[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Villing, Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. c5 Bc7 11. f4 b6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6 Nb8 15. Ba3 Nxc6 16. Bxc5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Qc5 Ng4 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Nc7 Rf6 24. Rc5 h6 25. Ngxe6 Kf7 26. Nxd5 Rxe6 27. Rac1 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. d5 Rxa2+ 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 a4 34. Rc7 Ke8 35. d6 Nc8 36. Bc6 Bxc6 37. Rxc6 Kd8 38. h3 a3 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 a2 41. Ra6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krafzik, Joachim"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 axb5 5. axb5 Rxa1 6. Bxa1 c6 7. c4 d5 8. e3 Be6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Qa4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 0-0 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Bc4 f5 19. g3 Kh8 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Ra1 Nf6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Qb3 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Ba5 Bd6 30. Bb6 Kg8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Bc5 Kd7 34. Kd2 Kc7 35. Kc3 g5 36. Kd2 Rd8 37. Ra2 Kd7 38. Bb6 Rc8 39. Ra7 Rb8 40. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotzem, Ernst"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 e6 6. e5 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. d4 Qb6 9. Na3 0-0 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b4 Ba6 14. Ncd4 Nf5 15. Bf4 h6 16. g4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Bg3 a5 20. a4 Rfc8 21. f4 Qe7 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Rab1 Bd3 28. Rb2 f5 29. b5 Be4 30. Rb3 f4 31. Bf2 Bxe5 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Rfe8 34. Bd4 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rbe8 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. b6 Rh1 39. Kg2 Ree1 40. b7 Kg6 41. b8Q Rhg1+ 42. Kf2 Rgf1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rgf1+ 45. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Bierbach, Utz Friedrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. Ne5 h6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 f6 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rde1 f5 21. Qh4 Ng6 22. Qh5 f4 23. Be4 Nf8 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. dxe5 fxg3 27. fxg3 Kg8 28. Rd2 Bc8 29. Red1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Kf7 31. b4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Rd6 Nd7 34. Ke3 Rf8 35. Bf3 a6 36. Bg4 Nb8 37. Bh3 g5 38. Rd2 Bd7 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Oser, Thor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. Rd2 a6 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. h3 Nh5 17. Nde2 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rad8 21. Ba3 c5 22. Nd5 Qc6 23. f3 b5 24. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fries, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. 0-0-0 Bb7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rb6 Bxe4 17. f3 Rhd8 18. Be2 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Be3 20. Rxa6 Bxc2+ 21. Nxc2 Rxa6 22. Nxe3 Rd2 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Nc4 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rxb5+ 26. Kc3 Ke6 27. a4 Rb8 28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Claus, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nfd7 9. Rd1 0-0 10. Qxc4 a6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Qd3 e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd6 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qa7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qc5 Bf8 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. Nb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bc2 23. Rd2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Nd4 25. e3 Nxb3 26. Rd8 Kg7 27. Nc8 Ra8 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bxa6 Nc5 30. Bc4 Rxb2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Wildungen Seniors op-A 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wildungen"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Siegmund, Rainer"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. e3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. 0-0 c4 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Bg4 Bc6 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Ra5 Rc6 24. Bc5 a6 25. Rd1 h6 26. f3 Rb8 27. Bb4 Kh7 28. e4 g5 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Rd4 Rb7 31. Ke3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Rd5 Be6 34. Rd8 f6 35. g3 Bf7 36. f4 f5 37. e5 Kh5 38. Rf8 Be6 39. Rf6 Bd5 40. Rxf5 Kg4 41. Rf8 Kh3 42. Kd4 Be6 43. f5 Bxf5 44. Rxf5 Kxh2 45. Rf6 c3 46. Rxc6 cxb2 1-0

[Event "Wuerttemberg-ch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Freudenstadt"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johannsen, Ingbert"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Mol, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. Qd2 b5 10. b3 Qa5 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 e5 13. Qb2 Nd4 14. Bd1 h6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Ne1 bxc4 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Be3 e4 22. Qc1 Qh4 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. Bxh6 Qe5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc4 Rb4 27. Qc1 Qxd5 28. f3 exf3+ 29. Bxf3 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 d2 31. Qc3+ Qd4 32. Qc2 Re8 33. Rbf1 Re2+ 34. Kg3 Rb7 35. Rd1 Qe5+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kh5 Rb8 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qg6+ Ke7 40. Qh7+ Ke6 41. Rf1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Wohlfart, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a4 Bd7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a5 Be6 12. Nb6 Rad8 13. Ng5 Nxa5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Bg4 Nxc3 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. dxc3 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Qg4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Rf1 Qxc3 26. h4 Qe5 27. Bc8 h5 28. Qh3 Qe2 29. g4 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Bd4+ 31. Kh2 Qxc2+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kh2 Rxc8 34. gxh5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schroeder, Werner"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Qe1 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. d3 0-0 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qf3 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Alicke, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Bd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 0-0 13. e4 Bc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qg4 d4 16. e5 Qe7 17. Rae1 Nb6 18. Ba3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bb6 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Ne3 22. Rxe3 dxe3 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qe4 g6 25. Rh5 Kg7 26. Bb2 Rh8 27. e6 Qxe6 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erler, Klaus Juergen"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Rb8 8. 0-0 h6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. b4 Qc8 13. b5 Ne7 14. a4 Bh3 15. e4 Ng6 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Qf3 c6 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 d5 20. Rad1 Rbd8 21. h3 d4 22. Bb4 Nd7 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Rc1 c5 25. Bd2 b6 26. Ra1 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Thielemann, Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 a5 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf3 Qf6 13. Nd5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxb2 15. Nxc7 Be6 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Qxb7 Re8 18. Qb5 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rc8 20. Qb5 Qa3 21. Qb7 g6 22. h3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rd7 24. Qe4 Kg7 25. g4 Qb2 26. Rdb1 Qf6 27. Rd1 d5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Qf4 Qb2 30. Rab1 Qxa2 31. g5 Be7 32. h4 Rf5 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Rb2 Qa3 35. e4 Rb5 36. Rbd2 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd3 Rb5 39. Ra1 Kg7 40. Kg2 Bxb3 41. Rxb3 Rxb3 42. Rxa5 Rb2 43. Rd5 h6 44. Kg3 hxg5 45. hxg5 Rb1 46. f4 Rb3+ 47. Kg4 Rb1 48. Rd7 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Rc7 Ke8 51. Rb7 Bd6 52. e5 Ba3 53. Rb8+ Kd7 54. Rb7+ Ke6 55. Rb6+ Ke7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Rc8 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Bc1 60. Rc4 Kf8 61. Rc8+ Ke7 62. Rc7+ Ke6 63. Rc6+ Kd5 64. Rf6 Ke4 65. Rxf7 Rxf4+ 66. Rxf4+ Bxf4 67. e6 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hommann, Horst"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rac1 Bf6 13. Rc2 Re8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Nf1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd6 22. Qa6 Qe7 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Qxb7 Nxb7 25. b4 Rcd8 26. Kf1 Rd3 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nb1 g6 29. Ke2 Red8 30. Rc3 R3d7 31. R1c2 Kg7 32. f3 f5 33. Rd2 h5 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Nd2 Kf6 36. Nb3 Nxb3 37. Rxb3 Rd6 38. f4 Ke6 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Kd5 41. g3 b5 42. h3 a5 43. e4+ fxe4+ 44. Ke3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. g4 b3 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxh5 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Gerhardt, Peter Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 c5 8. d3 d5 9. Nbd2 d4 10. b4 cxb4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 a5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. e3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Qb3 Ne8 23. Bh3 e6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. e4 Rc7 26. e5 Kg8 27. Bg2 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 a4 31. Rec1 Qd7 32. R1c4 b3 33. axb3 axb3 34. Ne4 h6 35. h4 Ra8 36. Nc3 Kg7 37. d5 exd5 38. Nxd5 Kg8 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. Nxb4 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. g4 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 19th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2003.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girod, Gudrun"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1399"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Be2 e6 5. 0-0 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qa4 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bd2 0-0 15. e4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bb4 Bf6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Nb3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 c4 23. Nc5 Bxb2 24. Na4 c3 25. Nxb2 cxb2 26. g3 Rc8 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. h4 Kc5 32. Kd3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Bad Bertrich Seniors op 4th"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jentsch, Dieter"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.12.??"]
