CANBASE

CANBASE Players Nazareno, Merlin

Stockfish
GameID: 0
CFC FIDE B-Year Gender CFC Rating CFC High
165079 2632470 1960 M 2037 2233
119 games
2026.06.14 Scarborough CC-ch
268046 Southam, David (2074) Nazareno, Merlin (1992) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.e4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.Be3 Qa5 14.b3 Rd8 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.Bxd4 O-O 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Nb2 Bc5 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.e5 Nd5 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Rd2 Nc3 25.Qe1 Rxd2 26.Nfxd2 Qd7 27.Ne4 Bd4 28.Nxc3 bxc3 29.Qe4 Qd5 30.Re1 f5 31.Qg2 f4 32.Qxd5 exd5 33.Na3 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Bxe5 35.Kf1 f3 36.Ke1 d4 37.Nc4 Bf4 0-1
2026.05.21 Scarborough CC-ch
268055 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) Chen, Ray (2044) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.fxe4 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Qd5 12.Qg4 c5 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Bd3 h6 15.Rad1 cxd4 16.Kc1 Nc6 17.Kb1 f5 18.Qg3 Bd7 19.h4 b5 20.Nd2 Na5 21.Qf4 Nc4 22.Nb3 Ne3 23.Rde1 Ng4 24.Nxd4 Qb7 25.Nb3 Rac8 26.Rhf1 Qb6 27.Re2 a6 28.Rf3 Bc6 29.Rg3 Bd5 30.Nd4 Qc7 31.Nxf5 exf5 32.Bxf5 Qf7 33.Qxg4 Rc6 34.e6 Qf6 35.Rf2 Rc7 36.Bh7+ Kxh7 37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.Re3 Rf1+ 0-1
2026.05.21 Scarborough CC-ch
268056 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) Chen, Ray (2044) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.fxe4 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Qd5 12.Qg4 c5 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Bd3 h6 15.Rad1 cxd4 16.Kc1 Nc6 17.Kb1 f5 18.Qg3 Bd7 19.h4 b5 20.Nd2 Na5 21.Qf4 Nc4 22.Nb3 Ne3 23.Rdg1 Ng4 24.Nxd4 Qb7 25.Nb3 Rab8 26.Rf1 Qb6 0-1
2026.05.07 Scarborough CC-ch
268036 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) Vetrivel, Jai Hanuj (1737) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.Qe2 Nbd7 6.O-O-O c6 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 h6 9.Bh4 Qc7 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.Kb1 e6 12.h3 Nb6 13.Be1 Nbd5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ne5 Bh7 16.Bg2 Nb4 17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Bf2 Nbd5 19.Ka1 Bb4 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.c4 Nf4 22.Qf3 g5 23.c5 Qd8 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc6+ Ke7 26.Qb7+ Qd7 27.Qxb4 Rab8 28.Qd2 Nxg2 29.Be1 Nf4 30.h4 Qb5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rf1 Rhc8 33.Rf2 Rc6 34.Rxf4 gxf4 35.Qxf4 Bg6 36.Qe5 Qb3 37.Qd6+ Rxd6 38.cxd6+ Kxd6 39.axb3 Rxb3 40.Rc3 Rb4 41.Bd2 a5 42.Ka2 Be4 43.b3 Kd7 1-0
2026.04.30 Scarborough CC-ch
268021 Chamberland, Luc (1832) Nazareno, Merlin (1992) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 O-O-O 7.O-O e6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Qh5 10.Re1 Nd5 11.Ne4 Bf4 12.Bxf4 Nxf4 13.Ng3 Qg6 14.Nh4 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 Qf6 16.g3 e5 17.Ng2 Bf3 18.Qc2 h5 19.Nc1 h4 20.Re3 hxg3 21.fxg3 g5 22.Qf2 g4 23.Ne2 exd4 24.cxd4 Qh6 25.Nh4 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Nxd4 27.Rd2 Qb6 28.Rad1 c5 29.Qf4 f5 30.Nxf5 Nf3+ 0-1
2026.04.16 Scarborough CC-ch
267990 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) Ugodnikov, Arkadiy (1762) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.c4 Nxg5 6.hxg5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.e4 Na6 10.Nge2 Bd7 11.Nc1 Qb6 12.Be2 Nc7 13.a3 a5 14.Rb1 Na6 15.Bd1 O-O-O 16.Nd3 f5 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 e6 20.Bg4 exd5 21.Bxd7+ Kxd7 22.cxd5 Kc8 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Kb8 25.b5 Nc7 26.Qc4 Qa5+ 27.Ke2 Rde8 28.Kf3 Qb6 29.Rhe1 Rhf8 30.g3 Re7 31.Kg2 Rfe8 32.e5 g5 33.e6 gxf4 34.Nxf4 Rg8 35.Re3 Qa5 36.Rd3 Qb6 37.Ra3 Reg7 38.Nh5 Rg6 39.Nf4 Rg4 40.Qe4 h5 41.Kh3 h4 42.gxh4 c4 43.Rf3 Ne8 44.Qxc4 Qd8 45.e7 Qxe7 46.Ng6 R4xg6 47.b6 Qd7+ 48.Kh2 Rg4 49.Qf1 Rxh4+ 50.Rh3 Rxh3+ 51.Qxh3 0-1
2026.04.09 Scarborough CC-ch
267970 Katz, Lyam (1850) Nazareno, Merlin (1992) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.O-O Bh3 6.c4 Bxg2 7.Kxg2 e6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rc1 f6 12.Na4 g5 13.Bd2 h5 14.h4 g4 15.Ne1 Nxd4 16.Nb6+ Kb8 17.Nxd7+ Rxd7 18.Qa4 Nb5 19.Nd3 Rhh7 20.Bf4 Nh6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 Nf5 23.Rd1 Ne7 24.e4 d4 25.Qc4 Nc8 26.Rxd4 Nb6 27.Rxd7 Nxc4 28.Rxh7 Nxb2 29.Rd7 Na4 30.Rxh5 Kc8 31.Rxb5 axb5 32.h5 Nc5 33.h6 1-0
2026.03.26 Scarborough CC-ch
267964 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) El Habboub, Hicham (1766) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.Qe2 c6 6.O-O-O Bg4 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 Nd5 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.c4 Nf6 11.Qe3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bh5 14.Qh4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 O-O-O 16.Rhe1 f6 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.Qh3 Qxa2 19.Qe6 g5 20.Bg3 h5 21.h3 Bh6 22.Kc2 Qa4+ 23.Kb1 Rhe8 24.Bf5 h4 25.Bh2 Qb4 26.Rd3 Bf8 27.c5 a5 28.Rb3 Qa4 29.Rb6 Bh6 30.b3 Qxd4 31.Rxc6+ bxc6 32.Qxc6# 1-0
2026.03.19 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268153 Nazareno, Merlin (2020) Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan (1650) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.dxc5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 e5 13.Bg3 e4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4+ Qe7 16.Qf4 Qxc5 17.O-O-O Rc8 18.Qe4+ Be7 19.Bd6 Qg5 20.f4 Qf6 21.f5 Rd8 22.Bf4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qh4 24.g5 O-O 25.f6 gxf6 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Qg2 Ne5 29.Qe4 Ng6 30.Qb4 Re8 31.Rd1 Nxf4 32.exf4 Qxh3 33.Qxb7 Qe3+ 34.Kc2 Qe2+ 35.Rd2 Qe4+ 36.Qxe4 Rxe4 37.Rd6 Rxf4 38.Rxa6 h5 39.Ra5 h4 40.a4 Kg7 41.b4 h3 42.Rh5 Rh4 43.Rf5 h2 44.Rf1 h1=Q 45.Rxh1 Rxh1 46.c4 Rh3 47.c5 Rc3+ 48.Kd2 Rc4 49.Kd3 Rxb4 50.a5 Ra4 51.c6 Bd8 52.Kc3 f5 0-1
2026.03.12 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268142 Wang, Alan (1768) Nazareno, Merlin (2020) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.O-O d6 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qb3 c6 14.c5+ d5 15.e4 Qxc5 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.exd5 Kh8 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Rfe1 Bg4 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.cxb4 Nd3 22.Re4 Nxf2 23.Re3 Nh3+ 24.Bxh3 Bxh3 25.Rf3 Raf8 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Rc1 Rd6 28.Nxc6 Rd2 29.a4 Rg2+ 30.Kh1 Ra2 31.a5 Rb2 32.a6 h6 33.Rg1 h5 34.Re1 Kh7 35.Kg1 Rg2+ 36.Kh1 Rb2 37.Kg1 1/2-1/2
2026.03.05 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268130 Nazareno, Merlin (2020) Chamberland, Luc (1817) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.f3 h6 6.e4 Bh7 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.a4 g5 9.Be3 Bg6 10.g4 Bg7 11.h4 Qa5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Bxg5 O-O-O 15.Bf4 a6 16.Ra3 Bg7 17.Nge2 Rh8 18.Nc1 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Nb3 Qb4 21.a5 c4 22.Ra4 Qd6 23.Rxc4+ Kb8 24.Nc5 Bh6 25.g5 Rc8 26.N3a4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Bg7 28.Bh3 Rc7 29.Qb4 Bxe4 30.Nxe4 Rxc4 31.Qxc4 Qd8 32.Nb6 1-0
2026.03.02 Annex CC-ch
268086 Alimirzoev, Rustam (1714) Nazareno, Merlin (1992) 0-1
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 a6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.d3 c5 8.bxc5 dxc4 9.d4 b5 10.Be2 Ne4 11.O-O Ndf6 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Bxc4 f6 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Nd3 Qd7 16.f3 Ng5 17.h4 Ne6 18.Nc3 Be7 19.Nb4 Nc7 20.Qb3 Be6 21.Rac1 O-O 22.Nd3 Kh8 23.Nf4 Bf7 24.Rfe1 f5 25.g3 g5 26.hxg5 Bxg5 27.Nce2 Rg8 28.Kf2 Rae8 29.Rh1 Qe7 30.Rh3 Rg7 31.Rch1 Bg8 32.Qd3 Qd7 33.Bc1 Rf8 34.Nh5 Re7 35.Nef4 Qc6 36.Qf1 Rfe8 37.Qd3 Rf8 38.Bb2 Ne8 39.Kg1 Ng7 40.Nxg7 Rxg7 41.Kf2 Bxf4 42.gxf4 Qg6 43.Qf1 Re8 44.R1h2 Bf7 45.Rh1 Reg8 46.R1h2 Rc8 47.Bc3 Qe6 48.Rh6 Bg6 49.Qh3 Re8 50.Bd2 a5 51.Qf1 b4 52.axb4 axb4 53.Qb5 Ra7 54.Qxb4 Ra2 55.Qc3 Rea8 56.Rh1 R8a3 57.Qb4 Qxe3+ 58.Kg2 Qxf3+ 0-1
2026.02.26 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268120 Southam, David (2074) Nazareno, Merlin (2020) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nbc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nf4 O-O 9.Be2 a5 10.O-O Ne7 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Rfe1 f5 14.b3 Rf6 15.Na4 Bd7 16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Rd2 c5 18.Red1 Bc6 19.Nh5 Rh6 20.Ng3 Rf8 21.f4 Nf7 22.Nb2 g5 23.Nd3 g4 24.Nf2 Qc8 25.Bd3 Qe6 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Nxf5 Rf6 28.e4 Bxe4 29.Nxe4 Rxf5 30.g3 h5 31.Re2 Qh6 32.Nf2 Qf6 33.Rde1 Nd8 34.Qd3 Nc6 35.Re6 Qd4 36.Rxd6 Qxd3 37.Rxd3 Nd4 38.Re7 Ra8 39.Re5 Nf3+ 40.Rxf3 Rxe5 41.fxe5 gxf3 42.Nd3 Rxa2 43.Nxc5 Kf7 44.Nxb7 Ke6 45.c5 Kxe5 46.c6 Rc2 47.Na5 Kd6 48.h3 Kc7 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Rg2+ 51.Kf1 Rxg4 52.Kf2 Rg5 53.Nc4 Rf5 54.Ne3 Rb5 55.Kxf3 Kxc6 56.Ke2 Rc5 57.Kd2 Rc3 58.Nc2 Kc5 59.Na1 Kd5 60.Kd1 Ke4 61.Kd2 Rg3 62.Kc2 Kd4 63.Kb2 Rg2+ 64.Kc1 Kc3 65.Kb1 Rb2+ 66.Kc1 Ra2 67.Kb1 Rh2 68.Nc2 Rxc2 0-1
2026.02.23 Annex CC-ch
268073 Nazareno, Merlin (1992) Kravchenko, Mykola (1798) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Re8 7.O-O-O c6 8.Bh6 Bh8 9.h4 Qa5 10.h5 Na6 11.hxg6 fxg6 12.f4 Ng4 13.Bc4+ d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bxd5+ e6 16.Bb3 Nxh6 17.Rxh6 Bg7 18.Rh3 Nb4 19.Nf3 Qf5 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Bd7 22.Rf3 Qg4 23.Rf4 Qg3 24.Ne4 Qh2 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxd7 Nd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qf2 Re7 29.Rh4 Qxh4 30.Qxh4 Rxd7 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.e6 Rc7 33.Rf1 Rac8 34.c3 Re8 35.Qf7+ Rxf7 36.exf7+ Kf8 37.fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 1-0
2026.02.19 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268109 Nazareno, Merlin (2020) Lawless, David (1826) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c5 5.dxc5 e6 6.b4 h6 7.Bd2 d4 8.Nb5 e5 9.c3 a6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.cxd6 Qb6 12.cxd4 exd4 13.a3 Qxd6 14.Bc3 O-O 15.Qxd4 Qe7 16.e4 Re8 17.Bc4 Ne5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Ne2 Kf8 21.Kf2 Bd7 22.Rhd1 Ba4 23.Rd4 a5 24.Nc3 Be8 25.Be2 axb4 26.Rxb4 Rc5 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Bxb5 Rc8 30.Ra2 Ke7 31.a4 b6 32.Rd2 Rc7 33.g4 g5 34.e5 Ng8 35.Rd6 Rc5 36.Rxb6 Rxe5 37.a5 Nf6 38.a6 Nd5 39.Rb7+ Kd6 40.a7 1-0
2026.02.12 Scarborough CC Winter Swiss
