[Event "Oberliga Nord O 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tenner, Frank"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[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. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qd2 0-0 8. Bd3 Ne8 9. Ne2 Nc7 10. c3 f6 11. Bh4 Bh6 12. Qc2 d5 13. h3 dxe4 14. hxg4 exd3 15. Qxd3 Bg7 16. f5 Qe8 17. Bg3 Nba6 18. 0-0-0 Qf7 19. Kb1 g5 20. Bxc7 Nxc7 21. Ng3 Qd5 22. Ne4 h6 23. c4 Qf7 24. Nc3 e6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. Ne4 Bf8 28. Rdf1 exf5 29. gxf5 b5 30. g4 Rb8 31. Ka1 bxc4 32. bxc4 Na6 33. Nfd2 Rb6 34. Rb1 Nb4 35. Qc3 Reb8 36. Rb2 Na6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. d5 cxd5 39. cxd5 Qxd5 40. Re1 Nb4 41. Nc4 Rc6 42. Ned2 Nd3 43. Re8 Ne5 44. Qb4 Qf7 45. Nxe5 Qxe8 46. Qb3+ Kh8 47. Nxc6 Qxc6 48. Qb8 Kg8 49. Qb3+ Kg7 50. Nc4 Qe4 51. a4 Qxg4 52. Qb7+ Kh8 53. Qc8 Qd4+ 54. Ka2 Qc5 55. Qe6 Kg7 56. Kb3 Qb4+ 57. Kc2 Qxa4+ 58. Kd3 Qb4 59. Qd7+ Qe7 60. Qd5 h5 61. Qf3 Qd7+ 62. Kc3 h4 63. Ne3 Bc5 64. Ng4 a5 65. Qe4 Bb4+ 66. Kb3 Qe7 67. Qc6 Qf7+ 68. Kb2 Qe7 69. Kb3 Bd6 70. Qa6 Qc7 71. Qd3 Qb6+ 72. Ka2 a4 73. Qe4 a3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Camilleri, Stephan J"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 Bd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. a3 Rd8 17. f5 Bh6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21. Bxb7 Rdg8 22. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chatzidakis, Mihail"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Rfe1 Nbd7 11. b4 Qc7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bxf3 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Etmans, Maarten D"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Nc3 e6 14. Qg4 Rc8 15. Be3 h5 16. Qe2 h4 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 h3 21. gxh3 Be7 22. Rc8+ Bd8 23. Bxa7 Rh6 24. Bb8 Rh5 25. Bg3 g6 26. b4 Qd7 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Be7 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Qb5+ Qc6 32. Qe5 Qd5 33. Qc7 b5 34. h4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 b4 37. Qg3 Qd4 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Kd7 41. Qb8 Qg4+ 42. Qg3 Qe4+ 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Kg2 Qd5+ 45. Kh3 Qxa2 46. Qf4 Qb3+ 47. Kg2 Ke8 48. Qb8+ Ke7 49. Qc7+ Kf8 50. h5 Qd5+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kh1 gxh5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasevec, Anton"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 c5 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Bh6 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Ncb5 a4 19. Na7 Rc5 20. b4 axb3 21. Nxb3 Qb8 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. e4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macchiagodena, Maurizio"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nb5 Be7 8. Be5 Na6 9. 0-0 c5 10. Be2 0-0 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nd2 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nb4 16. c3 Nc6 17. a4 a6 18. Na3 e5 19. Nc2 f5 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mihok, Laszlo"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[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. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Be2 a6 9. a4 Re8 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Rad1 b6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Bc4 Bf8 17. Qe2 g6 18. f4 Kh8 19. fxe5 Nh5 20. Bh4 Qxe5 21. Rf7 Bc6 22. Bxa6 Kg8 23. Bb7 Kxf7 24. Bxc6 Bd6 25. Bxe8+ Rxe8 26. g3 c4 27. Nb5 Bc5+ 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Qxb2 31. Qxc4 Kf7 32. a5 Qa1 33. Qf1+ Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 bxa5 35. Bxa5 Nf6 36. Nc3 Bd4 37. Nb5 Bc5 38. Nc3 Bd4 39. Ne2 Ba7 40. e5 Ng4 41. Bc7 Ne3+ 42. Ke1 Nxc2+ 43. Kd2 Nd4 44. Nxd4 Bxd4 45. Kd3 Bg1 46. h3 h5 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orzechowski, Zdzislaw"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. 0-0 e6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Rc1 Rfc8 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb1 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. b3 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qa5 22. a4 Qb4 23. Qc2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. g3 Bf6 27. Qe4 a6 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. h3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kh2 Be7 32. Qe2 Qb7 33. Bc1 Bf6 34. Ba3 b4 35. Bc1 Nc3 36. Qc4 Be7 37. Bd2 Nd5 38. Nd3 h6 39. Nc5 Qb6 40. Nd3 Qb7 41. Ne5 Bd6 42. Nd3 Kh8 43. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sielaff, Rudolf"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rc1 c6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Bh3 Rcd8 17. b4 Bc4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. a3 Ra8 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Qb3 Ba6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Rac8 25. Nb3 a6 26. Qxa6 Ra8 27. Qb5 Rxa3 28. Rc2 Nf8 29. Rec1 Rb8 30. Bf5 g6 31. Bh3 Ne4 32. Rc6 Qd8 33. Bg2 Ne6 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Nd2 Ng5 36. Nc4 Ra2 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. h4 Nf3 39. Qb1 Qd5 40. Qxa2 Qxc6 41. Ne5 Qb7 42. Qxf7+ Qxf7 43. Nxf7 Kg7 44. Nd6 Nd2 45. Rc2 Rd8 46. Nc8 b5 47. Na7 Nf3 48. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Belchev, Branimir Petrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Rac1 b5 12. Qb3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 b4 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Nbd2 Nce4 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. b3 Nc3 19. Nfe5 h6 20. Be3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nfd5 22. Rfe1 Nxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. N5c4 Bd4 26. Nd1 Qc7 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. e3 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Bf6 30. e4 Bd4 31. e5 Rcd8 32. Nd6 f6 33. Qg6 fxe5 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Qxe5 Rxd6 37. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Dyballa, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[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 c5 3. d5 g6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 b4 9. Na4 d6 10. Qc2 e5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. e4 h6 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. a3 a5 16. Nh4 Nf4 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qxc8 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. axb4 axb4 23. h3 Qe8 24. Rfe1 b3 25. Nc3 Nc2 26. Nb5 Nxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qd8 28. Ra7 Ne8 29. Qxb3 Ra8 30. Qa4 Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Bf6 32. Nf3 Qe7 33. Qb8 Qd7 34. Bd2 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bxh6 h3+ 37. Kh2 Qg4 38. Bxf8 Qxf3 39. Kxh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg4 Qxe4+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Kxf8 43. Nxd6 Qd1+ 44. f3 Qa4 45. Qc8 Be7 46. b3 Qd7+ 47. Qxd7 Nf6+ 48. Kf5 Nxd7 49. Nb7 Ke8 50. g4 Bh4 51. g5 Ke7 52. d6+ Ke8 53. Na5 Be1 54. Nc6 Bd2 55. g6 fxg6+ 56. Kxg6 Bc3 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. Nd8+ Ke8 59. Nc6 Kf7 60. Nd8+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Gawlik, H James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. Nd2 Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 14. Qc2 e5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Bb2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Hanke, Christof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qh5 f5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Bb5 Qf7 17. Rb3 a6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rc6 21. Re5 Re8 22. h4 Bd7 23. Ra3 Rce6 24. g3 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Bc8 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qd6 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Kf1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Korchut, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Qf1 Be6 18. a4 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rd1 b4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc4 Ng6 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. Be3 h6 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Nfd2 Nb8 27. cxb4 Qc6 28. Ba4 Qc8 29. b5 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Nf4 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Bb3 Ne5 34. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Pontoppidan, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qa3 b6 14. 0-0 Nb7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bf3 a6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Na4 Rfe8 21. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Sifnatsch, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 h6 8. d5 Na7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. 0-0 Ng6 11. Qb3 Qb5 12. Qc2 Be7 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 0-0 15. b4 Bf6 16. h3 Nc8 17. a4 Nce7 18. a5 Nf4 19. b5 Neg6 20. Kh2 Rfb8 21. Rfb1 Ne7 22. Qd1 g5 23. Ng1 Bg7 24. g3 Nfg6 25. Qg4 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ra4 Kh7 28. Nge2 Nf8 29. b6 Rc8 30. Qxf5+ Nxf5 31. bxc7 Rxc7 32. Bb6 Rd7 33. Ne4 Ne7 34. f3 Nfg6 35. Rab4 Nf5 36. Bf2 Rc8 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Rxc4 39. N2c3 Nd4 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Wochnik, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. a4 0-0 10. 0-0 exf4 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. a5 Ne5 13. Bxf4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bb6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd4 Bd8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Bf5 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Be5 Qd7 25. Qe3 Nf6 26. h3 Qe6 27. Qd4 Nd7 28. Bg3 Bf6 29. Qa7 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qc6 31. Kh2 Qxc3 32. Re1 Bxd3 33. cxd3 Nc5 34. Re7 h6 35. d4 Qxd4 36. Rxb7 Qc4 37. Re7 Qd5 38. Qb6 Qg5 39. Bd6 Qf5 40. Ra7 Ne6 41. Qxa6 Rc2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 Rb2 44. Rb8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch GT439 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Traut, Gerhard"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rb7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc8 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. Bd3 a5 21. b3 Bf6 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Bc4 Qxe4 24. Bxd6 Rcc8 25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qc7 Qe3 27. Bg3 Rac8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd7+ Kg8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxa5 Qd2 32. Qf5 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Bf4 Kf7 35. Be5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koepcke, Hans Peter"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Bh2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. 0-0 c6 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bb6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qg2 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Rb4 Qf7 27. Rbb1 Rae8 28. Nd3 Qc4 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Qe2 Bc7 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Qe4 Qd6 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Kg7 37. g5 Kf7 38. Re4 Rd8 39. Rh4 Kg8 40. Kf3 Rd5 41. Rb4 b5 42. c4 Rxg5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. a4 Rf5+ 45. Ke3 bxa4 46. Rxa4 a5 47. Rc4 Kg7 48. Ke4 Kh6 49. Rc7 Rh5 50. Rc3 Rh4+ 51. Ke5 a4 52. Kf6 Rf4+ 53. Ke5 Rb4 54. Kf6 Rb3 55. Rc4 Rf3+ 56. Ke5 a3 57. h4 Rh3 58. Ra4 a2 59. Rxa2 Rxh4 60. Kf6 Rf4+ 61. Ke5 Rf1 62. Ra7 g5 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Gudat, Alfons"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 g6 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 Nb6 11. Bb5 Rb8 12. a5 Na8 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Bc4 e6 15. Ng3 exd5 16. exd5 Ng4 17. Nge2 Rb4 18. b3 Bf5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ra2 Qe7 22. Ng3 Ne4 23. Ncxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re2 Qxf3 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Rxf3 Rb8 28. Kf1 Nc7 29. f5 Be5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ke2 Nb5 32. Kd1 Nd4 33. Rd3 Kg7 34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Be1 f6 36. Kc2 g5 37. a6 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. Bc4 Re8 40. g4 Nd4+ 41. Kb1 Re7 42. Ba5 Bf4 43. Bc3 Ne2 44. Ba5 Nd4 45. Bc3 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heemsoth, Hermann"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. d3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Rb8 13. e4 Ne5 14. h3 N5g6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Kh2 Qa6 18. Qd2 Rbe8 19. Rf2 Qc8 20. Rbf1 Re5 21. Qe2 Re7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bf4 Qa6 24. Qd2 Qa5 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. h4 Bg4 27. Bh3 Qh5 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qd1 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe5 32. Rdd2 h5 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Rf4 Kg6 35. Rdf2 Ra5 36. Rf5 Ree5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rb2 Ra5 39. Kf3 Ra3 40. Rc2 f5 41. Kf4 Ra5 42. d4 fxe4 43. Kxe4 Rf5 44. Rg2 Ra5 45. d5 Rc5 46. Kd4 Kf5 47. Re2 Kg4 48. Re3 g6 49. a4 Kh3 50. Rf3 Kg2 51. Re3 Kf2 52. Re6 Kxg3 53. Rxg6+ Kxh4 54. Rg1 Kh3 55. Rh1+ Kg4 56. Rg1+ Kf4 57. Rh1 Kg5 58. Rg1+ Kh6 59. Rh1 Ra5 60. Ra1 h4 61. Kd3 Kh5 62. Kc2 a6 63. Kb2 b5 64. axb5 Rxa1 65. Kxa1 axb5 66. cxb5 h3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Erhart, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. Ne5 a6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. d3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. b3 Qf6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Na4 Rae8 15. Qf3 Re7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Bc3 d4 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Bd2 Be8 20. Nb6 Bc7 21. Nc4 Qf5 22. h3 Qd5 23. Kf2 f5 24. Re1 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Bf7 27. Ba5 Bd5+ 28. Kg3 Bb8 29. Bd8 Bxc4 30. dxc4 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke8 32. Bb6 Bd6 33. Ba5 Ke7 34. Bd2 Ke6 35. Ke2 g6 36. Kd3 Be7 37. Ke2 Bd6 38. Kd1 Kd7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. h4 Be7 41. g3 h5 42. Ba5 Kd7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Be1 Bd6 45. Ba5 Be7 46. Bb6 Bd6 47. Kd2 Kd7 48. Kc1 Kc8 49. Kb2 Be7 50. Ka3 Kb7 51. Ba5 Bd6 52. Bd8 Bf8 53. Ka4 Bd6 54. Bf6 Bf8 55. a3 Bd6 56. Be5 Be7 57. b4 cxb4 58. axb4 c5 59. b5 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duemmke, Juergen"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe6 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Qd3 Rc6 15. Re1 a6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxg7 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Kxg7 20. Rxe7 b5 21. Rae1 Rc2 22. Rd7 Rxa2 23. g4 Rb2 24. Ree7 Rf8 25. Rxd6 Rxb3 26. Rxa6 Rxd3 27. Rb6 Rc8 28. Rxb5 Rc4 29. g5 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 Rd1+ 31. Ke2 Rdg1 32. Ree5 Ra4 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rh1 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Kg3 Rh1 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra8 Rb5 39. f4 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Rb3 43. Ra6 Rd3 44. Rb6 Kh6 45. f5 Kg5 46. fxg6 fxg6 47. Rb4 Kh5 48. Ra4 g5 49. Rb4 Rc3 50. Ra4 Rc5 51. Rb4 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Rc1 53. Kg2 Rc5 54. Ra4 Kg6 55. Rb4 Kf5 56. Ra4 Rb5 57. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Schulz, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 d6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. b3 h5 11. g5 Ne8 12. e4 c5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qc1 Nc6 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc7 17. Nde2 b5 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Nc3 Qe5 22. Qb1 Nd4 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Nd5 Rfe8 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Qe3 Qb2 27. b4 Ne6 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxa7 Qc2 30. Ne3 Qb2 31. Qa4 Kf8 32. h4 Nf4 33. Nc4 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Qd4 35. Qb3 Be6 36. Rc1 Bxc4 37. Rxc4 Qxd2 38. Qb1 Nf4 39. Bf3 Bd4 40. Qe1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porubszki, Georg"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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. Qe2 Ne4 6. Nbd2 f5 7. Bxe4 fxe4 8. Ne5 Qh4 9. Qg4 Qxg4 10. Nxg4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 a5 13. b3 d6 14. h4 h5 15. Nh2 Nd7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. 