[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Stern, Werner"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. f5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qd7
15. Kh1 c5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. d4 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qh4
Rge8 22. Bg5 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Ng8 24. Nd5 f6 25. Nf4 h6 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Be3 Rd7
28. Qh5 Bf8 29. Nf4 Rb8 30. Rd2 b5 31. Rdg2 Qb7 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. Rg6 Kh8 34. Qg4
b4 35. Bxh6 b3 36. Bf4 bxa2 37. Qh4+ Nh6 38. Bxh6 Kg8 39. Bxg7 Rxg7 40. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Hovde, Frank"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 Rfe8 11. Qg3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rad8 13. g4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5
15. g5 Nfd7 16. Rg1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bf8 18. Rg3 Qb4 19. Ne2 g6 20. f5 d5 21. Rh3
Bg7 22. Rf1 dxe4 23. Qf4 Bxd4 24. fxg6 f5 25. Qxf5 Re7 26. Nf4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, Tal gambit"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nf3 e6
8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. d3 Bd6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Rhf8
14. Be3 e5 15. Qf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxf4 Rxd3 19. Ne4 Re8
20. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Opening "King's knight's gambit"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Nc6 8. h4 Bg4
9. Qb3 Na5 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Qa4 Kxf7 12. Qxa5 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 c6 14. Qf5+ Qf6
15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qf5 Qd7 18. Nc4 Ke7 19. Qg6 Rag8 20. e5 Nd5 21. hxg5
Bf8 22. e6 Rxg6 23. exd7 Kxd7 24. Bxf4 hxg5 25. Be3 Be7 26. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Trapl, Jindřich"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c5
exd4 9. cxd6 Bxd6 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Qc1 Be7 14. Rd1 Qe5
15. Nf3 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Qa5 17. a3 Nbd5 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5
21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Rd6 Re8 24. Nd2 Kf8 25. e4 Be6 26. f4 Ng8 27. Kf2
f6 28. Rd3 Nh6 29. h3 Nf7 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Nb3 Bc4 32. Rc3 Nd6 33. Nc5 b6 34. Nd3
Kd7 35. e5 Bd5 36. Bxd5 cxd5 37. Rc1 Nb5 38. Ra1 Rc8 39. a4 Nc3 40. a5 Nb5
41. g4 Re8 42. h4 Rc8 43. axb6 axb6 44. exf6 gxf6 45. g5 Rf8 46. Kf3 Kd6 47. Kg4
d4 48. f5 fxg5 49. hxg5 Kd5 50. Nf4+ Kc4 51. f6 Nd6 52. Rc1+ Kxb4 53. Rc6 Nc4
54. Kf5 Rd8 55. f7 Rf8 56. Rf6 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Wendt, René"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O-O 10. Kb1 Kb8 11. Qf2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. h3 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Bd7 15. Be3 h6 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. g4 Bc8 18. f5 Nd7 19. d4 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. e5
Qb4 22. Ne4 d5 23. e6+ Ka8 24. exf7 Rf8 25. Ng3 Rxf7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bh4
28. e6 Re7 29. Qe3 b6 30. g5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Rh8 33. Nh5 Rh7 34. Nf4
Ba6 35. a3 Qd6 36. Ng6 Re8 37. Ne5 Qc7 38. h4 Rhh8 39. h5 Bb5 40. Nf7 Rhg8
41. Rg1 Qb8 42. Rd2 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Końca, Damian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: advance, Euwe variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Rc8 8. a3 c4
9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Ne1 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ne3 b5 15. Nf3
Be8 16. g3 Rf8 17. Ng2 Qd6 18. Qd2 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rae1 Qd6
22. Bg4 Rd8 23. Re6 Qc7 24. Qxh6 Bd7 25. Nh4 Rf7 26. Bh5 Rg7 27. Nf5 Bxe6
28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Be8 Ne5 31. Bxb5 d4 32. f4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Krantz, Kjell Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2
Nf8 9. Bg2 h5 10. h3 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Qa5 13. Nf4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Bh3 Ne7 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Qd3 Nb6
21. Qf3 Kd7 22. Bf1 Rh8 23. Bc1 Rh1 24. Rb1 Rg1 25. Rb3 c5 26. Qh3 cxd4 27. Qh2
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 d3 29. f3 Qa4 30. Bg5 dxc2 31. Qxc2 Qc4+ 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Qxg6 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Şuta, Mihai"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Ne2 d5 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. h4 N8d7 14. h5 Bxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Nd5 18. O-O-O Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 20. Kb1 h6
