[Event "NATO-ch 33rd"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2023.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Van de Walle, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d3 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 e5 12. a4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bd8 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Ne3 b6 16. Qf3 Rae8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 f5 20. Ne3 fxe4 21. dxe4 Nf4 22. f3 Bd8 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Nxd6 Bh4 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. Nc4 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Ne3 b4 31. Ncd5 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc4 Bb5 35. Ke2 Ra6 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Re1 Bh4 38. Re2 Ra1 39. Nc7 Rd1+ 40. Rd2 Bxc4+ 41. bxc4 Ra1 42. Nb5 Bg5 43. Nd6+ Ke6 44. Nb7 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Rc3 47. Nxc5+ Kd6 48. Na6 b3 49. cxb3 Rxb3 50. f4 Ra3 51. e5+ Kc6 52. Nb4+ Kc5 53. Nc2 Rb3 54. e6 Rb6 55. Kd3 Rxe6 56. g4 Re7 57. h4 h6 58. h5 gxh5 59. gxh5 Re8 60. f5 Re7 61. Nxd4 Rd7 62. Ke4 Rxd4+ 63. Ke5 Rd1 64. f6 Re1+ 65. Kf5 Rf1+ 66. Kg6 Kd6 67. c5+ Ke6 68. Kxh6 Kxf6 69. Kh7 Rc1 70. h6 Kf7 71. Kh8 Rxc5 72. Kh7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 33rd"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tenin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Bb3 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. 0-0-0 Bc5 15. Rd2 0-0 16. g4 Rad8 17. Rhd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. g5 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd7 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qg3 Nd7 23. f4 Bf2 24. Qf3 Bg1 25. f5 Ne5 26. Qf4 Qc5 27. Kd1 Qf2 28. fxe6 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Ng6 30. exf7+ Kf8 31. Bd6+ Ne7 32. Ke2 b6 33. h4 Bc5 34. e5 Bxd6 35. exd6 Ng6 36. Ke3 Ne5 37. Ke4 Nxf7 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Ke5 a5 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Kd5 b4 43. Kc6 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 33rd"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parker, Glen D"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Bf5 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nd4 Be7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qf3 g6 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Rde1 Bc5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. gxf5 Ne5 17. Qg2 Nxc4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. dxc4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Nh5 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. c3 Rad8 25. Ng5 Bxh2 26. Qf7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qc7 28. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 33rd"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Tucker, David Sidney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Na4 d6 8. Bb5 Nh6 9. h3 0-0 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Re1 Nf5 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. c4 Bd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne6 18. Nc3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Nf3 f5 21. Qxd6 Bc8 22. Na4 Qa6 23. Ne5 c5 24. Qxa6 Bxa6 25. Nc6 Bb7 26. Nxa7 Nf4 27. Nxc5 Bxg2 28. h4 Bf3 29. Kh2 Be2 30. Kg3 Nh5+ 31. Kh2 f4 32. Nb5 f3 33. Nd4 Rf4 34. Nxe2 Rxh4+ 35. Kg1 fxe2 36. f3 Nf4 37. a4 g5 38. a5 Nh3+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NATO-ch 33rd"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2023.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Schott, Guido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qe2 0-0-0 12. a4 Rhg8 13. Rg1 Rg4 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxh2 18. 0-0-0 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Qg6+ 20. Kc1 h5 21. g3 h4 22. a5 a6 23. b4 Rg8 24. Rd3 f5 25. Rgd1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rxg3 27. Qf4 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qg4 29. Qd6 f4 30. Qe7 Qf5 31. Rf3 Rg2 32. Qe8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Maes, Patrick"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "NATO LTM"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. 