[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 20th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2016.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ojas, Kulkarni"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Bd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 e5 12. f4 Nd4 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 Be6 19. Qd2 f5 20. c5 fxe4 21. dxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qd7 23. Nb6 Qe7 24. Qc2 Kh7 25. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 20th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. h3 Nc5 9. Re1 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Bxc5 axb3 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 bxa2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. Qh5 Rg8 20. f4 Be6 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Re2 e4 23. dxe4 d3 24. cxd3 Qxd3 25. Nh4 Qb1+ 26. Re1 Qxb2 27. f5 Rc2 28. Qf3 Bc4 29. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Guben op 16th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2013.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bielinski, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. a4 Ne5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. Bg1 Bf8 18. Nc2 Nfd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Qa2 Nc6 21. Qb2 a5 22. Nb5 Be7 23. Rc2 Ba6 24. Rcd2 Nb4 25. Nc2 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 Bf6 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Bb7 29. Rcd2 Rd7 30. Nb5 Rcd8 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. h3 Na6 33. Rd4 Qb7 34. Nd5 Qb8 35. Ne3 Nb4 36. Nc2 Na6 37. Ne3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guben op 16th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2013.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nge2 Qc6 7. Qd3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. Qxh3 Bxh3 10. Nf4 Bf5 11. Nfd5 Kd8 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. 0-0-0 Nd6 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. Ng4 c6 17. Ne5 e6 18. Na4 Ra7 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6+ Ke7 22. Rde1 Be4 23. Nc5 Kd8 24. Nxe4 Nfxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Nf7+ Ke8 27. Nxh8 b5 28. f3 Nf6 29. Be5 Nd5 30. h4 g6 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Ne7 33. Rg4 Bh6+ 34. f4 Kf7 35. b3 Rd7 36. Kb2 b4 37. c3 bxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Nd5+ 39. Kb2 Ne3 40. Rg1 Nf5 41. Rc1 Nxd4 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Rxc6 Bg7 44. Kc2 Rxf4 45. Rxa6 Rxh4 46. Ra7+ Kg6 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Ra5+ Be5 49. Ra4 Rh3 50. Kd2 Bc3+ 51. Kc2 Ke5 52. Rg4 Kd5 53. Rg2 Bd4 54. Rg5+ Be5 55. Rg2 Bf6 56. Rd2+ Kc6 57. Rd3 Rh4 58. Rd2 Kc5 59. Rf2 Be5 60. Re2 Bd4 61. Kd3 Bh8 62. Re4 Rh3+ 63. Re3 Rh1 64. Re4 Bf6 65. Rc4+ Kd5 66. Ra4 Rh3+ 67. Kc2 Bd4 68. Ra8 Rh2+ 69. Kd3 Bc5 70. Rd8+ Bd6 71. Ra8 Kc5 72. Ra4 Kb6 73. Ke4 Bb4 74. Kd5 Rd2+ 75. Ke4 Rd8 76. Ke3 Kc5 77. Ke4 Rd4+ 78. Ke3 Rh4 79. Kd3 Kd5 80. Ra8 Rh3+ 81. Ke2 Kd4 82. Ra4 Kc3 83. Kf2 Rh8 84. Kf3 Rb8 85. Ke4 Kb2 86. Kd5 Ba3 87. Kc4 Rc8+ 88. Kb5 Kxa2 89. b4 Kb3 90. Ra6 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Guben op 16th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2013.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fengier, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. exd6 e6 7. Nf3 Bxd6 8. d4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 c4 11. Bc2 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Bd2 Nf4 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qe2 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guben op 16th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2013.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michalicek, Roland"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. Rad1 a5 15. Nb1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Qe3 Bg5 20. Kh1 h6 21. Be5 Nd3 22. f4 Nxe5 23. fxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Guben op 16th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2013.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Rudolph, Stephanie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2013.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bxa6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. g3 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nb4 11. Qe4+ Be7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. Bg2 0-0 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nh4 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. 0-0 Kh8 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Bf4 Qb3 22. Qa2 Rab8 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Rab1 g5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Ne3 d4 27. Nd1 c4 28. Rc1 g4 29. Be4 Bh6 30. e3 d3 31. Rc3 Rdb8 32. Bd5 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Bf8 34. Be6 Bxa3 35. Bxg4 Bc1 36. e4 Bd2 37. Rf1 Rb1 38. Ne3 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Bxc3 40. Be6 Bb7 41. f3 Bd4 42. Nxc4 Ba6 43. Nd2 Bc3 44. Bc4 Bxd2 45. Bxa6 Kg7 46. Bxd3 Kf6 47. Ke2 Bc1 48. Bb5 h6 49. Be8 Kg5 50. h4+ Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Bh5 Kd6 53. Kg2 Kc5 54. Kh3 Kd4 55. Kg4 Ke3 56. Bg6 Kd4 57. Kf5 Ba3 58. f4 Bd6 59. Be8 Bc7 60. Bc6 Bd6 61. Bd5 Bc7 62. fxe5 Bxe5 63. g4 Bg3 64. g5 Bxh4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 14th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rac8 13. Qd2 e5 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rcd1 Rfe8 16. Bh4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 