21. g6 Nf6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. gxf7 Qxf7 24. c4 Nc7 25. Rg6 Rhf8 26. Rdg1 Bd6
27. Be4 Rg8 28. R1g4 Ne8 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rf8 31. f3 Qd7 32. Kc2 Rf7 33. a3
Nc7 34. Kb3 Re7 35. Ka2 Kb8 36. Qf2 Ne8 37. Qc5 Rf7 38. a4 Ka8 39. Rg2 Nc7
40. Qg1 Ne8 41. R2g4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Melts, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "KGA: Fischer defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 f3 7. Be3 Be7 8. gxf3
Bxh4+ 9. Kd2 h5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 13. Kc3 Qd8 14. fxg4 Bxg4
15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd3 Rg8 17. b3 a6 18. Kb2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bxg4 hxg4
21. Rh7 Kf8 22. Rf1 Rg7 23. Rh8+ Ng8 24. Ne2 Qg5 25. Nf4 Ke8 26. Nh5 Rg6 27. Rf5
Qe7 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monavile, Guy"]
[Black "Hollis, Adrian Swayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. O-O Nb4 12. Rf3 f5 13. Na4 Bf6 14. a3 Nxd3
15. Rxd3 Qc7 16. Re3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 b6 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Nb2 Rad8
21. Qf2 Bc8 22. Nc4 h6 23. R5e3 Rf6 24. d3 g5 25. Rg3 g4 26. Rge3 Rd4 27. Qh4
Qg7 28. Ne5 Bb7 29. c3 Rd8 30. h3 h5 31. Qxh5 gxh3 32. Qxh3 Rh6 33. Rg3 Rxh3
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. gxh3 Rg8 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Kg7 39. Kf2 Kh6
40. Ke3 Kh5 41. d4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Milyutin, Oleg"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
exf4 9. Bxf4 Qb4 10. Ne2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 b6 14. d5 Qa5
15. Qxa5 bxa5 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 O-O
21. Rb7 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Baturinsky, Viktor Davidovich"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: Ufimtsev-Pytel variation (Pribyl defence)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4
d5 9. exd5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exd5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. Re2 Re8 14. g4 Nf8
15. Rae1 Ne6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7
21. f4 g5 22. fxg5 Ndf8 23. c3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "de Mauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Monaville, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Rb1 Bg7 6. b4 Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. b5 Nd8
9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 a6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bd2 axb5 13. Qxb5 Nec6 14. Nd5 Ne6 15. Nf3
e4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxd7 Bxg2 19. Qa4 Bxh1 20. f3 Bg2 21. Nf4 Nc5
22. Qd1 Bh1 23. Kf2 Nxc4 24. Bb4 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 Ne6 26. Qd5 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6
28. Qd3 c5 29. Bd2 Nd4+ 30. Kf2 c4 31. Qe4 Na4 32. e3 Nc5 33. Qd5 Ra2 34. Ke1
Ncb3 35. Rd1 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Nf3+ 37. Qxf3 Bc3 38. Nd5 Bxd2+ 39. Kd1 Rb8 40. Qe4
Rbb2 41. Qxc4 Ba5 42. Kc1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Monaville, Guy"]
[Black "Paré, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B21/01"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, Nikitin defence (2...e6)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. d3 Bd6 7. c4 Ne7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. b3 a6 11. Qe2 d4 12. Nd1 e5 13. f5 f6 14. g4 Kf7
15. g5 Ng8 16. Kh1 Ke7 17. Qg2 h6 18. gxf6+ gxf6 19. Qg6 b5 20. Bxh6 Nxh6
21. Qxh6 Qb8 22. Rg1 Ba5 23. Rg7+ Kd6 24. Nf2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qb7 26. Rag1 Rae8
27. R1g6 Bd8 28. Ng5 Qb4 29. Nh7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Be7 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Rh7 Nb8
33. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D36/12"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange, modern line"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 N6d7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Rfc1 g6 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rcc1 Nb6 20. Nf4
Bd7 21. Ra1 Nc8 22. a4 Nd6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Kf8 25. h4 Ke7 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. Be2 Reb8 28. Nd3 Nb7 29. g4 f6 30. Kg2 Nd8 31. g5 Nf7 32. gxf6+ Kxf6
33. Rcb1 Rxb1 34. Rxa8 Rb7 35. Bd1 Rc7 36. Ba4 Ke7 37. Kg3 Nd8 38. Kf4 Ne6+
39. Ke5 Nd8 40. Nc5 Bc8 41. Bc2 Nf7+ 42. Kf4 Nd6 43. f3 Kf7 44. e4 Nb5 45. Ke3
Kg7 46. Bd3 Nd6 47. e5 Nf5+ 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. Rd8 Kf7 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Reynolds, Robert"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest: Adler variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Ne4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Re8 10. Nc3 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. O-O-O Qf8 13. h3 Nf6