0-0 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Qd7 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qa4 Nxd4 14. Qd1 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rfd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rbd1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Be4 19. f3 Bb7 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Bxc5 Qe8 23. Qa5 Ba8 24. Bxa7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. c4 h6 27. Be3 Nh7 28. Qb5 f6 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ng6 Bxf3 31. Rd7 Be4 32. Nf4 c6 33. Nh5 Ng5 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Millener, Richard"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Be2 Nd7 8. h4 Ngf6 9. h5 Nxh5 10. Ne5 Ng7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qd2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rd1 0-0-0 15. b4 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nb6+ Kc7 20. Qd4 Nf5 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxa7 Bxb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. 0-0 Rhc8 26. Rd1+ Ke8 27. Qe5 h5 28. Bf3 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb7 Ke7 31. Qc5+ Kf6 32. Kf1 g5 33. Bxa6 h4 34. Bd3 Rd5 35. Qc3+ Ke7 36. e4 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Nd6 38. c4 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Ross, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Ne5 11. Qd1 Bb6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Nce2 dxe4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Rc7 17. a4 a6 18. b5 0-0 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Nb3 Rd8 21. Qd6 Bc6 22. Qb4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rdc8 24. Rac1 h5 25. a5 Ba7 26. Nbd4 Rc4 27. Qb7 R8c7 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. c3 Nd7 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. Nc2 Ne5 33. Qg2 Qf6 34. Ne3 R4c5 35. Qe4 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nd2 37. Qd3 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Nxf1 39. Rxf1 Rd5 40. Nd4 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Rxa5 42. Qd2 Rb5 43. Qa2 Ra7 44. Nc4 Qd5 45. Qa4 Qxd4 46. Rd1 Qe4 47. Qa2 Rd5 48. Rb1 Rad7 49. Ne3 Rd2 50. Qb3 Qf3 51. Rf1 Ra7 52. Qb6 Qb7 53. Qa5 Qb5 54. Qxd2 a5 55. Ra1 a4 56. Qd4 Ra5 57. Nc4 Qb4 58. Qd2 Qxd2 59. Nxd2 Kg7 60. Ra3 Kf6 61. Nc4 Ra6 62. h4 g5 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Kg2 h4 65. gxh4+ Kxh4 66. Nb2 Kg4 67. Nxa4 f5 68. Rg3+ Kf4 69. Nc5 Rc6 70. Nd3+ Ke4 71. Re3+ Kd4 72. Kf3 Rc3 73. Rxe6 Rxd3+ 74. Kf4 Kd5 75. Re5+ Kd6 76. Re1 Rd2 77. f3 Rd5 78. Kg5 Re5 79. Ra1 Ke6 80. f4 Rb5 81. Kg6 Ke7 82. Re1+ Kd6 83. Kf6 Rb4 84. Kxf5 Rb2 85. Kf6 Rf2 86. f5 Kd7 87. Re5 Kd6 88. Ra5 Rf3 89. Kf7 Kd7 90. f6 Rf4 91. Ra6 Rg4 92. Kf8 Kd8 93. Rd6+ Kc7 94. Ke7 Rg6 95. Re6 Rh6 96. f7 Rh7 97. Ke8 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Kyrge, Kersti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d3 h6 7. b3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nf8 10. Nce4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. c5 Bf6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 0-0-0 18. Rc1 Kc7 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. 0-0 g5 21. Ba3 Nb6 22. Ne3 g4 23. Bg2 f4 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 f3 26. exf3 Rxd3 27. Bb2 gxf3 28. Bxe5+ Bxe5 29. Rfe1 fxg2 30. Rxe5 Bg4 31. Kxg2 Bf3+ 32. Kg1 Rhd8 33. Ree1 Rd2 34. Rc3 Rd1 35. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 36. Kg2 Re2 37. Rf6 Rdd2 38. h4 Rxa2 39. g4 Re4 40. Kg3 Ra3+ 41. f3 a5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Re1 44. g6 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rg5 46. c5 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Rag2 48. Rf7+ Kb8 49. f4 Rxg6 50. f5 Rg8 51. f6 Re8+ 52. Kf3 Rgg8 53. Kf4 Rgf8 54. Rxf8 Rxf8 55. Ke5 a4 56. Ke6 a3 57. Ke7 Rxf6 58. Kxf6 a2 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Cappon, Kaan"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Be2 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 c6 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. d4 0-0 17. c3 a6 18. a5 Rab8 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. g3 N7f6 22. Rad1 Nc7 23. Nc1 Nb5 24. Be2 Qd5 25. Nb3 Qe4 26. Bd3 Qf3 27. c4 Nd6 28. Nc5 g6 29. Rfe1 Nf5 30. Be2 Qa3 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Ne4 33. Bf1 Nc3 34. Rd2 b6 35. Rc2 Na4 36. Ra1 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Rc6 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Rb1 Ra8 41. Rc7 Rad8 42. Ra7 R8d6 43. Rc1 e5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rca8 Rxb4 46. Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Rxa6 Rb1 48. Rc6 b4 49. a6 b3 50. Kg2 Ra1 51. Bd3 Nb2 52. Be2 e4 53. Rb6 Ra3 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Rxb3 Ra2 56. g4 Na4 57. Bc4 Rc2 58. Rb4 Nc5 59. Kg3 g5 60. Bd5 Rc3+ 61. Kg2 e3 62. fxe3 Rxe3 63. Rc4 Nd3 64. Bf3 Ne5 65. Re4 Rxe4 66. Bxe4 h6 67. Kg3 Kf6 68. h4 Ke6 69. hxg5 hxg5 70. Bf5+ Kd5 71. Bc8 Ke4 72. Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Slaidins, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Be4 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Re7 19. Rad1 Rde8 20. Kf1 d5 21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Kg1 b5 26. a4 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qa2 Qc5 30. Qb1 Bh4 31. Qc2 Re6 32. b4 Qa7 33. Qd2 Rf6 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. Qe2 Re6 36. Qg4 Be7 37. Bf5 Rf6 38. Bd7 Rd6 39. Bf5 Bf6 40. Qg3 Qe7 41. Rd1 Be5 42. Re1 Bxg3 43. Rxe7 Bh4 44. Rd7 Rf6 45. Bg4 Bxf2+ 46. Kh1 Be1 47. Bf3 Bxc3 48. Bxd5 cxd5 49. Rxd5 Rf5 50. Rxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 31st"]