[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 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 0-0 13. Rb5 Bxf3 14. Rxd5 Bxd5 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. Qg4 Nd6 20. Bd2 Bxa2 21. Qf4 Red8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Qxe7 Bd5 25. Bg5 Ne4 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Nxc3 28. f3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Ba5 Nb5 31. Ke3 Na3 32. Kd3 Nc4 33. Bc3 Kd7 34. h4 Nd6 35. h5 Nf5 36. Rh1 f6 37. Rh3 b6 38. g4 Nh6 39. Bd2 Nf7 40. f4 a5 41. g5 f5 42. h6 g6 43. Rh2 Be4+ 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. h7 Nh8 46. d5 Bxd5 47. Bc3 Nf7 48. h8Q Nxh8 49. Rxh8 a4 50. Bb4 Kc6 51. Kd4 Kb5 52. Bc3 e5+ 53. fxe5 f4 54. Rf8 f3 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Peierl, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. e4 f5 14. c5 fxe4 15. dxe4 Rf4 16. Rac1 d5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rf7 19. f4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Qc4 Bh4 23. Re2 h6 24. Kh2 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5+ 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Nd6 cxd6 28. Qxh4 d5 29. Ree1 Rf6 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qh5 32. Rf1 Be4 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qg3 h5 36. Qxe5 fxe5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Kg1 Kf5 39. Kf2 d4 40. b4 Bd5 41. g4+ hxg4 42. hxg4+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meyer, Walter"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Schratzenstaller, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 d5 8. Qc2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. d4 Nb8 21. b4 Qd6 22. a3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qc3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borger, Martin"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. 0-0 Qg6 11. Qf3 0-0 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Kh1 d6 14. f3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Na4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. c4 Rd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 c5 25. Kg1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Kf6 27. a4 Kf5 28. Ke2 e5 29. Kd3 g5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Re1 h5 32. h3 Re8 33. Re4 Rg8 34. g4+ hxg4 35. hxg4+ Ke6 36. Re1 Rh8 37. Ra1 Kd6 38. a5 Kc6 39. axb6 Kxb6 40. Ke4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Ka5 42. Kxe5 Kb4 43. Ke4 Kxb3 44. Kd3 Kb2 45. Rf2+ Kb3 46. Rf1 Re8 47. Rb1+ Ka2 48. Rb5 Re3+ 49. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Miessner, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 0-0 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 c5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. 0-0 b6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. d5 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 f6 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. h3 Qe8 16. Rd2 Qf7 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Nh4 Qg7 19. f4 Nf7 20. e4 g5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 gxf4 23. Qe4 Ne5 24. Qxf4 Kh8 25. Kh1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vorderbruegge, Franz Josef"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Nfxd2 c6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nf3 Z0 14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Be7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Red1 Rad8 22. e3 Na5 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Hausner, Alfreda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 c6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. a3 Ne8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Bf1 Bh5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Qe3 h6 22. b4 Na4 23. Ba1 Nxd6 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. Qb3 b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qe3 Rfe8 29. Ne5 Bh7 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. g3 Nb6 32. Bg2 Nc4 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Qd4 Bf6 37. Qxc4 Bxa1 38. Rxa1 Rd8 39. Rc1 Bg6 40. Qc6 Rbd7 41. b5 Kh7 42. a4 Bf5 43. Kg2 Rd4 44. Qxa6 R8d7 45. Qc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gestrich, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 8. e4 0-0 9. Ne2 e5 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bh3 Nb6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. d3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rbd1 Qe6 17. Kg2 Rd6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Red8 20. Nc1 Bh6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganslmayer, Herbert"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. f4 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Rf3 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Rh3 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Be1 Ba6 20. g4 Rf1+ 21. Kg2 Raf8 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rh5 R8f2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxa1 26. Rxd5 Rxa2 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Kg3 Rxb2 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. h4 h6 31. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kohlei, Rolf"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Nf8 13. Nbd2 Ne6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Bh3 Rac8 17. Ne3 cxd4 18. Nc2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nfxd4 Ncxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5 22. Bb2 Rcd8 23. b4 Ng5 24. Bg2 Bf8 25. h4 Ne6 26. f4 g6 27. Qd3 d4 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. a3 Rd7 30. Rcd1 Red8 31. Re4 a5 32. Ree1 axb4 33. axb4 b5 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Red1 Qc4 36. Ba3 Rc7 37. Rac1 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Rdc8 39. Rd2 d3 40. Rxd3 Rxc2 41. Rcd1 R2c3 42. Kf2 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rc4 44. Rb3 Nd4 45. Rd3 Bxb4 46. Bxb4 Rxb4 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. h5 Kg7 49. Rd7 gxh5 50. f5 Nc5 51. Rd5 Rc4 52. Kf3 b4 53. Rd6 b3 54. Rb6 Rc2 55. Ke3 b2 56. Kd4 Na4 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rahn, Oskar"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Rd3 b5 20. h3 f6 21. Red1 Kf7 22. Qb4 d5 23. c3 Qd6 24. exd5 Qxb4 25. axb4 c5 26. Ra1 cxb4 27. Ra7+ Kf8 28. f3 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rac8 30. d6 Rb8 31. cxb4 Rb6 32. d7 Ke7 33. Rd5 Rd6 34. Rxb5 R8xd7 35. Rbb7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Ke6 37. Rxg7 Rd2 38. Kh2 Rxb2 39. Rb7 Kf5 40. b5 Kf4 41. b6 f5 42. Rb8 Rb1 43. b7 h5 44. h4 Rb2 45. Kg1 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Ke3 48. Kd1 Kf2 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 e4 51. Rf8 Rxb7 52. Rxf5+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rueggeberg, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. 0-0 f5 10. Bb4 d6 11. Rc1 a5 12. Be1 Nd7 13. Nd2 Qg5 14. f4 Qg6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 Nf6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 d5 19. c6 Ba6 20. Bg3 Qf5 21. Rc5 Rfb8 22. b3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 a4 24. Rb5 axb3 25. axb3 Ne8 26. Rc1 Rxb5 27. Qxb5 Nd6 28. Qb4 Qf8 29. f5 Nxf5 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxc7 Ke7 32. Bb6 Kd6 33. b4 e5 34. g4 Nh4 35. b5 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Nc4 38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. Kd2 Ra3 40. c7 Kd7 41. Kc2 Rb3 42. Ba7 Rxb5 43. Kc3 Rb7 44. Bb8 Rb3+ 45. Kxc4 Rxe3 46. Kd5 Re2 47. Kxe5 e3 48. Ke4 Rg2 49. Kxe3 Rxg4 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Ke3 Kc8 52. Kf3 h5 53. h3 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Kd7 55. Ba7 Rxc7 56. Bb8 Rc4 57. Be5 g6 58. Bf6 Ke6 59. Bd8 Kf5 60. h4 Kg4 61. Bg5 Rc2+ 62. Kf1 Rh2 63. Kg1 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Bierbach, Utz Friedrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. b3 0-0 7. Bd3 Re8 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bg4 13. Be2 Rc8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. g3 Ng5 19. Bg2 e5 20. dxe5 Rd2 21. Qb3 Rxe5 22. Nb1 Rd3 23. Rcd1 1-0

