[Event "Titled Tue 15th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Merriman, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.c4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Qg5 14.Bf1 h5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Rac8 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rac1 Qb2 19.Qxb2 Bxb2 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.bxc4 Ba3 22.Bd3 b6 23.Kf1 Bc5 24.Ke2 Rc8 25.a4 a5 26.f4 Kg7 27.Kf3 Rh8 28.e4 e6 29.e5 exd5 30.cxd5 Re8 31.Bb5 Re7 32.Re1 Bd4 33.e6 fxe6 34.dxe6 Kf6 35.Bd7 Bc5 36.h3 g5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 gxf4 39.Kxf4 Kg6 40.Rh1 Bd4 41.Ke4 Bc5 42.Rh8 Kg5 43.Rg8+ Kf6 44.g5# 1-0