WORLDBASE

WORLDBASE Players IM Merry, Alan B

Stockfish
GameID: 0
FIDE Country B-Year Gender Standard Rapid Blitz
418811 ENG 1996 M 2401 2249 2340
505 games
2026.05.04 4ncl 2025-26
2255004 GM Cherniaev, A1 (2268) IM Merry, Alan B (2404) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.Ng3 Bg4 6.Qd2 e6 7.Ncxe4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Bf5 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.Bd2 Bxh4 14.O-O-O Bxg3 15.Qxg3 Kf8 16.Rh4 Nd7 17.Rdh1 Nf6 18.Bg5 Qd5 19.Qe5 Ne8 20.Rxh5 Rxh5 21.Rxh5 f6 22.Qxd5 cxd5 23.Bf4 Rc8 24.Rh3 Rc6 25.Rb3 b6 26.Bb8 a6 27.a4 Nd6 28.Bxd6+ Rxd6 29.Rc3 Ke7 30.Rc8 Rd8 31.Rc6 Rd6 32.Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2
2026.05.03 4ncl 2025-26
2254995 WCM Ciocan, Maria-Alexandra (1992) IM Merry, Alan B (2404) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Be6 7.b3 Bd5 8.Qe3 e6 9.Bb2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Qg3 Nf6 12.Bd3 g6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.d4 O-O 15.O-O a5 16.a3 Qb6 17.Qh4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rd7 19.Rd3 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Nd5 21.Rh3 h6 22.Rhd3 g5 23.Qe4 Nf4 24.Bf1 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Kf8 26.Qh7 Rxd4 27.Re1 a4 28.b4 c5 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.c3 Rd8 31.Bc4 cxb4 32.cxb4 Rd2 33.Rf1 Qd4 34.Bb5 Qb2 35.Qb1 Rxf2 36.Qxb2 Rxb2 37.Bxa4 Bd4+ 38.Kh1 Ke7 39.g4 Be5 40.Rd1 Rxh2+ 41.Kg1 Ra2 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rxb7 Rxa3 44.Bc6 Rg3+ 45.Kf1 Rxg4 46.b5 Rc4 47.Ra7 g4 48.Ra8+ Kg7 49.Be8 g3 50.Bc6 0-1
2026.05.02 4ncl 2025-26
2254915 IM Merry, Alan B (2404) GM Adams, Michael (2629) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxc4 Bh3 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Qe2 Qd3 14.Qxd3 Nxd3 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Nbd2 Be7 17.b3 h5 18.f3 Rd5 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Bb2 Rfd8 21.Bc3 Nb4 22.Rb2 Rd3 23.Rc1 Nd5 24.Ne4 Nxe3 25.Nf2 Nxc4 26.Nxd3 Rxd3 27.bxc4 Bc5+ 28.Kh1 Be3 29.Bd2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Bxd2 31.Rd1 Bb4 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Ra8 a5 34.a3 Bxa3 35.Rxa5 Bb4 36.Ra2 Bc3 37.f4 Bd4 38.Ra6 c5 39.Ra7 Bf1 40.Rxc7 Bxc4 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.Rd7 Kf5 43.Kf3 g5 44.fxg5 Bxe5 45.h4 Be6 46.Rd1 c4 47.Rb1 Bd5+ 48.Ke3 Bxg3 49.Rb5 Ke5 0-1
2026.03.22 4ncl 2025-26
2216440 IM Bates, Ri (2285) IM Merry, Alan B (2404) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bc3 Ne4 9.Nfd2 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 f5 11.e3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.a3 a5 14.c5 Bc7 15.f4 g5 16.Nf3 gxf4 17.exf4 Nf6 18.b4 Bd7 19.Ne5 axb4 20.axb4 Kh8 21.Ra1 Qg7 22.Qe2 h5 23.Bf3 h4 24.Qg2 hxg3 25.hxg3 Kg8 26.Be2 Rfd8 27.Bd3 Be8 28.Rfe1 Bh5 29.Qh3 Bg4 30.Qh4 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Ne4 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Bf1 Kf7 34.Bh3 Bxh3 35.Qxh3 Rh8 36.Qg2 Qg4 37.Kf2 Rxa1 38.Rxa1 Rh3 39.Rg1 Qh5 40.Ke3 Rh2 41.Qf1 Ra2 42.Rg2 Qh3 0-1
2026.03.21 4ncl 2025-26
2216376 IM Merry, Alan B (2404) IM Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (2431) 0-1
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d5 O-O 7.Nh3 c6 8.O-O Qe8 9.Be3 Na6 10.b3 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Kh1 Nc7 14.Nf4 g5 15.Nh3 f4 16.gxf4 Qh5 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5+ Kg8 19.f4 Ng4 20.Bg1 Rf6 21.Rf3 Raf8 22.Rh3 Qg6 23.Be4 Bf5 24.e3 Bh6 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Nce4 Rg6 27.Qg2 Nf6 28.Rg3 cxd5 29.cxd5 Nh5 30.Rh3 Nf6 31.Rg3 Nh5 32.Rh3 Nf6 33.Nxf6+ exf6 34.Qe4 fxg5 35.Qxf5 Rxf5 36.Rc1 Ne8 37.fxg5 Bxg5 38.Rg3 Rg7 39.Rc8 Re5 40.Rb8 Ree7 41.a4 Kf7 42.e4 a6 43.Bd4 Bf6 44.Rf3 Rxe4 45.Rxb7+ Re7 46.Ra7 Rxa7 47.Bxa7 Rg4 48.Bb6 Ke7 49.h3 Rb4 50.a5 Be5 51.Kg2 Nf6 52.Rd3 Rb5 53.Kf3 Nxd5 54.Bd4 Rxa5 55.Bxe5 dxe5 56.h4 Nf6 0-1
2026.02.08 4ncl 2025-26
2180596 IM Merry, Alan B (2409) GM Emms, J (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Nc3 Rfd8 13.e4 h6 14.Bf4 b4 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bf1 a5 18.Ne1 Ba6 19.Qf3 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 Rac8 21.Kg2 f5 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Qd3 e5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Rd2 a4 27.Rad1 b3 28.axb3 Qxb3 29.Qxb3 axb3 30.Nf3 Bf6 31.Nd4 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc2 33.R1d2 Kf7 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.Ke2 Rxd2+ 36.Rxd2 Rc8 37.Ke3 g5 38.Rd3 Rb8 39.Kd4 g4 40.f3 gxf3 41.Re3+ Kd6 42.Rxf3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 Rc4+ 44.Kxb3 Rc1 45.Rc3 Re1 46.Rc8 d4 47.Rd8+ Kc5 48.Rf8 Kd5 49.Kc2 Re2+ 50.Kd3 Rxh2 51.b4 Rb2 52.Rf5+ Ke6 53.Rb5 Rb3+ 54.Kxd4 Rxg3 55.Rh5 Kd6 56.Rxh6+ Kc7 57.Kc5 1/2-1/2
2026.02.07 4ncl 2025-26
2180564 IM Makkar, Rajat (2411) IM Merry, Alan B (2409) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Rd8 12.Qe3 Qxb2 13.O-O Nb6 14.Bb3 Ned5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Rxd5 17.Rad1 Qa3 18.Qf4 Be7 19.Rfe1 Bxg5 20.hxg5 O-O 21.Qh4 Rfd8 22.Nxh5 Bxh5 23.Qxh5 g6 24.Qh4 Qa4 25.Rd3 Rxd4 26.Re4 c5 27.Qh6 Qa5 28.Rh3 1-0
2026.01.11 4ncl 2025-26
2155571 FM Shearsby, Jude (2310) IM Merry, Alan B (2400) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Qb6 5.Be2 h6 6.g4 Be4 7.f3 Bh7 8.e6 fxe6 9.Nh3 Nd7 10.Bd3 e5 11.Bxh7 Rxh7 12.Qd3 Rh8 13.Qg6+ Kd8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qf5 Nd7 16.Nf4 e5 17.Ne6+ Ke7 18.Nc3 Ngf6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 Re8 21.Bd2 Rh5 22.O-O-O Kd8 23.Qh3 Kc8 24.Ne2 Qa6 25.Ng3 Qxa2 26.c3 Rh8 27.Ne6 Kb8 28.Rde1 d4 29.Nxd4 Ba3 30.bxa3 exd4 31.cxd4 Qxa3+ 32.Kc2 Qa2+ 33.Kc1 Qc4+ 34.Kb1 Qxd4 35.Qh2 Qd3+ 36.Kc1 Ka8 37.Qf2 Nb6 38.Rxe8+ Rxe8 39.Re1 Rd8 40.Qe3 Qc4+ 41.Qc3 Rxd2 42.Kxd2 Qf4+ 43.Qe3 Nc4+ 0-1
2026.01.10 4ncl 2025-26
2155523 IM Merry, Alan B (2400) GM Williams, Si1 (2434) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Nc6 9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.a3 O-O 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.O-O Rac8 14.Qd1 Rf6 15.Be1 Rh6 16.h3 e5 17.f3 exd4 18.exd4 Ng5 19.Bg3 Qf6 20.Qb3 Be6 21.Rac1 Rf8 22.Qxb7 Nxd4 23.Nf4 Bf7 24.h4 Rxh4 25.Bxh4 Ngxf3+ 26.gxf3 Qxh4 27.Ng2 Qg3 28.Rc8 Nxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Qxf3 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Qb4+ 1-0
2025.11.02 4ncl 2025-26
2088082 IM Merry, Alan B (2401) Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon (2129) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 Bb7 9.axb5 a6 10.Nc3 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nxb5 Bd5 13.Bf4 c5 14.dxc5 Qa5 15.Nc3 Qxc5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nd4 Bc5 19.Rd1 Na6 20.Nf5 Nb4 21.Qd2 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 Rb8 23.Bxd5 Nbxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 g6 26.Qd4 Qb7 27.Rd2 Ra8 28.f3 Qb3 29.g4 Re8 30.Kf2 Qb8 31.Kg2 Qb3 32.h4 Qb5 33.Kh3 c3 34.Qxc3 Rxe2 35.Rd8+ Re8 36.Qd3 Qe5 37.b4 Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kg7 39.Qd3 h5 40.gxh5 Qxh5 41.Qd4+ Kg8 42.Kg3 Qb5 43.Kf2 Qf5 44.Qe4 Qb5 45.Ke3 Qa4 46.Qc4 Qd1 47.Ke4 Qe1+ 48.Kd5 Qd1+ 49.Kc5 Qxf3 50.b5 Qa3+ 51.Kb6 Qd6+ 52.Kb7 Qe7+ 53.Kb8 Qe5+ 54.Ka8 Qe8+ 55.Kb7 Qe7+ 56.Kb6 Qd6+ 57.Qc6 Qd4+ 58.Kc7 Qxh4 59.b6 Kg7 60.Qc3+ Kh7 61.Qe5 Qc4+ 62.Kb8 Qc6 63.b7 Qb6 64.Qd5 Qb4 65.Qxf7+ Kh6 66.Qd5 Qf8+ 67.Kc7 Qe7+ 68.Kc6 Qe8+ 69.Kb6 Qe3+ 70.Kc6 Qc3+ 71.Kd7 Qg7+ 72.Ke6 Qg8+ 73.Ke5 Qe8+ 74.Kf4 Qb8+ 75.Kg4 Qe8 76.Qd2+ 1-0
2025.11.01 4ncl 2025-26
2088032 GM Kosakowski, Jakub (2541) IM Merry, Alan B (2401) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 a6 9.a5 Qc7 10.b4 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 g5 12.Nb3 f6 13.Re1 Ng6 14.exf6 Bd6 15.Bd3 g4 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Ne5 Ngxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Qd3 Rdf8 20.Be3 Rxf6 21.Bb6 Qd6 22.Re2 Re6 23.g3 Rhe8 24.Bc5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 R6e7 26.Qxf5+ Kb8 27.Rae1 Ka7 28.Na4 d4 29.cxd4 Bxd4 30.Nb6 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Qf8 32.Rxe8 Qxe8 33.Nc8+ Kb8 34.Nd6 Qe5 35.Qc8+ 1-0
1631776 IM Merry, Alan B (2403) FM Nelson, Jo (2114) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.O-O a5 9.e4 e5 10.Ne1 Na6 11.Nd3 c6 12.a3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.b4 Nc7 15.Rb1 Nb5 16.Nxb5 Bxb5 17.a4 Bc4 18.Re1 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 axb4 20.Rxb4 Nd7 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Qc2 Qd7 23.Ra1 f5 24.Be3 Na6 25.Rc4 f4 26.Bd2 fxg3 27.hxg3 Nc5 28.Be3 b5 29.Rb4 bxa4 30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Rbxa4 Rxa4 32.Qxa4 Qf7 33.Qc2 h5 34.Qxc5 h4 35.gxh4 Qf4 36.d6 Bf6 37.Ra3 Rb8 38.d7 Rb1+ 39.Bf1 Rd1 40.Rd3 Rxd3 41.Qc4+ Kg7 42.Qxd3 Qxh4 43.Qd1 Qg5+ 44.Bg2 Bd8 45.Kf1 Qf6 46.Bh3 Bb6 47.Qe2 1-0
1631794 FM Martyn, R (2192) IM Merry, Alan B (2403) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.dxe4 e5 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Nd7 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 h6 10.Ng3 Ngf6 11.a5 Ba6 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bc4 Bb5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.O-O Kf8 17.h4 Kg7 18.h5 Nxh5 19.Nxh5+ gxh5 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Re1 Ng4 22.Nf1 Bc5 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rhg8 26.Rf1 Kh7 27.Rf5 Rg6 28.Bxb5 cxb5 29.Raf1 Rf8 30.Qxh5 f6 31.R5f2 Qxa5 32.Rd1 Rf7 33.Rfd2 Rfg7 34.Qf5 Qb6 35.Kf2 Kh8 36.Rd8+ Rg8 37.Rxg8+ Rxg8 38.Qh5 Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kh8 40.Rh1 Kg7 41.Qd7+ Kf8 42.Rxh6 Rg7 43.Rh8+ Rg8 44.Rh7 1-0
1631757 Malinovsky, I (2075) IM Merry, Alan B (2403) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Be4 5.f3 Bg6 6.e6 Qd6 7.exf7+ Bxf7 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.f4 h5 10.g5 e6 11.Bh3 Ne7 12.Nd2 Bg6 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.Ng3 g6 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.O-O Bg7 18.Qd3 O-O 19.Ne5 Rfe8 20.Re1 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qe7 22.Be3 Nf8 23.c4 Red8 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Qb3 Ne6 26.Rad1 Rad8 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Rd1 Qd7 29.Rxd5 cxd5 30.Qa3 d4 31.Bd2 a6 32.Qb4 Kf7 33.Qb3 Qc6 34.a4 Ke7 35.Bb4+ Kd7 36.Bd2 Kc7 37.a5 Kb8 38.Qb4 Qd5 39.Qe7 Ka7 40.b4 h4 41.h3 Qb3 42.Be1 Qe3+ 43.Bf2 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Nxf4+ 45.Kh2 Qc2 46.Qc5+ Qxc5 47.bxc5 d3 48.Be3 Ne6 49.Kg2 Kb8 50.Kf1 Kc7 51.Ke1 Kc6 52.Bf2 Nxg5 53.e6 0-1
1631738 IM Merry, Alan B (2403) Birtwistle, N (2068) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.O-O Qa5 9.h3 e5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bf1 Rd8 13.f4 Ned7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Qc2 Nh5 16.Kh2 g5 17.fxg5 Be5 18.Nce2 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.exd5 Qc7 21.Bf2 Rxd5 22.Rad1 Qd7 23.Nf3 Bc7 24.Bxc5 Nxg3 25.Nxg3 Bxg3+ 26.Kxg3 Qc7+ 27.Kg2 Rxc5 28.Qf2 Be6 29.Bd3 Bd5 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 Qc6 32.Rde1 Rc8 33.R1e2 Rf5 34.Qe3 Kf8 35.Nd4 1-0
1631726 Cooper, John G (2100) IM Merry, Alan B (2403) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.b3 Be6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 Qd7 11.O-O Rfd8 12.Ne4 f6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 e4 15.Ne1 Bf5 16.Qa1 Qe6 17.dxe4 Bxe4 18.Nf3 Rd7 19.e3 Rad8 20.Rh5 Bd3 21.Re1 Nb4 22.Rh4 Nc2 23.Qc1 Nxe1 24.Qxe1 c5 25.Qc3 Be4 26.h3 Qd5 27.Rf4 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Nd5 29.Qc4 Bd3 30.Qxc5 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Qc2 32.Qxc2 Bxc2 33.Nd4 Bb1 34.a4 Re8 35.Bf1 a6 36.Bc4+ Kh8 37.Ba3 Be4 38.Ne6 Rd2 39.Kg3 b5 0-1
10619 IM Merry, Alan B (2400) Merriman, James (2048) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Qd2 b5 13.Rfe1 a6 14.e4 b4 15.Nd1 Bxd1 16.Raxd1 Nh5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Ng7 21.b3 a5 22.Bh3 Ra7 23.Qf2 Qd8 24.e5 Nb6 25.e6 a4 26.Ng5 f6 27.Nf7 Qe7 28.f5 axb3 29.axb3 g5 30.Nxg5 fxg5 31.f6 Qf8 32.f7+ Rxf7 33.exf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qf6 Nd7 36.Be6+ Kh8 37.Bxd7 Qe3+ 38.Qf2 1-0
10535 IM Merry, Alan B (2400) GM Ghasi, A (2511) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 h6 11.Qc1 g5 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.h4 g4 14.Ne1 Kh7 15.Nc2 Bg6 16.Ne3 Qd7 17.a4 Na6 18.Nc4 Nb4 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.Qd2 Nh5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.e4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qe7 24.f5 Bh5 25.Qf4 Qxh4 26.Ne2 Be7 27.Qg3 Rg8 28.Qxh4 Bxh4 29.Nf4 Rg5 30.Rd2 f6 31.Ne6 Rgg8 32.Nxd8 Rxd8 33.f4 gxf3 34.Bxf3 Bxf3 35.Rxf3 Bg5 1/2-1/2
10577 IM Harvey, Marcus R (2445) IM Merry, Alan B (2400) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bf3 Nb6 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qd1 Nc4 13.Nge2 Qb6 14.O-O Rad8 15.a5 Nxa5 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Nc5 Bd5 19.Nc3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nh5 21.Rfe1 Qf6 22.Bc7 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Rxd4 24.Rxa5 b6 25.Rxa7 bxc5 26.Bb6 Rc4 27.Ne4 Bd4 28.b3 Rb4 29.Bxc5 Bxc5 30.Nxc5 Rc8 31.Ra5 Nf4 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.fxe4 Rd8 34.Ra1 Rd2 35.Rb1 Nh3+ 36.Kg2 Nxf2 37.Kf3 f5 38.exf5 gxf5 39.b4 Rc2 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.Kxf5 Ke7 42.Kf4 Kd6 43.Kg3 Kd5 44.Rf1 Ne4+ 45.Nxe4 Kxe4 46.Rb1 Rc6 47.h4 h5 48.b5 Rg6+ 49.Kf2 Rb6 50.Ke2 Kd4 51.Kf3 Kc3 52.Ke3 Kc2 53.Rg1 Rxb5 54.Rg5 Rb3+ 55.Ke2 Kc3 56.Ke3 Kc2+ 57.Kf4 Rb4+ 58.Kg3 Rb3+ 59.Kg2 Kd3 60.Kf3 Kc2+ 61.Kf4 Rb4+ 62.Kg3 Rb3+ 63.Kg2 Kd3 64.Rxh5 Ke4 65.Ra5 Kf4 66.h5 Kg4 67.h6 Rb2+ 68.Kg1 Rb1+ 69.Kf2 Rh1 70.Ra6 Kg5 71.Kg3 Rxh6 72.Rxh6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2
10500 Elgar, Tim (2093) IM Merry, Alan B (2400) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 O-O 10.Qe2 a5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a4 b6 13.Nd2 Rd8 14.b3 Ba6 15.Qf3 Nc5 16.Bh3 Bg5 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Qd6 19.Ke1 Qd4 20.Rb1 Bxd2+ 21.Bxd2 Qxe4+ 22.Qxe4 Nxe4 23.f3 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Rxd2 25.Kxd2 f6 26.Ke3 Kf7 27.g4 Ke6 28.Rg1 Rd8 29.h4 g6 30.c3 Rb8 31.b4 Ra8 32.Rc1 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Ke4 axb4 35.cxb4 c5 36.a5 bxa5 37.bxc5 a4 38.c6 a3 39.c7 a2 40.Rc6+ Kd7 41.c8=Q+ Rxc8 42.Ra6 Rc2 43.Kf5 Rf2 44.Kxf6 e4 45.Ke5 e3 46.Rd6+ Ke7 47.Ra6 e2 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.Ra8+ Kd7 50.Ra7+ Kc6 0-1
10449 IM Merry, Alan B (2400) GM Royal, Shreyas (2484) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nfd2 Nd5 10.Nxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.e4 N5b6 14.e5 Ba6 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.Rxd7 Qf3 18.Bf4 Be2 19.Qxc5 bxc5 20.Nd2 Qa8 21.b3 h5 22.h4 Rc8 23.a5 Ba6 24.Rd6 Rd8 25.Be3 Rxd6 26.exd6 Qd5 27.Rc1 Bb7 28.f3 Qxd6 29.Kf2 Qd3 30.Rxc5 Ba6 31.Re5 f6 32.Rxe6 Qe2+ 33.Kg1 Kf7 34.Re4 Bb7 35.Bf4 Bxe4 36.fxe4 Ke6 37.Nf1 Qxe4 38.a6 Qa8 39.Bd2 Qxa6 0-1
10380 IM Merry, Alan B (2400) Marsden, Samuel (2065) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Qc2 Qd6 9.Nf3 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 Nd3+ 11.Ke2 Nb4 12.Qc3 O-O 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 b6 15.Rhd1 Qe7 16.Kf1 a5 17.Rab1 axb4 18.axb4 Ra4 19.Ne1 Bb7 20.Nd3 Rfa8 21.c5 b5 22.Ra1 Ng4 23.Rxa4 Rxa4 24.h3 Nf6 25.Ra1 h6 26.Rxa4 bxa4 27.b5 Nd8 28.Qb4 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qe6 30.Qxa4 Qd5+ 31.Nf3 Qxd3 32.Qa8 Qxb5 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.Qxc7 Qe2 35.Qe5 Qc2 36.g4 Kg8 37.Nd4 Qc4 38.h4 Qa2 39.Qf5 Qa8+ 40.Kh2 Qb8+ 41.Kg1 Qb4 42.g5 hxg5 43.hxg5 Nh7 44.Nf3 Nf8 45.Kg2 Ne6 46.Ne5 f6 47.gxf6 Qb7+ 48.c6 1-0
10419 Gibson, Ch (1837) IM Merry, Alan B (2400) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bf3 Nb6 10.Nge2 Bg4 11.Bxg4 Nxg4 12.a4 Qc7 13.a5 Qc4 14.Ra3 Qxb3 15.Rxb3 Nc4 16.Rxb7 Rfb8 17.Rxe7 Bf8 18.Rc7 Nxa5 19.Bf4 Rxb2 20.O-O Nf6 21.Ra1 Nb7 22.d6 Ne8 23.Rd7 Nexd6 24.Be5 Nc4 25.Bf6 a5 26.Nf4 a4 27.Nfd5 Bg7 28.Nc7 Ra5 29.N3d5 Nb6 30.Re1 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Bxf6 33.g3 a3 34.Kg2 a2 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Ra8 Rd2 37.h4 Bxd4 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Rxa2 Nd6 40.Rb2 Ne4 41.Ra2 Rd2 0-1
2025.05.05 4ncl 2024-25
99073 IM Merry, Alan B (2407) GM Plat, V (2482) 0-1
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Nf6 9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Bg2 Re8 11.O-O c6 12.Bf4 Na6 13.Re1 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Rb1 Qd7 17.b5 Kg8 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Be5 Bf7 20.Na4 Qf5 21.Bd4 Bf8 22.Qd3 Bg6 23.Bf1 Ne4 24.Rbd1 Qf7 25.Qa6 Ng5 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Be3 Qf3 28.Nc3 Rxe3 29.Bg2 Nh3+ 30.Kh1 Nxf2+ 31.Kg1 Nh3+ 32.Bxh3 Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Bc5+ 34.Re3 Bxe3# 0-1
2025.05.04 4ncl 2024-25
99041 IM Larkin, Vladyslav (2443) IM Merry, Alan B (2407) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.a3 a5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.exd4 exd4 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Bf1 g5 12.Rxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxg5 f6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qxd4 Ne5 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Qc3 c5 20.Be3 Ng4 21.Bf4 Rad8 22.Nf3 b6 23.h3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Re1 Rd4 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5+ Rxe5 28.g4 Bd7 29.f4 Re7 30.f5 h5 31.Kf2 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg8 33.Be2 Rf4+ 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.Qd2 Rg7 36.Qe3 Kf7 37.Kf2 Rh7 38.Bf3 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 40.Bd5+ Kf6 41.Qh6+ Ke5 42.Be4 Rb3 43.Qf4+ Kf6 44.g5+ Kf7 45.g6+ Ke8 46.f6 Rbxd3+ 47.Bxd3 1-0
2025.05.03 4ncl 2024-25
98993 IM Merry, Alan B (2407) CM Bremner, Adam (2144) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Nb3 a5 14.Ne5 a4 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rfd8 19.Rd1 Rac8 20.Qc3 Qd6 21.Rd2 Rc7 22.e3 e5 23.Rxe5 c5 24.Bxb7 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.exd4 Rxb7 28.Kf1 f6 29.Rc5 Kf7 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.h4 g5 33.h5 Ke6 34.g4 Rb8 35.f3 Rb7 1-0
2025.04.06 4ncl 2024-25
128843 IM Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav (2474) IM Merry, Alan B (2414) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Qd6 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.h3 Rac8 16.c4 Ne7 17.a4 Ng6 18.Re3 Qb4 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Ne8 21.a5 Nd6 22.g3 Ne7 23.g4 Nc6 24.axb6 axb6 25.Bf1 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.c5 Nc8 28.Ra3 Bb7 29.cxb6 N6e7 30.Nc4 h6 31.Rb3 Nd5 32.Na5 Nd6 33.Ba3 Ra8 34.Nxb7 Nxb7 35.Bc4 Na5 36.Bxd5 exd5 37.Rb5 Nb7 38.Be7 Ra6 39.Rxd5 Rxb6 40.Rd7 f6 41.d5 Rb3 42.Kg2 Na5 43.Rc7 Rd3 44.d6 Kf7 45.f4 Nb3 46.f5 Ke8 47.Rc8+ Kd7 48.Rg8 Nd2 49.Rxg7 Ne4 50.Bxf6+ Kxd6 51.Re7 Nxf6 52.Re6+ Kd5 53.Rxf6 Ke4 54.Rxh6 Kf4 55.f6 Rd2+ 56.Kf1 Kg5 57.f7 Rd7 58.Rh5+ 1-0
2025.04.05 4ncl 2024-25
128778 GM Kantor, G (2578) IM Merry, Alan B (2414) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.a3 Rb8 11.Qc2 Na5 12.Nc3 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb3 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.O-O Qd7 16.Be3 h6 17.Ne4 Qc6 18.Ng3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 O-O 20.Nh5 Na5 21.b4 Nb3 22.Bd3 Bb5 23.Be4 Qb6 24.Qf2 Kh8 25.Qg3 Rg8 26.Nh4 Bxh4 27.Qxh4 Be8 28.Rf6 g6 29.Qf4 1-0
2025.02.16 4ncl 2024-25
178531 IM Merry, Alan B (2415) IM Ledger, A (2342) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rad8 12.Rac1 Rfe8 13.g3 dxc4 14.bxc4 e5 15.Bf1 exd4 16.exd4 Ba3 17.Re1 Qb4 18.Bxa3 Qxa3 19.Ng5 Nf8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.c5 h6 22.Nb1 Qa5 23.Nf3 Ne6 24.Nbd2 bxc5 25.Nb3 Qa3 26.dxc5 Ba6 27.Bg2 Rb8 28.Rd1 Bb5 29.Ne5 Qa4 30.h3 Rd8 31.Rd6 Qb4 32.Rxd8+ Nxd8 33.Qd1 Ne6 34.Bxc6 Nxc5 35.Bxb5 Qxb5 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Nxc5 Qxc5 38.Qd3+ Kg8 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Qd3+ Kg8 41.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
2025.02.15 4ncl 2024-25
178483 IM Merry, Alan B (2415) IM Roberson, P (2444) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Bd6 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Ne1 Re8 13.Nd3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Nf4 Ng4 18.Nb5 Bc5 19.e3 b6 20.h3 Nf6 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.Rxd5 Bb7 23.Re5 Qf8 24.Rd1 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 Rc8 26.Qb3 Qe8 27.Bd4 Bb4 28.Nc3 Ng5 29.h4 Nf3+ 30.Kf1 Bxc3 31.Bxc3 Qe4 32.Qxb6 Nh2+ 33.Ke1 Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Nh2+ 35.Ke1 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Nh2+ 37.Ke1 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 1/2-1/2
2025.01.26 4ncl 2024-25
204054 FM Badacsonyi, Stanley (2289) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Ne2 c4 14.Bb1 b5 15.Ng3 Ne7 16.Qf3 a5 17.Be1 Ra6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxc4 Rc6 20.Ne2 dxc4 21.e4 Rc8 22.g4 h6 23.Ng3 Qb6 24.Bf2 Qxb2 25.Be3 Ng6 26.Nf5 Bb8 27.Rf2 Qa3 28.g5 hxg5 29.fxg5 Nh7 30.h4 Rce8 31.Rcf1 Ne7 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.g6 Qd6 34.gxh7 Kh8 35.e5 Qg6+ 36.Bxg6 Bxf3 37.Bb1 Bh5 38.Bg5 Ng6 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Rxf7 Re6 41.Bf5 Rb6 42.e6 Bh2+ 43.Kxh2 Rb2+ 44.Kg1 Rg2+ 45.Kxg2 Nxh4+ 46.Bxh4 Bxf7 47.Bf6# 1-0
2025.01.25 4ncl 2024-25
204000 IM Pert, R (2401) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Bxc4 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rd8 15.e4 Be7 16.g3 O-O 17.Bf4 Qc8 18.Bc4 Nb8 19.h4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Nc6 22.h5 h6 23.Ra6 Nd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Bd3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.e5 Qh3 28.Qf3 Rc8 29.Ra1 Qe6 30.Re1 f5 31.Qe2 Rc5 32.b3 Rfc8 33.Bc4 Rxc4 34.bxc4 Rxc4 35.Qd2 1/2-1/2
2024.11.24 4ncl 2024-25
284132 IM Harvey, Marcus R (2491) IM Merry, Alan B (2417) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.b3 f5 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Rad1 d6 16.Rde1 Rf6 17.f3 Ng5 18.Bd3 Ref8 19.Bc2 Rg6 20.Kh1 Ne6 21.Qd2 Qh4 22.Qf2 Qh5 23.Bd1 Rh6 24.Qg1 Nc5 25.Bd4 Nd3 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rd2 Nc5 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.f4 Qh4 30.Bf3 Be4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rf3 Rhe6 33.h3 a5 34.Rc2 Re8 35.Kh2 Qe7 36.Rc3 Qf6 37.Qc1 Ra8 38.Qd2 Qe6 39.a4 Rb8 40.Rd3 Rb4 41.Qc3 Kf7 42.Rf1 Qf6 43.Qd2 h5 44.Qe2 h4 45.Rg1 g6 46.Qd2 Ke7 47.g4 Rexc4 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Qg2 Re4 50.Qg8 Kd7 51.Rg6 Qb2+ 52.Rg2 Qf6 53.Rg6 Qb2+ 54.Rg2 Qf6 55.Qd5 c4 56.bxc4 Rexc4 57.Qxa5 Rb2 58.Rxb2 Qxb2+ 59.Rd2 Qb1 60.Qd5 Qe4 61.Qb5+ Ke7 62.Qb2 Rxa4 63.Qg7+ Kd8 64.Rb2 Kc8 65.Qg8+ Kd7 66.Qf7+ Kc6 67.Qb3 Ra5 68.Rg2 Rb5 69.Qa3 Kb7 70.Ra2 Kc8 71.Rg2 Kb7 72.Ra2 Kc8 73.Rg2 Kb7 74.Ra2 1/2-1/2
2024.11.23 4ncl 2024-25
284125 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (2361) IM Merry, Alan B (2417) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qc1 Rb8 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.a3 N4d5 15.b3 Qc8 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.bxc4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Rb2 21.Nh4 h6 22.Qh5 Qe6 23.f4 Qb6 24.f5 Ne3 25.f6 Nxd1 26.Qg4 g5 27.Rxd1 Rb1 28.Nf5 Rb8 29.Nxh6+ Kf8 30.h3 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qb1 32.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 33.Kf2 Ra1 34.Nf5 Rxa3 35.Ne7 a5 36.Nxd5 a4 37.Nxc7 Rb3 38.d5 a3 39.e6 fxe6 40.dxe6 Rb8 41.Na6 Ra8 42.Nc7 a2 0-1
429496 GM McShane, L (2617) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O g5 9.a4 Bg7 10.a5 O-O 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bb4 c5 13.dxc5 Nc6 14.Ba3 bxa5 15.Nbd4 Ndxe5 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.c3 Re8 18.Qa4 Qc7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.g3 f4 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.cxd4 f3 23.Bb5 Qc8 24.Rfe1 Nc6 25.Bf1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Bxd4 27.Qd1 g4 28.Bb5 Bg7 29.b3 Bc3 30.Rf1 Nd4 31.Bd3 Re8 32.Kh1 Qe6 33.Qc1 Bb4 34.Bxb4 axb4 35.Qf4 Ne2 36.Qxb4 h5 37.Qd2 Qf6 38.Bb5 Re5 39.c6 Qd6 40.Qc2 Qc7 41.h4 d4 42.Bc4 Kg7 43.Bxf7 d3 44.Qxd3 Qxf7 45.Rd1 Re7 46.Kh2 Qf6 47.Qc4 Qe6 48.Qc5 Rc7 49.Rd6 Qe7 50.Qd5 Nf4 51.Qd4+ 1-0
429457 IM Merry, Alan B (2423) IM Ledger, A (2334) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Ne2 e5 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Nbc3 Re8 11.Qc2 c6 12.h3 Qe7 13.e4 Nb6 14.b3 a4 15.Rad1 axb3 16.axb3 h5 17.f4 h4 18.g4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Nh7 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Nfe2 Ndf8 22.Rde1 Ng5 23.Nc1 Qd8 24.Qf2 Ng6 25.Nd3 Qb6 26.e5 Qxb3 27.Ne4 Ra2 28.Qe3 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 dxe5 30.Rxf7 Nf4 31.Rxf4 exf4 32.Bd5+ Be6 33.Bxe6+ Kh8 34.Qe5 Rxe6 35.Qxe6 Ra8 36.Qf5 Qc3 37.g5 Qd2 38.g6 f3 39.Qxf3 1-0
429416 IM Kanyamarala, Tarun (2337) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Ne5 11.b3 a6 12.Nc2 Be7 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rb8 15.Rac1 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Ne3 Qa7 18.Nd6 Ba6 19.Qc3 f6 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rb6 22.Ne4 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.f4 Nc6 25.Rc1 Ba3 26.Rc2 f5 27.Nf2 Bb7 28.Nd3 Kf8 29.Nc5 Bxc5 30.Rxc5 Ke8 31.Nc2 d6 32.Rc3 Kd7 33.Kf2 Ne7 34.Bxb7 Rxb7 35.Nb4 Ng8 36.Rc6 Nf6 37.Ra6 Ne8 38.Ra8 g6 39.Ke3 h6 40.Kd4 g5 41.Kc3 Nf6 42.Rh8 gxf4 43.gxf4 h5 44.Kd3 Rc7 45.Rb8 Rc5 46.Rb7+ Kd8 47.Rb8+ Kd7 48.Rb7+ Kd8 49.Rb8+ Kd7 50.Rb7+ 1/2-1/2
429377 IM Merry, Alan B (2423) Boswell, Jacob Connor (2241) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Qc2 h5 14.b3 h4 15.Nf3 hxg3 16.fxg3 Bc5 17.h4 Rh5 18.Kg2 g5 19.hxg5 Qxg5 20.Nxg5 Rh2+ 21.Kf3 Rxc2 22.Nxe6 Nh2+ 23.Ke4 Nxf1 24.Nxc5 Rd8 25.Bb2 Rf2 26.Bd4 Nxg3+ 27.Kd3 Rf3 28.Nd2 Rf5 29.Rg1 Rxe5 30.Rxg3 1-0
429342 FM Ledger, D (2201) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ne7 11.Bd2 c5 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qg6+ Ke7 15.f4 Qe8 16.Qd3 Kd8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qe4 a6 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 cxd4 21.Rc1 Nc5 0-1
429289 IM Merry, Alan B (2423) FM Golding, Alex (2296) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bc1 f5 12.Nc3 g4 13.Ne1 Qe8 14.Bf4 Ndf6 15.Bh6 Rf7 16.Nd3 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.b4 Bd7 19.Ne5 Qh5 20.e3 Rfc8 21.Ne2 Qe8 22.Rdb1 Qe7 23.a4 Be8 24.Rb2 h5 25.Nf4 h4 26.Neg6 Bxg6 27.Nxg6 Qf7 28.Nxh4 Kg7 29.Rc1 Nd6 30.Bf1 Nh7 31.Qd1 a5 32.h3 gxh3 33.c5 Ne4 34.Bxh3 axb4 35.Rxb4 Nhg5 36.Bg2 Rh8 37.Rc2 Ra7 38.Rcb2 Qc7 39.Qe1 Nf6 40.Nf3 Nxf3+ 41.Bxf3 Kg6 42.Bg2 Qh7 43.Qe2 Qh2+ 44.Kf1 Rha8 45.Qc2 Qh5 46.Ra2 Ne4 47.Ke1 Qh2 48.Kf1 Ng5 49.g4 Nh3 50.gxf5+ exf5 51.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 52.Ke2 Rh8 53.Ra1 Qg4+ 54.Kd2 Kf6 55.Kc3 f4 56.Re1 Rh3 57.Kb2 fxe3 58.Rxe3 Rxe3 59.fxe3 Qf3 60.Qc3 Qd1 61.Ka3 Kf5 62.Rb3 Ke6 63.Qb2 Qf1 64.Qc2 Qa1+ 0-1
439883 FM Balaji, Aaravamudhan (2316) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ba2 Nc6 11.Ng3 Rd8 12.O-O b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rd1 Rac8 15.Bb2 Na5 16.e4 Qc6 17.f3 Qa4 18.d5 exd5 19.Nf5 Qd7 20.Bc1 Ne8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bf4 c4 23.Bb1 Qe6 24.Nd4 Qe7 25.Nf5 Qe6 26.Nd4 Qe7 27.Nf5 Qe6 28.Nd4 Qe7 1/2-1/2
439848 IM Merry, Alan B (2423) Rathbone-Jones, Ifan (2014) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Na6 7.Nf3 Nc7 8.O-O a6 9.a4 Rb8 10.a5 b5 11.axb6 Rxb6 12.h3 O-O 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ra3 Qc8 15.Kh2 Qb7 16.Nd2 Rb8 17.b3 h5 18.Bb2 Qc8 19.e4 e5 20.Ne2 h4 21.gxh4 Nh5 22.f4 Bh6 23.fxe5 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Rxb3 25.Rxb3 Rxb3 26.Rf3 Rb4 27.exd6 Ne8 28.Qc3 f6 29.e5 Qb8 30.Ba3 fxe5 31.Bxb4 e4 32.Bxc5 exf3 33.Bxf3 Nxd6 34.Qe5 Qb3 35.Bxh5 Qxh3+ 36.Kg1 Nf5 37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Bxg6+ 1-0