14. Bd3 a6 15. f4 Rc5 16. e4 b5 17. e5 bxc4 18. exf6 cxd3 19. fxg7 Qd6 20. Rhe1
Bb7 21. Re3 Bc6 22. Rxd3 Qe6 23. Kb1 Re8 24. g4 d6 25. f5 Qe5 26. Rd4 Qxg7
27. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Brzózka, Stefan"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6
8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Ne5 Be4 12. Bg5 Bd5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. c3
Rc8 15. Qa4 a5 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 Rc5 22. Nf3 Bxa2 23. Rxe7 Nd5 24. f5 Nxe7 25. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O
8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Nge2
1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD: Tarrasch, Prague variation (9.Bg5)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nb3 Rac8
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb4 17. Rxd7 Rxc2 18. Rxb7 Rxb2 19. Nc1 Bxe2 20. Nxe2
Rxe2 21. a3 Nc2 22. Bd5 a6 23. Bc4 Re1 24. Rxe1 Nxe1 25. a4 Nc2 26. Bf4 g5
27. Bd2 Rd8 28. Rxe7 Rxd2 29. Rxf7 Na3 30. Bb3 Rb2 31. Bd5 Rd2 32. Rf5+ Kg7
33. Bb7 Nc2 34. Bxa6 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Ne1+ 36. Kh3 Rd4 37. f4 Kg6 38. Re5 Nf3
39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Re3 h5 41. Bb5 g4+ 42. Kg2 h4 43. h3 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "O'Duill, Anthony Francis"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D55/19"]
[Opening "QGD: Petrosian variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Ra1 Rad8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Qa3 Nc8 22. Nc5 Qf5 23. Qb3 Nd6 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Qxb7 Rxd4 26. Nf3 Qd7
27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rad1 Rfd8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. b3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Slavchev, Petko Kolev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni: classical, e4/Nf3/a4"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 e6
9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfe1 Nh5
15. Bh6 Bh8 16. b3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rac1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5
21. Qg5+ Ng7 22. Ne2 Qf7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Ng3 Rf8 25. Re6 Rad8 26. Rc4 Kh8
27. Rf4 Be5 28. Rxf5 Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Kf1 a5
33. Ke2 b5 34. Nxc5 bxa4 35. bxa4 Rc8 36. Ne4 Rc4 37. Nxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxa4
39. Ra6 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Bratsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Slav"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O g5 10. c5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qa4 Be8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Rf1 a6 19. Qb3 Nh4 20. Be1 Nf5 21. g4 Ng7
22. a4 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Hjorth, Sune"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Riumin variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Be3 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc8
15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. a4 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Ne3
Rfe8 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. h3 Nh6 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. g4 f6 27. Nc6 f5 28. g5
Nf7 29. Re1 Nd6 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Ne5 Qc7 33. Nc6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Klaić, Pero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "D35/20"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange (Tartakower system)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. f3
Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd6 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rd7 19. h3 Nh7 20. e4 f6
21. Rfe1 Bf7 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. a3 g6 25. Ba2 Kg7 26. f4 f5
27. Re5 Nf6 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. Qd3 Qc6 30. Bb3 a6 31. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Hermlin, Aarne"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D55/19"]
[Opening "QGD: Petrosian variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5
15. Re1 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Qf4 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qb8+ Qc8 24. Qa7 Nc4 25. Qc5 Qe6 26. d5 cxd5
27. Nxd5 Nxb2 28. Qb5 Bd8 29. Qxb7 Nc4 30. Qb5 Nxa3 31. Qc5 Nc2 32. Nf4 Qa2
33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Nh5 Qb8+ 35. Ne5 Qc7 36. Qb5 Bf6 37. f4 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Nd4
39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Ng3 Qa7 41. h4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Stolyar, Sergey Efimovich"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D58/04"]
[Opening "QGD: Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qh3 Kg7