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Denda, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 h6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. c4 Qe7 10. Qc2 c6 11. a3 a5 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Nf1 e5 15. Ng3 Bh7 16. e4 g5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bf1 Qd6 19. Qd2 dxc4 20. dxc4 e4 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Nd4 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Nh5 24. Kh2 f5 25. Be2 Nhf6 26. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Geissler, Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 e4 12. dxe4 Bxb2 13. exd5 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 cxd5 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. e3 Qb6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Qd6 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. b4 Ba4 22. Re1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bf1 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Hoechst, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5 Qf6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nd4 Nge7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Qf2 c5 12. Nde2 Bb5 13. 0-0-0 Qe6 14. Kb1 f6 15. h3 c4 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. f5 cxb3 18. axb3 Rg8 19. Ne6 c5 20. g4 c4 21. Qh4 cxb3 22. cxb3 Bd3+ 23. Ka2 Qb7 24. Qh5+ Kd7 25. Na4 Rgc8 26. Rc1 Bc2 27. Nd4 Rab8 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qf7 Qb4 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Nxc2 Qxb3+ 32. Kb1 Be5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. exd4 Qxa4 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Rc1+ Kb7 37. Qxe7+ Ka8 38. Qd6 Rxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Qxd4+ 40. Ka3 Qd3+ 41. Rc3 Qb5 42. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Junker, Wilfried"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bf6 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Kneip, Jakob1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 f6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Ne7 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Nbc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rf7 25. Bxf6 Re8 26. Rcd1 Be6 27. Bb2 Bd5 28. Re1 Re4 29. Bd4 Rg4 30. g3 Bf3 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Rc5 Kd7 35. Kf1 Kc7 36. Be5+ Kb6 37. Bf4 h5 38. h3 Rxf4 39. exf4 Be4 40. Ke2 Bd5 41. f3 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Ra5 Bc4 44. Rg5 Bf7 45. h4 Kc7 46. f5 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Schoen, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nge7 6. Bxb4 Nxb4 7. a3 Nbc6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. 0-0 a6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15. Rc2 Rf6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rec1 Rc8 18. b4 Nce7 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 c6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Re6 24. Qb3 Ng6 25. Qxd5 Nxf4 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmitzer, Horst"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 Ne4 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 f5 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Ndf3 c5 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qg5 20. Qd1 Bc8 21. Bf1 h5 22. Rc6 Rf6 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 f4 25. Rc7 a6 26. Bd3 b5 27. Bg6 h4 28. Bf7+ Nxf7 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Rc5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVR-chS"]
[Site "Reil"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Urbild, Oskar"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Ne4 0-0-0 11. Nfd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Rb1 g5 17. c3 Nc6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc4 Bxb2 21. Qxd7+ Rxd7 22. Rxb2 Rhd8 23. Re1 b5 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Rd2 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Ke2 h5 31. Rc3 Kd6 32. f3 g4 33. fxg4 fxg4 34. Ke3 e5 35. Rc8 a5 36. Rh8 a4 37. Rxh5 axb3 38. axb3 Rb4 39. Rg5 Rxb3+ 40. Ke4 Rb4+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Kc3 Rc4+ 43. Kb3 Rf4 44. h4 gxh3 45. gxh3 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Rxh3 47. Kxb5 Rb3+ 48. Ka4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wohlfart, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Rac8 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Bf4 b5 15. N1h2 Qa5 16. Ng4 c4 17. d4 b4 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Ne3 bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qb6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. e6 Bf6 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 Nce5 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Qxh7 Bb4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. e6 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Nb6 34. Rad1+ Kc8 35. b3 Qc6 36. Qe5 Kb7 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Qg7+ Ka8 39. Rd7 Qb6 40. Rc1 Rg8 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Ne5 43. Kg2 Rge8 44. Rd6 Rb2 45. Rc7 Kb8 46. Rg7 Rxa2 47. Rd5 Nc6 48. Rd6 Rc2 49. Kh3 a5 50. f4 a4 51. f5 a3 52. Rd3 a2 53. Rb3+ Kc8 54. Ra3 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wunderer, Eckart"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Ne5 7. Qg3 a6 8. f4 Ng6 9. Be2 h5 10. c4 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bd3 h4 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. a3 0-0-0 17. b4 Re8 18. 