439800 WIM Kanyamarala, Trisha (2165) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.a3 Na5 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.h4 f5 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Rh3 Kh8 18.h5 Bf8 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bh6 Rg8 21.Kf1 Bf8 22.Bf4 Rg4 23.g3 Rg7 24.Rh2 Nb3 25.h6 Rg6 26.Nh4 Rg8 27.Nf3 Bxf3 28.Bxf3 Nxd4 29.Bxa8 Nxc2 30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Bxc7 Bxa3 32.Be4 Bxb2 33.Nd1 Nd4 34.Nxb2 c3 35.Nd3 e5 36.Ba5 c2 37.Bd2 Nb3 38.Bc1 Rc8 39.Bf5 Rc3 40.Bb2 Ndc5 41.Nc1 Rc4 42.f3 Nxc1 43.Bxc1 Nb3 44.Ke1 Nxc1 45.Bxc2 a5 46.Kd1 Na2 47.Bb3 Rd4+ 48.Kc2 Nb4+ 49.Kb2 f5 50.Rh5 Rd6 51.Rxf5 Rxh6 52.Ka3 Nc6 53.Bd5 Rd6 54.Bxc6 Rxc6 55.Ka4 Rc5 56.f4 Kg7 57.fxe5 h6 58.Kb3 Kg6 59.g4 Rc6 60.Rf4 Rc5 61.Rf5 Rc6 62.Rf4 Rc5 63.Rf5 Rc6 1/2-1/2
545565 Wilks, Simon (2031) IM Merry, Alan B (2439) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Ngf6 10.Bxh7 Nxh7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bd2 Ndf6 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Kb1 O-O 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd5 17.Qe2 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.f4 Nf6 21.g4 Rac8 22.Bc1 Qb4 23.c4 Nh7 24.Rhg1 Qc5 25.Be3 Qc7 26.b3 Bc5 27.Qf2 b6 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qe3 f6 30.Nd3 Rd6 31.Nf2 Rcd8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Ne4 Rd4 34.g5 Qc6 35.Re1 hxg5 36.fxg5 f5 37.Nxc5 Qxc5 38.Qxe6+ Kh8 39.h6 Re4 40.hxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Rh1 Qe7 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qxf5 Re5 45.Qf6+ Qxf6 46.gxf6 Rf5 47.Re1 Nxf6 48.Re7 a5 49.Kb2 Kg8 50.Rb7 Kf8 51.Ka3 Ne4 52.Rb5 Rf2 53.Rxa5 Nc3 54.Kb4 Nxa2+ 55.Kb5 Ke7 56.Ra7+ Kd8 57.c5 Rb2 58.Kc4 Kc8 59.Rh7 Kb8 60.Rg7 Rh2 61.Kb5 Nc3+ 62.Kc4 Ne4 63.b4 Nf6 64.Kb5 Rb2 65.c6 Rc2 66.Rf7 Nd5 67.Rd7 Nc7+ 68.Kb6 Na8+ 69.Kb5 Kc8 70.Rh7 Nc7+ 71.Kb6 Nd5+ 72.Kb5 Nc7+ 1/2-1/2
545517 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) IM Rendle, T (2380) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.g3 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qb1 a6 16.a4 Qf8 17.Bf1 g6 18.Bg2 Qh6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Nh4 Qh5 21.Qd3 Be5 22.Bf3 Qh6 23.Qe2 Qg7 24.Rc2 Nf8 25.Bg2 Ne4 26.Nb1 Bxb2 1/2-1/2
545500 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) Lee, Richard W Y (2117) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Re8 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 Bc7 14.Rfd1 Qd6 15.g3 Bg4 16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Bxg4 Nfxg4 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Nxd5 1-0
604821 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) FM Jogstad, Martin (2401) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxb7 Bd7 8.Qb3 Rb8 9.Qd1 e5 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qc7 14.h3 O-O 15.O-O Rfd8 16.a4 Bh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bxh3 20.e4 Be6 21.Qf3 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qc4 23.Be3 Rxb2 24.Rfd1 Rb4 25.Rac1 Qh4+ 26.Qh3 Qf6 27.Qf3 Rxa4 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.g3 Kg7 30.Kg2 Rd7 31.Rc6 Ra5 32.d6 Ra2 33.Kh3 Ra3 34.Rd5 h5 35.Kg2 Ra2 36.Bf4 Bxf4 37.gxf4 Ra4 38.Rxh5 Rxf4 39.Ra5 Rd4 40.Rc7 R4xd6 41.Raxa7 Rxc7 42.Rxc7 Rd3 43.Rc5 Kg6 44.Rc8 f5 45.Ra8 Kg5 46.Ra7 f6 47.Ra8 f4 48.Rg8+ Kf5 49.Re8 Rb3 50.Re7 Rb8 51.Kf3 Ra8 52.Rf7 Ra3+ 53.Kg2 Kg6 54.Rf8 Rd3 55.Re8 Kf5 56.Rf8 Rd6 57.Kf3 Rd7 58.Re8 Rh7 59.Rf8 Rh3+ 60.Kg2 Rh5 61.Kf3 Rh1 62.Re8 Rh3+ 63.Kg2 Ra3 64.Rf8 Rb3 65.Re8 Rb5 66.Kf3 Rb3+ 67.Kg2 Kg4 68.Rg8+ Kh4 69.Rh8+ Kg5 70.Rg8+ Kh5 71.Rh8+ Kg6 72.Rf8 f5 73.Re8 Ra3 74.Rf8 Rc3 75.Re8 Kf7 76.Ra8 Kf6 77.Re8 Ra3 78.Rb8 Kg6 79.Rg8+ Kh5 80.Rh8+ Kg4 81.Rg8+ Kh4 1/2-1/2
604784 FM Walker, Mart (2044) IM Merry, Alan B (2438) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Nge2 a5 9.Nf4 a4 10.Nxa4 g5 11.Ne2 Nxd5 12.Nec3 Ra5 13.Nxd5 Rxd5 14.Nc3 Rxd4 15.Be3 Be6 16.Qc2 Rb4 17.Be2 Nc6 18.O-O Nd4 19.Qd2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bc4 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qxg5 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 e6 24.Nd1 f4 25.Qxd8 Rxd8 26.Bc1 Rc4 27.Nc3 Bxc3 28.bxc3 e5 29.Re1 Rxc3 30.Bb2 Rcd3 31.Bxe5 Rd1 32.Rf1 f3 33.gxf3 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Ra8 35.Bd4 Rxa2 36.Ke1 Kf7 37.Kd1 Ke6 38.Kc1 Kf5 39.Bb2 Kf4 40.Kb1 Ra4 0-1
637228 IM Merry, Alan B (2441) FM Tanmay, Chopra (2387) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Ne4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Be3 f5 13.Rad1 Bd6 14.Bc1 Qf6 15.Ne1 g4 16.f3 gxf3 17.exf3 Ng5 18.Kh1 Nf7 19.Rg1 Nh8 20.Bf1 Ng6 21.Ng2 Kh8 22.Bh6 Rf7 23.Qc1 Bf8 24.Nc2 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 dxc4 26.Bxc4 b5 27.axb5 Nb6 28.Be2 cxb5 29.Bxb5 Bb7 30.Be2 f4 31.Rgf1 Rc8 32.Nce1 Nc4 33.Nd3 Nxb2 34.Nxb2 Rc2 35.Nc4 Rxe2 36.Nd6 fxg3 37.Rb1 Rxg2 38.Nxf7+ Qxf7 39.Kxg2 Nf4+ 40.Kxg3 Nh5+ 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kh1 Ng6 43.Kg1 Qd7 44.Rf2 a4 45.h4 a3 46.h5 a2 47.Rxa2 Qxd4+ 48.Rf2 Nf4 49.Qf8# 1-0
637164 FM Richardson, Joh (2277) IM Merry, Alan B (2441) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Bf4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 b5 11.Qb3 Be7 12.a3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.O-O Rc8 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.Qb1 Nfe4 17.Be5 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Be4 19.Qa1 Bc2 20.b4 Bxd1 21.bxc5 Qxc5 22.Bb4 Qxb4 23.axb4 Bxe2 24.Rb1 Rfd8 25.Nd4 Bd3 26.Rd1 Be4 27.f3 Bb7 28.Rb1 Rc4 29.Qa5 Rd6 30.Qa1 Bf6 31.Kf1 h5 32.Rc1 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rxb4 34.Rc7 Rbxd4 35.Qc3 Rd3 36.Qc5 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 R1d5 38.Qa7 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Bxf3 40.gxf3 1-0
683780 IM Merry, Alan B (2437) IM Wall, G (2282) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nh3 O-O 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5 9.dxe6 Nc5 10.O-O Bxe6 11.b3 h6 12.Nf4 Bf7 13.Bb2 c6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.e3 g5 16.Nfe2 Bg6 17.b4 Nce4 18.b5 Nd7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Ba1 Rac8 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Nxe4 Qe6 24.Qb3 Rcd8 25.Nd2 Bh3 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Bxh3 Qxh3 28.Ne4 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Qf5 30.Nd6 Qe6 31.Qd2 h5 32.c5 h4 33.Qc2 h3 34.Rb1 Kh8 35.Qc4 Qf6 36.Rf1 Qf3 37.Qe4 Qe2 38.Qxc6 Qxa2 39.Qd7 Qd5 40.e4 Qxc5 41.Qxh3+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kh7 43.Nf7 1-0
683764 Bowcott-Terry, Finlay (2021) IM Merry, Alan B (2437) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 Nf6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Ngh5 Nbd7 11.c3 Rg8 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Qa5 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Ne5 Qd5 17.Qf3 Bxe5 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.dxe5 Nd7 20.Bf4 Rc8 21.O-O-O Ke7 22.Rd4 b5 23.Rhd1 a5 24.Kb1 Rc4 25.Bg3 h5 26.a4 Rxa4 27.Rxa4 bxa4 28.Rd4 Nb6 29.Bf4 Nc4 30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Kc2 Kd7 32.g4 Rh8 33.g5 Kc6 34.Rf4 Rf8 35.Rd4 Kb5 36.f4 g6 37.Kb1 Rc8 38.Kc2 Nb6 39.Be3 Rc4 40.Rxc4 Nxc4 41.Bd4 Nb6 42.Bxb6 Kxb6 43.Kd3 Kc5 0-1
754695 FM Kozusek, Daniel (2353) IM Merry, Alan B (2437) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qc2 Na5 13.Rad1 Qd7 14.Nc3 Rab8 15.Ng5 g6 16.Nge4 Nd5 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.Na4 Qc6 19.Bf3 Qb5 20.Nac5 Ba8 21.Rd2 Nb3 22.Nxb3 Qxb3 23.Rc1 Qxc2 24.Rdxc2 Nb6 25.Be3 a5 26.Nd2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Nd5 28.Nxc4 a4 29.Na5 Re8 30.Nc6 Rb3 31.Re2 Bf8 32.Rc4 Ra8 33.Kg2 Ra6 34.Bc1 h5 35.Rec2 Ra8 36.Bd2 Rd3 37.Bg5 Kh7 38.Nd8 Kg8 39.Rxc7 Nxc7 40.Rxc7 Bg7 41.Nxf7 Rxd4 42.f4 Rb8 43.Nd6 Bxe5 44.fxe5 Rg4+ 45.Kf1 Rxg5 46.Ne4 Rf5 47.Nf6+ Rxf6 48.exf6 Rxb2 49.Ra7 Ra2 50.Rxa4 1/2-1/2
754679 IM Merry, Alan B (2437) Rogacewicz, Mikolaj (2020) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd6 11.O-O b5 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.b3 cxb3 14.Nxb3 Nc4 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Ne5 Ra7 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Qxc4 O-O 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.dxc5 a4 21.Rfc1 Ra6 22.Nd4 e5 23.Nc2 Ra5 24.Na3 Nd7 25.c6 Nc5 26.Nc4 Ra6 27.Ra3 Nb3 28.Rd1 Bg4 29.Nxe5 Bxe2 30.Rd7 Ra5 31.Bd5 Nc5 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.c7 Ba6 34.Bxf7+ Kf8 35.Rf3 Ke7 1-0
2022.06.25 4ncl 2021-22
1290257 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) FM Delaney, K (2308) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 e5 5.Qb3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qd7 8.dxe5 Na5 9.Qb5 Nxc4 10.Qxc4 Ne7 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Bc3 Rd8 13.Nd2 Qf5 14.Rg1 g6 15.e6 f6 16.Rg4 Be7 17.Rf4 Qg5 18.Ke2 O-O 19.Ne4 Qd5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Bxf6 Rb5 22.Rd1 1-0
2003367 GM Tan, Ju2 (2511) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 a6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Be2 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 c5 13.d4 Rfe8 14.Qf5 Rac8 15.Bd3 c4 16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Bb1 g6 18.Qh3 b5 19.e4 b4 20.e5 bxc3 21.exf6 Qf8 22.Bxc3 Nxf6 23.Ne5 Bb4 24.Qh4 Nd5 25.Bxb4 Qxb4 26.Be4 Qe7 27.Qh6 Nf6 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Qf4 Nh5 30.Qd2 Qd5 31.Re3 Nf4 32.Nf3 Qf5 33.g3 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Nd5 35.Qa3 Rb8 36.Ne5 c3 37.Qd6 Rb1 38.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.f3 Qe2+ 41.Kh3 Ne3 0-1
2003320 Gallagher, Daniel GH (2171) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.e5 c5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rb8 14.O-O Bc6 15.Re1 Be7 16.Ng5 Qb7 17.Ne4 O-O 18.f4 Rfd8 19.f5 exf5 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Re8 22.e6 fxe6 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Qd2 Be4 25.Bd7 Re5 26.Ba4 h6 27.Bf4 Nxf4 28.Qxf4 Qxb2 0-1
2025340 GM McShane, L (2677) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 b6 7.Nh3 Bb7 8.Nf4 d6 9.e4 Qd7 10.b3 e6 11.a4 Nf6 12.Ra2 h5 13.f3 g5 14.Nd3 Rg8 15.h4 gxh4 16.gxh4 Qc7 17.Kf1 Nd7 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 e5 20.f4 O-O-O 21.Qxh5 Na5 22.Qd1 Rxg2 23.Rxg2 Bxe4 24.Nf2 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 f5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Bg5 Rf8 28.Kf1 Kb7 29.h5 Qg7 30.Bf4 Ng4 31.Rh3 Rg8 32.h6 Nxh6 33.Bxh6 Qg2+ 34.Ke2 Ka6 35.Bf4 Rg4 36.Rf3 Rg6 37.Re3 Rg4 38.Rf3 Rg6 39.Qc2 Qg1 40.Be3 Qa1 41.Nd3 Qh1 42.Nf4 Rh6 43.Rf1 Rh2+ 44.Bf2 Qa8 45.Nd5 Qh8 46.Ke1 Qh6 47.Kd1 Qh3 48.Qe2 Nxb3 49.Kc2 Na5 50.Nc7+ Kb7 51.Nb5 Ka6 52.Nxd6 f4 53.Qe8 1-0
2025285 Skulte, Christopher (2033) IM Merry, Alan B (2423) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Nbxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Qg4 Qc7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.O-O-O e5 15.Qe4 Bf5 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Bd3 e4 18.Bxe4 Rfe8 19.Nd2 Bxe4 0-1
2025951 IM Merry, Alan B (2420) GM Williams, Si1 (2461) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 Be7 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qc7 8.Nd2 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 Na6 11.O-O Nc5 12.f4 exf4 13.e5 Ng4 14.Nxf4 Ne6 15.Kh1 Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Be6 17.Qe2 O-O-O 18.h3 h5 19.Nf3 g5 20.Rd4 Bc5 21.Nxg5 Qe7 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Nf3 Nf2+ 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Qg7 27.Bd4 Qxg3+ 28.Kg1 Nf2 29.Qd2 Nxh3+ 30.Kf1 Be7 31.Bxa7 c5 32.Bb6 Nf4 33.Qf2 Qg4 34.Ne1 Nxg2 35.Nxg2 h4 36.Nf4 h3 37.Ne2 f4 38.Bxc5 Bh4 39.Qg1 Qf3+ 40.Bf2 Bg4 0-1
2025900 Brozel, Sacha (2188) IM Merry, Alan B (2420) 0-1
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.d3 Qd7 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bc3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.f3 Bh3 14.e3 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Nb5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.d4 Kg8 18.a4 Nc7 19.e4 Rfd8 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Rc1 Na6 22.b3 b5 23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.a5 b4 25.Nc4 Qb5 26.Rf2 Rc7 27.Ra2 Rdc8 28.Nb2 Nxb3 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Qxb3 Rc3 31.Qa4 Rc1+ 32.Nd1 Qd3 33.Kg2 b3 34.Nf2 0-1
2025844 IM Merry, Alan B (2420) WIM Yao, Lan (2281) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Qc2 Be4 10.Qc1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nb5 c6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 d5 15.Rb1 Nd7 16.Qb2 Ba6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.a4 Rc8 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rc6 22.e4 Bd3 23.exd5 exd5 24.Rbd1 Bc4 25.h4 Bd6 26.Bh3 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qc7 28.Qd2 Bb3 29.Rb1 Rxc3 30.e6 d4 31.exf7+ Bxf7 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.Qxd4 Rc1+ 34.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.Bf1 Qc7 36.Qe4 Qd8 37.Bd3 Bg6 38.Qe6+ Bf7 39.Bxh7+ Kxh7 40.Qxf7 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qxa4 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Qd5+ Kh7 44.Qd3+ Kh8 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.Qxb6 Qb4 47.Qe6 a4 48.Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
2025810 Willson, Ollie (2082) IM Merry, Alan B (2420) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 d6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Qf4 f5 13.Rad1 e6 14.Bh3 Nc6 15.d5 e5 16.Qe3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 e4 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Be3 h5 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Bxh8 Kxh8 22.Qc3+ Kh7 23.f3 Nf6 24.Bg2 Qe7 25.Rd4 exf3 26.exf3 Qe3+ 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Rfd1 Rae8 29.R4d3 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 Re2 31.Rb3 Kg7 32.Bf1 Rc2 33.Ra3 a5 34.Rb3 Nd7 35.f4 Nc5 36.Rb5 Na4 37.Rb3 Kf7 38.Rf3 Rxb2 39.Rf2 Ke7 40.Rxb2 Nxb2 41.Be2 Na4 42.a3 Nc3 43.Bd3 b5 44.cxb5 Nxd5 45.Kg2 Nf6 46.Kh3 Ng4 47.Bc4 Ne3 48.Be2 d5 49.Kh4 Kf6 50.a4 Nc4 51.h3 Nb2 52.g4 hxg4 53.hxg4 d4 0-1
2025740 IM Merry, Alan B (2420) GM Edouard, R (2653) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bf4 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 fxe5 15.h4 g5 16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qd3 Bd7 18.Be4 h5 19.Kg2 h4 20.Rh1 h3+ 21.Kg1 Bh6 22.Rf1 Rf7 23.Kh2 Raf8 24.f3 Rg7 25.Rhg1 a6 26.a4 Qd8 27.b3 Qa5 28.Nd1 b5 29.Ne3 bxa4 30.bxa4 Qxa4 31.Nf5 Bxf5 32.Bxf5 Qd4 33.Kxh3 c4 34.Be6+ Kh8 35.Qxd4 exd4 36.f4 c3 37.Rh1 Rc7 38.Kg4 Kg7 39.Kf3 c2 40.Ke4 Rc3 41.Kxd4 Rxg3 42.e3 Rb8 43.Rhg1 Bxf4 44.Kc3 Rb1 45.Rxg3+ Bxg3 46.Rf7+ Kg6 47.Kxc2 Ra1 48.Kb3 a5 49.Ra7 Be1 50.Bd7 Kf6 51.Bc6 Bb4 52.Ra8 Ra3+ 53.Kc4 Rxe3 54.Rf8+ Kg7 55.Rf4 Ra3 56.Kb5 Ra1 57.Kc4 Kg6 58.Rf8 Bc5 59.Kc3 a4 60.Bb5 a3 61.Rf1 Ra2 62.Bd3+ Kg5 63.Bc2 Bd4+ 64.Kxd4 Rxc2 65.Rf8 a2 66.Ra8 Kf4 67.Rf8+ Kg3 68.Ra8 Kf2 69.Ke4 Ke1 70.Kd3 Kd1 71.Ra7 Kc1 72.Ra8 Kb1 73.Ra7 Rh2 0-1
2025692 Pekin, T (2080) IM Merry, Alan B (2420) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qc6 8.Qe2 a6 9.Nb3 Be7 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.c3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Bd4 Qc6 18.f3 Qc7 19.Qf2 Nd5 20.Rfe1 Rac8 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.Be4 Rcd8 24.Nc5 Ba8 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.b3 a5 27.a3 h6 28.b4 Ra8 29.f4 Rdd8 30.Rd2 Qc6 31.Red1 axb4 32.axb4 Ra3 33.Qg3 Rda8 34.f5 Ra1 35.fxe6 fxe6 36.Qe1 Rxd1 37.Qxd1 Ra3 38.Rd3 Qa8 39.Kf2 Ra1 40.Qg4 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Rxg2 42.Qh4 Qa2 0-1
2025634 IM Merry, Alan B (2420) Graham, Da (2152) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qc2 b6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.c5 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.b4 Nd5 20.Qb3 f6 21.Nc4 b5 22.Nd6 Rxd6 23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.a4 a6 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Re1 Rf8 27.Qc3 bxa4 28.Qc5 Qxc5 29.bxc5 Bc8 30.Ra1 Bf5 31.Rxa4 Bd3 32.Ra3 Bb5 33.Rae3 g6 34.Re8 a5 35.R1e7 Rxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kf7 37.Ra8 a4 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Rxh7 Kf5 40.f3 g5 41.h3 Kg6 42.Ra7 f5 43.f4 gxf4 44.gxf4 Kh6 45.Kf2 Kg6 46.Ke3 Kh5 47.Rh7+ Kg6 48.Rb7 Kh5 49.Rxb5 cxb5 50.Kd3 1-0
2034512 GM Sengupta, D (2564) IM Merry, Alan B (2420) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.h4 Nc6 9.h5 h6 10.Qg4 Rh7 11.Qf4 c4 12.Kd1 Bd7 13.Qh4 f6 14.f4 O-O-O 15.Nf3 Rf8 16.Be2 Nge7 17.Rf1 Kb8 18.Qh3 Ka8 19.Be3 Qa5 20.Kd2 Rhh8 21.Nh4 Rhg8 22.Bg4 fxe5 23.fxe5 Nd8 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Be2 Qb6 26.Qg3 Rg8 27.Qe1 Be8 28.g4 a6 29.Qb1 Qc7 30.Qb2 Nf7 31.Rf1 Qd8 32.Rb1 Bc6 33.Qb6 Qd7 34.Rf1 Nc8 35.Qb4 b6 36.Ng6 a5 37.Qb1 Nh8 38.g5 hxg5 39.Bxg5 Qe8 40.Nh4 Ka7 41.Rf2 Nf7 42.Qg1 Nxg5 43.Qxg5 Ne7 44.Bg4 Bd7 45.Rf3 Ka6 46.Ng6 Nc6 47.Qf4 Nd8 48.Rf2 Bc8 49.Bh3 Bd7 50.Rf3 Bc8 51.Qh4 Nc6 52.Kc1 Bd7 53.Bf1 Bc8 54.Be2 Bd7 55.Rf4 Bc8 56.Kd1 Bd7 57.Ke1 Bc8 58.Kf2 Bd7 59.Kg2 Kb5 60.Rf1 Bc8 61.Bg4 Bd7 62.Kh3 Bc8 63.Qg5 Bd7 64.Kg3 Bc8 65.Qc1 Bd7 66.a4+ Ka6 67.Qa3 Nd8 68.Qd6 Bxa4 69.Ne7 Rh8 70.Ng6 Rg8 71.Ne7 Rh8 72.Rb1 Nc6 73.Qc7 Bb5 74.Ng6 Rg8 75.Nf4 Nd8 76.Nxd5 Qc6 77.Qxc6 Bxc6 78.Nxb6 g6 79.h6 Rh8 80.Nxc4 Rxh6 81.Bxe6 a4 82.d5 g5 83.Bc8+ Bb7 84.Bxb7+ Nxb7 85.e6 Rh4 86.e7 Re4 87.Rb6+ Ka7 88.Rxb7+ 1-0
2034468 IM Merry, Alan B (2420) FM Eames, R (2150) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.Ne5 O-O 9.a3 Nc6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.axb4 Qb6 12.O-O Qxb4 13.Qd2 Qb7 14.Na3 Rd8 15.Rfd1 c5 16.Qa5 Rd5 17.dxc5 Bd7 18.Naxc4 Be8 19.b4 Ne4 20.Qa3 f6 21.Nd3 Bb5 22.Ne3 Rd4 23.Qb3 Ng5 24.h4 Nf7 25.Nf4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 e5 27.Ne6 Bxe2 28.Rd2 Bb5 29.Nf5 Qe4 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Nd8 Bc4 32.Qa4 Nd6 33.cxd6 Rxd8 34.Qd1 Ba6 35.f3 Qxb4 36.Kg2 Bb7 37.Qc1 Rxd6 38.Rb2 Qa3 39.Rxb7 Qd3 40.Rxa7 h5 41.Qe1 Rd4 42.Ra2 e4 43.Qe2 e3 44.Qxd3 Rxd3 45.Re2 1-0
2043175 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Maze, S (2541) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 e4 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.b4 O-O 10.Bb2 Re8 11.h3 c5 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Nb3 b6 14.Be2 Bb7 15.O-O Nf3+ 16.Kh1 Qd6 17.Bxf3 exf3 18.g4 Rad8 19.Rad1 h5 20.Rg1 Qd7 21.Rg3 h4 22.Rgg1 Re6 23.Nc1 Rd6 24.d3 Be4 25.Rd2 Bg6 26.Qe5 Re8 27.Qf4 Ne4 28.Rc2 Qa4 29.dxe4 Rd1 30.Bxg7 Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Kxg7 32.Rd2 Qxc4 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.Qd6 Rxe4 35.Rf1 Rxe3 36.Qf4 Re6 37.Qxf3 Qe4 38.Qc3+ Qd4 39.Qf3 Rf6 40.Qa8 Be4 41.Qxa7 Rf3 0-1
2043112 FM Sowray, P (2316) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.b4 c6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Qb3 a5 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Ncxe4 dxe4 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Nxe4 c5 17.Qe3 Qa8 18.Bf3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Ne5 20.Bxb6 Nxc4 21.Qd4 Ra4 22.Nc3 Bxf3 23.Nxa4 Bd5 24.Nc3 Nxb6 25.Qxb6 Bxg2 26.Rfb1 Bh1 27.Kf1 h5 28.Qe3 Rd8 29.Ke2 Bf3+ 30.Kf1 Qa6+ 31.Nb5 Qc6 32.Rb3 Bd1 33.Kg1 Bxb3 34.Nd4 Qc4 35.Nxb3 Rd3 0-1
2043038 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) IM Petrov, Martin (2497) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Be2 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Rc1 Rac8 12.O-O Qb8 13.Bh4 Rfd8 14.h3 d6 15.b4 Ne5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qb3 Kf8 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bxe7+ Kxe7 20.Rfd1 Rd4 21.Nb5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Qd3 Qb8 25.Nc3 Bc6 26.Bf1 Qd6 27.Qxd6+ Kxd6 28.Kf2 g6 29.h4 f5 30.g3 Nf6 31.Bd3 Bd7 32.Ke3 Nh5 33.g4 Nf4 34.Bf1 Bc6 35.Nb1 Ba4 36.Nd2 Kc6 37.c5 b5 38.Nb1 Bb3 39.Nc3 a6 40.g5 Bc4 41.Bxc4 bxc4 42.Ne2 Nd3 43.Kd2 a5 44.Nc1 Nxb4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Kc2 f4 47.Ne2 Kxc5 48.Kb2 Kb5 49.Kc2 Ka4 50.Kb2 Ka5 51.Ng1 Ka4 52.Ne2 Kb5 1/2-1/2
2042971 CM Makkar, Rajat (2125) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.a4 a5 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Na3 Ne4 12.Ne1 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 f5 14.e3 Nf6 15.Nd3 Bd7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nc2 Ne4 18.Qe2 g5 19.Re1 Kh8 20.f3 Nf6 21.f4 Rg8 22.Ne5 Rg7 23.Rf1 Rag8 24.Ne1 Be6 25.N1f3 h6 26.Qd2 Bb4 27.Qe2 Qe8 28.Nd3 Bd6 29.Nfe5 Ne4 30.Rac1 Bc8 31.Qe1 gxf4 32.exf4 h5 33.Nf3 Be7 34.Rc2 b6 35.Nfe5 c5 36.dxc5 Qxa4 37.Qe2 bxc5 38.Rfc1 Qd4+ 39.Kh1 c4 40.Nf2 Nxf2+ 41.Qxf2 Qxf2 42.Rxf2 Bb7 43.Rd1 h4 44.Bxd5 Rd8 45.Rfd2 Bb4 46.Rd4 Bc5 47.R4d2 Be3 48.Bxb7 Rxd2 49.Rxd2 Bxd2 50.Bc8 hxg3 51.hxg3 c3 52.bxc3 Bxc3 53.Nd3 a4 54.Kg2 a3 55.Nc1 Re7 56.Kf3 Bd4 57.Bxf5 Re3+ 58.Kg4 Re1 59.Na2 Re2 60.Nc1 a2 61.Nxe2 a1=Q 62.Nxd4 Qxd4 63.Kf3 Kg7 64.Be4 Kf6 65.g4 Qd1+ 66.Kg3 Qg1+ 67.Bg2 Qe3+ 68.Bf3 Kg6 69.g5 Kf5 70.g6 Qxf4+ 71.Kg2 Kxg6 0-1
2042897 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) FM Lee, Qing Aun (2228) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.O-O Nd7 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Rac8 14.Rfc1 Bg6 15.Nd2 Ndf6 16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Qb3 Rfe8 18.b5 c5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Ne2 Qd6 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Nd4 Ng4 23.Nf1 Ne5 24.Ng3 Nc4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rab1 Ree8 27.Rd1 h6 28.h3 Rb8 29.Qc3 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Rb8 31.Rd1 Qg6 32.Ne2 Rb1 33.Qe1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Qc6 35.Nf4 Nb2 36.Nxd5 Qxa4 37.Ne7+ Kf8 38.Qd8+ Qe8 39.Qd4 Qxe7 40.Qxb2 Qd6 1/2-1/2
2047084 Dong Bao Nghia (2217) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.h3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.a4 a6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Bh2 d6 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe8 11.b4 e5 12.Ra3 e4 13.Ne1 b5 14.axb5 Nb6 15.bxa6 Nxc4 16.axb7 Rxa3 17.Nxc4 Ra7 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Bxd6 Rxb7 20.c4 Qe6 21.Bxf8 Bxf8 22.d5 Qe5 23.b5 Bd6 24.g3 Nd7 25.Ng2 Nb6 26.Qb3 Ra7 27.Rc1 Ba3 28.Rd1 Bc5 29.Rc1 g5 30.Qd1 h6 31.Qh5 Qf6 32.Qe2 Ra4 33.Ne1 Rb4 34.Qg4 Rb2 35.Nc2 Qc3 36.Qd1 Qd3 37.Nd4 Bxd4 38.exd4 Nxc4 39.Qe1 Qxd4 40.d6 Nxd6 41.Rd1 Qf6 42.Rb1 Rxb5 43.Rxb5 Nxb5 44.Qxe4 Nd6 45.Qg4 Kh7 46.Qd1 Nf5 47.Qd3 Qg6 48.Qd7 h5 49.g4 Nh4 50.Qe7 hxg4 51.hxg4 Qe6 52.Qb4 Qc6 53.Kf1 Qh1+ 54.Ke2 Qf3+ 0-1
2047126 Pein, Jonathan (2151) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3 d6 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nbc3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6 16.Qd1 Be6 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.h3 Bc4 20.Re1 Nb4 21.b3 Nd3 22.bxc4 Nxc1 23.Nd5 Rxc4 24.Bf1 Rc5 25.Re3 Nxa2 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Qd4 Re5 28.Ng4 h5 29.Nxe5 dxe5 30.Qa1 Rd2 31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 b6 33.Bc4 Nc3 34.Qc1 Nxe4 35.Qe3 Qa1+ 36.Kg2 Qd4 0-1
2047134 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) FM Golding, Alex (2306) 1/2-1/2
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 g6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3 Nge7 7.g3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.a3 O-O 10.Bg2 Be6 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Qd3 13.b4 f5 14.Qb1 Rad8 15.Rc1 e4 16.Na4 Qxb1 17.Raxb1 Rxd2 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.b5 Ne5 20.Rxc7+ Rf7 21.Nc5 Bd5 22.Rxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rc1 Kf6 24.h3 b6 25.Na6 Bc4 26.a4 Ra2 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Nd3+ 30.Kf1 Nxc1 31.Nb4 Nd3 32.Nc6 Nc5 33.a5 bxa5 34.Nxa5 Ne6 35.Nc6 Nc7 36.Nxa7 Nd5 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Kd2 Kd6 39.Nc6 Kc5 40.Nd4 Nc7 41.h4 Nxb5 42.Ne6+ Kd5 43.Nf8 Nc7 44.Nxh7 Ne6 45.Kc3 Ke5 46.Kc4 Ng7 47.Nf8 Kf6 48.Nd7+ Ke6 49.Nc5+ Ke5 50.Nd7+ Ke6 51.Nc5+ Kd6 52.Kd4 Nh5 53.g4 Ng3 54.gxf5 Nxf5+ 55.Kxe4 Kxc5 56.h5 Ng3+ 57.Kf4 Nxh5+ 58.Kg5 Ng3 59.Kxg6 1/2-1/2
2047141 FM Harvey, Marcus R (2405) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.Nf3 b6 2.b3 Bb7 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 d6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd7 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.dxc6 Ne5 18.c7 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qc8 20.Qe4 e5 21.Rfd1 Qe6 22.Rc6 Rac8 23.Rcxd6 Qe7 24.Rd7 Qc5 25.Qb7 a5 26.h3 Qc2 27.R1d2 Qc5 28.Kh2 h5 29.R2d6 Qc2 30.Qxb6 Qxf2 31.Rxg6+ Kh7 32.Rh6+ Kg8 33.Qd6 Qxe3 34.Qf6 Qf4+ 35.Qxf4 exf4 36.Rxh5 Rfe8 37.Rxa5 1-0
2047152 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) FM Willow, Jonah B (2345) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qe3 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Bxb2 15.Nxe7+ Kg7 16.Nxc8 Raxc8 17.Rxd6 Rc7 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.R6d5 Qa6 20.f4 Rce7 21.e5 Qc6 22.a3 f6 23.Rd6 Qc7 24.R6d2 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.Rd7+ Kg8 27.Rxc7 Rxe3 28.Bf3 Rxa3 29.Rdd7 1-0
2047158 IM Clarke, B (2431) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4 9.Nh3 Nc6 10.Nf4 g6 11.Be2 Nge7 12.g4 Bd7 13.h4 O-O-O 14.Nh3 h6 15.Qc1 Ng8 16.h5 gxh5 17.gxh5 f6 18.Nf4 fxe5 19.Ng6 Rh7 20.Nxe5 Nf6 21.f3 Be8 22.Bxh6 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Nxh5 24.Bg5 Rdd7 25.Kf2 Bg6 26.Ra2 Ng7 27.Rxh7 Bxh7 28.Qh1 Bxc2 29.Qh8+ Kc7 30.Qf8 Bb3 31.Ra1 Qa5 32.Rh1 b6 33.Qa8 Qa6 34.Rh8 Qb7 35.Qg8 Kc6 36.Bf6 Kb5 37.Rh7 Ne8 38.Qxe8 1-0
2047167 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) IM Haria, R (2451) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 c5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 Qd6 13.Qa4 d4 14.Nxd4 Ng4 15.g3 Qh6 16.h4 Nxe3 17.Nxc6 Nxf1 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Rxf1 Bh3 20.Rd1 Rae8 21.Ned5 Re5 22.Qd4 f6 23.Nf4 Bg4 24.Ng6+ hxg6 25.Qxg4 g5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Qf3 f5 28.Ne2 Rg4 29.Kg2 Kg8 30.Qd5+ Rf7 31.Bc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Qf6 33.Nf4 g6 34.Re1 Kg7 35.Re6 Qxb2 36.Rxg6+ Kf8 37.Qc8+ Ke7 38.Re6# 1-0
2047175 IM McPhillips, Joseph (2434) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.c3 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bc2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.a3 Rc8 13.Nf1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd5 15.Ng3 Bd6 16.Qd3 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Ba4 Qd8 20.Ne4 Bf8 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Be3 a6 23.b4 b5 24.Bb3 N7f6 25.Nc5 Qb6 26.Bg5 Red8 27.Rac1 Nh5 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Nxe6 Rxc1 30.Qxc1 Rd6 31.Ng5 Nd5 32.Qc5 Nhf4 33.Re4 Qd8 34.Nxf7 Kxf7 35.Rxf4+ Kg7 36.Rg4 Nf6 37.Rf4 Nd5 38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Qa7+ Rd7 40.Qxa6 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Qxd4 42.Qxb5 Qa1+ 43.Kg2 Qxa3 44.Qe5+ Kf7 45.b5 Qb4 46.Qc7+ Kg8 47.b6 Qb5 48.b7 1-0
2047183 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) IM Wadsworth, Matthew J (2401) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nc6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 O-O 9.Bb2 a6 10.Nxb6 cxb6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.d3 Rc8 13.O-O b5 14.Qd2 bxc4 15.dxc4 Qe7 16.h3 Be6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Qe1 h6 19.Rac1 Bf5 20.Nd2 a5 21.Nb3 axb4 22.axb4 Ra8 23.b5 Nb8 24.Ra1 Nbd7 25.Qb4 Bc2 26.Rd2 Bxb3 27.Qxb3 Nc5 28.Qb4 Rxa1+ 29.Bxa1 Ra8 30.Qb1 b6 31.Ra2 Qb7 32.Bf3 Nfe4 33.Bb2 f5 34.Qa1 Rxa2 35.Qxa2 Kf7 36.Qa3 Ke7 37.Bc3 Qb8 38.Bb4 Kd7 39.Qa1 Ke7 40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Bxc5 dxc5 42.Qb1 Qa8 43.Qb2 Ke6 44.Kh2 h5 45.h4 Qd8 46.Qa2 Qxh4+ 47.Kg1 Qe7 48.Qa8 Kf5 49.Qb8 Qe6 50.g3 Kg4 51.Kg2 Kf5 52.Qf8+ Kg6 53.Qd8 Kh6 54.Qc7 g6 55.Qc6 Qxc4 56.Qxb6 Qd5 57.Qf6 c4 58.Qc6 Qd3 59.b6 h4 1-0
