[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Verrijssen, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange, positional line"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 N8d7 14. Rad1
Re7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxf6 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Be5
Bb5 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Black "Lansay, Daniël"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: classical, Spassky variation, intermediate main line : *pwo 11/01 add"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. O-O-O Ngf6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. c4 Qb4
21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Ne4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qc5 26. Qd3 Kd7
27. g4 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. f5 Qc4 31. fxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qd4 Rb6
33. Qxg7 Rxd6 34. Rf1 Ke7 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. Rc1 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 Re6
39. h6 Re8 40. Qg7+ Ke7 41. h7 Qe3 42. Rf1 Kd6 43. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Black "Lansay, Daniël"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. f4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 8. Qh3
g6 9. g4 Ne7 10. Qf3 h5 11. h3 Nd7 12. Ne2 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1+ 14. Qxh1 Qd3
15. Nd2 c5 16. Qf3 Qa6 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. Nexd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qa4
21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 a6 23. N5d4 g5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Kd2 Bg7 26. Nd4 gxf4
27. Bxf4 Rb6 28. b3 Nxe5 29. Re1 Nd7 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Nd4 Bc5 32. Kd3 Bxd4
33. Kxd4 Rc6 34. g5 Ke7 35. Rh1 Rc8 36. Rh7 Rg8 37. a4 Nf8 38. Rh1 Ng6 39. Be3
Kd6 40. Rh7 e5+ 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. c4 d4 43. Bd2 Rh8 44. Rxh8 Nxh8 45. Ke4 Ng6
46. b4 Nf8 47. b5 axb5 48. cxb5 Nd7 49. Bb4 b6 50. a5 bxa5 51. Bxa5 Nc5+ 52. Kf3
Nb7 53. Bd2 Kf5 54. b6 e4+ 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Bc1 Kf5 57. Bb2 d3+ 58. Ke3 Kxg5
59. Bc1 f5 60. Kd4+ Kg4 61. Ke3 Nd6 62. Kd4 Kf3 63. Ke5 Nb7 64. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E20/10"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5
8. Nb3 Qf5 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Black "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[ECO "C31"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "KGD: Falkbeer counter-gambit"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6. Nc3 g5 7. d4 Bg7
8. Nf3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 h6 10. Ne5 a6 11. Bh5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. e6 Kf8 14. Bxf7
Bxc2 15. h4 Kg7 16. b3 Nf6 17. Bb2 Nbd7 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. Ne2 Nb6 20. Ng3 fxg3
21. O-O Nxd5 22. Rxf5 c6 23. Rcf1 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lansay, Daniël"]
[Black "Verrijssen, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind (6.Be3)"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. g3 Rc8 11. b3 Ne5 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Bh3 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Bg2
Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Qc7 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. a4 Qb4 21. Rb1 Nd7
22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qc2 Ne6 24. Qd3 b5 25. axb5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 axb5
28. Kd3 e5 29. Qd5 Rc5 30. Qxd6 bxc4+ 31. Kc2 cxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Verrijssen, Patrick"]
[Black "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Be5 13. Qd3 g6
14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rhe1 Bg4 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Qxa7 Bxb2+
20. Kb1 Qb4 21. Qxb7 Bxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "French: Fort Knox variation"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Bf4 Ngf6
8. Ned2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Nc2
Nc5 15. Be2 a5 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nb5 Nce4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Nc3 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd4
27. Bb3 Nfd7 28. Bc2 Rxc4 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Kf1 Ne5 31. Ke2 Nc6 32. Ke3 Ne5 33. f3
Rh4 34. g3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lansay, Daniël"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nbd7
8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Qd6 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Rae8 20. Qf3 Re6
21. Rf1 f6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6+ 24. Qf2 Rfe8 25. Rd2 R8e7 26. Qxb6 Rxb6
27. Kf2 Rbe6 28. c4 Kf7 29. Rc1 Re4 30. Rc3 Rf4+ 31. Kg3 g5 32. b3 h5 33. Rf3
Rfe4 34. h3 Re2 35. Rd6 R7e6 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Rxb7 Rxa2 38. Rf1 Ree2 39. Rg1
Re3+ 40. Kh2 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Rf1 Ree2 43. Rg1 f5 44. Kg3 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Re4+
46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kf4 Rae2 48. Ra1 Re4+ 49. Kg3 R2e3+ 50. Kh4 g3+ 51. Kh3 Re8
52. Ra6+ Kg5 53. Raxa7 Rh8+ 54. Rh7 Rxh7+ 55. Rxh7 Rxb3 56. Rg7+ Kf4 57. Kh4 Rb8
58. Rh7 Rb1 59. Kh5 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rxh7 61. Kxh7 Ke5 62. Kg6 f4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary A"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Verrijssen, Patrick"]
[Black "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Qf6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Qxe5 O-O 11. Qc3 Qa6 12. d3 Qg6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Ne1
Bg4 15. f3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. c4 Qd6 19. Nc2 Ba5 20. Be3 c5
21. Bf2 a6 22. Ne3 f5 23. Rfd1 Bc7 24. Nf1 Rf6 25. f4 b5 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Qxc5 Qb7 29. Rac1 Bb6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B58"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: classical"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. Qxg5 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Rxd6 f6
21. Qd2 Na4 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. c3 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Kf2 h5 32. h4 Kh6
33. Rd7 g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36. Rg8 Kh7 37. Rd8 Kg6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Black "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3
Ne5 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nh5
15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Qc6 17. Na4 d6 18. e5 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. exd6 Be8 21. c5
Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qc3 e5 24. Bc4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. f4 Qf6 27. Qd2 Bc6
28. Rd3 Rfe8 29. Bd5 Qf5 30. b4 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. g4 Re4
34. Re5 Kf8 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. a4 Qc6 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qe3 Qc8 39. b5 axb5
40. axb5 Kf8 41. Qd4 Qb8 42. Qe4 Kg8 43. Qf5 Qe8 44. Qe5 Qa8 45. Kf3 h6 46. Qd5
Qa3+ 47. Ke4 Qb4+ 48. Ke5 Qxb5 49. c6 bxc6 50. Qxb5 cxb5 51. Kd5 b4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Black "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. e5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxe5+ 10. Be3 Bc5 11. O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Kh1 e5
14. Qc2 Qh6 15. Rae1 Ng4 16. h3 Ne3 17. Qd2 Nxf1 18. Rxe5+ Be6 19. Qxh6 Ng3+
20. Kh2 gxh6 21. Kxg3 O-O-O 22. Re3 Rd4 23. Ne2 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 Rdd8 25. a3 Rg5
26. Nf4 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. g4 Rc5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Ke2 Rcd5 31. Bxh7 Rd2+
32. Kf3 Rf8+ 33. Kg3 Kd7 34. b4 Ra8 35. h4 Ra2 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 R8xa3
38. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. Ke5 Re3+ 41. Kd4 Rg3 42. g6 Kf6 43. Kc5 Rc3+
44. Kd6 Kg7 45. Kxe6 c5 46. Kd5 cxb4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60/01"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer (...a6)"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Be2 Qa5
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rb8 17. f5 Qb6 18. Bc4 e6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd3 a5
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc4 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Ke7 24. Qa4 Rhg8 25. g3 Rg4 26. Rd4 e5
27. Rc4 Qb5 28. Qxa5 Qxc4 29. Qa7+ Ke6 30. Qxb8 Rxe4 31. Qe8+ Kf5 32. Qxh5+ Bg5
33. Nd2 Qe2 34. Qh7+ Ke6 35. Nxe4 Be3 36. Nc3 Qf3 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 f5
39. Nc3 d5 40. b3 d4 41. Ne2 Kd5 42. Rf1 Ke4 43. h4 f4 44. gxf4 exf4 45. Ng1 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Black "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[ECO "D60/02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence, Botvinnik variation"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
a6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Na2 Qg4 20. Qe2 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Rd2 Kg7
27. Kg2 Ba7 28. f4 h6 29. Be2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. h3 Bb8 32. Bf3 Be5 33. Rc2
Kg6 34. Kf1 Rh4 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Nd1 Kh6 37. Nc3 Kg6 38. Kf1 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Black "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B80/03"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. h4 Nd7
15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Rad8 18. Qh2 b4 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxb7 bxc3
21. Be4 Qb6 22. b3 Qb4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qg3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd8 26. g5 Ba5
27. g6+ Kg8 28. Ka1 Qe4 29. Kb1 Qxg6 30. Qf2 Bb4 31. Rg1 Qh5 32. a3 Bxa3 33. Ka2
Bb4 34. Rg5 Qd1 35. Rg1 Qd2 36. Qxd2 cxd2 37. Kb2 Rd8 38. Rd1 g6 39. c3 Ba5
40. Kc2 Bb6 41. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Bd8 43. Kd3 Bxh4 44. Kc4 Bf2 45. b4 cxb4
46. Kxb4 Be3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Black "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. g3 Nc6
8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 g5 11. c5 Be7 12. b4 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qg7
15. Bxb7 Rd8 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Black "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bf5
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd7 18. Qxb7 Nxe5 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. dxe5 Rb8
21. Rae1 Rb2 22. Ra4 Rd7 23. Rxa6 Rdd2 24. Rf1 Rxa2 25. Rxc6 Rac2 26. h4 h5
27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rf8 Rd7 29. Rc8 Rd5 30. Rc4 Rxe5 31. Ra1 Rf5 32. Rf1 Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary B"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Black "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Ne5 12. Qd4 O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc7
15. c3 Nfd7 16. Rf5 Bf6 17. Qe4 Rfe8 18. Rh5 Ng6 19. Qf3 Re7 20. Rh3 Rae8
21. Qf2 Bh4 22. Rxh4 Nxh4 23. Bd4 Rxe2 24. Qxh4 Ne5 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. h3 Ng6
27. Qg3 Rxb2 28. Nc1 Re4 29. Qd3 f5 30. c4 Rb4 31. a3 Ra4 32. Ne2 b5 33. Ng3 Nf4
34. Qd2 Rxc4 35. Nxe4 Rxd4 36. Qxf4 Rxe4 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Re3 39. a4 bxa4
40. Kf2 Re5 41. Rf4 Rxd5 42. Rxa4 a5 43. h4 Kf7 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ke4 h5 46. Ra3
g5 47. g3 gxh4 48. gxh4 Rb5 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Rd3 Rb4+ 51. Kg3 Ke5 52. Re3+ Re4
53. Ra3 a4 54. Rf3 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rf4 56. Rg3 Ke4 57. Rg6 d5 58. Re6+ Kd3 59. Re5
Kc4 60. Rxh5 Rf8 61. Rg5 Ra8 62. h5 a3 63. Rg1 a2 64. Ra1 Kb3 65. h6 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Bauwe, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "French: King's Indian attack"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd7 6. d4 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nb3
Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. c4 Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 exd5 14. Qb5 Rae8
15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Bd2 Qg6 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Qg5 Qd3 19. Rfe1 Rf5 20. Qe3 Qb5
21. Qe2 Qd5 22. Qe6 Ref8 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. a3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rc2 Nf6
27. Nc1 Nd5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Rce2 g6 30. Re8 Kg7 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Nfe5 Kg7
33. g3 g5 34. h3 h6 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Nc4 Be7 37. Nde5 Bf6 38. Nd2 a5 39. Ndf3 Re8
40. Rc1 Re7 41. Rc6 Re8 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. Ke2 Rd6 44. Rxd6 cxd6 45. Nc4 Be7
46. Nfd2 Kf6 47. Kd3 Ke6 48. Ne4 Kd7 49. Nc3 Nxc3 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51. g4 Bf6
52. Ne3 Be7 53. Kc4 b5+ 54. Kd3 d5 55. Nf5 Bf8 56. Ke3 a4 57. f4 b4 58. axb4 Kb5
59. fxg5 hxg5 60. Kd3 Bxb4 61. h4 gxh4 62. Nxh4 Be7 63. Nf5 Bf6 64. Kc3 Bd8
65. Ne3 Kc6 66. Kb4 Bg5 67. Nf5 Bc1 68. Kc3 Kd7 69. Kc2 a3 70. bxa3 Bxa3 71. g5
Ke6 72. g6 Kf6 73. g7 Kf7 74. Kb3 Bc1 75. Kb4 Bg5 76. Kc5 Bf6 77. Kxd5 Bxd4
78. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Black "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: exchange, Gligoric variation"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 c4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bf7 14. Nf5
Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 O-O-O 18. Ne7+ Kb8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3
Be6 21. Kf2 Rde8 22. Rd4 Re7 23. Rad1 Ree8 24. f4 b5 25. a4 Rhf8 26. Nd5 c5
27. R4d2 Bc8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Re1 Re6 30. Nc3 Bb7 31. Nxb5 Bxe4 32. Nd6 f5
33. Nxc4 h6 34. Rd7 Ra6 35. c3 Ra4 36. Nd2 Ra2 37. Nxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxb2+
39. Kg3 Rb7 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. Re7+ Kc6 42. Re6+ Kd5 43. Rxg6 Kc4 44. Rxh6 Kxc3
45. Kf3 c4 46. g4 Kd4 47. Rd6+ Kc5 48. Rd1 c3 49. g5 Kc4 50. Kg4 c2 51. Rc1 Kd3
52. f5 Rc8 53. g6 Ke4 54. g7 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauwe, Pascal"]
[Black "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Modern defence (including King's Indian, English)"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5
Ne4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Rb5 e6 16. Be2 bxc5 17. Qa4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Rb7 Na5 20. Rb5 Nc6
21. Rb7 Na5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muylle, Kris"]
[Black "Maes, Wim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f5 5. d3 h6 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Qc1 d6 8. Nf3 c6
9. c5 Be6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. b4 g5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. a3 Nd7
16. e4 N5f6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne1 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bf2
Rac8 23. Rd2 b6 24. Rc2 Qe6 25. Qb2 Qg6 26. Rbc1 h5 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. Qa4 Nb8
29. Qxa7 Rd7 30. Qa8 Rg8 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Qxc6 Bh6 33. Qxg6 Rxg6 34. Rc8+ Rg8
35. Rc6 Rg6 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Kf1 Rg8 40. Ra6 Rg6
41. Ke2 Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Nc3+ 43. Kf1 Nxe4 44. dxe4 Rd2 45. Bxb6 Rf6+ 46. Kg1 Rxb6
0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Black "Muylle, Kris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Rf2 e5 14. Rd2 Ne8
15. Bg4 Be6 16. Be2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. Nd4 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. b4 Qf2 25. Bg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Bxa1 27. Qxa1