0-0 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 Ne7 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Ng5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 cxb4 25. Nxe6 Bc5+ 26. Be3 Rxe6 27. Bxe6 Re8 28. f5 Kb8 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. axb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "De Rooi, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 c6 10. d3 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. Rac1 Re7 15. a3 Ne8 16. b4 f5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schwertel, Johann"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. g4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. g5 c4 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Nd4 Bd3 21. f3 0-0-0 22. Kf2 h5 23. Rh4 Rd6 24. Rah1 Rb6 25. b4 cxb3 26. axb3 Bg6 27. g4 Kd7 28. gxh5 Bh7 29. Rg1 Ke7 30. Rg5 Rd6 31. Rf4 Kf8 32. b4 Bd3 33. e4 dxe4 34. fxe4 Rdh6 35. Ke3 Bc4 36. Rc5 b5 37. Nf5 Re6 38. h6 Re8 39. Nd6 Rxh6 40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Rc7 Rd6 42. Rf3 Kf8 43. Ra7 Kg7 44. Rg3+ Kf8 45. Kf4 Rf6+ 46. Ke5 Re6+ 47. Kf5 Rh6 48. Ke5 Re6+ 49. Kd4 Rc6 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. e5 Ba2 52. Rgg8 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Ke6 54. Rge8+ Kf5 55. Rxa6 Bb1+ 56. Kd2 Rh4 57. Rf6+ Ke4 58. Rxf7 Rh2+ 59. Ke1 Ke3 60. Rf1 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Krasevec, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Ne5 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 d4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qe2 dxe3 13. d3 Ng4 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Na3 Re6 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rf3 Nf6 21. Kh1 Nd5 22. g3 Nc3 23. Qg2 f6 24. h3 Nd5 25. Re2 Nc3 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Re2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peters, Paul"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f3 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Na3 a6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nc4 b5 10. 0-0-0+ Kc7 11. Bf4+ Kb7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Kb6 14. Nh3 Rd8 15. Ng5 Ra7 16. e5 h6 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rad7 19. Bc5+ Kb7 20. Rxd7+ Nxd7 21. Nxf7 Rg8 22. Bd6 Nb6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Be4 Be8 25. Nd8+ Ka7 26. Bxc6 Bg6 27. Bc7 Be8 28. Bxb6+ Kxb6 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Rd1 Kc7 31. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Gestrich, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. 0-0 Qg5 8. f3 Be7 9. e4 Bd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bc6 12. d3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c4 g6 15. Qf3 Qe5 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 Ke7 20. Raf1 Raf8 21. d4 Bd7 22. R6f2 c5 23. d5 f6 24. a3 a5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 b6 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Rff1 cxb4 29. h3 Ra3 30. Rab1 Ra4 31. Rb2 Rha8 32. Nf3 b5 33. cxb5 Bxb5 34. Rc1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. c3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a3 0-0 13. Qd3 Bg5 14. Nb5 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nf6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Qh3 Kh8 18. Rcd1 g5 19. Qf5 Rg8 20. g4 Rg6 21. Rd3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Brauner, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. 0-0 a6 11. Rc1 0-0 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Nf3 g6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 f6 21. c5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. b4 Nc7 25. a4 Kf8 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Qe6 29. Bd3 Nd5 30. Bc4 Qd7 31. Ba3 f5 32. f3 Bh6 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. b5 e4 35. fxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4+ fxe4 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Bb2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd5 40. Bd4 Kc4 41. Kc2 Bg5 42. Kb2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Werl, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nd6 7. Bf4 Qd7 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Bc4 a6 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Nge2 g6 13. gxf5 Qxf5 14. Qg2 Ke8 15. Rf1 Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qc2 18. Qh3 Rb8 19. Rc1 Qb2 20. Nd5 Kd8 21. Ndc3 Bg7 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Qg4 Bxd4 24. Rb3 Bxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Qc1+ 26. Nd1 Qc5 27. Rc3 Qe5+ 28. Re3 Qa5+ 29. Rc3 Ne5 30. Qe6 Nd3+ 31. Kd2 Qh5 32. Qc4 Nc5 33. Re3 Qxh2+ 34. Rf2 Qh5 35. Qf7 Qh4 36. Nc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Jugow, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qe2 Bf5 13. d3 Rad8 14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qa5 16. g4 Bc8 17. f5 f6 18. Na4 e6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. e4 Kg7 21. e5 f5 22. h3 c4 23. Qe3 cxd3 24. cxd3 d4 25. Qg5 Qxe5 26. gxf5 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 dxe3 28. Rf3 Rxd3 29. Re1 exf5 30. Rfxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 f4 32. Rf3 g5 33. Nc5 Kg6 34. Nd3 Re8 35. h4 Bg4 36. Rf2 Re3 37. Nxf4+ gxf4 38. Rxf4 Kh5 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Ra4 Kxh4 41. Rxa7 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Kg3 43. Rc7 Rc2 44. Re7 Rxa2 45. Re3+ Bf3 46. Re5 Rb2 47. Re3 Rb1+ 48. Re1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mosionzhik, Ilya Samoilovich"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Rc8 9. Be3 e6 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ba4 Qa5 15. Bb3 b5 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Nd1 a5 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. f3 b4 21. Qd2 e5 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Rfb1 Qd8 24. Ra4 Qh4 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Rba1 d5 27. Nxa5 Nxa5 28. Rxa5 dxe4 29. fxe4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rxb3 31. Rxc5 Qb6 32. d4 exd4 33. cxd4 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Rc1 Qxe4 36. d5 Rd8 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Qxd6 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kohlei, Rolf"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 d5 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne1 f5 12. f4 c5 13. Nc2 Bf6 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Qe1 Kh8 16. Rf2 Rg8 17. Bf1 g5 18. Rd1 Rg6 19. Bc3 Qg7 20. Bb2 Rg8 21. Qd2 gxf4 22. exf4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 e3 24. Nxe3 Nc5 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qd4 Ne4 27. Rc2 h5 28. Bd3 h4 29. b4 h3 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Bd5 32. c6 Rg6 33. Qxg7+ R6xg7 34. Ba6 Nd6 35. g3 Rxg3+ 36. hxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Ke2 h2 39. c7 Nd6 40. c8Q+ Nxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kg7 42. Rcc1 Bf3+ 43. Kd2 Bxd1 44. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Henkes, Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 c5 4. g3 Bd7 5. Bg2 Bc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 Qc8 10. Nc3 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nc6 18. Rd7 Rab8 19. h4 h6 20. Nh2 Ne5 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Rd8 23. Bd5 Kf8 24. f4 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. a3 Nc2 27. Ng4 Re8 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. e4 Nd4 30. b4 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nc3 32. Re1 cxb4 33. axb4 Na2 34. b5 Nb4 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra4 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nc5 38. Ra3 Ke8 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. c5 Kd8 42. c6 Rc7 43. Kc5 Ke7 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wieteck, Helmut"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. Rab1 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Qa6 14. a3 e6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. c4 Rg8 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Re4 Qb6 19. Ree1 Qc7 20. a4 Qd7 21. d4 Bf6 22. Re4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d3 b4 25. d5 Be7 26. Rbe1 Qc7 27. dxe6 f6 28. Qh5+ g6 29. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Scheffler, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Be6 4. c4 Nd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 Ngf6 8. d5 Bg4 9. Be2 c5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 a6 12. 0-0 h5 13. f4 Qc7 14. a3 Ng4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. b4 b6 17. Nb3 g6 18. Rac1 Rg8 19. Nd2 g5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 g4 23. Kh1 0-0-0 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf7 Rdf8 26. d6 Qc6 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qd3 gxh3 29. gxh3 Kd7 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Qa8 32. Rf1 Bxd6 33. Qxd6+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wittelsberger, Helmut"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 c6 6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Bc4 Rac8 18. b3 a6 19. a4 Rfe8 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ba3 Nd5 22. Ng5 Qxd4 23. Nxf7 Nxe5 24. Bb2 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Nd6 Nxc4 27. Nxe8 Qe3 28. Rae1 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe8 30. bxc4 Bc3 31. Rb1 Re7 32. Ra2 e5 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Rb6+ Kf5 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Rb3 Bd4 38. Rc2 Rc7 39. Kd1 h5 40. Rf3 Bg1 41. Ke2 Rc5 42. Kf1 Bh2 43. Rb3 Bf4 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. Rb3 Rc5 46. Ke2 h4 47. Ra3 a5 48. Rb3 g5 49. Rb5 Kd4 50. Rxc5 Kxc5 51. Kd3 e4+ 52. Kxe4 a4 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Rb2+ Ka3 55. Rb5 Ka2 56. Kc2 a3 57. c5 Ka1 58. c6 a2 59. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Lange, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. d4 e4 9. Nd2 d5 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. a3 Re8 13. h3 Rb8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 b5 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. b4 Bf8 18. Na2 Ba6 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Nc3 Rb6 23. Kh2 Nf6 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. Bc1 h5 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. f4 Rh8 28. Rf1 Nfe8 29. N3xe4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Bf5 31. Nxd6 Bxc2 32. Nxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxc2 f5 34. Qc5 Ree6 35. d5 Na6 36. Bb2+ Kh7 37. Qd4 Red6 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Nc7 40. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Rheinland-chS"]
[Site "Lahnstein"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Both, Hartmut"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.03.26"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d5 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 15. Re1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg5 17. Rc2 Nc5 18. e5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd5 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Nb5 Be7 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rc2 26. Bc3 Bc6 27. Nd4 Bc5 28. Kf1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barlitz"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Re8 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. h3 Nc7 13. Re1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qc8 17. Kh2 Rh5 18. h4 Bc5 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Nce2 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Qc2 Nh7 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Bh3 Be7 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Kg2 Rc5 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. Nf4 Rb5 31. Qc3 Qb6 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Re2 e5 34. Nd3 Bc7 35. Bc1 Rb3 36. Qc4 Qb5 37. Qxb5 Rxb5 38. Rb2 Rxb2+ 39. Bxb2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gimber, Robert"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nf6 14. Rfe1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 c5 16. e5 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nd7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Rec1 c4 20. Nf1 b5 21. Ne3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jaeger, Erich"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Bf4 0-0 9. f3 Nd6 10. 0-0-0 Bb7 11. e3 Nf7 12. Bd3 d6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. Bd2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. g4 Rae8 22. g5 Qf5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qf3 25. Rde1 Nd3+ 26. Kc2 Nxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rf3 29. a4 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Ra8 32. e5 Rxa4 33. exd6 cxd6 0-1

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minz, Michail"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. h4 Nd4 8. Nf4 Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. hxg6 Nxg6 11. Nh5 Kf8 12. f4 b5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 f5 16. Ne2 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 f4 19. Raf1 Bg4+ 20. Ke1 fxe3 21. Qxe3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Kd2 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Nxe5 25. Ke3 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 Be6 28. a3 a5 29. b3 Ng4+ 30. Kd2 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Be2 Kf6 33. c3 Ke5 34. d4+ Kxe4 0-1

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mueller, Guenter"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nd5 Be6 8. Ne3 d5 9. c3 0-0 10. Be2 d4 11. Nc2 Qd6 12. c4 Be7 13. 0-0 f5 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Bf3 f4 16. a3 a5 17. Bg4 Rae8 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Nf3 Be7 20. h3 g5 21. Nh2 Rg6 22. Qg4 Nb8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. c5 Qc6 26. Ne1 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Nc2 Bd8 30. Rfa1 b6 31. Ra8 bxc5 32. Nf3 cxb4 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. Nxb4 Rb6 35. Nd5 Rb3 36. Nxe5 c6 37. Rc1 cxd5 38. Rc8 dxe4 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40. Rxd4 exd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Braun, Gottfried"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Denda, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 Bd7 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. f4 Qe7 9. c4 h5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nbc3 0-0-0 12. Qc2 g6 13. e4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. h3 f5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. a3 Nf2+ 20. Kh2 Nd3 21. b4 Qc6 22. Rcd1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxc4 24. Qxe5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Diete, Guenter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. h3 Bf5 9. d3 h6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bh7 13. Ne5 e6 14. e4 Be7 15. Ng4 d4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ba3 Be7 18. Qg4 0-0 19. e5 Rd5 20. Nc4 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Qh5 Bg6 24. Qg4 Bf5 25. Qg3 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rg6 27. Qf3 Rxe5 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qa5 30. Re2 Qxa3 31. Kh2 Qc1 32. g4 Qg5 33. Rg2 h5 34. gxf5 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 exf5 37. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Frantzke, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. c4 Nf4 7. g3 Ne6 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd4 11. Re1 c6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Ba3 Re8 15. h3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh3 17. Qe2 e5 18. Rad1 f5 19. Kh2 Bg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Qxg4 Nd7 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Re2 e4 25. Bb4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rde1 Kf7 28. Kg2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Koellmer, Hans Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nh5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Kh8 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Qg3 g6 18. Nf6 Qe7 19. Rf4 Kg7 20. Qh4 Rh8 21. Raf1 h5 22. Nxd7 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 Rad8 24. Nf6 Rxd2 25. Rc1 Rhd8 26. Rf4 Bc6 27. Rf2 b5 28. Bc3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 b4 30. Be1 Kh6 31. c3 a5 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rxc5 Ba8 34. Bxb4 g5 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Bd6 h4 37. Rxf7 Rc8 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Kg6 40. a4 Bc6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. h3 Bb7 43. b4 Bc6 44. b5 Bb7 45. a5 Bc8 46. a6 Kg6 47. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Minz, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Nc3 Bg6 10. Nh4 Qd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf3 Nd8 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. e4 Ne6 16. 0-0 c5 17. g3 Nd7 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. a3 a5 21. Rab1 Ned4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 b6 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. f4 Qa7 27. Kh2 Qc5 28. f5 a4 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qxg6 a3 31. h4 a2 32. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Schaefer, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. c4 b6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Bb7 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Nd5 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d4 e4 16. Bg2 d5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Nhg4 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rac1 Rbc8 21. Nc4 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nd3 23. Rcd1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Ba6 25. Qc3 Rfd8 26. Rfe1 Nf6 27. Bf1 Nd5 28. Qa5 Rc6 29. Ne5 Qxe5 30. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Tessmer, Herbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 f5 11. b4 b6 12. Nbc3 Bh6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. a4 a5 16. Ba3 axb4 17. Bxb4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Ra5 22. Rc4 Qa8 23. h4 Nc8 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Rc2 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Qxa4 Nxa4 28. Ra2 Ra8 29. e4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Nb6 31. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Tochtermann, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne2 0-0 7. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen Seniors op 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Weigel, Herbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. d3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. e4 Nb4 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 c5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. c3 Na6 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. c4 d4 20. h3 Kh8 21. g4 g6 22. g5 Ndb8 23. h4 Nc6 24. Kf2 Nab4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. h5 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Rh3 h6 29. Rah1 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Qxh5 Rg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. g6 Bd8 36. Bxb7 Nxd3+ 37. Kf1 Nxe5 38. Bc8 Qxc8 39. Qh6+ Ke8 40. g7 Qd7 41. Qh2 Qxg7 0-1

[Event "Kurpfalz Seniors op 05th"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Striefler, Erich"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Bh6 12. Ned5 Nd4 13. Bd3 Rg8 14. Qh5 Rg6 15. h3 Bxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Rxg2 19. Kf1 Rg6 20. Rg1 Rxg1+ 21. Kxg1 Qg5+ 22. Qxg5 Bxg5 23. Ne4 Be7 24. c3 Kd7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RLP-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kettig"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Trumpp, Thomas"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 Qd4 7. Nf3 h5 8. Qf4 Qd7 9. Qxe4 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Be2 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Qe3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 0-0-0+ 18. Kc3 Ne7 19. Kb3 Nf5 20. Qc3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4+ 22. Ka3 Qxe5 23. Rhd1 a5 24. Rac1 Rd7 25. b3 Rhd8 26. Kb2 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herzog, Manfred"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qg3 c6 10. 0-0-0 h5 11. f4 h4 12. Qf2 Qa5 13. Kb1 g6 14. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aufmwasser, Guenter"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Qf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Bb3 a5 7. a3 a4 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bd7 11. Nge2 Nf5 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bc6 14. Be3 Bxg2 15. Kd2 Bxh1 16. Qxh1 c6 17. Rf1 Nd5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Bd4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Rg8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Hahner, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 e5 15. fxe5 Qxf3 16. Rxf3 Nxe5 17. Rf5 Rfe8 18. Na4 c4 19. Nc5 Rad8 20. Raf1 f6 21. h3 Re7 22. g4 h6 23. Kg2 d4 24. e4 Ng6 25. Kg3 Ne5 26. d3 cxd3 27. cxd3 Rb8 28. Rc1 Rb6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke2 Rc7 31. Na4 Rb5 32. Nb2 Ke6 33. Nc4 c5 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Kd2 a5 36. Rc4 Rb4 37. Rf8 Rxc4 38. dxc4 Rf7 39. Re8+ Kd6 40. Rd8+ Kc6 41. Rd5 Rf2+ 42. Kd1 Rxa2 43. Rxe5 Rb2 44. Re7 Rxb3 45. Rxg7 Rxh3 46. Rg6+ Kd7 47. Ra6 Rh4 48. Rxa5 Rxg4 49. Rxc5 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodemann, Edmund"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc8 12. f4 Bh4 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxd5 c6 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. f4 Nc6 21. a3 Nd8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Kg2 a6 24. Rfc1 Rfc8 25. Rc2 Be7 26. Rac1 Nd8 27. Be2 Nc6 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Bh4+ 30. Kf1 f6 31. Bf3 fxe5 32. dxe5 d4 33. Bf2 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Rd8 35. Rd1 Kf7 36. Rcd2 Ke7 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 a5 40. Rd6 axb4 41. axb4 Rb8 42. Rxc6 Rxb4 43. Kg3 g5 44. fxg5 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46. Rh6 Rg4 47. c6 Kd8 48. Rxh7 Re4 49. c7+ Kc8 50. Re7 Rh4 51. e6 Rxh2 52. Rf7 Rh8 53. e7 1-0