[Site "Blankenberge"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Jacob, Tobias"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. 0-0 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. f4 0-0 10. d3 Nd7 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. f5 Qa5 14. Rf2 Nb6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bxd2 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Be5 21. g4 f6 22. Raf1 Nd7 23. Kf2 b5 24. b3 b4 25. Ke2 a5 26. Kd1 Kg7 27. Kc2 Rf7 28. g5 Nc5 29. h4 Rbf8 30. Bh3 Ne6 31. Bg4 fxg5 32. hxg5 Kg6 33. Bh5+ Kxh5 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Nxg5 36. Bxg5 Kxg5 37. Rxh7 Kg4 38. Ra7 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.20"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Korge, Kersti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qc3 e5 6. Ba3 Ne4 7. Qb2 Qa5+ 8. b4 Bxb4+ 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd1 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.19"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Noviks, Maris"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bf4 a6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. g4 Be6 10. h4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. f3 h5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. gxh5 gxh5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. 0-0-0 Rg8 17. Bd3+ Bf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qe3 e6 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. Qf4 c6 24. Rh2 Qg6 25. Rhd2 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Rd7 27. Kc2 Rgd8 28. Qe4 Rd4 29. Qe3 Rxh4 30. Rg1 Qf5 31. Rg5 Qf4 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Rh3 Kf6 35. Re2 Rg8 36. Kd2 Rg5 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. a3 Re5+ 39. Kd2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Ra5 41. Ke3 Rb5 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Rh5+ f5 44. f4+ Kd5 45. Rh2 Rb3 46. Rc2 b5 47. Rd2 c5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 a5 50. Rc2 a4 51. Rd2 b4 52. Rc2 Rxd3 53. Rxc5 bxa3 54. bxa3 Re3+ 55. Kf2 Kxc5 56. Kxe3 Kc4 57. Ke2 Kb3 58. Kd3 Kxa3 59. Kc3 Ka2 60. Kc2 Ka3 61. Kc1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.19"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Slaidins, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ b5 8. Nxb5 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bxa4 11. e3 Bb3 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ba5 e5 14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. Rc1 0-0 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. 0-0 Rc2 19. Rxc2 bxc2 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bc3 Ned7 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. a4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Bb5 Ne5 27. b3 Nbd3 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Van der Voorden, Michael"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "NATO III"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. c4 g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. Nbc3 0-0 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Rad1 e6 14. Ba1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Bb2 h5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 h4 19. Nf1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Be4 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qe2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qd6 25. Qc2 Qe5 26. f3 Ng3 27. Nh2 f5 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Nf1 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Kf2 Nh5 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Nd2 Bc6 34. e4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Nxa4 Nd7 38. exf5 exf5 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Nc4 Ke6 41. Nab6 Nxb6 42. Nxb6 g5 43. Nc4 Bd5 44. Nd2 Ke5 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Nd2 f4+ 47. Kd3 Kd7 48. Ne4 Kc6 49. Nd2 Kb5 50. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Sycz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Rad1 Nc7 13. e4 Qe7 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qe2 a6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Nb1 Rb8 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. c5 Ra8 21. a4 f5 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bh6 24. Qd2 Na8 25. g3 Nb8 26. b4 Qd7 27. Rb1 Bf8 28. b5 Nc7 29. bxa6 Ncxa6 30. Rb6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Qg7 32. Rfb1 Nd7 33. Rxb7 Naxc5 34. dxc5 Rb8 35. Ne5 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qxe5 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Qb2 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Almonti, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nd7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nh6 10. e4 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Be2 Nf7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nf4 20. Bf1 Be6 21. b5 g5 22. Bg3 Ng6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 h5 25. f3 Nf4 26. Bf2 Nh6 27. Ne2 g4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Qd3 Kf7 33. Be2 Rh8 34. bxc6 Ne5 35. Qc2 bxc6 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 30th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Cirkvencic, Franci"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Re1 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Rf1 Qxd4 18. Nb3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nf6 20. Nb5 a5 21. N3d4 Rab8 22. Nd6 Rfd8 23. N4f5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. Ng4 h5 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc7 32. Kf1 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Kf6 36. a4 g5 37. Kc3 Ke5 38. Kc4 e3 39. fxe3 Ke4 40. Kb5 Kxe3 41. Kxb6 Kf2 42. Kxa5 Kxg2 43. b4 Kxh2 44. b5 g4 45. b6 g3 46. b7 g2 47. b8Q+ Kh1 48. Qb7 Kh2 49. Qc7+ Kh1 50. Qc6 h4 51. Qh6 g1Q 52. Qxh4+ Kg2 53. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Muzas, Kestutis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rac1 0-0 14. Be3 a6 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Ne2 b5 17. c3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rfd1 Rdc8 20. a3 h6 21. Kf2 g5 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Nb3 Nb6 27. Nc5 Nc4 28. Nxa6 Nxb2 29. Nc7 Nd1+ 30. Ke2 Nxe3 31. Kxe3 Bxa3 32. Nxb5 Bb2 33. g4 Kg7 34. Nc7 Kg6 35. h3 h5 36. Ne8 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ba3 38. Nf6 Be7 39. Ne8 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Langer, Herb"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Rb1 a6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Qd2 b5 14. b4 bxc4 15. dxc4 Ne5 16. Qa2 Nfd7 17. f4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nd3 19. Qxa6 Qc8 20. b5 Qxa6 21. bxa6 Ra8 22. Ra1 N7c5 23. a7 Nb2 24. Bd4 Nxc4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. Rfb1 Ne3 28. Bf3 e5 29. Ndb5 Rfd8 30. Nc7 Rac8 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. a8Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Nxa8 exf4 35. gxf4 Nd8 36. Nc7 Ne6 37. Kf2 Nc2 38. N3d5 Ncd4 39. Ne8+ Kf8 40. Nxd6 g5 41. f5 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Cheung, Jan W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. d4 c4 12. Bc2 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nh4 Bf6 16. Ndf3 Qd8 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 Nb7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxc4 Bd7 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qa8 24. Ra1 Qxa6 25. Rxa6 Rc8 26. Ra7 Rxc2 27. Rxb7 Be8 28. Nd2 Nf4 29. Nc4 Kf8 30. Nxd6 Bd8 31. Nc4 Bf6 32. Rb8 Ke7 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. d6 Ba4 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. bxa4 Rxc4 37. a5 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Nd4 39. a6 Ra4 40. d7 Rxa6 41. d8Q Bxd8 42. Rxd8 Nc2 43. Bc5 Ra4 44. f3 f5 45. exf5 gxf5 46. Rd6 Rc4 47. Bb6 Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rc7 Ne3 50. Rxc4 Nxc4 51. Ba7 f4 52. h4 Kf5 53. g4+ fxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Nd6 55. Bb8 Nf7 56. Bc7 Nh6 57. Bb6 Nf7 58. Be3 Nd6 59. h5 e4 60. f4 Nc4 61. Bf2 Nd6 62. Bd4 Nb5 63. Be5 Na7 64. h6 Kg6 65. Bg7 Nc6 66. f5+ Kh7 67. Kf4 Nd8 68. Kxe4 Nf7 69. Kd5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Slaidins, Janis"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 d4 8. d3 Nge7 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 Nec6 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Re1 Be7 14. Rc1 b6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Nc3 0-0 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. a3 Rc8 19. Qc2 Bg5 20. Qc3 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Rc3 g6 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. f4 Rcd8 27. Nc1 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. g3 Kg7 30. Re3 h5 31. h4 f6 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Ke1 e5 34. fxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Kxe5 36. Rc4 Ra8 37. Ne2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Kd5 39. Rf4 b5 40. Rf6 Rg8 41. Rb6 g5 42. hxg5 Rxg5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Rxb5 Kxd3 45. Kg2 h4 46. g4 Rxg4+ 47. Kh3 Rc4 48. Kg2 Kc2 49. Kh3 Kb1 50. Kg2 Ka2 51. Kh3 Rc2 52. Kxh4 Rxb2 53. Rxc5 Kxa3 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Kb2 56. Ke2 a3 57. Kd2 a2 58. Rc2+ Ka3 59. Rc6 a1Q 0-1