0-0-0 e5 18. Nc4 Ke7 19. c3 b5 20. Nxa5 Bd5 21. Rd2 Bb6 22. b4 Bxa5 23. bxa5 Bb3 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bc3 Ke6 26. f4 exf3 27. gxf3 Nd5 28. Bb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 Rhb8 30. Rg1 Rxb4 31. Rg6+ Kf7 32. Rgxd6 Rxa5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Kb2 Ba4+ 35. Kc3 Bxd7 36. Kxb4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Be6 38. Nf1 Ra1 39. Rf2 Ra3+ 40. Kb2 Rb3+ 41. Kc1 c3 42. Ra2 Rb4 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. e4 Bc4 45. Ne3 Bd3 46. Ra1 Rb2 47. Nd5 Rh2 48. Ra7+ Kg6 49. Nxc3 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Rxc3 51. Ra5 Kf6 52. Kd2 Rb3 53. Rd5 Bc4 54. Rd6+ Be6 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Ahrens, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nbd7 5. 0-0 e5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 0-0 8. Nh4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc7 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qe2 Ne6 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Ne3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Ndc4 Qe7 17. Ba3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Bc6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bxc5 Qc8 25. Bxa7 Qa6 26. Ba4 Qxa7 27. Nxe5 Nd5 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qc4 Qa5 30. Bc6 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe5 32. Bxd5+ Ke7 33. f4 Qd6 34. Bg8 Kd7 35. a4 Kd8 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Bxd5 Ba5 38. Kf3 Nd7 39. g4 Nf6 40. Bc4 Bd2 41. g5 Nd7 42. h4 h6 43. f6 Bc3 44. fxg7 Bxg7 45. a5 Kc7 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Bb5 Nf8 49. f5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Bc3 51. Kd3 Bb4 52. c3 Be7 53. g6 Bf6 54. Be8 Kb6 55. c4 Kxa6 56. Ke4 Kb6 57. Kd5 Kc7 58. b4 Kd8 59. Ba4 Bc3 60. c5 Ke7 61. b5 Nd7 62. b6 Nb8 63. c6 Nxc6 64. Kxc6 Kf6 65. b7 Be5 66. Kd7 Kxf5 67. g7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 11th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Didzuhn, Werner"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.04.21"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Ng5 0-0 16. Bb3 a5 17. Nf4 a4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxg6 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3 Nfxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd3 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gieritz, Dietmar"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bf1 f6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe4 Na5 20. Qg4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rexc1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxd4 24. Qe4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hohm, Klemens"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Rb8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 a6 11. Qa5 Ne8 12. b3 f5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. e3 Bb7 15. Rad1 d6 16. c5 Rd7 17. Qa4 d5 18. Rd3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Nd4 h6 22. b4 Ng4 23. Bc1 Ne5 24. Rc3 Kh8 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. a4 Rf8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ra8 29. Rb3 cxb5 30. c6 Ba6 31. Nxb5 Rd8 32. Qc5 d4 33. Rxd4 Red7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qc2 Nc5 36. Rb1 Nd3 37. Bd2 Ne5 38. Bc3 Rb8 39. Nd4 Rxb1+ 40. Qxb1 Kh7 41. Qa1 Bd3 42. Nb5 Qe7 43. Qb2 Bxb5 44. Qxb5 Nf3+ 45. Bxf3 Bxc3 46. Qd3 Be5 47. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lueues, Hans"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Kh8 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Rfd8 20. Nd5 Bg6 21. h4 Qc5 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. g5 Bd8 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Qg3 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. a3 1-0

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morjan, Joachim"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 Qc7 13. f3 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Qg3 g6 18. Qf2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. h5 Nxh5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Ng3 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Nxh5 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qh2 Bf6 28. Qxh5 Rd8 29. Rg1 Bxf3 30. Qf5 Rd6 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Kb1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Bb5 Be4 35. Bb6+ Ke7 36. Bxc6 Bxf5 37. Bxa5 b3 38. axb3 Kd6 39. Be8 Ke7 40. Bc6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Postler, Reinhard"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Rc1 0-0 14. Bc3 a5 15. a3 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. b5 d4 20. bxc6 dxc3 21. cxb7 cxd2 22. bxa8Q Qxa8 23. Nxd2 h5 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Nc4 Ng6 26. Nd6 Re5 27. c6 Nf4 28. Qxg4 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. c7 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rahls, Peter"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 c6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qd6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 g5 19. Bg3 Rac8 20. h4 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Re3 b4 24. Kf1 Re7 25. Red3 Ne8 26. Rd7 Re6 27. Ra7 Rc7 28. Rxa6 Rb7 29. Ra8 f6 30. Rdd8 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ree7 32. Kd3 Nc7 33. Rf8+ Ke6 34. Rab8 Rd7+ 35. Kc4 Rd4+ 36. Kb3 Rxb8 37. Rxb8 Na6 38. c3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nc5+ 40. Kc2 Rd3 41. a4 Rxf3 42. a5 Kd6 43. Rf8 Kc7 44. Bxe5+ Kb7 45. Rxf6 Rxf6 46. Bxf6 Nxe4 47. Bd4 Ka6 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Be5 Nb7 50. Ke4 Kxa5 51. Kf5 Kb5 52. Kxg5 Kc5 53. f4 Kd5 54. Bg7 Nd6 55. f5 Ke4 56. f6 Nf7+ 57. Kg6 Ne5+ 58. Kh7 Kf5 59. Kg8 Ke6 60. Kf8 Nf7 61. Ke8 c5 62. Bf8 Kxf6 63. Bxc5 Ke6 64. Bg1 Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Barna, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. c3 h6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rfd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a4 a5 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. h3 Kh7 17. Kh2 b5 18. Ncd2 Qb6 19. Kg1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Glaser, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. a3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rh3 Be7 15. 0-0-0 Rc8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nf6 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Rhh1 Ng8 24. c3 Rd5 25. Rhg1 f6 26. Be3 Kf7 27. Bf2 Bc5 28. f4 Ne7 29. Rde1 Ng6 30. Rg4 e5 31. Reg1 Nxf4 32. Rxg7+ Ke8 33. Bg3 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Bxf4 exd4 36. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Janssen, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 g6 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Bg7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Ne8 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qb3 c5 15. 0-0 h6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rae1 Nh4 20. Qc2 g5 21. Be2 Rae8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bg4 Qd8 24. Qxe4 Qf6 25. Bd7 Re7 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. b4 b6 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rb8+ Bf8 33. Rfb1 Kg7 34. a4 Rff7 35. a5 Rd7 36. a6 Be7 37. f3 Bd8 38. R1b7 Bc7 39. Re8 Bb6 40. Rbb8 Kg6 41. Re6+ Rf6 42. Rg8+ Rg7 43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Rh8 Rg6 45. Rh7 1-0