268099 Jeyakumar, Yathushan (1802) Nazareno, Merlin (2020) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 f6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qd7 13.O-O h6 14.Ngf3 Rf7 15.Rae1 a5 16.b3 b6 17.Nh2 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Qd3 Bd6 20.Nhf3 Re8 21.Bd4 Nxd4 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Nxd4 c5 24.Nf5 Bc7 25.Nf3 Qe4 26.Rd1 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 b5 28.Ne3 Rd7 29.Kf1 c4 30.Rd1 Bf4 31.Nd4 b4 32.cxb4 axb4 33.Nec2 Rb7 34.g3 Bd6 35.Nf5 Bf8 36.Nfe3 cxb3 37.axb3 Rc7 38.Nd4 Rc3 39.Rb1 Bc5 40.Ne2 Rd3 41.Nc2 Ne4 42.Nf4 Rd2 0-1
2026.02.05 Scarborough CC Jack Frost Swiss
265352 Bi, William (1994) Nazareno, Merlin (2071) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 f6 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.Bf4 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Ng6 11.Bg3 f5 12.Qd2 Be7 13.h4 h5 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 h4 16.Bf4 Nce7 17.Be3 f4 18.Bxf4 Kd7 19.Bh2 Nf5 20.Na3 c6 21.Nc2 Qe7 22.Nb4 Rhb8 23.f4 Rh8 24.Nd3 Qf7 25.O-O-O a5 26.Qf2 Kc7 27.g4 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Nge7 29.Rh2 Rxh2 30.Qxh2 Nxg3 31.Qxg3 Rh8 32.Nc5 Qf5 33.Rg1 Qg6 34.Qd3 Nf5 35.a4 Kb6 36.Nd7+ Kc7 37.Nc5 Kb6 38.Nd7+ Kc7 39.Nc5 1/2-1/2
2026.01.29 Scarborough CC Jack Frost Swiss
265340 Sekaran, Adithya (1933) Nazareno, Merlin (2071) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e6 fxe6 5.e4 Ne5 6.Qh5+ Nf7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Bd3 g6 12.Qd1 Nd4 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 c6 17.O-O d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.exd5 Bf5 20.Qc4 b5 21.Qb3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Rf7 23.Rfc1 Bb6 24.a4 b4 25.Qxb4 cxd5 26.a5 Bf2 27.Rf1 Rb8 28.Qa4 Qh4 29.Be1 Rxb2 30.Bxf2 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Qxf2 32.Nxd5 Qe2 33.Qd4 Qe6 34.Rc1 Be4 35.Rd1 g5 36.Nc7 Bxg2+ 37.Kg1 Qg4 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Qxg5+ Qxg5 40.fxg5 Bh3 41.Nd5 Kg7 42.Nf6 Kg6 43.Rd3 Bf5 44.Rf3 Rf7 45.h4 h6 46.Ne8 hxg5 47.Nd6 Rf6 48.Nxf5 Rxf5 49.h5+ Kf6 50.Kg2 g4 51.Rxf5+ Kxf5 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.h6 Kxh6 54.Kxg4 Kg6 55.Kf4 Kf6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Kd4 Kd6 58.Kc4 Kc6 59.Kb4 1/2-1/2
2026.01.22 Scarborough CC Jack Frost Swiss
265325 Nazareno, Merlin (2071) Kola, Venkat Karthikeya R (2168) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qe2 b6 6.Bh4 e6 7.O-O-O Be7 8.Bg3 c6 9.Kb1 a5 10.f3 e3 11.Qxe3 O-O 12.Nh3 b5 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Qd2 N7b6 15.c3 Nc4 16.Qc1 Qb6 17.Re1 Ba6 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Bd6 Bxd6 20.Nxd6 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Ne4 Qb5 23.g4 Nb6 24.Rhg1 Rab8 25.Re2 Bb7 26.Ka1 Bxe4 27.fxe4 e5 28.g5 h5 29.g6 Qd7 30.Qg5 Qxh3 31.Re3 f6 32.Rxh3 fxg5 33.Rxh5 Rf4 34.Rhxg5 Rbf8 35.b3 Rxe4 36.R5g2 a4 37.Kb2 axb3 38.axb3 cxb3 39.Kxb3 Nc4 40.Kc2 Rd8 41.Rf2 Ne3+ 42.Kb3 Rb8+ 43.Ka3 Nc4+ 44.Ka2 Nd2 45.c4 Rxc4 46.Rg3 Rc2+ 47.Ka3 Nb1+ 0-1
2026.01.19 Annex CC Seeing Shadows
265241 Nazareno, Merlin (2064) Dick, Joel (1890) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Be3 Nd7 6.c3 g6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 e5 11.O-O-O Qf6 12.Nh3 Qg7 13.Qe3 exd4 14.Rxd4 Nf6 15.Be2 c5 16.Rd2 b6 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.Qf4 h6 19.Nh3 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.g4 Be6 22.g5 Nd5 23.Qg3 Bxh3 24.Qxh3 Nf4 25.Qe3 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 hxg5 27.hxg5 Qe5 28.Qg4 e3 29.Qe2 Qxg5 30.fxe3 Re8 31.Re1 Qg3 32.Qd2 Qh4 33.Rd1 Qe7 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Qg2 Qe6 36.a3 Qd5 37.e4 Qe5 38.Qg4 Qh2 39.Qg5 Re8 40.e5 Qh5 41.Qf6 Qf5 42.Qd6 Qg5+ 43.Kb1 Rd8 44.Qc7 Qf5+ 45.Kc1 Qd7 46.Qxd7 Rxd7 47.c4 Kf8 48.Kc2 Ke7 49.b4 cxb4 50.axb4 Ke6 51.Kc3 a5 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.Kb3 Rb7+ 54.Kc3 a4 55.Kd4 a3 56.c5 a2 57.Ra1 Rb4+ 58.Kc3 Ra4 59.Kb3 Ra6 60.Kc4 Kxe5 61.Kb5 Ra3 62.Kb6 Kd5 63.c6 Rb3+ 64.Kc7 Rc3 65.Rd1+ Kc5 66.Kb7 Rb3+ 67.Kc7 Ra3 68.Ra1 Ra7+ 69.Kb8 Kb6 70.c7 Rb7+ 71.Ka8 Rxc7 72.Kb8 Rc2 73.Rf1 f5 74.Rg1 Rc6 75.Ra1 Re6 76.Kc8 Re8+ 77.Kd7 Ra8 78.Ke6 Kb5 79.Kf6 Ra6+ 80.Kg5 Kb4 81.Kf4 Kb3 82.Kg5 Kb2 0-1
2026.01.16 Ottawa Winter op
264378 Moses, Neil (2316) Nazareno, Merlin (2035) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c4 Qf5 8.O-O O-O-O 9.d5 Nb4 10.Nc3 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nh4 Qc5 15.Qxe6+ Kb8 16.Ng6 Rh7 17.Rad1 Bd6 18.Ne4 Qh5 19.Rxd6 cxd6 20.Nxf6 Qxg6 21.Nd7+ Rdxd7 22.Qxg6 Nxa2 23.c5 d5 24.Qg3+ Rc7 25.Qa3 Rhd7 26.Qxa2 Rxc5 27.f4 d4 28.f5 d3 29.f6 Rc8 30.Qa4 Rdd8 31.Qf4+ Ka8 32.f7 d2 33.Rd1 Rc1 34.Rxc1 1-0
2026.01.12 Annex CC Seeing Shadows
265261 Zhao, Shannon (1801) Nazareno, Merlin (2064) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Ne4 Qd5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.a3 h5 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Rc1 h4 15.Nf1 Be4 16.c3 g5 17.N1d2 Bg6 18.Nh2 Be7 19.b4 f5 20.Bf3 Qd7 21.Nb3 O-O-O 22.Nc5 Qd6 23.b5 Na5 24.Bd2 Bf7 25.Qe2 Rh6 26.Rcd1 Nd5 27.c4 Nf4 28.Qf1 b6 29.Bb4 Re8 30.Nxe6 Qd7 31.Nxf4 Bxb4 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.axb4 Bxc4 34.Qe1 Qxe1+ 35.Rxe1 gxf4 36.bxa5 Bxb5 37.axb6 axb6 38.Re7 Kd8 39.Rf7 Re6 40.g4 fxg3 41.fxg3 hxg3 42.Nf1 Re1 43.Bg2 Bd3 44.h4 b5 45.h5 b4 46.h6 f4 47.Rxf4 b3 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rb8 Rb1 50.Rc8 Kd6 51.Rd8+ Ke7 52.Rc8 Kd6 53.Rd8+ Ke7 54.Rc8 Kd7 55.Bh3+ Kc6 56.Bg2+ Kb6 57.Rb8+ Ka5 58.Rb7 b2 59.Rb3 Bc2 60.Rb8 Ka4 61.Rc8 Ka3 62.Rxc7 Kb3 63.Rb7+ Ka4 64.Ra7+ Kb3 65.Rb7+ Ka3 66.Rb5 Ka4 67.Rb7 1/2-1/2
2026.01.08 Scarborough CC Jack Frost Swiss
265311 Anish, Diganth (1811) Nazareno, Merlin (2071) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.h3 Bf5 8.d3 e5 9.O-O O-O-O 10.Be3 f6 11.a3 h5 12.b4 g5 13.Nh2 g4 14.hxg4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Qxg4+ Kb8 17.Qc4 Qd7 18.b5 Qh7 19.f3 Na5 20.Qc3 Qxh2+ 21.Kf2 Qh4+ 22.Ke2 Qa4 23.Rfb1 Rh2 24.Bf2 Rxg2 25.Kf1 Rh2 26.Kg1 Qf4 27.Qxa5 Bc5 28.Qe1 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Rxf2+ 30.Qxf2 Qxf2# 0-1
2025.12.18 Scarborough CC Jack Frost Swiss
265300 Nazareno, Merlin (2071) Cheung, Phoenix (1783) 1-0
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 b5 10.f3 b4 11.Nd1 Nb6 12.b3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.c4 Kd7 15.Nb2 Qf8 16.Qe3 Kc7 17.O-O-O Qg7 18.f4 Nfd7 19.Nf3 Rae8 20.e5 f6 21.e6 Nf8 22.g4 Bc8 23.h4 h5 24.Rdg1 Qh7 25.Nd3 Kb7 26.Nxc5+ Ka7 27.Nd4 dxc5 28.Nb5+ Kb8 29.Qxc5 Nxe6 30.dxe6 Bb7 31.Qc7+ Ka8 32.Qxb6 Kb8 33.Bf3 Kc8 34.Qc7# 1-0
2025.12.11 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265438 Nazareno, Merlin (2065) Mendoza, Armand Jess (1896) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 d6 7.Bd3 Bd7 8.Be3 Be7 9.O-O Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.fxe5 Bxg4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxg4 dxe5 16.exd5 exd4 17.Rae1 h5 18.Qf5 Rf8 19.Re2 g6 20.Qf6 Kd8 21.Qg7 Qd6 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxf7 Qf6 24.Qg8+ Qf8 25.Qe6 Rc8 26.Rf2 Qh6 27.d6 Bh4 28.Re2 Qc1+ 29.Kg2 Qg5+ 30.Kh3 Qg4+ 31.Qxg4 hxg4+ 32.Kxh4 Kd7 33.Bxg6 Kxd6 34.Kxg4 Rc4 35.Bd3 Rxa4 36.h4 Ra1 37.h5 Rg1+ 38.Kh4 Rh1+ 39.Kg5 Rg1+ 40.Kf6 Rh1 41.Kg6 Rg1+ 42.Kh7 b5 43.b4 Rb1 44.h6 Rxb4 45.Kg7 1-0
2025.12.04 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265430 Chen, Ray (1872) Nazareno, Merlin (2065) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b4 f6 10.a3 g5 11.b5 Na5 12.h3 h5 13.Nh2 Qd7 14.h4 gxh4 15.gxh4 Bh3 16.f3 Rg8 17.Rf2 f5 18.e3 Bxh4 19.Re2 O-O-O 20.Kh1 Rxg2 21.Rxg2 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Rg8+ 23.Kh1 Bf2 24.Qf1 Rg1+ 25.Qxg1 Bxg1 26.Kxg1 Qd3 27.Rb4 Nac4 28.Nf1 h4 29.Kf2 f4 30.a4 Nd7 31.Ne4 0-1
2025.11.27 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265419 Cheung, Phoenix (1803) Nazareno, Merlin (2065) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c6 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.e4 e5 8.Be3 d5 9.Nbd2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 12.Bc2 e4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 fxg4 15.hxg4 Bxg4 16.Bxe4 Qe7 17.Qd3 O-O-O 18.Bg5 Nf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.O-O-O h5 21.Bf5+ Kb8 22.Bxg4 Bh6+ 23.Nd2 hxg4 24.Qg3+ Ka8 25.Qxg4 Qh7 26.f4 c5 27.Nb3 Qe4 28.Rhf1 cxd4 29.Nxd4 Rhg8 30.Qf3 Qg6 31.Rde1 Rxd4 32.cxd4 Rc8+ 33.Qc3 Rxc3+ 34.bxc3 a6 35.Kb2 Qg3 36.Re2 Bxf4 37.Ref2 Bg5 38.Rf3 Qh2+ 39.R1f2 Qd6 40.Rf5 Ka7 41.Kb3 b5 42.Rf1 Kb6 43.Kb2 b4 44.cxb4 Qxb4+ 45.Kc2 Qc4+ 46.Kb2 Qxd4+ 47.Kb1 a5 48.Kc2 Qc4+ 49.Kb2 a4 50.R5f3 Kb5 51.Rf5+ Kc6 52.R5f3 Kd5 53.Rf5+ Ke4 54.R5f2 Be3 55.Rf5 Qb4+ 56.Kc2 Qd2+ 57.Kb1 Qd3+ 58.Kb2 a3+ 59.Ka1 Bd4# 0-1
2025.11.20 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265406 Nazareno, Merlin (2065) Katz, Lyam (1837) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 g6 4.Qd2 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Bh6 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.O-O-O Qxc5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Nxd5 Rd8 11.e4 Nxd5 12.exd5 e6 13.d6 Nc6 14.h4 e5 15.h5 Nd4 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Ne2 Rxd6 18.Qh6+ Kf6 19.Qh4+ Ke6 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.Bc4+ Kd7 22.Rxd6+ Nxd6 23.Rd1 g5 24.Qh6 Kc7 25.Qxd6+ Qxd6 26.Nb5+ Kc6 27.Nxd6 Be6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Nf7 Rg8 30.Rd6+ Kc7 31.Rxe6 g4 32.Nxe5 gxf3 33.gxf3 Rg2 34.f4 Rf2 35.Nd3 Rf3 36.Kd2 1-0
2025.11.13 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265393 Nazareno, Merlin (2065) El Habboub, Hicham (1696) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.Qe2 c6 6.O-O-O e6 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxe4 Bd6 10.g3 Qg5+ 11.f4 Qd5 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.f5 exf5 14.Bg2 O-O 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Nf3 Nb4 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 a4 19.Bc4 Rac8 20.Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.Rxd3 Rfe8 22.Kd2 f4 23.g4 Re3 24.Re1 Rxe1 25.Nxe1 g5 26.Nf3 f6 27.h3 Kf7 28.Ng1 Kg6 29.Ke2 f5 30.c3 h5 31.gxh5+ Kxh5 32.Nf3 Re8+ 33.Kf2 g4 34.Ng1 f3 35.hxg4+ fxg4 36.Nxf3 gxf3 37.Rxf3 Kg5 38.Rh3 b6 39.Rh7 Be7 40.Ke2 Bxa3+ 41.Kd3 Bxb2 42.Rb7 a3 43.Ra7 Kf5 44.Ra6 Rc8 45.c4 Rd8 46.d5 Ke5 47.Kc2 Kd4 48.Kb3 Kc5 49.Ra7 Kd6 50.Rb7 Ra8 51.Ka2 Ra6 52.Rf7 Ra4 53.Rb7 Rxc4 54.Rxb6+ Kxd5 55.Rb5+ Kd4 56.Rb8 Kc3 57.Rb3+ Kc2 58.Rb4 Kd3 59.Rb3+ Rc3 60.Rb7 Rc1 61.Kb3 Rc3+ 62.Ka2 Rc1 63.Rb3+ Kc4 64.Rb4+ Kc5 65.Ra4 Ra1+ 66.Kb3 Bd4 67.Rxa3 Rb1+ 68.Kc2 Rf1 69.Ra8 Kc4 70.Ra4+ Kd5 71.Ra8 Rf2+ 72.Kd3 Rf3+ 73.Ke2 Re3+ 74.Kd2 1/2-1/2