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kruit, Erik"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. a4 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Ba3 Nd7 8. Rb1 e6 9. Bxf8 Nxf8 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Qe2 Ngf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. h4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 a6 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Bd7 20. Re5 Qc7 21. Rbe1 h6 22. R1e3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 hxg5 24. hxg5 exd5 25. Qh4 Rbe8 26. d4 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. g4 g6 29. Kg2 Be6 30. f4 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. f5 Kc8 34. fxe6 Rxe6 35. Qg7 Qe7 36. Rf3 Rxe5 37. Qg8+ Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39. Rxf7 Re6 40. Kf3 c5 41. Rf6 Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Rf6 Rd6 44. Kf4 Kc7 45. Ke5 Rd7 46. Rxg6 d4 47. Rh6 c4 48. g6 d3 49. cxd3 cxd3 50. Rh1 d2 51. Rd1 b5 52. axb5 axb5 53. Kf6 Rd6+ 54. Kf7 Rd7+ 55. Kg8 Rd8+ 56. Kh7 b4 57. g7 Rd7 58. Kh8 Rxg7 59. Kxg7 b3 60. Rxd2 b2 61. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Ghiacy, Jelani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1238"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 c5 6. Qc4 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 b6 9. 0-0-0 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. g3 0-0 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bd6 Re8 14. e5 Bb7 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Qxg4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bc6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qg5 Qxg5+ 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Bh3 Be6 26. Bxe6 dxe6 27. Rd1 f5 28. Nc4 Kf6 29. f4 g5 30. Ne5 Rg8 31. Rd7 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 Rg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Nc6 a5 37. Nd8 Kf6 38. Nc6 h5 39. h4 a4 40. a3 Kf7 41. c4 Ke8 42. Ne5 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. b3 axb3 46. Kxb3 Kd6 47. Ka4 Kc7 48. Kb5 Kb7 49. a4 Kc7 50. Ka6 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch 27th"]
[Site "Shrivenham"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Fichtner, Ewald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxc6 Bxd1 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 13. Kxd1 0-0 14. Ke2 Bf6 15. Rd1 Rd7 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 R5d7 19. b3 h6 20. f4 a6 21. g3 Kf8 22. a4 Ke7 23. Rd2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Kd6 28. Kd3 Kc5 29. Kc3 a5 30. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoegener, Claude"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Bg5 Bxb1 5. Rxb1 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Bf4 h6 10. h3 Rc8 11. 0-0 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Ra1 Ra8 14. Ra2 0-0 15. Rfa1 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. g4 Nd7 21. Nf3 Nc7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Nf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Ncd5 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Kh2 Qd7 28. Rg1 Bd6 29. Be5 Rd8 30. f4 Kf8 31. Qg2 Ke7 32. Qxg7 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nd5 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Bg6 Qe8 36. h4 Rg8 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Qxf7+ Kd8 39. Qxg8+ Ke7 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. h5 Ne3 42. Kh3 Nd5 43. h6 Nf4+ 44. Qxf4 c5 45. Qf7 cxd4 46. h7 dxc3 47. h8Q# 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Papini, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Re1 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oberweis, Paul"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nde5 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f5 Bd7 17. f6+ exf6 18. Qxd6 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Qf4 Qxb2 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Bd3 Qa3 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Rxb7 Nc6 26. Nd5 Rfb8 27. Rfb1 a5 28. Rxb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Bb5 Kf8 31. Kg1 Nd7 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. g3 f6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Nb5+ Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kd6 40. Nb5+ Ke6 41. c4 h6 42. Nc3 Kd6 43. c5+ Ke6 44. Nb5 h5 45. Nc7+ Kf7 46. Nb5 Ke6 47. h4 Kd7 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Ke3 Bd7 50. Kd4 Bc6 51. Nc3 Ke6 52. Nb5 Kd7 53. Nd6 Kc7 54. Nc4 Bxa4 55. Nxa5 Be8 56. Nc4 Bc6 57. Nb6 Kd8 58. Nd5 f5 59. exf5 gxf5 60. Ke5 Bb5 61. Kd6 Ke8 62. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jeitz, Olivier"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 d6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. d4 0-0 10. d5 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. e3 b4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Re1 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. a3 Qa5 17. axb4 cxb4 18. bxa4 Qxa4 19. Qc1 Nc5 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Reb1 Reb8 23. Bd4 Nfd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Rxb4 Kg8 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Nd4 Ne5 29. h3 Qc7 30. f4 Ned7 31. Qa2 Bb7 32. N2b3 Qb6 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Qa4 Bc8 35. Bf1 Kf8 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Kf3 Bf5 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Bd3 Qc8 40. Qb4 Kg7 41. Qb5 Ne4 42. Qb2+ f6 43. Qc2 Kf8 44. g4 h6 45. Bxe4 fxe4+ 46. Qxe4 Qc5 47. Qd3 Kg7 48. h4 Qb4 49. Qe2 Qb1 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Kf7 52. g5 Kg6 53. h5+ Kg7 54. gxh6+ Kxh6 55. Qg4 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 Qe4 57. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 58. hxg6 Kxg6 59. e4 Kf7 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Kg4 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Ke3 Ke8 64. Kd4 Kd7 65. e5 f5 66. c5 Kc7 67. c6 Kb6 68. exd6 exd6 69. Ke3 Kc7 70. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2011.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koch, Dirk"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nb4 10. Qc3 N4c6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Be4 Ne7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 Nf6 16. Bc2 c5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. b4 Rfd8 19. 0-0 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Biwer, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. e4 Qb8 11. a3 Na6 12. e5 Ng8 13. g3 Bd8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Be5 Qf5 21. Bxh8 f6 22. Qa4 Bb7 23. Qe4 Qh5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Rf8 27. Qe5 Qf3 28. Qe3 Qf5 29. Ne4 Bxd5 30. Qg5+ Qxg5 31. Nxg5 h6 32. Nh3 Bc6 33. Nf4 Rf6 34. Rad1 Kf7 35. Nd3 d6 36. Nf4 a6 37. Nh5 Rg6 38. Nf4 Rf6 39. Re3 b5 40. Nd5 Rf5 41. Ne7 Bf3 42. Nxf5 Bxd1 43. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ceman, Muhamed"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d3 Nf6 4. h3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Qf3 Bd7 7. Qxb7 Bc6 8. Qb4 e6 9. Qc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Ne4 Bd5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 Be5 14. Qe3 f5 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rxb2 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Ne2 Rxc2 21. d4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 Ne5 25. Be2 Ra2 26. f4 Ng6 27. Rd3 c5 28. Rc3 Rb8 29. Rxc5 Rxa3 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. h4 Nxh4 32. Rc7 Rg8 33. Rh1 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Daubenfeld, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. cxd5 Nb4 9. 0-0 Bd3 10. Qb3 Bxf1 11. Bxf1 Nbxd5 12. Qxb7 Qb8 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 Nd7 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. e4 N5b6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rc1 c6 19. Bh3 e6 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21. e5 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Ng5 Kg7 24. Ne4 Rc7 25. Bg2 Nd5 26. Na5 Rb8 27. Nc4 c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Ned6 Nd7 30. Rd1 Rc5 31. a3 Rb3 32. Be4 a5 33. Bc2 Rb8 34. Ba4 N7b6 35. Bb3 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxb2 37. Rd3 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rc1 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rf3 Rxe5 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Ra7 Rec5 43. Re7 Rc7 44. Rxe6 Rd1 45. h4 Rc5 46. g4 Rdd5 47. Nf5+ Rxf5 48. gxf5 Rxf5 49. Kg3 Rb5 50. Re3 a4 51. Kg4 Rb3 52. Re6 Rxa3 53. f4 Ra1 54. f5 a3 55. fxg6 hxg6 56. h5 a2 57. Rxg6+ Kh7 58. Ra6 Rg1+ 59. Kh4 a1Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 61. Kg5 Ra5+ 62. Kg4 Kh6 63. Kh4 Rg5 64. Kh3 Kxh5 65. Kh2 Rg4 66. Kh1 Kg5 67. Kh2 Kf4 68. Kh3 Rg6 69. Kh2 Kf3 70. Kh1 Kf2 71. Kh2 Rh6# 0-1