15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd2 19. Bc4 Rcd8 20. e6 Qxb2
21. Rb1 Qf6 22. Bc7 Bd5 23. Rbc1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bg3 Qxe6
27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rb1 Rfd8 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. a4 Ra2 31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Rd7 Rd8
33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Rxe4 a6 35. h4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. f4 Bc7 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Kampfhenkel, Ulrich"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 h5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 Nc7 8. O-O Nf5
9. Re1 b6 10. Bf1 e6 11. g3 Be7 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Ne2 c5
16. c3 Kf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qa5 Qc6 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Ne8
22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Nd7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5 Ne8 26. Rad1 Nxf6 27. Nd4 Kg7
28. Kg2 Rhc8 29. Nf3 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Voitsekh, Anatoly Pavlovich"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: 3.Nd2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nd7 8. c3
Re8 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Ng4 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qe2 a6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. N1h2 c5 17. Ne5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd5 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 e6
21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Ne3 Re4 28. Nxd5 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Nc7 Bxb2 31. Nxa6 Be5 32. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Lassen, Hans Jørgen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O
8. e3 e4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bb2 a6
15. Qd4 Rfe8 16. h3 Rac8 17. Be2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. O-O b5 20. e4 Bxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, ¾-final 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1989.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Chapman, Roger"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D35/20"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange (Tartakower system)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ng3 Ng7 13. Kb1 Bd7
14. Rc1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc3 b6 18. Ba6 Ne6 19. Rhc1 Rhe8
20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Nf1 Ka8 22. a4 Rb8 23. Nd2 Qxh2 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxg2
26. Qb5 Re7 27. Rc2 Nd8 28. a5 Qh1+ 29. Rc1 Qh5 30. Bc8 bxa5 31. Qxa5 Reb7
32. Qxd8 Rxb2+ 33. Ka1 R2b5 34. Qc7 R8b6 35. Qc3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert-Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian: fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5
15. Qe2 Qd7 16. f3 Rf7 17. Nf2 h6 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. b4 Bd7 21. g4 Nf5
22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bc2 f4 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Ne4 Ra3 26. Bb3 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bf6
28. Kh1 Rg7 29. Rg1 Bg5 30. c5 Kh8 31. b5 dxc5 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kh7 34. b6
cxb6 35. d6 c4 36. Bxc4 Rxf3 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 Bc6 40. Qh5+ Qh6
41. Qf7+ Qg7 42. Qh5+ Qh6 43. Qf7+ Qg7 44. Qh5+ Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "van Oosterom, Joop"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Slav, Chigorin defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Nf3 c5 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Rd3 Bc8 22. Rde3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Be4 b6 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. b4 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Bb7 28. bxc5 Bxd5 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qd2 bxc5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Kg8
33. h4 g6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Qd6 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. g3 a5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. a3 Ke7
40. Qf3 Qd4 41. Qe2+ Kf6 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. Qf3+ Qf5+ 44. Kg2 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Ke5
46. Ke3 h5 47. a4 f5 48. f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD: Tarrasch, Prague variation (9.Bg5)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7
15. Qa4 a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. e3 Rac8 20. a3 Nh7 21. b4
Ng5 22. f4 Ne6 23. e4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Qd1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 a5 27. Nd6 Bxd6