2025.11.06 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265373 Lawless, David (1831) Nazareno, Merlin (2065) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nf6 8.b3 Nd7 9.Ba3 Qe6 10.f4 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Qg6 12.O-O Bxc2 13.Qf3 Bd3 14.Rd1 Be4 15.Qe2 e6 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Nd2 Bd3 18.Qe3 a5 19.Rac1 a4 20.Rc3 Bb5 21.b4 Rf5 22.Qe1 Qg4 23.Nf3 Kd7 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 Raf8 26.Rd2 h5 27.a3 g5 28.Rc1 g4 29.Nh4 Rf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kh2 Ra1 32.Rf2 Rxa3 33.Rf7+ Kc8 34.Ng6 Rb3 35.Nf4 a3 36.Nxe6 a2 37.Nc5 Kb8 38.Nxb3 Ba4 39.Na1 Kb7 40.Rf2 Kb6 41.Rxa2 Kb5 42.e6 Kxb4 43.Rxa4+ Kxa4 44.e7 Ka3 45.e8=Q Ka2 46.Qxc6 1-0
2025.10.30 Scarborough CC Falling Leaves
265362 Nazareno, Merlin (2065) Ma, Quentin (1753) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.O-O-O e5 8.d5 Re8 9.Bh6 Nc5 10.Bf3 Bg4 11.h4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Nh5 14.Nh3 Qf6 15.Ne2 Qg7 16.Qe3 a5 17.Ng3 Nxg3 18.fxg3 h6 19.Ng1 b5 20.Ne2 b4 21.g4 a4 22.Rdg1 b3 23.cxb3 Reb8 24.Ng3 Nxb3+ 25.Kb1 Nd4 26.Nf5 Nxf5 27.gxf5 Kh7 28.Rg2 Qf6 29.fxg6+ fxg6 30.Rc2 Rb7 31.h5 g5 32.Rhc1 Qf7 33.Qd3 Raa7 34.Rh1 Rb8 35.Qe3 Rab7 36.Rhc1 Rc8 37.Qa3 Qd7 38.Rc6 Ra8 39.R1c4 Rba7 40.Qc3 Rc8 41.Qa3 Re8 42.Qc3 Rc8 43.Qe3 Ra5 44.Qa3 Qf7 45.Rxd6 cxd6 46.Rxc8 Qxh5 47.Qxd6 1-0
2025.10.23 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265530 Le, Duc Khai (1615) Nazareno, Merlin (1996) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.e4 d6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6 13.Be2 Qe8 14.Re1 Kh8 15.h3 Be6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bh5 Qe5 19.Nb5 Rac8 20.Qd5 Rg8 21.Kh1 Qf4 22.Bf3 Ne5 23.Re3 c6 24.Qxd6 cxb5 25.g3 Qh6 26.Bg2 Bxh3 27.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 28.Kg1 Ng4 29.Rb2 Rcd8 0-1
2025.10.16 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265513 Nazareno, Merlin (1996) Pan, Julian (1994) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 e6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Bb5 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Ne2 Qc7 12.c3 h6 13.Rf2 O-O-O 14.a4 c4 15.b3 b5 16.Nd2 Kb7 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 Nb6 19.Qb1 Kc8 20.Rf2 g6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Qf1 Rh7 23.Rf6 b4 24.bxc4 dxc4 25.Ra6 Be7 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Bd5 28.Qxg6 Kb7 29.Ra5 Rg8 30.Qxh6 Rxg2+ 31.Kf1 Rxe2 32.Kxe2 bxc3 33.Nb1 Qd7 34.e6 Bxe6 35.Nxc3 Bg4+ 36.Kd2 Bb4 37.Ra2 Qf5 38.Qg7+ Nd7 39.Ra7+ Kxa7 40.d5+ Kb7 41.Qd4 Nc5 42.Ke1 Bxc3+ 43.Qxc3 Qb1+ 44.Bc1 Qe4+ 45.Be3 Nd3+ 46.Kf1 Qh1+ 47.Bg1 Qf3+ 0-1
2025.10.09 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265504 Chen, Michael (1821) Nazareno, Merlin (1996) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 f6 6.h3 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 fxe5 8.Bd2 Bc5 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh4 11.g3 Qf6 12.Qe2 d6 13.g4 Nb4 14.Be4 c6 15.a3 Na6 16.b4 Bb6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Rg1 Qf7 19.g5 g6 20.Bd3 d5 21.c5 Bc7 22.Bxa6 bxa6 23.h4 e4 24.O-O-O a5 25.Qa6 axb4 26.axb4 Qe8 27.b5 Bd7 28.Be1 Be5 29.bxc6 Bxc6 30.Nxd5 Bb5 31.Qa2 Rf7 32.h5 Rc8 33.Bb4 Kg7 34.Rg4 Bd3 35.f4 exf3 36.Nf6 Qb5 37.h6+ Kh8 38.Rxd3 Rxf6 39.Qd2 f2 40.Rf4 Rxf4 41.Rd8+ Rf8 42.Bc3 f1=Q+ 43.Kc2 Qfb1# 0-1
2025.10.02 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265487 Nazareno, Merlin (1996) Kola, Venkat Karthikeya R (2149) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd2 h6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.a3 Nb6 11.Ba2 Re8 12.N4g3 Bd6 13.O-O Nd5 14.c4 Nc7 15.Rad1 f5 16.Bb1 Qf6 17.f4 g6 18.Nc3 Be6 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.b4 Bf8 21.Ba2 Bg7 22.Nge2 b5 23.Rd2 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Nd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.Qb3 Re4 28.Rc1 Qe6 29.Kf2 Re8 30.Rcc2 Re3 31.Qb2 Qe4 32.a4 a6 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Bf6 35.b6 Bh4+ 36.g3 Qh1 37.Rc3 Qxh2+ 38.Kf1 Bxg3 0-1
2025.09.25 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265479 Lawless, David (1855) Nazareno, Merlin (1996) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 a6 6.Nf3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.O-O O-O-O 10.c4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Be3 Qe4 13.Rfd1 Rd6 14.c5 Rg6 15.f3 Qc6 16.Qd3 Qe8 17.b4 e5 18.a4 Be7 19.b5 a5 20.Qc3 Kb8 21.Qxa5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 b6 23.Qb4 bxc5 24.Qxc5 e4 25.Rac1 Qc8 26.fxe4 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.a5 Qd6 29.Qc4 Qd7 30.Qc5 Qd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rc4 Rd2 33.Rc5 Kb7 34.a6+ Kb6 35.Rc6+ Kxb5 36.a7 Ra2 37.Rxc7 f6 38.Rxg7 Kc4 39.Rd7 h5 40.h4 Kc5 41.Kh2 Kc6 42.Rf7 Kd6 43.Rxf6+ Ke5 44.Rf5+ Kxe4 45.Rxh5 Rxa7 46.Rh8 Kf4 47.Kh3 Ra3+ 48.Kh2 Kg4 49.h5 Kh4 50.h6 Kh5 51.g3 Ra6 52.Kh3 Kg5 53.h7 Kg6 54.Kh4 Kg7 55.Rb8 Kxh7 56.Rb5 Kg6 57.g4 Rd6 58.Rg5+ Kh6 59.Ra5 Kg6 60.Ra4 Rc6 61.Rf4 Rc5 62.Ra4 Rc6 63.Ra8 Rd6 64.Rg8+ Kh7 65.Rf8 Kg7 66.Rf4 Kg6 67.Rf5 Rc6 68.Rg5+ Kh6 69.Rg8 Kh7 70.Ra8 Kg6 71.Ra3 Rd6 72.Rf3 Rd5 73.Rb3 Rd6 74.Rb4 Rc6 75.Kg3 Rd6 76.Kf4 Rf6+ 77.Kg3 Rc6 1/2-1/2
2025.09.18 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265464 Nazareno, Merlin (1996) Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy (1679) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Qd2 Bf5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.h4 h5 12.g3 Na6 13.a3 Qd7 14.O-O-O Nc7 15.Nd2 O-O-O 16.c4 Be7 17.Nb3 g6 18.Qc3 Kb8 19.Rd3 Qf5 20.Rhd1 Rc8 21.Kb1 Rhd8 22.Ka1 g5 23.Na5 gxh4 24.gxh4 Qe4 25.Qb3 b6 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Rd6 28.Rd4 Qf5 29.Nc6+ Rxc6 30.dxc6 Ne6 31.Rd7 Bc5 32.Qb5 Qf3 33.Qa6 Qxc6 34.Qxa7# 1-0
2025.09.11 Scarborough CC Howard Ridout Swiss
265452 Yamasaki, Dawson (1738) Nazareno, Merlin (1996) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Nc6 5.exf7+ Kxf7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bf5 8.O-O Bc5 9.Ng5+ Kg6 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Qc2+ Kf7 12.Ng5+ Ke7 13.Nxe6 Kxe6 14.Re1 Kf7 15.Qf5 Qd6 16.Bf3 g6 17.Bd5+ Kg7 18.Qd3 Rhe8 19.Rf1 Nb4 20.Qc3 c6 21.d4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Nc2 23.Bh6+ Kxh6 24.Qd2+ Kg7 25.Qxc2 cxd5 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Nc3 Rac8 28.Qd3 Red8 29.Qd4+ Qf6 30.Qxa7 Nxc3 31.Qxb7+ Kh8 32.bxc3 Qxc3 33.a4 Rd2 34.a5 Rf8 35.Qb6 Rdxf2 36.Rac1 Qd2 37.Qxf2 Rxf2 38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Rxf2 Qxa5 40.Rcf8 h5 41.h4 Qc7 42.Kh1 Qd7 43.Kh2 Qd6+ 44.Kh3 Qxf8 45.Rxf8 Kxf8 46.Kg3 Ke7 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.g3 Ke6 49.Ke4 Kf6 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Ke4 1/2-1/2
2025.06.19 Scarborough CC-ch
243155 Satish Alwar, Dharsan (1724) Nazareno, Merlin (1985) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Be2 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nbd2 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qd5 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.Rfd1 Qc6 16.c4 a5 17.Bc3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bxa3 19.Bxa5 Ra8 20.Bc3 b5 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 bxc4 23.bxc4 Qxc4 24.Rc1 Qd5 25.Rxc7 h5 26.Qc3 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Ra1 28.Qd4 Qg1+ 29.Kg3 h4+ 30.Kxh4 Qxf2+ 31.g3 g5+ 32.Kh5 Qxg3 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qf6+ 1-0
2025.06.12 Scarborough CC-ch
243136 Nazareno, Merlin (1985) Vetrivel, Jai Hanuj (1665) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.O-O-O e6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nxe4 Qh6+ 9.Kb1 O-O-O 10.c3 Ne7 11.Ka1 Nd5 12.g3 Qg6 13.f3 h5 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Nf2 Bd6 16.Qc4 Rhe8 17.Nd1 e5 18.d5 e4 19.f4 e3 20.Nf3 Be4 21.Nh4 Qh7 22.Bg2 Bd3 23.Qd4 e2 24.Nf2 Ba6 25.Qxa7 Ng4 26.Nxg4 hxg4 27.h3 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Qxh4 29.hxg4 Qg3 30.Rhg1 Qxg4 31.d6 Rxd6 32.Rb1 Rd1 33.Bh3 Rxb1+ 34.Rxb1 Qxh3 35.Qa8+ Kd7 36.Qa7 e1=Q 0-1
2025.06.05 Scarborough CC-ch
243115 Hong, Zihan (1999) Nazareno, Merlin (1985) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c6 3.c3 d6 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Ngf3 Nbd7 7.e3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg3 Nc5 10.Qd1 Nfd7 11.Nc4 f6 12.b4 Ne4 13.Qb3 O-O-O 14.Be2 g5 15.Nfd2 h5 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.f3 Bd5 18.e4 Bg8 19.Qa3 b5 20.Na5 Nb6 21.O-O Be6 22.Rac1 Rd2 23.Rfe1 Be7 24.Nb3 Rd7 25.Bf2 Rhd8 26.Na5 Rd2 27.c4 bxc4 28.Nxc4 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Nxc4 30.Rxc4 R8d3 31.Qa6+ Kd7 32.Bxa7 Rb2 33.Rxc6 Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 Qxc6 35.Qxd3+ Ke8 36.Kxg2 Bxb4 37.Rd1 Be7 38.Qd5 Qa6 39.Qg8+ Bf8 40.Qg6+ Ke7 41.Bc5+ 1-0
2025.05.29 Scarborough CC-ch
243091 Kola, Venkat Karthikeya R (2228) Nazareno, Merlin (1985) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 f6 6.h3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Ngxe5 8.a3 Qe7 9.e3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 d6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Qc3 O-O-O 14.Be2 h5 15.h4 Kb8 16.e4 b6 17.Be3 Rdg8 18.f4 a5 19.Rhg1 Kb7 20.Qc2 Qf7 21.f5 Bd7 22.c5 Ne5 23.f4 Ng4 24.Bd2 Qa2 25.Bc4 Qa1+ 26.Qb1 Qxb1+ 27.Kxb1 Re8 28.cxd6 c6 29.Rde1 Rd8 30.Kc1 Bc8 31.e5 Bxf5 32.Bc3 Rd7 33.Rg2 Re8 34.b4 fxe5 35.fxe5 g5 36.hxg5 h4 37.Be2 Nxe5 38.Bxe5 Ka7 39.Bh2 Be4 40.Rf2 Bd5 41.Rg1 Rg7 42.g6 Re5 43.Bxe5 1-0
2025.05.22 Scarborough CC-ch
243078 Nazareno, Merlin (1985) Gummadi, Bhargav Ram (1752) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Qd2 Bc6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.c3 a5 12.Kb1 Nd5 13.h4 b5 14.Rde1 a4 15.a3 Nb6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Nfd2 b4 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Be4 Qd6 20.Bxc6+ Qxc6 21.cxb4 Rd8 22.Nf3 Nd5 23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Qc2 Kf8 25.Qxa4 Rg8 26.g3 Rd6 27.h5 h6 28.Rc5 Kg7 29.Rhc1 Kh7 30.Nd2 Qa6 31.Qc2+ Kh8 32.Ne4 Nxb4 33.axb4 Rxd4 34.Nxf6 Rg7 35.Ra5 Qb7 36.Qxc7 Qxc7 37.Rxc7 1-0
2025.05.15 Scarborough CC-ch
243056 Yamasaki, Dawson (1657) Nazareno, Merlin (1985) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e5 d6 4.d4 dxe5 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 e6 7.h4 Bd7 8.c3 Nh6 9.Bf4 Ng4 10.Ke2 Bc5 11.Bg3 O-O 12.Nh2 Ncxe5 13.Nxg4 Nxg4 14.f3 Ne3 15.Na3 f4 16.b4 Bd6 17.Bf2 Nd5 18.Kd3 a5 19.Nc2 axb4 20.c4 Nc3 21.c5 Be5 22.Nxb4 Rfe8 23.Kc4 Ra3 24.Nc2 Ra4+ 25.Kb3 Rea8 26.a3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.Nb4 Bxa1 29.Rxa1 e5 30.Be1 Kf7 31.Bc3 Ke6 32.Bb2 Kf5 33.Re1 Re8 34.Nd5 Bc6 35.Nxc7 Re7 36.Nd5 Re6 37.Nc7 Re7 38.Nd5 Re8 39.Nc7 Re7 40.Nd5 Re6 41.Nc7 Re7 1/2-1/2
2025.05.08 Scarborough CC-ch
