4 dxc4 46. Rxc4 Kxb7 47. Rc2 Ng6 48. Re2 Nf4 49. Re3 Nd5 50. Rh3 Kc6 51. Rh7 Nb6 52. Rxf7 Nc4 53. h4 Nxe5 54. Rg7 Kd5 55. h5 f4 56. h6 f3 57. Rg5 Ke4 58. Rxe5+ Kxe5 59. h7 Ke4 60. h8Q 1-0

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mumme, Markus"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nbd5 13. Nh3 b5 14. g4 Qb6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nhxg5 b4 17. Rhg1 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nc3+ 19. Bxc3 bxc3 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Ne5 Qb4 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neumeier, Lars"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Qb1 c5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Na6 18. Rd2 Nc7 19. Rfd1 Nxb5 20. axb5 Ra8 21. Qa1 Bd7 22. Be4 Bh3 23. f3 Qd7 24. Kf2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. e4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 exf6 28. Ra2 Kg7 29. Re1 h5 30. f4 b6 31. Kf3 Ra7 32. h3 g5 33. Re3 Kg6 34. Ke2 Rae7 35. Kd3 Kh6 36. Rae2 Kg7 37. Kc3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Schumacher, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Bc4 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Nxe4 11. Nxd8 Kxd8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bc5 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Ke7 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Ne4+ Ke7 20. Nxd6 Kxd6 21. 0-0-0+ Ke7 22. Rd4 Bd7 23. Rhd1 Bc6 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Ke3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Staub, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qd6 11. 0-0-0 Bd7 12. c4 0-0-0 13. Ne2 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qa5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. h3 b5 18. Bxe5 bxc4 19. Nf4 Rh6 20. Bxc7 Kxc7 21. d6+ Kc6 22. dxe7 Re8 23. Bxc4 Rxe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kc7 26. Rd4 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Re1 Rce6 29. Kd2 Kc6 30. Re3 Kc5 31. Rb4 Rd6+ 32. Ke2 Red7 33. Rc3+ Kd5 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rd4+ Ke5 36. Rc5+ Ke6 37. Rxd6+ Rxd6 38. Rc7 Ra6 39. Rxb7 Rxa3+ 40. Kd2 f4 41. Rxh7 e3+ 42. fxe3 Rxe3 43. Rg7 Kf6 44. Rg4 Kf5 45. Rg8 Ra3 46. c3 Ke4 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. Kd3 Ra2 49. Re2 Ra4 50. c4 Kg5 51. Kd4 Kh4 52. Kd5 Kg3 53. c5 Ra8 54. Kd6 f3 55. gxf3 Kxf3 56. Rc2 1-0

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Wegener, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nbd4 0-0 14. 0-0 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bg3 Bb8 18. Rfe1 N7c6 19. Nf5 Qf7 20. Ned4 a6 21. f3 Kh8 22. Qa4 Ba7 23. Bf2 g6 24. Ng3 Rd7 25. Qb3 Rde7 26. Nde2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nc4 28. Nf1 b5 29. Qc2 Re5 30. Nc1 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sebald, Ralph"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 c6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. d4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. g4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. f4 a5 16. b5 Nb6 17. bxc6 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 bxc6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Kf2 Be4 21. Rhg1 g5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. g5 h5 24. Qc4 Rab8 25. Qc3 Qd5 26. a4 Rb3 27. Qd2 Rfb8 28. Bc3 Qf5 29. Rg3 h4 30. Rgg1 Qh3 31. Rgc1 Qg3+ 32. Ke2 h3 33. d5 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 exd5 36. Rh1 Bxh1 37. Rxh1 h2 38. Kd3 Ra3 39. Rxh2 Rbb3 40. Rc2 Rxa4 41. Ke2 Rc4 42. Kd2 a4 43. Bd4 Rxc2+ 44. Kxc2 Rb5 45. Bb2 c5 46. Be5 a3 47. Bc3 a2 48. Bb2 Kf7 49. Kc1 Ke6 50. Kc2 Kf5 51. Kc1 Ke4 52. Kc2 Kxe3 53. f5 gxf5 54. g6 d4 55. g7 Rb8 56. Kd1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Escher, Clemens"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 Ng6 14. c5 h5 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na3 Nf6 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Nc5 Ne8 21. Ne6 Qf6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Qa4 Ng7 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxd7 Rc2 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Bd8 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 Nxe6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Bxg5 Kd7 34. g3 Kc6 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kf2 Kc5 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Bxf4 Nc4 39. Bc1 d5 40. f4 d4 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Bg6 h4 43. Bf7+ Kc5 44. Bxc4 Kxc4 45. f5 d3+ 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Kxd3 Ke5 48. Bg5 Kxf5 49. Bxh4 Kg4 50. Bg3 b5 51. Kc3 a5 52. Kd4 b4 53. Kc4 a4 54. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Escher, Clemens"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Bh2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qd2 Ne8 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Red1 Rac8 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Rcd1 Ke7 30. g4 Rc6 31. b3 a6 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Bc1 Kg7 35. f4 Rcd8 36. Rde4 Kf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heinze, Theodor"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Ne8 9. Nd2 f5 10. f3 f4 11. b4 h5 12. Nb3 g5 13. c5 Ndf6 14. a4 g4 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Qd3 Bf8 17. a5 g3 18. h3 Nh7 19. Rfc1 Qh4 20. Bf1 Ng5 21. Rc2 Rg7 22. Raa2 Nf6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Be2 Bxh3 25. Kf1 Bxg2+ 26. Ke1 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 g2+ 28. Kd2 g1Q 29. Qe2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hess, Dennis"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. h4 h5 6. g5 g6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Nf3 0-0-0 12. 0-0 Nge7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qa5 15. b4 Qc7 16. b5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rh7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxa7 e5 20. Bb6 e4 21. Qa4 Qg4+ 22. Ng3 Kd7 23. Bxd8 Nf5 24. b6+ Kxd8 25. Qa8+ Ke7 26. Qxb7+ Ke6 27. Bxe4 Nxg3 28. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janz, Frerik"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5 9. cxd5 Bd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. 0-0 b5 12. Qb3 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 h5 16. f3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 Be5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. h4 Qb6 22. Ne2 a5 23. Rae1 Na6 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. Ng3 Rfe8 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Nc5 28. Rc1 Qf8 29. Bh3 Na4 30. Qc6 Rab8 31. Qg6 1-0

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuehn, Peter"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Nge2 Nh6 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Kf8 15. Nf4 Ng8 16. Qe2 Bxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. f3 Qe7 19. Qe3 Ke8 20. Nfe2 Nd5 21. Qd2 Qf8 22. Ng3 Nge7 23. Nce4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Kd7 25. Qa5 Ra8 26. Nd6 b6 27. Qa6 Nc7 28. Qc4 a6 29. Bc2 Ncd5 30. Rd2 Ra7 31. Be4 b5 32. Qe2 Nc8 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Rc5 Qd8 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qe3 Rc7 37. Rdc2 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Re8 39. Qf4 Re7 40. b4 Qb6 41. Qc1 Qb7 42. a4 Kd8 43. axb5 axb5 44. Qa3 Qa7 45. Qxa7 Rxa7 46. Rxb5 Ra2 47. Rb7 Ke8 48. b5 Rd2 49. b6 Rxd4 50. Ra7 Rb4 51. b7 Kd8 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Kc7 54. b8B+ Kxb8 55. Rxf7 Re2 56. f4 Rc2 57. Rf6 Rc6 58. Rxg6 h4+ 59. Kxh4 d4 60. Rg8+ Kc7 61. Rg7+ Kd8 62. Ra7 d3 63. g6 Rc7 1-0

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. 0-0 g5 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. Bg4 f5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. f3 Rf7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Bf2 Ncd7 19. Rab1 b6 20. a3 Bf8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nh5 23. g3 Ng7 24. Ra1 Nf5 25. Nb5 Nf6 26. Qd3 Ne8 27. Ne4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 h5 29. Na7 g4 30. Nc6 Qd7 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. Ra8 Nfg7 33. Ng5 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Ne6 Rf3 36. Rc8 e4 37. Ncd4 Rd3 38. Nxg7 Nxg7 39. Ne6 Rf3 40. Bd4 e3 41. Bxg7 e2 1-0

