Trottier, Yves (CAN) - Dikmen, Ali (TRK)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

A00.Double Forfeit - 0/0.

Verdier, Patrice (FRA) - Birarov, Vladimir (ISR)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

A46. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.h3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Ne4 b6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Qe2 h6 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Be4 g6 17.Bd5 Rd7 18.a3 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Bg7 20.Bc3 Kh8 21.Qe4 b5 22.Rd2 Na5 23.Bxb7 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Nxb7 25.cxb5 Nd6 26.Qd3 c4 27.Qd5 cxb3 28.Rc1 Qb6 29.a4 b2 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Qb3 Rc8 32.Bxb2 Qc2 33.Rd1 Qxb3 34.Nxb3 Rc2 35.Rxd6 Rxb2 36.Na5 Ra2 37.Rd7 Rxa4 38.Rxa7 Rb4 39.Rb7 e4 40.Nc6 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Bf8 42.Rxf7 Bd6+ 43.g3 Rxb5 44.Rf6 Bb4 45.Nxb4 Kg7 46.Nd5 1-0

Novak, Joze (SLO) - Tinture, Laurent (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

A57. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Qc2 Na6 6.Nc3 Nb4 7.Qb1 bxc4 8.e4 e6 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Bxc4 d5 11.Bb5+ Bc6 12.Bxc6+ Nxc6 13.exd5 exd5 14.O-O Be7 15.Bg5 O-O 16.Rd1 Rb8 17.Qf5 Qc8 18.Qd3 c4 19.Qd2 Qf5 20.Nxd5 1/2-1/2

Novak, Joze (SLO) - Verdier, Patrice (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

A57. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.a4 d6 9.Ra3 Nbd7 10.e4 Bb7 11.bxa6 Bxa6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.O-O Qa8 14.Re1 Ng4 15.Nb5 Qb7 16.Nd2 h5 17.b3 Rb8 18.h3 Nge5 19.Qc2 g5 20.Nf1 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Qe2 c4 23.bxc4 Rba8 24.Ne3 Rxa4 25.Bb2 Rxa3 26.Bxa3 Qc8 27.Rc1 Bh6 28.Nf5 Bg5 29.Rc3 Bf6 30.Qc2 Ng6 31.Bb2 Ra2 32.Qb3 Qa6 33.Ba3 Rd2 34.Rc2 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Nc5 36.Qe3 Rd3 37.Qe2 Rxa3 38.Nh6+ Kh7 39.Nxg4 Ra1 40.Nxf6+ exf6 41.Nd4 Qa8 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Nf5 Qe8 44.Re2 Nd3 45.g3 Nde5 46.Rb2 Qa8 1/2-1/2

Verdier, Patrice (FRA) - Krueger, Hilmar (GER)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B08. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 e5 7.O-O-O Qe7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 Nd7 11.Qa5 b6 12.Qd5 Rb8 13.Bb5 Nc5 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Bc6 Qxd5 16.Bxd5 Ne6 17.h4 h6 18.Be7 Re8 19.Bb4 c5 20.Bc3 Nf4 21.h5 g5 22.Bc6 Ne2+ 23.Kd2 Nxc3 24.Kxc3 Rf8 25.Rd2 b5 26.Bd7 b4+ 27.Kb3 Ba6 28.Rd6 Rb6 29.Rhd1 c4+ 30.Ka4 Rd8 31.Rxb6 axb6 32.Ng1 Bf8 33.Bg4 Ra8 34.Bf5 b3 35.c3 bxa2 36.Ra1 b5+ 37.Ka5 Bc5 38.Nf3 b4 0-1

Trottier, Yves (CAN) - Oortwijn, Ron (NLD)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B13. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Qd1 e5 12.dxe6 Bc5 13.Bb5+ Nxb5 14.exf7+ Kf8 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.Nxb5 Kxf7 17.O-O Nc4 18.Nc3 Rhe8 19.Ne4 Bd4 20.Kg2 h6 21.Rb1 Ne5 22.Be3 Ng6 23.Bxd4 1/2-1/2