2047189 IM Horton, Andrew P (2378) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e3 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Nf6 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.b3 d6 11.Re1 h6 12.e4 Nd7 13.Nd2 g5 14.Nf1 O-O-O 15.Ne3 e6 16.Qe2 h5 17.h3 Nde5 18.Nf1 f6 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Ng6 21.Qf2 Nce7 22.Be3 Rhg8 23.Kh2 Rg7 24.Nd2 Kb8 25.Rg1 Rdg8 26.Bh1 f5 27.Rg5 h4 28.Rag1 Qd8 29.Qe1 fxe4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Nf5 32.Bd2 Qf8 33.R1g2 e5 34.Qg1 Nxf4 35.Bxf4 exf4 36.Rxg7 Rxg7 37.Rxg7 Nxg7 38.Qg5 f3 39.Qxh4 Kc7 40.Kg1 Nf5 41.Qf4 Qg7+ 0-1
2046929 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) Modi, Kishan Jagdish (1978) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nge2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.f4 e4 12.d3 Qb6 13.Nd4 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.dxe4 dxe4 16.h3 Rac8 17.Rf2 Nb4 18.Bf1 Kh8 19.Rd2 Bc5 20.Kh2 Nbd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Rxd5 Bxe3 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Rg5 Rg8 26.Bc4 Be6 27.Qa1 1-0
2058283 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) FM Harvey, Marcus R (2405) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 h5 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.h3 Be6 13.g4 h4 14.Kb1 b5 15.Rhg1 Bh2 16.Rge1 Bd5 17.Qd2 Bf3 18.Rc1 Qd5 19.Ng1 Be4 20.Ka1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxg1 22.Rxg1 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Rxe4 24.c4 Ne6 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.d5 Nf4 27.Rgd1 Ng2 28.Bc5 Rd8 29.d6 Rd7 30.Bxa7 Re6 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Bc5 Nf4 33.Kb1 Nxh3 34.Rc7 Nxf2 35.Rxd7 Nxd1 36.Re7 Rxd6 37.Bxd6 Nf2 38.b3 Nxg4 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 f5 41.a5 Nf6 42.a6 Nd5 43.a7 Nb6 44.Rb7 Nc8 45.a8=Q Nxd6 46.Rb4 h3 47.Rh4+ Kg6 48.Rxh3 Ne4 49.Kc2 Kg5 50.Qg8 Kg4 51.Rh7 g5 52.Rxf7 Nd6 53.Rf8 Ne4 54.Qe6 Ng3 55.Rxf5 Nxf5 56.Qe4+ 1-0
2058288 IM Greet, A (2414) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 g6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O f5 9.e3 c5 10.c3 d5 11.Ne1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Rc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Nb6 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Nf4 Qe5 18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Qc2 c4 20.Nf3 Qa5 21.b4 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Rc3 23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.Rxb5 Ra3 25.Rc1 Rxa2 26.h4 h6 27.Rc7 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Nxd7 29.h5 Nf8 30.Rb8 Rb2 31.Ra8 g5 32.Nd5 Rb7 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.exd4 Kg7 35.Ne3 f4 36.Nf5+ Kf6 37.g4 Nd7 38.Nxh6 Kg7 39.Nf5+ Kh7 40.Nd6 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 Nf6 42.Rxa7 Nxg4 43.Nxf7 Nf6 44.Ne5+ Kh6 45.Ra6 1-0
2058273 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Gonda, L (2532) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd2 Ne8 12.f4 Nc7 13.f5 Ne5 14.g4 e6 15.Nf4 Qd7 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.b3 b5 18.Rf2 a5 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 Rb8 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Nxg6 fxg6 23.Rxf6 Rf8 1/2-1/2
2058278 IM Palliser, R (2413) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 b6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.b3 Re8 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.Re1 Qb8 15.Qd2 a6 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Nf5 Nf8 18.Ne3 b5 19.Ncd5 bxc4 20.bxc4 Qa7 21.Rb1 Nxd5 22.exd5 Nd7 23.Bf1 Rb8 24.Nc2 Bc8 25.Be3 Qc7 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 27.Nd4 Qc7 28.Nc6 Bb7 29.Qa5 Qxa5 30.Nxa5 Ba8 31.Rb1 Bc3 32.Nc6 Bf6 33.Bg2 Rc8 34.f4 Kf8 35.g4 h6 36.Kh2 g5 37.Kg3 gxf4+ 38.Bxf4 Bg5 39.h4 Bxf4+ 40.Kxf4 Bxc6 41.dxc6 Ne5 42.Rb6 a5 43.g5 hxg5+ 44.Kxg5 f6+ 45.Kf5 Nxc4 46.Rb7 Ne3+ 47.Ke6 Nxg2 48.Kd7 Rxc6 49.Kxc6 Nxh4 50.Rb5 f5 51.Rxa5 Kf7 52.a4 Ke6 53.Ra8 f4 54.Rh8 Nf5 55.a5 Nd4+ 56.Kb6 Kd5 57.a6 Nc6 58.Rc8 1-0
2058263 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) IM Haria, R (2451) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 f5 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qd8 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Ne4 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.Qe2 b6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 a6 15.Rc2 Bb7 16.Rfc1 Bd6 17.Ne5 b5 18.a4 b4 19.Nb1 a5 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Nf6 22.Bb5 Qe7 23.Bc6 Ne4 24.Qd1 Rfc8 25.Qd3 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rab8 27.Bd4 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Qd7 29.Qa6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 Nd2 31.Rxe6 Nxb3 32.Rd6 Qc7 33.Rc6 1/2-1/2
2058268 IM Roberson, P (2437) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bxh6 Qxb2 9.Nbd2 gxh6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rb1 Qa3 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 f6 14.Bd3 fxe5 15.dxe5 Qe7 16.Ng3 Rb8 17.Rb3 Bd7 18.Qb1 b6 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Bg6 Rbc8 21.Nh5 Na5 22.Rd3 Rc4 23.Nd4 Qc5 24.Qd1 Nc6 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Qh5 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Rd1 Qg5 29.Nxc6 Bxc6 30.Qxg5 hxg5 31.Bd3 Bb7 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.f3 d4 35.Kf2 Bd7 36.Ke2 a5 37.Ba6 b5 38.Kd3 b4 39.Kxd4 Bc6 40.Bc4 Kf7 41.Kc5 Ba8 42.Kb5 Bd5 43.Bxd5 exd5 44.Kxa5 1-0
2058253 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) IM Eggleston, D (2392) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 a4 14.Rb1 c6 15.bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.dxc4 Nd4 18.e3 Nb3 19.Qc2 Qd2 20.Qe4 Nc5 21.Qd5 Qxd5 22.Bxd5 Bf5 23.e4 Bh3 24.Rfd1 Bg4 25.f3 Bxf3 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rf1 Kg8 28.Rxf3 Rad8 29.Bc1 Rd4 30.Be3 Rxc4 31.Nd5 Nxe4 32.Rxb7 Bxa3 33.Nb6 Rb4 34.Rff7 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Bf8 36.Nxa4 Ra1 37.Nc5 Nd6 38.Ra7 Re1 39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Rfd7 Rxh2+ 41.Kg1 Re2 42.Bf2 e4 43.Bd4 Nf5 44.Nb3 Rb8 45.Rab7 Rxb7 46.Rxb7 Nxg3 47.Rb8 Kf7 48.Nc5 Nf5 0-1
2058258 GM Plat, V (2570) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.h4 h6 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Nge7 9.Be3 e5 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.a5 O-O 13.Be2 f5 14.Nf1 b6 15.axb6 axb6 16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.Qc1 Na5 18.N3d2 d5 19.f3 d4 20.Bf2 h5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.c4 Bh6 23.f4 b5 24.b3 bxc4 25.bxc4 exf4 26.Qd1 Nac6 27.gxf4 Nb4 28.Ng3 Ra1 29.Nb1 Na2 30.O-O Nc3 31.Qb3 Nxe2+ 32.Nxe2 Ng6 33.Bg3 Qe7 34.Nd2 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bf7 36.Qb8+ Bf8 37.Bf2 Qd6 38.Qb7 Be8 39.Qf3 Ne7 40.Ng3 Bc6 41.Qe2 Qxf4 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Qe6+ Kh8 45.Qf7 Qxd2 46.Qxf8+ Ng8 47.Qxf5 Qd1+ 48.Be1 Bf3 49.Qxc5 Qxd3+ 50.Kg1 Nh6 51.Qf8+ Kh7 52.Qe7+ Kh8 53.Qd8+ Kh7 54.Qc7+ Kh8 55.Qb8+ Kh7 56.Qa7+ Kg8 57.Qb6 Kh7 58.Bf2 Qd1+ 59.Nf1 Be2 60.Qc7+ Kg8 61.Qd8+ Kf7 62.Qd7+ Kf8 63.Qd6+ Kf7 64.Qf4+ Ke8 65.Bxd4 Bxf1 66.Qe5+ Kd7 67.Qd5+ Kc8 68.Qc6+ Kb8 69.Qe8+ Kc7 70.Qe5+ Kd7 71.Qd5+ Kc8 72.Qc6+ Kb8 73.Be5+ Ka7 74.Qc7+ Ka6 75.Qc8+ Ka5 76.Qc5+ Ka4 77.Qb5+ Ka3 78.Qa5+ Kb3 79.Qb5+ Ka3 80.Qa5+ 1/2-1/2
2058248 GM Turner, Ma (2517) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.Nf3 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c3 d5 9.Qb1 Nbd7 10.b4 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a4 a6 13.Re1 Re8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nb6 16.Nc5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nfd5 18.Ra3 Qd6 19.Bh4 e5 20.Bg3 f5 21.axb5 f4 22.Bh4 axb5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ne4 Qc7 25.Kg2 exd4 26.cxd4 Bxd4 27.Ng5 Nc3 28.Qc1 Bf6 29.Re6 Nbd5 30.Be4 Nxe4 31.fxe4 f3+ 32.Kh1 Qf4 33.Qd1 Qxh4 34.Nxf3 Qxf2 35.exd5 Ra1 0-1
2317719 GM Donchenko, Alexa (2584) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 e6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Qxb7 Na5 11.Qa6 Bxf4 12.exf4 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Nxb3 15.Ra3 Rb8 16.Bb5 Rb6 17.Qa4 a6 18.Bd3 Nc1 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.Ne5 Rfb8 21.Qa5 Ne4 22.Ra1 Rc8 23.c4 f6 24.c5 fxe5 25.Qxb6 Qxb6 26.cxb6 Rxc2 27.O-O Ne2+ 28.Kh2 N4c3 29.fxe5 Rb2 30.Rxa6 Nxd4 31.Rfa1 h5 32.R1a3 Ne4 33.Ra2 Rb1 34.Ra1 Rb2 35.R1a2 Rb1 36.Ra1 1/2-1/2
2317746 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Gormally, D (2509) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 c6 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Qb3 Ne8 14.O-O Nd6 15.Rad1 Nbc4 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Ncb5 a6 18.Nc6 Qd7 19.Nxd6 Nxd6 20.Rfe1 Nf5 21.Ne5 Qb5 22.d6 Be6 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Bxb7 Rxa2 25.g4 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Rxb2 27.Nf3 Bf8 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Nxd2 Rd8 30.Ne4 Be7 31.Ng5 Bxg5 32.Bxg5 Rb8 33.Be4 Kg7 34.Bf4 Rc8 35.Rc1 Bc4 36.Bd5 Rc5 37.Bxc4 bxc4 38.f3 g5 39.Be3 1-0
2317672 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) Kanyamarala, Tarun (2070) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.d4 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qa5 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qxa5 Nxa5 17.Rb5 Rd8 18.Ke2 Ke7 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Kd3 Rc1 22.Rxd5 Ra1 23.Nh4 Rxa2 24.f4 g6 25.f5 gxf5 26.Rd6 Ra3+ 27.Ke2 Nc4 28.Nxf5+ Ke8 29.Rc6 b5 30.Rc7 a5 31.Re7+ Kd8 32.Rxf7 Ra2+ 33.Kf3 Ra1 34.e6 Re1 35.Rf8+ Kc7 36.e7 b4 37.Kf2 Re4 38.e8=Q Rxe8 39.Rxe8 b3 40.Re1 Kb6 41.Ke2 Na3 42.Ne3 b2 43.Kd3 b1=Q+ 44.Rxb1+ Nxb1 45.Nc4+ Kb5 46.d5 a4 47.d6 a3 48.Nxa3+ 1-0
2317695 IM Welling, G (2310) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Qc7 9.Bg3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qd5 15.Rfe1 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Bf1 Rg8 20.Qh3 Rg6 21.Re3 Ne4 22.Nf3 Rag8 23.c4 Qc5 24.Rd1 f5 25.b4 Qxb4 26.Ne5 Rf6 27.Nxf7+ Rxf7 28.Rxe4 Rg6 29.Red4 Rfg7 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.R8d7 Qb2 32.Qb3 Bxg2 0-1
2317621 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) Ratnesan, Ranesh (2116) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Bc5 7.a3 a5 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 Bf8 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Be6 12.Ng5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nb8 14.f4 g6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bb5 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Bc4 Ra7 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Rxf6 Qxf6 21.Rf1 Qxf1+ 22.Bxf1 Kh8 23.Bc4 Ra7 24.Qe4 Bg7 25.h4 c5 26.Bc3 Nd7 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qd6 Bf6 29.Bb5 Kg7 30.g3 1-0
2317569 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) Han, Yichen (2190) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.Nh4 d6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Ng2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.h4 Ne7 12.Qb3 c6 13.O-O-O Kh7 14.g4 g6 15.Nf4 a6 16.Be2 b5 17.g5 Bg7 18.cxb5 axb5 19.h5 d5 20.Rdg1 hxg5 21.hxg6+ Kg8 22.Rxg5 Qd6 23.Qd1 b4 24.Na4 Bd7 25.Bf1 Rxa4 26.Qxa4 c5 27.Qd1 cxd4 28.Kb1 d3 29.Qh5 Rc8 30.Bxd3 Qf6 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qxg7+ Qxg7 33.Nh5 Qh6 34.Rgg1 Ng8 35.Nf6 Qg7 36.Nxd7+ Qxd7 37.Rh7 Qc6 38.Rf7+ Ke8 39.Rxf5 exd3 0-1
2317599 Yoon, Jacob D (1971) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.e4 Bxc5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Qe2 Ng4 9.h3 Nd4 10.hxg4 Nxe2+ 11.Nxe2 O-O 12.Bf4 d6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Bd6 15.Bc3 b5 16.a3 Bb7 17.Ned4 e5 18.Nf5 e4 19.Bxg7 exf3 20.g3 Rfe8 21.Bf6 Be5 22.Bg5 f6 23.Bd2 Rad8 24.Rad1 Bc8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Kh2 Qg7 27.Rh1 Bxg4 28.Kg1 Rxd3 29.cxd3 Bd7 30.Kh2 Bxg3+ 31.fxg3 Re2+ 0-1
2317548 Burrows, M (2146) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.h4 Nc6 9.h5 h6 10.Nf3 Nge7 11.Rh4 c4 12.Rf4 Rf8 13.Nh4 Bd7 14.Ra2 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Qf3 Qb5 17.Ra1 Qb2 18.Rc1 f5 19.Qd1 Qxa3 20.Rf3 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Re3 Ng4 23.Re2 O-O-O 24.Ra1 Qc5 25.Bf4 Nc6 26.f3 Nf6 27.Bxh6 Rg8 28.Be3 Qd6 29.h6 Nh5 30.Qd2 f4 31.Bf2 Qxh6 32.g4 Nf6 33.Ng2 Qh1 34.Qxf4 Rdf8 35.Bc5 Nh5 36.Qxf8+ Rxf8 37.Bxf8 Ng3 38.Bd6 Qxf1+ 39.Kd2 Qxe2+ 0-1
2351388 Jones, Steven A (2117) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 e6 9.Nd2 exd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Re8 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Be1 b5 17.axb6 Qb8 18.Nc4 Bb7 19.Na5 Bc8 20.Ra3 Nxb6 21.Nc6 Qb7 22.Rb3 Nxa4 23.Rxb7 Bxb7 24.c3 Nxb2 25.Qc2 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Rxe2 28.Rb1 Rae8 29.h3 Na4 30.Qb3 Bxc6 31.dxc6 R2e4 32.c7 Rb4 33.Qxa4 Rxa4 34.Rb8 Re4 35.Rd8 Kg7 36.c8=Q Rxd8 37.Qxd8 Rd4 38.Kf1 h5 39.g3 Kh7 40.Qb6 Kg7 41.Qxa6 Kg8 42.Qa7 Kg7 43.Qb6 Kg8 44.Ke2 Kg7 45.Qb8 Rd5 46.Ke3 Rd4 47.Qa8 Rb4 48.Qc8 Rd4 49.f4 f5 50.g4 hxg4 51.hxg4 fxg4 52.Qxg4 Rd5 53.Qd7+ Kf6 54.Qd8+ Kf7 55.Qb8 Rd4 56.Kf3 Rd3+ 57.Kg4 Rd2 58.Qb3+ Kf6 59.Qg8 Ke7 60.Qg7+ Kd8 61.Kg5 c4 62.Qg8+ 1-0
2351420 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) Lentzos, Ioanis (2043) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Qb6 6.d4 e6 7.Ng3 c5 8.Bd3 Nxg3 9.fxg3 cxd4 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qe2 h6 12.a3 Bd7 13.b4 O-O-O 14.b5 Na5 15.Kh1 Bc5 16.a4 f6 17.Bd2 Rhf8 18.Qe1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Ba5 1-0
2359238 CM Walton, A (2123) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 0-1
1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be3 a6 6.a4 Nf6 7.f3 O-O 8.Nge2 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Nf4 Nc6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bc4 Qe7 13.O-O Rad8 14.Re1 Kh8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Qf7 17.Bf1 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Ne2 Nxg3 20.Nxg3 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Bc3 22.Re2 h5 23.Qc1 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 h4 25.Qxg5 hxg3 26.Qxg3 Rd7 27.Qh3+ Qh7 28.Qxe6 Be5 0-1
2359265 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) FM Abdulla, Murad (2244) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Bb2 Nb4 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 c5 15.Nc4 cxd4 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxd4 Nc6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Rab1 Qe6 20.Bc3 Rd7 21.h3 Rad8 22.Rfc1 b6 23.Qf3 Ne7 24.a4 Rd5 25.Qg3 Ng6 26.Bd4 h6 27.h4 Qe4 28.Rb5 Rxb5 29.axb5 Qxh4 30.Qc7 Rd5 31.g3 Qh3 32.Qxa7 Rh5 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.Qg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxb5 36.Rc6 1/2-1/2
2359218 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) Staples, Daniel J (1992) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ne5 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Rab1 Qg5 15.Kh1 Re6 16.f4 Qh4 17.g3 Qh5 18.Rbe1 f5 19.b4 a6 20.a4 Rg6 21.Kg1 Re8 22.Nb1 Rge6 23.Qd2 Nd7 24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Nf6 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Na3 Bf3 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Rxf3 Ne4 30.Qg2 Qf8 31.Nc2 h5 32.Ra1 Nd6 33.Qe2 Nc4 34.Qd3 g5 35.Ra7 Re4 36.Rf1 R8e7 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.fxg5 Qxg5 39.Rf4 Rxf4 40.exf4 Qg4 41.Ne1 h4 42.Qf3 Qg7 43.Qd3 Nd6 44.Kg2 Ne4 45.Qe3 Qg4 46.Nf3 h3+ 47.Kg1 Kg7 48.Qa3 Qd7 49.Qa8 Qg4 50.Qb7+ Kf8 51.Qb8+ Ke7 52.Qc7+ Kf8 53.Qf7+ Kxf7 54.Ne5+ Ke6 55.Nxg4 Nd6 56.Ne5 Kf5 57.Nxc6 Ke4 58.Kf2 Nb5 59.Ke2 Nd6 60.Ne5 Nf5 61.Nf3 Nh6 62.Ng5+ Kxd4 63.Kf3 Kc3 64.Nxh3 d4 65.Nf2 Kd2 66.g4 Ke1 67.h4 1-0
2387467 IM Merry, Alan B (2440) IM Eggleston, D (2397) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.Qa4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.a4 Nf8 14.Ba3 Ne6 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.e3 Rac8 17.Qd1 Bc6 18.Bb2 a6 19.Ra3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qe2 d4 22.Nf3 Qb7 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.e4 Qb6 25.Rea1 Bb7 26.Qd2 Qc5 27.Rc1 Qb6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bh3 Rd8 30.Qb4 Qc5 31.Rb3 Qh5 32.Bg2 Bc6 33.Ra3 Ng5 34.Nxg5 Qxg5 35.Ra6 Be8 36.Bxd4 Qc1+ 37.Bf1 Qc8 38.Rxf6 Rxd4 39.Qxd4 gxf6 40.Qxf6 b4 41.Qg5+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ Ke7 43.e5 Qe6 44.Qh4+ Kf8 45.Qxb4+ Kg8 46.Qd6 Qxd6 47.exd6 Bd7 48.f4 f6 49.Kf2 Kf7 50.Ke3 Bf5 51.Kd4 Ke6 52.Kc5 Kd7 53.d4 Kd8 54.h3 h6 55.g4 Bg6 56.h4 Bf7 57.Bd3 Bg8 58.Bf5 Bf7 59.h5 Bg8 60.g5 fxg5 61.fxg5 hxg5 62.h6 g4 63.h7 Bxh7 64.Bxh7 g3 65.Be4 g2 66.Bxg2 1-0
2385625 IM Merry, Alan B (2440) FM Zakarian, D (2341) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qc2 Bf5 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Rad1 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.Bg2 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 b6 20.Kg2 Qd7 21.h4 Rf6 22.Rh1 Raf8 23.f3 Qa4 24.Qe2 a5 25.a3 Rb8 26.Rc1 Bh6 27.Rc3 Qe8 28.b3 Ra8 29.Qd3 Qf7 30.Kf1 Bf8 31.Ke2 Bh6 32.Kd1 Bf8 33.Kc2 Be7 34.Kb1 Rf8 35.Ka2 Kg7 36.h5 gxh5 37.Rc2 a4 38.bxa4 Rxf3 39.Bxf3 Qxf3 40.Qxf3 Rxf3 41.Rxh5 h6 42.Rhh2 Kg6 43.g4 Rf4 44.Kb3 Rxg4 45.Kb4 Bg5 46.Kb5 Be3 47.a5 bxa5 48.Kxa5 Kf5 49.a4 Ke4 50.Ka6 Kd3 51.Kb7 Rxc4 52.Rxc4 Kxc4 53.a5 Kxd5 54.a6 e4 55.Kxc7 Bd4 56.Rd2 e3 57.a7 exd2 58.a8=Q+ Kc4 59.Qf3 Be5 60.Kc6 h5 61.Qxh5 Kd3 62.Qd1 Bf4 63.Kb5 d5 64.Kb4 d4 65.Kb3 Ke3 66.Kc2 d3+ 67.Kc3 Be5+ 68.Kc4 Bf4 69.Qf1 Bg5 70.Qxd3+ Kf2 71.Kb3 Bf4 72.Kc2 Be3 73.Kd1 Bf4 74.Qe4 Kg3 75.Ke2 Kg4 76.Qf3+ Kg5 77.Kd3 Kf5 78.Kd4 Kg5 79.Ke4 Kg6 80.Kxf4 1-0
2387418 IM Merry, Alan B (2440) CM Villiers, Thomas (2195) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.h3 Bf3 9.Kf1 Nf6 10.Bxf3 Nxf3 11.Nf4 Nd4 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxf4 15.Re1+ Kf8 16.Qxf4 Qb6 17.Kg2 Rd8 18.Na4 Qc6 19.Qb4+ Kg8 20.Qd4 h5 21.Re7 Rh6 22.Rhe1 Rc8 23.Nc3 b5 24.Rxa7 b4 25.Ne2 Qxc2 26.Rc1 Qf5 27.Qf4 Qe6 28.Nd4 Qe8 29.Rxc8 Qxc8 30.Nf5 Qd8 31.Nxh6+ gxh6 32.Qxh6 d4 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Ra6 Qd5+ 35.Qxd5 Nxd5 36.Rd6 Nc3 37.bxc3 bxc3 38.Rxd4 c2 39.Rc4 c1=R 40.Rxc1 Kg7 41.a4 1-0
2387441 Siddharth, Jagadeesh (2282) IM Merry, Alan B (2440) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Bg2 e5 10.O-O Be7 11.b3 Be6 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.Qf3 Qb8 15.Rfd1 O-O 16.e4 b5 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.cxd5 Bc5 19.Qe2 Qa7 20.Rf1 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rfe8 22.Kh1 Nf6 23.Rcd1 Qb6 24.Qc2 Ng4 25.Rd2 Rc8 26.Bh3 Be3 27.Qd1 Bxd2 28.Bxg4 Bc3 29.Bxc8 Bxb2 30.Bd7 Rd8 31.Bh3 Bd4 32.Qf3 Qc5 33.Bg2 g6 34.Qf6 Rd6 35.Qg5 Kg7 36.Qe7 Rxd5 37.Qb7 Rd6 38.f4 exf4 39.Rxf4 Bf6 40.Rf1 h5 41.Qe4 b4 42.Qf4 a5 43.Rc1 Qd4 44.Qxd4 Rxd4 45.Bf1 Rd2 46.Rc7 Be5 47.Rc5 f6 48.Rxa5 h4 49.gxh4 Rxh2+ 50.Kg1 Rxh4 51.Bc4 Rd4 52.a3 bxa3 53.Rxa3 g5 54.Ra8 g4 55.Rg8+ Kh6 56.Bf7 Rf4 57.Kg2 f5 58.Rg6+ Kh7 59.Rg5 Bd6 60.Be6 1/2-1/2
2387371 IM Merry, Alan B (2440) Akeya-Price, Robert (1962) 1-0
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 c5 7.e4 Bg6 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Nf4 O-O 10.h4 e5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.a3 Nxd5 14.Qf3 Nf6 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxa7 Ng4 17.Nc4 Bxd3 18.Rd1 e4 19.cxd3 exd3 20.O-O Rxb3 21.Na5 Rxb2 22.Nc6 Qd6 23.Qxe7 Qg6 24.Qxc5 Kh8 25.Qxf8# 1-0
2387393 Verma, Aditya (2103) IM Merry, Alan B (2440) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Nc6 9.Nxg6 fxg6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.Ne2 Nge7 13.Nf4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nc6 15.Qe3 d4 16.Qb3 Qa5+ 17.Kd1 O-O-O 18.Bg2 Qxe5 19.Nxg6 Qf6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nxh8 hxg4 22.Qd3 Qxf2 23.Rf1 Qg2 24.Qxa6+ Kc7 25.Qa5+ Kc8 26.Qa8+ Kd7 27.Qb7+ Kd6 28.Nf7+ Kd5 29.Qb3+ Kc5 30.Qd3 Rd5 31.a4 g3 32.b4+ Kb6 33.a5+ Ka7 34.Ng5 Bxb4 35.Rb1 Rb5 36.Ne4 Qh3 37.Nxg3 Qxh4 38.Ne2 Rf5 39.Rg1 Bf8 40.a6 Ka8 41.Ra1 Qf6 42.Qe4 e5 43.Nxd4 exd4 44.Qe8+ Ka7 45.Qd7+ Kb6 46.Qb7+ Kc5 47.Ra5+ Kd6 48.Qb8+ Kd7 49.Qa7+ Kc8 50.Qb7+ Kd8 51.Qb6+ Kd7 52.Rxf5 Qxf5 53.Qxd4+ Kc7 54.Qd3 Qh5+ 55.Kc1 Qa5 56.Rf1 Qa1+ 57.Kd2 Bb4+ 58.Ke2 Qe5+ 59.Kf3 Bd6 60.Rf2 g5 61.Rf1 Qf4+ 62.Ke2 Qg4+ 63.Kd2 Qb4+ 64.Ke2 Qg4+ 65.Kd2 Qb4+ 66.Ke2 Qg4+ 67.Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2
2387348 Tambini, J (2066) IM Merry, Alan B (2440) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bxa3 9.bxa3 Nf5 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxa3 12.O-O O-O 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.g4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qe7 16.Ng5 g6 17.f4 f6 18.Nf3 Rac8 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Qh4 22.h3 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qf2+ Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 b5 27.g5 b4 28.h4 a5 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Kd2 Kd8 31.Kc1 Kc7 32.Kb2 Be8 33.Ba6 a4 34.a3 Kb6 35.Be2 Ka5 36.Bg4 Bd7 37.h5 gxh5 38.Bxh5 Kb6 39.Bd1 b3 40.Be2 Kc7 41.Bd3 Kd8 42.Bxh7 Ke7 43.Bd3 Kf7 44.Kc3 Kg7 45.Kb2 Bc6 46.Kc3 Be8 47.Kb2 1/2-1/2
2407326 Hill, Alistair (2199) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.d3 Qc7 10.e4 d6 11.Bh3 h6 12.Ne1 Nd7 13.Nc2 O-O-O 14.Ne3 e6 15.f4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.d4 Ne7 18.d5 Nf6 19.dxe6 Kb8 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 h5 22.Rf3 h4 23.Nd5 Nexd5 24.cxd5 hxg3 25.h3 Rxh3 26.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 27.Kxg3 Qg7+ 28.Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1
2407316 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Hillarp Persson, T (2563) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d3 d5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 dxe4 5.dxe4 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Nf6 7.f3 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.c3 O-O 10.Nh3 Rd8+ 11.Kc2 b5 12.Nf2 c4 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Rhd1 Nb6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.a3 Bd7 17.Nf1 Bf8 18.Ne3 Kg7 19.f4 e5 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Nxh3 Bc5 22.Nd5 exf4 23.gxf4 Ra7 24.e5 Rad7 25.Nf6 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 h6 28.Ke2 g5 29.Nd7 Kg6 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.Nf2 Kf5 32.e6 fxe6 33.Nxc5 bxc5 34.Ke3 Ne5 35.h3 Nd3 36.Ne4 Nxb2 37.Nd6+ Ke5 38.Nxb5 Na4 39.Kd2 Kf4 40.Nd6 Nb6 41.Nb7 e5 42.Nxc5 e4 43.Ne6+ Kf5 44.Nc5 Nd5 45.a4 e3+ 46.Ke2 Nxc3+ 47.Kxe3 Nxa4 1/2-1/2
2407309 IM Akshat, Kh (2415) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.h4 Nf6 7.h5 Rg8 8.hxg6 hxg6 9.Qa4 Qb6 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Ng5 Qf6 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Bd2 e3 14.fxe3 Kd8 15.Qc2 d6 16.Qe4 Nd7 17.Qf4 Ne5 18.e4 g5 19.Qxf6 exf6 20.e3 Bd7 21.Rh7 Kc7 22.Be2 Rh8 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Kf2 Bg4 25.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 26.Kg3 Ne5 27.Rf1 Rh6 28.Bc1 Kd7 29.Bd2 Nxc4 30.Bc1 Ke7 31.Kg4 Rh2 32.Kf5 Kf7 33.Rg1 Ne5 34.Bd2 Rh4 35.Be1 Ng4 0-1
2407299 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Tiviakov, S (2605) 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 e4 10.Nxe4 Bxa2 11.Ra1 Bd5 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bxb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.e3 Qf6 16.Bg2 Bxc3 17.dxc3 O-O 18.Ba3 Rfb8 19.Rfd1 a4 20.Qc2 Na5 21.Rd4 Nb3 22.Rh4 h6 23.Rf1 Rd8 24.c4 Rd2 25.Qe4 c6 26.Bh3 c5 27.Qxb7 Qd6 28.Rf4 Rf8 29.Bf5 Ra2 30.Bc1 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 a3 32.Kg2 Rb2 33.Qa7 a2 34.Qa3 Qd2 35.Ra1 Nxc4 36.Rxc4 Qxf2+ 37.Kh3 Qxf5+ 0-1
2407292 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) GM Lemos, D (2482) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rac1 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nb6 16.Bd3 Nfd5 17.Be4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 e5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Be1 Bd6 21.Bf3 Bb4 22.Bxb4 Qxb4 23.Rd3 Qa5 24.Rcd1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Qe5 26.Qd2 Kg7 27.g3 Qf6 28.Kg2 Re5 29.a4 a5 30.Rd8 Rf5 31.Rd6 Qa1 32.g4 Rc5 33.Rd8 Qe5 34.Qd4 Qxd4 35.exd4 Rc3 36.Rb8 Rxb3 37.Rxb7 Rb2 38.d5 cxd5 39.Bxd5 Nxa4 40.Rxf7+ Kh8 41.Ra7 Nb6 42.Rb7 Rd2 43.Bb3 a4 44.Rxb6 axb3 45.Rxb3 Rd7 46.h4 Kg7 47.Kg3 Ra7 48.f3 Rc7 49.Ra3 Rb7 50.Ra6 Rc7 51.h5 g5 52.h6+ Kf7 53.Kf2 Rc4 54.Ke3 Rb4 55.Rd6 Ra4 56.Kd3 Rf4 57.Ke2 Ra4 58.Ke3 Rb4 59.Rd4 Rb6 60.Rd5 Kg6 61.Ke4 Re6+ 62.Re5 Rf6 63.Ke3 1/2-1/2
2409925 IM Rudd, J (2253) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Neg5 Qe7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Nxh7 Rxh7 12.Bxh7 Qh4 13.Bd3 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Qxh2 15.Rxg2 Qxg2 16.Bf4 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Nc5 18.Bg3 g6 19.Kb1 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Rd4 21.a3 Qd5 22.f4 c5 23.Qc2 Kb8 24.Rd2 Qh1+ 25.Ka2 Qf3 26.Bh2 b6 27.Qb3 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.Bg1 Kb7 30.Kb3 Bg7 31.Kc2 Rd8 32.Be3 Kc6 33.b3 Rh8 34.d4 Rh3 35.Kd3 Bf8 36.Ke4 cxd4 37.Bxd4 Rxb3 38.Rh2 Bxa3 39.Rh7 Rb4 0-1
2409932 GM Le Roux, JP (2542) IM Merry, Alan B (2426) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.d3 g6 4.h4 h6 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.Bc3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 c5 9.Bd2 cxd4 10.c3 dxc3 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 e6 13.Bd3 Bd5 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.Be4 Ne7 17.Bb4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qc6 19.Qd3 Nd5 20.Bd2 d6 21.O-O dxe5 22.Rfe1 O-O 23.h5 g5 24.Nxe5 Qb7 25.Qf3 f6 26.Ng6 Rfe8 27.Bb4 Qf7 28.Rxd5 exd5 29.Re7 Rxe7 30.Nxe7+ Kh8 31.Ng6+ Kg8 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
2409919 IM Merry, Alan B (2426) FM Steffens, O (2178) 1-0
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Ba6 3.e4 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 h6 9.O-O f5 10.Rfe1 Nd7 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.d5 e5 13.a4 Nc5 14.Ra3 e4 15.Nd4 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Qg5 17.f4 Qf6 18.Nxe4 Qxd4 19.Nf6+ Kf7 20.Qxd4 Bxf6 21.Qd2 Rae8 22.b4 Ne4 23.Qd3 Bc8 24.Bf3 Nc5 25.Qd2 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Re8 27.Qd2 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Rc3 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 a5 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.h3 Bc5 33.Rb3 h5 34.Qxa5 Bd7 35.Qxc7 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Bg1+ 37.Kg3 h4+ 38.Kxh4 Bf2+ 39.Kg5 Re7 40.Rb7 Bd4 41.Qxd7 1-0
2443111 IM Merry, Alan B (2434) Doran, C (1950) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.b3 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Be5 19.Bh4 Qb4 20.f4 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Nxb3 22.Qe3 Qxc4 23.Bf6 h6 24.Rxd6 Ncd4 25.Rxd4 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.Bxd4 Rfd8 28.Bf6 Rd3 29.Ne2 Re3 30.Ng3 Rb3 31.Rd1 Rd3 32.Re1 Re3 33.Rf1 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.f5 b4 36.Kg1 Rd3 37.Ne2 Re3 38.Nf4 Kh7 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Rd1 Rb3 41.Rd7+ Kg8 42.Rg7+ 1-0
2443074 IM Merry, Alan B (2434) Surtees, M (2105) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 c5 4.a3 Ba5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 f5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Rd1 O-O 10.d4 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Ne4 12.Qe1 Qe7 13.b4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rxd4 e5 16.Rd1 Be6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Qc3 Qc7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.bxc5 Bd5 23.Bh3 g6 24.e4 fxe4 25.Bxc8 Qxc8 26.f4 Qh3 27.fxe5 Ng4 28.Qd2 Bc6 29.Bd4 e3 30.Qa2+ Kg7 31.Rf1 Rd8 32.Rcd1 Bd5 33.e6+ Kh6 34.Qe2 g5 35.e7 Re8 36.Bg7+ Kxg7 37.Rxd5 Rxe7 38.Rxg5+ Kh6 39.Rxg4 1-0
2443092 Sumit, Ku2 (2219) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 h6 10.h4 e5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qb3 Nde7 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Be3 b6 15.Nfxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxa8 Nxd3 17.Be4 Nxe1 18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.Rxe1 Be6 21.Qa4 Nc8 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.Nd6 Bg4 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.f3 Be6 26.Bd6 Qe8 27.Qxa7 Qb5 28.Rd2 f5 29.Bb7 Rd8 30.Ba6 Qc6 31.Bb7 Qb5 32.Ba6 Qc6 33.Bb7 Qb5 1/2-1/2