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hemmerling, Pit"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. e5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5+ 11. Be3 0-0 12. Qxb7 Nbd7 13. 0-0-0 Rfb8 14. Qf3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 Qa5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxe7 Ra7 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Bb3 Qe7 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Ne4 24. f3 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Nxb3+ 27. cxb3 Rc2 28. Nc3 Bf4 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Nc3 Rxg2 31. Rd3 b5 32. b4 Rh2 33. Kb1 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Rxh3 35. Rxd6 Rxf3 36. Kb2 Rf5 37. Kb3 Kg8 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. a4 bxa4+ 40. Kxa4 Ke7 41. b5 h5 42. b6 g5 43. b7 Rf8 44. Ka5 g4 45. Rg3 Kd7 46. Kb6 Rb8 47. c4 Rg8 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. c5 h4 50. Rg1 g3 51. Rb1 g2 52. c6 h3 53. b8Q+ Rxb8 54. Rxb8 g1Q+ 55. Ka8 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Steil Antoni, Fiona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. 0-0 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 Ng8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nxc7+ Kd8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Rad1+ Ke8 20. Bxe6 Kf8 21. g3 Nc6 22. c3 h6 23. Rd7 Nd8 24. Bf5 Rg8 25. Ree7 Nc6 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rxb7 Kd8 28. Be4 Ne5 29. Rfe7 Rc8 30. Rxe5 Re8 31. Rd5# 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 9900 qual"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Jongsma, Kees"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.11.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nfd7 8. 0-0 f6 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3 Nac5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Ne4 a5 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Nb6 16. c5 Nd5 17. Bh3 Nec7 18. Bxc8 Kxc8 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. cxd6 Na6 21. e4 Nb6 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bc5 Kd7 24. Rc1 Nb2 25. Nd2 Nd3 26. Rc4 h5 27. Rc3 Naxb4 28. Nb3 Nxc5 29. Nxc5+ Kxd6 30. Nxb7+ Kc7 31. Nc5 Kd6 32. Nb7+ Ke6 33. Rb3 Nc2 34. Nc5+ Kf7 35. Rb2 Nd4 36. Ra2 Rc8 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Rb7 Ra8 39. Rb6 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rc1 41. Nd3 Rc3 42. Nb4 Nc2 43. Nxc6 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kayser, Pierrot"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nbd7 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. e5 Ne4 9. Ne2 a6 10. Na3 f6 11. f3 fxe5 12. fxe4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Qe7 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf3 e5 17. Ne2 exd4 18. Qd3 dxc3 19. Nc2 Qe5 20. 0-0-0 Bf5 21. Qc4 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Gengler, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 0-0 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. 0-0 a5 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Ba6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 e6 17. d4 Qe7 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf3 Nc7 23. Rfe1 Na6 24. Na2 Rd7 25. Qc3 Kg8 26. Ne5 Rd6 27. Nd3 Rad8 28. Nc5 Rxd4 29. Nxa6 Rc4 30. Qb3 Bxa6 31. Rac1 Rcd4 32. Rxc6 Bb7 33. Rc5 Bd5 34. Qa3 Qg5 35. f3 Qd2 36. Qc3 Bxa2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxb5 Rxb2 39. Ra1 Rdd2 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. b5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rbg2+ 44. Kf1 Bc4+ 45. Ke1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Schmit, Jean Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bxc5 d6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 0-0 14. 0-0 a5 15. Qe4 Qd7 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Qa4 Re5 20. Qh4 h5 21. Nf3 Rb5 22. Bh6 Qd8 23. Bxf8 Qxh4 24. Nxh4 Kxf8 25. Rab1 Bc8 26. b3 Be6 27. c4 Rb8 28. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muller, Guy"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Ne3 Bg6 10. Qe2 h6 11. 0-0-0 Ngf6 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. Ne5 Bh7 14. N3g4 0-0 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bc3 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bf5 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qd6 21. Rh3 Bg5+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rfd8 24. Re4 c5 25. Reh4 Kf8 26. Rd3 c4 27. Rg3 e5 28. c3 b4 29. Qc2 exd4 30. Rxd4 Qc5 31. Qd2 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rd8 34. Rg4 a5 35. d5 b3 36. Rxc4 bxa2 37. Ra4 Rxd5 38. Rxa2 Ke7 39. Kc2 Kd6 40. Ra3 Re5 41. Rd3+ Ke6 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Kd6 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. Ka4 Kb6 46. e4 f6 47. h4 h5 48. g3 g6 49. b3 Ka6 50. b4 axb4 51. Kxb4 Kb6 52. Kc4 Kc6 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kf3 f5 56. exf5+ Kxf5 57. Kf2 g5 58. hxg5 Kxg5 59. Kf1 Kg4 60. Kg2 h4 61. gxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schumacher, Alain"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bb5 Qd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Ne2 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qg4 9. 