243038 Nazareno, Merlin (1985) Chamberland, Luc (1676) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Ne2 c5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 Qe7 14.h4 d4 15.Nxd4 Qxc5 16.Nb5 Qxe3+ 17.fxe3 g4 18.h5 a6 19.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Kd2 Ne7 21.e4 Rb8 22.Rh4 Bd7 23.Rxg4 Nc8 24.Bd3 Nxd6 25.exd6 Rg8 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Be5 f5 28.exf5 exf5 29.Rf1 Re8 30.Bf6 Re6 31.Bc4 Kf7 32.Bxe6+ Kxe6 33.Be7 Be8 34.Re1+ Kd7 35.Re5 Bd8 36.Bxd8 Kxd8 37.Rxf5 Kd7 38.Rf6 Bxh5 39.Rxh6 Bg4 40.c4 b6 41.Kc3 a5 42.Kd4 Kc6 43.Ke5 Be2 44.Rh7 1-0
2025.04.13 Gatineau op U2000
210557 Cloutier, Simon (1709) Nazareno, Merlin (1966) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 O-O-O 6.c4 Qh5 7.Be3 f5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qa4 e6 10.O-O-O Ne4 11.d5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 13.cxd5 Nb8 14.Rd2 Bd6 15.Rhd1 Rhe8 16.Bxa7 Re4 17.Qb3 Bf4 18.Be3 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Bxe3 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Qf7 22.Kb1 Bxd2 23.Rxd2 Rd6 24.Qa3 Ra6 25.Qc5 Nd7 26.Qd4 Nf6 27.c4 Qe7 28.c5 Qe1+ 29.Rd1 Qa5 30.Qc4 Qa4 31.Qxa4 Rxa4 32.Kb2 Rc4 33.c6 b6 34.Kb3 Rc5 35.g4 fxg4 36.hxg4 h6 37.g5 hxg5 38.Rh1 Kd8 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rc8 Nxd5 41.Bxd5 Rxd5 42.Rxc7+ Kd6 43.Rxg7 Kxc6 44.Rg6+ Kc5 45.Kc3 b5 46.Rg8 b4+ 47.Kb3 Rd3+ 48.Kc2 Rg3 49.Rc8+ Kd5 50.Rb8 Rc3+ 51.Kd2 Ra3 52.Rxb4 Rxa2+ 53.Ke3 Ra3+ 54.Kf2 Ke5 55.Rb5+ Kf4 56.Rb4+ Kf5 57.Rc4 g4 58.Rc8 Rf3+ 59.Kg2 Kg5 60.Rg8+ Kf4 61.Rf8+ Ke3 62.Re8+ Kf4 63.Rf8+ Ke4 64.Rxf3 gxf3+ 65.Kf2 Kf4 66.Kf1 Kg4 67.Kf2 Kf4 68.Kf1 Ke3 69.Ke1 Ke4 70.Kf2 Kf4 71.Kf1 Kf5 72.Kf2 Kg4 73.Kf1 Kh3 74.Kf2 Kg4 75.Kf1 Kg3 76.Kg1 Kh3 77.Kf2 Kg4 78.Kf1 Kf5 79.Kf2 Ke4 80.Kf1 1/2-1/2
2025.04.13 Gatineau op U2000
210580 Nazareno, Merlin (1966) Fritzsche, Helmut (1967) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.a3 Qa5 8.Bf3 Bg4 9.Nge2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng3 c5 13.b4 cxb4 14.Nce2 Rfc8 15.axb4 Qc7 16.c3 Nb6 17.Bh6 Ne8 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Qh6 Qd8 20.f4 e6 21.f3 Qf6 22.e5 Qe7 23.exd6 Qxd6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Ng5 Kf8 26.Qxh7 Qf6 27.Ne4 Qf5 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxg7 Nc4 30.Qh6 1-0
2025.04.12 Gatineau op U2000
210518 Nazareno, Merlin (1966) Beardall, Ben (1725) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.exf6 gxh4 8.Qf3 Nd7 9.O-O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Nxf6 11.Nh3 Ne4 12.Qe3 Qf6 13.Bd3 Nd6 14.Nf4 Qg5 15.Rhe1 Bd7 16.Kb1 O-O-O 17.Qf3 Bb5 18.Re5 Qf6 19.Bxb5 Nxb5 20.Qe3 Nd6 21.b3 Kb8 22.f3 Nf5 23.Qd2 h5 24.c3 Rd6 25.Nd3 b6 26.Kb2 Rg8 27.Re2 Ne7 28.Ne5 Ng6 29.Nd3 Kb7 30.b4 Qd8 31.Qc2 Qd7 32.a4 Qc6 33.b5 Qd7 34.Qb3 c6 35.Ra1 cxb5 36.axb5 Ra8 37.Nc5+ bxc5 38.dxc5 Qc7 39.cxd6 Qxd6 40.Ra6 Qc5 41.Rc6 Qe7 42.Qa4 Qd8 43.Qa6+ Kb8 44.b6 1-0
2025.04.12 Gatineau op U2000
210536 Martinez, Noah (1291) Nazareno, Merlin (1966) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 O-O-O 6.c4 Qh5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.h3 Nf6 10.hxg4 Nxg4 11.Bf4 dxc4 12.Nd4 f5 13.Bxc4 Nxd4 14.Qa4 Bc5 0-1
2023.09.29 Forcing Moves First Summer-1 op
24171 Nazareno, Merlin (1989) Qian, Eric (1961) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Qe2 exf3 7.Nxf3 e6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.h3 h6 10.Bf4 c6 11.g4 Bh7 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Rhf1 Bg6 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 O-O 20.Bd2 Rad8 21.Rde1 Bh4 22.Re2 Rd5 23.c4 Rd7 24.g5 hxg5 25.Qg4 Rfd8 26.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 27.Qxg5 Rd4 28.Rg2 g6 29.Rf6 Rxc4+ 30.Rc2 Rxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Kg7 32.Rf1 Qd7 33.Kc1 Kg8 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.h4 Kg7 36.h5 g5 37.h6+ Kxh6 38.Rh1+ Kg7 39.Qh2 Qc5+ 40.Kb1 Kf8 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qf6+ Kd7 43.Rd1+ Qd5 44.Rxd5+ cxd5 45.Qxf7+ Kc8 46.Qxe6+ Kb8 47.Qe7 Kc8 48.Qxg5 d4 49.Kc1 d3 50.Kd1 1-0
2023.08.07 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14118 Chernik, Dmitry (2011) Nazareno, Merlin (2051) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.Nf3 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 a6 7.Ba4 c5 8.Bb3 e6 9.d4 Qc7 10.O-O c4 11.Ba4 b5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qf3 Bb7 15.Qh3 Bd5 16.g3 O-O 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.Re5 h6 19.Rae1 hxg5 20.Rxg5 Be4 21.d5 exd5 22.f3 Bc5+ 23.Kf1 Bg6 24.Be5 Rfe8 25.f4 Nh7 26.Rg4 d4 27.cxd4 Qf3+ 0-1
2023.08.07 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14121 Nazareno, Merlin (2051) Plotkin, Victor (2351) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 Qb6 10.Kh1 Ne4 11.Qe2 f5 12.Nd2 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Bd7 14.Nf3 e6 15.g3 Rac8 16.Kg2 Qd8 17.h4 h6 18.Rh1 Be8 19.Rh2 Rf7 20.Bf4 Bf8 21.Rah1 Rh7 22.a3 Ba4 23.Kg1 Qb6 24.Ng5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Rcc7 26.g4 Be8 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.g6 Bxg6 30.Qg2 Rxh2 31.Rxh2 Qb3 32.Qd2 Rh7 33.Rg2 Kf7 34.Bg5 Rh5 35.Rg3 Qa2 36.Qc1 Bxa3 37.Rg2 Bf8 38.c4 Qb3 39.Be3 Rh3 40.Re2 Bh5 41.Re1 Bh6 0-1
2023.08.06 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14103 Barron, Michael (2276) Nazareno, Merlin (2051) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.cxb5 Nb6 7.bxa6+ Nxa4 8.Qxa4+ Bd7 9.Qc4 Qc8 10.Nc3 Rxa6 11.Nf3 e6 12.O-O Bd6 13.d4 O-O 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.d5 Bd7 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.b3 Ra5 18.Rfd1 Bb4 19.Rac1 Rc5 20.Qd4 Ba3 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.Rc2 Re8 23.Be3 Qa5 24.Qd3 g6 25.Bxc5 Bf5 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Qc3 Qa8 28.Qxf6 Bxc2 29.Bd4 Kf8 30.Ng5 1-0
2023.08.06 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14113 Nazareno, Merlin (2051) Uyanik, Mehmet (1142) 1-0
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nge2 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.e5 g5 11.exf6 gxh4 12.Be4 d5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Qg6 Qc7 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rad1 dxe4 18.Rd8+ Qxd8 19.Qg7+ Ke8 20.Qxh8+ Kd7 21.Rd1+ Kc6 22.Qxd8 b5 1-0
2023.08.05 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14092 Nazareno, Merlin (2051) Momic, Jovan (1684) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.f4 Qa5 6.Qd2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.Bc4 b5 10.b4 Qc7 11.Bd3 a6 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.O-O exd4 15.Nexd4 c5 16.Nf5 c4 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 cxd3 20.exf6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Nxf6 22.cxd3 Bb7 23.Bf2 Qd6 24.Bc5 Qd7 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rae1 Qd6 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Qf4 Qd5 29.Re2 Qb3 30.h3 Bd5 31.Qc1 Be6 32.Qb2 Qd5 33.Re3 Nh7 34.Rg3 f6 35.Ng6 Qd6 36.Qf2 Rc8 37.Re1 Kf7 38.Qf4 Qd5 39.Qe4 Qd6 40.Nf4 Ng5 41.Qg6+ Kf8 42.Rxg5 Qxf4 43.Qxg7+ Ke8 44.Rxe6+ Kd8 45.Qe7# 1-0
2023.08.05 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14096 Nazareno, Merlin (2051) Duong, Thanh Nha (2252) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.Ne5 a6 7.Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.e5 c4 10.O-O Bc5+ 11.Kh1 O-O 12.d4 cxd3 13.cxd3 Be7 14.d4 c5 15.Be3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Rb8 17.b3 f6 18.Qd3 f5 19.Rf3 Qa5 20.Rh3 g6 21.Qe3 Bd7 22.Rg1 Rbc8 23.g4 Bc5 24.Ne2 fxg4 25.Rxg4 Qe1+ 26.Qg1 Qxg1+ 27.Kxg1 Bb5 28.Bxc5 Bxe2 29.Bxf8 Bxg4 30.Rg3 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Rc2+ 32.Kg1 Bf5 33.Bb4 d4 34.Rg2 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Be4 36.Rg1 Rc2+ 37.Kg3 h5 38.h3 Rxa2 39.Rd1 Rb2 40.Rxd4 Rxb3+ 41.Kh4 Bd5 42.Bd6 Kg7 43.Rb4 Rf3 44.Be7 Kf7 45.Bg5 Ra3 46.Bf6 Bg2 47.Rc4 Rxh3+ 48.Kg5 Rb3 49.Rc7+ Kf8 50.Rc8+ Kf7 51.Rc7+ Kf8 52.Rc8+ Kf7 53.Rc7+ 1/2-1/2
2023.08.04 CAN-ch Seniors 50+
14081 Ochkoos, Jura (2316) Nazareno, Merlin (2051) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.Nd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.O-O g6 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Nb3 Nh6 10.d4 Nf7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.N1d2 g5 13.Bg3 Nh6 14.c3 Bg4 15.f3 Bf5 16.Nc5 Rf6 17.Qe2 Bf8 18.Be5 Rg6 19.g4 Bc8 20.b4 Nf7 21.Bg3 a5 22.a3 Nd6 23.a4 Nb7 24.Ndb3 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 e6 26.Be5 Bd6 27.Qf2 Qf8 28.Qg3 Rh6 29.Ra2 Rg6 30.h3 Rh6 31.Kg2 Rg6 32.Re3 Rh6 33.Qe1 Qe7 34.Qg3 Rg6 35.Rf2 axb4 36.cxb4 Bxc5 37.dxc5 Rxa4 38.Bc3 e5 39.Rxe5 Re6 40.Rfe2 Rxe5 41.Rxe5 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Qd8 43.Qe1 Bd7 44.Re7 d4 45.Bxd4 Kf8 46.Rxh7 Be6 47.Qe5 1-0
2023.07.30 Forcing Moves First Summer-1 op
24175 Nazareno, Merlin (1989) Miaco, Trifelino (1657) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 Qa5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Ne2 f5 8.f3 Bh4+ 9.g3 Be7 10.O-O Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nf4 Kd7 13.Rf2 Na6 14.d5 e5 15.Nd3 g6 16.a3 Qd8 17.b4 Nc7 18.dxc6+ bxc6 19.Nxe5+ 1-0
2023.07.30 Forcing Moves First Summer-1 op
24181 Brajkovic, Nikola (2008) Nazareno, Merlin (1989) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bd3 e6 6.a3 Nf6 7.h3 Bd6 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 a6 10.Be3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.O-O f4 15.Bc1 Qd7 16.Qc2 0-1
2023.07.29 Forcing Moves First Summer-1 op
24150 Jobo, Greg (2134) Nazareno, Merlin (1989) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nge2 Qd7 7.d3 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 Bh3 9.Be4 h5 10.Bg5 e5 11.Qd2 Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bb6 14.O-O-O Nd4 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Kb2 Rc8 18.Qe2 Be6 19.Ra1 Qa4 20.Bc1 Rc3 21.Kb1 O-O 22.Bb2 Rfc8 23.Rc1 Bd8 24.Bxb7 R8c7 25.Be4 Bg5 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.gxf4 Bxf4 29.Rf1 Be3 30.Bf5 Bb3 31.Bh7+ Kxh7 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 0-1
2023.07.29 Forcing Moves First Summer-1 op
24160 Kim, Noah (2064) Nazareno, Merlin (1989) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 f5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nb4 9.Be2 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.b4 Ne8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a4 Nd6 15.b5 Ng6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Bd3 Ne4 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.Ne2 Rb8 20.Nf4 Rf6 21.Nxg6 Rxg6 22.Ne5 Rh6 23.g3 Be8 24.f3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Qg5 26.Kg2 Qxe3 27.Bxf5 c5 28.Ng4 Rb2+ 29.Rc2 Rxc2+ 30.Bxc2 Qc3 31.Nxh6+ gxh6 32.Qd3 cxd4 33.Qxh7+ Kf8 34.Qxh6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ Kd6 36.Qf8+ Kc7 37.Qxe8 Qxc2+ 38.Rf2 Qc3 39.Qf7+ Kb6 40.Qg6+ Ka5 41.Rc2 Qb3 42.Qc6 d3 43.Rc5+ Kb4 44.Rb5+ Kxa4 45.Qa6# 1-0