2443064 Cusick, Peter (1969) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.Bd1 Rab8 16.Bg5 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b3 b4 19.Na4 Nxe4 20.Bxe7 Nxd2 21.Bxd6 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Rbc8 23.Bg4 f5 24.Bf3 Be5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Be2 Nf7 27.Bb5 Re5 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Bc6 c4 30.bxc4 b3 31.Kf1 Nd6 32.Nb2 Ne4 33.f3 Nc5 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Kf8 36.Kd2 Ke7 37.Kc3 Kd6 38.f4 Rb6 39.Ba4 Ra6 40.Bb5 Ra1 41.Kb4 Rb1 42.Ka3 Rg1 43.g3 Rg2 44.Ba4 Rxh2 45.Bxb3 Rg2 46.Na4 Rxg3 0-1
2446033 GM Alsina Leal, D (2470) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qc6 8.Qe2 a6 9.a4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.a5 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Nbd4 Qc7 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Bxh2+ 20.Nxh2 Qc6 21.Nf3 Qxb5 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Ra3 Ne5 24.Nd4 Qd5 25.Rg3+ Ng6 26.Nb3 Qe5 27.Nd4 Qe4 28.Qb4 Ba8 29.Rdd3 e5 30.f3 Rxd4 0-1
2445977 IM Merry, Alan B (2434) Oyama, Akito (2198) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6 9.Qe4 Kf7 10.Na3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5+ fxe5 12.Qxe5 d6 13.Qe2 d5 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.f4 c4 17.dxc4 Rb8 18.c3 Re8 19.Rf1 Kg8 20.O-O-O e5 21.Qxh5 g6 22.c5 gxh5 23.cxd6 Bg4 24.Rde1 e4 25.Nc2 Rbd8 26.f5 Kf7 27.Ne3 Rg8 28.Rf4 Kf6 29.Kd2 Rxd6 30.Nxg4+ Rxg4 31.Rxg4 hxg4 32.Rf1 c5 33.Rf4 g3 34.Rg4 Kxf5 35.Rxg3 d4 36.cxd4 cxd4 37.Rg8 d3 38.Re8 Rg6 39.Rf8+ Ke5 40.Re8+ 1/2-1/2
2449696 IM Merry, Alan B (2434) GM Berczes, D (2464) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bf2 h6 12.O-O Bb7 13.a3 Bxf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nc5 15.Re1 Rd8 16.b4 Nxb4 17.axb4 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Rxe3 exf3 21.gxf3 Ke7 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.fxe4 Rd4 24.c3 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Rhd8 26.f5 R8d2 27.Rg3 Rxf2+ 28.Kxf2 exf5 29.exf5 Rd5 30.Re3 f6 31.exf6+ Kxf6 32.Re6+ Kxf5 33.Rxa6 Rd2+ 34.Ke3 Rxh2 35.Rb6 Rh3+ 36.Kd4 Rh4+ 37.Kd3 Rh3+ 38.Kd4 Rh4+ 39.Kd3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2
2449705 Sygnowski, T (2143) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Re1+ Nge7 8.c3 Qd7 9.Na3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 O-O 11.Rb1 b6 12.h3 Bf5 13.Bf4 f6 14.Rb2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ng6 16.Bh2 Na5 17.Rbe2 Rf7 18.h4 Nc4 19.h5 Nf8 20.Nh4 Qg4 21.Nf5 Qxh5 22.Re7 g6 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Re7+ Kg8 25.Ng7 Qh6 26.Bxc7 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qxa3 28.Qe2 Qxc3 29.Nf5 Kh8 30.Qg4 Qc2 31.Nh6 Qxf2 32.Bg3 Qd2 33.Qh4 g5 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Qh6 Ne3 36.Qxg5+ Ng6 37.Nh6+ 1-0
2449677 IM Merry, Alan B (2434) Brotherton, Trevor 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 g6 7.c5 a6 8.Qb3 Rb8 9.cxd6 Qxd6 10.Nd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.f3 Bd7 13.d6 Nc6 14.dxc7 Qxc7 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.Nxb7 Qc8 18.Bxa6 Nge7 19.Nxe7 Nxe7 20.Nc5 Rxb3 21.Bxc8 Bxc8 22.Nxb3 Nc6 23.Be3 1-0
2449686 GM Gonda, L (2531) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 f5 9.e4 fxe4 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qc7 13.d3 O-O-O 14.Bf4 d6 15.Qd2 Na5 16.Rae1 Rde8 17.Bh6 e6 18.Re3 Qd7 19.Rfe1 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Nc6 21.Qe2 e5 22.f4 Rhg8 23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 g5 26.Qd5 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Bxg5 Qe1+ 29.Kg2 Qe2+ 30.Kh3 Ne5 31.Qa8+ Kc7 32.Qxa7+ Kc8 33.Qa8+ Kc7 34.Qa7+ Kc8 35.Qa8+ Kc7 36.Qe4 Qf1+ 37.Kh4 Ng6+ 38.Kg4 Ne5+ 39.Kh4 Ng6+ 40.Kh5 1/2-1/2
2449668 Edge, John (1972) IM Merry, Alan B (2434) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne2 a5 12.Ned4 Qb6 13.a3 Bb7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.Qf3 c3 17.bxc3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Rc8 19.Qg3 g6 20.Nc4 Qa6 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.exd6 Nd7 23.Bh6 c5 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Re1 Rc6 26.Qh4 Rxd6 27.Bg7 Qe2 28.f3 Rd1 0-1
2018.12.09 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464043 GM Jones, G (2682) IM Merry, Alan B (2429) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Be2 a6 9.a4 Bg4 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 O-O 12.Nc4 Ne8 13.O-O Nd7 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Rb8 16.Bg3 Ne5 17.Ne3 f5 18.f4 Nd7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Kh1 Qf7 21.Bh4 Qg6 22.Nc4 Rf7 23.Rad1 Nc7 24.Rd3 Re8 25.Qd1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 b5 27.Rg3 bxc4 28.Rxg6 hxg6 29.Bd8 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Nf8 31.Qe2 Nxd5 32.Qxc4 Ne3 33.Qxa6 Rd7 34.Qc8 Nd1 35.a5 Nxc3 36.a6 Nb5 37.Qb8 Na7 38.Bb6 Nb5 39.h3 Kf7 40.Bxc5 1-0
2018.12.09 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464047 IM Merry, Alan B (2429) GM Jones, G (2682) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg5 Bc5 9.e3 Bxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.O-O Qf4 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nxd5 Qd6 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Re1 Be6 18.Ne3 Nxd4 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bd5 Qb6 21.Bxe6 Nxe6 22.Qa4 Nc5 23.Qc2 Nd3 24.Reb1 Rd4 25.b4 Rbd8 26.Rd1 Qg6 27.Rd2 f5 28.Rad1 f4 29.Nc4 Qe6 30.h3 f3 31.Ne3 fxg2 32.Qa2 Qxa2 33.Rxa2 Nf4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.h4 Rd6 36.Nxg2 Rg6 37.f3 Kf7 38.Kf1 Nxg2 39.Rxg2 Rf6 40.Rf2 Rf4 41.Kg2 Rc4 42.f4 Kf6 43.Rf3 a5 44.bxa5 Ra4 45.Re3 Rxa5 46.Kf3 Ra4 47.h5 Kf5 48.Kg3 Ra7 49.Rb3 Ra4 50.Rb5+ 1/2-1/2
2018.12.08 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464027 GM Nunn, J (2572) IM Merry, Alan B (2429) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 c4 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qf4 h6 13.Ra2 Nce7 14.h4 Rh7 15.Nh2 O-O-O 16.Ng4 Qa5 17.a4 Rf8 18.Nf6 Nxf6 19.exf6 Nf5 20.Rb1 Bc6 21.h5 g5 22.Qe5 Qc7 23.a5 Nd6 24.f3 Rd8 25.Be1 Kb8 26.Bg3 Ka8 27.Qe3 Rg8 28.Be5 Qd8 29.Rf1 a6 30.Raa1 Ne8 31.f4 g4 32.f5 Bd7 33.fxe6 Bxe6 34.Rab1 Nd6 35.Rb6 Nc8 36.Rb4 Nd6 37.Rfb1 Nb5 38.Rxb5 axb5 39.Rxb5 Qd7 40.Rb6 Rc8 41.a6 bxa6 42.Rxa6+ Kb7 43.Rd6 Qb5 44.Rxe6 fxe6 45.Bxg4 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Re8 47.Bf4 Ka6 48.Bxh6 Qxc2 49.Bg7 Qg6 50.Qh3 Qg5 51.h6 Qf4+ 52.Qg3 Rxh6+ 53.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 54.Bh3 Qxf6 55.Qd6+ Kb7 56.Qd7+ Kb6 57.Qxe8 Qf4+ 58.Kg1 Qe3+ 59.Kf1 Qf4+ 60.Ke2 Qe4+ 61.Kf2 Qf4+ 62.Kg1 Qe3+ 63.Kh1 Qc1+ 64.Kh2 Qf4+ 65.g3 Qd2+ 66.Bg2 Qh6+ 67.Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2
2018.12.08 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464031 IM Merry, Alan B (2429) GM Nunn, J (2572) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 h5 15.Rc1 g4 16.Nb5 g3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Bxg3 Ng6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nc7 h4 21.Bf2 Nh5 22.Nxa8 Qg5 23.Kh2 Ngf4 24.Nxf4 Qxf4+ 25.Kg1 h3 26.g4 Bxg4 27.Kh1 h2 28.Nc7 Bh3 29.Ne6 Ng3+ 30.Bxg3 Qxg3 31.Rg1 hxg1=R+ 32.Qxg1 Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Bh6 34.Rc7 Rf7 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rd8 Be3+ 37.Kh2 Bxe6 38.dxe6 Rc7 39.Rxd6 Kg6 40.Bd3 Kf6 41.Rd7 Rxd7 42.exd7 Ke7 1/2-1/2
2018.12.08 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464035 IM Merry, Alan B (2429) GM Nunn, J (2572) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.Kh1 h5 16.Rc1 g4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Rf7 19.Nxa7 Bd7 20.Qb3 Nxe4 21.fxe4 f3 22.gxf3 gxf3 23.Bd1 Bh3 24.Rg1 Bg2+ 25.Rxg2 fxg2+ 26.Kg1 Qg5 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Nxc8 Bf8 29.Qc2 Nh4 30.Nb6 Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Nc4 h4 33.Qe2 Rf7 34.h3 Be7 35.Ne3 Kh8 36.Nxg2 Rg7 37.Ne1 Qg6 38.Qf3 Bg5 39.Qf5 Qxf5 40.exf5 Rc7 41.Nxh4 Kg7 42.Nhf3 Kf6 43.Bb6 Rc8 44.Kf2 Kxf5 45.Nxg5 Kxg5 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.h4 e4 48.a4 Rg8 49.Nc2 Ke5 50.Bd4+ Kxd5 51.b3 Rg3+ 52.Kf4 Rf3+ 53.Kg4 Rxb3 54.h5 Rb1 55.Bf2 Rh1 56.Ne3+ Ke5 57.Bg3+ Ke6 58.Bh4 Rg1+ 59.Kf4 d5 60.h6 Rg8 61.Nc2 Kf7 62.Ne3 Ke6 63.Bg5 d4 64.Nc2 d3 65.Nd4+ Kd5 66.Nf5 d2 67.Ne3+ Kd4 68.Bf6+ Kd3 69.h7 Rf8 70.h8=Q Rxh8 71.Bxh8 b6 72.Be5 d1=Q 73.Nxd1 Kc2 74.Nc3 1-0
2018.12.08 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464038 GM Nunn, J (2572) IM Merry, Alan B (2429) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nf3 c4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O h6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 g5 14.Ne1 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qg3 Ne4 17.Qe3 O-O-O 18.Bg4 Rhf8 19.f4 gxf4 20.Rxf4 Rg8 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 e5 23.Bxd7+ Rxd7 24.d5 Ne7 25.Bxh6 Rxd5 26.Be3 Qc6 27.h6 Kb8 28.Rb1 Qe6 29.Qxc4 Nf5 30.Bc1 Rh8 31.Nd3 Qd6 32.Qg4 Ne7 33.Qg7 Rc8 34.h7 Rxd3 35.cxd3 Nf5 36.Qxb7# 1-0
2018.12.08 ch-GBR KO 2018
2464040 GM Nunn, J (2572) IM Merry, Alan B (2429) 0-1
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O e5 9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 a5 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ngf6 13.Rab1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Ng3 O-O 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Re8 20.Rb7 Bf8 21.Rdxd7 Nxd7 22.Rxd7 Rb8 23.h4 Rb1+ 24.Kh2 Ra1 25.Nxe5 Ra8 26.Nxf7 Rxa4 27.Nh6+ Bxh6 28.Bxh6 Rc4 29.Bc1 a4 30.Ba3 Rxc3 31.Bb2 Rc2 32.Bf6 Rxf2 33.e5 a3 34.Ne4 a2 0-1
2482846 GM Vaibhav, S (2597) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bh6 Bh3 13.Nd5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne8 15.Rd1 f6 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Qc3 Rf7 18.Rd2 Qf8 19.Rad1 Re8 20.b4 e4 21.Ne1 Ne5 22.c5 c6 23.Ne3 f5 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Qxc4 e3 26.Rd7 exf2 27.Nf3 Ne6 28.Kxf2 Qg7 29.R7d6 Rfe7 30.Ng5 Qe5 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Nxe6 Rxe6 33.Rd6 Kf7 34.Rd7+ Kf8 35.Rxb7 f4 36.Qd3 fxg3+ 37.hxg3 Kg8 38.a4 a5 39.Qc4 Kh8 40.bxa5 Rf6+ 41.Kg2 h5 42.Rb3 Qa1 43.Rf3 Rxf3 44.Kxf3 Qf1+ 45.Ke3 Qe1 46.a6 Qxg3+ 47.Kd2 Qc7 48.Qb4 g5 49.Kc2 h4 50.Qb2+ Kg8 51.Qf6 Qh7+ 52.Kb2 Qe4 53.Qxg5+ Kf7 54.a7 Qxe2+ 55.Kc3 Qe1+ 56.Qd2 Qa1+ 57.Kb4 Qh8 58.Qd7+ 1-0
2482782 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) IM Mannion, Stephen R (2289) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe1 O-O 12.Qf2 Rc8 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.b4 Qb8 16.a3 Bd8 17.Kh1 Bc7 18.Qg1 Qa8 19.Nb3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.c5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Bxc5 Bf4 24.Rc2 Qb8 25.Bd3 Qe5 26.Ne2 Nh5 27.Nxf4 Nxf4 28.Bf1 Qf5 29.Qf2 Rc6 30.Rcd2 Rce6 31.Bd4 h5 32.Rc1 g5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Qxh4 Ng6 35.Qf2 h4 36.Rdd1 Qf4 37.Bb2 Re3 38.Rd4 Qg3 39.Kg1 Re1 40.Rxe1 Rxe1 41.Rg4 Qxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Rd1 43.Bf6 Rd2+ 44.Ke1 Ra2 45.f4 Kf8 46.f5 Bc8 47.Rd4 Ne7 48.Rxh4 Rxa3 49.g4 Ng8 50.Bd4 Rf3 51.Bg2 Rd3 52.Bc5+ Kg7 53.Ke2 Ra3 54.Bxd5 Bd7 55.Bd4+ f6 56.Bxg8 Kxg8 57.Bxf6 Bb5+ 58.Kf2 Kf7 59.Be5 Bc6 60.Rh6 Kg8 1-0
2482709 FM House, Glenn L (2180) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 0-1
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 e5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.c3 b6 11.Nc4 Rb8 12.Re1 Re8 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Qb3 h6 15.Nf3 Be6 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Qe2 Rbe8 18.Nh4 Kh7 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.Ne3 Rfe8 21.Nf3 Qd7 22.Nc4 f6 23.Bf1 Nde7 24.Nfd2 f5 25.Qb3 g5 26.Qb5 Nd5 27.Bg2 Rb8 28.a5 a6 29.Qxa6 Nc7 30.Qxb6 Rxb6 31.Nxb6 Qd6 32.Ndc4 Bxc4 33.Nxc4 Qxd3 34.Bxc6 Re6 35.Bb7 Qxc4 0-1
2482622 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) IM Strunski, A (2306) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bb4 6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Bd3 Qg5 9.g3 Nd7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Nf4 Ndf6 12.f3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Qh6 15.O-O-O g5 16.Ne2 g4 17.f4 Qg7 18.c5 Qc7 19.Kb2 b5 20.a4 a5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Ra1 Bd7 23.Ra2 b4 24.Qc2 Rfb8 25.Rha1 a4 26.Nc1 a3+ 27.Kb1 Kg7 28.Qd1 h5 29.Qe1 Qb7 30.Rg2 Rh8 31.Raa2 Rab8 32.Rac2 Bc6 33.Na2 Kf7 34.h3 Ke7 35.Rh2 Kf7 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Rxh8 Rxh8 38.Qxb4 Rh1+ 39.Rc1 Rxc1+ 40.Kxc1 Nh5 41.Qxb7+ Bxb7 42.b4 Nxg3 43.Nc3 Ne4 44.Bxe4 dxe4 45.b5 Bd5 46.Ne2 Bc4 47.b6 Bxe2 48.b7 g3 49.b8=Q g2 50.Qc7+ Kg6 51.Qd8 g1=Q+ 52.Kd2 Qd1+ 53.Kc3 Qe1+ 54.Kb3 Bd1+ 55.Kc4 Qe2+ 56.Kb4 Qb2+ 57.Ka5 Qb7 58.c6 Qa7+ 59.Kb4 a2 60.Qg8+ Kf6 61.Qf8+ Qf7 62.Qa8 e5 63.dxe5+ Kg7 64.Kc5 Bb3 65.Kb6 Qe7 66.Qa5 Be6 67.c7 Qd7 68.Qa3 Bd5 69.Qc3 a1=Q 70.c8=Q Qaa7# 0-1
2482521 GM Hess, Ro (2574) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.h4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.b3 b5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.cxb5 axb5 15.g4 Nf6 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Kh8 18.Ng3 Rg8 19.g5 Nh5 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.Rxh5 Rg7 22.Rc2 Kg8 23.Nd1 c6 24.Ne3 Qb6 25.Ke2 Ra8 26.Bh3 Nc4 27.bxc4 Ra3 28.c5 Qa5 29.Qxd6 Rxe3+ 30.Kxe3 Qe1+ 31.Re2 Qg1+ 32.Kd2 Rxg5 33.dxc6 Rg6 34.Qxd7 Qxc5 35.Qe8+ 1-0
2482467 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) IM Sahl, Bj (2322) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.f3 Rc8 11.Qd2 Nh5 12.Rfd1 Ne5 13.b3 f5 14.f4 Ng4 15.e5 Qe8 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 d6 19.Rd3 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Nf6 21.Rad1 e6 22.Nb5 Qe7 23.Nd7 Ng4 24.Qe2 Rfd8 25.h3 a6 26.hxg4 axb5 27.cxb5 fxg4 28.Qxg4 Re8 29.Kh2 Rc2 30.Nxb6 Rxa2 31.Rd7 Qf6 32.Nc4 Bh6 33.R1d4 Rf2 34.Kg3 Rc2 35.Ne5 Rf8 36.Nf3 Rc3 37.b4 e5 38.fxe5 Qxe5+ 39.Kh3 Qxb5 40.Rd8 Qf5 41.Qxf5 gxf5 42.Rxf8+ Bxf8 43.b5 Rc5 44.Rb4 Rc1 45.Rb3 Bd6 46.g3 Kf7 47.b6 Ke6 48.Nd4+ Kd7 49.Nxf5 Bb8 50.Kh4 Kc6 51.b7 Rd1 52.Kg5 Rd7 53.g4 Rxb7 54.Nd4+ 1-0
2487568 GM Adams, Michael (2712) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 b5 6.O-O e6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.b3 cxb3 9.axb3 Be7 10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Ne4 Qb6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qc2 a5 14.h4 Nb4 15.Qc3 f6 16.Nd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Qe3 e5 20.Bh3 a4 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.Bxd7 Rxd7 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Rxc5 Raxd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qb3+ Kf8 27.Qc2 h6 28.Rb1 Rd6 29.Qc3 Kg8 30.Qa3 b4 31.Qe3 Rd4 32.Qc1 Qd8 33.e3 Rd5 34.Qc4 Ba6 35.Rxd5 Qxd5 36.Qxa6 c5 37.Qb5 e4 38.Rc1 1-0
2487513 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) WIM Agrest, I (2283) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Na3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nxb5 Ne7 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.g3 Rfe8 18.Na3 exd4 19.cxd4 Ba5 20.Re3 Bb6 21.Nc4 d5 22.exd5 Rxe3 23.Qxe3 Rd8 24.Nxb6 cxb6 25.Ra7 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Qe8+ Nf8 28.Ne5 Rd8 29.Qxf7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7 Rxd4 31.Rb7 Re4 32.f4 Ne6 33.Rxb6 Nd4 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Rb7 Re2 36.b4 Rb2 37.Rb8 Ne2+ 38.Kf1 Nd4 39.Kg1 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Nd4 41.g4 Nc2 42.b5 Ne3+ 43.Ke1 Ng2+ 44.Kd1 Nxf4 45.b6 Ne6 46.Nc4 Rb4 47.Rc8 Nf4 48.Rc5 Ne6 49.Rc6 Nd8 50.Rc8 Ne6 51.Kd2 Nf4 52.Rc6 Nd5 53.Kd3 Rb3+ 54.Kd4 Nxb6 55.Rxb6 Rh3 56.Rb2 Rh4 57.Ne5 h5 58.Ke4 hxg4 59.Kf4 Rh5 60.Re2 Rh3 61.Kxg4 Ra3 62.Nf3 g6 63.Re6 Ra2 64.h3 Rg2+ 65.Kh4 Kg7 66.Ra6 Rb2 67.Ne5 Rg2 68.Ng4 Kf7 69.Kg5 Rg3 70.h4 Rg1 71.Rf6+ Kg7 72.Rxg6+ Kh7 73.Kh5 Kh8 74.Ne5 Re1 75.Nf7+ Kh7 76.Ng5+ Kh8 77.Kh6 Re7 78.Ra6 Re8 79.Kg6 Rg8+ 80.Kh6 Re8 81.h5 Rb8 82.Nf7+ Kg8 83.Kg6 Rf8 84.h6 1-0
2487382 GM Grischuk, Alexander (2769) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 g6 9.b3 Bg7 10.Ba3 Bf8 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.Ba3 Bf8 13.Bb2 Bg7 14.c4 O-O 15.b4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 c6 17.a4 Qc7 18.a5 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Bf1 h5 21.Rad1 b6 22.axb6 axb6 23.Bc1 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Bxb5 Qb6 26.Bc6 Ng4 27.h3 Nde5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Qxf2+ 30.Kh1 Qxg3 31.hxg4 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Rd8 33.Qe2 hxg4 34.Bf4 g5 35.g3 Qh3 36.Bg2 Qh5 37.Bc1 Bf8 38.Qe4 Kg7 39.Be3 Be7 40.b5 1-0
2503464 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) Moore, Graham J (2247) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.a3 Bxc3 5.Qxc3 Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.b4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bb2 Qd6 11.Nf3 e4 12.b5 exf3 13.bxc6 fxg2 14.Bxg2 Nf4 15.Be4 Rxe4 16.Qxe4 Nd3+ 17.Ke2 Nxb2 18.Qe8+ Qf8 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.Rab1 bxc6 21.Rxb2 Ba6+ 22.Kf3 Rd8 23.Rc1 Rd6 24.d4 Bb5 25.Rc5 Rh6 26.Kg2 Rg6+ 27.Kh1 Ke7 28.f3 Kd6 29.e4 Rh6 30.Rg2 g6 31.Kg1 f5 32.exf5 gxf5 33.Rxf5 Re6 34.Rg7 Re2 35.Rxh7 Ra2 36.h4 Rxa3 37.h5 a5 38.h6 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Bf1+ 40.Kf2 Bc4 41.Rf6+ Be6 42.Rg7 a4 43.Rgg6 a3 44.Rxe6+ Kd5 45.Rxc6 a2 46.Ra6 1-0
2503487 GM Hebden, M (2426) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Be3 Rd8 10.dxc5 Bxb2 11.Bc4 Qd7 12.Ng5 e6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Qh3 h6 16.Ne4 e5 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Nd6 Rf8 19.h4 Rb8 20.h5 Be6 21.hxg6 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 fxg6 23.Qe4 Kh7 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.Rd6 Qf7 26.Rbd1 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Re8 28.Rd2 Re7 29.c3 Qf5 30.Nd6 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Kg8 32.Kf1 Bf8 33.Ke2 Rc7 34.Nd6 Rd7 35.Kf3 Bxd6 36.cxd6 Kf7 37.Bxh6 Ke6 38.Kg4 Na5 39.Bf8 Nc4 40.Re2 Rf7 41.Be7 Rf5 42.f3 Nxd6 43.Bxd6 Kxd6 44.Re4 Kc5 45.Kg3 b5 46.Kf2 a5 47.g4 Rf6 48.Rxe5+ Kc4 49.Ke3 a4 50.f4 Rb6 51.Kd2 Rd6+ 52.Kc2 Rd8 53.Re6 Rh8 54.Rc6+ Kd5 55.Rxg6 Rh2+ 56.Kd3 Rh3+ 57.Kd2 Rh2+ 58.Ke3 Rh3+ 59.Kf2 Rxc3 60.f5 Ra3 61.Rb6 Rxa2+ 62.Ke3 Ra3+ 63.Kf4 Kc5 64.Ra6 b4 65.f6 Ra1 66.Kg5 Rf1 67.Ra5+ Kd6 68.Rxa4 b3 69.Rb4 Rf3 70.Kg6 1-0
2503440 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) FM Jackson, J (2371) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.a3 Bxc3 5.Qxc3 O-O 6.Qxe5 Nc6 7.Qc3 d5 8.Nf3 dxc4 9.e3 b5 10.b3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Rb8 12.Be2 Nc5 13.bxc4 bxc4 14.Qc3 Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 Qxd3 16.Bb2 Qxc3 17.Bxc3 Bf5 18.O-O Rb7 19.Rfc1 Rfb8 20.Ne1 Rb1 21.Raxb1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Bxb1 23.g4 f6 24.f3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Nd8 26.e4 g6 27.Ke3 Ne6 28.Ng2 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.h4 Bc2 31.Kf2 fxg4 32.fxg4 Be4 33.Ne3 Bd3 34.g5 Kg6 35.Ng4 Kf5 36.Kg3 Nf4 37.Nf6 Ne2+ 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.a4 Nxc3 40.dxc3 a5 41.Kf4 Bc2 42.h5+ Kg7 43.h6+ Kh8 44.Ke5 Bxa4 45.Kd4 Bb3 46.Kc5 a4 47.Kb4 c5+ 48.Ka3 Bc2 49.Ka2 Bd3 50.Kb2 Bf5 51.Nd5 Bd3 52.Ne7 Be4 53.Ka2 Bd3 54.Ka3 Bc2 55.Kb2 Be4 56.Ka1 Bc2 57.Kb2 1/2-1/2
2503417 Burnett, J (2062) IM Merry, Alan B (2435) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Qd3 d6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.h3 Qb8 15.Kh1 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qb1 Qa8 18.Ndxb5 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 Qa5 20.f4 Nh5 0-1
2503399 IM Merry, Alan B (2435) Collinson, Mark I (2045) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Bd7 9.h3 Nc7 10.a4 a6 11.a5 Rb8 12.Bg5 b5 13.axb6 Rxb6 14.Ra2 Qb8 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Rd8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Na4 Rb4 19.d6 Ne6 20.dxe7 Re8 21.Qxd7 Nxg5 22.Nxc5 Qc8 23.Qxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd1 Bf6 25.Bg4 Re8 26.h4 Ne6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Bxe6+ Kg7 29.g3 Rxe7 30.Rxa6 Rxb2 31.Rd3 Rc2 32.Rf3 Re2 33.Bd5 Bd4 34.g4 Rxf2 35.Rxf2 Re2 36.Rf6 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Bxf6 38.g5 1-0
2524799 IM Merry, Alan B (2445) FM Gurvich, Vitaly (2272) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nd4 Bxc5 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bxc5 a6 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.Bd4 O-O 17.h4 h5 18.Rdg1 b5 19.gxh5 Bxh5 20.Qe5 b4 21.Qg5 Qf7 22.Na4 Bf3 23.Rh3 Rc4 24.Rxf3 Rxd4 25.Nc5 Re4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Re3 Rc8 28.Qa5 Nd5 29.Reg3 Qxf2 30.Rxg7+ Kh8 31.Qa4 Rf8 32.Qxa6 Ne3 33.Kb1 Qxc2+ 34.Ka1 Qf2 35.Qb5 Qf5 36.R7g5 Qxb5 37.Rxb5 Rf5 38.Rb6 Rf6 39.a4 bxa3 40.bxa3 Nd5 41.Rb8+ Kh7 42.Kb2 e3 43.a4 Rf2+ 44.Kb3 e2 45.Re1 Ne3 46.Re8 Ng2 47.Re7+ Kh8 48.Rc1 Rf3+ 49.Kb2 Rf8 50.Rxe6 Rf2 51.Kb3 Kg7 52.Rc7+ Kf8 53.Rce7 Nf4 54.Re4 Rf3+ 55.Kc4 Ra3 56.Kb5 Rb3+ 57.Ka6 Nd5 58.R7e5 Nb4+ 59.Kb5 Nd3+ 60.Kc4 Nxe5+ 61.Kxb3 Nf3 62.Rxe2 Nd4+ 63.Kc4 Nxe2 64.a5 Nf4 65.a6 Ne6 66.a7 Nc7 67.Kc5 Ke7 68.Kc6 Kd8 69.h5 1-0
2524730 GM Smirin, I (2602) IM Merry, Alan B (2445) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Nf5 Bxh2+ 12.Kh1 Kf8 13.Nf3 exf5 14.Nxh2 Be6 15.b3 Nf6 16.Bb2 Ne4 17.Kg1 f6 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Nd4 Bc8 20.Qh5 Qf4 21.f3 g6 22.Qh2 Ng3 23.Nc6 Re8 24.Bxf6 Re2 25.Qxg3 Qxg3 26.Rxe2 Rg8 27.Rae1 Bd7 28.Be5 f4 29.Ne7 Bb5 30.Rf2 h5 31.Nxd5 g5 32.c4 h4 33.cxb5 h3 34.Bd4 Rh8 35.Rfe2 hxg2 36.Re8+ Kf7 37.R1e7+ Kg6 38.Rg7+ Kf5 39.Re5# 1-0
2524695 IM Merry, Alan B (2445) FM Pogosyan, Stefan (2331) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nd5 Re8 12.Nh4 Nf8 13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 Ne6 15.Rf2 Nd4 16.Qh5 Be6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Raf1 Rad8 19.Kh1 b6 20.Nf3 Bf7 21.Qh4 Rd6 22.h3 Qd8 23.e5 Rd5 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Rxf6 Bg6 27.Bc1 Rf5 28.R1xf5 Bxf5 29.Bh6 Bg6 30.Qg5 Qd7 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Bg7+ Kg8 34.Bxd4+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.Qg7+ Ke6 38.Qf6+ Kd5 39.c4# 1-0
2524604 IM Merry, Alan B (2445) FM Zatonskih, V (2297) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qb6 9.Bc4 Bxf2+ 10.Ke2 O-O 11.Rf1 Bc5 12.Qe4 d6 13.Ng5 Nd4+ 14.Kd1 g6 15.Nxh7 Kxh7 16.Bxf7 Nf5 17.e6 d5 18.Bxg6+ Kg7 19.Qg4 Ne3+ 20.Bxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Ke2 Qb5+ 22.Bd3+ 1-0
2524647 Bluebaum, K (2253) IM Merry, Alan B (2445) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Re8 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 c5 14.Qd2 Be7 15.Rae1 Nf6 16.Bd1 a6 17.a4 Bd7 18.Bh6 fxe4 19.fxe4 Ng4 20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Nf2 Bd7 22.b3 Qa5 23.Qd3 Rf8 24.Kg2 Rf7 25.Nfd1 Raf8 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Rf1 Rxf1 28.Kxf1 Ne8 29.Bd2 Nf6 30.Nf2 Ng4 31.Ncd1 Qd8 32.Nxg4 Bxg4 33.Nf2 Bd7 34.a5 b5 35.axb6 Qxb6 36.Qf3 Kg7 37.h4 Qd8 38.Kg2 a5 39.Qc3 a4 40.bxa4 Bxa4 41.Qa3 Qa8 42.Bg5 Bf8 43.Ng4 h5 44.Bh6+ Kg8 45.Bxf8 Kxf8 46.Qf3+ Kg8 47.Qf6 Be8 48.Qe6+ Bf7 49.Nh6+ Kg7 50.Nxf7 Qa2+ 51.Kg1 Qb1+ 52.Kf2 Qc2+ 53.Kg1 Qd1+ 54.Kf2 Qd4+ 55.Kf3 Qd3+ 56.Kf2 Qc2+ 57.Ke3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2
2524458 Stauskas, Lukas (2256) IM Merry, Alan B (2445) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 e6 7.e4 h6 8.Be3 exd5 9.exd5 d6 10.h3 b5 11.cxb5 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Qc2 Re5 16.Bc4 Bf5 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.O-O Qh4 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Bf1 Bf6 21.a4 Bg5 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Rad1 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Qg5 25.a5 bxa5 26.b6 Rb8 27.Qa4 f5 28.Qc6 Qd8 29.b7 Re7 30.Ba6 Rc7 31.Qb6 Rd7 32.Qxd8+ Rbxd8 33.f3 Bc2 34.Rde1 Kf7 35.Rc3 Ba4 36.b3 Bb5 37.Bxb5 Rxb7 38.Bc6 Rb4 39.Ra1 Kf6 40.Rxa5 Ke5 41.Ra4 Rdb8 42.Rxb4 Rxb4 43.Rd3 f4 44.Kf2 Rb6 45.Ke2 Ra6 46.Bb5 Ra1 47.Bc4 Rg1 48.Kf2 Ra1 49.Rd2 g5 50.Re2+ Kd4 51.Re6 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 h5 54.Rxd6 Ke3 55.Re6+ 1-0
2524527 IM Merry, Alan B (2445) Huber, P (2189) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c3 Qc7 9.a3 b5 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 d5 12.Re1 dxe4 13.dxe4 Rfd8 14.Qe2 c4 15.a4 bxa4 16.b4 Ba6 17.Rxa4 Bb5 18.Ra2 a6 19.Qd1 Nd7 20.Qc2 Rac8 21.Nb1 Nde5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Na3 Rd3 24.Bc1 Bf6 25.Nb1 Rcd8 26.Be3 R3d7 27.Qe2 Nd3 28.Rf1 Nxb4 29.cxb4 c3 30.Qc2 Bd3 31.Qb3 Bc4 32.Qc2 Bd3 33.Qb3 Bc4 34.Qc2 1/2-1/2
2534051 IM Rakesh, Kumar Jena (2385) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 1-0
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.O-O d6 7.d3 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7 9.Nc4 O-O 10.f4 Bg4 11.Qe1 Nd4 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bg7 16.Nce3 Be6 17.c3 Nc6 18.g4 Ne7 19.Qg3 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bd7 21.Be4 Qb6 22.Rf2 Qa6 23.h4 b5 24.h5 Rab8 25.Raf1 c4 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5 f5 28.hxg6 f4 29.Qh5 Rf6 30.d4 Be8 31.Ng4 Rxg6 32.Bxg6 Bxg6 33.Qg5 Bd3 34.dxe5 Bxf1 35.Nf6+ 1-0
2533945 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) FM Punin, Andrii (2296) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.f4 h5 7.Be2 h4 8.Nf3 Ne7 9.O-O Bg6 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 Be7 12.Nbd2 a6 13.b3 c5 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 b5 16.Ne3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Nc5 19.Qc3 O-O 20.Rfd1 Ne4 21.Qe1 Qb8 22.Ng4 Nxf2 23.Nxf2 Qa7 24.Kh1 Rad8 25.Bf3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.g3 Rxd1 28.Nxd1 Qd4 29.Kg2 hxg3 30.hxg3 Bc5 31.Nf2 Bb1 32.Qe2 Qa1 33.Ne4 Bd4 34.a4 Qa2 35.Qxa2 Bxa2 36.axb5 axb5 37.Bd1 Bb1 38.Kf3 Bxe4+ 1/2-1/2
2533841 FM Schroeder, Kevin (2329) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.O-O-O Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.h4 f5 13.h5 Qe8 14.Nh3 gxh5 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nf2 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Be3 18.Nd3 a6 19.Rde1 Bd4 20.Ne2 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bg4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Nf2 Rf7 25.Nxg4 hxg4 26.Rh6 Raf8 27.Re6 Qh4 28.Rxe5 h6 29.Rd1 Rf1 30.Re6 Qh1 31.Qe2 Rxd1+ 32.Kc2 d3+ 0-1
2533744 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) IM Kathmale, S (2323) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.f4 a6 7.Nf3 Rc8 8.Be2 c5 9.c3 h5 10.O-O Nh6 11.h3 c4 12.Nbd2 Bg6 13.Qe1 Nf5 14.Qf2 h4 15.Ng5 Be7 16.Ndf3 Nf8 17.Nh2 b5 18.Re1 b4 19.Bg4 bxc3 20.bxc3 Qa5 21.Bd2 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Ng3 23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Qe3 Rb8 25.Reb1 Rxb1+ 26.Rxb1 Nd7 27.Rb7 Qxa2 28.Be1 Qa1 29.Kh2 Ng3 30.Bxg3 hxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Ke7 32.Nh4 a5 33.Nxg6+ fxg6 34.Qf3 Rd8 35.Kh2 a4 36.Ra7 a3 37.Bxe6 Kxe6 38.Ra6+ Ke7 39.e6 Nf6 40.gxf6+ gxf6 41.Qg3 1-0
2533623 GM Yagupov, I (2349) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 Bd6 6.Ne2 Nbd7 7.Ng3 c6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nd2 Qc7 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Qe2 b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.b3 c5 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Bb2 Bf6 17.Rad1 g6 18.c4 Rad8 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.d5 Nb8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qb2+ f6 23.Ng5 exd5 24.Ne6+ Kf7 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Rxd5 Nc6 27.Qd2 Nd4 28.Re1 g5 29.h4 h6 30.Qd3 Kg7 31.Qe4 Rf7 32.h5 f5 33.Qe5+ Kh7 34.Rd8 1-0
2540505 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) GM Steinberg, N (2521) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Bc2 b5 7.d4 Bb7 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Rac8 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 a5 14.Ng3 Rfe8 15.Be3 Bf8 16.Rc1 e5 17.h3 exd4 18.Bxd4 g6 19.Qd2 Re6 20.Re2 Rce8 21.Rce1 h6 22.Nh2 h5 23.Qg5 Ne5 24.Nf5 Nh7 25.Qg3 Qd8 26.f3 Ng5 27.Kf1 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Re3 d2 30.Rd1 gxf5 31.f4 Rg6 32.fxg5 Rxg5 33.Qf4 Bh6 34.exf5 Bxg2+ 35.Kf2 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 Rxf5+ 0-1