Ne5 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxf5 Ke6 30. Nd4+ Ke7 31. Nf3 Ng4 32. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Black "Bauwe, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni ...Be7"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nh5 8. h3
Bg5 9. g4 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Nf6 11. Ng3 g6 12. Qh6 Kh8 13. O-O-O a6 14. f3 Nbd7
15. h4 Rb8 16. h5 Ng8 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Qg2 Re8 19. Rdf1 Re7 20. Nge2 Qg5+ 21. Kc2
Ngf6 22. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muylle, Kris"]
[Black "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
e6 9. g4 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. Ng3 b5 13. Nd1 b4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3
Nc6 16. f4 Nc7 17. e5 Nd5 18. exd6 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Nxc5 Rd8
22. Kh1 Nd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rc1 Bxe3 26. Rxc7 Bb6 27. Rc3 Bxa2
28. f5 Rd7 29. Ra3 Bd5 30. Re1 gxf5 31. gxf5 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rbd8 33. Nf2 Rd5
34. Ng4 Kg7 35. f6+ Kg6 36. Re2 h5 37. Ne5+ Kxf6 38. Nc6 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3
40. Ra2 Rd7 41. Nb8 Rc7 42. Na6 Rc3 43. Ra4 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rf5
46. Rc4 Bf2+ 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rc6+ Kg5 49. Nc7 Bb6 50. Na8 Rf2+ 51. Kh1 Bd4
52. Rc4 Rd2 53. Nc7 Be5 54. Nb5 Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Marshall variation"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Bg5 O-O 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1
14. Qxa1 Qb8 15. Qa4 Bg4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qxc6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxb4
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Qd4 22. Qd6 Rd8 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qe7 Rd5 25. Kh1 Rxc5
26. Rg1+ Rg5 27. Rxg5+ fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Kg2 Qc3 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd3 Qe5
32. Qe4 Qc3 33. f4 Kg8 34. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Black "Maes, Wim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "E93"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Petrosian system, Keres variation"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 f5 13. exf5 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5
15. Nxg4 Bxf5 16. O-O Bxg4 17. Bxg4 e4 18. Re1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qe5
21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Re3 Rf6 23. Rae1 Raf8 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf1+ 26. Kh2 Ra1
27. Rxe5 Rff1 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. Kh3 Rxa2 30. c5 Ra5 31. Bc8 Rxc5 32. Bxb7 Rxc3
33. Bc6 a5 34. Re4 h5 35. Kh2 Rf2 36. Re7+ Rf7 37. Re4 Rc1 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4+
Kf6 40. Rf4+ Ke7 41. Ra4 Rc5 42. Re4+ Kf8 43. h5 Rf5 44. g4 Rf3 45. Kg2 Ra3
46. Rf4+ Kg7 47. Rf3 Rxf3 48. Kxf3 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Preliminary C"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauwe, Pascal"]
[Black "Muylle, Kris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1996.05.11"]
[Opening "Old Indian: main line"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. b4 Bf8 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. Nd2 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Be3
Rac8 16. Qb3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. b5 d5 20. Nxb6 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 d4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 axb5 25. Bxb5 Ra8 26. a4 Bd5 27. Bc6 Bxc6
28. Qxc6 Qa7 29. Rfc1 Qxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rc8 g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Rb7 Ra6
34. Kg2 h5 35. Rc3 Rf6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Kf6 38. h3 Bc5 39. Rc7 Bd4 40. Rd7
Bc5 41. Rd5 Ba7 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 Ke6 44. Ra5 Bd4 45. Ke2 Be5 46. Ke3 f5
47. Ra6+ Bd6 48. g5 Ke7 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. f3 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan variation"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Bf3 d6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. b3
Ne5 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Bh5 O-O 13. f4 Nd3 14. Bf3 h6 15. Qb1
hxg5 16. fxg5 Nc5 17. b4 Nfd7 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. N4b3 Bxg5 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rab1
Be3+ 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Rbe1 Rad8 24. Re2 Rd3 25. Rfe1 Rfd8 26. Nf1 Nxf3 27. Rxe3
Nxe1 28. Rxe1 R8d7 29. Qf2 Rd1 30. Qe2 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qf4 32. Nbd2 Rd4 33. Qe2
Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Black "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Vienna: Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. Na4 Qe7 8. c3
Bxf2+ 9. Rxf2 b5 10. d3 h6 11. h3 Bd7 12. b4 bxa4 13. Qxa4 Rfb8 14. Qd1 a5
15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Be3 Rb2 17. Bc1 Rb7 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Nc1 Rb2 20. Qf3 Nh7
21. g4 Be6 22. Qg3 Nf8 23. g5 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rb2+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. h4
g6 28. c4 Qa4 29. Ne2 Qc2 30. Bc1 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Qxb1 32. Qe1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4
8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. f4 Qb6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4
14. Rxd4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Re1 Ke7 17. Re3 h5 18. Rg3 g6 19. h4 Rc5 20. Kd2
Rhc8 21. Re3 a5 22. c3 R8c7 23. Re1 Kd8 24. a3 Kc8 25. Rc1 Kb8 26. g3 Ka7 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 R5c6 29. Ra1+ Kb6 30. Ra3 Be8 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Kb2 R6c7 33. Bc2 Bb5
34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated: Petrosian system"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. b4 c6 19. c5 Qc7 20. cxb6 axb6
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. b5 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Nd4 Ra8 26. Nb3 Qxb5
27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qb2 29. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Black "Maes, Wim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Szen (anti-Taimanov) variation"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. N5c3 Be6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Na3 Nb4 13. Be2 Rc5 14. Bf3 Qc8
15. O-O Rg8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. c3 Bh6 19. Nc2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qg4
21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. Rad1 f5 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. b3 Bg7 25. Rc1 e4 26. Rh3 f4 27. c4 b5
28. Nb4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Ra5 30. Nc6 Rxa4 31. Rb3 Bf6 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. h3 Rg6
34. Re8 e3 35. fxe3 Ra2 36. g4 fxg3 37. Ne7 Bxe7 38. Rxe7 g2 39. Re4 h5 40. c5
dxc5 41. Rec4 Rg3 42. R4c2 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rxh3 44. Kxg2 Rxe3 45. Rxc5 Re5 46. Ra5
f6 47. Rxa6 Rxd5 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Ra8 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Rg4+ 51. Kh3 Rb4 52. Rg8+ Kh7
53. Rf8 Kg7 54. Ra8 f5 55. Ra6 Rg4 56. Rb6 Rg6 57. Rb5 Rf6 58. Kh4 Kg6 59. Rb8
f4 60. Rb5 Rf5 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Ra6 f3 63. Ra1 Kf6 64. Kg3 Kg5 65. Kf2 Kg4
66. Rg1+ Kf4 67. Rg3 Ke4 68. Rh3 Rf4 69. Rxh5 Rg4 70. Rh8 Rg2+ 71. Kf1 Rg5
72. Kf2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Flohr (Lady Godiva) variation"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6
8. g3 b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nbd3+
15. Kf1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Be7 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Re1 d5 19. e5 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2+
21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg3 Rad8 23. b4 Rd3+ 24. Ne3 Rxc3 25. Qb2 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Nd3