14th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Kostic, Vladimir G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Qb3 a5 8. a3 Ba6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rab1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Ne4 b3 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qc1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bc3 Ne4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Ra1 e5 24. Bb6 Nf6 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ba5 e4 27. Ne1 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qe5+ 29. Kg1 Qxa5 30. Bc4 g6 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. Ra6 Qe5 33. Bxb3 Rxb3 34. Rxa8 Ng4 35. Qc8 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Rxb2+ 38. Nc2 Rxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Qxg2 40. Qc3+ Kh6 41. Qe1 Qf3+ 42. Kf1 Nh2+ 43. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 12th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2008.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Mons, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nc4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxh6 Bg7 14. Qd2 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qf6 16. Ne3 c6 17. Nf5 Ng7 18. g4 Ne8 19. e5 dxe5 20. g5 Qe6 21. Re4 gxf5 22. g6 Qxg6+ 23. Rg4 fxg4 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Ng7 26. Re1 Bf5 27. Qg5 gxh3 28. Kh2 Rae8 29. Rg1 Rf7 30. Qh6 Re6 31. Qh4 Ref6 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Rd2 Be6 34. b3 Rg6 35. f3 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd2 Rf4 38. Qe1 Rg5 39. Rf2 Rxf2+ 40. Qxf2+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Ksieski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Qxb8 Raxb8 13. Nbd2 Rfc8 14. Rac1 d6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. f4 Ke7 19. e3 f5 20. Nf2 g5 21. Nd3 Nf6 22. Nb4 a5 23. Nxc6+ Bxc6 24. Re1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. a4 d5 29. h4 dxc4 30. hxg5 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rc2 Rxg5 33. Rh1 Kd6 34. Rd2+ Rd5 35. Rxd5+ exd5 36. Ra1 Rb8 37. Ra2 Rb3 38. Kf2 a4 39. g4 Ke5 40. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 41. Kg3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Natsidis, Christoph"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 0-0 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Hillmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Bd2 Na6 10. Qc1 Nc5 11. Bh6 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 h6 15. Nd4 Qf7 16. Qb2 a4 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. b4 a3 21. Qd4 Na4 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Bxb7 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb8 26. Bc6 Nc3 27. Rd3 Nxa2 28. Rb3 Nxb4 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxb4 g5 31. Nd5 Rxe2 32. Ra1 f4 33. gxf4 c6 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxa3 Rd2 36. Ke1 Rd4 37. Ne3 gxf4 38. Nc2 Re7+ 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Na1 Kg6 41. c5 Kg5 42. cxd6 Rxd6 43. Ra5+ Kg4 44. Kg2 Rf7 45. Nc2 c5 46. Rxc5 h5 47. Ne3+ Kh4 48. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoffmann, Steffen"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb4 Qb6 17. Rac1 Qa7 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd3 22. exd3 Bxd4 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Be4 Bh3 25. Bg2 Be6 26. b4 Bf5 27. h3 Qa4 28. g4 Bd7 29. Bf3 Qb3 30. Kg2 Be6 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qd2 Qa1 33. Bc6 Bc3 34. Qc2 Bb3 35. Qxb3 Qxc1 36. Bxb5 Bd4 37. Ba4 Qf4 38. Qc2 Be5 39. Qc6 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qxh3+ 41. Ke2 Qxg4+ 42. Qf3 Qd4 43. Be8 Bf6 44. b5 Kf8 45. Bc6 Qb2+ 46. Kf1 Bd4 47. Bd5 f5 48. Bc4 Kg7 49. a4 Kf6 50. Qe2 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 e5 52. Qa2 Qxa2 53. Bxa2 Bb6 54. Bd5 g5 55. f3 h5 56. Kh3 g4+ 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kg2 Kf4 60. Bc6 Bc7 61. fxg4 fxg4 62. Be4 h3+ 63. Kh2 Bb6 64. Bd5 Ba5 65. Be4 Bc7 66. Bd5 Ke3 67. Kg3 Kxd3 68. Kxg4 e4 69. Kxh3 e3 70. Bf3 d5 71. Kg4 e2 72. Bxe2+ Kxe2 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Eichner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nd2 Nb6 9. e3 Qd6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qa4 exd4 14. exd4 0-0 15. Bf4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. a4 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 Ra5 29. Rb4 Ke7 30. Rd4 Ke6 31. h4 Rd5 32. Rc4 Rd7 33. Kg2 Kd5 34. Rf4 Ke5 35. Rb4 Ke6 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Kf3 Rb7 38. h5 f5 39. Rc4 Ke5 40. Rc5+ Kf6 41. a5 Kg5 42. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Nd2 Qxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Nd4 10. Nb3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Qe5 12. f3 a6 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. a4 d5 17. Bd4 Qb8 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 Bxd4+ 20. N3xd4 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qe5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ne6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. h4 Qd6 28. Nc6 Qxe5 29. Nxe5+ Kf6 30. Nc6 Rd6 31. Rc1 Nd8 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc6+ Ke5 34. b6 d4 35. b7 Rb8 36. Rb6 Kd5 37. b4 Kc4 38. Kf2 Kd3 39. f4 Kd2 40. g3 d3 41. Rb5 h5 42. Kf3 Kc3 43. Ke3 Kc4 44. Rc5+ Kxb4 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Podolnyy, Jakiv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a4 a5 9. e4 0-0 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bc1 c5 15. d5 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd3 18. Qe2 e5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rf1 Kg7 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Kh1 Rh8 23. Qe2 f6 24. Bf3 h5 25. Bxh5 Rh6 26. h3 Rdh8 27. Bg4 R6h7 28. Kg2 Be8 29. Rh1 Bh5 30. Bxh5 Rxh5 31. Nb5 Bd6 32. Be3 Qd8 33. b3 b6 34. bxc4 Nb4 35. Rh2 Kf7 36. Rah1 Ke7 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxh4 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 Rxh4 40. gxh4 Qg8+ 41. Kh3 Qh7 42. Qg4 Nc2 43. Bd2 Nd4 44. Qg6 Qh8 45. Bh6 Ne2 46. h5 Bb8 47. Kg4 Nf4 48. Bxf4 exf4 49. h6 Be5 50. d6+ Kf8 51. Nc7 Bxd6 52. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ziese, Gerhard"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Nce2 Nde5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Rh2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rhd2 d5 21. e5 b4 22. f4 Rfc8 23. h5 a5 24. Rg1 g6 25. Rh1 Bf8 26. Rdh2 Bg7 27. Rd1 Ba6 28. Rdh1 a4 29. Rd2 a3 30. Rdh2 axb2 31. Kxb2 Rc3 32. Bf2 Ra3 33. Rh3 Rxh3 34. Rxh3 Bc4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nb3 Bf8 37. Bd4 Bb5 38. c3 Rc4 39. Rf3 Ba4 40. Rf2 bxc3+ 41. Bxc3 Be7 42. Rf3 Re4 43. Nd2 Re2 44. Ba5 Bc5 45. Kc1 d4 46. Nb3 Ba3+ 47. Kb1 Rb2+ 48. Ka1 Rh2 49. Nd2 Bc1 50. Nb3 Bb2+ 51. Kb1 Bc6 52. Bd2 Bxf3 53. Kxb2 Bd5 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kb2 Kf8 56. Ka3 Ke8 57. Bb4 d3 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 15th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2008.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Staffeldt, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. c5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. gxf4 b6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6 Nb8 15. Nb5 0-0 16. Ne5 c4 17. c7 Na6 18. Nxc4 Nb4 19. Nb6 Ra6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Kd2 Ne8 22. Rhc1 Nc6 23. Rc5 Na7 24. a4 Kf8 25. e4 Nxb5 26. axb5 Rd6 27. exd5 Rxc7 28. Rxa5 exd5 29. Ra8 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Rd7 31. c6 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pilaj, Herwig"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 e6 16. f4 Bc7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Rce1 Qxc5 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. c4 Qf6 25. Bd5 Rab8 26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Renaze, Luc"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bg5 e5 11. Nb5 Nd4 12. Nbxd4 exd4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Rae8 19. Rf2 h6 20. Bh4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qe7 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Be6 Qf6 26. h3 Bh5 27. Re1 Bf7 28. Rf3 Qg5 29. Qe4 Re7 30. b3 Rfe8 31. Kh2 b6 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Qd5 Rg8 34. Rf2 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 d3 36. Rd1 Bxe6 37. fxe6 Qe3 38. Rxd3 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qxe6 40. Qxd6 Qxd6 41. Rxd6 Re2 42. Rf2 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 a6 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Ng5 g6 12. h4 h6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qc1 Qf8 15. h5 g5 16. 0-0 b5 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Be2 a5 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qf8 23. Bf6 Rh6 24. Qc7 Rxf6 25. exf6 Qh6 26. Bc6 Nxc6 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Rab1 Qf4 29. g3 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Welling, Gerard J"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 0-0 7. Ne5 c6 8. g4 Be6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 f6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Rh8 17. 0-0-0 c5 18. Qg2 c4 19. Bf5 Qa6 20. f4 Qc6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. e4 dxe4 23. f5 Qd6 24. Qxe4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Qe3 g5 28. Ne4 Qf4 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Rxe7+ Kf8 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Qe2 d5 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f5 Bxh4 16. fxe6 Bf6 17. exd7+ Qxd7 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Rf1 Bg6 22. Rxf6 Ke7 23. Rf4 f5 24. Bc3 Rhg8 25. g4 Ke6 26. Bf1 Ke7 27. Bc4 fxg4 28. d5 Rgf8 29. d6+ Kd7 30. Rxg4 Bf7 31. Rg7 Ke8 32. Bf6 b6 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Pitl, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Na5 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4 Nxb3 13. axb3 b4 14. g5 bxc3 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rhg1 cxb2 17. Kxb2 Qa5 18. h4 h6 19. Ra1 Qe5 20. f3 Bb7 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qc5 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Rac1 Qc3+ 25. Kb1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Rfd1 0-0 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qg3 f5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ziska, Robert"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 Nd4 8. e5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nh6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Nd5 0-0 12. 