2540431 FM Gombocz, Ferenc Jr. (2301) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 0-1
1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nh6 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O f5 9.Rb1 Be6 10.b4 f4 11.f3 g5 12.Nd5 Ne7 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qc2 Nf7 15.Kf2 c6 16.Ke1 b5 17.Rf2 Nh8 18.g4 bxc4 19.dxc4 Qf7 20.Bf1 Bxc4 21.Nc3 Be6 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.b5 Rac8 24.Qa4 cxb5 25.Nxb5 d5 26.Ba3 Rb8 27.Rc1 dxe4 28.Nd6 e3 29.Rdd1 Qg6 30.Bc4 Nf7 31.Nxf7 Qxf7 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Bxe6 Qxe6 34.Bc5 Qh6 35.Qc4+ Kh8 36.Be7 Qh4+ 37.Kf1 Qf2# 0-1
2540331 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) IM Ilic, Zo1 (2303) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 Rc8 10.a3 b5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.d5 Na5 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bb2 Qc2 16.Rb1 Qxd1 17.Rexd1 Bd8 18.Bf1 Bb6 19.h3 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Nxe4 21.Kh2 Bxf2 22.g4 f5 23.gxf5 Rxf5 24.Bg2 Bg3+ 25.Kg1 Bf2+ 26.Kh1 Rh5 27.Nbd2 Nxd2 28.Rxd2 Be3 29.Re2 Bf4 30.Ng1 g5 31.Bf3 Rh4 32.Kg2 h5 33.Be4 g4 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.Kf1 b4 36.Bd3 bxa3 37.Bxa3 Rc3 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rb7 Rxd3 40.Rxd7+ Kg6 41.Rxd6+ Kf5 42.Bc5 e4 43.Rd8 e3 44.d6 Rh7 45.Re8 Bxd6 46.Bxd6 Rxd6 47.R8xe3 Rd5 48.Rf2+ Kg5 49.Re8 Rg7 50.Ref8 Re5 51.Ne2 Rg6 52.Ng3 Rge6 53.Kg2 Rb5 54.Rg8+ Rg6 55.Rh8 Rh6 56.Ne4+ Kh5 57.Rg8 Rg6 58.Nf6+ Kg5 59.Ne4+ Kh5 60.Ra8 a6 61.Nf6+ Kg5 62.Rxa6 Kh4 63.Ra8 Kg5 64.Ne4+ Kh5 65.Kf1 Rb1+ 66.Kg2 Rb5 67.Ra7 Rgb6 68.Rf8 Rb2+ 69.Nf2 Kg5 70.Ra4 R6b4 71.Ra7 Rb7 72.Raa8 R7b6 73.Rac8 R6b5 74.Rg8+ Kf5 75.Rcf8+ Ke6 76.Rxg4 Kd6 77.Kg3 R5b3+ 78.Kh4 Rb4 79.Ne4+ Kc6 80.Kg5 Re2 81.Kf5 Rb5+ 82.Kf4 Rb4 83.Rg6+ Kb5 84.Re8 Rc2 85.Ke3 Rb3+ 86.Kd4 Rb4+ 87.Kd3 Rcc4 88.Nd6+ 1-0
2540236 Kula, Dominik (2215) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 Be6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Nf4 Nf6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Qc2 c6 15.Bc4 Qh5 16.h3 Nd5 17.a4 Bf6 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Re7 20.Qb3 Nb6 21.Qb4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qd5 23.Qc5 a6 24.Qb6 h5 25.b4 Rdd7 26.Qc5 g6 27.Kf1 Qb3 28.a5 Rd5 29.Qb6 Red7 30.Kg1 Bd8 31.Qa7 Qxb4 32.Qb8 Qf8 33.Bf4 Be7 34.Qxf8+ Kxf8 0-1
2544760 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) Holland, J (2217) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Bd7 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.g3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.f4 Qb6 14.d3 e6 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Nf3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Rxe6 Rae8 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qf2 a5 22.Rb1 Nd7 23.Bd2 d4 24.c4 Nb4 25.Re1 Qd8 26.a3 Nc6 27.Bg2 Bf6 28.h4 a4 29.Ng5 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Qe7 31.Ne4 Kg7 32.Qd1 Nb6 33.b3 Nd7 34.bxa4 b6 35.Qb3 Qe6 36.Qb5 Be7 37.Ng5 Bxg5 38.Qxc6 Qxc6 39.Bxc6 Nb8 40.Bb5 Bd8 41.Kf2 h5 42.f5 1-0
2544773 De Verdier, M (2298) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Qd7 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 b6 9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 O-O-O 11.Qe2 f6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.d4 e5 14.d5 Na5 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.Nb3 Bxc4 17.Qb2 Nb7 18.Nd2 Bd3 19.c4 Be2 20.Re1 Bg4 21.a4 Ne7 22.Nb3 a5 23.Nd2 Kb8 24.Nb1 g5 25.Re3 Rdf8 26.Rb3 Nc8 27.Nc3 h5 28.h3 Bd7 29.Rb1 Qd8 30.Be3 Rhg8 31.Kh2 f5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.Be4 Bxe4 34.Nxe4 g4 35.h4 Qc7 36.Ng5 Rf6 37.Kg1 Ka7 38.Ne6 Rxe6 39.dxe6 Nd8 40.e7 Nc6 41.Qc2 Qxe7 42.Qf5 Qe8 43.Qh7+ Ka6 44.Rb5 Nb4 45.R1xb4 axb4 46.a5 Rf8 47.Qc7 Qxb5 48.cxb5+ Kxb5 49.axb6 b3 50.b7 Nb6 51.Qxd6 1-0
2544726 IM Merry, Alan B (2462) Mason, D (2133) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.O-O h6 11.Re1 d5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qa5 Rb8 15.b4 Qc8 16.Rad1 Rb5 17.Qa3 a5 18.bxa5 Bf8 19.Qc1 Rxa5 20.Nb3 Rxa2 21.Bxh6 Bxh3 22.Nh2 Bg4 23.f3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Qg4 25.Bd2 Ba3 26.Qb1 Rb2 27.Qa1 Rxb3 28.exd5 e4 29.dxe4 Rxe4 30.Nd4 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Rg3 32.Re3 Rxg2+ 33.Kh1 Bd6 34.Qa8+ Kg7 0-1
2544748 De Coverly, R (1920) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 0-1
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 h6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nb3 b6 11.d4 Ba6 12.Re1 cxd4 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Qa4 Qc8 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.Rac1 Bb7 18.Nf3 Ne7 19.Rcd1 Bc6 20.Qc2 Qb7 21.Nh4 Rd7 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Bc1 Rad8 24.Qe2 b5 25.Ng2 Nf5 26.Ne3 Nd6 27.Ng4 h5 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 h4 30.Qe2 h3 31.Qf1 Qf3 32.Rd3 Qf5 33.Red1 e5 34.f3 Qe6 35.a3 a5 36.g4 e4 37.Re3 Qb3 38.Rde1 exf3 39.Rxf3 Re8 40.Rd1 Rde7 41.Rfd3 Nc4 42.Rd8 Nxb2 43.Rxe8+ Rxe8 44.Rd7 Qe6 45.Rd4 Nc4 46.a4 Ne5 47.axb5 Nxg4 48.Bf4 Qb3 49.Bg3 a4 50.Rxg4 a3 51.Qa1 Qc2 52.Bf2 a2 53.Rb4 Rd8 0-1
2544714 Yoon, Jacob D (2039) IM Merry, Alan B (2462) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.O-O Bc6 10.Nc3 N8d7 11.Bf4 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Qd5 16.f3 O-O-O 17.Kh1 Qxd3 18.Qb3 Bc5 19.Rad1 Qb5 20.Qc2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rb1 Qd3 0-1
2572930 CM Villiers, Thomas (2195) IM Merry, Alan B (2439) 0-1
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Qd7 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.d3 Bd7 10.Rb1 h6 11.e4 O-O-O 12.Be3 e5 13.Ne1 Nge7 14.Nc2 g5 15.Na3 a6 16.d4 Na5 17.f4 gxf4 18.gxf4 exd4 19.cxd4 Rhg8 20.Kh1 f5 21.Qc2 Rxg2 22.Qxg2 Rg8 23.Qc2 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bc6 25.Rfe1 Qd7 26.Nb5 Bxe4+ 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.Na7+ Kb8 29.Qxe4 d5 30.cxd5 Nxd5 31.Qe1 Nc4 32.Qc1 Nc3 0-1
2572949 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) Jones, Steven A (2225) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.h3 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Qd6 13.Nc3 Nf7 14.Bf4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Rf5 17.Rxf5 Bxf5 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Rd1 Rb4 20.b3 Kf7 21.Na4 Qf4 22.Qb2 e5 23.dxe5 Re4 24.Nc3 Qxe5 25.Qd2 Rb4 26.Ne2 Qd6 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Nf3 Kg8 29.Ne5 Re4 30.Nd3 Qe7 31.Qc3 Re2 32.a4 Qh4 33.Kf1 Re8 34.Nc5 Bf5 35.b4 Qf4 36.Kg1 Re2 37.Rf1 a5 38.bxa5 Rc2 39.Qe1 Kf7 40.Nb7 Qc7 41.Qb4 c5 42.Qb5 Bd7 43.Qd3 Rc4 44.Qxd5+ Be6 45.Nd8+ 1-0
2574913 Graham, Da (2150) IM Merry, Alan B (2439) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.f4 g6 10.Nf3 Qc8 11.f5 exf5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Nf4 Nd8 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Qe1 Ne6 16.Qh4+ Ke8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qh6 Qd8 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Qxh7 Qe7 21.Qxg6+ Kd8 22.Ng5 Re8 23.Rf3 Kc7 24.Rh3 Nf8 25.Qf6 Rac8 26.Re1 cxd4 27.Qxe7+ Rxe7 28.cxd4 Rg7 29.Rc1+ Bc6 30.Rh5 Kb7 31.h4 Re8 32.Rh8 Bd7 33.Kf2 a5 34.a4 Rb8 35.Bb5 Re7 36.Bxd7 Nxd7 37.Rxb8+ Nxb8 38.h5 Nc6 39.h6 Nd8 40.Kf3 Re8 41.g4 Nc6 42.Rxc6 Kxc6 43.gxf5 Kd7 44.Nxe6 Rh8 45.h7 Ke7 46.Ng5 1-0
2574936 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) Bukojemski, A (2194) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Bf4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd2 Bc6 16.b3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc6+ 18.Kg1 Rfd8 19.Rad1 a5 20.Ne4 a4 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Nd6 Rxd6 24.exd6 Bxd6 25.Qxd4 Bc7 26.Bf4 1-0
2574872 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) Moore, Ge (2064) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Nc3 e5 15.dxe5 e6 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Nxe5 19.Nxe6 Kf7 20.Ng5+ Kf6 21.Bg2 Bc5 22.Nxe4+ Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Rad8 24.Bf4 b6 25.g5+ Ke6 26.Re1 Rhf8 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 Rd2 29.Rae1 Kd6 30.Bb7 Nd3 31.R1e2 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 a5 33.Re6+ Kc5 34.Rc6+ Kb5 35.a4+ Kxa4 36.Rxb6 Nb4 37.Re3 Rxf2+ 38.Kg3 Rxb2 39.Bc6+ Nxc6 40.Rxb2 Nb4 41.Re7 Rg1+ 42.Rg2 1-0
2574891 IM Merry, Alan B (2439) GM Nunn, J (2579) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Bc2 Bg7 7.d4 O-O 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 fxe6 11.Qe2 Nde5 12.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Qc7 14.h4 Ne5 15.h5 Bd7 16.hxg6 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 hxg6 18.Bxg6 Qe5 19.Be3 Bc6 20.f4 Qd5 21.Rh5 Qg2 22.Rg5 Qh1+ 23.Qf1 Qxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Bh6 25.Rg4 e5 26.Be4+ Kf7 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.fxe5 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Rh8 30.Rd1 Rh2 31.Rg2 Rxg2 32.Kxg2 Ke6 33.Kf3 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Rh8 35.b3 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2
2574859 Ahluwalia, Amardip (2019) IM Merry, Alan B (2439) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 e6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d5 8.Nd1 dxe4 9.dxe4 c4 10.Nf2 Bc5 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.Ngh3 Qa5+ 14.c3 Nb3 15.Rd1 Qxa2 16.f5 O-O 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.O-O Qa5 19.Rd6 Nc5 20.Nf4 e5 21.Nh5 Nxh5 22.Qxh5 Rae8 23.Rfd1 Qc7 24.Bh3 Re7 25.Bf5 g6 26.Bxg6 Nd3 27.R6xd3 cxd3 28.Bf5 Qc5 29.Rxd3 Bc8 30.Rd5 Qe3 31.Rxe5 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Rf7 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Qg4+ Kh6 36.Qe6+ Kg7 37.Qg4+ Kf6 38.Qf5+ Ke7 39.Qe5+ Kd7 40.Qd5+ Ke8 41.Qe6+ Kf8 42.Qc8+ Ke7 43.Qc7+ Kf6 44.Qd6+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Rf6 46.Qe7+ Kg6 47.Qe8+ Kh6 0-1
2586962 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) GM Vakhidov, J (2542) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 dxe5 8.dxe5 Ndb4 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.gxf3 e6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.a3 Nd4 14.Qe4 Qxc4 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Kg2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Qc2 19.Rxb7 Qxe4 20.fxe4 O-O 21.f4 Rfb8 22.Rc7 Rc8 23.Rd7 Rd8 24.Rb7 a5 25.f5 a4 26.Bb2 exf5 27.exf5 Nc2 28.e6 f6 29.Kf3 Rdb8 30.Rf7 Rxb2 31.Rg1 g6 32.fxg6 Nd4+ 33.Ke3 Nxe6 34.Re7 Rb3+ 35.Ke4 Ng5+ 36.Kd5 hxg6 37.h4 Rd8+ 38.Kc4 Rc8+ 39.Kd5 Rb5+ 40.Kd6 Rb6+ 41.Kd5 Rd8+ 42.Kc4 Re6 43.Ra7 Re4+ 0-1
2586978 Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa (2029) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Qa4 Nd7 13.Red1 f5 14.Nd5 a6 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rac1 Qc8 17.b4 Nd8 18.c5 c6 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.cxb6 Nf7 21.Nd2 e4 22.Bf4 Ra8 23.Bf1 g5 24.Bc7 Be5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.e3 Bd5 27.Nc4 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 Re7 29.Be2 Qe6 30.Nd2 Ne5 31.Nc4 Nd3 32.a3 Nxf2+ 33.Kg1 Nxd1 34.Rxd1 Rf8 35.Na5 f4 36.Nxc6 Qxc6 0-1
2589094 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) FM Richardson, Joh (2251) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qe2 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.f4 Be7 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Rdg1 Rfe8 14.Qg2 Qc5 15.Na4 Qd6 16.f5 a6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Nc3 b5 19.Bb3 Na5 20.h4 c5 21.h5 c4 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Ng5 cxb3 24.Qh3 Kf8 25.Rf1 1-0
2589106 FM Brown, Mart (2265) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Rb8 8.Bd3 g6 9.Ne2 b5 10.a3 a5 11.g4 h5 12.gxh5 Rxh5 13.Ng3 Rh8 14.h4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Be3 b4 17.a4 b3 18.h5 g5 19.fxg5 Ndxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bb5+ Bd7 22.Bxd7+ Kxd7 23.O-O Ke8 24.Qe2 Nc4 25.Bf2 Be7 26.g6 fxg6 27.hxg6 Kd7 28.Rac1 Qd6 29.g7 Rh7 30.Rxc4 dxc4 31.d5 Rxg7 32.dxe6+ Qxe6 33.Qf3 Bd6 34.Re1 Qf7 35.Qe3 Bxg3 36.Rd1+ Bd6+ 37.Kf1 Qf6 38.Qa7+ Ke8 39.Rxd6 Rxa7 40.Rxf6 Rf7 41.Rc6 Rb4 42.Ke2 Rxa4 43.Bc5 c3 44.bxc3 b2 45.Rb6 Rb4 46.Bxb4 b1=Q 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Rd6+ Kc7 0-1
2589084 Kilshaw, Joe IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.h4 b5 8.Bxb5 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxb5 11.Rb1 Qc4 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.Ne2 Ba6 15.h5 Nf6 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Bh6 Ne4 18.Qd3 Rxf2 19.Nf4 Rf1+ 0-1
2592005 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) IM L'Ami, Alina (2306) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 Bf8 17.Rg1 h5 18.g3 fxg3 19.Rxg3 Bh6 20.Be3 h4 21.Rg1 Nh5 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Qd2 Ngf4 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.Bd4 g4 26.Nb5 a6 27.Nc7 Rxc7 28.Bb6 Ng3+ 29.hxg3 hxg3 30.Kg2 gxf3+ 31.Bxf3 Qd7 32.Rh1 Rxc1 33.Rxh6 Rb1 34.Bd4 1-0
2591997 GM Arkell, K (2413) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.d3 Qd7 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bh6 Bh3 12.Qd2 b5 13.b3 b4 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Bc3 16.Qf4 f6 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Qc1 Qc6 19.f3 g5 20.h4 gxh4 21.gxh4 Nxe2 22.Qe3 Rg8+ 23.Kh2 f5 24.Qxe2 fxe4 25.Qxe4 d5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.cxd5 Rd8 28.Rg1 Rxg1 29.Rxg1 Rxd5 30.Be3 a5 31.Rg5 Rxd3 32.Bxc5 Bf6 33.Rg2 Rxf3 34.Bb6 Rf5 35.Kh3 h5 36.Rc2 Rb5 37.Bf2 Kd7 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.Kf3 Rf5+ 40.Ke4 Re5+ 41.Kf3 Rd5 42.Ke4 Rd1 43.Bg3+ Ke6 44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rc5 Rd4+ 46.Ke3 Rg4 47.Kf3 Bxh4 48.Bxh4 Rxh4 49.Rxa5 Kf6 50.a3 bxa3 51.Rxa3 Rb4 52.Kg3 e5 53.Ra1 Kg5 54.Rb1 e4 55.Kf2 Kf4 56.Rh1 Rb5 57.Rh4+ 1/2-1/2
2591990 GM Speelman, J (2501) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 c6 6.O-O h6 7.c3 Na6 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.f3 e6 10.e4 Bh7 11.Re1 Be7 12.b4 O-O 13.Nb3 dxe4 14.fxe4 e5 15.dxe5 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Nxe4 17.Bb2 Bd8 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nd6 Bb6+ 20.Kf1 f5 21.Nd4 c5 22.Ne6 Rfb8 23.g4 cxb4 24.Nxf5 bxc3 25.Bxe4 cxb2 26.Rab1 Nc7 27.Bxa8 Rxa8 28.Nexg7 Ne8 29.Nh5 Bxf5 30.gxf5 Rc8 31.Rxb2 Rc5 32.Re2 Bc7 33.Rd7 Kf8 34.Nf4 Ng7 35.Rxg7 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Kxg7 37.f6+ Kf7 38.e6+ Kxf6 39.e7 1-0
2591983 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) GM Hebden, M (2454) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 Rb8 13.d4 g6 14.a3 Bg4 15.Be3 d5 16.h3 exd4 17.cxd4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Qd7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Kh2 Bg7 22.Qf3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Bb3 Rb6 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Qg2 c5 29.Bd5 Kh7 30.Kh1 c4 31.Qe4 Qg5 32.Ne2 Bxb2 33.Bxf7 Rf6 34.Bxg6+ Kh8 35.Nf4 Rg8 36.Rg1 Qc5 37.Rd7 1-0
2591976 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) GM Vakhidov, J (2542) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 g6 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nb3 a5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Rfe1 b4 16.a4 Re8 17.Qe3 Qb6 18.Nfd2 e5 19.d5 Nf4 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Nbd2 g5 22.Bg3 f5 23.f3 Rf8 24.Rac1 fxe4 25.fxe4 Rf6 26.Bd1 Qd8 27.Bg4 Ra6 28.Nb3 Nf8 29.Qd2 N8g6 30.Bf2 h5 31.Bd1 Nh4 32.Nbxa5 Bc8 33.Nc6 Qf8 34.Bxh4 gxh4 35.Ne3 Bh6 36.Ne7+ Qxe7 37.Rxc8+ Kh7 38.Qc2 Rf7 39.Nf5 Qg5 40.Bf3 b3 41.Qxb3 Raa7 42.Kh1 h3 43.g3 Ng2 44.Qb8 Bg7 45.Nxg7 Qxg7 46.Bxg2 hxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Qf6 48.Rc2 Rxa4 49.Qb3 Ra8 50.Qd3 h4 51.gxh4 Qxh4 52.Re3 Ra1 53.Rh3 Rg7+ 54.Qg3 Rg1+ 55.Kf2 1-0
2594396 GM Hillarp Persson, T (2541) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.e3 d5 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Bd3 c5 12.cxd5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 exd5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Qc2 Nfe4 16.O-O Qd7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Na4 20.Qb3 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Nd4 1/2-1/2
2594403 GM Pruijssers, R (2523) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7 9.Nc4 Bd5 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Ne5 Qb6 16.Qc2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Bxa2 18.b4 Nce4 19.Nf5 exf5 20.Qxa2 Rf8 21.Nc4 Qe6 22.f3 b5 23.fxe4 Nxe4 24.Rd4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Qb6 26.Be3 Qc7 27.Ba6 Qxc3 28.Qa1 Qxa1 29.Rxa1 Rc3 30.Rd3 Bxb4 31.Kf1 Rxd3 32.Bxd3 a5 33.g4 Rd8 34.Bc2 Nd2+ 35.Ke2 Nc4 36.Bf4 fxg4 37.Bd3 Ne5 38.Bb5 Ng6 39.Be3 h5 40.Rf1 Nh4 41.Rf2 Nf3 42.Ba4 Rd5 43.Bf4 Bc5 0-1
2594394 IM Merry, Alan B (2436) Livesey, N (1753) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.Bxh6 Bxh6 8.h4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Bf5 10.Neg5 Bxg5 11.Nxg5 f6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Bxe6 Nd7 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.O-O-O Kb8 16.Rhe1 Nb6 17.Bb3 Rd7 18.Qe6 Rhd8 19.g3 c5 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Re2 Qh5 23.Ba4 Rc7 24.Rd2 Qh6 25.f4 Qf8 26.Bb3 Rc6 27.Qe4 Qc8 28.Qxe7 Qc7 29.Rd8+ Nc8 30.Qxc7+ Kxc7 31.Rh8 h5 32.Rh7+ Kb6 33.Rg7 f5 34.Bd5 1-0
2594375 Held, T (2056) IM Merry, Alan B (2436) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nc4 O-O 10.Re1 b6 11.Nce5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bb7 13.c4 Bxe5 14.Rxe5 Qc7 15.Rxd5 exd5 16.cxd5 f6 17.Qa4 Qf7 18.Bh6 Rfd8 19.Re1 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Qc6 Rad8 22.Re6 Qd7 0-1
2611840 IM Haria, R (2376) IM Merry, Alan B (2438) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Qc8 13.Kh2 Be6 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Qd2 f6 16.b4 Nd8 17.Rac1 c6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Nf7 20.Ne1 Re7 21.Nd3 Bh6 22.e3 Bf8 23.Nc5 f5 24.Bf1 e4 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Bd4 Ne5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.c5 Bg7 29.Bc4+ Kf8 30.Qe2 Bf6 31.Rc2 Rae8 32.Kg2 Qc7 33.Bb3 Rd8 34.Qc4 Kg7 35.Rcd2 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rd7 37.Rxd7+ Qxd7 38.h4 Kh6 39.Qg8 Bc3 40.Qf8+ Bg7 41.Qb8 Bc3 42.Qf4+ Kg7 43.h5 gxh5 44.Qg5+ Kf8 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Qxh7+ Kd8 47.Qxh5 Kc7 48.Qh6 Kb8 49.Be6 Qd3 50.Qf4+ Ka7 51.Bxf5 Bxb4 52.Bxe4 Qc4 53.Bf3 Qxc5 54.Qf7 Qc2 55.Qb3 Qxb3 56.axb3 Kb6 57.Be2 Bc3 58.f4 Kc5 59.e4 a5 60.e5 b5 61.Bd1 Kd4 62.Kf3 Kd3 63.g4 Bb4 64.g5 Bf8 65.g6 Kd4 66.e6 1-0
2611850 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) GM Lalic, B (2401) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 e5 8.Bc2 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nf1 Rac8 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.b3 Red8 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Bb5 Bc6 18.a4 Bxb5 19.axb5 c4 20.bxc4 h6 21.f3 Rc7 22.Be3 Qd3 23.Qxd3 Rxd3 24.Rec1 Rdd7 25.Ra4 Ne8 26.Kf2 Nd6 27.Nd2 h5 28.Ke2 g6 29.Rb1 Ne8 30.Nb3 Nd6 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Nd2 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.f4 Bf6 35.fxe5 Bxe5 36.Nf3 Bxc3 37.Bf4 Re7+ 38.Kf1 Nf7 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.Bg5 Rd7 41.Bxd8 Rxd8 42.Rxa7 Bb4 43.Kf2 Re8 44.Kg3 Re4 45.Rb7 Bc5 46.Nh4 Rxc4 47.Nxf5 Rb4 48.h4 Rxb5 49.Kf4 Rb4+ 50.Ke5 Kh8 51.Kf6 Rg4 52.g3 Bf2 53.Nh6 Bd4+ 54.Kf5 Rxg3 55.Nf7+ Kg8 56.Ng5 Bc5 57.Kg6 Bf8 58.Kxh5 Re3 59.Kg6 Re8 60.h5 Be7 61.Nf7 Bf8 62.Rxb6 Re1 63.Ng5 Re8 64.Rb7 Be7 65.Ne6 Bf8 66.Kf6 Rc8 67.Kg6 Re8 68.Ng5 Be7 69.Ne6 Bf8 70.Nf4 Rd8 71.Kf6 Rd1 72.Ne6 Rf1+ 73.Kg6 Re1 74.Rb6 Re2 75.Ra6 Re1 76.Ng5 Re8 77.Nh7 Bg7 78.h6 Bb2 79.Ng5 Rb8 80.Re6 Kf8 81.h7 Bh8 82.Rc6 Ra8 83.Nf7 Ba1 84.Nd6 Ke7 85.Nf5+ Kd7 86.Rd6+ Kc7 87.Re6 Bb2 88.Re7+ Kc6 89.Rf7 Bh8 90.Ne3 Ra1 91.Ng4 Rg1 92.Kg5 Kd6 93.Rf8 Ba1 94.Ra8 Bb2 95.Kf5 Rf1+ 96.Kg6 Rg1 97.Ra4 Ke6 98.Ra6+ Kd5 99.Kg5 Bc3 100.Rg6 Bb2 1/2-1/2
2611817 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) IM Percivaldi, Martin (2395) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Kh8 11.h3 Nh7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.d4 Qf6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a5 Ne7 16.Kh2 Ng6 17.g3 Bd7 18.Qe2 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.Ng1 Qg5 23.Rd3 Bc6 24.h4 Qf6 25.Rf3 Qd6 26.Rxf7 Qd2 27.Qxd2 Rxd2 28.Nf3 Rxb2 29.Nxe5 Rxf7 30.Nxg6+ Kg8 31.Kg1 Bb5 32.Rd1 Bxc4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.h5 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Bf1+ 36.Kh2 Rxf2+ 37.Kg1 Rg2+ 38.Kh1 Bd3+ 39.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 40.Kf2 Bxg6 41.hxg6+ Kxg6 0-1
2611829 IM Muir, A (2286) IM Merry, Alan B (2438) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2 Bd7 9.Nc1 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.g4 Ne8 12.h4 f5 13.g5 c5 14.Bd3 Rf7 15.N1e2 f4 16.Bf2 Bf8 17.a3 Ng7 18.b4 b6 19.b5 Nh5 20.a4 h6 21.gxh6 Rh7 22.O-O-O Rxh6 23.Kb2 Bg7 24.bxa6 Rxa6 25.Kb3 Bf6 26.Nb5 Nc8 27.Ra1 Kf7 28.Qe1 Ng7 29.Nec3 Ke7 30.Qg1 Qh8 31.Qe1 Ne8 32.Rb1 Qh7 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.Rb1 Kf8 35.Ra1 Ne7 36.Rb1 Ng8 37.Ra1 Rh5 38.Rb1 Nh6 39.Qg1 Nf7 40.Qe1 Nd8 41.Ra1 Nb7 42.Kc2 Na5 43.Rb1 Be7 44.Be2 Rb8 45.Bd3 Rb7 46.Be2 Bd8 47.Kd3 Qh8 48.Kc2 Bc8 49.Qg1 Rg7 50.Na3 Kf7 51.Qe1 Bd7 52.Bd3 Rgh7 53.Rg1 R7h6 54.Be2 Kf8 55.Bf1 Qh7 56.Bg2 Bc8 57.Qf1 Bxh4 58.Bxh4 Rxh4 59.Rxb6 Rh2 60.Kb1 Qc7 61.Rb2 g5 62.Rh1 Rxh1 63.Bxh1 Nf6 64.Ncb5 Qd8 65.Qg1 Ke7 66.Bg2 g4 67.fxg4 Bxg4 68.Qf1 Bh5 69.Nc3 Rg6 70.Ne2 Qd7 71.Rb5 Qg4 72.Bh3 Qxe2 73.Qxe2 Bxe2 74.Rxa5 Rg3 75.Ra7+ Kf8 76.Be6 Rxa3 77.Rf7+ Ke8 78.Rxf6 Rxa4 79.Bf5 f3 80.Rxd6 f2 81.Re6+ Kf7 82.Bh3 Bg4 0-1
2611785 FM Britton, R (2255) IM Merry, Alan B (2438) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Qe2 Ne7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.c3 h6 9.h4 O-O 10.e5 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Na3 Rf7 14.Be3 e5 15.Nh2 b6 16.Rac1 Bf5 17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 Qd6 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.g4 Be6 21.a4 Raf8 22.Rf1 a6 23.Nc7 Qxc7 24.b5 e4 25.dxe4 d4 26.Bd2 Be5 27.f4 Rxf4 28.bxc6 R4f7 29.Nf3 Bxg4 30.Qc4 Bf4 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.e5 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Nf5 34.Rfe1 Ng3+ 35.Kh2 Qf4 36.e6 Ne2+ 37.Kh1 Ng3+ 38.Kg1 Re7 39.c7 Rc8 40.Qd5 Ne2+ 41.Kh1 Nxc1 42.Re4 Bxf3 0-1
2611807 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) IM Welling, G (2320) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Qc2 Kh8 10.O-O Qc7 11.h3 f5 12.Re1 g6 13.c4 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 Bf8 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Be5+ f6 18.Bf4 Nc7 19.Bd2 Be6 1-0
2606525 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) IM Welling, G (2320) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Qc2 Kh8 10.O-O Qc7 11.h3 f5 12.Re1 g6 13.c4 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 Bf8 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Be5+ f6 18.Bf4 Nc7 19.Bd2 Be6 20.a4 Bf7 21.Bc3 Kg8 22.Qb2 Qd6 23.b5 Rad8 24.Rad1 Ne6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxf6 dxc4 27.Bxd8 cxd3 28.Ba5 b6 29.Bc3 Nc5 30.Qb1 Bb3 31.Nc1 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Bc4 33.Qb4 Qd5 34.Re8 Qf7 35.Rd8 h5 36.Bd2 1-0
2611728 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) GM Vakhidov, J (2532) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nb5 Qa5+ 8.N1c3 Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.Be2 a6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 d6 13.O-O Be6 14.Rb1 Rfc8 15.b4 Qc7 16.Rc1 Bxc4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Bxe2 19.Rxc7 Bxd1 20.Nxf6+ exf6 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rxd1 Rc6 23.a4 Rc4 24.Rxd6 Rxb4 25.a5 Rb5 26.Rd7 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.f4 h5 29.Kf2 h4 30.h3 Kg7 31.Rc7 Kf6 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4 Rxa5 34.Rxb7 Ra2+ 35.Kg1 a5 36.Ra7 h3 37.Kh1 Ke6 38.g5 a4 39.Ra5 Rf2 40.Rxa4 Kf5 41.Ra6 Rxf4 42.Kh2 Kg4 43.g6 Rf2+ 44.Kg1 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 f5 46.Ra3 Kf4 47.Rxh3 Rxg6 48.Ra3 Rg3 49.Ra4+ Kf3 50.Kh2 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Re2 52.Ra8 f4 53.Kg1 Re1+ 54.Kh2 Kf2 55.Ra2+ Re2 56.Ra1 Re1 57.Ra2+ Re2 58.Ra1 f3 59.Rb1 Re1 60.Rb2+ Ke3 61.Rb3+ Kf2 62.Rb2+ Re2 63.Rb1 Rd2 64.Ra1 Rd3 65.Ra2+ Ke1 66.Kg1 Rd4 67.Ra1+ Ke2 68.Ra2+ Ke3 69.Ra3+ Ke4 70.Kf2 1/2-1/2
2611752 GM Donchenko, Alexa (2583) IM Merry, Alan B (2438) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.h4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Ng3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Rc1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.h5 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Rd1 Qb8 19.Qe2 Be8 20.O-O Bf7 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.Rfd1 Rc6 23.a3 Qf8 24.Bg5 Nd7 25.Be3 Rb8 26.Na2 Bf6 27.Nb4 Rxb4 28.axb4 Be7 29.Rc2 Qb8 30.Qd2 Ra6 31.Ne2 Nf6 32.Kh1 d5 33.b5 Qxb5 34.Nc3 Qd7 35.exd5 e4 36.Nxe4 Nxe4 37.fxe4 Qg4 38.e5 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Qxe5 40.Rxc4 Ra8 41.Qd4 Qh5 42.Qg4 Qe5 43.Rc8+ 1-0
2611710 IM Merry, Alan B (2438) IM Pritchett, C (2275) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 e5 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.a4 Bf8 11.Nc4 g6 12.Bd2 Bg7 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Bg4 15.Qb1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg2 Rc8 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Qa2 h5 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Qe7 23.Bh3 Ng4 24.Nxg4 Qxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Kg2 hxg4 27.Bxg4 Rc7 28.Qd5 Be5 29.h4 Kg7 30.h5 gxh5 31.Bxh5 Bf6 32.Bf3 b6 33.Qf5 Rb1 34.Qg4+ Kf8 35.Qf4 Bd8 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Bc6+ Rxc6 38.Qxc6+ Kf8 39.Qd6+ Ke8 40.Qxd4 a5 41.Qe5+ Kd7 42.Qd5+ Ke8 43.bxa5 bxa5 44.d4 Rb4 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.d5 1-0
2624847 Willow, Jonah B (2152) IM Merry, Alan B (2418) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nd2 d5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Ngf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 h6 9.e5 g5 10.h3 Ng6 11.c4 O-O 12.Nb3 dxc4 13.dxc4 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.f4 Ng6 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Be3 b6 19.Rad1 Qf6 20.Re2 Bb7 21.Qc1 Ne5 22.Rf1 Qg6 23.Bxg5 Nd3 24.Qe3 Nxb2 25.Rxb2 Bxb2 26.Rf4 f5 27.Rh4 Bg7 28.Be7 Rf7 29.Bd6 Rd8 30.Be5 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 f4 33.Bxf4 e5 34.Qe2 Qc6+ 35.Kf2 Rh1 0-1
2627124 IM Merry, Alan B (2418) Okhai, Shabir (2078) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Qf3 c6 6.Nge2 d6 7.h3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ng3 b5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Qd7 14.Qf3 Nh7 15.Be3 Bg5 16.Ra6 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Ng5 18.Rfa1 d5 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Qxe5 Rfd8 21.R6a5 a6 22.Nxb5 Re8 23.Qd6 Qb7 24.Qc7 1-0
2627139 IM Adair, J (2480) IM Merry, Alan B (2418) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Bh5 Nge7 11.Ne2 Kd7 12.O-O Kc7 13.Nf4 Rf8 14.Bg4 Bd7 15.Nh5 Rg8 16.Re1 Raf8 17.Re3 Kb8 18.Rg3 f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Bf4+ Ka8 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.Qb2 Ng6 23.Nf4 Nd8 24.Re1 Qc6 25.Qb4 b6 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bd1 Rh8 29.Bc1 Qc7 30.h3 Nc6 31.Qb2 Rfh7 32.Rf1 Rh4 33.f4 gxf4 34.Rg7 e5 35.Bf3 e4 36.Bg4 Rxg4 37.hxg4 f3 38.Kf2 Qh2 39.Rxd7 Qxg2+ 40.Ke3 Qxf1 41.Kf4 f2 42.Qb5 Qxc1+ 43.Kf5 Qg5+ 44.Ke6 Qxg4+ 45.Kd6 Rc8 46.Qa6 Qxd7+ 0-1