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Cziehso, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Bb1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. 0-0 Bg4 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Rcd1 Nd4 20. Qd3 f5 21. Ba2 Kh8 22. f4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Be7 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxd4 Qc5 26. Qxe5 Qb6 27. Qd6 Qa7 28. Kh1 Rcd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Bb1+ g6 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rfd1 Qb6 34. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Bxb6 axb6 7. Nge2 d6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Bb3 g5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Ne6 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd8 16. Qh5+ Nf7 17. Rae1 Kd7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Nd8 20. Ng6 hxg6 21. Qxh8 Rxa2 22. Rf8 Nf7 23. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Korsus, Bernd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc5 11. f5 a5 12. d4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qb6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Rd1 Qa7 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 b5 18. Ne2 b4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. h4 e5 21. h5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Lievenbruck, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bc4 Ndb4 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Na3 Rc8 12. d5 Rd8 13. 0-0 Nxd5 14. Nd4 a6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qf3 e6 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Lindner, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Ng5 0-0 8. f4 h6 9. Nh3 d5 10. exd5 Bxh3 11. dxc6 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. cxb7 Rae8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qf2 Bc6 16. Na3 Qxb7 17. Bb3 exf4 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Re2 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Margraf, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne3 Be6 8. Nd2 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 Qb6 11. Nc2 Bg4 12. Qe2+ Kd7 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. 0-0-0 Rhe8 20. h3 Kc7 21. Rhg1 g6 22. Ne1 Nd7 23. Nd3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rg4 Rf5 26. f4 h5 27. Rg5 Rxf4 28. Kc2 Rf3 29. Rh1 Re8 30. Rg2 c5 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. h4 Be7 33. Rh2 Bf6 34. Rd2 Re4 35. Rg2 Bxh4 36. Bg5 Rf5 37. f3 Rxf3 38. Bxh4 Rxh4 39. Rg5 d4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Margraf, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Qe2 Na6 6. Nf3 Nc5 7. 0-0 Nxb3 8. axb3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 0-0 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rd2 a6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Rxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc8 18. Bh6 c5 19. Qf4 Qb8 20. Qxb8+ Rxb8 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Nd2 b5 23. f3 Nh5 24. Be3 Bd4 25. Nf1 e5 26. Kf2 f5 27. g4 Ng7 28. exf5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. Ne4 Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Nd4+ 33. Kd3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Mueller, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nh3 exf3 8. Qxf3 Bc6 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Qf2 Qe7 13. a4 Ndf6 14. Ba3 Qd7 15. Qe2 0-0-0 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Bc5 Qe4 19. Qb5 b6 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 Rd7 22. Nf2 Qd5 23. Qa6+ Qb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nd3 Ng4 26. Rab1 Kc8 27. h3 Ne3 28. Rf2 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nf6 30. Re2 Nd5 31. Rb3 Re8 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 f6 34. Re4 e5 35. c4 Nb4 36. c3 Nc6 37. Ba3 Kd8 38. d5 Na7 39. c5 Rxd5 40. cxb6 cxb6 41. Rxb6 Kc7 42. Rb2 Re6 43. Rh4 h6 44. Bf8 Rd7 45. Rg4 g5 46. Bxh6 Rc6 47. Rg3 Rc4 48. Ra2 Rf7 49. Rg4 Rxc3 50. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Piepho, Niels"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 c6 6. Bb3 a5 7. Nf3 Na6 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. e5 Ng4 10. d4 Nxb3 11. axb3 h5 12. Ne4 0-0 13. h3 Nh6 14. c3 Bf5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Nh2 h4 17. Nf3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qe1 Qxb3 20. Nxh4 Qd5 21. Ng5 Nh6 22. g4 c5 23. Be3 Bc6 24. Qg3 c4 25. Ngf3 Bd7 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Nh4 Bg6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. exd6 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qxh6 36. Qxe7 Rfe8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. d7 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rg8 40. d8Q Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Qxh3+ 42. Kf4 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Wyrwich, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nf5 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nd2 Qf7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Re2 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. c4 Bb4 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. a3 Bd6 24. Rce1 Rf7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 Bc5 27. Rc2 Bb6 28. Bb5 Qf5 29. Rd2 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rd8 32. Red1 Rc7 33. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 Bg4 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Bh4 0-0-0 10. Bg3 Rdg8 11. Nbd2 h5 12. Qa4 g5 13. Bb5 f6 14. c4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 a6 16. cxd5 axb5 17. dxc6 bxa4 18. cxd7+ Bxd7 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Rac1 h4 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Nc3 h3 23. Ne1 Rh6 24. f3 Rgh8 25. gxh3 Rxh3 26. Kf2 Rh2+ 27. Ng2 g4 28. Ne4 gxf3 0-1

[Event "GER Nord-chT U15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scheerer, Christoph"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 dxe4 7. d5 Nf6 8. dxe6 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bxe6 10. fxe4 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Ne2 0-0 14. 0-0 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. h3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBL NW 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schierholz, Joerg"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. a3 Rb8 9. e3 Nd7 10. b4 e5 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 exd4 14. exd4 dxc5 15. Qb3 cxd4 16. Qxc4 dxc3 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qg4 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Qc5 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Qe3 c2 23. Rc1 Bb2 24. Nh4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qf6 26. Bxc6 Bd7 27. Be4 Qe6 28. Bxc2 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bb5 30. Be3 Rbd8 31. Qe1 Qb2 32. a4 Bc6 33. Ng2 Qa2 34. Qc3 Qd5 35. f3 Qxf3 36. Nh4 Rxe3 37. Qb2 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Rf3+ 39. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Ke1 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "GER-chT U15"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vinke, Andreas"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Rb1 e5 6. d3 Rb8 7. b4 Nf6 8. b5 Ne7 9. e4 0-0 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Be3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. a4 a5 14. f4 f5 15. Qd2 Ba8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 exf4 18. Nxf4 Rf7 19. Ne6 Qc8 20. Rbc1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rf3 Qd7 23. Rcf1 Re8 24. g4 Ree7 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rf7 28. Qf4 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Bb7 30. Qf4 Qd6 31. Qg5 Qd7 32. Bh3 Qf7 33. Nxg7 Qxg7 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. e5 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 c6 39. bxc6 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Kxe6 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd8 43. e6 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Bf5 14. b5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rac8 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Qxd5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. d5 Rd6 22. e4 f5 23. Nd4 Ra6 24. Nxf5 Rxa2 25. e5 Ra5 26. Rfc1 Rcc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 b6 29. e6 Nxe6 30. Nh6+ gxh6 31. dxe6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rc7 33. f5 Ke7 34. g4 a5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Rd8 Rb7 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Kf6 39. Kf2 b5 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Ra8 a4 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 b4 44. f6+ Kg6 45. e7 b3 46. e8Q+ Kxg5 47. Qe5+ Kh6 48. Rxa4 b2 49. Rh4+ Kg6 50. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Margraf, Daniel"]
[Black "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bf5 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Korsus, Bernd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 Bd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Ba5 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Be8 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Bc2 Ne7 21. f4 Rc8 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rakow, Thorben"]
[Black "Krueger, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 0-0-0 15. 0-0-0 g5 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. f3 0-1