2023.06.26 Toronto-ch
41889 Siddeley, Hugh (2071) Nazareno, Merlin (2056) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.Ne5 Qd6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Bf4 Ncxe5 9.Bxe5 Qb6 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.Na4 Qc6 13.c4 dxc4 14.b3 b5 15.Nc3 Bd3 16.bxc4 Bxc4 17.Rc1 Ba3 18.Qg4 Bxc1 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Rae8 21.Qxg7+ Kc8 22.Qxc7+ Qxc7 23.Nxc7 Bb2 24.Bxb2 Kxc7 25.Bxh8 Rxh8 26.Rb1 Rd8 27.f4 Kc6 28.Rb2 h5 29.Kf2 a5 30.Ke3 Rd5 31.Ke4 b4 32.g3 Kc5 33.h3 Kc4 34.Rc2+ Kb5 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 a4 37.f5 b3 38.axb3 axb3 39.Rb2 Kc4 40.fxe6 Rg5 41.Kf4 Rg7 42.Kf5 Kc3 43.Re2 Rb7 44.e7 b2 45.Rxb2 Rxe7 46.Rb5 Kc4 47.Re5 Rg7 48.g5 Kd4 49.Re8 Rf7+ 50.Ke6 Rf3 51.g6 Re3+ 52.Kf7 Rf3+ 53.Kg8 Kd5 54.g7 Kd6 55.Re1 Kd7 56.Re5 Kd6 57.Rg5 Ke7 58.Kh7 Kf6 59.Rg6+ 1-0
2023.06.25 Forcing Moves First Spring-3 Section 1
24216 Nazareno, Merlin (2039) Liu, Zeyu (1488) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ne4 7.Nxd5 Qxe5 8.c4 Bd6 9.Bf4 Qe6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qxe4+ Kf8 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Nf3 b6 14.g4 Bb7 15.Nxb6 Nb4 16.Qxb7 Nxa2+ 17.Kc2 Nb4+ 18.Kc3 Qxd1 19.Nxd7+ Ke8 20.Qxa8+ Kxd7 21.Qxa7+ Kd8 22.Qb8+ Kd7 23.Qb7+ Ke8 24.Qc8+ 1-0
2023.06.24 Forcing Moves First Spring-3 Section 1
24196 Nazareno, Merlin (2039) Jobo, Greg 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 h5 7.h4 Nbd7 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.Nh3 b5 10.Kb1 Bb7 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng5 a6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nf4 Bc8 15.Rc1 Rb8 16.c3 a5 17.Bd3 a4 18.a3 Bh6 19.Qe2 Qb7 20.Bd2 Nfd7 21.Ka1 Bg7 22.Rb1 Qb6 23.Rhd1 Ba6 24.Be1 Qa5 25.Ngh3 Nb6 26.Nf2 Nbc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.N4h3 Rb3 29.Qc2 Kd7 30.Qc1 Rhb8 31.Ka2 Qb6 32.Nf4 Bh6 33.Bd2 Bg7 34.Re1 Nd3 35.N4xd3 cxd3 36.g4 Bc4 37.Rd1 Qb5 38.e5 Bxd5 39.Ne4 Qc4 40.Nxc5+ dxc5 41.e6+ fxe6 0-1
2023.06.24 Forcing Moves First Spring-3 Section 1
24210 Desai, Kahan (1695) Nazareno, Merlin (2039) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Ne4 7.Qc2 g5 8.Bg3 h5 9.Bd3 h4 10.Be5 f6 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4 fxe5 13.Qg6+ Kf8 14.Nxg5 Qd7 15.O-O-O Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qg7 17.Nxe6+ Bxe6 18.Qxe6 Rh6 19.Qd5 Rd8 20.Qc5+ Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.d5 Na5 23.c5 Rf8 24.Rhf1 Rhf6 25.Rd2 Nc4 26.Re2 e4 27.Kc2 Ne5 28.f4 exf3 29.gxf3 Rxf3 30.Rb1 b6 31.d6+ Kd7 32.dxc7 Kxc7 33.Rb5 Kc6 34.a4 Rf2 35.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36.Kb3 bxc5 37.Ra5 Rb2+ 38.Kxb2 Nc4+ 39.Kc2 Nxa5 40.Kd3 Kd6 41.e4 Ke5 42.Ke3 Nc4+ 43.Kf3 Nd2+ 44.Kg4 Nxe4 45.Kxh4 Nxc3 46.Kg4 Ne4 47.Kf3 Ng5+ 48.Ke3 Nh3 49.Kd3 Kd5 50.Kc3 a5 51.Kd3 c4+ 52.Kc3 Kc5 53.Kc2 Kb4 54.Kb2 Kxa4 55.Kc3 Kb5 56.Kc2 Kb4 57.Kb2 a4 58.Ka2 a3 59.Kb1 Kb3 60.Ka1 c3 61.Kb1 c2+ 62.Kc1 a2 63.Kd2 c1=Q+ 64.Ke2 Qc4+ 65.Kd2 Qc3+ 66.Ke2 Kc4 67.Kf1 a1=Q+ 68.Kg2 Qab2+ 69.Kf1 Qcc1# 0-1
2023.06.12 Toronto-ch
41885 Nazareno, Merlin (2056) Bao, Tony Bohan (2103) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Be3 g6 6.Qd2 Bg7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.Bh6 Qd5 9.Kb1 Be6 10.b3 a5 11.Bc4 Qd6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.d5 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.fxe4 a4 16.b4 b5 17.Be2 e5 18.h4 h5 19.Nf3 f6 20.Nh2 c6 21.g4 hxg4 22.Bxg4 cxd5 23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Ng4 d4 25.Qh6+ Kf7 26.Qh7+ Ke6 27.a3 Qc6 28.Qxg6 Rac8 29.Rh2 Qc3 30.Rd3 Qe1+ 31.Kb2 Rc3 32.Qf5+ Ke7 33.Ne3 Rxd3 34.Nd5+ Kd6 35.cxd3 Rc8 36.Qh7 Qc1+ 37.Ka2 Rc2+ 38.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 39.Ka1 Qd1+ 40.Kb2 Qb3+ 41.Kc1 Qxa3+ 42.Kc2 Qb3+ 43.Kc1 Qa3+ 44.Kc2 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2
2023.06.05 Toronto-ch
41878 Huh, Isaak (2092) Nazareno, Merlin (2056) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qg6 11.c3 Kd7 12.Nd2 e6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Re3 Rhg8 15.Qe2 a5 16.c4 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Bd3 18.Qe3 Bxc4 19.Nf3 Rae8 20.b3 Bb5 21.a4 Ba6 22.Rg5 Qf6 23.Rc1 Bb7 24.Ne5+ Kc8 25.Rg3 Rgf8 26.Rf3 Qe7 27.Rxf8 Qxf8 28.Rc5 Qf5 29.Qd3 Rf8 30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.g3 h5 32.Rxa5 h4 33.Rc5 g5 34.f3 Kd8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.a5 Kd6 37.b4 Rf8 38.a6 Ba8 39.a7 Bb7 40.b5 Ra8 41.bxc6 Ba6 42.Ra5 Rxa7 43.g4 Ra8 44.Ra1 Ra7 45.Ke3 Ra8 46.Ra5 Ra7 47.f4 gxf4+ 48.Kxf4 Ra8 49.Ke3 Ke7 50.g5 Ke8 51.g6 Kf8 52.Kf4 Kg7 53.Kg5 Kh8 54.Ra1 Kg7 55.Ra3 Kg8 56.Kh6 Kh8 57.Nd7 Kg8 58.Nf6+ Kf8 59.g7+ Kf7 60.g8=Q+ 1-0
2023.05.29 Toronto-ch
41876 Nazareno, Merlin (2056) Haji Ghanbari, Nader (2130) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nd2 Nbd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Bd6 7.g3 b6 8.Ngf3 Bb7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qf3 Ne8 11.O-O g6 12.Qg2 f6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nh6+ Kg7 15.Qh3 Ndf6 16.g4 Ng8 17.Nxg8 Kxg8 18.Nf3 Be7 19.g5 Nd6 20.Rf2 Re8 21.Ne5 Bf8 22.Qf3 Bg7 23.h4 Rc8 24.h5 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qh3 Qxg5+ 28.Rg2 Qh6 29.Qh4 g5 30.Rxg5+ Kf7 31.Kf2 Rg8 32.Rxg8 Rxg8 33.Bd2 Rg5 34.Rh1 Qg7 35.Rh2 Ba6 36.h6 Qg8 37.Qh3 Rg1 38.Rg2 Rf1# 0-1
2023.05.15 Toronto-ch
41867 Nazareno, Merlin (2056) Munro, Allan (2131) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.f3 e3 6.Bxe3 e6 7.Bc4 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nfd5 12.Bf2 h6 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.a3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O Qc6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Bd6 19.Rhe1 h5 20.Kb1 c6 21.Re2 Nd7 22.g5 Nf8 23.Rg1 Ne6 24.Ree1 Rde8 25.Ne2 Re7 26.Ka2 b5 27.c3 Rhe8 28.Bd1 Bd3 29.Nc1 Bf5 30.Ne2 g6 31.b3 Kd7 32.Kb2 Ng7 33.Ng3 Bd3 34.Rxe7+ Rxe7 35.Re1 Rxe1 36.Bxe1 Ke6 37.b4 Bf4 38.Bc2 Bxc2 39.Kxc2 Bxg3 40.Bxg3 Nf5 41.Bf2 f6 42.f4 Nd6 43.Kd3 Nc4 44.Ke2 Nxa3 45.Kf3 Nc4 46.Be1 Kf5 47.Ke2 fxg5 0-1
2023.05.08 Toronto-ch
41866 Malakhovets, Sergey (2185) Nazareno, Merlin (2056) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c6 3.e3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.Ngf3 h6 9.Bh2 Bg6 10.Be2 a5 11.a4 Ne4 12.O-O e6 13.Bc4 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Nd2 Bh7 16.Rae1 Qd7 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 d5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Re3 Be7 22.Be5 O-O 23.Rg3 f6 24.Bf4 Kh8 25.Re1 g5 26.Bc1 Ra6 27.Rge3 f5 28.R3e2 f4 29.f3 Bf6 30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Qd3 Rc8 32.Qb5 Qf7 33.Bd2 Rcc6 34.Qd3 Rab6 35.Rb1 Rb3 36.Be1 Rc4 37.Qd1 Rb6 38.Bf2 Qd7 39.Qe1 Rxa4 40.h4 Rc4 41.g4 a4 42.h5 Rc8 43.Qd1 Ra6 44.Qd3 Qf7 45.Ra1 Rcc6 46.Ree1 Rcb6 47.Ra2 Rb3 48.Rea1 b5 49.Qc2 Rc6 50.Ra3 Rxa3 51.Rxa3 Rb6 52.Qd3 Kh8 53.b3 Be7 54.Ra1 axb3 55.Ra8+ Bf8 56.Qb1 Kg7 57.Qxb3 b4 58.cxb4 Rxb4 59.Qc2 Rc4 60.Qb1 Rb4 1/2-1/2
2023.05.01 Toronto-ch
41858 Nazareno, Merlin (2056) Barron, Michael (2244) 0-1
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.N1e2 f5 10.f4 g6 11.O-O Nd7 12.c4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.c5 Bc7 15.b4 b6 16.Ba6 Rb8 17.b5 bxc5 18.dxc5 d4 19.Nce2 d3 20.bxc6 dxe2 21.Qxe2 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Rfe8 23.Bb7 Bc4 24.Qf2 Rbd8 25.Qxd4 Rxd4 26.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Bxf4 28.Nf1 Bd5 29.Kg1 Re2 30.Rxd5 Nxd5 31.g3 Bc7 32.Ba6 Rc2 33.Bb5 Rxc5 34.Ba4 Nb4 35.Nd2 Nxc6 36.Nb3 Rc2 37.Na1 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Nd4 39.Nb3 Rc2+ 40.Kh3 Nf3 0-1
2023.04.30 Excelsior April FIDE Rating Ladder
41792 Murali, Dhruv (1255) Nazareno, Merlin (1766) 0-1
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.Nc3 e4 11.Qf2 O-O 12.O-O Ne5 13.Qe1 c6 14.Be2 Qc7 15.Nd1 Rf7 16.Nf2 Raf8 17.Qd1 Qe7 18.Bh5 g6 19.Be2 Bb8 20.Ng4 Nfxg4 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.hxg4 Qf2+ 23.Kh1 Qh4+ 24.Kg1 Nxg4 25.Bf3 exf3 0-1
2023.04.30 Excelsior April FIDE Rating Ladder
41800 Nazareno, Merlin (1766) Cottrell, Deparse (1516) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 h6 8.O-O-O c6 9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 Be7 11.h4 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Ba2 b4 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.d5 Ba6 17.Qf2 cxd5 18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Nd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Ne4 22.Qe2 Ng3 23.Rxg3 Qxg3 24.Qb5+ Kf8 25.Qxb4+ Kg8 26.h5 Kh7 27.Rf1 Qg5+ 28.Qd2 Qxh5 29.g4 Qg6 30.c3 Kg8 31.Bb1 Qg5 32.Be3 Qe7 33.Qf2 a3 34.b4 Qf6 35.Qe1 Qe5 36.Ba2 Rc8 37.Bd2 Qd6 38.Kb1 f6 39.Ka1 Kf7 40.Qh4 Qa6 41.Rf2 Rhe8 42.Qh5+ Ke7 43.Qg6 Rg8 44.Qh7 Qa4 45.Rf1 Kd6 46.Qd3 Ke7 47.Re1 Kf7 48.Bf4 Qa7 49.Be3 Qc7 50.Bc5 Qh2 51.Re2 Qh1+ 52.Bb1 a2 53.Rxa2 1-0
2023.04.29 Excelsior April FIDE Rating Ladder
41764 Dunikov, David Nazareno, Merlin (1766) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.d3 Bg4 7.O-O Qd7 8.Ne1 Bh3 9.f4 h5 10.Nd2 h4 11.Ne4 hxg3 12.Nxg3 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 Qh3 14.Kf2 Nf6 15.Rh1 Ng4+ 16.Kg1 Nxh2 17.Kf2 Bd6 18.e3 O-O-O 19.Qe1 Rde8 20.e4 f5 21.Bd2 exf4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 Qg4 24.Ng2 f4 25.Nf5 Ne5 26.Nd6+ Kd7 27.Nxe8 Nxd3+ 28.Kg1 Nxe1 29.Rxh2 0-1
2023.04.29 Excelsior April FIDE Rating Ladder
41773 Nazareno, Merlin (1766) Bakradze, Joshua (1367) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Be3 e6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.O-O-O c6 9.Bg5 a5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxe4 Bd6 12.Nh3 O-O 13.f4 Bd7 14.g4 Qh6 15.Ng5 b5 16.Bd3 f5 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Qf3 Qh4 19.Rhf1 h6 20.Nh3 Rac8 21.c4 c5 22.Qd5+ Rf7 23.Qxd6 Qxh3 24.Rfe1 Rc6 25.Qd5 Qh4 26.cxb5 Qxf4+ 27.Kb1 Rd6 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.dxc5 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 Bxb5 31.Rde3 Qxh2 32.c6 Rc7 33.Qe8 Qd6 34.Qe6 Rxc6 35.Qxf5+ Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 1-0
2023.04.29 Excelsior April FIDE Rating Ladder
41782 Oancea, Nicolae (1722) Nazareno, Merlin (1766) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4 5.Qa4+ N8c6 6.a3 Na6 7.d5 Nc5 8.Qb5 e6 9.dxe6 a6 1-0
2023.04.24 Toronto-ch
