[Event "Titled Tue 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merriman, J"]
[Black "Mestnikov, Aisen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.a3 Na5 14.Ne5 b5 15.f3 Nc4 16.Rc2 Qb6 17.Rfc1 Rfd8 18.Re2 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Rc6 20.Rec2 Rdc8 21.Bg3 h6 22.Bf2 Qd8 23.g4 Bd6 24.Kg2 Bb8 25.Rh1 Rc4 26.h4 e5 27.g5 e4 28.Qe2 hxg5 29.hxg5 exf3+ 30.Qxf3 Ne4 31.Bh4 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Rxc3 33.Rf2 Qd7 34.g6 Rf8 35.Bg5 Qe6 36.Qh5 Qe4+ 37.Rf3 Rc2+ 38.Kg1 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Rxh1 40.Qxh1 Qc2+ 41.Kf1 Qxg6 42.Rh3 Qb1+ 0-1