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Ryszard Sternik
of Poland

Drozd,Hans – Sternik,Ryszard
corr Poland, 1965

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 0–0 7.d4 e4 
8.Nfd2 d5 9.b5 c6 10.a4 Be6 11.Qb3 a6 12.bc6 Nc6=+ 13.c5 Qc7 
14.Nc3 Bd8 15.0–0= Rb8 16.Ba3 f4 17.Nce4 Qe7 18.Nc3 Ba5 19.Bf3 Qd7 
20.Rfd1 Ng4? 21.Bd5+– 
(21.Bd5 Bf7 22.Nf1 fe3 23.fe3 Bc3 24.Bf7 Qf7 25.Qc3 Qf2 26.Kh1=) 
1–0



Sternik,Ryszard – Neugebauer
Olsztyn, 1965

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Qd6 3.a3 e5 4.e3 f5 5.Nf3 e4 6.Nd4+= Nf6 7.c4 c6 
8.Qc2 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.cd5 Bd7 11.dc6+/– Nc6 12.Ndb5 Qb8 13.Ne2 a6 
14.Nbd4 Nd4 15.Nd4+/– Qd6 16.Be2 Rac8 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.h3 f4+= 
19.Rd1 Nd5 20.Bc4 Rc4?? 21.Qc4+/– fe3 22.0–0?? ef2–+ 23.Rf2 Rf2 
24.Kf2 Qg6?? 25.Qd5+– Bh4 26.Ke3 Qg3=+ 27.Nf3 Qf2 28.Kf4 Bg3 
29.Kg5 h6 30.Kg6 Be8 31.Kf5 Kh7?? 32.Qd4 
(32.Qd4 g6 33.Ke6 Qd4 34.Nd4+–; better is 32.Qb7 Be5 33.Be5 Qg2 34.Ke4 Bh5+–) 
1–0



Sternik,Ryszard – Grzelak,R
Poland, 1966

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 c5 8.c4 Nbd7 
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Be2 dc4 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Be2 e5 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.0–0 Qd7 
16.Rd1 Nbd5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Qe4 Nf6=+ 19.Qc4 Qc7 20.h3 Be6 21.Qc2 h6 
22.Rc1 Qb8 23.d3 Nd7 24.Nd2 f5 25.Nc4+= Be7 26.d4 cd4 27.ed4 ed4 
28.Bd4+= Bf6 29.Bf6 Nf6 30.Ne3 Rc8 31.Qb2 Ne4? 32.Nc2?? 
(better is 32.Bc4 Rc4 33.Nc4+– (33.Rc4?! Bc4 34.Nc4 Qe8=)).
 


Sternik,Ryszard – Janton
Olsztyn, 1966

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 a6 4.e3 Bd7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.a4 Be7=+ 7.Qc2 0–0 8.Nc3 Ne8 
9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 Bf6 11.b5 Bd4= 12.ed4 ab5 13.ab5+= Ra1 14.Ba1 c6 15.Be2 cb5 
16.cb5 Nf6 17.0–0 Qb6 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Qd3 d5 20.Re1 Be6 21.Bb2 Nbd7 22.g3 g6 
23.Ra1 Bf5 24.Qe2 Re8 25.Qd1 Ne4 26.Qb3 Nc3 27.Bc3 Be4 28.Be2 Qf6 
½–½



Turczynowicz,Jolanta – Sternik,Ryszard
Olsztyn, 1967

1.b4 a5 2.b5 e5 3.Bb2 d6 4.e3 b6 5.a4 Bb7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.c4 c5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 
9.Be2 Be7 10.Qc2 h6 11.0–0+= 0–0 12.e4 Nh7 13.d3 f5 14.Nd2 Qe8 15.ef5 Rf5 
16.Bf3 Bf3= 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Qe2 Raf8 19.Ne4 Ng5 20.Nfg5?? Qe2–+ 
(20...Qe2 21.Ne6 Qb2 22.Nf8 Rf8–+; 20...Rg5?! 21.Rae1 Qe2 22.Re2+=) 
0–1



Sternik,Ryszard – Zawisz,K
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 b6 8.d4 Bb7 
9.Be2 Qc7 10.cd5 ed5 11.h3 Ne4 12.Nd5?? Bd5–+ 13.dc5 Qc5 14.Bg7 Rg8 
15.Bd4 Qb4 16.Kf1 Ne5 17.Be5–/+ Nd2! 18.Kg1 Be5–+ 19.Rc1 Rd8 20.g3? Bg3! 
21.fg3 Nf3 
(21...Nf3 22.Bf3 Rg3 23.Kf2 Rf3 24.Qf3 Bf3 25.Kf3 Qb5–+; 21...Rg3 22.Kf2 Rf3 
23.Bf3 Bf3 24.Qf3 Nf3 25.Kf3 Qb5 26.a4 Qf5 27.Ke2 Qh5 28.Kf2 Rd2 29.Kg3 Qe5 
30.Kf3 Qf5 31.Kg3 Qf2 32.Kg4 h5 33.Kh5 Qf5 34.Kh4 Qe4 35.Kg5 Rg2 36.Kf6 Rg6#) 
0–1