27. Qb1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. b5 Rd2 30. e4 Qd7 31. Re3 Bc5 32. Rf3 Qd4 33. Kh3
h6 34. a4 Qxa4 35. f5 Qc4 36. f6 Qe2 37. Qh1 Qxe4 38. fxg7 Rf2 39. Kg3 Qxe5+
40. Kh3 Qh5+ 41. Kg3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Black "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Robatsch: Sicilian defence"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O Nxc5
8. Re1 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Rxe5 Qa6 12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Re1 Bb7
14. Bf4 e6 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. f4 Nf6 20. Be3
Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. c3 f6 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nf2 Bd5 25. Bxa7 Bxa2 26. Bd4 Rb8
27. b4 Bc4 28. Ne4 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Bc5 Rd3 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Nf2 Bf5 33. h3
Rd8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Be6 36. g5 Bf5 37. Ra1 e4 38. Rxa6 Bxc3 39. Kf1 Bd2
40. Ke2 Bxg5 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Rb8 43. Ra4 Kg7 44. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Qh5
8. Qe2 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd5 12. Ne4 b5 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Qxb5+ Nd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. Rhe1 Bxf4 19. Nf5 Qxf2 20. Nxg7+
Kd8 21. Qa5+ Rb6 22. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Qb8 24. Rf1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Rf3 Rc6
27. Qg5+ Kc8 28. Qe7 Rxc2 29. Ne8 Qc6 30. Rb3 Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kc7 32. Qxf7 a5
33. Qxh7 Rc4 34. Qd3 a4 35. Rc3 Nb6 36. Qg3+ Kb7 37. h4 Qd7 38. Rxc4 Nxc4
39. Ka1 Qh7 40. Rc1 Qe4 41. Qf2 Ne3 42. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bd3 Re8
15. Qa4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re5 17. f4 Rxd5 18. Qb3 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bc4 Rd4
21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Be6 Nd7 23. Rac1 Nc5 24. Bxc8 Rxa2 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Ne6+ Kf6
27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Rf2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 b5 30. Rd2 Ra4 31. b3 Rb4 32. Rd3 g5 33. Kg3
1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Black "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Rb1 b6 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. e3 Qf5 13. Rb2 O-O 14. h4 Ng6
15. Qxc6 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qxf4 17. Rc2 Rae8+ 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Qa4 Qxf3 20. Rg1 Re6
21. Qb3 Rfe8 22. Qb2 Qf4 23. h5 Qh2 24. Kf1 Kh8 25. Qc1 Qh3+ 26. Rg2 h6 27. Qd1
f5 28. Kg1 f4 29. Qd3 Qh4 30. Qf5 Qe7 31. Qg4 Rf8 32. Bf3 c6 33. Kh2 Rff6 34. c4
dxc4 35. Rxc4 Qf8 36. d5 cxd5 37. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Kf2 Bg7 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Qc4 Ne4+
15. Ke1 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qxf4+ 18. Ke1 Be6 19. Qc3 Bxa2 20. Be2 Bd5
21. g3 Qh6 22. Rf1 Qxh2 23. Qe3 Rae8 24. Rf4 Qh6 25. Bb5 Bc6 26. Bc4 Qg5 27. Qb3
e6 28. Rc3 Bd5 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Re3 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rd7 32. Qa4 Rfd8 33. Re5 Qh6
34. Kg2 a6 35. Qc4 Qg7 36. Rfe4 Rd5 37. b4 R8d7 38. Kf3 Qf6+ 39. Rf4 Qd8 40. Ke3
Rxe5+ 41. dxe5 Rd1 42. Qc3 Qd5 43. Rf2 Qh1 44. Kf4 Rd5 45. g4 Qd1 46. c6 bxc6
47. Qxc6 Rd4+ 48. Kg3 Qxg4+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Black "Maes, Wim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Kh1 Bb4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Ng8 14. f5
Bd6 15. f6 gxf6 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxf6 Be5 18. Rf3 d6 19. Raf1 b5 20. Qe3 f6
21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Qxg7+ Rxg7 25. Rf2 Rag8 26. Re2 f5
27. Rhe3 Bd4 28. Rg3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Rxg3 30. Kh2 f4 31. Re1 Be5 32. Ne2 Rg4
33. Kh1 Bxb2 34. c3 Ba3 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Nf3 Rg6 37. Rf1 e5 38. Nh2 Bc8 39. Rf3
Be6 40. Bb1 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Vanderwaeren, Serge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Robatsch: Sicilian defence"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O Nxc5
8. Be3 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Bd7 12. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Ghysels, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Slav (7.b3)"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. a4 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ba3
Ng6 16. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Final"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schuermans, Robert"]
[Black "Judele, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6
8. Bd2 Bb4 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nb6
14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rdg1 g6 16. Bd2 Qe5 17. Kb1 Qxd4 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. Be5 Rd5
20. c4 Ra5 21. Qe1 Ra4 22. b3 Rxa3 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Qxa3 Rxd3 25. Qf8+ Rd8
26. Qe7 Nbd7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qc5 Nd7 30. Qxa7 Qf4 31. Rxd7 Kxd7
32. Qxb7+ Kd6 33. Rd1+ Kc5 34. b4+ Kxc4 35. Qxc6+ Kb3 36. Rd3+ Kxb4 37. Qb6+ Kc4
38. Qa6+ Kc5 39. Rc3+ Kb4 40. Qa3+ Kb5 41. Qc5+ Ka6 42. Ra3+ Kb7 43. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Black "Gelens, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.Bg5 variation"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Qe2 Qe8 10. Nc5 Bd5 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Qxe6+ Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Bd2 Kg8 17. Bc4+ d5 18. Bb3 c6 19. Bb4 Kh8 20. Bxe7 Rf7
21. Bb4 Ne4 22. Ng5 Rf5 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. c3 Nf6 26. Be6 Rb5
27. a4 Rh5 28. g4 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keiser, Paul"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner-Heinrichsen) opening"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. e4 d6 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Ne5 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Qb8 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Bxe5
fxe5 15. Qc4 O-O-O 16. Nb3 Kb7 17. Rd3 Ka8 18. a4 g4 19. a5 Qxf2 20. a6 Be7
21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 c6 23. Na5 Qb6 24. Rhd1 Rb8 25. b3 Rhc8 26. Kb2 cxd5
27. Qxd5+ Bc6 28. Qe6 Qxa5 29. Qxe7 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Black "Van Steenkiste, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. e4
e6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. O-O a6 11. Qb3 Nh6 12. dxe6 c6 13. Nd5 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O
15. Bd2 a5 16. Qb5 b6 17. Qxb6 Ra6 18. Qb5 e4 19. Rab1 Ng4 20. Bxa5 Qa7 21. Bb4
Bd4 22. e7 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Verlinden, Patrick"]
[Black "Bruyneels, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance, positional main line"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Be2
Ba4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ra2 Nd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bd3 a6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3
c4 16. Be2 Nf8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Rab2 Bd7 19. Nf3 b5 20. Bg5 Qa5 21. Bf6 Rh7
22. Ra2 Qxc3 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qg4 a5 25. Qf4 Ke8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Bc6
28. c3 Nd7 29. Rab2 Ke7 30. Nf1 Rhh8 31. Ne3 Rhc8 32. Kf1 Kd8 33. Ke1 Ra8
34. Bd1 Rcb8 35. Bc2 Kc7 36. Kd2 Ra6 37. Nd1 Rba8 38. Ne3 h5 39. g3 Rb6 40. Bd1
Rab8 41. Nc2 R8b7 42. Be2 Nb8 43. Bd1 Na6 44. Be2 b4 45. cxb4 Ba4 46. Ne3 axb4
47. axb4 Nxb4 48. Ng2 Be8 49. Nf4 c3+ 50. Kxc3 Na2+ 51. Rxa2 Rxb1 52. Nd3 R7b3+
53. Kc2 Bb5 54. Nc5 Rb4 55. Ra7+ Kb6 56. Rb7+ Kc6 57. Bxb5+ Rxb5 58. Rxf7 Rh1
59. h4 Rxc5+ 60. dxc5 Re1 61. f4 Re3 62. Rf6 Rxg3 63. Rxe6+ Kxc5 64. f5 gxf5