0-0 Re8 13. h3 Nf5 14. c3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Qf2 a5 17. Bd2 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Rfe1 bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 h5 24. d4 Qc7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nh6 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. f5 gxf5 29. g5 Ng4 30. g6 Kg7 31. gxf7 Rh8 32. Be6 Qd8 33. Qxf5 Rh1+ 34. Kxh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qxe1+ 36. Qf1 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qxe6 39. f8Q+ Kxf8 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxa5 Kg6 42. Qa2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Becker, Martin Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Rad1 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 d5 17. a3 Nc6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Ba6 20. Rd2 Rab8 21. Rfd1 d4 22. Qc2 c4 23. Nh4 d3 24. exd3 Nd4 25. Qa4 cxd3 26. Be4 g5 27. Ng2 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Rd4 29. Qc6 Rd6 30. Qc5 Rb5 31. Qe3 Re5 32. Qxa7 Qxf3 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxd6 Bb7 35. Qxe5+ Kh6 36. Qd6+ f6 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 e5 12. f4 Nh5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Ng3 15. f6 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Bf8 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Qh5 Bd5 20. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Handrick Morgenstern, Petra"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. h3 c5 9. Be3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 Ne5 17. Kh1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qb3 e5 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne2 Rdc8 23. Rd7 Bc6 24. Rd2 Be8 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Bg5 Kg7 27. Rd5 f6 28. Be3 Bf7 29. Rd7 R4c7 30. Bb6 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rc6 32. Ba5 Rc4 33. Ra7 Ra4 34. Rxa6 Rxa2 35. Ng3 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 b4 37. Ra7 b3 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Natsidis, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. f4 Be8 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Bb1 Rh8 18. Rf2 Nfd7 19. e4 f6 20. Nxd7 Bh5 21. Nxb6 Bxe2 22. Nxa8 Bg4 23. h3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rc7+ Kg8 27. e5 Qb4 28. Rc3 Qxd4 29. exf6 Be6 30. Nc7 Bd7 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Nxd5 Kf7 33. Ne7 Bb5 34. Rc3 Qd4 35. Bg6+ Ke6 36. Rc1 Rf8 37. Re1+ Kd7 38. f7 Bc4 39. Nf5 Qc5 40. Rd1+ Bd5 41. b4 Qc6 42. Rfd2 Qxg6 43. Rxd5+ Kc7 44. Rd7+ Kb8 45. Rd8+ Ka7 46. Rxf8 Qxf5 47. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Senff, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. g4 Nfd7 13. g5 Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 Nb6 16. a3 0-0 17. h5 Nxb3 18. cxb3 d5 19. g6 Bf6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. e5 Bxe5 22. h6 fxg6 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Qh2 h5 25. Rcg1 Qf7 26. Qd6 Nd7 27. Qxe6 Rce8 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Nd1 Kh7 30. Rg3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schindler, Jonas"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Na3 a6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Nc2 0-0 17. h4 Rfc8 18. b3 Bd8 19. Ne3 g6 20. g4 a5 21. a4 Bb6 22. Ke2 Bd4 23. Rad1 Rf8 24. h5 Bc8 25. f3 Ra7 26. Rh2 Rc7 27. Rdh1 Re8 28. Kd3 Ree7 29. Nf1 f5 30. hxg6 fxg4 31. gxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35. Ng3 Bc5 36. Ne4 Bf5 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Be8 Kf8 39. Bh5 Ke7 40. Bf3 Bb4 41. Bh5 Kd7 42. Bf3 Kc7 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. Kd3 Bc8 45. Bg4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Eichner, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. f3 d6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 h5 18. f4 Qc8 19. Ne3 Ke7 20. f5 Qc5 21. Qf2 Rag8 22. Qh4 Rg5 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rcf1 Rhg8 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. b3 Ng4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. a4 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 e5 30. Qf2 f5 31. b4 Qxb4 32. Qh4 Rfg8 33. Rxf5 Qd2 34. Rg3 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Bxe4 36. Rgxg5 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 08th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scholbach, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. d3 0-0 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. Qf2 b5 12. h3 b4 13. Nd1 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 a5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb5 17. Rab1 a4 18. f5 a3 19. Bh6 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 axb2 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qf4 Nc3 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Nf3 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne5 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Qf1 Rxa2 28. Nb3 Qh6 29. Qe1 b1Q 30. Rxb1 Rxc2 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. d4 cxd4 33. Nxd4 Rd3 34. Qg1 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Sommer, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Ne1 f5 14. f3 Ra8 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 f4 17. a5 h5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Na4 b6 20. axb6 cxb6 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. d6+ Kh7 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd7 27. Qd5 Qe7 28. Qc6 Rfc8 29. Nd5 Rxc6 30. Nxe7 Rd6 31. Nd5 b5 32. Rfc1 Rc6 33. Ra7 c4 34. Bc3 Re6 35. Rca1 Kh6 36. Bb4 Bf8 37. Bxf8+ Rxf8 38. Rb7 Rc6 39. Rxb5 c3 40. Rc1 Kg5 41. Kf2 Rc4 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Nxc3 Rc8 44. Rb3 Kh4 45. g3+ fxg3+ 46. hxg3+ Kg5 47. Ke3 h4 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Nd5 g5 50. Ne7 Re8 51. Nf5+ Kh3 52. Nh6 Ra8 53. Nf7 g4 54. fxg4 Kxg4 55. Nxe5+ Kg5 56. Rb1 Kf6 57. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuhne, Detlev"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Rb8 13. e3 Nb5 14. d4 e5 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. d5 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. b3 a5 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Rac1 e4 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxe4 Qc7 24. Nc5 Rb4 25. Qa3 Bc8 26. Rc2 Qa7 27. Qc1 Bf5 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Bf8 30. e4 Bxc5 31. exf5 Rd2 32. Qf4 Rxa2 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Bxc6 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qb6 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Bd5 Qd8 40. Kg2 Bxf2 41. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nge2 0-0 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Be2 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. 0-0 Qf6 18. Bg3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Rfe8 22. f3 f5 23. Bxd6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4 25. Nc3 Rxc4 26. Rf7 Be8 27. Rxb7 Kg8 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rb4 31. Rbe7 Bxa4 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. R5e6 Rf7 34. Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Re6 Bb5 38. Nxc5 Rxb2 39. Rb6 Rd2 40. d6 h5 41. gxh5 Kh6 42. Ne4 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Kxh5 44. Ke3 Rd3+ 45. Kf4 Kh4 46. Rb8 Kh5 47. Ke5 Bc6 48. Nc5 Rd5+ 49. Kf6 Rxd6+ 50. Ne6 Kh4 51. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Siedentopf, Daniel"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 a6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Bg5 Bd6 9. g3 b6 10. Nc3 Be5 11. Bd2 Na5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. fxe5 Nxd2 14. exf6 Nxf1 15. Qxf1 Qe5 16. fxg7 Rg8 17. Qf2 Qc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. e5 Bb7 20. Bxh7 Rxg7 21. Be4 Rb8 22. b3 Ke7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Ne4 a5 25. c3 Rg4 26. Re1 c4 27. Nd6 Rb8 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. h4 Rxa2 31. h5 a4 32. h6 Kf8 33. Rb1 Kg8 34. g4 a3 35. Rb3 Kh7 36. g5 Re2 37. Rxa3 Rxe5 38. Ra7 Rxg5+ 39. Kf2 Kxh6 40. Rxd7 Kg6 41. Rc7 Re5 42. c5 f5 43. Rc8 Kf6 44. c6 Rc5 45. c7 Ke5 46. Rd8 Rxc7 47. Rd3 Rc4 48. Ke3 f4+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Kf2 e5 51. Ke2 Rc5 52. Rh3 Kg4 53. Rd3 e4 54. Rd4 Kf5 55. Kd2 Ke5 56. Rd8 Rd5+ 0-1

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Engelhardt, Etienne"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. Bb1 d5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qe3 f5 17. g3 Rf7 18. h4 f4 19. gxf4 Bxh4 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Kg2 Rc8 22. Rh1 Be7 23. Neg1 Bf8 24. Ng5 Rg7 25. Qh3 Qe7 26. N1f3 Nd8 27. Nh4 Be8 28. Bd2 h6 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. Qxh6 Be4+ 31. Bxe4 Rxg5+ 32. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 33. fxg5 dxe4 34. Rac1 Nc6 35. Be3 Rd8 36. Rhd1 Nd5 37. Kg3 Be7 38. Kg4 Rf8 39. Rh1 Rf3 40. Rh5 Kg7 41. Rch1 Nxe3+ 42. fxe3 Kf7 43. Rh8 Bf8 44. R1h7+ Bg7 45. Rc8 Kg6 46. Rh3 Rf2 47. b4 Ra2 48. Rc7 Rxa3 49. Rxb7 Rb3 50. Rb6 Nxb4 51. Rxe6+ Kf7 52. Rd6 a5 53. g6+ Kg8 54. Kf5 Rc3 55. Rd8+ Bf8 56. Kf6 Rc7 57. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Schoene, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Nge2 b6 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. Bc2 a4 14. f3 Ba6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nfd7 17. g4 Ra5 18. Nc3 Qa8 19. Kb1 Qa7 20. h4 Qa8 21. Rc1 Ra7 22. Bd1 Rg8 23. Bc2 Rf8 24. Rcg1 Rg8 25. h5 g5 26. Kc1 Bf6 27. Kd1 Kg7 28. Ke2 Qb7 29. b4 axb3 30. axb3 Qa8 31. b4 Nb7 32. Bb3 Rc8 33. Qc2 Nd8 34. Rc1 Qb7 35. Na4 Be7 36. Nb2 Rca8 37. Qc3 Bf6 38. Rc2 Kh7 39. Rhc1 Rc8 40. Nc4 Be7 41. Bf2 Kg8 42. Ne3 Kh7 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. Qb2 Qa8 45. Rc4 Kg8 46. R1c3 Kh7 47. Qc1 Qb7 48. Rc6 Qb8 49. Rxd6 c5 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. Ra6 Qxb5+ 52. Bc4 Qb7 53. Rca3 Rca8 54. Qa1 Rxa6 55. Bxa6 Qb4 56. Be1 Qb6 57. Bc4 Rxa3 58. Qxa3 Qb1 59. Qb3 Qxb3 60. Bxb3 Nb7 61. Ba4 Nb6 62. Bc6 Nd6 63. Nxd6 Bxd6 64. Ba5 Nc4 65. Bd8 Bf8 66. Kd3 Nd6 67. Kc3 Kg7 68. Bd7 Nb7 69. Bb6 Bd6 70. Bc6 Na5 71. Bxa5 Kf8 72. Kc4 Ke7 73. Bb6 f6 74. Bxc5 Bxc5 75. Kxc5 Kd8 76. Kd6 Kc8 77. Bd7+ Kd8 78. Bf5 Ke8 79. Be6 Kd8 80. Bd7 f5 81. gxf5 g4 82. f6 g3 83. f7 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Herrmann, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 0-0 10. Nf3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Qd7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qh4 Re5 20. Raf1 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Rg8 22. Qf4 Rf8 23. h3 a6 24. Bh6 Ne8 25. Rh5 Rg8 26. Bg5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 f6 28. Bh4 Rg6 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Nc7 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Ne2 Be5 33. a5 Kf7 34. Nf4 Rg8 35. Nd3 Bd4 36. Bg3 Ke7 37. b3 Nb5 38. Bh4 Rf8 39. Nf4 Rf7 40. Ne2 Be5 41. Bf2 Rg7 42. g4 Rg8 43. Be1 Rc8 44. Bc3 Bxc3 45. Nxc3 Nd4 46. Re3 Nxb3 47. g5 Nxa5 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. e5+ dxe5 50. Ne4+ Ke7 51. Rg3 Kf8 52. Nf6 Kf7 53. Ne4 Rd8 54. Rf3+ Kg7 55. Rg3+ Kf7 56. Rf3+ Ke8 57. Rg3 c4 58. Rg7 b5 59. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. c3 Nb5 19. d4 Bf6 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. b5 Bd7 22. Rab1 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bc8 24. b6 Qg7 25. Rbd1 h5 26. c4 g5 27. Nb3 a4 28. Na5 Rd8 29. c5 Ne8 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. Qxa4 f4 32. Re4 Bd7 33. Qb4 Ra8 34. Rd3 fxg3 35. hxg3 Be7 36. Re2 h4 37. Bxb7 Rxa5 38. Qxa5 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Qf7 40. Rf3 Qh5 41. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Leutersdorf Muench Braeu op 06th"]