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Moll, Reinhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bc1 f5 18. c3 fxe4 19. Nd2 e3 20. fxe3 Ne6 21. Qg4 Rf6 22. Rf1 Rg6 23. Qf3 d5 24. Qh5 Ng5 25. Rf5 Qd7 26. e4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rf8 28. Nf1 Nxe4 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Be3 Nf6 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Qh4 Be7 33. Bc1 c4 34. Be3 Qf5 35. a4 Qf3 36. Rd2 Nd5 37. Qf2 Qe4 38. Re2 Rf6 39. Qe1 Qd3 40. Ba7 Nf4 41. Rf2 Rf5 42. Kh2 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Bh4 44. Be3 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Rxf2 46. Bxf2 Qxe1 47. Bxe1 Bxe1 48. axb5 axb5 49. Ne3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Traut, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Re2 Bd7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Rd1 Bc8 19. g4 Nf6 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Rd7 22. f4 Nh7 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Ree1 Nf8 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Be3 Nfe6 27. Nde2 Qe7 28. a3 Rdd8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na6 31. Qb3 Nac7 32. Bb6 Rd7 33. Ra1 c5 34. Red1 Nd4 35. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Bxd4 Qh4 38. Re1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "BdF JZ1-1 Jub 50 email"]
[Site "GER email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wedemeyer, Ulrich"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Ne1 Bxb3 14. axb3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nf6 17. Rda5 Nxe4 18. Bxh6 d5 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. f3 Ng5 24. Rda1 e4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 exf3 27. gxf3 e5 28. Ra5 Rd8 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Nd3 e4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Nxb4 Bxb2 33. Nc6 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rh1 35. Rh5 Bf6 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Rxe4 Kf6 40. b4 Kf5 41. Rc4 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 Rh2+ 43. Kd3 Rh3 44. b5 g5 45. b6 Nf4+ 46. Kd2 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Rh1+ 48. Kb2 Rh8 49. b7 Rb8 50. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wuttke, Hans"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Qe2 d6 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Ncd2 Rac8 15. h3 Nf8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Bb1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ngf3 f5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Rc3 Qf7 22. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barna, Andre"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Ne4 Qb6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boetzel, Bernd"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Bg3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 0-0 13. 0-0 g6 14. Bh4 e5 15. N4b3 Ne6 16. f3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Nf1 d5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Qe1 N4xd5 21. Kh1 Rfe8 22. Nbd2 Rcd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f6 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. Qe2 Bc5 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Bf2 Bxf2 30. Qxf2 Qc7 31. Qe2 b5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. h3 Qc4 34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. b3 Rd3 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. bxc4 Rxa2 38. Rb1 Ra3 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. Rb6 Kg5 41. c5 Rxc3 42. Rxa6 Rxc5 43. Kh2 f5 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. h4+ Kh5 46. Ra3 Rc4 47. Ra7 h6 48. Ra5 e4 49. Kh3 exf3 50. gxf3 Rxh4+ 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Rc5 Kg5 53. Ra5 h5 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoeckendorf, Hartmut"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 h6 6. a4 b6 7. f3 e6 8. Nh3 Ne7 9. Nf2 Nd7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Rad1 d5 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Qd7 15. Nd3 0-0-0 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Qc1 Rh7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb5 Kb7 22. c4 Bxb5 23. axb5 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bf8 25. e5 f5 26. f4 Nb8 27. Be2 Ka7 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Rc2 Qe7 30. Rd1 g5 31. fxg5 Ba3 32. Qa1 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Qxa3 Qh4 35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. hxg3 Kb7 37. Bf3+ Kc8 38. g4 f4 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Rdc1 Nf8 41. Rc4 Kb8 42. Be4 Rf7 43. Rh1 Nd7 44. g5 Rg7 45. Rh6 Nf8 46. g6 c5 47. bxc6 Kc7 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinert, Marc"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. b4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Na5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Bb2 c4 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. e4 Rac8 21. Qe2 Bc5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. a4 Ba3 24. Ba1 Nb3 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Nc5 29. Qc2 Nd3 30. h3 h6 31. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Breier, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. 0-0 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 h5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re2 Bd4 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd6 23. Re2 Rh5 24. Qf3 g6 25. Re6 Qxe6 26. Qxh5 Qe4 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qg7 Rf8 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Maxion, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. 0-0 b6 7. Re1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ba4+ c6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. Be5 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bc2 Na6 18. h3 Nd6 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. a3 Qf6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Qc3 f6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. d5+ Kf7 27. dxe6+ Kg8 28. Rad1 Nd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Bg6 d4 31. Bf7+ Kg7 32. Nxd4 Nxc5 33. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Postler, Reinhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Ne5 e6 12. c3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Qc4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qa4 f5 21. Bf3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 c5 23. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Spielmann, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. b3 h6 12. Nh4 Nd5 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Qxd5 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. d5 Qf6 19. e4 Nb6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. a4 Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. f4 Rc2 25. Bxe5 Qg6 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 f5 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qf7 30. Rd1 Nd7 31. d6 Rc5 32. b4 Rc6 33. a5 Rc4 34. Kg1 a6 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. Re1 Kg8 37. Bxg7 Rxf4 38. Re7 Qxf5 39. Qxf5 Rxf5 40. Rxd7 Rd5 41. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Urban, Hans Rainer"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d3 0-0 7. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baumgartner, Walter"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Be2 Ng4 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. a3 Qc5 15. b4 Qe7 16. Bc4 a5 17. b5 Qc5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 Bg4 22. Qd6 Bf8 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc6 Bxd1 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxd1 f6 27. Ne6 Bxa3 28. f4 Nf7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nd5 Kg7 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. c3 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 exf4 34. Be1 Rc5 35. Nd5 g5 36. Rxa5 Rc1 37. Kf1 Ne5 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rc3 Ra1 40. Ne7 Ra4 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Bc3 g4 44. Bd4 f3 45. Bxe5 fxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 fxe5 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rc6+ Kg5 50. h4+ gxh3 51. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frueh, Heinrich"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 0-0 6. Nf3 Re8 7. 0-0 h6 8. Ne1 d6 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bb6 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. e4 Bh3 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 c6 19. f5 Bxg2+ 20. Nxg2 cxd5 21. f6 Ng6 22. fxg7 Qh3 23. Rf3 Qh5 24. Qf1 dxe4 25. Rxf7 e3 26. Rxb7 Qd5 27. Rxb6 e2 28. Qe1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gergs, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rad1 Bb7 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Be3 Ng6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nh2 c5 15. g3 0-0-0 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Qd2 Rhg8 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. Ng4 h5 22. Ne3 Nbc6 23. Ne2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. c4 Bh6 27. b3 Rg5 28. Rc1 Kb8 29. Rc2 Rh5 30. b4 Rh8 31. Rec1 Ka7 32. a5 bxa5 33. c5 axb4 34. cxd6 Qb6 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Nc6+ Nxc6 37. R1xc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Qd4+ Ka8 40. Nxg4 Rb5 41. Bf1 Bf8 42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. e5 Rb8 44. Ne3 b3 45. Nc4 Bxc4 46. Qxc4 Ka7 47. Qd4+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heinig, Wolfram"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 0-0 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Bf8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. Na4 b6 17. Nc3 c5 18. a3 Kg7 19. g3 h6 20. Kg2 Qd8 21. h4 h5 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. Nc3 N8d7 25. Bd1 Ng4 26. Bd2 cxb4 27. axb4 a5 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Nb5 axb4 30. Na7 Nc5 31. Qe3 Rc7 32. Nc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Rc8 34. h5 g5 35. Bxb4 Rxc6 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Qe2 Qc7 38. Qxg4 b5 39. h6+ Kh8 40. Qf5 Bd8 41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. cxb5 Qxc1 43. Qxf7 Qc7 44. Qg6 Qe7 45. Kf3 Bb6 46. Qf5 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch M corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasevec, Anton"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Qd2 Na6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Bg3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Rd3 Ra7 20. Re1 f6 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Rd2 Bh6 23. Rdd1 Kh8 24. c3 Bf5 25. Nh4 Bc8 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Bd3 Qe8 28. Nf3 Bf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Be4 Nd5 31. Qb3 Qd8 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Bc4 Rd6 34. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rost, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Qd2 d6 13. a4 a5 14. Kh1 f5 15. c4 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Nc6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ne1 Nb4 19. Nc2 Na6 20. b4 axb4 21. a5 Qa7 22. Nxb4 Nc5 23. Qa2 Na4 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nc5 26. Bf3 Nxd3 27. Rb6 Nc5 28. Rab1 Rfd8 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Ra8 31. R6b5 Re8 32. Rg1 Kh8 33. Bf3 Re7 34. Ng3 d3 35. Nh5 Bd4 36. Rg3 Rg8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qg2+ Kf7 39. f5 exf5 40. Bd5+ Ke8 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qf8 d2 43. Qxf5+ Kc7 44. Bf3 Qa8 45. Nf4 Qg8 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schoewel, Matthias"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 a6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc8 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Nxf3 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Bh6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nf7+ Kd7 22. Nxh6 Nc6 23. Ng4 Rab8 24. Ne5+ Nxe5 25. dxe5 Ke6 26. Nc1 Nc3 27. Nd3 Nxa4 28. Bxe7 Nc3 29. Bg5 Rb5 30. Bd2 1-0

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Secula, Victor"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qc8 16. Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seils, Joerg"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. d4 0-0 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Bb1 N4d5 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. a5 Nbd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc8 19. c4 Re8 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. h4 a6 22. h5 Be7 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qd8 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Re3 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Rae1 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Nc5 31. h6 Ne6 32. Qh4 Qd4 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 f5 35. Qe7 fxe4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxe4 Qd1+ 38. Re1 Qd8 39. hxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Re3 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6 43. Rf3+ Kg8 44. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Frank, Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bb3 0-0 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. a4 Na6 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Qc4 Rfd8 16. g3 Qxh3 17. gxf4 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 exf4 0-1

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Frueh, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Na6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qa5 b4 13. Na4 Bd5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Qxc5 Qb7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 c5 21. Ba3 cxd4 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Bxe7 Rd7 24. Ba3 g5 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 f5 27. Ne1 Kf7 28. Nd3 g4 29. Rc6 h5 30. Nf4 Be5 31. Nd3 Bg7 32. Kf1 Bf6 33. Bb4 Rb7 34. a4 h4 35. a5 a6 36. Rxa6 hxg3 37. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Grottke, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qa4 0-0 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qc8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. 0-0-0 Qc7 18. h4 Rac8 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Rh3 d4 21. exd4 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 cxd4 23. Rfd3 dxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 Qa6 27. Kb1 Qf1+ 28. Bc1 Bc5 29. a3 a5 30. Ka2 Qe1 31. f4 Qxh4 32. Qe4 Qe7 33. Rg3 Qd7 34. Kb1 g6 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Rh3 h5 37. Qe2 Qd1 38. Qe4 Qd5 39. Qe2 Qd1 40. Qe4 Rd4 41. Qc2 Qg1 42. Ka2 Rd1 43. Rc3 Rf1 44. g3 Qh1 45. Kb1 Re1 46. Ka2 Bd4 47. Rc4 Qd5 48. b3 Rg1 49. Qd3 Qg2+ 50. Kb1 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Krueger, Erich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 Be6 9. Qd3 Qa6 10. b3 d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Qxd3 13. Nxd3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Sommer 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Be7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. b3 0-0 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Rcd1 Bb8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. a3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 d4 20. Nb1 Qc7 21. Bxc6 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 bxc6 23. Rxd4 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nd2 Qg6 28. Qc4 Qh5+ 29. Nf3 Qb5 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. a4 Qxc4+ 32. Rxc4 c5 33. Nd2 f5 34. Rc1 h6 35. Nc4 Be7 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. f4 Bf6 39. Nc4 h5 40. Rc1 h4 41. Nb6 Rd6 42. a5 Bd8 43. Rxc5 h3 44. Rc1 Bxb6 45. axb6 Rxb6 46. Rh1 Rh6 47. Rh2 Ke7 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Kd4 a5 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Kd4 Kb5 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Rc2+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Mahn, Franko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. e3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 e4 8. d5 Nb4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. a3 Na6 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. f3 Bg6 13. Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 0-0 15. h4 Qd8 16. g3 h6 17. 0-0-0 Nc7 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Rdf1 Bxb2+ 20. Qxb2 Rb8 21. g4 b5 22. cxb5 Nxb5 23. Nc4 a5 24. h5 Bh7 25. g5 hxg5 26. h6 f6 27. hxg7 Rf7 28. e5 Bxd3 29. Rh8+ Kxg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. exf6+ Kg6 33. Qd2 Bxc4 34. bxc4 Na7 35. Qxa5 Rd7 36. Qa4 Rf7 37. Qe8 g4 38. Qg8+ Kxf6 39. Qxg4 Re7 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qxd6 Rf7 42. Qxc5 Rf1+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Meissner, Hans Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rc1 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. e3 e6 13. a3 Qb8 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Nc3 Bc8 21. Qf3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 h5 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. a4 Ne7 28. b3 Nc6 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Kf1 Nb4 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 f5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Nb1 g5 35. Nd2 Ke7 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Ne1 Kd6 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Kd2 e5 40. f3 Ne7 41. Nc3 Bc6 42. Nf2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. e4 gxf3 45. Bxf3 f4 46. Ne2 fxg3 47. Nxg3 Bh4 48. Nfh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. Qc2 e5 8. h3 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qc3 c5 12. a3 Na6 13. e4 Bd7 14. b4 Rfc8 15. b5 Nc7 16. 0-0 Nh5 17. Rfe1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Kh2 Qh6 20. Qe3 Ne8 21. Ng1 g5 22. g3 Ng6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Ndf3 f6 25. Be2 Ne7 26. h4 gxh4 27. Qxh6+ Kxh6 28. Nxh4 f5 29. Bd3 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Nf6 31. Bc2 Rg8 32. Ngf3 Rg4 33. Nd2 Ng6 34. Nxg6 hxg6 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Kg7 38. f3 b6 39. Rc1 a6 40. a4 axb5 41. axb5 Ra4 42. g4 Ra3 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Rc2 Rxc2+ 45. Bxc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-chT Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Potsdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Rost van Tonningen, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. e3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Nd2 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 c5 23. Nd2 e4 24. Nb1 Kf7 25. Nbc3 Ke7 26. Na4 Kd6 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Kf1 Bd7 30. Nac3 Bc6 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Ndc3 Bb7 33. Na4 Bc6 34. Nac3 Bb7 35. Na4 Bc6 36. Nac3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Tochtermann, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. d5 Re8 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Be3 h6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qa4 Qe8 20. Qa7 Qc8 21. h3 Bb7 22. Qa3 Qa8 23. Qb2 N8d7 24. Nf3 Bf8 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. f4 Ne8 27. Nf3 f6 28. h4 Be7 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Bh3 Nf8 31. Qc1 h5 32. Ne1 Qa6 33. Bf1 Bc8 34. Bd3 Qa8 35. Be2 Ng7 36. Nb5 Ne8 37. Nd3 Qa2 38. Nc3 Qa8 39. Qb2 Nd7 40. Bd1 Ng7 41. Ba4 exf4 42. gxf4 f5 43. Bc6 Qb8 44. Bd4 Nf6 45. e5 Ng4+ 46. Kg3 Bb7 47. Bxb7 Qxb7 48. Ne2 Ne8 49. b5 Qa8 50. Ng1 Qa4 51. Qc3 Qa2 52. Nf3 Qe2 53. Nde1 dxe5 54. fxe5 Qe4 55. Qd3 Ng7 56. Kh3 Kg8 57. Qd2 f4 58. Qd3 Qf5 59. Qxf5 Nxf5 60. Nd3 Nxd4 61. Nxd4 Ne3 62. Nxf4 g5 63. hxg5 Nxc4 64. Nc6 Bxg5 65. Ne6 Bd2 66. Kh4 Bc3 67. Kxh5 Kf7 68. Nxc7 Bxe5 69. Nxe5+ Nxe5 70. Kg5 Ke7 71. Kf5 Kd6 72. Ke4 Nc4 73. Kd4 Na3 74. Ne8+ Ke7 75. Nc7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Winiwarter, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Qc2 e6 13. e4 b5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Ba3 Nxc4 18. Bxb4 Ne3 19. Qb3 Nxf1 20. Bxf1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Bh6 22. Nc4 exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf2 Bf8 28. a4 Qa8 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. a5 Bd7 31. Bd3 Be7 32. Kg2 Be8 33. Nc8 Qe3 34. Nxe7+ Qxe7 35. Bxa6 Bd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb2+ f6 38. Bb7 h5 39. a6 Qe3 40. Qf2 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 07th"]
[Site "Bad Wildbad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Werchan, Hans"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rcd8 17. Bf1 Qc8 18. Ncb5 Qb8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. g3 Bc6 23. Bg2 Qb7 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Nd5 Rcd8 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. h4 Nf8 28. Bd4 f6 29. Rc2 Rcd8 30. f4 e5 31. Bb2 Ne6 32. f5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Nc7 34. Rd1 b5 35. Qe2 Bh6 36. Kh2 Qb6 37. cxb5 Nxb5 38. Qc4+ d5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Rc5 a6 43. Qc6 Re6 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qd7+ Bg7 46. Rc8 Qd6 47. Qf7 Qe7 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Bc1+ g5 50. Bh3 Nd4 51. hxg5+ fxg5 52. Bxe6 Nxe6 53. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zeihser, Michael"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 Bxc3 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. h3 Re8 11. a3 g6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baumgartner, Walter"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. e3 Rb6 11. Bg2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Be7 14. e4 Nd7 15. Be3 Rxb2 16. Na4 Rb4 17. a3 Rb3 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Bxa7 Qa5 20. Nb2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 c3 22. Qc2 Bxf1 23. Bd4 Bxg2 24. Bxc3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drosson, Franz"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. f3 a6 11. h4 Rd8 12. g4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nb3 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. g5 Ne8 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Be3 a4 22. N3d2 Rb8 23. g6 Ba6 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. e5 d5 26. h6 g6 27. Qf4 f5 28. Nf1 Rbc8 29. Rd2 Bd3 30. Qh2 Qa6 31. Rg1 b3 32. Qg3 f4 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fleckner, Hans"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 c6 5. f4 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Na4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bh6 10. 0-0 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. bxc3 exf6 14. h3 Bc8 15. Nh4 f5 16. Qe1 0-0 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rae1 Nb6 21. Ng5 Bd5 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qh3 Rfe8 24. h5 h6 25. Nf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. a3 c5 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Qh3 c4 33. Bf1 Qa4 34. Ne1 Qxa3 35. Qe3 Be4 36. Nf3 Nd5 37. Qe1 Nxc3 38. Kh1 Nd5 39. c3 Bxc3 40. Bxc4 Bxf3 41. gxf3 Bxd2 42. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Friedrichroda"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelzenleichter, Siegfried"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 0-0 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 b5 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. a3 Nb6 19. Rcd1 Nd5 20. h3 Qc7 21. Rd2 a5 22. Rde2 Reb8 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Qh4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Ra2 28. Bg5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 h6 31. Bd2 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Qh5 Qd3 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Nb6 36. Bf4 Nc4 37. Ra2 d5 38. Nd2 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Nxb2 40. Bc7 Nd1 41. c4 Bb4 42. c5 Bxd2 43. c6 Kf8 44. Bd6+ Ke8 45. Kg3 Bg5 46. f4 Bf6 47. Bc5 Nc3 48. Kf3 Na4 49. Ba7 Kd8 50. Kg4 Kc7 51. f5 Kxc6 52. fxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffmann, Hans"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. b3 c6 5. Nxe7 Qxe7 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 d6 9. d3 Bf5 10. Be2 h6 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. e4 Bh7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Nc2 Nfd7 16. Bg4 Rf8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qd2 f5 19. f3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Ne6 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rxe5 Qh4 24. Ree1 Nf4 25. Ne3 Bxd3 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Ng4 Bh7 28. Bxd6 Rf7 29. Qe3 Ng6 30. c5 Qf5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Qc8 33. Rd4 Bf5 34. Rf4 Kh7 35. h4 Qd7 36. h5 Bc2 37. g4 Rxf4 38. Qxf4 Re8 39. Qd2 Bb1 40. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kahn, Manfred"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. g3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. e3 Re8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. b4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. b5 Ra7 16. bxa6 Nb8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rxa6 19. Rfa1 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nc6 21. Ra4 Qd7 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh5 Ne7 24. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kastner, Peter"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[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. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Nc2 bxc4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Qxd5 Qxb2 23. Ne3 Rfe8 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Nf5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rb2 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg5+ Kf6 29. Ra5 Re6 30. Re1 Kg6 31. h4 f5 32. g3 h6 33. Re3 Rd6 34. h5+ Kf6 35. g4 Rb5 36. Ra4 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kruek, Josef"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. a4 0-0 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. a5 Nc5 14. Bc4 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Rab1 b5 18. Bd3 Rfb8 19. Ne2 Nb6 20. Nc1 Na4 21. Ne2 Nb6 22. c3 Nfd7 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Rbd1 Nf8 25. Bc2 Nb2 26. Bc5 Qe8 27. Rf1 Nc4 28. Rdd1 Ra3 29. Be3 Ne6 30. Bc1 Ra1 31. Be3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Nc1 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Bf8 35. Nb3 Qa8 36. Qe2 Qa3 37. Bc1 Qa7 38. g3 h5 39. h4 c5 40. bxc5 Nxc5 41. Nxc5 Bxc5 42. Kg2 Qa8 43. Qc2 Kg7 44. Be2 Bb6 45. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minach, Leonid"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 a6 8. a4 d6 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd1 Nc6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Nf2 Rb8 14. Qf3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Nh3 Bh6 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Qh3 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Ra8 21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Qg3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nc6 25. Bf4 Kd7 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ba6 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. d4 Ra8 32. Rf1 Ra3 33. d5 Ne5 34. dxe6+ fxe6 35. Bc2 Ra2 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bf4 Nc4 39. Bd3 e5 40. Be3 Nxe3 41. Qxe3 Ke8 42. Qe2 Qa7+ 43. Kh2 Ra2 44. Bc2 Qf7 45. Rd1 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qxh4 47. Qd2 d5 48. exd5 Bd7 49. d6 Qc4 50. Qf2 Bf5 51. d7+ Bxd7 52. Qd2 Qc5+ 53. Kh1 Ra7 54. Bb3 Rc7 55. Be6 Bxe6 56. Qd8+ Kf7 57. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch M corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mokwa, Marek"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Be3 e5 12. Nde2 b5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. b4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Nd7 16. 0-0 Bb7 17. Nec3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qh5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qb6+ 21. Rf2 Qd4 22. Qf3 Bh4 23. g3 Bg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch M corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quattrocchi, Gaetano"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. 0-0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Na4 Qh5 15. Qf2 g5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. g4 Qg6 18. e5 Qe6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nc3 Ndxe5 21. Bf5 Ng6 22. Bxe6 Nxh4 23. Bd7 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Ng6 25. Nd5 f6 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Be3 Nh4 28. Kb1 Bh6 29. Bf2 Bg5 30. Nc7 Rab8 31. Bd5 Rfc8 32. Nb5 Ra8 33. Nd4 Rab8 34. Bxh4 Bxh4 35. Nf5 Bf2 36. Rhf1 Bc5 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Nxe7 Rc7 39. Nf5 d5 40. Rde1 Kg6 41. c3 Rcb7 42. b3 Kg5 43. Re6 Rb6 44. h4+ Kxg4 45. Rxf6 Kh3 46. Rg6 Kh2 47. h5 Rf8 48. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch M corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schulze"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. 0-0 c5 8. Qc1 d6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nc3 e6 11. e4 Bh6 12. g3 e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 Re8 16. Ng5 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nd4 18. Qd2 f5 19. Bd1 exf4 20. Nh3 Re3 21. Nxf4 Qe7 22. Bc1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Re5 24. Bb2 Re8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. a4 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Ra2 g5 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Bf3 Bc8 31. Ra1 g4 32. Bd1 h5 0-1

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sellerie, Hans Juergen"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 Re8 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qb3 Ba5 8. d4 e4 9. Ne1 h6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Nc2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qa3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qd2 f5 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 Bd5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rc2 a4 22. Qb4 g5 23. Bd2 Qf6 24. e3 Kh7 25. Bf1 Rg8 26. Bg2 Qe6 27. Bf1 h5 28. a3 Raf8 29. Qa5 Ra8 30. Qb4 Rg6 31. Rac1 h4 32. Bh3 Rh6 33. Bg2 Nf6 34. Qc5 Nd7 35. Qb4 Kg7 36. Be1 Kh8 37. Qd2 Nf6 38. Rc5 Nh5 39. R5c2 f4 40. Rc5 f3 41. Bf1 Nf6 42. R1c2 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6 44. Qc1 Ra6 45. g4 Nd7 46. R5c3 Rg6 47. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stumpf, Hilmar"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 c5 12. d5 e5 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Qd2 Ng8 15. b3 Ndf6 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Rf1 Rae8 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Ng3 Nd7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Nf3 Nfd7 25. Nh2 a6 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Bd1 b5 29. Be2 Qb6 30. Rb1 Re7 31. Be3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qd8 33. Nf3 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Ne5 35. Rff1 Rfe8 36. Bf4 f6 37. Rb3 Rb7 38. Rfb1 Ree7 39. a4 Rxb3 40. Rxb3 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Bxb7 42. Qb2 Qc7 43. a5 Bc8 44. Qb6 Qe7 45. Qb8 Bb7 46. Bxe5 Qxe5 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Bachmann, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. g4 Bd7 14. c4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Qf3 exf4 17. Qxb7 Nxg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. N2f3 Rb8 20. Qd5 Ne5 21. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxb2 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Ng5 Qc6 25. Qxf4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. Ne4 Bh4 28. Ra1 Bc6 29. Ng3 Rd2 30. a4 Bf6 31. Rb1 Bd4 32. Ne2 Ba7 33. a5 Bf3 34. Re1 h5 35. h4 Ra2 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Rc1 Rxa5 38. Rc3 Bb7 39. Nf4 Bd6 40. Rb3 Be4 41. Nh3 Ra1 42. Rc3 a5 43. Ng5 Bb7 44. Rd3 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Barna, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 f5 6. e3 g6 7. Bd3 Nd6 8. a3 b5 9. b4 cxb4 10. Bb2 bxc4 11. Bxh8 cxd3 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. axb4 Qxd5 14. Bd4 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nb5 16. 