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1998.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Winter, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ne2 0-0 7. d4 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Nd2 a6 10. f4 Ng4 11. Rf3 c5 12. h3 Nh6 13. fxe5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Rf1 Be6 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. c4 Rac8 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Be5 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Nh5+ gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Bxe5 Bxh3 26. Bxd6 Qg4 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. c5 Qxe4 30. Bxh3 Qe2 31. Qd5+ Kb5 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Hoehne, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. f4 e6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb2 d5 6. Be2 Be7 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 bxa5 9. Rxa5 c5 10. Ra2 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. d3 Nd6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. c4 Nf5 18. Qe1 Nd6 19. e4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nf7 21. e5 f5 22. Bc3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qb7 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. Qa1 Rd7 26. Ra6 Nd8 27. Qa4 Kf7 28. Ra1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oldach, Ehrenfried"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[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 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc4 Nd4 11. Nd5 b5 12. Nce3 Bb7 13. c3 Ne6 14. Be2 Bg5 15. Bf3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ng5 17. Nf5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 g6 19. Nh6 f5 20. 0-0 Bxe4 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Rfd1 Rf8 23. Rd2 f4 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qf3 Ra7 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. Qd5 Bb7 28. Qe6+ Qe7 29. Qh3 Kd8 30. f3 Kc7 31. Ng4 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 33. Nf2 Qe3 34. Qg4 Re8 35. h3 f3 36. Rd3 Qe2 37. gxf3 Re3 38. Rxe3 Qxe3 39. Rd3 Qc1+ 40. Nd1 Qc2 41. Qd4 Qb1 42. a3 Qa2 43. c4 bxc4 44. Rc3 d5 45. Re3 Qb1 46. Qc5+ Bc6 47. Qa7+ Kd6 48. Qb8+ Kc5 49. Qb4+ Kd4 50. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Siegl, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g4 Rg8 7. g5 Ne4 8. d3 Nd6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. c4 Nf5 11. Qe2 d4 12. e4 Ne3 13. Bc1 Nxg2+ 14. Qxg2 Bd7 15. 0-0 Qc7 16. e5 0-0-0 17. Nbd2 Nb4 18. Qe2 h6 19. h4 Nc2 20. Rb1 Ne3 21. Rf2 Bc6 22. Nf1 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rh8 25. a3 Be7 26. b4 b6 27. b5 Ba8 28. Ke1 Rh3 29. Kd1 Qb7 30. Ne1 Rdh8 31. Bd2 Rh1 32. Kc2 a6 33. a4 Qa7 34. a5 Bd8 35. axb6 Bxb6 36. Ra1 a5 37. Ra4 Kc7 38. Qd1 Bb7 39. Qa1 Ra8 40. Kb3 Kd7 41. Qa3 Bc8 42. Nc2 Qc7 43. Na1 Rh3 44. Kc2 Bb7 45. Nb3 Ra7 46. Bxa5 Bxa5 47. Nxc5+ Kc8 48. Nb3 Kb8 49. Rxa5 Rxa5 50. Qxa5 Qd7 51. Qb6 Qc7 52. Qxd4 Rh8 53. Qd6 Rd8 54. Qxc7+ Kxc7 55. Rh2 Ra8 56. Rh7 Rf8 57. Kc3 Kd8 58. Kb4 Ke7 59. c5 Rd8 60. d4 Bd5 61. Na5 Be4 62. Kc3 Ra8 63. Nc4 Ra1 64. Nd6 Rc1+ 65. Kb4 Rd1 66. Rxf7+ Kd8 67. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bernhoeft, Erhard"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4 Re8 9. Nf5 Bf8 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 g6 12. Nh6+ Bxh6 13. Bxh6 Nh5 14. Qe2 Ng7 15. Bd2 Ne6 16. Rae1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nf8 18. Ne2 c5 19. f4 f6 20. c3 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Rc8 22. Ref2 d5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qf3 Rc7 25. exd5 Kg7 26. c4 h6 27. h4 Nh7 28. Qe3 g5 29. Rf5 Qe7 30. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Badestein, Hartmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ne2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. c4 Re8 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Nf8 13. h3 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Raf1 Ne5 18. g4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Rf8 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. R4f2 b5 22. Nf3 b4 23. Qd2 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qe5 25. Qf4 Rae8 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Rf6 Ne8 28. R6f4 Kg7 29. h4 h6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rxg5 32. Kh2 f6 33. Rh4 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Ne2 Re5 36. Nf4 Kg7 37. a3 bxa3 38. Ra1 Nc7 39. Rxa3 a6 40. Ra5 Re8 41. Nd3 Rb8 42. Nxc5 dxc5 43. Rxc5 Ne8 44. Ra5 Bc8 45. Bh3 Bxh3 46. Kxh3 Rxb3+ 47. Kg4 Re3 48. c5 Kf7 49. c6 Nd6 50. Rxa6 Nxe4 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Rg7 Rd3 53. Kf4 Nd6 54. Rxg6 Kf7 55. Rh6 Rxd5 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. c7 Rc5 58. Rg7 Nf7 59. Rg8 Rxc7 60. Re8+ Re7 61. Ra8 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramer, Gerhard"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bxf4 10. exf4 Ba6 11. Nb5 Bxb5 12. Bxb5 Qd6 13. g3 Qb4 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bb1 Rfc8 19. Rc3 g6 20. Rec1 Ne7 21. Rc5 Nd7 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Kg2 Nd6 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Qe3 f6 28. Ne1 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. f3 Nd6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 f5 33. Nf3 Ne4 34. Ne5+ Nxe5 35. fxe5 Kg7 36. Kh3 Qc8 37. Kh2 Qh8 38. Qe1 Qf8 39. g5 Qh8 40. Kg2 Qc8 41. Kf3 Qh8 42. Kf4 Qh5 43. Be2 Qh8 44. Bd3 Qh5 45. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Lehner, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. fxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nc3 0-0 13. 0-0 Rad8 14. Qf5 Qd6 15. Rf4 Rfe8 16. Raf1 Re5 17. Qd3 c5 18. a4 c6 19. Rf5 Re7 20. R5f4 Nd7 21. R1f2 Ne5 22. Qf1 f6 23. Ne2 Ng6 24. Rg4 Re4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Nc3 f5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. a5 Ne5 29. Qa6 g6 30. Qxa7 Qf8 31. Nxe4 Rd5 32. Ng5 Rd7 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Ra7 36. a6 Kg7 37. Qxc6 Qc7 38. Qxc7+ Rxc7 39. Rf1 Ra7 40. Ra1 Kf6 41. Ra5 Kg5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. c3 Ke6 44. d4 cxd4 45. exd4 f4 46. c4 Kd6 47. b4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gestrich, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. Rb1 0-0 8. d3 Re8 9. e4 Rb8 10. Ne2 Be6 11. 