28. Rxd6 axb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rdxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Re1 32. Qd5 Qb1 33. Rc7 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "A57/06"]
[Opening "Benko gambit: 4.Nf3"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Rb8 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Ra2 Rb4
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd1 Rb8 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. Ne3 Bd7
21. Qd2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Raa1 Rb3 25. Rac1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 f6
27. Qd3 Rfb8 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Rd8 30. exf6+ exf6 31. a6 Qf7 32. Rcd1 f5 33. Na5
Rb6 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. c4 Qf6 36. Nxa7 Rxa6 37. Nc6 Ra2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 h6
40. Rb1 Kh7 41. Qe1 Rg7 42. Rb8 Rg8 43. Rb7 Rg7 44. Rb8 Rg8 45. Qa5 Rg7 46. Kh2
Qh4 47. Qd2 Rg8 48. Rb7 Rg7 49. Rb8 Rg8 50. Rb7 Rg7 51. Qe3 Ne8 52. Na5 Nf6
53. Rxg7+ Kxg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4
15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Nf1 Qc7 19. Ne3 e5 20. Bf1 exd4
21. Bxd4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Re3 Rcd8 26. Red3
Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Be7 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bc5 30. e5 Kf8 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. Kf1 Bxe5
33. Rxa7 Bd4 34. Rd7 Bc5 35. Rc7 Re4 36. Nb2 Bd4 37. Nd3 Re6 38. Nb4 c5 39. Nc6
Bc3 40. a4 Re1+ 41. Kg2 g6 42. a5 Ra1 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 c4 45. a6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Barlow, John"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: classical, Spassky variation, intermediate main line : *pwo 11/01 add"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ba5 Rd5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. c4 Ra5 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. f4 Rd8
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe2 b5 24. Rhe1 Kb8 25. c5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Ra4
27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxe6 Raxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. g3 Rd3 31. Re7+ Rd7 32. Re5 Rd3
33. Re7+ Rd7 34. Re3 b6 35. cxb6+ Kxb6 36. Kc2 Rd6 37. Re5 g6 38. b4 Rf6 39. Kd3
gxh5 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Rf6 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4 h5 45. Kf3 Kd6
46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Kilgour, David"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: classical, Spassky variation, intermediate main line : *pwo 11/01 add"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 Rc8
15. Ne5 O-O 16. Ng6 Re8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d5 Qd6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6
21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. c4 Rc6 24. b3 Nb6 25. Bc3 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Rd1
Ke7 28. Be5 Nf7 29. Bb2 Nd6 30. a4 b6 31. Rh1 a6 32. Be5 b5 33. cxb5 axb5
34. Rh4 Rb6 35. Kc2 c4 36. bxc4 Nxc4 37. Bd4 Rc6 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Rf4
bxa4 41. Rxa4 Rc7 42. Be5 Rd7 43. Ke2 Nc8 44. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Prizant, Michael"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: classical, Spassky variation, intermediate main line : *pwo 11/01 add"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Ngf6 13. a4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Kf1 a5 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qb6 19. Bc1 Qb3 20. Kg1 O-O 21. Ne4
f5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nb6 24. Rh4 e5 25. Qxe5 Rae8 26. Qd4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rd1
28. Qe3 Nc8 29. Qe2 Qd5 30. Ra3 Qxd6+ 31. Bf4 Qd8 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Rh3 Nb6
34. c4 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. c5 Nd5 37. Bd6 Ree1 38. Rhd3 Rb1 39. Rd2 Nf6
40. Rc2 Nxh5 41. g3 g5 42. f3 Nf6 43. Kg2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sychev, Anatoly Viktorovich"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Qd4 Be7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Qxc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Rc3 Rad8 20. Nb6 Qb7
21. Qc5 g6 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Nc4 Rd5 24. Qa3 a5 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. Rfd1 f4 27. exf4
Bxf4 28. g3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Bxe5 31. b3 Bf6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qd6 Qxd6
34. Nxd6 Bd8 35. Nc8 f5 36. Na7 c5 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 h4 40. gxh4
Bxh4 41. Nc6 Be1 42. h3 Kd6 43. Nd8 Kd5 44. Nf7 Bg3 45. Ke3 Be5 46. Ng5 Bf6
47. Nf3 c4 48. bxc4+ Kxc4 49. Nd2+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Reynolds, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 d5