2627112 Garnett, J (1933) IM Merry, Alan B (2418) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 cxd4 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qh5 e6 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Qxa5 Nxa5 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.exd4 a6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bg7 15.Rhe1 Rhd8 16.d5 Rac8 17.Kb1 f5 18.Bd3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Kf6 20.Kb2 Ba4 21.Bc2 Nc4+ 22.Kc1 Bxc2 23.Kxc2 e5 24.Nd2 Nb6 25.Rb1 Rd6 26.g4 Nxd5 27.Rxb7 Nxc3 28.g5+ Kxg5 29.Nf3+ Kf4 30.Nxe5 Ne4+ 31.Kb1 Rd2 32.Rb2 Rxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Kxe5 34.f3 Rd8 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.Kc3 f5 37.Rb1 f4 38.Rb7 f3 39.Rf7 Rd6 0-1
2633273 IM Milliet, S (2389) IM Merry, Alan B (2418) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bd3 d4 8.a3 Ba5 9.b4 dxc3 10.bxa5 Qxa5 11.O-O Qxc5 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ba3 Nb4 14.Ng5 Qxe5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bxb4 Bc6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Bc4 Rad8 20.Qh5 Rd6 21.Qc5 b6 22.Qb4 Kd7 23.Rad1 Bd5 24.Bb5+ Kc7 25.Rd3 Rhd8 26.Rxc3+ Kb8 27.a5 Bb7 28.a6 Rd2 29.Rf1 R8d4 30.Qa3 Ba8 31.Rc4 Rd5 32.Qg3+ e5 33.Qc3 Qf8 34.Rc7 Rxb5 35.Rxa7 Kxa7 36.Qc7+ Kxa6 37.Ra1+ Ra5 0-1
2633283 IM Merry, Alan B (2418) Macklin, Paul (2329) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Bb3 e6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 h6 9.O-O d5 10.Rfe1 Kf8 11.e5 b6 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.h4 Nf5 14.h5 g5 15.c3 Qe7 16.Bc2 Kg8 17.Nh2 f6 18.f4 Rf8 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qf7 22.Nf4 Nxh5 23.Nxe6 Nhg3 24.Nxf8 Qh5 25.Nf3 Qg4 26.Qf4 Rh1+ 27.Kf2 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 1-0
2633254 Sygnowski, T (2151) IM Merry, Alan B (2418) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Re1 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bb4 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bc7 11.Bb2 Ndxe5 12.Bf1 O-O 13.b5 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Ne7 15.Qxd4 f6 16.Rad1 e5 17.Qa4 Be6 18.c4 Qe8 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Qe4 Qf7 22.Nd4 f5 23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Bd3 Rf6 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Nf4 28.Bb1 Bf7 29.Re7 Rd6 30.Rde1 Re6 0-1
2633264 IM Merry, Alan B (2418) IM Buckley, G (2340) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 b6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.Be3 f6 9.Qd2 Nf7 10.O-O-O e5 11.Nh2 Qc7 12.f4 f5 13.g4 Bd7 14.gxf5 O-O-O 15.Rhg1 c4 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Rxg6 exf4 18.Bxf4 Be5 19.Rf6 Be6 20.Nf3 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 22.Rxf4 cxd3 23.cxd3 Rxh3 24.d4 Rd7 25.Rg1 Rh5 26.Rg6 Nd8 27.Rf8 Rf7 28.Rxf7 Bxf7 29.Rg7 a5 30.Ne5 Rh1+ 31.Kd2 Rh2+ 32.Ke3 Rh3+ 33.Kf2 Bxa2 34.Nxa2 Rb3 35.Nc4 b5 36.Nc1 Rb4 37.Nxa5 Rxd4 38.Ke3 Ra4 39.Nab3 Rb4 40.e5 Ne6 41.Re7 Nc7 42.Rh7 Ne6 43.Na5 Rxb2 44.Nxc6 Rc2 45.Na7+ Kb8 46.Nd3 Rc3 47.Nxb5 Rc2 48.Nd4 1-0
2633245 IM Merry, Alan B (2418) Edge, John (2015) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 e5 8.Nge2 b5 9.a3 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.f4 Nd4 12.b4 Nh5 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Rxf5 Bxf5 16.g4 cxb4 17.axb4 Bd7 18.gxh5 Qh4 19.Qf1 Qxh5 20.Rxa7 Be6 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Kh1 Rbc8 23.c3 Rcd8 24.Ng1 Kh8 25.Ng5 Bf5 26.Bd5 Be6 27.Qg2 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Bxd7 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qxg6 hxg6 31.Bxf7 Bf5 32.d4 1-0
2649697 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung (2380) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.h4 h5 14.f5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bb6 Qa4 17.Nd4 Nxe5 18.fxe6 Bxe6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Rh3 Ng4 21.Qf4 Rc8 22.b3 Qc6 23.Bc4 Qxb6 24.Qxe4 Rh6 25.Rf3 Nf6 26.Qxe6 Qxe6 27.Bxe6 Rc6 28.Bf5 Rc7 29.c4 g6 30.Bc2 Kf7 31.Rdf1 Kg7 32.Kb2 Rh8 33.a3 Bd6 34.Bd3 Be5+ 35.Kc2 Rd8 36.b4 b6 37.Re1 Bd4 38.Re2 Rcd7 39.Rg3 Ng4 40.Re6 Bf6 41.Rxb6 Rd6 42.Rxd6 Rxd6 43.c5 Rc6 44.Be4 Rc7 45.Rd3 Nf2 46.Re3 Bxh4 47.Bd5 Bf6 48.Re6 a5 49.c6 axb4 50.axb4 Bd4 51.b5 Ng4 52.Kd3 Bb6 53.Re8 Nf6 54.Re5 Ra7 55.Kc4 Ra4+ 56.Kb3 Rd4 57.Re7+ Kh6 58.Bc4 Rg4 59.Rb7 Ba5 60.c7 Bxc7 61.Rxc7 Ne8 62.Rc6 Rg3+ 63.Kb4 Rxg2 64.b6 Rb2+ 65.Bb3 Rd2 66.b7 Rd8 67.Rc8 Rd4+ 68.Bc4 Rd1 69.b8=Q Rb1+ 70.Bb3 Nf6 71.Qf4+ 1-0
2649713 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung (2380) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 Re8 9.Bf1 c6 10.h3 a6 11.a4 a5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Be3 Bf8 14.Qc1 Bc5 15.Bg5 Qb6 16.Re2 Nh5 17.Ne1 Nf8 18.Nd3 Bd4 19.c5 Qc7 20.Rc2 Ne6 21.Bh6 Ng3 22.Kh2 Nxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Ne2 Bf8 26.Be3 Be6 27.Ng3 Rad8 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 Rd8 30.Bc3 f6 31.Qe1 b6 32.Rc1 Bh6 33.Ra1 Rd3 34.Qe2 Qd7 35.Nf1 Bc4 36.Qc2 Bf7 37.Qe2 Bf4+ 38.Kg1 Bb3 39.Ne3 Bxe3 40.fxe3 Rd1+ 41.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42.Qxd1 Bxd1 43.Kf2 Bxa4 44.Ke2 c5 45.Kd3 Bb5+ 46.Kd2 Kf7 47.h4 Ke6 48.g3 Bc6 49.Kd3 a4 50.Be1 b5 51.Ba5 c4+ 52.Kc3 Bxe4 53.Kb4 Bc6 54.Kc5 Be8 55.Bb4 Kf5 56.Kd6 h5 57.Ke7 Bc6 58.Kd6 Bf3 59.Bc3 Ke4 60.Ke6 Kxe3 61.Kxf6 e4 62.Kxg6 Kd3 63.Kf5 a3 64.Ke5 0-1
2649729 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) GM Riff, JN (2492) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 c4 12.a4 Rb8 13.Na3 Nc5 14.Bg5 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.h4 h5 19.g5 Be7 20.Kh2 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5 23.Ng1 Nd3 24.Nh3 Rbf8 25.Rf1 Nf4 26.Nxf4 Rxf4 27.Qxh5 Qc5 28.f3 e4 29.Rae1 Qxd5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Re2 Qd3 32.fxe4 Rxf1 33.g6 Qxe2+ 34.Qxe2 R1f2+ 0-1
2649737 GM Riff, JN (2492) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Rb8 8.O-O b5 9.Re1 b4 10.Nf1 Qb6 11.Ng3 Ba6 12.Bc2 bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qa3 15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.Ra1 Qc4 17.Be3 Rb6 18.Ne2 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bb4 20.Bb3 Qd3 21.Nd2 Bxd2 22.Bc2 Qc4 23.Bxd2 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Ba4 Bb5 26.Qc1 Rc6 27.Qd1 Bxa4 28.Rxa4 Qb6 29.Be3 Qb5 30.Rxa7 Rc8 31.Qa1 O-O 32.Rb1 Qc6 33.Rc1 Qb5 34.Rb1 Qc6 35.Rc1 Qb5 36.Rb1 Qc6 1/2-1/2
2649624 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) Olarasu, Iu (2058) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Ne2 Nb4 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.h4 a5 16.Rh3 Be3 17.Qe1 Nxd3 18.cxd3 d4 19.Qg3 O-O 20.Ng5 Rac8 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Qe1 Qc2+ 23.Ka1 b4 24.Rxe3 dxe3 25.Nd4 Qc7 26.Qxe3 Ba4 27.Re1 Rfd8 28.Nd6 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qxd6 30.h5 h6 31.Nf3 Rc2 32.g4 Bc6 33.Ne5 Qc7 34.g5 hxg5 35.fxg5 Bd5 36.d4 a4 37.h6 a3 38.Rb1 axb2+ 39.Rxb2 Rc1+ 40.Rb1 Rc3 41.Qf4 Qa7 42.h7+ Kxh7 43.g6+ Kg8 44.gxf7+ Kh7 45.Qh4# 1-0
2649503 Brewer, Callum D (2021) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Ne7 6.dxc5 d4 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 dxc3 9.bxa5 O-O 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qxe6+ Kh8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Qxf7 Nxe5 17.Qf4 Qd5 18.O-O Bf5 19.Be3 Bxc2 20.Qd4 Qe6 21.Qxc3 Be4 22.Bd4 Bxg2 23.Bxe5 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Kh7 25.Bg3 Rc8 26.Re1 Qf7 27.Bd6 Qd5 28.Re7 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Qd5+ 30.f3 Qg5+ 31.Kf1 Rg8 32.Re5 Qh4 33.Re7 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Qf5 35.Rxb7 a6 36.Re7 g5 37.Qe5 Qb1+ 38.Qe1 Qb5 39.Qe4+ Kh8 40.Qe2 Qxa5 41.Re8 Qxa3 42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Qe8+ Kh7 44.Qe4+ Kh8 45.Kg2 a5 46.Qd4 Qa2+ 47.Kg3 h5 48.Qe5 h4+ 49.Kh3 Qd2 50.c6 Qf2 51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.Qe4+ Kh6 53.c7 a4 54.c8=Q Qf1+ 55.Kg4 Qg2+ 56.Kf5 1-0
2649558 Jezierski, Colum (1938) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Rb8 8.O-O b5 9.f4 g6 10.Kh1 Qb6 11.Nf3 b4 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Na5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Ng3 Be7 16.Be3 O-O 17.Be4 Rfd8 18.Qe1 Nc4 19.Bg1 Nxb2 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Ng5 cxd4 22.N3e4 h6 23.Qh4 hxg5 24.fxg5 Rdc8 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qh7+ Ke8 27.Nf6+ Kd8 28.Qg8+ Nf8 29.Bxd4 Rc2 30.Rg1 Nd3 31.h3 Rxg2 32.Rxg2 Nf4 0-1
2649577 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) CM Ashby, Ant (2055) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Ned4 Bb7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Rae8 14.Rae1 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.c3 Ne4 17.Qc2 b4 18.Bd3 a5 19.Kh1 Rf6 20.Ng5 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Qxd4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Qd5 26.b3 Rd8 27.Qe2 Rd6 28.h3 h6 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Qe3 Rf5 31.Re2 Qc5 32.Rxe6 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Qxe3 34.R6xe3 Rxf4 35.Re5 Rdd4 36.Rxa5 Rf6 37.Ra7+ Kg6 38.Ree7 1-0
2649596 Menzies, Colin (2150) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.a3 Nc6 8.d3 h6 9.b4 Be6 10.b5 Ne7 11.e4 Nd7 12.Be3 f5 13.Bh3 Nf6 14.Nd5 Nexd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.Nh4 f4 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.gxf4 Qh3 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Ra2 h5 21.Kh1 exf4 22.Bc1 Nxh2 23.Nxh2 f3 24.Rg1 Be5 25.Rxg6+ Kh7 26.Rh6+ Kg7 27.Qg1+ Kf7 28.Qg6+ Ke7 29.Rxh5 1-0
2017.12.01 ch-GBR KO 2017
2652197 GM Short, N (2678) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.b4 Nbd7 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qb1 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a4 a6 13.Re1 Re8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nb6 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.a5 Nd5 18.Nc5 Bc6 19.Be4 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 Nxb4 21.Qb1 Nd5 22.Qc1 h5 23.Kh1 Kh7 24.Ng1 Bh6 25.Qc2 Nf4 26.f3 Ra7 27.Qf2 Nd5 28.Ra3 f5 29.h4 Re7 30.Re2 Bc1 31.Ra1 Be3 32.Qe1 Bf4 33.Rxe7 Nxe7 34.Nh3 Bh6 35.Nxa6 f4 36.Nb4 Ba8 37.a6 Nf5 38.a7 Nxh4 39.Qe5 Nxf3 40.Qb8 Qh4 41.Qxa8 Ng5 42.Qc8 f3 43.a8=Q 1-0
2017.12.01 ch-GBR KO 2017
2652201 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) GM Short, N (2678) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 Bd7 10.Rb1 Qe7 11.Re1 Rad8 12.d4 b6 13.Qc1 Rfe8 14.h3 Na5 15.Bd3 Bc6 16.Qa3 Kh8 17.Re3 Bb7 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.dxe5 Nxg3 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.fxg3 c5 22.Rbe1 Re6 23.e5 Qc7 24.Qa4 g6 25.Qf4 Kg7 26.Nh2 c4 27.Be4 Qxe5 28.Qf3 Qc5 29.Kh1 f5 0-1
2017.11.12 4ncl 2017-18
2661986 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) IM Hunt, H (2440) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.b3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc6 16.f3 Ne8 17.a4 a5 18.Nb5 Ra8 19.Qf2 Bg5 20.Rc3 Rd7 21.Rcd3 h6 22.Bb6 Ra6 23.c5 d5 24.Na7 Rxa7 25.Bxa7 Be7 26.Kh1 Nc7 27.Bb6 Na6 28.exd5 exd5 29.Bxa5 Nxc5 30.Rc3 b6 31.Bb4 Qf6 32.Rcc1 d4 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Qe2 Rb7 35.Re1 g6 36.Qd3 Bd6 37.g3 Qg5 38.Kg2 h5 39.Kf2 h4 40.f4 Qg4 41.Rcd1 Qh3 42.Kg1 hxg3 43.hxg3 Rb8 44.Qf3 c4 45.Qg2 Qg4 46.Rb1 c3 47.Rbd1 Rxb3 48.Rd3 Qf5 49.Qh2 Rb8 50.Qe2 Rb2 51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Rxd4 Bc5 53.Qe3 Qf6 0-1
2017.11.11 4ncl 2017-18
2661914 IM Milliet, S (2377) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.h4 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Qe2 g6 16.g4 Qc7 17.Qh2 Kg7 18.f5 Rh8 19.f6+ Kf8 20.fxe7+ Kxe7 21.Rdf1 Raf8 22.Rf4 Nd8 23.Rhf1 Nb8 24.Qf2 Ke8 25.Na4 Bc6 26.Nxb6 Qxb6 27.Nxf7 Kd7 28.Nxh8 Rxh8 29.Rf8 Rxf8 30.Qxf8 c3 31.Qd6+ Kc8 32.bxc3 Nd7 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 Qa5 35.Qb4 Qxa2 36.Kd2 Ba4 37.Qb1 Qc4 38.h6 Nb6 39.h7 Bxc2 40.Kxc2 Qe2+ 41.Bd2 Nc4 42.Qe1 Qh5 43.Rh1 Qf5+ 44.Kc1 Na3 45.Kb2 Nc4+ 46.Ka1 Qc2 47.Qb1 Qxd2 48.Qc1 1-0
2661279 IM Tan, Ju2 (2464) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 b6 9.Bb5 Bb7 10.O-O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.f5 exf5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nxd5 O-O 15.Qd3 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Nb6 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qa7 Ra8 19.Rxd8 Rxa7 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.b3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rd7 23.c4 Nc7 24.Kc2 Ne6 25.Be3 f4 26.Bf2 g5 27.Ne1 h5 28.Nd3 Kg7 29.Rd1 Rc7 30.Nb2 Kg6 31.Rd5 Kf5 32.Na4 g4 33.Nc3 h4 34.Bg1 Bf8 35.Kd3 f3 36.g3 hxg3 37.hxg3 Rc8 38.Ne4 Nc7 39.Rd7 Ke6 40.Nf6 Ne8 41.Ra7 Nxf6 42.exf6 Rc6 43.Ke4 Bh6 44.Re7+ Kxf6 45.Re5 Rd6 46.Bxc5 Rd2 47.Rh5 Kg6 48.Rh1 f5+ 49.Ke5 Bg7+ 50.Ke6 Re2+ 51.Kd7 Be5 52.Bd6 Rd2 53.c5 Bxg3 54.Ke7 Bxd6+ 55.cxd6 f2 0-1
2661306 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) FM Sowray, P (2322) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Nc5 9.d4 Ncxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 d5 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Rxe5 Bd6 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Qd3 Qd7 1/2-1/2
2661230 WFM Longson, Sarah N (2103) IM Merry, Alan B (2422) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.c3 O-O 9.Qf3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Ne2 Rb8 12.O-O b6 13.Nf4 Bb7 14.Qh3 g6 15.Qg3 c5 16.h4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 Nf8 19.d5 e5 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.h5 Qg5 22.hxg6 Qxf4 23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.Qxf4 exf4 25.Re4 Nc5 26.Rd4 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Rxd5 28.Rad1 Rbd8 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Re1 Rg5 0-1
2661255 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) FM Jackson, J (2304) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 e5 7.c3 Ne7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 d6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Nb3 Nc8 16.Qf4 Be5 17.Qh4 Ba6 18.Re3 Bc4 19.Nd2 Be6 20.Nf3 Bh8 21.e5 d5 22.Bf6 Qc7 23.Qh6 1-0
2661213 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) Okhai, Shabir (2075) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d5 7.exd5 Bb4 8.Nf3 Qxd5 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 O-O 14.Re1 Nd7 15.f4 f6 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Kg2 Ng6 18.f4 a6 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.b4 Kf7 21.Kf2 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Ra1 Ke6 24.b5 axb5 25.cxb5 Kf5 26.Ra7 Rb8 27.Kf3 Nf8 28.Be3 g5 29.b6 cxb6 30.Bxb6 h5 31.c4 Re8 32.fxg5 fxg5 33.Rxb7 g4+ 34.Kf2 Ne6 35.Be3 Ra8 36.Rh7 Rd8 37.Ke2 Nf4+ 38.Bxf4 Kxf4 39.Rxh5 Ra8 40.Kd2 Kf3 41.c5 Ra5 42.Kc3 Ke3 43.Re5+ Kf3 44.d4 Ra1 45.d5 Rh1 46.d6 1-0
2669791 IM Merry, Alan B (2422) Webb, M (2249) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5 Qxf2+ 6.Kd1 Kf8 7.Nh3 h5 8.Qg5 Qd4 9.d3 Be7 10.Qg3 Nf6 11.c3 Qc5 12.Rf1 Nxe4 13.Nxe7 d5 14.Qg6 Qxe7 15.dxe4 dxc4 16.Ng5 Nd8 17.Kc2 Kg8 18.Nxf7 Nxf7 19.Rf2 Qe6 20.Qg3 Bd7 21.Be3 Ba4+ 22.b3 cxb3+ 23.Kb2 bxa2 24.Raf1 Qb3+ 25.Ka1 Qxc3+ 26.Kxa2 Bb3+ 27.Kb1 Bc4 28.Rxf7 Bxf7 0-1
2688003 FM Britton, R (2219) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 Ne7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 h6 11.h4 O-O 12.Nf1 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.Ne3 e5 15.Nh2 Rd6 16.a3 Be6 17.Bd2 Rf8 18.Rad1 Nd4 19.Qf1 Nef5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Be3 Qb5 23.Bxd5+ Rxd5 24.c4 Qd7 25.cxd5 Bh3 0-1
2687979 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) GM Wells, Peter K (2440) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d6 7.f4 exf4 8.Qf3 g6 9.Bxf4 Bg7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.h3 g5 13.Bf2 d5 14.Nge2 Nd7 15.Nxd5 f5 16.d4 c6 17.Ne3 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qd3 Nd5 20.O-O Nf4 21.Nxf4 gxf4 22.Ng4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Qd7 24.Qd1 h5 25.gxh5 f3 26.Qd3 fxg2 27.Rfe1 Rf4 28.Re4 Raf8 29.Rxf4 Rxf4 30.Re1 Qf7 31.Qg6 Qxg6 32.hxg6 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.Re2 Kg7 1/2-1/2
2687956 IM Adair, J (2482) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 b6 9.Bb5 Bb7 10.O-O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.g4 c4 13.f5 b5 14.Ne2 b4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Nf4 c3 17.Qg2 cxb2+ 18.Kb1 Nf8 19.h4 Rc8 20.Nh5 Ba4 21.Rd2 Qa5 22.Bg5 Bb5 23.Nxg7+ Kd7 24.Rd3 Rc3 25.Nd2 Rxd3 0-1
2691053 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) Burnett, J (2107) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 Nb6 10.b3 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Bb2 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Qf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Nc3 Nb4 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.a3 Nc6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.d4 c4 20.b4 Rfe8 21.Ne1 Be6 22.Nc2 Rad8 23.a4 a5 24.bxa5 Nxa5 25.Rab1 Nb3 26.Na1 Bg4 27.Rf1 Be2 28.Nxe2 Rxe2 29.Nxb3 cxb3 30.Rxb3 Nxa4 31.Rxb7 Rd2 32.Rc1 Rxd4 33.Bf1 h5 34.Rcc7 h4 35.Bh3 Re4 36.f3 Re3 37.Kf2 d4 38.gxh4 Nc3 39.h5 Re5 40.h6 Nd1+ 41.Kg3 1-0
2691038 Kilshaw, Joe IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.dxc5 e5 8.Bg3 Bxc5 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.Bb5 Qc7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Rac1 Na5 14.Qa4 a6 15.Bf1 b5 16.Qh4 Nc6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Be7 0-1
2710146 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) Grant, J (2187) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 c5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nc6 14.Bc3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qa5+ 17.Bc3 Qb5 18.O-O-O Be7 19.a4 Qc5 20.Qxb7 O-O 21.Bd4 Bg5+ 22.Kb1 Qf5 23.Qb5 Qg4 24.f3 Qg3 25.Qe5 Bf4 26.Qe1 Qg5 27.Qh4 Qf5 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.fxg4 Rfc8 30.b3 Rc7 31.c4 Rb8 32.Kc2 f6 33.Rh3 Kf7 34.Rhd3 Rbc8 35.Bc3 Ke7 36.g3 Be5 37.Bxe5 fxe5 38.Re3 Rc5 39.Rde1 Kf6 40.Rf1+ Ke7 41.Ref3 R5c7 42.Kd3 Rd8+ 43.Kc3 Rdc8 44.Rf7+ Kd6 45.Rd1+ Kc6 46.Rf3 Kb7 47.Re1 Rc5 48.Rf7+ R5c7 49.Rxc7+ Kxc7 50.Rxe5 Kd6 51.Ra5 Rc7 52.Kd4 Rb7 53.c5+ Kc6 54.Ra6+ Kc7 55.Kc4 e5 56.b4 Kd8 57.Re6 Rf7 58.Rxe5 Rf3 59.Re6 Rxg3 60.Rg6 Rf3 61.Rxg7 a5 62.b5 Rf4+ 63.Kd5 Rxa4 64.b6 Rb4 65.b7 a4 66.c6 1-0
2710098 FM Claridge-Hansen, William (2267) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxb7 Bd7 8.Qb3 e5 9.d3 Rb8 10.Qd1 Bb4+ 11.Nfd2 h5 12.h4 Be6 13.O-O Ng4 14.Nf3 f6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Nc3 a5 17.e4 d4 18.Nd5 O-O 19.Nd2 Ne7 20.Nc4 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bf7 22.Bd2 Bc7 23.d6 Bxd6 24.Bxa5 Bc7 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.Rc1 Qe7 27.b4 f5 28.Qe2 f4 29.Bf3 Rbe8 30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.Qxg4 Bd5 32.Nb6 Be6 33.Qg5 Qb7 34.Nc4 Bh3 35.f3 Bxf1 1/2-1/2
2710041 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) FM Horton, Andrew P (2324) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Qe7 9.b3 Be6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O Rfe8 13.Rde1 h6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qd1 Qf8 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Qf1 Re7 18.Nde2 Qb8 19.h3 c5 20.d3 Bc6 21.Kb1 Nh5 22.Qf2 Ng3 23.Rg1 a5 24.Bc1 Nxe2 25.Nxe2 g5 26.h4 Qc8 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Nc3 Qe6 29.Rh1 f6 30.a4 Be5 31.Re1 Qd6 32.Bb2 Bd4 33.Qd2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Qe5 35.Qd2 Qe3 36.Qd1 Bxg2 37.Qh5 Kg7 38.Nd1 Qf3 0-1
2709985 GM Emms, J (2468) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.O-O O-O-O 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qd7 8.c3 Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.Re1 e6 12.Nd2 Qd5 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.Qxh5 Nxh5 15.Nf3 Be7 16.Ne5 Rhf8 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.f4 Nb6 20.Kf2 Nd5 21.Bc1 c6 22.Kf3 Bd6 23.a3 Bxe5 24.fxe5 b5 25.Kg3 Rd7 26.Re4 g6 27.Bh6 Rg8 28.Bg5 Kb7 29.Rf1 Rc8 30.Re2 a5 31.Ref2 Rcc7 32.Rf3 a4 33.Bh6 Nb6 34.Bf8 Ka6 35.R1f2 Nc4 36.Bc5 Na5 37.Bd6 Rb7 38.Kg4 Nb3 39.Kg5 Kb6 40.Kh6 c5 41.dxc5+ Nxc5 42.Bxc5+ Kxc5 43.g4 Kd5 44.Re3 Kc4 45.h4 Rd3 46.Rf4+ 1-0
2709940 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) FM Jackson, J (2286) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 Nf6 13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.a3 Bb6 16.Be3 Ba5 17.Nd4 Bg4 18.f3 Bh5 19.Nb3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Re8 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.Qf2 b6 23.Bd4 Qd6 24.c3 Bg6 25.Nc1 Rcd8 26.Re2 Ned7 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Ne2 Bc2 29.Rd2 Bb3 30.Nf4 Bc4 31.Bh3 Ne5 32.Bf5 Nc6 33.Ng2 Nxd4 34.Qxd4 Qe5 35.Qxe5 Rxe5 36.Bc2 Re2 37.Rxe2 Bxe2 38.Kf2 Bc4 39.Ke3 Kf8 40.Kd4 Be2 41.f4 Ng4 42.h3 Nf6 43.Ne3 Nh5 44.Kxd5 Bf3+ 45.Kd6 Nxg3 46.Kc7 Ke7 47.Kb8 a5 48.Kc7 b5 49.Kb6 b4 50.c4 bxa3 51.bxa3 Nh5 52.f5 Nf4 53.c5 Nxh3 54.c6 Bxc6 55.Kxc6 Kf6 56.Kb5 Nf2 57.Kxa5 h5 58.Kb6 h4 59.a4 h3 60.Nf1 1-0
2709890 CM Willmoth, R (2211) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.dxc5 g6 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.e4 Nxe4 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Bd2 Bg7 8.Nb5 Qd8 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Qd2 Na6 11.Bg2 Nxc5 12.Bc7 Qe8 13.Ba5 Nfe4 14.Qe2 d5 15.O-O-O b6 16.Bb4 Ba6 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc5 Nxc5 19.Nc7 Qa4 20.Nxa6 Qxa6 21.Bxa8 Qxa2 22.Kd2 Qxb2+ 23.Ke1 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Rxa8 25.Nf3 b5 26.Rb1 Ne4 27.Ke3 Nc3 28.Rbe1 Rd8 29.g4 e5 0-1
2713492 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) FM Smith, An (2146) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bf5 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.d4 Nd7 8.g3 Nb6 9.Bg2 Qd7 10.O-O Bh3 11.c4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Bg7 13.Re1 e6 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.b3 Rfe8 17.Nh4 Nc8 18.Kg1 Ne7 19.Qf3 b5 20.Ng2 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qc7 22.Nf4 Qa5 23.Nh5 Qf5 24.Qe2 Qa5 25.Qg4 Ng6 26.Qf3 f5 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Qxc6 Rc8 29.Qf3 Rxc4 30.d5 Re4 31.dxe6 fxe6 32.Rd7+ Re7 33.Red1 Qb5 34.Rxe7+ Nxe7 35.Qh5 Qe5 36.Bh6+ Kh8 37.Rd8+ Ng8 38.Rxg8+ 1-0
2713439 Jones, Steven A (2171) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.a4 O-O 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O b6 10.Qd2 Rd8 11.Rfd1 Bb7 12.Nh2 a6 13.Bf3 b5 14.axb5 cxb5 15.e5 Bxf3 16.exf6 Bxd1 17.fxg7 Bxc2 18.Nd5 Qb7 19.Nxe7+ Kxg7 20.Bh6+ Kh8 21.Qxc2 Re8 22.Qc6 Qxc6 23.Nxc6 Re2 24.b3 f6 25.Bf4 Nb6 26.Kf1 Re6 27.Bd2 Nd5 28.Nb4 Nb6 29.Rxa6 Rxa6 30.Nxa6 Nd5 31.Nb4 Nxb4 32.Bxb4 Kg7 33.Ng4 Re4 34.Bxd6 Rxd4 35.Bc5 Rd3 36.b4 Kf7 37.Ke2 Rb3 38.Ne3 Ke6 39.Nc2 Kd5 40.Nd4 Rb2+ 41.Ke3 Kc4 42.g3 Rb1 43.Nc6 Re1+ 44.Kf4 Kd5 45.Na7 Kc4 46.Nc8 Kd5 47.Nd6 Kc6 48.Ne4 f5 49.Nd6 Re7 50.Kg5 Rd7 51.h4 Rd8 52.Kh6 Rd7 53.Nc8 Rb7 54.Ne7+ Kd7 55.Kxh7 Rc7 56.Nd5 Rxc5 57.bxc5 Kc6 58.Nb4+ Kxc5 59.Kxg6 Kxb4 60.h5 1-0
2713388 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) Stewart, Ashley (2111) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Rb8 8.Nge2 b5 9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 Nd4 11.Nc1 a5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Ba6 14.f4 Qb6 15.f5 Ne5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nf4 Bc8 18.Bh3 Ke7 19.Qf2 Nf6 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc4 22.e5 Rf8 23.exf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxe6 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Bxd4 26.Nxg6+ 1-0
2727310 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) Martin, Le (2099) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 a6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Nf3 b5 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.O-O b4 12.Nd1 Qc7 13.Kh1 O-O-O 14.a3 a5 15.axb4 axb4 16.c3 h6 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.Nc3 Nb6 19.Rfc1 Kb8 20.Na2 Na6 21.Rab1 d5 22.e5 d4 23.Bf2 Qd7 24.b4 c4 25.dxc4 g5 26.c5 gxf4 27.Qxf4 Qe6 28.cxb6 Qxa2 29.Bxd4 e6 30.b5 1-0
2727330 Golding, Alex (2222) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Re8 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Nh6 12.Qc1 Nf7 13.Qc2 c5 14.Ne1 Nf8 15.a3 b6 16.Nd3 f5 17.b4 f4 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Qa4 a6 20.Rab1 Ra7 21.Qd1 Nd7 22.Bg4 Ng5 23.f3 h5 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Na4 Rf7 26.Nb6 Bb7 27.Na4 Nh7 28.Rb6 g5 29.Qb3 Bc8 30.Rb8 g4 31.Qb6 Qh4 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qxa6 Rd8 34.Ba5 Rdd7 35.Qc8+ Bf8 36.fxg4 hxg4 37.Naxc5 dxc5 38.Nxe5 Ra7 39.Nxf7 Rxf7 40.e5 Ng5 41.e6 Rh7 42.h3 Nxh3+ 0-1
2727282 IM Merry, Alan B (2427) Marley, Andrew S G (1969) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 a6 8.d3 Rb8 9.f4 d6 10.g4 Nd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.g5 b5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Nce2 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Rb1 a5 17.Kh1 Ba6 18.Nh5 Bh4 19.f5 e5 20.Ng1 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Rf2 Nd4 23.Qg4 Qf7 24.b3 a4 25.h4 Kh8 26.Nh3 Bb5 27.Rg1 Be8 28.Bg5 Ra8 29.Bf3 axb3 30.axb3 Ra2 31.Bd1 Bc6 32.c4 Rfa8 33.Kh2 Rxf2+ 34.Nxf2 Ra2 35.Qg3 Rb2 36.Kh3 Ra2 37.Bh5 Qf8 38.Bd1 Ra3 39.Ng4 Ra8 40.Qe3 Qf7 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.Nh6 Qf8 43.Rg8+ Qxg8 44.Nxg8 Kxg8 45.Qh6 Rf8 46.Bh5 Bd7 47.Kg2 Kh8 48.Qxf8# 1-0
2727297 Stoyanov, Viktor (1919) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.exd5 Na6 10.Re1 Nc7 11.Bc4 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Nde4 Nfe8 15.Ba2 h6 16.a5 b5 17.h3 c4 18.f3 f5 19.Nf2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 g5 21.Be3 Bb7 22.Bb6 Qd7 23.f4 Nxd5 24.fxg5 Nxb6 25.axb6 Qc6 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.gxf3 hxg5 28.Re6 Rf6 29.Re7 Rf7 30.Re6 Bd5 31.Rg6+ Rg7 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 0-1
2727250 Head, Louise (2012) IM Merry, Alan B (2427) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Nc5 11.O-O-O a6 12.g4 b5 13.cxb5 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 axb5 15.e5 dxe5 16.Ndxb5 Qe7 17.g5 Nh5 18.Nd5 Qf8 19.Qc4 c6 20.Bc5 cxd5 21.Qb4 Bf5 22.Bxf8 Bxf8 23.Qb3 Rec8+ 24.Kd2 Rc4 25.a3 Be7 26.Rhg1 Rb8 27.Rc1 Rh4 28.Rc7 Bd8 29.Ra7 Bb6 30.Re7 Rxh3 31.Qxd5 Rd3+ 32.Qxd3 Bxd3 33.Kxd3 Nf4+ 34.Kc4 Ne6 35.b4 Bxf2 36.Rf1 Rc8+ 37.Kd5 Rd8+ 38.Nd6 Nf4+ 39.Kxe5 Nd3+ 40.Kd5 Bg3 41.Re8+ 1-0
2768931 FM Wadsworth, Matthew J (2292) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 a6 9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 Ne8 11.Be3 e5 12.f4 exf4 13.gxf4 f5 14.e5 Nc7 15.Rb1 Ne6 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Kh1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nec3 Ned4 22.b3 b4 23.Na4 Na5 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Qa2 Kg7 26.Nab6 Rxb6 27.Qxa5 Ra6 28.Qc7 Re2 29.Bf3 Rd2 30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Rbd1 Rb2 32.Rb1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Ra6 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Re7 Be6 36.Rb7 Ra3 37.Nc7 Bf7 38.Nb5 Rxb3 39.Nxd4 cxd4 40.Kg2 Rxd3 41.Rxb4 Rc3 42.c5 d3 43.Rd4 Rc2+ 44.Kg3 Bc4 45.c6 Bb5 46.Rd8+ Ke7 47.Rd7+ Ke8 48.Rd6 d2 49.c7 Bd7 50.h4 Ke7 51.Rd4 h6 52.Rd5 Bc8 53.Rd4 Ba6 54.Rd8 Rxc7 55.Rxd2 Rc3 56.Kf2 Bd3 57.Rb2 Be4 58.Be2 Rh3 59.Rb6 Kf7 60.h5 g5 61.fxg5 hxg5 62.Rg6 g4 63.Bxg4 fxg4 64.Rxg4 Bf5 65.Rb4 Kf6 66.h6 Ke5 67.Ke2 Be4 68.Kd2 Rxh6 69.Kc3 Rh3+ 70.Kb2 Kd5 71.Rb3 Bd3 72.Rb8 Bc4 73.Rd8+ Kc5 74.Kc2 Re3 75.Kd2 Re2+ 76.Kc3 Re3+ 77.Kd2 Rh3 78.Rf8 Bd5 79.Rf4 Kd6 80.Rg4 Ke5 81.Rb4 Ra3 82.Kc2 Be4+ 83.Kb2 Re3 84.Rb3 Re2+ 85.Ka3 Kd4 86.Rb4+ Kc5 87.Rb2 Re1 88.Rb3 Bd5 89.Rg3 Re2 90.Ka4 Ra2+ 0-1
2768924 GM Gareev, T (2609) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.a3 Bf5 10.Na4 Qb7 11.e3 e6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qb5 14.Qc2 Be7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nc3 Qb7 17.O-O O-O 18.Na4 Nd7 19.b4 a5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.bxc5 Rfe8 22.Qc3 Qa6 23.Bd6 f6 24.f4 e5 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.dxe5 Re6 27.e4 dxe4 28.Qb3 Re8 29.Rc4 Qb5 30.Qa2 e3 31.Re1 Nxe5 32.Bxe5 1-0