0-0 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Bierwisch, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nh4 Kg7 19. b3 Rcd8 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Re1 Bd6 22. Rcd1 Kh7 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qd2+ Kg7 25. Qxd6 Qa5 26. Qxc6 Qb4 27. Qb5 Qa3 28. Ra1 a6 29. Qc4 Bb7 30. f3 Nh5 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. Qxa6 Bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qb2+ 34. Be2 Nb6 35. Qb5 Re6 36. Qxc5 Rd2 37. Rad1 Rc2 38. Qe3 Rec6 39. Ng2 Qxa2 40. g4 R2c3 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Qxd3 Nf4 43. Nxf4 exf4 44. Qb5 Re6 45. Rd1 Nc8 46. Qc5 Ne7 47. Qc3+ f6 48. Ra1 Rc6 49. Qxf6+ Kxf6 50. Rxa2 Rc3 51. Rb2 Nc8 52. h4 Nb6 53. b4 Ke5 54. Rd2 Rb3 55. b5 Rb1 56. Kg2 Rb3 57. h5 gxh5 58. gxh5 Rc3 59. h6 Rc8 60. Rd1 Rg8+ 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Rh1 Rh7 63. Rh5+ Kd4 64. Bf1 Nd7 65. Rd5+ Kc3 66. e5 Re7 67. e6 Nb6 68. Rd6 Na4 69. Bd3 Nc5 70. Bf5 Ra7 71. h7 Ra2+ 72. Kg1 Ra8 73. e7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Friedrichroda"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Brauner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. a4 Be7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. h3 b5 9. 0-0 h6 10. Nc3 Bg5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. axb5 g4 13. hxg4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 b4 19. Nb1 g5 20. g3 Kf7 21. Kg2 Bb5 22. Qd1 Qa8 23. Nd2 Rh6 24. Qa1 Rh8 25. Rh1 Kg7 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5+ 29. Nf3 Bc6 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Kg3 Qe4 32. Qc1 c4 33. Rf2 d5 34. fxe5 f5 35. Bh6+ Kh8 36. Qg5 Qxg4+ 37. Qxg4 fxg4 38. Nd4 1-0

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Bromann Manthey, Hans Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Be2 Be7 14. g3 0-0 15. Rd2 b5 16. Nd1 Na5 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Kb1 Nd4 22. c3 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Kc2 Rc5 27. b4 Rc4 28. Kb3 Rec8 29. Re3 R4c6 30. a4 bxa4+ 31. Kxa4 Ke8 32. g4 Rc4 33. Kb3 R4c6 34. Ra1 Kd8 35. Re4 Kd7 36. c4 Rh8 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. f6 Bf8 39. h4 Rg8 40. Kc3 Rg6 41. Kd3 Rg8 42. Rg1 Ke6 43. Re2 Rc8 44. Ra2 Rc6 45. Rag2 Rg6 46. Re1 Rg8 47. Ra1 Rg6 48. g5 hxg5 49. Rxg5 Rxg5 50. hxg5 Kf5 51. Ne7+ Bxe7 52. fxe7 Rc8 53. Rxa6 Re8 54. Ra7 f6 55. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch M corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Diogo, Antonio Mamede M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 c6 9. Ba3 h6 10. Qd3 g5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qf7 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Ree2 h5 20. Bb2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd1 Qd7 25. Rc2 e6 26. Qc1 Rf7 27. a4 b5 28. a5 Na6 29. Qg5 Rf5 30. Qg6 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rc6 Nc7 33. Rec2 Na8 34. Nc3 Bxd4 35. Nxb5 Bxb2 36. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Hetey, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. f3 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. e4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Na2 Be7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nbd7 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Qc2 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bd6 22. Rcd1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc6 24. Bh4 Re8 25. Qd2 Qxa4 26. Nc3 Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc6 29. Rfd1 Re6 30. Nb5 Be5 31. Rxd7 Rb6 32. Nc3 Rxb2 33. Na4 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rxf2 35. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Hettler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Rad1 Rc7 16. h4 a6 17. Bb3 Rd7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Nb8 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rxe7 Bxd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qxf6 Qd8 26. Qc3 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Friedrichroda"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Holze, Guenter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Ng6 Qc7 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f4 Qh5 18. e4 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bb3 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bb1 Rd7 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Ne4 Re7 25. Nc5 Bc4 26. b3 Ba6 27. Nxa6 bxa6 28. b4 Rd8 29. Rd1 g6 30. Bd3 Nc3 31. Rd2 Red7 32. Ke3 Nbd5+ 33. Kf3 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kg5 Kg7 38. Kh4 Nd5 39. Bg5 Rd4+ 40. Kh3 Rg4 41. Bf6+ Kh6 42. g3 Rc4 43. Rf1 Rc2 44. Rf3 g5 45. Bxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rxf7 Ne3 47. Rf8 Ng4 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Kopplin, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Re1 Be6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rae8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 e5 19. a4 h6 20. Be3 a5 21. d5 Rd8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Reb1 b4 24. Rb3 Ra8 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Re1 Ra2 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Kripp, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. b3 N4a5 16. Rc1 b6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Ne2 Nb7 20. Qd2 a5 21. a4 bxa3 22. Ra1 Bf6 23. Rxa3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Qe3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Lueders, Gerhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. e4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb3 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Be3 Qa4 23. Rb2 Rc8 24. g3 g6 25. Nd2 Qa3 26. Rc2 Qa4 27. c4 Nd5 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. Nf1 b5 30. c5 Bf8 31. Bg5 a5 32. Ne3 Nb4 33. Rd2 h6 34. Bf4 Rd8 35. Ng4 g5 36. Ne5 Qd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 38. Be3 Nxe3 39. fxe3 Bxc5 40. Nc6 Rc8 41. Ne5 Bd6 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. e4 Bb4 44. Re2 a4 45. Ne3 a3 46. Kf2 Bc3 47. Rc2 b4 48. Ke2 Rb8 49. Rxc3 bxc3 50. Kd3 Rb2 51. Nc2 Rxa2 52. Kxc3 g4 53. e5 h5 54. d5 Kf8 55. Kb3 Rb2+ 56. Kc3 Ke7 57. Nxa3 Rxh2 58. d6+ Kd7 59. Nc4 Rh3 0-1

[Event "GER jub50 qJVM25 corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Shoup, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. 0-0 0-0-0 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. b4 f5 20. f3 g5 21. a4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Ng6 23. a5 Nf4 24. axb6 axb6 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rfb1 c6 28. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Waldmann, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 d5 9. c3 c5 10. dxc5 Bg6 11. exd5 Bxd3 12. d6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 Nc6 14. Re3 Bg6 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Re1 b5 17. Na3 b4 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nb5 Nxc4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bh5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bc5 Rfd8 26. Rad1 h5 27. Qf4 hxg4 28. hxg4 e5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rd5 Qh6 34. d7 Rb8 35. Rd6 f6 36. Ne6 Bf7 37. Nxd8 Rxd8 38. Rd4 Qh5 39. Rh4 Qc5 40. Qh3 Bd5 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 06th"]
[Site "Bad Liebenzell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thal, Olaf"]
[Black "Ziltener, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 c5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. c3 Qd6 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Be4 14. Bg4 Rcd8 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. a4 Qe5 17. f3 Bg6 18. f4 Qe4 19. f5 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 h5 23. Bh3 Bh7 24. Re7 g5 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rxb7 Rd6 28. Bf7 a6 29. a5 g5 30. Rb6 Rd7 31. Bxh5 Bd3 32. Rxf6 Kg7 33. Rb6 Re7 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. h3 Kg7 36. Bf3 Bc4 37. b3 Bb5 38. Bxd5 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. c4 1-0