65. Rh6 Re3 66. Rxh5 Rxe5 67. Rg5 Kd4 68. Kd2 f4 69. Rg1 Rh5 70. Rh1 f3 71. Ra1
Ke4 72. Ra4+ d4 73. Ra8 Rxh4 74. Re8+ Kf4 75. Re1 f2 76. Rf1 Kf3 77. Ra1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kerkhofs, Richard"]
[Black "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: exchange, Seville variation"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+
14. Kxf1 Qd6 15. Kg1 Qe6 16. e5 Qxg4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Qe4 Rd8 19. Bf2 Qf5
20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Nf4 cxd4 22. Ne6 Rc8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. cxd4 e6 25. Be3 Rc2
26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nc6 28. Bb2 Nb4 29. a4 Nd5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 b6 32. h3
a6 33. g3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Bc1 h5 37. h4 f4 38. gxf4 Kf5 39. Kf3
b4 40. Bb2 Nxf4 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kd3 Nxh4 43. Kc4 Nf3 44. Kc5 h4 45. d5 exd5
46. Kxd5 Nxe5 47. Bxe5 h3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Black "Lemmens, Lucien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Benko gambit: Nd2 variation"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 Bg7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Bd2 Na4
15. f3 Rfb8 16. b3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Nxd6 Qb6 20. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruys, Piet"]
[Black "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. a3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 c4 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5
15. Qa2 Qe7 16. Nb5 Bb8 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Bb4 Nd6 19. Bf5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a6 21. Nc3
Nac4 22. Qb1 g6 23. Bd3 a5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Nb5 Bxf3 27. gxf3
Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Bxh2 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Rxc4 Bg1 31. Rc3 h5 32. a4 h4 33. Qf1 Bh2
34. Qh1 Bb8 35. Rc6 Qd5 36. Rxb6 Rc8 37. Qb1 Qc4+ 38. Ke1 Qb4+ 39. Kf1 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baekelant, Ronny"]
[Black "Jonckers, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird's defence"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Qg5 6. Qe2 a6 7. Ba4 b5
8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d3 Qg6 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Qxh6 13. Ne5 Rf8 14. Qg4
f5 15. exf5 Bd6 16. Rae1 O-O-O 17. h3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6 19. Qg3 Rde8 20. Rfe1
Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Kd8 22. Qxf6+ gxf6 23. f3 c6 24. Re4 Re8 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Rh4 Re7
27. Kf2 Bc8 28. Rh5 Bd7 29. d4 Be8 30. Rh6 Rf7 31. c3 Bd7 32. Bc2 Ke7 33. Rh4
Kd6 34. Rg4 c5 35. Rg8 b4 36. Ra8 bxc3 37. Rxa6+ Bc6 38. bxc3 Kc7 39. dxc5 Re7
40. Bd3 Kb7 41. a4 Re8 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soetewey, Jos"]
[Black "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c3 c5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Rfd8
15. Qc2 f5 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb3 Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Rxd3 Qg5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qf2 Rd1 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Qf1 Qc2 26. Nd4 Qxb2
27. Nxe6 Qxa2 28. Nd4 Be4 29. Ne2 Qd2 30. Kf2 a5 31. h3 a4 32. g4 Bd3 33. gxf5
a3 34. f6 Qxe2+ 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 gxf6 37. h4 a2 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Segers, Koen"]
[Black "Bellens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Bb5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. a4 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Bc6 17. d4 Qa5 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Qe1 Qb4 20. Qxb4 cxb4
21. Ne1 a5 22. Nd3 b6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rf2 Rc3 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. Kf2 R8c7
27. Ke2 Bc8 28. Kd1 Ba6 29. Rb1 g5 30. Rb2 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 h5 33. e4
fxe4 34. dxe4 dxe4 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rc3+ 38. Kxe4 Rxb3 39. d5
exd5+ 40. Kxd5 Rd3+ 41. Kc4 Rc3+ 42. Kb5 b3 43. Rb2 Rc5+ 44. Kxb6 Rxe5 45. Rxb3
Re2 46. Rg3 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Berg, F"]
[Black "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nc6
8. Nf3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rb1 f6 13. Re1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Qd8
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bg3 Qe8 17. Bc2 Qh5 18. Qd2 b5 19. Nxd5 Ra7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7
21. Ng5 Nc5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bc2 Rd7 24. Qe3 Rd5 25. Nh3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5
27. Qf4 Nd3 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Red1 g5 30. f3 Bb7 31. Nf2 Nxe5 32. Rxd5 exd5
33. Re1 Nc4 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nd3 Bc8 38. Ne5+ Ke6
39. Nxc4 bxc4 40. Bf2 Ke5 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foulon, Greta"]
[Black "De Boeck, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "QGD: Marshall defence"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bxc5
8. Bd2 Qb6 9. O-O Ng4 10. e3 dxc4 11. Qe2 Qa6 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Nd4 Nge5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Qxd6 Bd7 22. Rd1 Rf7 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. a3 Re7 25. Rad1 Kf7 26. Bxc6 Qxc6
27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxd8 Rb7 29. R8d2 Bf3 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Black "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Uogele variation (Bc4)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 e6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. c3 Rd3 16. Bc5 Ba6 17. Rd1 Rbd8 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Rf1 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3
Rxc3 21. Kd2 Rxc5 22. Rb1 Kg7 23. f4 g5 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rh5 26. Rg1+ Kf8
27. Nd7+ Ke7 28. Ne5 Rxh2+ 29. Ke3 Re2+ 30. Kd4 c5+ 31. Kxc5 Rxe4 32. Rg4 Be2
33. Rh4 h5 34. Nc6+ Kf6 35. Nxa5 Kf5 36. Nb7 Rxf4 37. Nd6+ Kg5 38. Rxf4 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "French: Rubinstein variation"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. Ned2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Qe2
Qf4 15. N2f3 Nce4 16. a3 Ng5 17. Qe5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Kf8 21. f3 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. b4 Bd6 24. Ba4 Rac8 25. Rac1 a5 26. Bd4 axb4
27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bd6 30. f4 Ne4 31. Bd7 Ra8 32. Bc6 Bxc6
33. Nxc6+ Kf6 34. Rd4 Kf5 35. c5 Bxc5 36. g4+ Kxf4 37. Bxc5 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+
39. Kd1 e5 40. Rc4 Rxh2 41. Bf8 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Black "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: open, Italian variation"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Bf4 g5 11. Nd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruyneels, Arthur"]
[Black "Baekelant, Ronny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon, Levenfish variation"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd3 d5 13. f5 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Kh1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Rb4 17. Qf3 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. a3 Rb6 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Black "Thys, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. e5 Na5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ba2 Bc6 13. O-O b5 14. Ne5 Bd5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxb5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c6 20. Nd4 Rc8
21. Qg4 g6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Rac1 Qe8 25. Re3 a6 26. Qh6 Qd7 27. e6 f6