0-0 h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. Kh1 Bh3 15. Ng1 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Ne5 17. h3 b5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Rb4 Rd8 21. Qc2 Rxb4 22. cxb4 Qxd3 23. Qxc7 Rd7 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxe5 Nxe4 26. Re1 Re7 27. Qf5+ g6 28. Qf3 Qd5 29. Re2 f5 30. Re3 Rc7 31. Ne2 Qd2 32. h4 Nf6 33. Rd3 Qe1 34. Qf2 Qb1 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. Rd2 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Qf3 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Nxd2 41. Kxd2 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. a4 Kh5 45. b5 Kg4 46. a5 Rc5 47. Nd4 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Rc8 51. Ke2 Rb8 52. Nc6 Rxb6 53. Ne5+ Kg3 54. Nd3 Rd6 55. Ne1 Re6+ 56. Kf1 Rxe1+ 57. Kxe1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Grieskirchen"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Semasev, Kim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Ne5 h5 9. c4 Nc5 10. d4 Nce4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Ne4 13. Qe1 g5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. Bd3 Rh7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qf2 Bf5 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Qf4 Kg8 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qg5+ Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Rg7 25. Nf3 Be4 26. Rf2 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 f5 28. Rf2 Kh7 29. a3 Rag8 30. b4 a6 31. Rcc2 Kg6 32. Bc1 Kf6 33. Rf3 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 35. Rf2 Rc8 36. g3 Bd6 37. Bb2 h4 38. gxh4 Rh8 39. Bc1 Rxh4 40. Rc2 Rh7 41. Kh1 Rg7 42. Rg2 Rc7 43. Bd2 Kf7 44. Kg1 Rc2 45. Kf1 Ra2 46. Bc1 Ra1 47. Rc2 a5 48. Kg2 axb4 49. axb4 Bxb4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Rxb7 Bd6 52. Rb6 Be7 53. Rc6 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Rxh2 55. Rc8 Bd6 56. Rc6 Ke7 57. Rb6 Rh7 58. Rb2 Rh3+ 59. Kg2 Rh4 60. Kf3 Re4 61. Rb7+ Kd8 62. Bd2 Kc8 63. Rf7 f4 64. Rh7 fxe3 65. Bxe3 Bb4 66. Rh8+ Kd7 67. Rh7+ Kc6 68. Rh6 Bc3 69. Rg6 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Wuerttemberg-ch Seniors 10th"]
[Site "Ellwangen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frueh, Heinrich"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Bf6 14. Be3 0-0-0 15. dxc5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 c6 17. Bh3 Rhe8 18. Bf4 Rd5 19. Bd6 Rd2 20. e4 b5 21. a4 Kb7 22. axb5 cxb5 23. e5 g6 24. Bg2+ Rd5 25. c6+ Kb6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. c7 a5 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. e6 b4 30. e7 Kb7 31. Rc5 b3 32. Rb5+ Kc6 33. Rxb3 Kxd6 34. Rb8 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Seniors int 10th"]
[Site "Weilburg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geissler, Dieter"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[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. Nd2 a6 4. c3 Bd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Bc6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nfd4 Qe5 13. Qc1 0-0 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bf4 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rfe1 Nc5 23. Re7 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Bd6 Rxe7 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Ba3 Rd8 28. Nf5 Rd7 29. Rd1 Nf4 30. g3 Ne6 31. f3 g6 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 g5 34. h3 Kg6 35. Bc5 Rc7 36. Bb6 Rc4 37. Rd2 Rc6 38. Bd4 Rd6 39. Kf2 Ne8 40. Be5 Rd7 41. c4 f6 42. Bc3 Nc7 43. Ba5 Ne6 44. cxd5 Nd8 45. g4 f5 46. Ke3 fxg4 47. hxg4 Nf7 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. Re2 Rd6 50. Bc7 Rd7 51. Re6+ Kg7 52. Be5+ Kh7 53. d6 Kg8 54. Re8+ Kh7 55. Re7 1-0

[Event "Wuerttemberg-ch Seniors 10th"]
[Site "Ellwangen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Mayer, Bodo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. Re1 Ngf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe4 N5f6 15. Qh4 Rfd8 16. g4 Nf8 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Re3 c5 22. Rg3 cxd4 23. Qxf6 Qc7 24. Kh1 Rd5 25. Rdg1 g6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rxg6+ Nxg6 28. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meyer, Gerd"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. a3 Qd7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Be2 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. b4 f6 14. b5 Na5 15. c5 Nd5 16. Qa4 b6 17. c6 Qe8 18. Rfc1 Nxe3 19. Nb3 Kb8 20. Nxa5 Ka8 21. Nc4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxd4 23. Nxb6+ cxb6 24. Qxd4 Nd5 25. a4 Nc7 26. a5 Qd8 27. Qa4 Bc5+ 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. b6 fxe5 31. Qc4 Rf8 32. Qa6 Qb8 1-0

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Richter, Gerhard"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. a4 Qf6 9. d3 Be7 10. h4 Bc5 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. h5 h6 13. Ne2 f5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qd5 Be6 16. Qb5 0-0 17. Qxb7 f4 18. Qxc6 fxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Kd2 Rb6 21. Qe4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Xander, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Be2 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. 0-0 Bf8 15. Qd1 a6 16. Re1 h6 17. Nh4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 d4 19. e4 Nh5 20. Ndf3 Nf4 21. Rec2 g6 22. Qd2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Damke, Boris"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[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 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. c4 Be7 9. Nf1 0-0 10. Ng3 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rec1 Rc8 15. Qa4 a5 16. Bb5 Nb8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ne1 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qf6 20. Ke2 c6 0-1

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Schaffarth, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a4 Nc6 9. Na3 Ne8 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Rxf3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc4 d5 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. d3 Nd6 20. Rff1 f6 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Rae1 Rfd8 23. c4 dxc4 24. bxc4 Nf5 25. Kf2 Nd6 26. Rb1 Nb7 27. Ke2 Rd7 28. g4 Na5 29. h4 Rcd8 30. Ne1 Nc6 31. g5 Nb4 32. Rb3 Nc6 33. Nf3 Re8 34. e4 f5 35. e5 Red8 36. Rd1 Rd4 37. Ke3 Rxc4 38. dxc4 Rxd1 39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Kxd3 Kf7 41. h5 g6 42. h6 Ke8 43. Kc3 Kd7 44. Nh4 Ne7 45. Kb3 Kc6 46. Kc3 a6 47. Kb3 b5 48. a5 Kc7 49. Kc3 bxc4 50. Kxc4 Kc6 51. Nf3 Nd5 52. Nd2 Nxf4 53. Nb3 Nh3 54. Nxc5 Nxg5 55. Nxa6 Nf7 56. Nc5 Nxe5+ 57. Kb4 f4 58. a6 Kb6 59. Kc3 f3 0-1

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schmidt, Erhard"]
[Black "Ruth, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. c5 0-0 8. Qa4 dxc5 9. Bxa6 Bxa6 10. Qxa6 cxd4 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 e5 14. 0-0 Re8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. b3 g6 19. h3 Qd6 20. f3 h5 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qg5 b5 24. Nd6 Nh7 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd2 c4 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Ne2 Qc5 29. Rf2 h4 30. f4 f6 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Qb4 Ng5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Rb7+ Kh6 37. Rd7 Nxe4 38. Rf8 d3 39. Ng1 c3 40. Nf3 g5 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Ne1 Ng3+ 43. Kf2 e4 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Rb8 Rf5+ 46. Ke3 c2 47. Nxc2 dxc2 0-1

[Event "Moselpokal op"]
[Site "Bad Bertrich"]
[Date "1997.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruth, Walter"]
[Black "Mohrenstecher, Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Nxc4 12. bxc4 Qg5 13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Rf2 Rae8 15. Bc1 Bc8 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Rb1 b6 20. d5 Bc8 21. Nf1 Re4 22. Rf4 Re7 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Rfe8 25. Kf2 a5 26. Rb3 Bf5 27. Rc3 Rb8 28. Ng3 Bd7 29. Ne2 Kg7 30. Nd4 Rbe8 31. h3 Re5 32. Nf3 R5e7 33. Nd4 Rb8 34. Rb3 Rbe8 35. g4 Rh8 36. e4 Rhe8 37. Re3 Ra8 38. g5 Rh8 39. h4 h6 40. Nf3 h5 1/2-1/2