8. Bd2 Qb6 9. e4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Ng5 Bd6
15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Neg4 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qe2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. g3 Nh5
21. Qe7 c4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxf8 Nhf6 24. Re7 Nxf2+ 25. Kxh2 N2g4+ 26. Kh3
Nf2+ 27. Kh4 Nh5 28. Re8 Qd4+ 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Qh8+ Kg6 31. Bc3 Qe3 32. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Bxd4
Nec6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxe5 14. N2f3
Qf6 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Bf3 Na6 19. Nb3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc5
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qb5 Bb6 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. a5 Bxa5 26. Qxb7 Qd4
27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Qb7 Bc7 29. g3 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. Qxb4 g6 32. h4 Qd3 33. Qe4 Qd2
34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Kg2 h5 36. Be4 Kg7 37. Qc2 Qe5 38. Qc6 Bb6 39. Qxb6 Qxe4+
40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 e5 43. Qc7 Kf6 44. Qc1 Qf3 45. Qc8 Kg7 46. Qc7
Qf6 47. Kg2 Qe6 48. Kg1 Kf6 49. Kg2 Qe7 50. Qc6+ Kg7 51. Kg1 Qd8 52. Kg2 Qd4
53. Qc7 Qe4+ 54. Kg1 Qf5 55. Kg2 e4 56. Kg1 Kh7 57. Qd6 Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kg7
59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Qd6 g5 61. hxg5 Qxg5 62. Qc7 Qf6 63. Qc5 Kg6 64. Qe3 Qf5
65. Kg2 h4 66. gxh4 Qg4+ 67. Qg3 Kh5 68. Kf1 Qxh4 69. Qe5+ Kg6 70. Ke2 Qg4+
71. Ke1 Qf5 72. Qd6+ f6 73. Qb8 Kg5 74. Qg8+ Qg6 75. Qc8 f5 76. Qd8+ Kg4 77. Qh8
f4 78. Qc8+ Qf5 79. f3+ exf3 80. Qxf5+ Kxf5 81. Kf2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Vitomskis, Janis"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nb5 Nxc5 10. Nfd4 Bg6 11. O-O a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Na4 14. Qd2 c5
15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa5 Nxb2 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Rab1 cxd4 20. Rxb2 Qc5
21. Qa4 Ke7 22. Bd3 Rhb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxa6 Qb6 25. Qa3+ Qb4 26. Qa7+ Rb7
27. Qa8 Rb8 28. Qa7+ Rb7 29. Qa8 Rb8 30. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Tomkovich, Viktor Vasilyevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. b3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Nd2
g6 9. Bb2 Ng4 10. Nxg4 fxg4 11. e4 Qd7 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bg7
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rad1 Rf7 17. c4 Raf8 18. a4 a6 19. d5 c5 20. d6 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
Rf6 22. a5 Nc8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rfe1 Qg7 26. Be6 Na7 27. Rd7 R6f7
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Bd5 Nc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qd6 Kg8 33. Qxc5 Qd7
34. Qb6 Ra8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Re4 Kg8 37. Qe3 Rf8 38. Re7 Qf5 39. Qe6+ Qxe6
40. Rxe6 Rc8 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Gefenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[WhiteTitle "GMC"]
[BlackTitle "IMC"]
[ECO "E11/36"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence (Be7 retreat)"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ne5 f5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c5 Bc7 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 bxc5 20. Qxc5 h5
21. f4 h4 22. Ba3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Kf7 24. Re1 Rh8 25. Re3 Rae8 26. Rae1 Rh6 27. f5
Qd8 28. Qc3 Bb6 29. Re5 Bc8 30. Bc1 Rf6 31. Bg5 Qd6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. fxe6+ Rxe6
34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Qe3 Bd7 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Kh2 c5 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "15th world correspondence championship, Final"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Cayford, Richard Anthony"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTitle "IMC"]
[BlackTitle "GMC"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Goldman (Spielmann) variation"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ne2 Ngf6 6. N2g3 g6 7. d4 Bg7
8. c3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. O-O e5 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nd6 e4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxc8 Nxc4
15. Qxc4 Rxc8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. Re2 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5
21. Rd1 Be5 22. Nf1 Nf6 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Be3 Ra5 25. a3 f4 26. Bc1 Bc7 27. Nd2
Rd5 28. Rde1 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Kf1 Rde5 31. b4 g4 32. c4 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. Nb3
gxh3 35. gxh3 Rf5+ 36. Kg1 Rg8+ 37. Rg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rf2+ 39. Kh1 e2 0-1