Tinture, Laurent (FRA) - Birarov, Vladimir (ISR)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B21. 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Bc4 Ne7 7.e5 Nbc6 8.Bf4 Ng6 9.Bg3 b6 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rac1 Bc6 15.Qd2 a5 16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.a3 a4 18.Bd3 Kg8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.f4 Ra5 21.Qe3 Qb8 22.Rc2 Rd5 23.Rfc1 Qb7 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Nf8 26.Be1 h5 27.Bb4 h4 28.Be4 Rc5 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 dxc6 31.Qf3 Nd7 32.Rxc6 Nf6 33.Rc7 Qxf3 34.gxf3 Kh7 35.Rxf7 Rd8 36.Re7 Nd5 37.Rxe6 Nxf4 38.Re4 g5 39.Bd2 Rxd6 40.Bxf4 gxf4 41.Rxf4 h3 42.Rxa4 Rd2 43.Rh4+ Kg6 44.b4 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Ra2 46.Rxh3 Rxa3 47.Kg2 Ra1 48.Rg3+ Kf5 49.Rg4 Rd1 50.h4 1-0

Tinture, Laurent (FRA) - Dikmen, Ali (TRK)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B21. 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 f6 10.Ne4 Qb6 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Forfeit. 1-0

Trottier, Yves (CAN) - Verdier, Patrice (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B27. 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.Nd5 e5 8.Nb5 exf4 9.Nd6+ Kf8 10.Nxb7 Qc8 11.Nd6 Qc5 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nd2 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bd4 15.Qf3 Nc6 16.c3 Be5 17.Nb3 Qa3 18.Bxb5 Rb8 19.Qd3 Kg7 20.O-O Nge7 21.Nd2 Rhc8 22.Nc4 Qc5 23.a4 d6 24.Nb4 Nxb4 25.cxb4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd6 Rc2 28.Rbd1 Bc3 29.Ne8+ Kf8 30.Rd7 Rd2 1/2-1/2

Dikmen, Ali (TRK) - Birarov, Vladimir (ISR)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B33. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Qf3 Nd4 13.Nc7+ Qxc7 14.Qxa8+ Ke7 Forfeit. 0-1

Oortwijn, Ron (NLD) - Tinture, Laurent (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B37. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nc2 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.f4 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qd3 Nc5 12.Qe3 O-O 13.Bd2 e5 14.f5 Nd4 15.Nb4 a5 16.Nbd5 Nc2 17.Qf3 Nd4 18.Qe3 Nc2 19.Qh3 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxe4 21.Qd3 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Nd4 23.f6 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 Bh6 25.Qf2 Re8 26.Nxb6 Rb8 27.Nd5 a4 28.Qc2 Qa5 29.b4 axb3 30.axb3 Qd2 31.Qxd2 Bxd2 32.Rfd1 Bg5 33.b4 Kf8 34.b5 Re6 35.Ra6 1-0

Gilles, Robert (USA) - Verdier, Patrice (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B42. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 Bc5 8.Nb3 Ba7 9.e5 Nd5 10.c4 Nb4 11.Bf4 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 f6 13.Qf3 fxe5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qxe5 Qxe5 16.Bxe5 O-O 17.Bd6 Rf5 18.Nc3 Nc6 19.Rad1 b5 20.c5 Rf7 21.a4 b4 22.Ne4 Bb7 23.Bg3 Nd8 24.Nd6 Rf8 25.Nxb7 Nxb7 26.Rxd7 Nxc5 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Bd6 Rf5 29.Bxc5 1/2-1/2

Bokar, Jason (USA) - Dikmen, Ali (TRK)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B76. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.h4 h6 16.g4 Nf4 17.Qc3 Qd5 18.Rxd5 1-0

Gilles, Robert (USA) - Dikmen, Ali (TRK)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B97. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5 13.Kb1 Forfeit. 1-0

Krueger, Hilmar (GER) - Novak, Joze (SLO)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B80. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd3 a6 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be2 b5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Qg3 Bb7 14.Bf4 Nfd7 15.a4 g5 16.Be3 b4 17.Na2 h5 18.c3 Nc5 19.Nxb4 Ne4 20.Qe1 Ng4 21.Bxg4 hxg4 22.g3 Bd6 23.Bf2 O-O-O 0-1

Bokar, Jason (USA) - Novak, Joze (SLO)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B81. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Be7 7.g5 Nfd7 8.h4 a6 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Nb6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qd4 Na4 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Nxa4 Bxe4 16.Nb6 Bxh1 17.Be2 Bf3 18.Bxf3 Rxf3 19.Qg8+ Rf8 20.Qxe6 Nd7 21.Nxa8 Qxa8 22.O-O-O Rf7 23.h5 Qc6 1/2-1/2

