[Event "14th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Bonnevoie LUX"]
[Date "1998.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berend, Fred GBBO"]
[Black "Mertens, Marc TCBE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.h3 c5 8.Be3 Qc7
9.O-O a6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.Qc1 e6 13.a4 Nc4 14.f4 Bd7 15.b3 e5 
16.Bf2 Na5 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.f5 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.g4 
b4 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxc2 25.Rxd6 Qxb3 26.Rfd1 Qxe3 27.Bxe3 Nc4 28.Bg5 
Nxd6 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd6 Bf8 31.Rd5 Be7 32.Kf2 Nc5 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Ke1 
Kf8 35.Kd1 Kg7 36.Kc2 Kh6 37.Nc1 Kg5 38.Nb3 Nxb3 39.Kxb3 Be7 40.Bf1 Kh4 
41.fxg6 fxg6 42.Kc2 Kg3 43.Kd2 h5 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Be2 1/2-1/2