0-0 f6 10. f4 0-0-0 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 g5 13. exf6 exf6 14. f5 Bd6 15. a4 Na7 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nb3 h5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 c6 20. Nd4 h4 21. Ne6 Rde8 22. Nd4 Rhg8 23. g4 hxg3 24. Qxg3 Qc7 25. Qg4 Rh8 26. b5 Rh4 27. Qg2 cxb5 28. axb5 Nxb5 29. Nxb5 Qxc5+ 30. Nd4 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 Re1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qxc3 34. Bb2 Qxb2 35. Qf5+ Kb8 36. Nc6+ bxc6 37. Rb1 Qxb1+ 38. Qxb1+ Kc7 39. Kg2 a5 40. Qe1 a4 41. Qe7+ Kb6 42. Qxf6 a3 43. Qc3 Ra4 44. Qb3+ Ka5 45. Qa2 Kb4 46. Kf3 c5 47. Ke3 c4 48. Kd4 Ra5 49. Qb1+ Ka4 50. Kc3 Rb5 51. Qc2+ Rb3+ 52. Kd4 Kb4 53. Kxd5 Rd3+ 54. Kc6 Rh3 55. Qd2+ Kb3 56. Kb5 Rc3 57. Qd1+ Kb2 58. Kb4 Rb3+ 59. Kxc4 a2 60. Qxb3+ Kc1 61. Qxa2 Kd1 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Maack, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1430"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 Nc6 6. d4 Bg4 7. d5 Nd4 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. 0-0 c6 13. Be3 c5 14. Qe2 a6 15. f4 b5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf2 Bd6 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 Nxe4 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. Qxe4 Qe7 22. Qc4 a5 23. c3 e4 24. Rae1 0-0 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rb5 28. Nc3 Rb7 29. Nxe4 Qc7 30. Bxa5 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Qxa5 32. Kxh2 Rb4 33. d6 Rd4 34. Rd1 Qb4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Rd1 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. d7 Qe7 39. Qxc5 Rxd7 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. Nc5 Re2 42. Ra1 Kf8 43. a4 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Canon, Patrick"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 c6 7. Re1 Bc5+ 8. d4 Bb6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Nb5 Qe7 11. e3 a6 12. dxc5 Ba5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxf5 Qxc5 15. N5d4 Bxe1 16. Nxe1 e5 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Nf5 g6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Kg7 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Bc3 Rhe8 24. Qd2 Rac8 25. Rf1 Ng4 26. Bxd5 Nxe3 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. Rf4 Nxd5 29. Rf6+ Kg7 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Qf4+ Ke7 34. Qf7+ Kd6 35. Bb4+ Kc6 36. Bc3 Nd5 37. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Zigrand, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxd5 4. d3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bc5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nc3 c6 14. a3 h6 15. Ne2 Bc7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. g3 g5 19. c3 Bb6 20. h4 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh4+ 23. Kg2 Ng4 24. d4 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 Ne5+ 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Qe2 Qf5+ 28. Kg2 Rad8 29. Rh1 Rfe8 30. Be3 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Vael, Steve"]
[Black "Zanier, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. b3 Bd6 11. g3 Be5 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kg2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 d4+ 17. Kg1 dxc3 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxf3 21. Kf2 Bd5 22. a4 0-0 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Kalkanci, Sevket"]
[Black "Vael, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. 0-0 Qa6 10. Nb5 0-0 11. c4 Qc6 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. Nxc7 Qxd3 15. Nxd3 Nc6 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Be3 Ng4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Rf3 g6 21. b4 a5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. c6 bxc6 25. bxc6 Bd8 26. e4 Bb6 27. Rd1 e5 28. Rb3 Rc8 29. Rxb4 Bxd4+ 30. Rdxd4 exd4 31. Rc4 d3 32. Kf2 d2 33. Ke2 Rd8 34. Kd1 Kf8 35. c7 Rc8 36. Kxd2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. g4 f6 40. h4 h6 41. a4 Ke6 42. a5 f5 43. exf5+ gxf5 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Kd5 1-0