41855 Gandolfi, Fred (2089) Nazareno, Merlin (2056) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 f6 6.e6 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d6 8.e3 Bxe6 9.Qc2 Nge5 10.Nd2 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.Nd5 a4 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Rxd2 Na5 15.Qxa4 Naxc4 16.Qc2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 c6 18.Nc3 d5 19.Be2 b5 20.Qd4 Nc4 21.Qc5 Qb6 22.Bd6 Rfe8 23.Bxc4 Qxc5 24.Bxc5 dxc4 25.Rd1 Red8 26.h4 Rd3 27.Rxd3 cxd3 28.Kd2 Rd8 29.g3 Bc4 30.e4 Kf7 31.f4 h5 32.Be3 g6 33.Nd1 Ke6 34.Kc3 d2 35.Bxd2 Rd3+ 36.Kc2 Rxg3 37.Ne3 Be2 38.f5+ Ke5 39.fxg6 Kxe4 40.Be1 Rxe3 41.g7 Bc4 0-1
2023.04.17 Toronto-ch
41849 Nazareno, Merlin (2056) Mohan, Abhinandan (2075) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ne2 e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.a3 O-O 10.Ng3 b6 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Qe2 h6 13.Kb1 a6 14.Bb3 b5 15.h4 Qc8 16.Nh5 c5 17.dxc5 Rd8 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.g4 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Qd8 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Qxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rg1 Be5 25.g6 a5 26.c4 Bc6 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.Bc2 Bd3 30.Bxd3 exd3 31.b4 axb4 32.f4 Bc3 33.c6 bxa3 34.c7 Rc8 35.Bb6 Ke7 36.Ka2 Bb2 37.Rd1 Kd7 38.Rxd3+ Kc6 39.Ba5 Kb7 40.Rb3+ Kc6 41.Rb6+ Kd7 42.Rb3 Kc6 43.Re3 Rxc7 44.Bxc7 Kxc7 45.Kb3 Kc6 46.Rd3 Kc5 47.Rd8 Kc6 48.Rd2 Kc7 49.Rd3 Kb7 1/2-1/2
2023.03.05 Excelsior March 50+
42648 Ganea, Mihai (1938) Nazareno, Merlin (1877) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 Nc6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Bc5 6.Nge2 e4 7.d3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Qe7 10.dxe4 fxe4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 d6 13.Qxe4 Be6 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Bc3 Rae8 16.b3 Qd7 17.Qd3 Bh3 18.f3 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.g4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 h5 22.h3 Qe7 23.e4 Rf4 24.Qd2 Qg5 25.Qf2 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rexe4 27.Rg1 Qf6 28.Rae1 Rxg4+ 29.fxg4 Rxg4+ 30.Qg3 Qb2+ 31.Kh3 Rxg3+ 32.Rxg3 Qxa2 33.Re7 Qa1 34.Rxc7 a5 35.Kh2 Qb2+ 36.Kh3 Qa1 37.Kh2 Qb2+ 38.Kh3 Qa1 1/2-1/2
2023.03.05 Excelsior March 50+
42655 Nazareno, Merlin (1877) Ugodnikov, Arkadiy (1607) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bg5 c6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.N1e2 h6 10.f4 f5 11.c3 O-O 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.h4 Re8 14.O-O-O Na6 15.Kb1 b5 16.Bd3 Bf8 17.h5 Bh7 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Qd5 20.g4 Re3 21.Bd3 Rae8 22.g5 Nc7 23.gxh6 gxh6 24.Rdg1+ Kh8 25.Ng3 Ne6 26.Nf5 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Nxf4 28.Qc2 Re2 29.Ne3 Qe6 30.Qf5 Rxe3 31.Qxe6 Nxe6 32.Rf1 Ng5 33.Rf6 Re6 34.Rhf1 Kg7 35.R6f5 Be7 36.d5 cxd5 37.Rxd5 a6 38.Rd7 Bf6 39.Rfd1 Ne4 40.Rg1+ Bg5 41.Kc2 Rd6 42.Rd1 Rxd1 43.Rxd1 Nc5 44.Rd6 Be7 45.Rc6 Bf8 46.b4 Ne4 47.Rxa6 Ng3 48.Rb6 Nxh5 49.Rxb5 Kg6 50.a4 Nf6 51.a5 h5 52.a6 1-0
2023.03.04 Excelsior March 50+
42637 Momic, Jovan (1628) Nazareno, Merlin (1877) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 c6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 cxd5 7.cxd5 Qa5 8.Nf3 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.e4 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bg5 Kh8 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.Nf5 d6 17.Nh6 Rg7 18.Qh5 Rg6 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Ne5 21.Raf1 Nxd3 22.Rxf6 Be6 23.Nxf7+ Kg7 24.Rxg6+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Rxe6+ Kd7 27.Rxd6+ Ke8 28.Qe6+ Qe7 29.Qxe7+ Kxe7 30.Rxd3 Rc8 31.Nd6 Rc6 32.e5 Ke6 33.Re1 Ra6 34.c4 Ra5 35.Nb5 a6 36.Nc7+ Ke7 37.e6 Rc5 38.Nd5+ Ke8 39.e7 Rc6 40.Nf6+ Rxf6 41.Rd8+ 1-0
2023.03.04 Excelsior March 50+
42644 Oancea, Nicolae (1939) Nazareno, Merlin (1877) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 O-O-O 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O Qh5 8.c3 e5 9.Re1 e4 10.Nfd2 Bd6 11.h3 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qf5 13.Na3 h5 14.Nac4 g5 15.Nxd6+ cxd6 16.Qc4 d5 17.Qa4 Nd7 18.b4 Nb6 19.Qa3 Kb8 20.b5 Rc8 21.bxc6 Rxc6 22.Rab1 h4 23.Rb5 g4 24.hxg4 Qxg4 25.Qe7 Rg8 26.Qe5+ Ka8 27.Qh2 Rcg6 28.Kf1 f5 29.Bf4 Qh5 30.g3 Rg4 31.Rc5 h3 32.Re3 Rxf4 33.gxf4 Qd1+ 34.Re1 Qxd2 35.Qxh3 Qxf4 36.Qh7 Qg4 37.Qh2 f4 38.Rb1 Qf3 39.Rcb5 Qd3+ 40.Ke1 f3 41.R5b2 e3 42.Rc1 Nc4 43.Rbc2 a6 44.Qh1 exf2+ 45.Rxf2 Re8+ 0-1
2023.03.03 Excelsior March 50+
42628 Nazareno, Merlin (1877) Jung, Hans (2195) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bb5 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Qa4 Rd8 12.f3 Ke7 13.f4 a6 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.g4 Bh7 16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.f5 Qb4 18.fxe6 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Kxe6 20.Nc5+ Bxc5 21.dxc5 f5 22.gxf5+ Bxf5 23.b4 Rf8 24.Bb2 Rdf7 25.a4 Bd3 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Bd4 Rf5 28.Kg2 Be4+ 29.Kg1 Rg5+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Bxg7 h5 33.Kf1 h4 34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 h3 36.Rd1 h2 0-1
2022.11.21 Toronto Closed-B
43153 Nazareno, Merlin (2009) Southam, David (2110) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.f4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Nf5 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.Bxf5 exf5 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qa6 13.Kf2 Be6 14.Qe2 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Kd7 16.Rhb1 b6 17.Rb5 Rhb8 18.Rab1 Kc7 19.a4 a6 20.R5b2 Rb7 21.Kd3 Rab8 22.Bc3 b5 23.axb5 Rxb5 24.Rxb5 Rxb5 25.Ra1 Kb6 26.Nd2 Na5 27.Bxa5+ Rxa5 28.Rb1+ Rb5 29.Nb3 Bd7 30.Kc3 Ka7 31.Ra1 Rb6 32.g3 Rh6 33.h4 Bb5 34.Nc5 Rg6 35.Rg1 h6 36.h5 Rg4 37.Nd3 Bxd3 38.Kxd3 Kb6 39.c4 Kc6 40.c5 g5 41.hxg6 Rxg6 42.Ke3 Kb5 43.Rb1+ Kc4 44.Rc1+ Kb5 45.Kf3 a5 46.Rb1+ Kc4 47.Rb6 Rg8 48.Ra6 Kb4 49.Ra7 a4 50.Rxf7 a3 51.Ra7 Kb3 52.c6 a2 53.c7 Kb2 54.Rb7+ Kc2 55.Ra7 1/2-1/2
2022.11.14 Toronto Closed-B
43146 Oancea, Nicolae (2084) Nazareno, Merlin (2009) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 f6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 c5 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Re1 Kf7 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Be3 c4 14.g4 Bxg4 15.Ng5+ fxg5 16.Qxg4 Nf6 17.Qf3 g4 18.Qg2 Bd6 19.Re2 Rhg8 20.Rae1 Rg6 21.Bc1 Re8 22.Kh1 Kg7 23.f4 gxf3 24.Qxf3 Ng4 25.Nxd5 Qc6 26.Rf1 Qd7 27.Nf4 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 Kg8 29.Rg2 Qd5 30.h3 Nf6 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Be5 Nd7 33.Kg1 Rf8 34.Qg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxf1 36.Kxf1 Nxe5 37.dxe5 g5 38.Ke2 Kg7 39.Ke3 Kg6 40.Kd4 Kf5 41.Kxc4 Kxe5 42.b4 Kf4 43.Kd3 Kg3 44.Ke2 Kxh3 45.Kf2 Kh2 46.Kf3 e5 47.b5 e4+ 48.Kxe4 g4 0-1
2022.11.07 Toronto Closed-B
43149 Fradkin, Benjamin (2033) Nazareno, Merlin (2009) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Bd3 f5 7.Ne5 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 O-O 12.Ba3 Rf7 13.f4 Na6 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Bd6 Nc5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Qc2 Be6 18.Rfb1 a6 19.Rb2 Rc8 20.Rab1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 b5 22.Qd4 c5 23.Bxc5 Qc7 24.Bb4 Qb7 25.a4 Rc4 26.Qd2 bxa4 27.Bd6 Qa7 28.Rb8+ Kg7 29.Re8 Bd7 30.Rd8 Re4 31.Rbb8 Rxe3 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.cxd4 a3 34.Rb1 a2 35.Ra1 Re2 36.Rb8 Bb5 37.e6 Rxe6 38.Be5+ Rxe5 39.fxe5 Bc4 40.Kf2 g5 41.g3 h5 42.h4 f4 43.hxg5 fxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Rf1 45.Rb7+ Kg6 46.Rxa2 Bxa2 47.Rb6+ Kxg5 48.Rxa6 Bc4 49.Ra8 h4+ 50.Kg2 Rf4 51.Rg8+ Kh6 52.Kh3 Bf1+ 53.Kh2 Rxd4 54.e6 Re4 55.Re8 Re2+ 56.Kg1 Bh3 57.e7 Bd7 58.Rh8+ Kg5 59.Rg8+ Kf6 60.Rh8 h3 61.Rh5 Kxe7 62.Rxd5 h2+ 63.Kh1 Ke8 64.Rd6 Rc2 65.Re6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2
2022.10.24 Toronto Closed-B
43141 Nazareno, Merlin (2009) Kim, Noah (2077) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Bc4 c6 7.Qe2 exf3 8.Nxf3 e6 9.Ne5 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.O-O-O Nfd5 13.Bd2 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Bg5 15.Rhf1 O-O 16.Qg3 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 f6 18.Ng4 Kh8 19.h4 Qd5 20.b3 a5 21.c4 Nxc4 22.Rd3 Nd6 23.Ne3 Qe4 24.Rd2 Rad8 25.Rf4 Qg6 26.Rg4 Qf7 27.Qf4 f5 28.Rg5 b5 29.Rd1 Ne4 30.Kc2 Qf6 31.Ng4 Qe7 32.Ne5 a4 33.Rh5 axb3+ 34.axb3 Kg8 35.g4 Qb4 36.Qe3 Ra8 37.Rb1 Ra2+ 38.Rb2 Rxb2+ 39.Kxb2 Ra8 40.gxf5 Qa3+ 41.Kc2 Qa2+ 42.Kd1 Qb1+ 43.Ke2 Ra2+ 44.Kf3 Qd1+ 45.Kxe4 Qxh5 46.fxe6 Re2 47.e7 Rxe3+ 48.Kxe3 Qe8 49.Kd3 Qxe7 50.Nxc6 Qxh4 51.d5 Qf4 52.Nd4 Qe5 53.Nxb5 Qxd5+ 54.Nd4 h5 55.b4 h4 56.b5 h3 0-1
2022.10.17 Toronto Closed-B
43138 Zheng, Victor (2139) Nazareno, Merlin (2009) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.Nbd2 Bh3 6.Bxh3 Qxh3 7.c4 e6 8.Qb3 O-O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf1 f6 11.Ne3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Nge7 14.Rac1 g5 15.Qc3 Qd7 16.b4 b6 17.Rc2 Kb7 18.Rhc1 Rc8 19.a4 a5 20.bxa5 Nxa5 21.Rb2 Qxa4 22.Rb4 Qd7 23.Ne1 Ra8 24.Nd3 Kb8 25.Nc5 Qd6 26.Rb5 Nb7 27.Nxb7 Kxb7 28.Qb3 Ra3 29.Qb2 Rha8 30.Nc2 Ra2 31.Qc3 R8a3 32.Rb3 Ra4 33.Kd1 Rc4 34.Qd3 Qc6 35.Ra3 Rb2 36.Qxh7 Nc8 37.Qd3 Na7 38.f3 Nb5 39.Rb3 Rxb3 40.Qxb3 Nxd4 41.Qd3 Kc8 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Rxc2 44.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 45.Qxc2 Nxc2 46.Kxc2 Kd7 47.Kd3 b5 48.e4 dxe4+ 49.Kxe4 Ke6 50.h5 b4 51.f4 c5 52.h6 f5+ 0-1
2022.10.03 Toronto Closed-B
43131 Nazareno, Merlin (2009) Vinuya, Ruth Joy (2014) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 e6 8.Ne2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.a3 Qb6 11.Qd3 a5 12.f4 g6 13.g4 Be7 14.Bg2 Bh4+ 15.Kf1 O-O-O 16.Bd2 a4 17.Be3 Na5 18.Rb1 Rdf8 19.g5 h6 20.Ng1 Nc4 21.Nf3 hxg5 22.fxg5 Rh5 23.Kg1 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Qd8 25.dxc5 Bxg5 26.Qd4 Qa5 27.Kh2 Nxc5 28.c4 Nb3 29.Qg4 dxc4 30.Qxc4+ Kb8 31.Rhd1 Rc8 32.Qg4 Be7 33.Rd7 Rc7 34.Rbd1 Nc5 35.R7d4 Qb5 36.Rb4 Qe2 37.Re1 Qf2 38.Rd1 Rh8 39.Nd4 Kc8 40.Nb5 Rd7 41.Nd6+ Bxd6 42.exd6 Rhd8 43.Qc4 Rxd6 44.Rc1 b6 45.Qa6+ Kd7 46.Qa7+ Ke8 47.Rf1 Qxf1 48.Bxf1 Rd2+ 49.Kg1 Nb3 50.Qxa4+ 1-0
2022.09.26 Toronto Closed-B
43125 Ning, Eric (2107) Nazareno, Merlin (2009) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Qe7 5.Nf3 Qb4+ 6.Qd2 Qxc4 7.h3 Bb4 8.Nc3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nh6 10.e3 Qc5 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Qd4 Qe7 13.e6 f6 14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Qf4 Nc6 16.Qxc7 Qc5 17.Rc1 Qa3 18.Rd1 Qxc3+ 19.Nd2 Rc8 20.Qd6 Nb4 21.Be2 Rc6 22.Qb8+ Rc8 23.Qg3 Nd3+ 24.Kf1 f5 25.Nb1 Qb2 26.Bxd3 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Ke2 Qxh1 29.Qe5+ Kf7 30.Qxh8 Qxg2 31.Qxh7+ Ke8 32.Qxh6 Qd5 33.Nc3 Qa5 34.Qh8+ Ke7 35.Qd4 Bc6 36.h4 f4 37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Qg8+ Kd7 39.Qf7+ Kd8 40.Qf6+ Kc7 41.Qxf4+ Kb6 42.Qd4+ Kc7 43.Qc4 Qh5+ 44.Kd2 a6 45.Be2 Qa5 46.h5 b5 47.Qc5 Kb7 48.h6 Qd8+ 49.Qd4 Qe8 50.h7 b4 51.h8=Q bxc3+ 52.Kxc3 1-0