2768920 FM Britton, R (2168) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Be2 Qb6 7.g4 f6 8.h3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nf7 10.Na4 Qc7 11.Be3 g5 12.exf6 exf6 13.f5 Re8 14.Bf2 b6 15.Nc3 Qf4 16.Kf1 Rxe2 17.Nxe2 Qxf3 18.Ng3 Ba6+ 19.Kg1 Qxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd7 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Re6 Bb7 23.Nh5 Nf8 24.Re7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Bg3 Bf8 27.Kf2 Nd6 28.Bxd6 Bxd6 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Re6 Be7 31.c3 Nb8 32.b4 Na6 33.a4 Nc7 34.Re1 Ne8 35.Re6 Bc8 36.Re1 Nd6 37.Ng3 h5 38.Rb1 h4 39.Ne2 Ba6 0-1
2768922 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) IM Pert, R (2414) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ng5 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 h6 14.Nxe4 Rd8 15.Qf3 Bf5 16.Qf4 Rac8 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.g4 Nxe5 21.gxf5 g5 22.Qe4 Qc6 23.Qxc6 Nxc6 24.Rc1 Nb4 1/2-1/2
2768900 Golding, James (1986) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.Nc1 e5 10.Nb3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Be2 c6 14.O-O Be6 15.Rfd1 bxc4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Qa5 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.Qe3 Rab8 20.Rd2 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Ng4 22.Bb6 Qxc3 23.Qxc3 Bxc3 24.Rab1 Rb8 25.fxg4 Bxb2 26.Rxb2 c3 27.Rc2 Rxb6 28.Rxc3 Bxa2 29.Ra3 Rb1+ 30.Kf2 Rb2 31.Kf1 Bd5 32.g3 Kg7 33.g5 h6 34.gxh6+ Kxh6 35.h4 f5 36.Bxa6 Rh2 37.Ra5 Kg7 38.Rc5 f4 39.gxf4 Rxh4 40.Bb7 Rxf4+ 41.Kg1 Rf6 42.Kh2 g5 43.Bxc6 Bxc6 44.Rxg5+ Kf7 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Ra5 Rf8 47.Ra6 Kd5 48.Ra1 Ke5 49.Rc1 Be4 50.Rc5+ Kd4 51.Rc1 Bd3 52.Re1 Be4 53.Rc1 Ke5 54.Rc5+ Bd5 55.Ra5 Rg8+ 56.Kf2 Rg5 57.Ke3 Rh5 58.Kd3 Rh3+ 59.Ke2 Kd4 60.Ra4+ Bc4+ 61.Kf2 Rc3 62.Ra7 Ke4 63.Ra8 Rf3+ 64.Kg2 Bd5 65.Re8+ Kd4 66.Kh2 Be4 67.Rb8 Ke3 68.Rb3+ Bd3 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Rb8 Bf5 71.Rf8 Ra3 72.Rb8 Ra2+ 73.Kf1 Ke3 74.Rb3+ Bd3+ 75.Kg1 Rd2 76.Rb8 Bc4 77.Rf8 Bd5 78.Rf2 Rd4 79.Rf8 Rh4 0-1
2770521 Klingher, Dominic (2116) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Ne5 h6 9.d3 Nfd7 10.Nd2 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Bg5 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bg6 14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Nd6 Be3+ 16.Kh1 Qg5 17.Nxb7 Nxe5 18.Bd3 c4 19.bxc4 Rab8 20.Ba3 Rxb7 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Rb1 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Kg8 24.Qb5 Kh7 25.g3 f6 26.Kg2 Qg4 27.Qb7 Nxd3 0-1
2770506 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) FM Abbas, Daniel (2285) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.c3 Bf5 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Rad8 15.Nbd4 Be4 16.Qa4 Qc7 17.Rd1 Na5 18.Re2 Nd7 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.Qa3 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nc4 22.Nxc4 dxc4 23.Re3 Rd6 24.b3 Ne6 25.bxc4 Ra6 26.Qb3 Rb6 27.Qa4 Ra6 28.Qb4 Rb6 29.Qa4 Ra6 1/2-1/2
2770493 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) GM Hillarp Persson, T (2503) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 g6 7.Bc2 b5 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nf1 Rc8 14.Ng3 Na4 15.h3 Qc7 16.Bd3 e5 17.d5 Nc5 18.Bb1 b4 19.Be3 a5 20.Rc1 Nfd7 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.Nd2 Qe7 23.Nb3 Ra8 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.a4 Bh6 27.Rc2 Kh8 28.Rd1 Qd6 29.b3 Ra7 30.Bb5 Bc8 31.Re1 Bg5 32.Qc4 Rc7 33.Bc6 Be7 34.Qb5 f5 35.Nf1 f4 36.f3 Qf6 37.Qxa5 Bd6 38.Nd2 Qh4 39.Rd1 Rg7 40.Nc4 Bb8 41.Qxc5 Ba7 42.Nb6 Rfg8 43.d6 Bxh3 44.a5 Be6 45.Bd5 Qf6 46.Bxe6 Qxe6 47.Qd5 Qf6 48.Rc6 Rd7 49.Kf1 Rdd8 50.d7 Qg5 51.Re6 Bb8 52.Nc4 Qh4 53.Nxe5 Qh1+ 54.Kf2 Ba7+ 55.Rb6 Qh4+ 56.Kg1 Kg7 57.Qf7+ Kh6 58.Ng4+ 1-0
2770479 IM Rudd, J (2177) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.c5 b5 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Bd2 a5 8.Bd3 g6 9.Qc2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Rae1 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2
2770467 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) GM Hebden, M (2494) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Nxf3+ 6.gxf3 Be7 7.Rg1 c6 8.d4 exd4 9.Qxd4 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Ne2 c5 12.Qe3 d5 13.Rxg7 Nh5 14.Qh6 Nxg7 15.Qxg7 Rf8 16.exd5 Bf6 17.Qxh7 Rh8 18.Qe4+ Kf8 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Qc4 Be7 21.Ng3 Rh4 22.f4 Bg4 23.Ne4 Qh6 24.f5 Qh8 25.d6 Bd8 26.Qxc5 Bb6 27.Qc6 Rd8 28.Bxb6 axb6 29.Qxb6 Kg7 30.f6+ Kg6 31.Qxb4 Bf5 32.O-O-O Qh6+ 33.Kb1 Qf4 34.Qb6 Rd7 35.Nc5 Bxd3 36.Nxd3 Qxf6 37.f4 Kh7 38.Ne5 Rd8 39.Nxf7 Rf8 40.Ng5+ Kh8 41.Qe3 1-0
2772116 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) Thalwitzer, D (2114) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.Rc1 Ne5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.b3 Qa5 14.f3 Rfe8 15.Rfd1 e6 16.Qd2 Rcd8 17.h3 Nc6 18.Qf2 Nd7 19.Nde2 Nc5 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Rc2 Ncd3 22.Qe2 Nb4 23.Rcd2 d5 24.cxd5 exd5 25.f4 Nec6 26.e5 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Nc6 28.Qe3 Nxd4 29.Qxd4 Bf8 30.Kh1 Bc5 31.Qd3 Bb4 32.Rc2 Bxc3 33.Qxc3 Qxc3 34.Rxc3 f6 35.exf6 Kf7 36.Rc7+ Kxf6 37.Rxb7 Kf5 38.Kg1 Kxf4 39.Kf2 h5 40.Rb6 Ke4 41.Rxg6 d4 42.Rg3 Rc8 43.Re1+ Kf5 44.Rf3+ Kg5 45.Rxe8 Rxe8 46.Rd3 Rc8 47.Rxd4 Rc2+ 48.Kf3 Rxa2 49.Ra4 Rc2 50.Ra5+ Kg6 51.Rxa6+ Kg5 52.Re6 Kf5 53.Re3 h4 54.g4+ Kg6 55.Ke4 Kg5 56.Rf3 Kg6 57.Kd4 Rd2+ 58.Kc4 Rc2+ 59.Rc3 Rb2 60.b4 1-0
2772120 GM Speelman, J (2511) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qc2 Bh5 10.O-O Bg6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Rd3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.h3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Be7 22.Qf3 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qd3 Be7 25.Kf1 1/2-1/2
2772103 FM Waddington, M (2061) IM Merry, Alan B (2412) 0-1
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Rb1 e5 7.b4 c6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Nd2 Be6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.a3 b6 15.Nd2 d4 16.Nce4 Nd5 17.Nc4 f5 18.Ned2 b5 19.Na5 Nc3 20.Qe1 Nxb1 21.Qxb1 Nb6 22.Ndb3 Na4 23.Bc1 Rc7 24.e3 dxe3 25.fxe3 Rfc8 26.d4 exd4 27.Nxd4 Bf7 28.Bd2 Bxd4 29.exd4 Rc2 30.Re1 Qd7 31.Be3 Rb2 32.Qd1 Rcc2 33.Bf3 f4 34.Bxf4 Qh3 0-1
2772089 IM Merry, Alan B (2412) Pleasants, A (1982) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.f3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rad1 Bc6 16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Bg4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.Nd5 Qxd4+ 22.Rxd4 Rf7 23.Re1 e5 24.Rd2 Kh8 25.Kf2 Rg8 26.Ne3 Bxf3 27.Kxf3 exf4 28.Kxf4 Re7 29.Nc2 Reg7 30.g3 Rg4+ 31.Kf3 Ne5+ 32.Kf2 f4 33.Rxd6 fxg3+ 34.hxg3 Rf8+ 35.Kg2 Rf3 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
2778788 IM Merry, Alan B (2414) GM Wells, Peter K (2433) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.c3 e6 7.b4 a5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nf3 Rg8 10.O-O axb4 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.cxb4 d4 13.Qe2 d3 14.Qd1 f5 15.a4 Bg7 16.Ra3 Be5 17.b5 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Rxg2+ 19.Kh1 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Rg4 21.Kh2 Qg5 22.c6 Rh4+ 23.Qh3 Rxh3+ 24.Kxh3 Ke7 0-1
2778801 Crocker, P (2068) IM Merry, Alan B (2414) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d3 a6 9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 Bd7 11.Be3 Ne8 12.Kh2 Nc7 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne6 15.Nde2 Na5 16.b3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.b4 Nc4 19.a5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Nc7 21.Nd4 Na6 22.Rb1 e6 23.Qd3 Qg5 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Nd4 Rfd8 26.Ndxb5 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Qg5 28.Nd4 Nxb4 29.Rxb4 Rxb4 30.Nc6 Rb2 31.h4 Qh5 32.Nxd8 Be5 33.Kh3 g5 34.Bf3 g4+ 35.Bxg4 Rh2+ 36.Kxh2 Qxh4+ 0-1
2778766 IM Merry, Alan B (2414) FM Shaw, Robe (2209) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 a6 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.e3 Ne4 15.Ne2 Bf6 16.Nfd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Rc8 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Qc8 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nf4 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 g5 23.Nd3 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.a4 Kf8 26.f4 h6 27.a5 Ke7 28.Nc5 Kd6 29.Kf2 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.h4 gxh4 33.gxh4 Ke5 34.Kg3 Be6 35.h5 f6 36.h6 Bg8 37.Bh3 f5 38.Kf3 Bh7 39.Bf1 d4 40.exd4+ Kxd4 41.Kf4 Kc3 42.b5 axb5 43.Bxb5 Kb4 44.Bd3 Kxa5 45.Bxf5 1-0
2778776 Kett, T (2210) IM Merry, Alan B (2414) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Be3 a6 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.O-O-O e6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qc7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Qd4 Qa7 17.Qxa7 Rxa7 18.Rd3 Be7 19.Rhd1 Bf6 20.Ng3 Ke7 21.Ne4 Be5 22.g3 f5 23.Nf2 Rc8 24.f4 Bb8 25.R3d2 h6 26.Nd3 g5 27.h4 gxh4 28.gxh4 Kf6 29.Rg1 Rc4 30.Rdg2 Bxf4+ 31.Nxf4 Rxf4 32.Rg6+ Ke5 33.Re1+ Re4 34.Rxe4+ fxe4 35.Kd2 Rf7 36.Ke3 Rf3+ 37.Ke2 h5 38.Rg5+ Kf4 39.a4 bxa4 40.Ra5 Rh3 41.Rxa4 Rh2+ 42.Kd1 Kf3 43.Rxa6 Rh1+ 44.Kd2 e3+ 45.Kd3 e2 46.Rxe6 e1=Q 47.Rxe1 Rxe1 48.b4 Rd1+ 49.Kc4 Ke4 50.b5 Rc1 51.c3 Ke5 0-1
2778756 Jayawarna, Nugith (2067) IM Merry, Alan B (2414) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d3 d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.h3 a6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.a4 Ne8 12.f4 Nc7 13.Rb1 Ne6 14.f5 Ned4 15.g4 Nxe2+ 16.Nxe2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b3 Qa5 19.g5 bxc4 20.f6 exf6 21.gxf6 Bh8 22.dxc4 Qc7 23.Nc3 Nb4 24.Bf4 Rb6 25.Bg3 Qd8 26.Bxd6 Bg4 27.Qxg4 Qxd6 28.Rbd1 Qe5 29.Nd5 h5 30.Rf5 Qxd5 31.Rfxd5 hxg4 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 gxh3 34.Bxh3 Re8 35.Bg2 Re6 36.Rd8+ Kh7 0-1
2017.03.05 4ncl 2016-17
2782198 FM Merry, Alan B (2395) IM Adair, J (2488) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rac8 14.Bd3 e5 15.d5 Nh5 16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nc5 18.Bb1 f5 19.exf5 Bxd5 20.Be3 Bf6 21.Rc1 Qf7 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Rfe8 25.Qf4 Qf6 26.Bd3 c4 27.Bf1 Qxb2 28.Qd6 Bc6 29.Re1 Qf6 30.Qc5 Be4 31.Qa7 Re7 32.Qe3 Rce8 33.Qa3 Bxf5 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Rd1 h6 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Qf3 Re1 38.a4 Bd3 39.Qd5 Rxf1+ 40.Kh2 Rxf2 41.axb5 axb5 42.Re8 Qf7 43.Qxb5 Rf5 0-1
2017.03.04 4ncl 2016-17
2782126 Pedersen, Ca (2142) FM Merry, Alan B (2395) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Bf4 Qd8 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rfe1 Be6 12.Rad1 Nbd7 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Nc5 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Qxd8 Rexd8 18.Be3 b5 19.c3 Kf8 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Ke8 22.Kf1 a5 23.a4 bxa4 24.Ra1 Rd5 25.Rxa4 Rb5 26.Bd6 e6 27.Ba3 Rd8 28.h4 h5 29.Re2 Rd1+ 30.Re1 Rd3 31.Re2 Rf5 32.Ke1 Kd7 33.Rae4 Rfd5 34.Kf1 e5 35.R4e3 f5 36.f3 Bf6 37.Rxd3 Rxd3 38.Kf2 a4 39.Re3 Rd2+ 40.Re2 Rxe2+ 41.Kxe2 f4 42.Kf2 Ke6 43.c4 Kf5 44.Kg2 fxg3 45.Kxg3 e4 46.fxe4+ Kxe4 47.Kh3 Be5 48.Kg2 Kd4 49.c5 Kd5 50.Kf3 Bf6 51.Kg3 Kc6 52.Kh3 Bd8 53.Kg3 Be7 0-1
2017.02.12 4ncl 2016-17
2789619 GM Fodor, T jr (2493) FM Merry, Alan B (2395) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Qc2 Ne8 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.c5 f5 14.f3 f4 15.Bf2 g5 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Rac1 Rf7 18.a4 Ng6 19.cxd6 Nxd6 20.Rc2 h5 21.Rfc1 Bh6 22.Ne2 g4 23.Rf1 Qe8 24.Rxc7 fxg3 25.Nxg3 Bxd2 26.Qb6 Nf4 27.Qxd6 h4 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Bxh4 Bg6 31.Bf6 Be3+ 32.Kh1 gxf3 33.Bxf3 Bd4 34.Rc1 Kg8 35.Qc7 Qf8 36.d6 Ne6 37.Qe7 Re8 38.Rc8 Qxe7 0-1
2017.02.11 4ncl 2016-17
2789563 FM Merry, Alan B (2395) GM Gordon, S (2506) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 Qc7 7.O-O c4 8.Bc2 e6 9.a4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Na3 d5 12.exd5 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 exd5 14.d3 Re8 15.Qxe8+ Nxe8 16.Rxe8+ Nf8 17.dxc4 Qd7 18.Re1 dxc4 19.a5 Qc6 20.Be4 Qc7 21.Be3 Be6 22.Bb6 Qd7 23.Ne5 Qb5 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Bf3 Bd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Nf3 Nd7 28.Ra4 f6 29.Rb4 Nxb6 30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.axb6 Qc6 32.Nd2 Qxb6 33.Nxc4 Qb3 34.Nd6 h5 35.h4 Qxb2 36.c4 Qd2 37.Re6 a5 38.g4 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 0-1
2017.01.15 4ncl 2016-17
2802293 FM Merry, Alan B (2395) IM Bates, Ri (2341) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.e4 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Na3 e5 9.Nc4 Qb8 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.Ne3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Bc5 13.Nf5 Rg8 14.b3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Rc1 h6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ne2 Qb6 19.c3 Be3 20.Qd5 Qc6 21.Rd1 a5 22.Ng3 Rc8 23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.Rd3 Bc5 25.Nf5 h5 26.g3 d6 27.Ke2 Kd7 28.Rhd1 Rgc8 29.Rd5 Ra6 30.R1d3 Rac6 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Nxd6 Ke6 33.Nxc8 Rxc8 34.c4 a4 35.Kd2 f5 36.exf5+ Kxf5 37.Kc3 axb3 38.axb3 Ke6 39.b4 f5 40.c5 e4 41.Rd6+ Ke5 42.f4# 1-0
2017.01.14 4ncl 2016-17
2802247 Blackburn, J (2193) FM Merry, Alan B (2395) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Ne5 Bf5 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 f6 13.Nf3 e5 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Na4 e4 16.Ne1 Qc7 17.Nc2 Rae8 18.b4 h5 19.Ne3 Bh6 20.Nc3 Kh7 21.a4 h4 22.Rfb1 hxg3 23.hxg3 Be6 24.Ncd1 f5 25.Qc3 f4 26.Nf1 e3 27.f3 Bf5 28.Rb3 g5 29.g4 Bg6 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ra8 32.b6 Qd8 33.Rxa8 Qxa8 34.Ra3 Qb8 35.Nb2 Bg7 36.Nd3 Re8 37.Nc1 Nf8 38.Nb3 Ne6 39.Ra4 Re7 40.Nxe3 fxe3 41.Qxe3 Qg3 0-1
2805138 IM Merry, Alan B (2375) Maciol, R (2111) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3 c5 8.Qb1 h6 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be5 f5 11.h3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bd6 13.g4 Nf6 14.gxf5 exf5 15.Bxf5 cxd4 16.exd4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qe8 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Qxe5 21.Qd3 dxe4 22.Qe3 Be6 23.Rg1 Kh7 24.f4 Rxf4 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qxf4 Rd8 27.Rd1 1-0
2805146 IM Cox, JohnJ (2316) IM Merry, Alan B (2375) 0-1
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.a3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Be2 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.f4 Rc7 20.Qa4 Rcf7 21.Bb5 Ne7 22.Qb4 Qd8 23.Rf2 g5 24.Be2 gxf4 25.Bg4 Qd7 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.exf4 Rxf4 28.Qc3 Rf7 29.Qg3 Ng6 30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.Qxa7 Qd6 32.Qc5 Qg3 33.Qc3 e3 34.Qe1 Rf2 0-1
2805118 Sygnowski, T (2121) IM Merry, Alan B (2375) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Re1 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.Nbd2 Qb6 10.Nf1 g6 11.h4 Bg7 12.Bf4 Qxb2 13.h5 Qb6 14.N1h2 Qc5 15.h6 Bf8 16.Ng4 Be7 17.Ng5 b6 18.Qf3 Ba6 19.Bd2 O-O 20.Qg3 Bxd3 21.cxd3 Qc2 22.Bf4 Rfc8 23.Qf3 Nd8 24.Nh3 Rc3 25.Rac1 Qb2 26.Bg5 Qxa3 27.Ra1 Qc5 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Qf4 b5 30.Ng5 b4 31.Nf6+ Nxf6 32.exf6 Qf8 33.Qxd4 Qxh6 34.Qe5 Qf8 35.Re3 Rac8 36.Kh2 Nc6 37.Qf4 e5 38.Qg4 h5 39.Qd7 Qe8 40.Qxd5 Rd8 41.Qe4 Rd4 42.Qf3 Qd8 43.Rd1 Rf4 44.Qh3 Qxf6 45.Ne4 Qd8 46.g3 Rf5 47.Nxc3 bxc3 48.Qh4 Qxh4+ 49.gxh4 Rxf2+ 50.Kg3 Rb2 51.Rc1 c2 52.Re2 Nb4 53.Rd2 a4 54.Kf3 a3 0-1
2805126 GM Hebden, M (2501) IM Merry, Alan B (2375) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be7 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 a5 13.a4 b4 14.Nb1 c5 15.dxc5 Na6 16.c6 Qxc6 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.Bf3 Nc5 21.Qc4 Ne4 22.Nxf5 Qxf5 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Rac8 25.Bf5 Rc5 26.e4 g6 27.Bg4 Nf6 28.Bf3 Rc2 29.b3 Nd7 30.Be3 Nc5 31.Rab1 Rd3 32.Bd1 Rcc3 33.Be2 Rxe3 34.fxe3 Nxb3 35.Rfd1 Nc5 36.Bf3 Rxe3 37.Rd5 Ra3 38.Bd1 Nxe4 39.Rxa5 Bc5+ 40.Rxc5 Nxc5 41.Rxb4 Ra1 42.Rd4 Nxa4 1/2-1/2
2805108 IM Merry, Alan B (2375) Davies, Pe (1976) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.f3 g5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.f4 Qe8 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.c3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 g4 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 b5 17.Qe2 c4 18.Bc2 Bb7 19.Nd6 Qc6 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Rh6 Kg7 22.Rxe6 Qd7 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxg4+ Rg5 25.Rg6+ Rxg6 26.Qxd7 Kf8 27.O-O-O 1-0
2830791 FM Wadsworth, Matthew J (2290) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be6 8.d3 f6 9.a3 Qd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Rc1 Bh3 12.Ne4 Kb8 13.Bxh3 Qxh3 14.Rxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Ned2 Rhe8 18.Nb3 Ka8 19.Na5 c5 20.Bxc5 Qa4 21.b4 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 Rd7 23.Nd2 Na4 24.Be3 f5 25.f3 c5 26.bxc5 Rc7 27.Ndb3 Rec8 28.c6 Nb6 29.Bc5 Bxc5+ 30.Rxc5 Re7 31.Kf2 g6 32.Nd2 Kb8 33.Ndc4 Nxc4 34.Nxc4 Rce8 35.e3 Kc7 36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Re6 38.Ne5 g5 39.Ra5 gxf4 40.Rxa7+ Kb6 41.Rb7+ Kc5 42.d4+ Kd5 43.Rxh7 fxe3+ 44.Kxe3 Ra8 45.Rd7+ Rd6 46.Kf4 Rf8 47.h4 Ke6 48.Rxd6+ Kxd6 49.h5 Kc7 50.d5 Rh8 51.d6+ 1-0
2830803 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) FM Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya (2046) 1/2-1/2
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.f4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.d3 O-O 12.Qf3 Qb6 13.c4 a5 14.Nc3 a4 15.Qd1 d4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Rfd8 18.Qd3 Rab8 19.exd4 axb3 20.a4 cxd4 21.a5 Qa6 22.Rfb1 h6 23.Bc1 Qa7 24.Bd2 Bb4 25.Rxb3 Bxd2 26.Rxb8 Be3+ 27.Qxe3 Qxb8 28.Qd2 Qa7 29.a6 Ra8 30.h3 Qb6 31.Qa5 Qa7 32.c5 d3 33.Kh2 d2 34.Qxd2 Qxc5 35.Qd7 Ra7 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Rd1 Qe3 38.Qxc6 Qxf4+ 39.Kh1 Qf2 40.Qc4 Qb6 41.Ra1 Qb2 42.Ra5 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 Qb8+ 44.e5 Qb6 45.Ra4 Qe3 46.Qc2+ g6 47.Qb2 Kg7 48.Qb8 h5 49.Qd6 Rd7 50.Qxd7 Qxe5+ 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2
2830769 IM Fernandez, Dan SIN (2450) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c6 7.c4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 e5 14.Qe1 Qe7 15.Rd1 exd4 16.Bxd4 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Ng1 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Nb6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.Rf3 Qe6 23.Rc1 Rad8 24.Nd4 Qe5 25.h3 Nc8 26.Qb3 Rf8 27.Rcf1 Ne7 28.Qa3 a6 29.Qa5 Qxa5 30.bxa5 c5 31.Nb3 Nc6 32.Rf4 Rd7 33.Nxc5 Re7 34.Re4 Rfe8 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Nb3 Rxe3 37.Rd1 Re2 38.Rd7 Rxa2 39.Rxb7 Nxa5 40.Nxa5 Rxa5 41.Ra7 Rc5 1/2-1/2
2830779 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Fodor, T jr (2493) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Re8 9.f3 d5 10.Bb5 dxe4 11.Nxc6 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 Bd7 13.Nb4 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 a5 15.Bf4 axb4 16.Bxc7 Bf2 17.fxe4 Rxa2 18.Kb1 Ra6 19.e5 Ne4 20.c4 b3 21.Rd3 Bh4 22.Rd4 f5 23.Rf1 Bf2 24.Rd3 Rea8 25.Na3 Bc5 26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.exd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Nxd6 29.Rf3 Ne4 30.Kc1 Nc5 31.Rxf5 b6 32.Kd2 g6 33.Rd5 Rf8 34.Ke3 Rf1 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Rb8 Re1+ 37.Kf3 Re6 38.Nb5 Nd3 39.Nd4 Rf6+ 40.Ke2 Nxb2 41.Rc8 Rf2+ 42.Kxf2 Nd1+ 43.Ke1 b2 44.Rc7+ Kh6 45.Nf5+ Kg5 0-1
2830752 FM O'Donnell, Conor (2346) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.exd5 a6 10.Nf3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bxb5 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Bh6 Qa5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfd1 Nb6 18.Rac1 Na4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.a3 Rb8 21.Qc3 Qb3 22.Qxb3 Rxb3 23.Rc2 Rab6 24.Nd2 Rd3 25.Kf1 Nxd5 26.g3 Nc7 27.Ke2 Rd4 28.Nc4 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Ra6 30.Ne3 Kf6 31.f4 h5 32.Kd2 Ne6 33.Nd5+ Kf5 34.Kd3 Ra7 35.Ne3+ Kf6 36.Nd5+ Kf5 37.Ne3+ Kf6 38.Nd5+ Kf5 39.Ne3+ 1/2-1/2
2830762 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) FM Haria, R (2383) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Nf3 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.O-O Ne7 9.Ne2 Qd7 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rac1 g6 14.Nd2 h5 15.Qf3 Bh6 16.Rfd1 Kb7 17.a3 c5 18.c4 cxd4 19.Ne2 g5 20.Nxd4 g4 21.Qe2 Nc5 22.b4 Bxd2 23.Rxd2 Ne4 24.Nc6 Qg5 25.Nxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rdc2 Rc8 27.Qd1 g3 28.hxg3 h4 29.g4 h3 30.gxh3 Qf4 31.Kg2 Ng5 32.cxd5 Qe4+ 33.f3 Nxf3 34.Qxf3 Rxc2+ 35.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 36.Kg3 exd5 37.Qxf7+ Ka6 38.Qxd5 Qc3+ 39.Kh4 Qxa3 40.Qc4+ Kb7 41.Qe4+ Kc7 42.e6 Qc3 43.g5 a5 44.bxa5 bxa5 45.e7 Qh8+ 46.Kg4 Kd7 47.g6 a4 48.e8=Q+ Qxe8 49.Qxa4+ 1-0
2830729 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Arkell, K (2450) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 c6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qd6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.c5 Qc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Re1 Nfd7 16.Bg4 f5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Qe6 Bxc5 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxf2+ 21.Kg2 Qf7 22.Qxf7 Rxf7 23.Bh5 Re7 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Kxf2 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2
2830737 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Miezis, N (2505) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O exd4 9.exd4 Bxd2 10.Qxd2 Nc6 11.Nbc3 Re8 12.h3 Bf5 13.g4 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.f4 f6 17.d5 Nb4 18.f5 Bf7 19.a3 Na6 20.Rad1 c6 21.Kh2 Rc8 22.g5 cxd5 23.Nxd5 Re5 24.gxf6 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Qxf6 26.Rf2 Nc5 27.Rg1 Ne4 28.Nxe4 Rxe4 29.Rfg2 Kh8 30.Qf2 Qe5+ 31.Qg3 Rc7 32.f6 g6 33.Rf2 Kg8 34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd3 b5 36.Rb3 Rc5 37.Rd3 Qxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Re5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Rcxd5 41.Rc3 Rg5+ 42.Kh2 Rgf5 43.Rxf5 gxf5 44.Rc7+ Kxf6 45.Rxh7 Rd4 46.Rd7 Ke5 47.Kg3 Rxb4 48.h4 Rg4+ 49.Kh3 b4 50.Rb7 d5 51.h5 Kf6 52.h6 Rg1 53.h7 Rh1+ 54.Kg3 Ke5 55.Kf3 b3 56.Ke3 b2 57.Re7+ Kd6 58.Rb7 Rxh7 59.Rxb2 Ke5 0-1
2830725 Klingher, Dominic (2027) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.d4 exd4 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Re1 Nd7 9.exd5 cxd5 10.b3 Qc7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Nc5 15.Nf1 Rfe8 16.Ne3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d4 18.Nf5 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Be5 21.Qe4 g6 22.Qg4 Bf6 23.Re1 Qa5 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.b4 Qxb4 26.Nf5+ Kh8 0-1
2834625 WIM Osmanodja, F (2299) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 9.h4 Bd7 10.h5 h6 11.Nh4 Nge7 12.g4 O-O-O 13.f4 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Rh3 Rde8 16.Kf2 Rhg8 17.Rg3 Qc7 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Kg2 Qb2 20.Qd1 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.f5 Kb8 23.f6 Rxg4 24.Rxg4 Bxg4 25.Qxg4 Qxa1 26.f7 Rd8 27.Qf3 Kc7 28.f8=Q Rxf8 29.Qxf8 Qd1 30.Nf3 Qxc2 31.Qxh6 d4 32.Kg1 dxc3 33.Bc1 Qd1 34.Kg2 Nf5 35.Qg5 e4 36.Bf4+ Kb6 37.Qxf5 exf3+ 38.Kf2 c2 39.Be3+ Nd4 40.Qe6+ Ka5 41.Qxc4 b5 42.Qc3+ Ka6 43.h6 Ne2 44.Qc7 Nd4 45.a4 Qd2+ 46.Bxd2 c1=Q 47.axb5+ Nxb5 48.Qa5+ 1-0
2839551 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Lenderman, A (2593) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 b6 9.Nd1 a5 10.c3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qe2 a4 13.O-O Nc7 14.Bf2 Qc8 15.Ne3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bh4 Nce8 18.a3 Ra7 19.Rae1 Nd6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ng4 Re7 22.Nfe5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 Qc6 24.Qg5 Ree8 25.Rf3 Ne4 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Rg3 Qd7 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Qxf6 cxd4 30.cxd4 e5 31.h4 exd4 32.h5 h6 33.Qxh6 e3 34.Qxb6 e2 35.h6 e1=Q+ 36.Kh2 Qxg3+ 37.Kxg3 d3 0-1
2839502 Leutwyler, M (2168) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 c4 13.Bc2 Nc5 14.f5 Nbd7 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Qe1 b4 17.Nd1 b3 18.axb3 cxb3 19.Bb1 gxf5 20.Qg3 f6 21.Bf4 fxe4 22.Nh4 Ne5 23.Ne3 f5 24.Bh6 Ra7 25.Nexf5 Bxf5 26.Nxf5 Qg6 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.Qxg6 Rxg6 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Rxf8 Kxf8 31.Nxg6+ hxg6 32.Kg1 Nc4 33.Ba2 bxa2 34.Rxa2 a5 35.h4 a4 36.Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1
2839428 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Granda Zuniga, J (2648) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.Nc4 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Qc5 13.Nce5 Bxe1 14.Qxe1 d6 15.b4 Qb5 16.Bxh6 dxe5 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Qh4 Kg8 19.Qxe7 Be6 20.h3 Qe2 21.Ng5 Bxa2 22.Qxe5 Rd8 23.Nf3 Rd1+ 24.Kh2 Rxa1 25.Qe8+ Kg7 26.Qe5+ f6 27.Qxa1 a6 28.e5 Bd5 29.exf6+ Kf7 30.Ne1 Ke6 31.Qc3 Qe5+ 32.Qxe5+ Kxe5 33.Kg3 Kxf6 34.Kf4 g5+ 35.Ke3 h5 36.g3 Be6 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Kf5 39.Nd3 Kg4 40.Ne5+ Kxh4 41.Nxc6 Kg3 42.Nd4 Bg4 43.b5 axb5 44.Nxb5 h4 45.Nc3 Bf3 46.Nb1 h3 47.Nd2 Bg2 0-1
2839354 GM Marin, Mi (2569) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8 9.Nbd2 Nf8 10.Qb3 Bd7 11.Rac1 a5 12.b5 Ne6 13.a4 Nc5 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Rfe1 Nfd7 16.Nb1 f5 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Nb3 e4 20.Nxa5 Ra8 21.Nb3 Nxa4 22.Nxa4 Rxa4 23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.dxe4 fxe4 27.Red1 Rb4 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Qxb1 b6 30.Qa1 Qxa1 31.Rxa1 Kg7 32.Ra7 Re7 33.f4 exf3 34.exf3 g5 35.Bf1 Nb3 36.Kf2 Kf6 37.Ra8 Nc5 38.Rg8 Nd7 39.Rc8 Ne5 40.Be2 Ng6 41.Bd3 Ne5 42.Be2 Ng6 43.Rd8 Ne5 44.f4 gxf4 45.Rf8+ Rf7 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.gxf4 Nd7 48.Bg4 1/2-1/2
2839290 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Svane, Rasmus (2552) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd5 15.Qg4 Kh8 16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Qh3 Nf6 18.g4 Ne4 19.Be3 a5 20.Ne5 a4 21.f3 Nd6 22.Rhg1 a3 23.b3 Qa5 24.Rd3 Rad8 25.g5 Nf5 26.Bd2 Qb6 27.g6 Rxd4 28.Re1 Rxd3 29.Nxd3 Qd4 30.Re4 Qg1+ 31.Re1 Qd4 32.Re4 Qg1+ 33.Re1 Qd4 1/2-1/2
2842817 GM So, Wesley (2794) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 Nfd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.Bh6 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne5 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.h4 Nd7 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.Ne2 h5 16.Rb1 Nd7 17.Kf2 Qc7 18.Rb2 b6 19.Bc2 Nf6 20.Nc1 Kf8 21.Nd3 Qd6 22.Rhb1 Rb8 23.Qe3 Nd7 24.Qh6+ Ke8 25.Ba4 f6 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Bc6 Rg7 28.Qh6 Kf7 29.Rb3 b5 30.Nb2 Nb6 31.a4 b4 32.a5 Nd7 33.Nd3 Qc7 34.Qe3 bxc3 35.Bxd7 Rxb3 36.Be6+ Bxe6 37.dxe6+ Kxe6 38.Rxb3 f5 39.exf5+ gxf5 40.Rb6+ 1-0
2842805 FM Merry, Alan B (2388) GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2564) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 d6 8.h3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bb5 Nh5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Ng5 Nf4 17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Kf1 f5 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Kf7 22.Nc3 Bf8 23.Na4 Ke8 24.Ke2 Kd7 25.Nb6+ Ke7 26.Nc4 Kf6 27.Na5 fxe4 28.Nxc6 Bd6 29.g3 Ng7 30.Na5 Ke6 31.Nc4 Bc7 32.Bb6 Bb8 33.Nd2 Kd5 34.Nb1 Kc6 35.Be3 Nf5 36.Nc3 Nd6 37.b4 Nf5 38.a4 Nxe3 39.Kxe3 Bd6 40.b5+ axb5 41.axb5+ Kb6 42.Kxe4 Ka5 43.g4 Bc5 44.f3 Kb4 45.Kd3 Bd4 46.b6 Ka5 47.Nd5 Ka6 48.f4 1-0
2839201 Johnson, P (1893) FM Merry, Alan B (2388) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.f3 h5 13.Qc2 Bf6 14.Bf2 Bd7 15.b3 h4 16.a3 Bg5 17.Rab1 Qe7 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 b6 20.Rb2 Bf4 21.Kh1 Qg5 22.Rfb1 Nxb4 23.Rxb4 h3 24.g4 Bxd2 25.R4b2 Be3 26.Bxe3 Qxe3 27.Rg1 Ng5 28.Nd1 Qf4 29.Qc3 Ra1 30.Nf2 Rfa8 31.Rb3 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Ra2 33.Qe3 Ba4 34.Rc3 b5 35.Qxf4 exf4 36.Bf1 b4 37.Rd3 Bc2 0-1