Krueger, Hilmar (GER) - Bokar, Jason (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B92. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 b5 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 d5 16.exd5 Nf8 17.Bd3 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bd2 Qc6 20.Nd4 exd4 21.Qxe7 Bc4 22.Qe4 Rd5 23.Re1 Ng6 24.Rad1 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

Dikmen, Ali (TRK) - Krueger, Hilmar (GER)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

B97. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.Nb1 Qb4 15.Qe3 Ne7 16.a3 Qa4 17.Nc3 Qc6 18.Rad1 h4 19.Na5 Qc7 20.Nc4 Nc8 21.f5 h3 22.g4 b5 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Rxf6 bxc4 25.Qg5 Be7 26.Qg7 Bxf6 27.Qxf6 Rf8 0-1

Dikmen, Ali (TRK) - Verdier, Patrice (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C00. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 d6 5.c4 Nd7 Forfeit. 0-1

Trottier, Yves (CAN) - Gilles, Robert (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C01. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Re8+ 8.Be3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Be6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Re1 c6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.h3 Rad8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Bb6 Qxe1+ 20.Qxe1 axb6 21.Qc3 Rd7 22.Bc2 Nd5 23.Qg3 b5 24.Rd1 Rde7 25.Rd4 Nf6 26.Rh4 Bc8 27.Rxh6 Ng4 28.hxg4 gxh6 29.Qd3 Re4 30.f3 R4e6 31.Bb3 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Be6 33.Bc2 Bc4 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Qxh6+ Ke7 36.g5 Re2 37.Bf5 Rd8 38.Qf6+ Ke8 39.g6 fxg6 40.Bxg6+ Kd7 41.Kh3 Kc7 42.g4 Rdd2 43.b4 Bd5 44.Kh4 Rh2+ 45.Kg5 Rhe2 46.Qg7+ Kb6 47.Qc3 Bc4 48.Be4 Rd8 49.Kf4 Rf8+ 50.Kg3 Rd8 51.Bf5 Rd5 52.a4 Bd3 53.a5+ Ka7 54.Bxd3 Re3 55.g5 Rexd3 56.Qf6 Rd6 57.Qf8 b6 58.axb6+ Kxb6 59.Qb8+ Ka6 60.Qc7 R3d4 61.f4 Rg6 62.Kh4 Rgd6 63.Kg4 Rd1 64.f5 1-0

Bokar, Jason (USA) - Tinture, Laurent (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C07. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Qc7 13.Bb3 Bd6 14.h3 h6 15.Qe2 O-O-O 16.a4 Kb8 17.Be3 g5 18.a5 g4 19.hxg4 Rdg8 20.Nf3 Rxg4 21.Bb6 Qc6 22.Ba4 Qd5 23.Red1 Qh5 24.Qd3 Nd5 25.Bxd7 Qh3 26.Kf1 Qxg2+ 27.Ke1 Rf4 28.Ke2 Rg4 29.Ne1 Nf4+ 30.Kd2 Nxd3 31.Nxg2 Nxf2 32.Bxf2 Rxg2 33.Ke1 Bg3 34.Bxg3+ Rxg3 35.Kf2 Rhg8 36.Rg1 Rxg1 37.Rxg1 Rxg1 38.Kxg1 Kc7 39.Be8 f6 40.Kg2 b6 41.axb6+ Kxb6 42.Bf7 e5 43.Kg3 Kc5 44.Kg4 a5 45.b3 1-0

Tinture, Laurent (FRA) - Gilles, Robert (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C12. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.h4 f5 10.Qf4 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h5 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qb6 14.c3 Kf7 15.Bd3 Qb2 16.Rb1 Qxa2 17.g4 Ne7 18.Rg1 b6 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Nh4 Qxd2+ 21.Qxd2 Nxd2 22.Kxd2 Be6 23.Rg3 a5 24.Rf3 a4 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5+ Ke7 28.Rxb6 a3 29.Rb7+ Kd8 30.Rb1 Ke7 31.Rf3 a2 32.Ra1 Rhb8 33.Kc1 Ke6 34.Rg3 Rb7 35.Rg2 Ra3 36.Rg6+ Kf5 37.Kc2 Ra8 38.Rc6 Kg4 39.f3+ Kxf3 40.Rg6 Kf2 41.Rgg1 1/2-1/2