2022.09.19 Toronto Closed-B
43121 Nazareno, Merlin (2077) Xu, Eddie (2014) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.a3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Rc1 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.h4 h6 16.f4 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rf1 Qd6 22.Qd2 e5 23.Bg4 Bf5 24.Bf3 e4 25.Be2 Rcd8 26.Bb5 Qc5 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.b4 Rd7 30.Qe3 a5 31.Bd4 Rfd8 32.bxa5 Ra8 33.Qc3 Qe6 34.Rb1 e3 35.Rb6 Bh3 36.Rf3 Bg2 37.Qxe3 Qf7 38.Rf2 Re8 39.Be5 d4 40.Qd3 Bd5 41.g6 Qe6 42.Rh2 Qg4 43.Qh3 Qxg6 44.Qh8+ Kf7 45.Qh5 Qxh5 46.Rxh5 Be4 47.Kd2 Ra8 48.a6 c5 49.f5 c4 50.Rg5 Rg8 51.Rbg6 Bxf5 52.Rxg7+ Rxg7 53.Rxg7+ Ke6 54.Rxd7 Kxd7 55.Bxd4 Kc7 56.Kc3 Kb8 57.a4 Ka8 58.Kb2 Kb8 59.c3 Bd3 60.a5 Be2 1/2-1/2
2022.09.12 Toronto Closed-B
43114 Douglas, Richard (2017) Nazareno, Merlin (2009) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 Qd6 11.Bf4 Qxf4 12.Qxc6+ Kf7 13.Qxa8 Be4 14.Ne5+ Qxe5 15.Qxf8+ Rxf8 16.dxe5 Bxb1 17.Raxb1 Nd5 18.Re4 Nb6 19.Rf4+ Ke8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Rc1 Ke8 22.e6 Kd8 23.b3 cxb3 24.axb3 Kc8 25.Rc5 Kb7 26.Rf5 Kc6 27.Rf7 Kd6 28.Rxg7 a5 29.Rxh7 c5 30.Kf1 Nd5 31.Rh4 Kc6 32.Ke2 Kb5 33.Rg4 Nb4 34.h4 Nc6 35.h5 Nd4+ 36.Rxd4 cxd4 37.h6 Kb4 38.h7 Kxb3 39.h8=Q 1-0
2022.05.23 Ontario op U2200
43393 Nazareno, Merlin (2083) Mendes, Aaron Reeve (1959) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 h6 8.f4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 b5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Rf2 Rfe8 16.g4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bh4 21.Qf3 Bxf2 22.Bxf2 Qxc2 23.Rd2 Qb1+ 24.Kg2 Qxa2 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.Nf5 Ne4 27.Re2 Qxd5 28.Bh4 Nf6 29.Ne7+ Rxe7 30.Rxe7 Rc2+ 31.Bf2 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Nxg4 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Bd4 Nxh2+ 35.Kg3 Nf1+ 36.Kg4 Rc4 37.Bg1 g5 38.Re2 Rxf4+ 39.Kh3 d5 40.Kg2 d4 41.Bxd4 Rxd4 42.Kxf1 a5 43.Ke1 a4 44.Re7 Kg6 45.Ra7 b3 46.Ke2 h5 0-1
2022.05.23 Ontario op U2200
43409 Kim, Noah (1884) Nazareno, Merlin (2083) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Be2 h5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bg5 Bb4 11.e5 Nxe5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Re1 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Qc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qd5 Qxd5 18.cxd5 Bf5 19.Re7 Rac8 20.Bxh5 a6 21.Rd1 b5 22.Rd4 c5 23.Rf4 Bg6 24.Bg4 Rcd8 25.Rxf6 Kg7 26.Rxa6 Rxd5 27.Raa7 Rd3 28.Be2 Rxc3 29.Bxb5 c4 30.Rac7 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 c3 32.Re3 c2 33.Bd3 Rb8 34.Bxg6 Kxg6 35.Rec3 Rb2 36.a4 Ra2 37.a5 Rf1 38.Rxc2 Rxa5 39.R7c4 f5 40.Rf4 Kg5 41.Kg3 Ra3+ 42.f3 Ra5 43.h4+ Kh5 44.Rc6 Rd1 45.Rb4 Rd7 46.Rbb6 Rg7+ 47.Kh3 1-0
2022.05.22 Ontario op U2200
231001 Orlovsky, Konstantin (1734) Nazareno, Merlin (2083) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Nc6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 Bd7 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qd3 Bg4 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxe4 13.d5 O-O 14.Bd3 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Ne7 16.Rhe1 Qd6 17.Qd4 f5 18.h3 c5 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Rxe5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Ng6 22.Rxf5 Nh4 23.Rh5 Ng6 24.Be4 Rad8 25.c4 Rd6 26.Rg1 h6 27.Rf5 Re8 28.Rg4 Ne5 29.Rg2 Nxc4 30.Rf4 f5 31.Rxf5 Ne3 32.Rd2 Nxf5 33.Bxf5 Re5 34.Be4 Rh5 35.Rc2 b6 36.b4 cxb4 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Rc7+ Kf6 39.Rxa7 Rxh3 40.Kb2 g5 41.Ra4 h5 42.Rxb4 g4 43.fxg4 hxg4 44.Bc2 Kg5 45.Bd1 Rh4 46.Rd4 g3 47.Rd3 Rh2+ 48.Kb3 g2 49.Rg3+ Kf4 50.Rg4+ Ke3 51.Kc4 Kf2 52.Ba4 g1=Q 53.Rxg1 Kxg1 54.Bb5 Kf2 55.Bc6 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kf4 57.Kb5 Rh5 58.a4 Rhxd5+ 59.Bxd5 Rxd5+ 0-1
2022.05.22 Ontario op U2200
43362 Nazareno, Merlin (2083) Laughlin, Braden (1908) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.a4 Rc8 11.f4 h5 12.O-O Ng4 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 h4 17.h3 Rh6 18.Kh1 Rg6 19.Bg4 Bd7 20.Bh5 Rg3 21.Rf3 Rxf3 22.Qxf3 g6 23.Bg4 Bxg4 24.Qxg4 Qd7 25.Qf3 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qe6 27.Rd1 Rc5 28.Rf1 Bd8 29.Qf2 Re5 30.Qd4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.b4 g5 33.Qd3 Qd7 34.Nd5 Qc6 35.Qf3 Qd7 36.Qh5 Qe6 37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.Qf8 f5 39.Rxf5 Rxf5 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.exf5 Kc6 42.Nc3 d5 43.Ne2 Bf6 44.c3 Kd6 45.Kg1 Ke5 46.Nd4 Kf4 47.Nxb5 Kxf5 48.Kf2 Ke4 49.Ke2 Be5 50.Kd2 Kf4 51.Ke2 Ke4 52.Kd2 Kf4 1/2-1/2
2022.05.22 Ontario op U2200
43380 Orlovskii, Konstantin (1734) Nazareno, Merlin (2083) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Nc6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 Bd7 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qd3 Bg4 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxe4 13.d5 O-O 14.Bd3 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Ne7 16.Rhe1 Qd6 17.Qd4 f5 18.h3 c5 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Rxe5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Ng6 22.Rxf5 Nh4 23.Rh5 Ng6 24.Be4 Rad8 25.c4 Rd6 26.Rg1 h6 27.Rf5 Re8 28.Rg4 Ne5 29.Rg2 Nxc4 30.Rf4 f5 31.Rxf5 Ne3 32.Rd2 Nxf5 33.Bxf5 Re5 34.Be4 Rh5 35.Rc2 b6 36.b4 cxb4 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Rc7+ Kf6 39.Rxa7 Rxh3 40.Kb2 g5 41.Ra4 h5 42.Rxb4 g4 43.fxg4 hxg4 44.Bc2 Kg5 45.Bd1 Rh4 46.Rd4 g3 47.Rd3 Rh2+ 48.Kb3 g2 49.Rg3+ Kf4 50.Rg4+ Ke3 51.Kc4 Kf2 52.Ba4 g1=Q 53.Rxg1 Kxg1 54.Bb5 Kf2 55.Bc6 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kf4 57.Kb5 Rh5 58.a4 Rhxd5+ 59.Bxd5 Rxd5+ 0-1
2022.05.21 Ontario op U2200
43326 Nazareno, Merlin (2083) Courson, Wade (1886) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 Bc5 7.e5 d5 8.exf6 dxc4 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.fxg7 Rg8 11.Ng5 Qd3 12.Nxe6 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 fxe6 14.Bh6 Nc6 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bf4 Nd3 18.Bxc7 Rxg7 19.g3 Kd7 20.Ba5 b6 21.Bb4 Nxb4 22.cxb4 Bxb4 23.a3 Bf8 24.Rac1 b5 25.a4 a6 26.f4 Kc6 27.Ng5 e5 28.Ne6 Rf7 29.Rhd1 Re7 30.f5 Rxe6 31.fxe6 Re8 32.Rd7 h6 33.axb5+ axb5 34.Rf7 Ba3 35.Rc2 Rxe6 36.Ra7 Bc5 37.Rh7 Bd4 38.g4 Kc5 39.h4 b4 40.Rc7+ Kb6 41.R7xc4 Bc3 42.Ke3 Kb5 43.R4xc3 bxc3 44.Rxc3 Rf6 45.Rc8 Rf4 46.Rg8 Kc5 47.h5 Kd5 48.Rg6 Ra4 49.Kf3 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 e4 51.Rxh6 Ke5 52.g5 Kf4 53.g6 Rg3+ 54.Kf1 Kf5 55.Rh8 Kf6 56.Rf8+ Kg7 57.Rf7+ Kg8 58.Rf6 Kg7 59.Kf2 Rb3 60.Rf7+ Kg8 61.h6 Rb6 62.h7+ Kh8 63.Rf8+ 1-0
2022.05.21 Ontario op U2200
43340 Zheng, Victor (1918) Nazareno, Merlin (2083) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.c4 O-O-O 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.O-O e6 9.Qb3 Qa6 10.Rd1 Nf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 Be7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 g5 15.Nb5 c5 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.exd6 b6 18.Rac1 Kd7 19.Bxg5 f6 20.Qf3 Qc8 21.Qxh5 Bg6 22.Qh6 Rhf8 23.Be3 Rf7 24.Qf4 Qa6 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 a5 27.a3 Rc8 28.Be4 f5 29.Bb7 1-0
2019.10.13 Canada int. ch
23101 Nazareno, Merlin (1873) Sasata, Robert (2212) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qa4 c4 9.Be2 Rb8 10.Qd1 a5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qc7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.e4 Ne7 15.g4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 f5 18.Qe2 Bxe5 19.fxe5 fxg4 20.Qxg4 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Kg1 Rf5 23.Bd2 Qc6 24.Qg2 Nd5 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Qxf1 Qe8 27.Qg2 Qh5 28.h3 Qf5 29.Kh2 Kf7 30.a3 h6 31.Kg1 g5 32.Qf2 Kg6 33.Qxf5+ Kxf5 34.Kf2 Ke4 35.Ke2 0-1
2019.10.13 Canada int. ch
23127 Duong, Thanh Nha (2165) Nazareno, Merlin (1873) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O Ne4 8.b3 Nd7 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 Qf6 11.e3 h5 12.b4 g5 13.b5 h4 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Rfc1 hxg3 16.hxg3 g4 17.Nh4 Rh6 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Rab1 Nb6 20.Qd1 Rxh4 21.gxh4 Qxh4 22.Qe1 O-O-O 23.Kf1 dxc4 24.Rc2 c3 25.Ke2 Ba6+ 26.Kd1 Bd3 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Qxc3 e5 29.Kc1 exd4 30.exd4 Qh1+ 31.Kd2 Qh6+ 32.Ke1 Bxc2 33.Qxc2 Qh1+ 34.Kd2 Rxd4+ 35.Kc3 Qd5 0-1
2019.10.12 Canada int. ch
23068 Nazareno, Merlin (1873) Regis, Isaias (2090) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.h3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Be3 Qd8 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Bh6 Bh8 14.h4 Be6 15.h5 Rc8 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.f3 Na5 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Bg5 Nxb3 21.axb3 a6 22.Bxf6 exf6 23.O-O-O Rc6 24.Nd5 Bg7 25.g4 Qc8 26.Kb1 b5 27.Rh2 Qb7 28.Rdh1 Qf7 29.Rxh7 Bxd5 30.exd5 Rc5 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Qh2 Kf8 33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Ra8 Rc7 35.Qh7 f5 36.Rg8 Kf6 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Qh4+ 1-0
2019.10.12 Canada int. ch
23085 Guerra, Osmany (2139) Nazareno, Merlin (1873) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bd3 Nh6 5.O-O Bxf5 6.Bxf5 Nxf5 7.d4 Qd6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Ne2 g5 10.Bxg5 Bg7 11.Bf4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Nxf5 Rxf5 16.Qg4+ Qg6 17.Qxg6+ hxg6 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Kf1 Kf7 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.Re1 Rh5 23.h3 d4 24.f4 Rf5 25.Re4 Rc5 26.Re2 Rf5 27.Rf2 Ra5 28.a3 Rb5 29.b4 a5 30.bxa5 Rxa5 31.Rf3 Rc5 32.Rd3 Rc4 33.g4 c5 34.Rb3 Rxc2 35.Rxb7+ Ke6 36.Rb6+ Kd5 37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 d3 39.Ke1 Re2+ 40.Kf1 Re5 41.f6 Kc4 42.Rd6 Kc3 43.a4 c4 44.Kf2 Kc2 45.Rd4 c3 46.Rf4 Re8 47.f7 Rf8 48.Ke3 d2 49.Rf2 Kc1 50.Rf1+ d1=Q 51.Rxd1+ Kxd1 52.Kd3 c2 0-1
2019.10.11 Canada int. ch
23043 Hernandez Moya, Yuleisy (2173) Nazareno, Merlin (1873) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.O-O g6 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Qd6 10.Qa4 Nd7 11.Ne5 Ncxe5 12.dxe5 Qe6 13.h3 c6 14.hxg4 cxb5 15.Qxb5 Bg7 16.f4 O-O 17.Nb3 Nb6 18.Qe2 Na4 19.Nd4 Qc8 20.Qb5 Nb6 21.a4 e6 22.a5 Nc4 23.Rf3 Re8 24.b3 a6 25.Qa4 b5 26.Qa2 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.b4 Bg7 29.Bg5 Qd7 30.Raf1 e5 31.Ne2 Rac8 32.Bf6 Bf8 33.g5 Rc4 34.Qd2 Qc6 35.Bxe5 Bd6 36.Nd4 Qc7 37.Bxd6 Qxd6 38.Rf7 Rc7 39.Qf2 Rxc3 40.Qh4 h5 41.gxh6 Qe5 42.h7+ Kh8 1-0