1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Black "Segers, Koen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02/04"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Alekhine's defence (2.Nc3)"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. Qf3 e6 6. dxc3 Qh4 7. Qf4 Qxf4
8. Bxf4 Bd6 9. Ne2 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Rd2 Ne7
14. f3 Nf5 15. Rde2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Nxb5 18. Nd3 Nd6 19. b3 Rd7 20. f4
h5 21. g3 Re7 22. h3 Rhe8 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 f6 25. Kd2 Nf7 26. c4 e5 27. Re4
Kd8 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Kd3 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 g6 33. c5
Kd7 34. c4 Ke6 35. Kf4 a5 36. Ke4 f5+ 37. gxf5+ gxf5+ 38. Kf4 c6 39. a3 Kf6
40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Ke6 42. b5 Kf6 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Ke3 f4+
46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke4 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Kf3 Kxc5 50. Kxf4 Kxc4 51. Ke3 Kc3
52. Ke2 Kc2 53. Ke3 c5 54. Ke4 c4 55. Ke3 c3 56. Ke2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelens, Jules"]
[Black "Kerkhofs, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Stockholm variation"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Qc1 Nxg5 6. Qxg5 dxc4 7. e3 Bg7
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 e6 10. Qg3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qd6 16. Qg5 Kg7 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Rc5 h6 20. Qh4 Rac8
21. f4 Be4 22. Qf2 b6 23. R5c3 Bb7 24. h4 f5 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3
c5 28. Qb7+ Rc7 29. dxc5 Rxb7 30. cxd6 Rd7 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rc7
Ke8 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. a4 e5 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lemmens, Lucien"]
[Black "Keiser, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "French: Steiner, exchange"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. c5 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. cxb6 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bxc6 14. bxc7 h6
15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bg3 Rxc7 20. O-O Nxg3
21. hxg3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Kd7 23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. f4 Rc2 25. Rac1 Rhc8 26. Rb1 Re2
27. Rdc1 Rcc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. a3 d4 30. Kf1 Kd5 31. b3 Rc3 32. a4 bxa4
33. bxa4 Ra3 34. Rb5+ Ke4 35. Rb7 Ke3 36. Kg1 d3 37. e6 d2 38. e7 d1=Q+ 39. Kh2
0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Steenkiste, Luc"]
[Black "Bruys, Piet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 e6 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Be8 14. Rf3 Nd7
15. Rh3 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rf1 Bg6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Nh4 Bf7 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qg3
Kh7 22. Nf3 b5 23. Qh4 Be7 24. g4 bxc4 25. g5 cxd3 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Qxf6 Bg6 29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. Rxh5+ Kxh5 31. Nf7 Qe7 32. Qe5+ Bf5 33. Rf3 Rg8+
34. Kf1 Qxf7 35. Rh3+ Kg4 36. Kg2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jonckers, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Black "Verlinden, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon, classical, Reti-Tartakower variation"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. Qe1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. b3 Rc7 20. Kh1
Rfc8 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bc4 e6 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. Qf3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qc6
27. Qf6 d5 28. Qg5 Qxc4 29. Rae1 d4 30. h3 d3 31. Rf3 Qc2 32. Qb5 d2 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Gompel, Willy"]
[Black "Soetewey, Jos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Bb5 Ne7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Ng5 Bg6 12. O-O h6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 Na7 19. Nfd2 Bc2 20. Ra2 Bxb3 21. Nxb3
Rc3 22. Rb2 Rhc8 23. f4 Rc2 24. Rb1 Re2 25. Bd2 Nb5 26. f5 Nxd4 27. fxe6+ Nxe6
28. Rxf7 Rxe5 29. Rd1 Re2 30. Kf1 Re4 31. Be1 Ke8 32. Rf5 d4 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Nd2
Rf4 35. Re5 Kf7 36. Rde1 Rd6 37. g3 Rg4 38. Nf3 d3 39. h3 Rc4 40. Nd2 Rc2
41. Be3 Bf6 42. Rf5 g6 43. Rf2 Kg7 44. Ne4 Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rc6 46. Bxh6+ Kxh6
47. Nxf6 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Rc3 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. Ng4+ Kg7 51. Kxd3 Rd6+ 52. Ke3 Ng5
53. Rh1 Rc6 54. Kf4 Nf7 55. Re1 b5 56. Re7 Kf8 57. Rxf7+ Kxf7 58. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Black "Bruyneels, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld: 6.O-O"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. f4 e6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. h3
Rfd8 16. g4 Be8 17. Kh1 Ra8 18. Bf2 Rdc8 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. e3 Kg8 21. Bf3 Nd7
22. Be2 Nf6 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Be1 Kh8 26. Qb2 Kg8 27. a3 Nd7 28. Nxd7
Bxd7 29. Na4 Nd8 30. Bb4 Qh4 31. Kg2 Bxa4 32. bxa4 Nc6 33. Be1 Qe7 34. Rd3 Qd7
35. Qb5 a6 36. Qb2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Black "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "E60/05"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "KID/Neo-Gruenfeld: 3.Nf3"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qd3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Berg, F"]
[Black "Grecuccio, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6
8. Qc3 Qxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Ne7 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 f6 13. Ne6+ Ke8
14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 b5 16. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baekelant, Ronny"]
[Black "Van Gompel, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Petrov: classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Nxd5 c5 13. c3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Rc8 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rad1 f5 18. Be5 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. Ne5 Nxd4 22. Nxg6+ Qxg6 23. Rxd4 Qf5 24. Ne3 Qf4 25. Qd1 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qe5
27. Red1 Rc6 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. a3 Qb3 30. Ne3 Rcf6 31. Rxe4 h6 32. f3 Qb6 33. Kf1
Qc6 34. Kg1 Qb6 35. Kh1 Qb3 36. Ng4 Rc6 37. Re8 Qxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxe8 39. h4 Rce6
40. Qd4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 b6 42. Nxh6 Kh7 43. Nf5 R1e5 44. Nd6 R8e6 45. Ne4 Kh8
46. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruys, Piet"]
[Black "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "English (plus QGD)"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. e3 Nxe5
8. dxe5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. f4
Rae8 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rce1 Rf6 18. Kh1 Qf7 19. a3 Rh6 20. Rf2 Qh5
21. g3 b5 22. Qc2 Bf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4 24. Ref1 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foulon, Greta"]
[Black "Bellens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch defence (g3...d5)"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 Qe7
9. Qc1 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e3 Rac8 15. Nd2
Ba6 16. Nf3 b5 17. c5 Qc7 18. b4 Ra8 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. a4 a6 21. Qb2 h6 22. Nfe5
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 g5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 Qg7 26. Qg4 gxf4 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. gxf4
Kh7 29. Kf2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 bxa4 32. Ra1 a5 33. Rxa4 axb4 34. Rxa8
Bxa8 35. Ke2 Kg8 36. Kd2 Kf8 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. Kb3 h5 39. Kxb4 Kd8 40. Ka5 Kc7