[Site "Leutersdorf"]
[Date "2001.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Ender, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Ke7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba3+ Nd6 13. Qxd5 Kf6 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Qe5+ Kg6 16. Rg1 f5 17. h3 Re8 18. Qf4 Re4 19. Rxg4+ fxg4 20. Bd3 Kh5 21. hxg4+ Kh4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qg8 24. Be7+ Kh3 25. 0-0-0 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Vukovic, Ivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be4 Bd7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. h3 Nb4 16. g4 Be6 17. Be4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Rd8 Qa6 23. Qb3 Rxd8 24. Nxd8 Qc8 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Rf2 Kh8 28. Kh2 g5 29. fxg5 Bxe5+ 30. Bf4 Nd6 31. a3 Bxf4+ 32. Rxf4 Qe5 33. axb4 hxg5 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Nxd5 gxf4 36. Nexf4 e5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Nd3 e4 39. Nxc5 Rc8 40. b4 Rf8 41. Kg2 a5 42. bxa5 Rf5 43. a6 Rxd5 44. a7 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. Ke3 Ra8 47. Nxe4 Nb5 48. c4 Nxa7 49. Kd4 Rc8 50. Kd5 Kg7 51. c5 Rd8+ 52. Nd6 Kf6 53. h4 Nc8 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Braun, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Qa5 9. 0-0 c4 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxc4 Qf5 16. Ne3 Qg6 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Ne6 21. Qxb7 Nxd4 22. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Qc6 Rac8 26. Qa6 Rc2 27. b4 Re6 28. Qa4 Rec6 29. Ne3 R2c3 30. b5 Rc8 31. Qxa7 h4 32. Bb8 h3 33. g4 Bh4 34. Bg3 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Qf6 36. Nf5 Qg5 37. Ne3 g6 38. Qd7 Qf6 39. Kh2 Qf3 40. g5 Kg7 41. Qe7 Rxe3 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Rd2 Nxg3 45. Rb1 e3 46. Rd3 Rc2 47. Kxh3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xander, Karl"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c3 0-0 14. Nc2 Bg5 15. h4 Bh6 16. g4 Bf4 17. Be2 Rb8 18. g5 a5 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Qxf4 Bg4 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 b4 24. b3 bxc3 25. Rd5 a4 26. Rhd1 axb3 27. axb3 Qb6 28. Rxd6 Qxb3 29. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 30. Kf1 Rbe8 31. Qd5 Rxe4 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33. R6xd3 Rc4 34. Rc1 Rfc8 35. Ke2 g6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Rd4 h6 38. f4 hxg5 39. hxg5 R8c7 40. Rc2 R4c5 41. Kd3 Rc8 42. Rd7 Rh8 43. Kd4 Rf5 44. Kxc3 Rxf4 45. Rd5 Rc8+ 46. Kb2 Rxc2+ 47. Kxc2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[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 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb8 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. e4 e6 14. Rad1 a6 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Ng5 Nge5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nd4 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Ne2 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Nc3 a5 23. Nd5 a4 24. b4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 cxb4 27. d6 Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Rad8 29. Bd5 Rf8 30. Qg5 Kh8 31. Qe7 Bf6 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Qxe5+ f6 35. Qe4 Qxd6 36. Qc2 Rfe8 37. Qxa4 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Re1 Qd7 40. Qxd7 Rxd7 41. Rb1 Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fuchs, Oliver"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 0-0 10. Nf3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nb4 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Nd2 c4 17. Rc1 b5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 Na2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 c3 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Nb1 b4 26. Rd1 Ng4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. Re1 Qc5 29. h3 Bd7 30. Bf2 Bd4 31. Bh4 f5 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Qxd5 34. Bf6 Be6 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Qxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michna, Andreas"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bg5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qg6 13. 0-0 Qxe4 14. Re1 Qg6 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. Nb6 axb5 17. Nxc8 Bxc8 18. Nxb5 Be7 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Ra3 Nd4 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. axb5 f5 23. c4 Qe6 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. b4 Rd8 26. Qd5 Rd7 27. b6 Bf6 28. Rc2 Re7 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. h3 Bd8 31. Qa5 Bg5 32. Qa8 Re7 33. Qb8 e4 34. Qxd6 Rd7 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. h4 Bxh4 38. c5 Bf6 39. Ra2 f4 40. Ra7 e3 41. Ra2 Bd4 42. Rc2 exf2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muehlberg, Frank"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rfd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 b6 17. d5 e5 18. c4 Qd6 19. b4 cxb4 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qb8 22. Bxb4 a5 23. Ba3 Qb3 24. Rc3 Qb5 25. Rdc1 Ba6 26. R3c2 Rac8 27. h3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rc8 29. Rb2 Qa4 30. Ra2 Qb5 31. Kh2 Qxe2 32. Qxe2 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Bf8 34. d6 Rd8 35. Rd2 f6 36. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mueller, Giso"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. h4 0-0 14. h5 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h6 Rae8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 gxh6 19. Nf3 Rf5 20. Qd3 e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rexe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qd4 Qc7 25. f4 Rf5 26. Rf1 b6 27. Qd3 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 Rh5+ 29. Kg3 Qe7 30. Qd2 Qh4+ 31. Kf3 Rf5 32. Qe3 Qh5+ 33. Kf2 Qf7 34. Kf3 Qc7 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Qe8+ Qxe8 37. Rxe8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. g4 Ke7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd4 h5 42. gxh5 Kf5 43. Kxd5 Kxf4 44. Kc6 Kg5 45. Kb7 Kxh5 46. Kxa7 b5 47. Kb6 Kg5 48. Kxb5 h5 49. c4 h4 50. c5 h3 51. c6 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Reinhardt, Siegfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. a4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Qc2 b4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Rd3 Kxh7 17. d5 Qf6 18. e5 Qg6 19. dxe6 Nd4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qd2 Nde2+ 23. Kf1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nf4+ 25. Kf1 Qxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Bd2 Ne4 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Rb1 Nf4+ 31. Ke3 Nxd2 32. Rxb4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Richter, Maik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Nb3 0-0 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 Nb4 14. Kb1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeskulap op 16th"]
[Site "Goerlitz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Seliger, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1999.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. d5 Nfd7 11. Ra3 Re8 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. Re1 Ra7 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Ncb5 Rb7 17. Rg3 Nc5 18. c3 Qd7 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Ne3 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 b5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Ree3 Ne6 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qa4 Kf8 31. Rb3 Qa7 32. Nb6 Qc7 33. Nd7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ exf6 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Rc3 Qb6 37. d5 Nc5 38. Rc2 Qb4 39. Qc6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxe4 41. Rxc5 Qe5+ 42. g3 dxc5 43. Qxc5 a4 44. Qb5 Qd4 45. Kg1 h5 46. d6 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qxd6 48. Qxa4 Qd5+ 49. Kg1 g5 50. Qc2 Qd4 51. Kf1 Qd7 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kg1 Qe6 54. Kh2 Qd6 55. Qc3 h4 56. b4 hxg3+ 57. fxg3 Qe6 58. Qd2 Qc4 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg1 Qe5 61. Kf2 Qf5+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kh2 Qc4 64. Qb2 Qb5 65. Kg2 Kg6 66. Kf2 Qf5+ 67. Kg2 Qd5+ 68. Kh2 Qb5 69. Qc2+ Kg7 70. Qc5 f5 71. Qd4+ Kg6 72. Kg1 Qe2 73. Qf2 Qb5 74. Qd2 f6 75. Kf2 Qc4 76. Qb2 Qb5 77. Ke3 f4+ 78. gxf4 gxf4+ 79. Kxf4 Qc4+ 80. Ke3 Qe6+ 81. Kd4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Hentzgen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 0-0 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. 0-0 f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Re1 Bxf5 17. Nc2 d5 18. Bf1 Qb7 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. h4 h6 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. h5 Bh7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 f5 27. Rxa6 Qf7 28. Ne2 Qxh5 29. Nf4 Qh4 30. Rh3 Qg5 31. Ng6+ Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Bxg6 33. Qxd5 Rd8 34. Qe6 Bh7 35. Be2 Rd2 36. Bc4 Rgd8 37. Rg3 Bg8 38. Qg6 R2d7 39. Bxg8 Rxg8 40. Qxf5 Rd2 41. Qxe4 Rxb2 42. Kh2 Rxf2 43. c4 Rgf8 44. Qg6 R8f7 45. Rd3 R2f6 46. Rd8+ Bf8 47. Qd3 Kg7 48. Qd4 Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kg7 50. Qe5 Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kg7 52. Qd4 Kg6 53. Rd7 Rxd7 54. Qxd7 Rf5 55. Qe6+ Rf6 56. Qe4+ Kg7 57. Qd4 Kf7 58. c5 Bxc5 59. Qxc5 Rg6 60. Kh3 Rg5 61. Qd6 Kg7 62. Qe7+ Kg6 63. g3 Rh5+ 64. Kg4 Rg5+ 65. Kf4 Kh5 66. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Hoennekes, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. h5 Bg7 5. h6 Bf8 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 e6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxe4 Qd8 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. 0-0-0 c6 15. Kb1 Rg8 16. c5 d5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Nxc6 Qc7 21. Ne5 Qxc2+ 22. Bxc2 Nd7 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Bxh7 Rxg2 25. Rdg1 Rxf2 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Rg8 Raf8 28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. Bg6 Rh8 30. h7 Rff8 31. Rg1 b6 32. Bd3 Be8 33. Rg8 Bf7 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Uhlemann, Marek"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bh6 g6 9. Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Fleischmann, Torsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. f3 Nf6 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. g4 b5 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Kb1 Nf8 14. Nd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne6 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Qc3 0-0 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Ne6 21. e5 Nc7 22. exd6 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 exd6 24. Rh1 Qc7 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Rd1 Rac8 27. f4 Qc4 28. f5 Qxd3 29. R1xd3 Rc4 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. R3d4 Re8 32. b3 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Re6 34. Rf4 d5 35. a4 Re4 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. axb5 axb5 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Kf7 40. Kc2 Ke6 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steffen, Rico"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. e3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nc4 Bb5 18. Be2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Qd3 Ne7 23. 0-0 Ng6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heisch, Juergen"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. Be2 c5 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. d5 Bxa1 13. dxc6 Bg7 14. cxb7 Rb8 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ba6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Rc1 Kf8 20. Rc8+ Rd8 21. Rc7 e6 22. a4 Kg7 23. a5 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rb1 25. f4 Rb3 26. e5 h5 27. h4 Rb2 28. Kf3 Rb4 29. Ke3 Rb1 30. Kf3 Rb2 31. Kg3 Rb3+ 32. Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernigerode op-A 7th"]
[Site "Wernigerode"]
[Date "1998.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Werner, Bernd Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Rc1 f4 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. Nd3 g5 15. f3 Rf7 16. c5 Ng6 17. a4 Bf8 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Nb5 h5 20. Nc5 Nf8 21. a5 b6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Na4 Bd7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Nc3 Qe8 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Be1 Rg7 28. Qd3 g4 29. Nb5 gxf3 30. Rxf3 Qg6 31. Bf1 Nxe4 32. Kh1 Nh7 33. Nc3 Bf5 34. Qd1 Nhg5 35. Rd3 f3 36. Rxf3 Nxf3 37. Qxf3 Rf8 38. Bh4 Nxc3 39. Qxc3 Be4 40. Qg3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "BLN West U20 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zimmermann, Joerg"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Re1 Bf6 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rad1 Na7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 c6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. Bf1 Kg8 21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Be7 23. c5 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxd6 Qd8 26. Bxb8 Qxb8 27. Qb3 Nc8 28. Ba6 Qf4 29. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Dresden op 05th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Hendrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. 0-0 Qa6 15. b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Rfc8 17. a4 b6 18. Rfb1 Rab8 19. Nc1 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "BLN West U20 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Kroepsch, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Qb6 10. 0-0-0 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bg4 16. Bc4 Bxd1 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rf1 Bf4 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. Bc4 Qb6 22. g3 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 Kg7 24. gxf4 exf4 25. a3 Rhf8 26. h4 Rd2 27. Rh1 f3 28. Kc1 Rg2 29. Kd1 f2 30. Rf1 Rh2 31. Ke2 Rxh4 32. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kf6 34. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "JBLN West 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eylenfeldt, Tanja"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. h3 Bf5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Kh1 f6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. b3 d5 14. c5 Nd7 15. Rc1 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bb5 Rb8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nb1 Qc7 21. Bg5 Bxc5 22. Bh4 Rbe8 23. Bg3 Bd6 24. Re1 Rf5 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Bh2 Rh5 27. h4 Bf5 28. Qd1 Bg4 29. Nbd2 Rxh4 30. Qc2 Rh5 31. Qb2 e4 32. Kg1 Bxh2+ 33. Kf1 Be5 34. Nxe5 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "JBLN West 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hackbusch, Jana"]
[Black "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qa4 0-0 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. e6 Nc5 15. Qa3 Nxe6 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Be4 Bf8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ncd4 21. Rxd4 c6 22. Rh4 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nd8 24. Qe3 f6 25. Rc1 Qf5 26. Be4 Qg5 27. f4 Qxh4 28. Bxh4 Nf7 29. Qb3 Nd6 30. Bf3 1-0

[Event "JBLN West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ranft, Steffen"]
[Black "Wenke, Petra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bf6 8. c3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. b4 Nc6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bd5 Rb6 16. Rae1 g6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Qe4 Rd6 22. Bc6+ Kf8 23. d5 Nf6 24. Qh4 Nxd5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Ne4 f5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc5 Bxa2 30. Nxa6 Bc4 31. Rd1 c6 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. Ra1 Kf7 34. Qf4 Re8 35. Qg3 Kg7 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Nd7+ Kg7 39. Nb6+ Bf7 40. Qd6 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2 42. Qxc6 Qf4+ 43. g3 Qf2+ 44. Qg2 Re2 45. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Rc7 g5 48. Rc5 Be6 49. Nd5 Bd7 50. Ne3 Re2 51. Nxf5+ Bxf5 52. Rxf5 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Re6 54. Rxb5 1-0