2019.10.11 Canada int. ch
225942 Hernandez Moya, Yuleisis (2173) Nazareno, Merlin (1873) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.O-O g6 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Qd6 10.Qa4 Nd7 11.Ne5 Ncxe5 12.dxe5 Qe6 13.h3 c6 14.hxg4 cxb5 15.Qxb5 Bg7 16.f4 O-O 17.Nb3 Nb6 18.Qe2 Na4 19.Nd4 Qc8 20.Qb5 Nb6 21.a4 e6 22.a5 Nc4 23.Rf3 Re8 24.b3 a6 25.Qa4 b5 26.Qa2 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.b4 Bg7 29.Bg5 Qd7 30.Raf1 e5 31.Ne2 Rac8 32.Bf6 Bf8 33.g5 Rc4 34.Qd2 Qc6 35.Bxe5 Bd6 36.Nd4 Qc7 37.Bxd6 Qxd6 38.Rf7 Rc7 39.Qf2 Rxc3 40.Qh4 h5 41.gxh6 Qe5 42.h7+ Kh8 1-0
2019.09.02 Toronto op U2200
43929 Xie, Austin (1900) Nazareno, Merlin (2166) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 a6 9.Ba4 Qg6 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Re8 12.Bf4 b5 13.Bb3 e6 14.a4 Be7 15.axb5 Bd3 16.bxc6 Bxe2 17.cxd7+ Kb7 18.dxe8=Q Rxe8 19.Rdg1 c5 20.Bc2 Qf7 21.Be5 Rc8 22.Re1 Bb5 23.Re3 g5 24.Bg3 g4 25.Ne5 Qg7 26.Nb3 cxd4 27.Nxd4 Bg5 28.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 29.fxe3 Qh6 30.Nf4 d4 31.exd4 Rf8 32.Be4+ Kc8 33.Nxg4 Qg5 34.Bf3 Rxf4 35.h4 Qf5 36.Ne3 Qf8 37.Bxf4 Qxf4 38.Kd2 Qg3 39.Nd1 Qf4+ 40.Ne3 Qg3 41.Nd1 Qg6 42.Nf2 Qh6+ 43.Kc2 Qe3 44.Ng4 Bd3+ 45.Kd1 1/2-1/2
2019.09.01 Toronto op U2200
43886 Nazareno, Merlin (2166) Lim, Levi (1951) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Qc2 Qa5 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 f6 11.Nxd7 Qxg5 12.Nc5 f5 13.O-O O-O 14.f4 Qe7 15.Nb3 b6 16.Ne2 Ba6 17.Rfd1 Bd6 18.a3 Rac8 19.Kh1 g5 20.g3 gxf4 21.gxf4 Kh8 22.Rg1 Rg8 23.Ng3 Qh4 24.Rg2 Rg6 25.Rag1 Rcg8 26.Nd2 Bb7 27.b4 c5 28.dxc5 Bxf4 29.exf4 e3 30.Qc3+ R8g7 31.Nde4 e2 32.cxb6 e1=Q 33.Rxe1 Bxe4 34.Rxe4 fxe4 35.bxa7 Qd8 36.Rd2 Qa8 37.Rd7 Kg8 38.Rxg7+ Rxg7 39.Qe3 Rxa7 40.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 41.Nxe4 Rxa3 42.b5 Rb3 43.Kg2 Rb4 44.Nd6 Kf8 45.Kf3 Ke7 46.c5 Kd7 47.Ke3 h5 48.h4 Kc7 49.Kf3 Kd7 1/2-1/2
2019.09.01 Toronto op U2200
43905 Xu, Eddie (1986) Nazareno, Merlin (2166) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Nh4 Nh6 5.Qh5+ Nf7 6.Bb5 g6 7.Qe2 gxf5 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.d4 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O a5 12.Re1 e6 13.Bf4 c5 14.c3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Re8 16.Nc3 a4 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.Ne2 c6 20.Ng3 Kg8 21.Nh5 Bh8 22.Qd2 Ra7 23.Ng5 Qe7 24.Rc3 Qb4 25.Nxe6 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Qxd4 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Qe2 Re7 29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Bxe3 Qxb2 31.Qxb2 Bxb2 32.Ng3 d4 33.Bf4 Bd7 34.Kf1 Kg7 35.Ke2 c5 36.Nf3 Bb5+ 37.Kd2 Kg6 38.Kc2 a3 39.Ne5+ Kf6 40.Nd3 Bc4 41.Nh5+ Ke7 42.Nxb2 Bxa2 43.Nd3 c4 44.Ne5 Ke6 45.Ng3 Bb3+ 46.Kb1 c3 47.Ne2 Kd5 48.f3 Bc4 49.Nxc4 Kxc4 50.Nc1 d3 51.Nxd3 Kxd3 52.Ka2 Kc2 53.Kxa3 Kb1 54.Kb4 c2 55.Kc5 1-0
2019.08.31 Toronto op U2200
43843 Nazareno, Merlin (2166) Qiao, Cindy (1884) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.c3 e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.e4 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Bb1 Ba6 14.Rc3 Rc8 15.Nb3 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Nc6 17.h4 Qc8 18.Bf4 f5 19.Bd2 Nd8 20.Nc1 g6 21.h5 Rf7 22.Ne2 Nf8 23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Bxg5 Bxe2 25.Kxe2 Qc4+ 26.Qd3 Qxd3+ 27.Bxd3 Nc6 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Kd3 Na5 30.Bd8 Rg7 31.g3 Nd7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rh6 Nf8 34.f4 Nd7 35.Bg5 Nf8 36.Bf6 Rh7 37.Rxh7 Nxh7 38.Bh4 Kf7 39.c4 Nxc4 40.Bxc4 dxc4+ 41.Kxc4 Ke8 42.d5 Nf8 43.d6 a6 44.a4 Nd7 45.Be7 Kf7 46.Kb4 Ke8 47.Kc4 Kf7 48.Bd8 Ke8 49.Bc7 Kf7 50.Kb4 Ke8 51.Kc4 Kf7 1/2-1/2
2019.08.31 Toronto op U2200
43871 Ajith, Aayush (1851) Nazareno, Merlin (2166) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Be2 Rac8 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Nb3 Ne5 16.Nc5 Rc7 17.Nd4 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 a6 19.Rab1 Qe7 20.Rfc1 Rdc8 21.Rc2 g6 22.Rbc1 Kg7 23.a4 Nc4 24.a5 Nxa5 25.Nxa6 bxa6 26.bxa5 Rc4 27.Qe1 Qc7 28.Ra1 Ne4 29.Ne2 Nxc3 30.Nxc3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Qxc3 32.Qxc3+ Rxc3 33.Kf1 Kf6 34.Ke2 Rc2+ 35.Kf3 Ke5 36.Ra4 Rc4 37.Ra3 h5 38.Ra2 f5 39.Ke2 Kd6 40.Kd3 h4 41.Ra1 f4 42.Ra2 g5 43.Ra1 e5 44.Ra2 e4+ 45.Ke2 Kc5 46.Kd2 0-1
2018.10.21 Aurora Fall op
31323 Profit, Brian (2022) Nazareno, Merlin (2005) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c3 Qd7 6.Nbd2 g5 7.Bg3 h5 8.h4 Bxf3 9.exf3 g4 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxg4 hxg4 13.Qc2 Nh6 14.Bf4 Nf7 15.O-O-O Bh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Nb3 Nd6 18.Nc5 Qf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5 20.g3 Nd6 21.Rhe1 Kf7 22.Re2 f5 23.Nd3 Ne4 24.Ne5+ Ke8 25.Rg1 c5 26.f3 gxf3 27.Nxf3 cxd4 28.Nxd4 e6 29.g4 fxg4 30.Rxg4 Kd7 31.Nf3 Rf8 32.Ng5 Nxg5 33.hxg5 Rg6 34.Kc2 Rf5 35.Ra4 Rfxg5 36.Rxa6 Rg2 37.Rxe6 Rxe2+ 38.Rxe2 c5 39.b4 Kc6 40.a4 d4 41.b5+ Kb6 42.cxd4 cxd4 43.Re4 Kc5 44.Kb3 Rg3+ 45.Kb2 Rg2+ 46.Kb3 Rg3+ 47.Kb2 Kc4 48.b6 Rb3+ 49.Kc2 Rxb6 50.a5 Rc6 51.Re5 Rf6 52.Re8 Rf2+ 53.Kd1 Rg2 54.Rc8+ Kb5 55.Rd8 1/2-1/2
2018.10.21 Aurora Fall op
31334 Nazareno, Merlin (2005) Zhao, Jeffrey R (1995) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nge2 Rb8 9.Rb1 h6 10.Bh4 Bh7 11.O-O e6 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Na4 cxd4 14.exd4 Qa5 15.b3 O-O 16.Rc1 Ba3 17.Bxf6 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 gxf6 19.Qxh6 Qd8 20.Nf4 Kh8 21.Nh5 Rg8 22.Nxf6 Rg7 23.f4 Qa5 24.c3 Qb5 25.Rg1 Qe2 26.Nc5 Qc2 27.Ncd7 Rd8 28.Ne5 Rc8 29.Nh5 Rcg8 30.Qf6 Bg6 31.Nxg7 Rxg7 32.Nxg6+ fxg6 33.Qxe6 Qxc3 34.Re1 Qxd4 35.Qh3+ Rh7 36.Qc8+ Kg7 37.Re7+ Kh6 38.Qh3# 1-0
2018.10.21 Aurora Fall op
228794 Nazareno, Merlin (2005) Zhao, Jeffrey Renfei (1995) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nge2 Rb8 9.Rb1 h6 10.Bh4 Bh7 11.O-O e6 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Na4 cxd4 14.exd4 Qa5 15.b3 O-O 16.Rc1 Ba3 17.Bxf6 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 gxf6 19.Qxh6 Qd8 20.Nf4 Kh8 21.Nh5 Rg8 22.Nxf6 Rg7 23.f4 Qa5 24.c3 Qb5 25.Rg1 Qe2 26.Nc5 Qc2 27.Ncd7 Rd8 28.Ne5 Rc8 29.Nh5 Rcg8 30.Qf6 Bg6 31.Nxg7 Rxg7 32.Nxg6+ fxg6 33.Qxe6 Qxc3 34.Re1 Qxd4 35.Qh3+ Rh7 36.Qc8+ Kg7 37.Re7+ Kh6 38.Qh3# 1-0
2018.10.20 Aurora Fall op
31299 Colvin, Andrew (2071) Nazareno, Merlin (2005) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.b3 Nd7 10.a4 Rf7 11.Ba3 Bc7 12.Rac1 Qf6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qxc7 Ndc5 16.Rxc5 Rxc7 17.Rxc7 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Be6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ng5 Qxb3 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.h3 Qb3 23.Bd6 Re8 24.Be5 Rxe5 25.dxe5 Qd5 26.Re7 Kf8 27.Rcc7 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Qd5 29.Rxb7 Qc5 30.Rxa7 g5 31.Reb7 Qxe5+ 32.g3 Qe8 33.Rxh7 Kg8 34.Rag7+ 1-0
2018.10.20 Aurora Fall op
31311 Nazareno, Merlin (2005) Chernik, Dmitry (2080) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bh4 c6 5.Qd2 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Ne2 g5 10.Bg3 Bg7 11.Bb3 a5 12.c3 a4 13.Bc2 Be6 14.Be5 Nh5 15.Bxg7 Nxg7 16.Bxe4 O-O 17.Bd3 f5 18.c4 b5 19.c5 Bd5 20.f3 g4 21.e4 fxe4 22.fxe4 Bc4 23.Bxc4+ bxc4 24.Qxh6 a3 25.b4 cxb3 26.axb3 e5 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Qe3 a2 29.d5 cxd5 30.exd5 Nf5 31.Qe4 Nd4 32.Qxg4+ Kh8 33.Qh3+ Kg8 34.Qg3+ Kh8 35.Nxd4 exd4 36.Qh3+ Kg7 37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.Qh5+ Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kh8 40.Qh3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
2018.06.02 Goldon Horseshoe op U2000
226071 Nazareno, Merlin (1894) Wang, Eric1 (1684) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.f4 Nbd7 6.Ngf3 c5 7.Ne5 b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O Ng8 11.Rf2 Ne7 12.Nf1 g6 13.g4 f6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qh3 O-O-O 16.a4 a6 17.Ng3 Kb8 18.Qf1 Ka7 19.e4 f5 20.e5 Bc7 21.a5 c4 22.axb6+ Bxb6 23.Be2 Qc8 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Be3 Nb8 26.Ra3 Bc6 27.Qb1 Bb5 28.Nf1 Kb7 29.Nd2 Qc6 30.Qc2 h5 31.g5 Kc8 32.Rf1 Rh7 33.Rfa1 Ra7 34.Qc1 Rdd7 35.b3 Rdc7 36.bxc4 Bxc4 37.Nxc4 dxc4 38.Bf3 Qe8 39.Rb1 Nd7 40.Rb2 Qe7 41.Ra4 Kd8 42.Qb1 Ke8 43.Rxb6 Nxb6 44.Qxb6 Qd7 45.Ra5 1-0
2018.06.02 Goldon Horseshoe op U2000
25147 Nazareno, Merlin (1894) Wang, Eric (1684) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.f4 Nbd7 6.Ngf3 c5 7.Ne5 b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O Ng8 11.Rf2 Ne7 12.Nf1 g6 13.g4 f6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qh3 O-O-O 16.a4 a6 17.Ng3 Kb8 18.Qf1 Ka7 19.e4 f5 20.e5 Bc7 21.a5 c4 22.axb6+ Bxb6 23.Be2 Qc8 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Be3 Nb8 26.Ra3 Bc6 27.Qb1 Bb5 28.Nf1 Kb7 29.Nd2 Qc6 30.Qc2 h5 31.g5 Kc8 32.Rf1 Rh7 33.Rfa1 Ra7 34.Qc1 Rdd7 35.b3 Rdc7 36.bxc4 Bxc4 37.Nxc4 dxc4 38.Bf3 Qe8 39.Rb1 Nd7 40.Rb2 Qe7 41.Ra4 Kd8 42.Qb1 Ke8 43.Rxb6 Nxb6 44.Qxb6 Qd7 45.Ra5 1-0
2018.06.02 Goldon Horseshoe op U2000
25149 Khachaturov, Vadim (1966) Nazareno, Merlin (1894) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 Qd7 5.Bd3 O-O-O 6.Nf3 f6 7.Bxf5 Qxf5 8.Qe2 h5 9.Nh4 Qh7 10.f4 g5 11.fxg5 fxe5 12.dxe5 d4 13.O-O e6 14.g3 Bc5 15.Kh1 Nge7 16.Rf6 Rhf8 17.g6 Nxg6 18.Rxg6 d3 19.Qe1 Qd7 20.Nd2 Rf2 21.Ndf3 Re2 22.Qd1 Qd5 23.Bf4 Qe4 24.Qb3 d2 25.Qxe6+ Kb8 26.Bxd2 Rdxd2 27.Rg8+ Nd8 28.Qh3 Rf2 29.Rf1 a5 30.Rxf2 Bxf2 31.Qf5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2 33.Kh3 Ka7 34.Qxh5 Bb6 35.Qg4 Nc6 36.e6 Rb1 37.b4 axb4 38.cxb4 Rxb4 39.Qg6 Qf1+ 40.Ng2 Qxf3 41.Qf7 Qe4 42.Rg7 Rb2 43.Nf4 Qh1 44.Qf8 Rxh2+ 45.Kg4 Qd1+ 46.Kg5 Qf3 47.Kf5 Rh5+ 48.Kf6 Bd4+ 49.Kf7 Rf5+ 50.Ke8 Rxf8+ 51.Kxf8 Bf2 0-1
2018.06.02 Goldon Horseshoe op U2000
25158 Bu, Kevin (1958) Nazareno, Merlin (1894) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 f6 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.c3 Rc8 9.O-O g5 10.Bh2 Bg6 11.Re1 h5 12.Bf1 Kf7 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qb5 a6 15.Qe2 Nc6 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.e4 d4 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.cxd4 g4 20.Nh4 Bxd4 21.Nxg6 Kxg6 22.hxg4 e5 23.Rac1 Nge7 24.Bg3 h4 25.Bh2 Qb6 26.Red1 a5 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 28.Qd2 h3 29.g5 hxg2 30.Bxg2 Rcd8 31.Qe3 Qe6 32.gxf6 Qg4 33.fxe7 Rxh2 34.Kxh2 Rh8+ 35.Kg1 Rg8 36.Rxd4 exd4 37.Qg3 Qxg3 38.fxg3 Kf6 39.Rd1 Ke5 40.Rf1 Re8 41.Rf5+ Ke6 42.Rxa5 Rxe7 43.Rd5 Rc7 44.Rxd4 Rc1+ 45.Kh2 Rc2 46.Kh3 1-0
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