41. Nf7 Bb7 42. Nd6 h4 43. h3 Kb8 44. Kb6 Ba8 45. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Boeck, Pierre"]
[Black "Gelens, Jules"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Benko gambit (Volga gambit)"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. b3 bxc4 5. bxc4 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 exd6
15. Nb5 Rfe8 16. a4 Qe7 17. Qd3 Nxa4 18. Rb1 Nb2 19. Rxb2 Bxb2 20. O-O Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thys, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Black "Keiser, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
h5 9. h4 Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. c3 Nf6 12. c4 Ng4 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Qa4 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verlinden, Patrick"]
[Black "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21/05"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Ng5 Ng6
8. Qh5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qc5+ 11. Be3 Qxc4 12. Rhf1 Nc6 13. Kg1 Nce5
14. Rf2 f6 15. Nxh7 Ke7 16. Rd1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh4 Raf8
20. Rdf1 Qd4 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Qxg4 Rxh7 23. Qg6 Rfh8 24. h3 Ba6 25. Ne2 Bxe2
26. Rxe2 Qe5 27. Qg4 g5 28. Rd1 Rh4 29. Qf3 g4 30. Qa3+ Qc5 31. Qxa7 Rd8 32. Qa4
gxh3 33. g3 Rg4 34. Red2 d6 35. Qa7+ Rd7 36. Qb8 Qc6 37. Qh8 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Rg5
39. Rc1 Qg6 40. Rc8 Qf7 41. Rdc2 Rh5 42. Qg8 Qxg8 43. Rxg8 Rc5 44. Rf2 Kf7
45. Rb8 b5 46. Kxh3 Rdc7 47. Rb6 Ke7 48. Rd2 Rd7 49. Rd3 Rd8 50. Rb7+ Rd7
51. Rb6 f5 52. Rb3 Kf6 53. Kg2 d5 54. Re3 Re7 55. Kf3 d4 56. Rd3 Rd7 57. Kf4 Re5
58. Kf3 Rdd5 59. a4 bxa4 60. Rb4 Re4 61. Rxa4 e5 62. Ra6+ Kg5 63. Ra8 Rb5
64. Rg8+ Kf6 65. Rf8+ Ke6 66. Rd2 Re3+ 67. Kf2 Reb3 68. Re8+ Kf7 69. Rd8 Ke7
70. Rh8 Rxb2 71. Rh7+ Ke6 72. Ke2 Rxd2+ 73. Kxd2 Rb3 74. Rh8 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Steenkiste, Luc"]
[Black "Jonckers, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nb4 8. O-O
Nbd5 9. Qc1 c6 10. e4 Qb6+ 11. Bd4 c5 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Nc4 Qc7
15. Ne3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Nd6
Re6 22. Nxf7 Qe7 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bg4 Rf6 25. Ng5 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Ne5 27. Bxc8
Rxc8 28. Nh3 Rf8 29. Qe2 Qh4 30. Bc1 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. Nf2 Qg5 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kerkhofs, Richard"]
[Black "Lemmens, Lucien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56/02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Benoni (...c5/g6)"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qe2 Ra8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4
15. e6 fxe6 16. Qxe6 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Qd6 19. Nb5 Qxe6 20. Nc7+ Kd7
21. Nxe6 Bf6 22. Nxc5+ Kd6 23. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Segers, Koen"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence: three pawns attack"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

{My source claims this game was played in round 2, which seems highly
unlikely.} 1. f4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Be3 Nh6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. Nc3 c6
8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h3 e6 10. Bf2 Bf8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Na2 a5
15. Bd3 b4 16. a4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Nc1 b3 21. Ne1
bxc2+ 22. Nxc2 Rc8 23. Nd3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: open (7.Bb3)"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Re1 d5 12. Nc3 Bc8 13. Qf3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Be6 15. Rd1 c6 16. Be3 f6 17. Qg3 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd7 19. Bd4 Bd6 20. Qe3
Rae8 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bd7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. a4
Kf7 27. Kf1 Re5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 Ke7 30. Ra8 Kd6 31. Ra6 Re7 32. Ba2 Bc8
33. Ra5 Kc7 34. h3 Bb7 35. Bb1 Kb6 36. Ra1 c5 37. Ba2 c4 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1
Kc5 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. f4 b4 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Black "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Old Indian: Tartakower (Wade) variation"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bg5 Nbd7
8. O-O-O g6 9. e3 Bg7 10. f4 O-O 11. Be2 b5 12. h4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. Qd3 c5
15. Kb1 Rab8 16. f5 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qd2 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Kh8
21. Bxe7 Rg8 22. Ba3 Nb6 23. Qa5 Qf4 24. Qxa7 Qxf2 25. Bd6 Qxe2 26. Bxb8 Nc4
27. Qb7 Nd2+ 28. Ka1 Nf3 29. Rh1 Nxd4 30. Bf4 Ne6 31. Bc1 Nc5 32. Qxf7 Nd3
33. Rd2 Qf3 34. Rg1 Ne5 35. Qb3 e3 36. Rdd1 e2 37. Qxf3 Nxf3 38. Rde1 Rd8 39. a4
Nxg1 40. Rxg1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bruyneels, Arthur"]
[Black "Van Herck, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Reti: Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
a6 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b5 11. a4 Bd7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qe1 Qa2
15. Bd3 c4 16. Nc3 Qa3 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Be2 b4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5
f6 22. Nf3 Qa2 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. c3 bxc3 25. dxc3 Rb8 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Rf2 Qa1+
28. Bf1 Qxc3 29. Rc2 Qa1 30. Rxc4 Rb1 31. Qf2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelens, Jules"]
[Black "Baekelant, Ronny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. f3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bg5 Nbd7
9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Be3 a5 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5
Nxh5 16. Rg1 Qd8 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bc2 Qh4+ 21. Ng3 Nf4
22. O-O-O Kf6 23. Nce2 Rh8 24. Rh1 Bh3 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Rhg1 Bd7 27. Kb1 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 Rh4 29. Nf1 Rah8 30. Rf2 Ke7 31. Bd1 R8h6 32. Be2 Rf4 33. Nd2 Rfh4
34. Rh1 b5 35. Kc2 g5 36. a3 Rf6 37. Rg2 Rg6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Na6 40. Kb3
Rh8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Ra5 Nc7 43. Nb1 Rgg8 44. Nc3 Rxa5 45. bxa5 Ra8 46. Rxg5 Rxa5
47. Rg8 Ra1 48. Nd1 Na6 49. h4 Nc5+ 50. Kb2 Ra7 51. h5 b4 52. h6 b3 53. Nc3 Na4+
54. Nxa4 Rxa4 55. h7 Ra2+ 56. Kxb3 Rxe2 57. h8=Q Re3+ 58. Kb4 Rxf3 59. Qh4+ Rf6
60. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Black "Foulon, Greta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: modern Steinitz defence"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 c6 12. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 a5 14. Nc3 Na6 15. Be3
Rc8 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Rc1 h6 18. b3 Nh7 19. a3 Rf8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na6
22. Na2 Bg5 23. Bd3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nc7 25. Nb3 Kh8 26. Na5 Rb8 27. Nc3 f5 28. f3
f4 29. Re2 Qg5 30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Rb2 Nh5 32. Ne2 Nb5 33. Rbc2 Rf6 34. Nc4 Rg6
35. Qg1 Qh4 36. Nb6 Bxh3 37. gxh3 Rxg1+ 38. Rxg1 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keiser, Paul"]
[Black "Segers, Koen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: Scandinavian variation"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ng4 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Ng3 g6 8. h3 Nh6
9. Bc4 e6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. d3 h4 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Nfg5 Nb6 15. O-O-O
Nd5 16. Qf3 b6 17. g4 hxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Ne7 21. Qf3 Bd7
22. Qf6 Rh5 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. h4 Bc6 25. Rh3 Qc7 26. Re1 Ke7 27. Qh2 Rah8 28. Rf1
Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qf2 Qxe5 31. Bf4 Qh8 32. Re1 Rh1 33. Bd2 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1
Qh1 35. Kd2 Qg2 36. Qxg2 Bxg2 37. c3 Bd5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. c4 dxc4 40. dxc4 f6
41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. b4 g5 44. a4 g4 45. a5 g3 46. axb6 axb6 47. bxc5
bxc5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Ba5 Ne3 50. Bb6 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Black "Van Steenkiste, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch: Staunton gambit, Staunton's line"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6
8. Nxe4 f5 9. Ng3 g6 10. O-O-O Bh6+ 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. c3 b5
15. Nf3 c5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Be2 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. b3 Re8 20. Bd3 Nd6
21. Kc2 Bf6 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. Bc4 f4 24. Ngf1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Re2+ 26. Rd2 Rxd2+
27. Nfxd2 Bxd5 28. f3 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 d5 30. Nd2 Re8 31. Kd1 Re5 32. h5 Rg5
33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh2 Bd4 35. a4 Bg1 36. Rh4 Be3 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38. fxg4 Bxd2
39. Kxd2 Kf7 40. Kc3 a5 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Gompel, Willy"]
[Black "Thys, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.Bg5 variation"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qd6 6. Bf4 Qb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qxb2
8. O-O Be6 9. Bxc7 g6 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Bg8 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Qh5+ Bf7
14. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soetewey, Jos"]
[Black "Kerkhofs, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Torre attack"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. h4 Bg7 5. c3 b6 6. Nbd2 Nxg5 7. hxg5 d6 8. e4
Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qa4 Na5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. e5 c5 14. O-O-O
cxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. Rh3 h5 18. gxh6 Rxh6 19. Rdh1 Rch8 20. Ng5
Rxh3 21. Rxh3 Rxh3 22. Nxh3 Nc6 23. Nb3 a5 24. a4 Bh6 25. Kc2 Ke6 26. g4 g5
27. Ng1 f6 28. exf6 exf6 29. Ne2 f5 30. f3 Ne7 31. Nd2 Ng8 32. gxf5+ Kxf5
33. Nc3 Ne7 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Ne2 Ng6 36. b3 Bf8 37. Nf1 Bh6 38. Nh2 Bf8 39. Nf1
Bd6 40. Nd2 Kd7 41. Nf1 Kc6 42. Nfg3 Bb4 43. Nf5 Nh4 44. Nxh4 gxh4 45. Ke3 Kd7
46. Nf4 Be1 47. Ke2 Bc3 48. Nxd5 Bxd4 49. Kf1 Kd6 50. Nf4 Be5 51. Nd3 Bg3
52. Kg2 Kd5 53. Nb2 Kc5 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Kh3 Kb4 56. f4 Kxb3 57. Ne5 Kxa4
58. Kxh4 Kb5 59. Kg4 Bxe5 60. fxe5 Kc6 61. Kf5 Kd7 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. Kd4 b5
64. Kc5 b4 65. Kc4 Kxe5 66. Kb3 Kd4 67. Kb2 Kd3 68. Kb3 Kd2 69. Kb2 a4 70. Kb1
Kc3 71. Ka2 Kc2 72. Ka1 a3 73. Ka2 b3+ 74. Ka1 b2+ 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonckers, Marie-Jeanne"]
[Black "Bruys, Piet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bf5 12. Ndf3 Rad8 13. Nd3 Nh5 14. Nfe5 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Rd6 17. Bg5 e6 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. g4 Nf6
21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Be5 a5 23. a4 Nd7 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. Qf4 Ne8 26. Rad1 b6 27. b4 Ra8
28. b5 cxb5 29. Qf3 Rad8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Bg3 bxa4
34. Qc6 a3 35. Qxb6 Ra8 36. Re1 Ng7 37. Bd6 Qa7 38. Qxa7 Rxa7 39. Bxa3 Rc7
40. Bb2 Kf7 41. Ra1 Ra7 42. c4 Ne8 43. f3 a4 44. Ba3 g5 45. Kf2 Nc7 46. Bc5 Ra6
47. Rb1 Ne8 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Ba3 h5 50. h3 f5 51. c5 Ra8 52. Rb6 fxg4 53. fxg4
Nc7 54. c6 Rd8 55. Rb4 Rf8+ 56. Ke2 Nd5 57. Rc4 Nf4+ 58. Ke3 Rc8 59. gxh5+ Kxh5
60. Kf3 Nxh3 61. Kg3 Nf4 62. Rc2 Nd5 63. Rh2+ Kg6 64. Rc2 Ne3 65. Rc5 Nf5+
66. Kg4 Nxd4 67. Rxg5+ Kf7 68. Ra5 Rxc6 69. Rxa4 e5 70. Ra7+ Ke6 71. Re7+ Kd5
72. Rd7+ Ke4 73. Bd6 Rc8 74. Bxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellens, Frans"]
[Black "Verlinden, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence (3.Nc3)"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d6 8. Be2 Nc6
9. d5 Nb4 10. Qc1 Bf5 11. O-O Nc2 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Ra1 Ne4 14. a3 Na6 15. Nxe4
Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. e4 Bd7 19. f4 Nc7 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qd2 Ne8
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rf2 Nd6 24. Raf1 f6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Nh4 Kg7 27. Qe3 Rf7
28. Qg3 Kh8 29. h3 Raf8 30. Bc2 Bc8 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. g4 f5 33. g5 f4 34. Qe1
Qxg5+ 35. Rg2 Qf6 36. Nf5+ Nxf5 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Qe2 Bxh3 39. Rff2 Bxg2
40. Rxg2 f3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Black "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Slav"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lavrenov, Yuli"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A99"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Dutch: Ilyin-Genevsky variation (with b3)"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Nc3 a5
9. Ba3 Na6 10. Ne1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh8
15. Qxa5 c6 16. Nd3 e4 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Nb4 19. a4 Ra5 20. f4 g5 21. Rad1
gxf4 22. gxf4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Rd6 Re8 26. Rfd1 bxc4 27. bxc4
Ra2 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Rd6 Kf6 31. Kf2 Rc2 32. Ke3 Rb2 33. Rd2 Nc2+
34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Kd4 Rxe2 36. Bf1 Rf2 37. Bh3 Rxh2 38. Bf1 Rf2 39. Bh3 Rxf4
40. Nc6 Rf3 41. Bg2 Rf2 42. Bh3 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 e3 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Segers, Koen"]
[Black "Bruyneels, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. f4 g6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5 5. d4 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf5 8. Qd3 e6
9. Nd1 Be7 10. Ne3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. g3 O-O-O
15. h3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. b3 Qa3 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kerkhofs, Richard"]
[Black "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "QGD: Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qc5 15. Qe2 Qxc3 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Rac1 Qa3 19. Bb1 Qa4 20. Rd6 Rxd6
21. exd6 Qc6 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Rd2 Rxd6 24. e4 Qd7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Steenkiste, Luc"]
[Black "Van Gompel, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "Bird: From gambit"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. e4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Bd3 Bf4 11. O-O h5 12. Qa4 Qd6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Qxa7 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bg3 17. Rxf7 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Flemish championship, Open"]
[Site "Antwerp"][Source "Personal correspondence with Mr. Alain Talon"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruys, Piet"]
[Black "Kuijpers, Domien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1996.05.25"]
[Opening "English (plus QGD)"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d4 5. Ne4 Be7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a3 Qd6 12. b4 e5 13. bxc5 Qxc5 14. d3 Bd7
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bb4 Bc6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Rac8
21. Nb3 b6 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. e4 Qc6 25. Rcb1 Qd7 26. Kg2 Qc6 27. Rb3
Nd7 28. Rab1 f5 29. f3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rf8 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rf8+ 33. Kg2 Qf6
34. Qc1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Qe1 Rf1+ 1-0