Dikmen, Ali (TRK) - Oortwijn, Ron (NLD)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C18. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.h4 Ne7 16.h5 h6 17.Nf3 Bd7 18.hxg6 Qxg6 19.Qxg6 Nxg6 20.a4 1/2-1/2

Bokar, Jason (USA) - Trottier, Yves (CAN)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C42. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Rc1 Kf8 18.Re1 Nd8 19.Nh4 b5 20.Qd3 Rb8 21.Bf3 Nb7 22.Bd2 Nbc5 23.Qe3 g5 24.Bb4 Qf7 25.dxc5 Bf4 26.c6+ Nd6 27.Qd4 Bxc1 28.Bxd6+ cxd6 29.Qxd6+ 1-0

Krueger, Hilmar (GER) - Trottier, Yves (CAN)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C42. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd3 O-O-O 12.Kb1 Rhe8 13.Rhe1 h6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 g5 16.f4 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 gxf4 19.Bxa7 Bg5 20.Qd3 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 Re8 22.Qf3 Qe6 23.Bf2 Qe2 24.Kc1 Kd7 25.Re1 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Re5 27.a4 Bf6 28.c4 Ra5 29.b3 Rh5 30.h4 Bc3 31.Rg1 Re5 32.Kd1 d5 33.Rg4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

Trottier, Yves (CAN) - Tinture, Laurent (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C42. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bb5 Qf5 15.h3 Nh5 16.Rfe1 a6 17.Ba4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Rxe3 Rad8 21.Bb3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

Krueger, Hilmar (GER) - Gilles, Robert (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C54. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.Nh4 Kh8 12.Nxg6+ fxg6 13.Nd2 h6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Bd7 16.Qe1 c6 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qg3 g5 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.Ba2 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Bg4 22.Bc4 Qc7 23.Re1 Rb8 24.Bb3 Qa7 25.Rc1 Be2 26.Bc2 Qc5 27.Qf2 Bh5 28.Qe1 Qxc3 29.Bb1 Qa3 30.Nc4 Qxa4 31.Nxd6 Qb4 32.Qxb4 axb4 33.h3 Ra8 34.Rxc6 Ra1 35.Rc1 Nd7 36.Kf2 Bg6 37.Ke2 Ra6 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.Nc4 Bf7 40.d4 Ra1 41.Nd2 Ra7 42.d5 Rb7 43.Nc4 Bg6 44.Rc6 Ra7 45.Bd3 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 Ra7 47.d6 Ra8 48.Rc7 Rd8 49.Na5 Nf6 50.Nb7 Rd7 51.Ke2 b3 52.Kd1 h5 53.Kc1 g4 54.hxg4 hxg4 55.Bb5 Rf7 56.Rxf7 Bxf7 57.Nc5 b2+ 58.Kxb2 1-0

Bokar, Jason (USA) - Gilles, Robert (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

C69. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Qc2 exd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.N4b3 Be2 13.Rfe1 Bd3 14.Qd1 h5 15.Na5 Qe8 16.Qf3 Qb5 17.Nab3 c4 18.a4 Qe5 19.Qh3+ Kb8 20.f4 Qe8 21.Na5 Qf7 22.Qf3 c5 23.b3 cxb3 24.Naxb3 Qc7 25.Nc1 Be7 26.c4 Qa5 27.Nxd3 Rxd3 28.Rab1 Qc7 29.Nb3 Ka8 30.e5 Nh6 31.Qxh5 fxe5 32.fxe5 Rf8 33.Bxh6 gxh6 34.Qxh6 Rc3 35.Nd2 Rc2 36.Qe3 Rg8 37.Qd3 Ra2 38.Re2 Rd8 39.Qe3 Rxa4 40.Rf2 Rb4 41.Rbf1 Qc6 42.e6 Rd6 43.Re1 Rb2 44.Nf3 Rxf2 45.Kxf2 Qc8 46.g4 Qf8 47.Kg2 Rb6 48.Re2 Rb4 49.Qe4 Qg7 50.Ne5 Rb6 51.Qf5 Rd6 52.h3 Rd8 53.Ng6 Bd6 54.e7 Re8 55.g5 Bc7 56.Qf6 Qg8 57.Re4 Ba5 58.Nf4 Bc3 59.Qf5 1-0

