Stockfish
PGN
| Event | 49th Blackpool Conference |
| Site | Blackpool ENG |
| Date | 2026.02.14 |
| Round | 2.3 |
| White | Pickles, S |
| Black | FM Merriman, J |
| Result | 1-0 |
| WhiteElo | 2213 |
| BlackElo | 2243 |
| ECO | C11 |
| Opening | French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation |
| PlyCount | 129 |
Moves
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.h4 b6 9.Nf4 Qc7 10.a3 h6 11.Rh3 Bb7 12.Rg3 g6 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.Kf1 O-O-O 15.b4 c4 16.Bc2 a6 17.a4 Nb8 18.Be3 Re8 19.Qd2 Nfd7 20.Nh3 Bf8 21.a5 b5 22.Ke2 Nc6 23.Nh2 Qd8 24.Rf3 Ndxe5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Rf4 g5 27.Bb6 Qd7 28.Rd4 Nc6 29.hxg5 Nxd4+ 30.Qxd4 e5 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qxd7+ Kxd7 33.Bf5+ Kc6 34.Nf3 Bd6 35.Kd2 Bc8 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.Nh4 Rce8 38.Nf5 Bf8 39.Re1 Re6 40.f4 d4 41.fxe5 dxc3+ 42.Kxc3 Re8 43.Nf4 Rg8 44.Nd4+ Kb7 45.Nf3 Be7 46.Rd1 Kc8 47.Nh3 Bd8 48.Bc5 Bc7 49.Bd6 Rd8 50.Nf4 h4 51.Nd5 Bxd6 52.exd6 Kb7 53.Nf6 Rh8 54.Ne5 Rhf8 55.Ne4 Kc8 56.Rh1 Kb7 57.Rxh4 Rfe8 58.Nc5+ Ka8 59.Nxf7 Re3+ 60.Kd2 Rde8 61.d7 Re2+ 62.Kc3 R8e3+ 63.Kd4 Ka7 64.d8=Q Re4+ 65.Nxe4 1-0