Sternik,Ryszard – Kornowski,Zdzislaw
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.d4 Nd7 6.de5 fe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ngf6 
9.c4 c6 10.Be2 0–0 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nge4 Be4 14.Ne4 Bb4 15.Nd2 Qa5 
16.bc6 bc6 17.Bc1 Kh8 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qc2= Rf2 21.Kf2 Ne3 22.Qb1 Nc2 
23.Kf1? Rf8–+ 24.Nf3?? Ne4 
(24...Ne4 25.Be3 Ne3 26.Kg1 Nc4 27.Nd4 Qd4; 24...Na1?! 25.Be3 (< 25.Qa1 Ne4 
26.Qd4 Qd4 27.Be3 Qe3 28.Bc4 Nd2) 25...Bc3 26.Qb6 ab6 27.Bc5 bc5 28.Bd3–+) 
0–1



Sternik,Ryszard – Grzelak,Romuald
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Be2 a6 8.a4 ab5 
9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 0–0 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Be2 e5 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.0–0 Qd7 
16.Rd1 Nbd5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Qe4 Nf6=+ 19.Qc4 Qc7 20.h3 Be6 21.Qc2 h6 
22.Rc1 Qb8 23.d3 Nd7 24.Nd2 f5 25.Nc4 Be7 26.d4 cd4 27.ed4 ed4 28.Bd4+= Bf6 
29.Bf6 Nf6 30.Ne3 Rc8 31.Qb2 Ne4?? 32.Nc2?? 
(better is 32.Bc4 Rc4 33.Nc4+– (33.Rc4?! Bc4 34.Nc4 Qf4=)) 
0–1



Sternik,Ryszard – Michalek,W
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Be2 0–0 8.a4 dc4 
9.a5 e5=+ 10.Bc4 e4–/+ 11.Ng1 Ne5 12.Be5 Be5 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.Nge2 Bh5 15.h3 Qc7 
16.0–0 Rad8–/+ 17.Qc2 Rd7 18.a6 b6 19.Rad1=+ Bg6 20.Nc1 Rfd8 21.d3 ed3 
22.Nd3 Bc3 23.Qc3= Nd5 24.Qb3 h6 25.Nb2 Nb4 26.Rd7 Rd7 27.Rd1 Bc2 28.Rd7 Qd7 
29.Qc3 Qd6 30.Be2 Be4 31.Nc4 Qg6 32.f3 Bd5 33.e4 Bc4 34.Bc4 Qd6 35.Be2 Qd4 
36.Qd4+= cd4 37.Kf2 Kf8 38.Bc4 
(38.f4 Ke7=).



Sternik,Ryszard – Chelminiak
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0–0 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 7.cd5 Qd5 8.Bf6 gf6 
9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bf3 11.Bf3 Qe5 12.Nc3 Bc3=+ 13.dc3 Qc3 14.Kf1 Rad8 15.Qc1 Qc1 
16.Rc1 Rd2 17.Bc6 bc6 18.g3 Rb8 19.Kg2 Rbb2 20.Rhf1 Rdc2 21.a3+= f5 22.Kf3 Kg7 
23.h3 c5 24.Rc2 Rc2 25.Rb1 Rc3 26.a4 Ra3 27.Rc1 Ra4 
½–½



Turczynowicz,Jolanta – Sternik,Ryszard
Olsztyn, 1967

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bf6 ef6 4.c3 Bd6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nd2 0–0 7.e3 Re8 8.a3 Bg6 
9.g3 Qe7 10.Bg2 c6 11.Ne2 Bh5 12.0–0 f5 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Nf3 Nd7 15.Nd2 Nf6 
16.c4 Rad8 17.Re1 Bc7 18.Rc1 g5 19.cd5 Nd5 20.Nc3 Nc3–/+ 21.Rc3 Rd4! 
22.Qc2 Rd5 23.Nf3 Bb6 24.Rc4 Qf6 25.Kg2 h6 26.h3 Qd6 27.Rf1 c5 28.g4 cb4 
29.ab4 fg4 30.hg4 Re7 31.Rh1 Rc7 32.Rc7= Bc7 33.Nd4 Re5 34.Nf5 Qc6 
35.Qc6 bc6 36.Rh6 c5+= 37.bc5 Rc5 38.Ra6 Bb6 39.Kf1 
½–½



Sternik,Ryszard – Morciniec,A
corr Poland, 1967

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.d4 Nd7 6.de5 fe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Nh6 
9.c4 0–0 10.cd5 Bd5 11.e4 Be6 12.Be2 Qf6 13.0–0 g5 14.Nc4 g4 15.Nfd2 Bc5 
16.Qe1 Bc4 17.Bc4+/– Kh8 18.g3 Nf7 19.Bf7 
(19.Bf7 Rf7 20.Qe2=+). 



Sternik,Ryszard – Bruziewicz,Andrzej
corr, 1969

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 d6 5.Bb2 0–0 6.c4 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bf5 
9.Nc3 Re8 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Re1 a6 12.d3 b5 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.e4 Bd7 15.f4 Ng6 
16.g3 Bc6 17.a3 Ba5 18.Bf3= b4 19.Nd5 
(19.Nd5 Nd5 20.cd5=; 19.ab4!? Bb4 20.Re2=). 

(all annotations above by Fritz11)

(2011-06-01)