Verdier, Patrice (FRA) - Tinture, Laurent (FRA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D00. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Bg3 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Nd3 Nc6 14.h4 g4 15.a3 d4 16.exd4 Nxd4 17.O-O-O Rfd8 18.Rhe1 Nh5 19.Bf1 Nxg3 20.fxg3 Ne6 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Qf2 Bg6 23.Qe3 Rac8 24.c3 Rd5 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.gxf4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Rxc5 28.Rd2 Rxc3+ 29.bxc3 Qxc3+ 30.Kd1 1-0

Novak, Joze (SLO) - Dikmen, Ali (TRK)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D02. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.c4 Bxb1 6.Rxb1 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxa2 8.b3 Ne4 9.Ra1 Qb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.c5 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na6 13.O-O Qb4 14.Qe3 e6 15.Ra1 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Qd3 O-O 18.h4 f6 19.Ra4 Qb6 20.h5 e5 Forfeit. 1-0

Oortwijn, Ron (NLD) - Novak, Joze (SLO)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D03. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.h4 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 f6 7.Bf4 cxd4 8.exd4 e5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.dxe5 d4 11.Bd2 fxe5 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Bc4 e4 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Na3 Bf5 16.Bf1 h6 0-1

Verdier, Patrice (FRA) - Bokar, Jason (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D05. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.O-O Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.dxc5 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Bxc5 15.Rd2 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Be7 17.Be5 Rxd2 18.Rxd2 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Ke2 a6 22.a4 g6 23.b4 Ke8 24.Bb3 Be7 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Kd7 27.Bd4 Bd8 28.c4 Kd6 29.Bb2 Be7 30.Kd2 f6 31.h3 e5 32.h4 Kc7 33.Bd1 h5 34.Kc3 Bc5 35.Ba1 Kd6 1/2-1/2

Verdier, Patrice (FRA) - Oortwijn, Ron (NLD)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D12. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Rc1 Rb8 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.h3 a6 14.Bd3 g5 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Qd1 f5 17.b4 Rc8 18.Nc5 Kf7 19.a4 Bxc5 20.bxc5 g4 21.Ke2 gxh3 22.Rxh3 Rxh3 23.gxh3 g6 24.Rb1 Rh8 25.Qb3 Nd8 26.Rh1 Nc6 27.Kf1 Nf6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Qb6 Qxb6 30.cxb6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

Gilles, Robert (USA) - Oortwijn, Ron (NLD)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D16. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Be3 Be7 9.O-O Nb4 10.Be2 O-O 11.a5 Qc7 12.Qb3 b5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Rfd8 15.Rfc1 Nd3 16.Rd1 Nb4 17.g3 Rd7 18.Rdc1 a6 19.d5 Nd3 20.dxe6 Nxc1 21.Rxc1 Rd3 22.exf7+ Kf8 23.Bg2 Qb8 24.Bb6 Nd7 25.Qc2 Rd6 26.Ne2 Kxf7 27.Nd4 1-0

Birarov, Vladimir (ISR) - Novak, Joze (SLO)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D27. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 b6 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.e6 fxe6 14.Nxd4 Bxg5 15.Nxe6 Qe7 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rfe1 d4 18.Nxg5 Qxe2 19.Rxe2+ Kf8 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Ne6+ Kf7 22.Rxd4 Nf6 23.Rd6 Bc8 24.Ng5+ Kg6 25.Nge4 Re6 26.Rxe6 Bxe6 27.Nd6 Bc8 28.f3 b5 29.a3 h6 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Re6 Ra8 32.Kf2 Kf5 33.Re7 Kg6 34.Ne2 Rd8 35.Nf4+ Kf5 36.Ke3 h5 37.Ne6 Rd1 38.Nd4+ Kg6 39.Re6 Re1+ 40.Kf4 Rxe6 41.Nxe6 b4 42.Nc5 bxa3 43.bxa3 Nd5+ 44.Ke4 Nc3+ 45.Kd3 Nb5 46.a4 Nc7 47.Kc4 Kf5 48.Nd3 h4 49.Kc5 1-0

Birarov, Vladimir (ISR) - Trottier, Yves (CAN)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D58. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Qd2 Rab8 17.a4 Rfc8 18.dxc5 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Nxc5 21.Rc1 a6 22.Rxb8 Qxb8 23.h3 Qb7 24.Nh4 Rc7 25.Qe5 Kh7 26.Qd6 Qc6 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 28.Nf5 Rc7 29.Kf1 Ne6 30.Rxc7 Nxc7 31.Ne7 g6 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.Kd3 Kf6 34.Nc6 Ke6 35.Kc3 Kd6 36.Nd8 f5 37.Kb4 Ke5 38.Kc5 Ke4 39.Kb6 Ne8 40.Ne6 f4 41.Nxf4 d4 42.Kxa6 Nd6 43.Kb6 g5 44.Ne6 dxe3 45.fxe3 Kxe3 46.g4 Ke4 47.Ng7 1-0

Birarov, Vladimir (ISR) - Bokar, Jason (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D85. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bc6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.O-O e6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 Ba4 17.Bd1 Bxd1 18.Rfxd1 Qa5 19.d6 Rad8 20.Rc7 b6 21.Qb3 Re4 22.h3 h6 23.Bc1 Bf8 24.Bb2 Re6 25.Qc4 a6 26.Rd5 b5 27.Qh4 f6 28.Qg4 f5 29.Rxf5 Bxd6 30.Re5 Nf8 31.Rg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxe6+ Kh7 33.Re4 Qxa2 34.Qh4 Qxb2 35.Qxd8 Qc1+ 36.Re1 Qc6 37.Rd1 Bb4 38.Ne5 Qe6 39.Nd7 Kg7 40.Nxf8 Bxf8 41.Qd7+ Qxd7 42.Rxd7+ Kf6 43.Ra7 b4 44.Kf1 Ke5 45.Ke2 Kd4 46.Kd2 a5 47.Rxa5 g5 48.Ra8 Bc5 49.Rh8 Ke4 50.f3+ Kf4 51.Rxh6 Kg3 52.Rg6 Be7 53.Kd3 1-0

Birarov, Vladimir (ISR) - Krueger, Hilmar (GER)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D85. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.a3 Ba6 16.Rad1 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.c4 Ne5 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.h3 Ra7 21.f4 Nd7 22.e5 Rda8 23.Ng3 Bb7 24.Kh1 Ra3 25.Bc1 R3a5 26.Bb2 R8a6 27.Ne4 Qc7 28.Ng5 Nf8 29.f5 Bxe5 30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.fxg6+ Kg8 32.d6 exd6 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Bxe5 dxe5 35.Qf5+ Kg8 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rd7+ Qxd7 38.Qxd7+ Kxg6 39.Bc2+ Kf6 40.Qf5+ Ke7 41.Qxh7+ Kf6 42.Qxb7 1-0

Tinture, Laurent (FRA) - Krueger, Hilmar (GER)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D85. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 b6 15.Ra1 Qe6 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 a5 18.e5 Ra7 19.Qb1 Rc7 20.Qb5 Rd8 21.Rfb1 Qd7 22.Qxb6 Nc6 23.Bg4 e6 24.d5 Nxe5 25.dxe6 Qe7 26.exf7+ Kh7 27.Bf4 Qxf7 28.Ra4 Re8 29.Qxa5 Rc2 30.Bg3 Nxg4 31.Rxg4 Ree2 32.Rf4 Qd7 33.Rfb4 Ra2 34.Qb5 Qxb5 35.Rxb5 g5 36.Rb7 Kg6 37.R1b6+ Bf6 38.Rc6 Rac2 39.Rbb6 Rxc6 40.Rxc6 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Re2 42.f3 Kf5 43.Rc4 Re3 44.h4 Be7 45.h5 Re6 46.Kh3 Ra6 47.Re4 Bd6 48.Bf2 Be5 49.Rb4 Ra1 50.g3 Ra3 51.Kg2 Ra2 52.Re4 Kf6 53.g4 Rd2 54.Kf1 Rb2 55.Bc5 Rb1+ 56.Kf2 Rb2+ 57.Re2 Rxe2+ 58.Kxe2 Kf7 59.Ke3 Bf4+ 60.Ke4 Bd2 61.Be3 Bxe3 62.Kxe3 Ke7 63.Kd3 1/2-1/2

Novak, Joze (SLO) - Gilles, Robert (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D92. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qa4 Qxc5 12.Be2 d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Rd1 a6 16.Rd2 Ne8 17.h4 Nd6 18.h5 N6f5 19.hxg6 Nxe3 20.gxh7+ Kh8 21.fxe3 Nf5 22.Qc2 Ng3 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rf1 Nxf1 25.Kxf1 Qxe3 26.Ne4 Rf8+ 27.Bf3 Be5 28.b3 Rf7 29.Qe2 Qd4 30.Ng5 Rf5 31.Nxe6 Qd6 32.g4 Rxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qxe6 34.Qxb7 Qxg4 35.Qxa6 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Kxh7 37.Qb5 Qe3+ 38.Kf1 Qf3+ 39.Kg1 Bg3 40.Qb6 e5 0-1

Oortwijn, Ron (NLD) - Krueger, Hilmar (GER)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D97. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.Bg5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.O-O-O Bxd5 13.Rxd5 Qb6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.e5 Qf5 16.Qd3 Qe6 17.a3 c4 18.Qd4 c3 19.Rd1 Rac8 20.bxc3 Nc7 21.Ra5 b5 22.Kb2 a6 23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Rfe8 25.Rc6 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Bf3 Ree8 28.Rc5 Ne6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxa6 Kg7 31.Rb6 Rc5 32.Kb3 Nf4 33.Rd6 Rf5 34.Kb4 h6 35.Bc6 Ne6 36.Rd2 Rh5 37.h3 Nc7 38.Ka5 Rg5 39.g3 1-0

Oortwijn, Ron (NLD) - Bokar, Jason (USA)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

D98. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4 9.d5 Na5 10.Qb4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.O-O Qb6 13.Qa4 Nd7 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qb3 Rad8 20.Rac1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

Novak, Joze (SLO) - Trottier, Yves (CAN)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

E04. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Nc3 Nxe3 9.fxe3 Nd7 10.Nxc4 Nf6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Rc1 Be7 13.a4 O-O 14.a5 cxd4 15.exd4 Bb4 16.Ra1 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Na2 Bd6 20.dxe5 Bc5+ 21.e3 Ng4 22.h3 Nxe3 23.Nxe3 Be6 24.Qc3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxa2 26.Kh2 Be6 27.Nd5 Qf8 28.b4 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Bxb4 30.Qc7 Be7 31.Rd4 h6 32.Rf4 Qd8 33.Bxf7+ Kh8 34.Qxd8+ Rxd8 35.Rc4 Rd2+ 36.Kh1 Bd8 37.Rc8 g5 38.Rb8 Kg7 39.Rxb7 Kf8 40.Bh5 Rf2 41.e6 Rf6 42.Bg4 h5 43.Bxh5 Rxe6 44.Rf7+ Kg8 45.Rf5 Kg7 46.Kg2 Bf6 47.Rc5 1/2-1/2

Gilles, Robert (USA) - Birarov, Vladimir (ISR)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

E11. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.Nc3 e5 9.O-O Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nd7 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qc3 f6 15.h3 Bc8 16.Rfc1 Rf7 17.a4 a5 18.Bf1 Qd6 19.g4 Bd7 20.Qxc7 Qb4 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.Rxc5 Nxa4 23.Rc2 Kf8 24.b3 Nb6 25.Nd2 Be8 26.f3 Nc8 27.Rac1 Nd6 28.Nc4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

Oortwijn, Ron (NLD) - Birarov, Vladimir (ISR)
1999 EXCLAM! Open Final (correspondencechess.com), 2000

E11. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.Nc3 e5 9.O-O Bg4 10.Ne1 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Qe6 13.f3 Bh3 14.Nd5 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Ne8 16.e4 Rd8 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Nge3 Nd8 19.f4 f6 20.f5 Qf7 21.Nc3 c6 22.b4 Qe7 23.Qd4 a6 24.c5 Nf7 25.Nc4 Rd8 26.Qe3 dxc5 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Qxc5 Qc7 29.Rd1 Nf7 30.Kg2 g6 31.Ne2 Ng5 32.Nf4 Qf7 33.Rd4 gxf5 34.exf5 b5 35.h4 Ng7 36.Nd2 Qxa2 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.f6 1-0