2849695 Shaw, P (2128) FM Merry, Alan B (2382) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Nd1 Re8 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.Be3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7 18.Nc4 Bf6 19.O-O Qe7 20.Qd2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rc1 Bg7 23.b3 Rad8 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.Qe3 Qxe3 26.Nxe3 Re5 27.Bh4 Nf4 28.Rcd1 Ne2+ 29.Kh1 Re4 30.Bg3 h5 31.Nc4 h4 32.Bxd6 Rxc4 33.bxc4 Rxd6 34.Rde1 Nc3 35.Re8+ Kf7 36.Rfe1 Rd7 37.a5 Nd1 38.Ra8 Nxf2+ 39.Kg1 Bd4 40.Re6 b3 41.Rexa6 b2 42.Rb6 Nd3+ 43.Kf1 Nb4 0-1
2849656 FM Merry, Alan B (2382) Wiltshir, Richard (1635) 1-0
1.b3 c6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.c4 Na6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.d5 Ne4 11.Nd4 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Nb4 14.Bg2 Bd7 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Rfd1 Qc5 17.Rac1 b6 18.a3 Na6 19.Qb2 Bh6 20.e3 Qh5 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.Rd5 Qg4 23.h3 Qe6 24.Nd4 1-0
2849673 FM Merry, Alan B (2382) GM Hebden, M (2500) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 Re8 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Bg5 c6 13.Rad1 Bd6 14.b3 Be5 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.c4 Rbc8 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Re6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nc5 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rf8 23.Nd7 Bc3 24.Nxf8 Bxe1 25.Nxh7 f6 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.g4 Bd2 28.g5 fxg5 29.Nxg5 Bxg5 30.Qxg5 d4 31.Qb5 Qg6+ 32.Kf1 Qe4 33.a4 a5 34.Qxa5 d3 35.Kg1 Qe2 36.Qd5+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kh6 38.Qf4+ Kg6 39.Qd6+ Kh7 40.Qa6 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.f3 Qd5 43.Kf2 Qd4+ 44.Kf1 Qd5 45.Kf2 Qd4+ 46.Kf1 Qe3 47.Qc4 Qe2+ 48.Kg1 Qxf3 49.a5 Qe3+ 50.Kg2 d2 51.Qc2+ Kh6 52.Qc6+ Kh5 53.Qd7 Qe2+ 54.Kg3 Qe1+ 55.Kf4 Qf2+ 56.Ke4 Qe2+ 57.Kf4 d1=Q 58.Qf5+ Kh6 59.Qg5+ Kh7 60.Qf5+ Kg8 61.Qc8+ Kf7 62.Qc7+ Qe7 63.Qc4+ Qe6 64.Qc7+ Qdd7 0-1
2854281 Allis, Richard (2084) FM Merry, Alan B (2382) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.f3 O-O 10.g4 Nc6 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nh3 h5 13.Nf4 hxg4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.fxg4 Ne5 16.h3 Rac8 17.O-O Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Qd3 Rfc8 20.Rae1 Nd7 21.Ne2 Qxa2 22.Nd4 Qxb2 23.Nxe6 Qe5 24.Nxg7 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Qxg4+ 27.Kh1 Kxg7 28.Bd4+ Ne5 29.Rf2 Rh8+ 30.Rh2 Rxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qh4+ 32.Kg2 Rxd4 0-1
2869359 FM Merry, Alan B (2396) GM Melkumyan, H (2650) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Be6 8.Ne2 Qc7 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Be3 g6 11.g3 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Rhe8 13.c4 c5 14.h3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rhf1 Bd4 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Bc1 Re7 21.f4 Red7 22.Be2 f5 23.Bf3 a5 24.Rfe1 a4 25.Be3 a3 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.b3 Rd3 29.Qf2 Qb4 30.Rd1 Ne4 31.Qa7 Rxb3+ 0-1
2906133 GM Van Foreest, Jorden (2578) FM Merry, Alan B (2390) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.h4 h6 7.c3 c5 8.dxc5 Nd7 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Qb3 e5 16.Bc5 Re8 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Bd5 Be6 19.Qxb7 Na5 20.Qb5 e4 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Rxe4 Rc8 23.b4 1-0
2911376 Delaney, K (2165) FM Merry, Alan B (2379) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bc2 b6 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qc7 13.Nb3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 e5 16.Qa4 Be2 17.Rd7 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bg5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 h6 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Re1 h5 23.Qe4 Qf6 24.Kg2 b5 25.h4 Qb6 26.Re2 Bf6 27.f4 exf4 28.Qxf4 Kg7 29.Rd2 Re8 30.Rd6 Qb7+ 31.Qf3 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Bxh4 33.Ra6 Re1 34.Nd2 Rc1 35.Ne4 Rc2 36.b4 f5 37.Rxa7+ Kf8 38.Nc5 Rxf2+ 39.Ke3 Rg2 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kh8 42.Rf7 Rg4 43.Rf8+ Kh7 44.Rf7+ Kh6 45.Nf8 Re4+ 46.Kf3 Rc4 47.Ne6 Rxc3+ 0-1
2911391 FM Merry, Alan B (2379) GM Hebden, M (2506) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Rf8 15.Rac1 Nf6 16.c5 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 fxe4 19.fxe4 Bh3 20.Rf2 Nxe4 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Qb4 Qf5 23.Nxa7 Rf8 24.Nb5 Ne8 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.Qxc3 Qe4 27.Ne1 Bg5 0-1
2913150 Gallagher, Daniel GH (2168) FM Merry, Alan B (2379) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.f4 gxf4 7.Bxf4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 Ng4 10.O-O Qb6 11.Rb1 h5 12.h3 Nge5 13.Ng5 Bf6 14.Bxh5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Kf8 16.Qe2 f6 17.b3 Qd8 18.Nd1 Nf7 1/2-1/2
2913171 FM Merry, Alan B (2379) Fallowfield, J (2138) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.Nd1 a5 11.c3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qe2 Ra8 14.O-O f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nf2 a4 17.Rad1 a3 18.b3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Qe7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.Qb5 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Qd6 24.Qd3 Nf6 25.Qe3 Rac8 26.Ra4 Qc5 27.Nd1 Qd6 28.Qd4 Rc6 29.Ne3 e5 30.fxe5 Qxe5 31.Ra8 Qxd4 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.cxd4 Nf6 34.Kf1 g6 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Kd3 b5 37.b4 Rc7 38.Rf1 Rd7 39.Rb1 Ke6 40.Rb3 Ra7 41.Nc2 Ne4 42.Rxa3 Rc7 43.Ne3 Rc6 44.Ra5 Nc3 45.Ra7 h5 46.Ra8 Na4 47.Re8+ Kd6 48.Rg8 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 Ra3 50.Rxg6+ Kd7 51.Nxd5 Rxa2+ 52.Ke3 1-0
2913115 Pafura, G (2061) FM Merry, Alan B (2379) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 b6 5.Ne5 Bg7 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.Bc6 Rb8 9.Nxd7 Bxd7 10.Bxd5 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Bb3 e5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.e6 Ne5 15.Qe2 Bxe6 16.O-O Bg4 17.f3 Bf5 18.Rd1 Nd3 19.Na3 Re8 20.Qf1 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Nf2+ 22.Qxf2 Bxf2 23.Bf4 Qh4 24.Bxb8 Rxb8 25.g4 Qxg4 26.Bd5 Qh3 27.Rd2 Be3 28.Re2 Bf4 29.Rae1 Rd8 30.Bb7 Rd2 31.Rxd2 Bxd2 32.Rg1 Bf4 33.Rg2 Bxh2 0-1
2913130 FM Merry, Alan B (2379) FM Thompson, I (2141) 1/2-1/2
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 a6 7.c4 c5 8.Nc2 Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nf3 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Bc5 14.a3 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 O-O 19.O-O Bd7 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Bf3 Nf4 22.Rfe1 Bxf3 23.Rxe7 Ne2+ 24.Kh1 Nxd4 25.gxf3 b6 26.Nd7 Rfe8 27.Rae1 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 b5 29.Nc5 h5 30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Nxa6 Nxb3 32.Rb7 Nd4 33.Nc7 Nc2 34.Nxb5 Ra8 35.Rc7 Nxa3 36.Nd6 Ra5 37.Nxf7 Nb5 38.Rd7 Ra7 39.Rxa7 Nxa7 40.Ne5 Nb5 41.Kg3 Kh7 42.f4 Nd4 43.Kh4 Kh6 44.Nf7+ Kg6 45.Nd6 Nf3+ 46.Kg3 Nd4 47.Nc4 Kf5 48.Ne3+ Ke4 49.Kh4 Nf3+ 50.Kxh5 Kxf4 51.h3 Ng1 52.h4 Nf3 53.Ng2+ Kf5 54.Ne3+ Kf4 55.Nd5+ Kf5 56.Ne7+ Kf4 57.Ng6+ Kf5 58.Nf8 1/2-1/2
2913095 FM Merry, Alan B (2379) Liang, Jake Z (2049) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 c5 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.f4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rf3 f5 14.Rh3 Ndf6 15.Kh1 a6 16.Rg1 b5 17.g4 fxg4 18.Nxg4 cxd4 19.exd4 b4 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxf4 23.Bg2 bxc3 24.bxc3 Qf7 25.Qb2 Bxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Rf2 27.Qe4 Qf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.Rhg3 g6 30.Re1 Kf7 31.Kg2 Rb8 32.Re2 Rb1 33.Rc2 Kf6 34.Rf3 Kg5 35.Re3 Kf6 36.h3 h6 37.Rce2 Rb6 38.c4 Rc6 39.Rc3 Rf4 40.Rd2 e5 41.dxe5+ Kxe5 42.Rd5+ Ke6 43.Ra5 Rfxc4 44.Rxc4 Rxc4 45.Rxa6+ Kf5 46.Ra3 Kf4 47.Rf3+ Ke5 48.Rf2 Rc3 49.Rb2 Kf5 50.Rb5+ Kf4 51.Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2
2016.05.02 4ncl 2015-16
2921551 GM Emms, J (2463) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.Ne4 Qe6 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.c3 Bf5 9.g3 Nd7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bg2 e6 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Ne5 Be7 14.O-O Nxe5 15.Bxe5 O-O 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.c4 Rad8 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Rfe8 20.Bd4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.dxe6 Bxe6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.a3 b6 1/2-1/2
2016.05.01 4ncl 2015-16
2921472 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) GM Williams, Si1 (2439) 1-0
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qh4 exf4 8.Nc3 fxe3 9.dxe3 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.e4 d4 13.Rxd4 g5 14.Qh5+ Qf7 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Nf3 g4 17.Nh4 O-O 18.h3 Be5 19.Rd3 a5 20.Na4 Qh5 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Qe1 Qg5+ 23.Kb1 Bxb2 24.Kxb2 Ng6 25.Nf3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qe5+ 27.Kb1 Rad8 28.Nb2 a4 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nxa4 Qf4 31.Qf1 Qd6 32.Qc4+ Kg7 33.Nc5 Re8 34.Nd3 Ra8 35.a4 Ra5 36.Qc3 Rg5 37.f4 Rg3 38.e5 fxe5 39.fxe5 Qe6 40.Nf4 Rxc3 41.Nxe6+ Kg8 42.a5 Re3 43.a6 Rxe5 44.Nxc7 Ra5 45.Kb2 Ne7 46.b4 1-0
2016.04.30 4ncl 2015-16
2921423 GM Jones, G (2615) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nb6 7.N1f3 h6 8.Ne4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bg4 10.O-O e6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Bc1 Nd7 17.c4 Rfd8 18.Bf4 Qa5 19.d5 e5 20.dxc6 exf4 21.cxd7 Qxa2 22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Rfe1 Qa3 24.Bc6 Qxb3 25.Re8+ Kh7 26.Qd5 Qc2 27.Qd6 g6 28.Qxf6 Qxd1+ 29.Kh2 1-0
2924079 GM Williams, Si1 (2452) FM Merry, Alan B (2375) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 a6 5.a4 b4 6.Nbd2 Nxd5 7.e4 Nc7 8.Nc4 f6 9.Be3 d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Nb6 Nd7 13.Nxa8 Qxa8 14.Nd2 g6 15.O-O Bg7 16.f4 Nd5 17.Qe2 Bh6 18.Nc4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qd5 20.Rae1 Nf8 21.Rd1 Bxf4 22.Qf2 Qd4 23.g3 Bxc4 24.gxf4 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 exf4 27.c3 Ne6 28.cxb4 cxb4 29.Rc1 Kf7 30.Rc6 a5 31.Rd5 Ra8 32.Kf3 g5 33.Ke4 h5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rxh5 Ng5+ 36.Kxf4 h3 37.Rc5 Ne6+ 0-1
2924081 FM Merry, Alan B (2375) GM Hebden, M (2489) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 h5 17.Nb5 g4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nxa7 Bd7 20.Qb3 g3 21.Bb6 Qe8 22.Ne1 gxh2 23.Nb5 Qe7 24.Nc7 Rc8 25.Nd3 h4 26.Ne6 Nh5 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Rc1 Bd7 29.Kxh2 Nf8 30.Nf2 Nxe6 31.dxe6 Bxe6 32.Bc4 Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Bf8 34.Ng4 Nf6 35.Nxf6+ Qxf6 36.Bf2 Qg6 37.Qc8 Rg7 38.Qh3 Qf7 39.a4 Qd7 40.Qxd7 Rxd7 41.Rc8 Kf7 42.Bxh4 Be7 43.Bf2 Ke6 44.Bb6 d5 45.exd5+ Kxd5 46.Rc7 Rxc7 47.Bxc7 Bf6 48.b3 Kd4 49.Kh3 Kc3 50.Kg4 Kxb3 51.Kf5 Bg7 52.Bxe5 Bxe5 53.Kxe5 Kxa4 54.Kxf4 b5 55.g4 b4 56.g5 b3 57.g6 b2 58.g7 b1=Q 59.g8=Q Qc1+ 60.Ke4 Qe1+ 61.Kd5 Qd2+ 62.Ke4 Qe1+ 63.Kf5 Qb1+ 64.Ke5 Qb2+ 65.Kf5 Qc2+ 66.Kf4 Qc1+ 67.Ke4 Qe1+ 68.Kf5 Qb1+ 69.Kf6 Qb2+ 70.Kf5 Qb1+ 71.Kf4 Qc1+ 72.Kf5 1/2-1/2
2924073 FM Merry, Alan B (2375) Pitcher, Thomas (1723) 1-0
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O O-O-O 9.d3 Bc5 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.d4 Be7 12.c4 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.Rfc1 h5 15.Qf1 h4 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 hxg3 19.hxg3 f5 20.a4 c5 21.Qc4 Kb8 22.a5 Qb4 23.Bc3 Qxc4 24.Nxc4 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Nc5 26.Bxg7 Rhg8 27.Be5+ Ka8 28.b4 Nd7 29.Bc7 Rc8 30.Nb6+ Nxb6 31.axb6 a6 32.Bf1 Bd8 33.Bxa6 1-0
2924077 IM Houska, Jo (2376) FM Merry, Alan B (2375) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nbd2 Bh5 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Ne5 O-O 12.f4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Rae1 Re8 15.Qd1 Nh7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 exf5 20.Rxe7 Nf6 21.Qf3 g6 22.h3 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qf4 Qe2 25.b3 Qd3 26.c4 dxc4 27.bxc4 Ne4 28.Qb8+ Kh7 29.Nf3 Qxc4 30.Qxb7 Qxa2 31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Ne5 Nf6 33.Qc7 a5 34.Nd7 Qd5 35.Nxf6 Kxf6 36.Qb6+ Kg5 37.Qc7 a4 38.Qe7+ Kf4 39.Qh4+ Ke3 40.Qe1+ Kxd4 41.Qd1+ Ke5 42.Qxa4 f4 43.Qe8+ Kf5 44.Qc8+ Qe6 45.Qb7 Kf6 46.Kh1 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Qg3+ 48.Kh1 Qe1+ 49.Kh2 Qe5 50.Qc6+ Kg5 51.Qf3 f5 52.Kh1 Qe3 53.Qc6 Qe1+ 54.Kh2 Qg3+ 55.Kg1 f3 56.Qxf3 Qxf3 57.gxf3 Kf4 58.Kf2 g5 59.Kg2 Ke3 60.Kg3 f4+ 61.Kg4 Kf2 62.Kxg5 Kxf3 63.h4 Ke4 64.h5 f3 65.h6 f2 66.h7 f1=Q 67.h8=Q Qg1+ 68.Kh6 1/2-1/2
2926570 FM Merry, Alan B (2375) FM House, Glenn L (2213) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nf6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Nxa5 Rfb8 15.Nxb7 Qxb7 16.Ra2 Qc6 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 Kf8 19.Bd2 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Rc1 dxc4 22.Rxc4 Nd5 23.Rd4 N7f6 24.Kf1 a5 25.Ra1 Bb4 26.Nc3 Ne7 27.Bf4 Rd8 28.Rad1 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 h6 30.Na2 Bc5 31.Rc4 Nfd5 32.Rxc5 Nxf4 33.Bc4 Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.g3 Nb6 36.Bb5 Ne6 37.Kf2 Nd4 38.Bd3 Ke7 39.Ke3 Ne6 40.Nc3 Kd6 41.Ne4+ Kc6 42.f4 1/2-1/2
2932041 GM Hebden, M (2471) FM Merry, Alan B (2367) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bh4 Be7 9.e3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 c6 13.O-O Nc8 14.b4 Ncd6 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.a4 Re8 19.b5 a6 20.bxa6 bxa6 21.Qa3 Re6 22.Nf3 Rh6 23.g3 Ne4 24.Ne5 Be8 25.f3 Ng5 26.f4 Ne4 27.Bd3 Qc8 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rf2 f6 30.Nc4 Qe6 31.f5 Qf7 32.Nd6 Qe7 33.Rf4 Bf7 34.Rxe4 Qf8 35.Rf4 Rd8 36.Rxc6 Bd5 37.Qc5 1-0
2931996 Elwin, A (1989) FM Merry, Alan B (2367) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.f4 gxf4 7.Bxf4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.h3 Nh7 10.Qd2 Nhf8 11.Be2 Ng6 12.Bh2 h5 13.e5 Ndxe5 14.O-O Qb6 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.Ne4 O-O-O 17.Kh1 Rdf8 18.b4 Qxb4 19.Qxb4 cxb4 20.c5 f5 21.Neg5 dxc5 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bd4 25.Rc1 f4 26.Bg1 Bxg1 27.Kxg1 b6 28.Rfe1 Nh4 0-1
2932021 FM Merry, Alan B (2367) Grist, Howard 1-0
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.f4 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.O-O e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Ne5 d4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e4 O-O 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Rae1 Rae8 16.Bc1 Bd8 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.Na5 Qd7 19.Bd2 Bc7 20.Re2 Re7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nb7 Bb6 23.Nd6 f6 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Ne4 Rf8 26.Qh3 h6 27.g3 Ref7 28.Nf2 Rf5 29.Rfe1 Re8 30.Re5 Nf6 31.Ng4 Nxg4 32.Qxg4 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qd6 34.Qg6 Qe7 35.Bc1 Bc7 36.Rh5 Kf8 37.Qe4 Qd6 38.Ba3 Bb6 39.Qe5 Qxe5 40.Rxe5 Kf7 41.Bxc5 Bxc5 42.Rxc5 Rc8 43.Rc4 c5 44.b4 1-0
2016.03.20 4ncl 2015-16
2934295 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) GM Turner, Ma (2491) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.h3 Rb8 13.b3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Ne2 Kh8 1/2-1/2
2016.03.19 4ncl 2015-16
2934233 FM Horton, Andrew P (2313) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Re1 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Ba3 Bf5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.a3 a5 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.Nbd2 Nf8 16.Nh4 Bg4 17.f4 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rxe5 Qf8 21.Kg2 Rxe5 22.fxe5 Re8 23.h3 Bd7 24.Nf3 c5 25.Re1 Bc6 26.Qf2 Rb8 27.Qc2 Qc8 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.Rf1 Qxe5 30.Kh2 Qe3 31.h4 a4 32.b4 cxb4 33.axb4 Rxb4 34.Qe1 Rb2+ 35.Kh3 Bxf3 36.Qxe3 Bg2+ 0-1
2939815 Oyama, Akito (2163) FM Merry, Alan B (2380) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.f4 gxf4 7.Bxf4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 Ng4 10.O-O Qb6 11.Qd2 h5 12.Rab1 Nde5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Be3 Qb4 16.a3 Qb3 17.Qd1 Qxd1 18.Nxd1 b6 19.b4 Bf6 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Rb7 Bc8 22.Rb3 Ba6 23.Nb2 O-O 24.Bc1 h4 25.Rc3 Rab8 26.Rc2 Rb3 27.Nd1 Rfb8 28.Ne3 Bg5 29.Nf5 Bxc1 30.Rfxc1 Kf8 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Rb2 33.Bf1 Ng6 34.Bd3 Nf4 35.Bf1 Rxg2+ 36.Kh1 Rb2 37.Rc1 Ng6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Ne3 Bxh3 40.Rd1 Ne5 0-1
2939841 FM Radovanovic, J (2301) FM Merry, Alan B (2380) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.c4 Nb4 16.a3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 cxd4 18.exd4 b6 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Na5 21.Qb2 Qd6 22.Rac1 Rbc8 23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.Qb4 Rd8 25.Qe4 Nb7 26.Ng5 Qg6 27.Qf4 h6 28.Ne4 Qf5 29.Qxf5 Bxf5 30.Ba6 Nd6 31.Nxd6 Rxd6 32.f3 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Ke3 f6 35.Kd4 Rd8 36.Rc1 Be6 37.Rc7+ Rd7 38.Rxd7+ Bxd7 39.h4 Kd6 40.Bc4 b5 41.Bb3 a5 42.Bc2 Bc8 43.Bb1 Bd7 44.Bc2 Be8 45.Bd3 g5 46.hxg5 fxg5 47.Bc2 h5 48.Bd3 h4 49.Bf5 Bf7 50.Be4 Bg8 51.Bd3 b4 52.axb4 axb4 53.Bc4 Bf7 54.Bb3 Bh5 55.Ke4 Bg6+ 56.Kd4 Bb1 57.Kc4 g4 58.fxg4 Be4 59.Kd4 Bxg2 60.Ke3 Bxd5 61.Bc2 h3 0-1
2939757 FM Merry, Alan B (2380) Healey, M (2102) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.Qf3 c6 9.Ba4 d6 10.h3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Qg3 Nc5 13.Bb3 Qf6 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.Be7 Qxg3 16.fxg3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Re8 18.Bxd6 Bd7 19.c4 Re6 20.c5 Ree8 21.Ra4 a6 22.Rb4 Bc8 23.g4 f6 24.Rb6 h6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ke3 Ke6 27.c3 Rd8 28.d4 Rxd6 29.cxd6 Kxd6 30.c4 exd4+ 31.Kxd4 Kc7 32.c5 Be6 33.Kc3 a5 34.e5 Rd8 35.exf6 Rd5 36.b4 gxf6 37.Rxf6 Re5 38.Rxh6 a4 39.Rh7+ Bd7 40.Kb2 Re3 41.b5 Rb3+ 42.Ka2 1-0
2939780 FM Merry, Alan B (2380) GM Vakhidov, J (2568) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Qa6 8.Bf4 c6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc7 Be6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Bxb8 Raxb8 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Ne2 Bc4 15.O-O Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qb6 17.d5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxb2 19.Qxb2 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Rc2 21.Nf4 Bd4 22.Bb3 Rd2 23.Ne6 Bf6 24.Rbc1 Ne5 25.Nc5 Nxd3 26.Nxd3 Rxd3 27.Rc7 Rd2 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 a5 30.Bf3 b6 31.Ra7 Kg7 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Bxa8 b5 34.Kf1 Bd4 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.f3 Ke5 37.Bc6 b4 38.Be8 f6 39.h4 Bb6 40.h5 gxh5 41.Bxh5 Kd4 42.Kd2 Bc7 43.f4 Ke4 44.Bd1 h6 45.Ke2 Bxf4 46.gxf4 Kxf4 47.Kd3 e5 48.Kc4 e4 49.Kb5 f5 50.Kxa5 Ke3 51.Kxb4 f4 52.a4 f3 53.Bb3 Kf2 0-1
2939732 White, K (2042) FM Merry, Alan B (2380) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Nd2 Rxf4 13.gxf4 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Qb3 Na6 16.Nc4 Rb8 17.a4 Qf6 18.Qf3 Nb4 19.Rfc1 b6 20.e3 Bd7 21.Nb2 Na2 22.Re1 Nc3 23.Rbc1 Bf5 24.Nd1 Na2 25.e4 Nxc1 26.exf5 c4 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Bf1 Nb3 29.Bxc4 Nd2 0-1
2016.02.14 4ncl 2015-16
2945481 FM Martins, Dav (2365) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.c3 Na6 10.g4 e6 11.e4 dxe4 12.gxh5 Nxh5 13.fxe4 Qxh4 14.Qf3 f5 15.exf5 Bd6 16.Qh3 Qxh3 17.Bxh3 exf5 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Rxf5 Nf6 20.Bg5 O-O 21.Raf1 Rae8 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Rxf6 Kg7 25.Re6 Rxe6 26.Bxe6 b5 27.Nd2 Kf6 28.Bc8 Nb8 29.Ne4+ Ke7 30.h3 h6 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.Bb7 Nb8 33.Kf3 Kd8 34.Kg4 Bh2 35.d5 Kc7 36.dxc6 Nxc6 37.Bxc6 Kxc6 38.Kf5 Bg1 39.h4 Be3 40.h5 a5 41.b3 Bc1 42.Ke5 Bb2 43.Kd4 b4 44.Kc4 bxc3 45.Nxc3 Kd6 46.Ne2 Ke5 47.Kb5 Ke4 48.Kxa5 Kf3 49.Ng1+ Kg4 50.b4 Kxh5 51.b5 Kg4 52.b6 h5 53.b7 Be5 54.Kb6 h4 55.a4 Kg3 56.a5 Kg2 57.Ne2 h3 58.a6 h2 59.a7 h1=Q 60.a8=Q Qb1+ 61.Kc6 Qe4+ 62.Kc5 Kf2 63.b8=Q Qe3+ 64.Kd5 Bxb8 65.Nd4 Bf4 66.Qh8 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
2016.02.13 4ncl 2015-16
2945455 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) FM Haria, R (2445) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ne2 c5 12.Bg5 Qc8 13.O-O cxd4 14.cxd4 Qc4 15.Qf3 Rc8 16.Rad1 Nb8 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Nxh5 Rxh5 19.Qxh5 Nxd4 20.Rd2 Nf5 21.Re1 Nfxh4 22.Qd1 Nf5 23.g4 Nfe7 24.Qe2 Qxe2 25.Rexe2 Rc4 26.f3 Nc6 27.Kg2 Ncxe5 28.f4 Rxf4 29.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 30.Kg3 Nxe2+ 31.Rxe2 Nc4 32.a4 Ke7 33.Rh2 e5 34.g5 Ke6 35.Rh7 Nd6 36.Kg4 Nf5 37.c3 a5 38.Rh8 Ne3+ 39.Kf3 Nc4 40.Rb8 Kf5 41.Rb7 e4+ 42.Kg3 f6 43.Rxg7 fxg5 44.Rf7+ Ke6 45.Rg7 Kd6 46.Rxg5 Nb2 47.Kf4 Kc5 48.Rg8 Nxa4 49.Rc8+ Kd6 50.c4 dxc4 51.Kxe4 b5 52.Kd4 c3 53.Rh8 b4 54.Rh6+ Kc7 55.Kc4 Nb6+ 56.Kb3 Nd7 57.Rh2 Kc6 58.Kc4 Ne5+ 59.Kb3 Kd5 60.Rh5 Kd4 61.Rh4+ Ke3 62.Rh5 Ke4 63.Rh4+ Kd5 64.Rh5 Ke4 65.Rh4+ Ke3 66.Rh5 Nc6 67.Rh3+ Kd4 68.Rh4+ Kc5 69.Rh5+ Kb6 70.Rh6 a4+ 71.Kxa4 Kc5 72.Rh5+ Kc4 73.Rh4+ Nd4 74.Rh8 b3 75.Rc8+ Kd3 76.Ka3 b2 77.Ka2 Kc2 78.Rb8 Ne2 0-1
2949635 FM Sowray, P (2324) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f3 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 c5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Rb1 Qe7 12.Bd2 Rac8 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Rxb4 Qxb4 16.c5 bxc5 17.Nb5 a6 18.Bxb4 cxb4 19.Qb3 axb5 20.Bxb5 Rb8 21.Qa4 Rfd8 22.Nf4 Bf8 23.Rc1 Ra8 24.Qd1 Bd6 25.Nd3 Nd5 26.Qe1 Nc3 27.Bc4 Rdc8 28.Nb2 Rc7 29.Ra1 Rac8 30.Ra7 Bc6 31.Rxc7 Bxc7 32.Nd3 Bd6 33.Qh4 Ba4 34.d5 exd5 35.Ba6 Rb8 36.Qf6 Bf8 37.h4 d6 38.Bc8 Bg7 39.Qxd6 Ra8 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Nc5 Rxc8 42.Qxc8 Bb5 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.h5 Be8 45.Nd7+ Bxd7 46.Qxd7 d4 47.Qd8+ Kf7 48.Qc7+ Kf8 49.Qc5+ Kf7 50.Qc4+ Kf8 51.Qxb4+ Kf7 52.Qc4+ Kf8 53.Qc8+ Kf7 54.Qd7+ Kf8 55.h6 Bxh6 56.exd4 Bd2 57.Qc8+ Kg7 58.Qc4 f4 59.Kf1 Nd1 60.Qc7+ 1-0
2949621 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) Arkell, Nicholas D (1987) 1-0
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Ngf6 5.c4 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Ne2 O-O 8.d4 Re8 9.Nbc3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.e4 a6 12.O-O Rb8 13.Rfe1 h5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Rad1 N6d7 16.f4 c6 17.Ne3 Qe7 18.Ba3 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nc5 20.Qf2 Bd7 21.Nec2 Bg4 22.Rd2 Rbd8 23.b4 Nce6 24.Nb3 h4 25.Ne3 hxg3 26.hxg3 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Nxg4 fxg4 29.f5 Bc3 30.fxe6 Bxd2 31.Nxd2 Nxe6 32.Bb2 Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.Rf1+ Kg8 35.Ne4 Rf8 36.Nf6+ 1-0
2949611 Okhai, Shabir (2030) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Qc8 11.Qh3 c5 12.Be3 g6 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Bxg6+ hxg6 15.Qxh8+ Kf7 16.Qh3 Qh8 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qc7 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rxc8 20.Rad1 c4 21.Rfe1 Nhf6 22.Bf4 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.c3 b5 25.Re3 a5 26.Rb1 b4 27.Rh3 Nf8 28.Re1 Rc6 29.Be5 Rb6 30.Rhe3 Rb7 31.R3e2 Nd7 32.Bf4 Nb6 33.Rc2 Na4 34.f3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Ba3 36.Bc1 Bd6 37.Kf2 Rb5 38.h4 Bc6 39.g4 Rb8 40.Rh1 Nb6 41.Rb2 Nd5 42.Rxb8 Bxb8 43.Bd2 Bc7 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rxh5 a4 46.Rh8 Bd6 47.Rc8 Ne7 48.Rh8 a3 49.Rh5 Nd5 50.Rh7+ Kg8 51.Ra7 Be8 52.Ra6 Bf4 53.Bxf4 Nxf4 54.Rxa3 Nd5 55.Ke2 Kf7 56.Kd2 Kf6 57.Ra8 Bd7 58.Ra5 Nb6 59.f4 Nd5 60.f5 Kg5 61.Ra7 Nf6 62.Rxd7 Nxd7 63.fxe6 Nf6 64.a4 Nd5 65.a5 Kf6 66.a6 Kxe6 67.a7 Nc7 68.Ke3 Kd5 69.g5 Kc6 70.g6 Kb7 71.g7 Nd5+ 72.Ke4 Ne7 73.Ke5 Kxa7 74.Kf6 Ng8+ 75.Kf7 Nh6+ 76.Kf8 Kb6 77.g8=Q Nxg8 78.Kxg8 Kc6 79.Kf7 Kd5 80.Ke7 Ke4 81.Ke6 Kd3 82.d5 Kxc3 83.d6 Kb2 84.d7 c3 85.d8=Q c2 86.Qb6+ Ka2 87.Qa5+ Kb2 88.Qb4+ Ka2 89.Qc3 Kb1 90.Qb3+ Ka1 1/2-1/2
2016.01.24 4ncl 2015-16
2950327 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) IM Eggleston, D (2399) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.a3 Na5 15.Bd3 Nb3 16.Rcd1 d5 17.Bb1 a5 18.h4 f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Rf7 22.Rd3 Kh8 23.Qh5 Rg7 24.Rg3 Rcg8 25.Re1 f5 26.Rxg7 Rxg7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Rd1 Kg8 29.Rd3 Rg4 30.Bc2 Qd8 31.Bd1 Qf8 32.Bxg4 Be8 33.Bxa5 Bxh5 34.Bxh5 Qh6 35.Bd1 Qc1 36.Bc3 Qb1 37.Rd2 f4 38.Kg2 Qg6 39.h5 Qg7 40.g4 Qc7 41.Bf3 Qc4 42.Be2 Qa2 43.Rd1 Be7 44.Re1 Kf7 45.g5 Bxg5 46.Bg4 Bf6 47.Bxe6+ Kg7 48.Re4 f3+ 49.Kg3 h6 50.Rg4+ Bg5 51.Kxf3 Kf6 52.Bg8 Qb1 53.Kg2 Qf5 54.Kg3 Qd3+ 55.f3 Qf5 56.f4 Qd3+ 57.Kf2 Qf5 58.Kg3 Qd3+ 59.Kf2 Qf5 1/2-1/2
2016.01.23 4ncl 2015-16
2950271 Mitchell, M (2202) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Ne2 c6 12.O-O Na6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Nf4 Rae8 16.Nd3 Be4 17.f3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nb4 19.Qd2 Nc2 20.Qxc2 Rxe3 21.Qd2 Rfe8 22.Rf2 Qe7 23.Raf1 Re2 24.Rxe2 Qxe2 25.Rd1 Qc4 26.b3 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 Qc3 28.h4 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Bc3 30.Rd1 Re2 31.Bh3 d4 32.Bc8 b6 33.Bb7 Rxa2 34.Bxc6 Rb2 35.Bd5+ Kg7 36.Bc4 a5 37.f4 b5 38.Bxb5 Rxb3 39.Bc6 Rb4 40.Kg2 a4 41.Bd5 a3 42.Rf1 d3 43.Kf3 d2 44.Ke2 Rd4 0-1
2955546 Ali, Go (1834) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.a4 Nc6 11.Ba3 d6 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Rb5 Ne4 14.Qc2 Rf6 15.d5 exd5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.c4 Bc6 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 d5 20.Rd1 Bxb5 21.axb5 Rf8 22.Qc2 Qd7 23.cxd5 Kh8 24.e4 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Qxb5 26.Bb2 Qb3 27.Qc1 Rae8 28.Bc2 Qb4 29.g3 Kg8 30.d6 Qg4 31.d7 Rd8 32.Qd2 Qf3 33.Qe1 Qf7 34.Ba4 a6 35.Bc3 Nb3 36.Bc6 Nd4 37.Bxd4 cxd4 38.Rxd4 Qf6 39.Bd5+ Kh8 40.Rf4 Qd6 41.Rxf8+ Qxf8 42.Bc6 b5 43.Qe5 b4 44.h4 b3 45.h5 h6 46.g4 Rb8 47.Qb2 Qf6 48.Ba4 Qxb2 0-1
2955555 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) IM Milliet, S (2369) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.c3 Rc8 9.b3 b5 10.Bb2 b4 11.c4 e5 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 a5 14.Ne3 g6 15.Nd2 a4 16.f4 a3 17.Bc1 exf4 18.gxf4 Nh5 19.Nd5 Bf6 20.Rb1 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.Nf1 Bg4 23.Qd2 Be6 24.Re2 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Na7 26.Qe1 Qxe1 27.Rxe1 Nb5 28.Bd2 Bb2 29.Bf3 Ng7 30.Ne3 Nc3 31.Bxc3 bxc3 32.Re2 f5 33.e5 1/2-1/2
2955527 FM Jackson, J (2330) FM Merry, Alan B (2376) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.h3 Be6 9.Nd5 Nd4 10.c3 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 Bxd5 12.exd5 O-O 13.Kh2 Re8 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.g4 Nh7 16.f4 exf4 17.d4 Ba7 18.Bxf4 c5 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.d5 c5 21.Rae1 Bb6 22.Qf2 Bc7 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 Nf6 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 Kf8 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Qf1 a5 29.Qa6 Qe1 30.Bxd6+ Bxd6+ 31.Qxd6+ Kg8 32.Qxc5 Qe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+ 34.Qg1 Qg3 35.Qd1 h5 36.gxh5 Ne8 37.Qg4 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Nd6 39.Qf4 Nb5 40.c4 1-0
2955538 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) FM Poobalasingam, P (2239) 1-0
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 Qc7 9.O-O a5 10.d4 Rd8 11.e4 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.h3 Be8 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxe5 Nfd7 16.f4 Nf8 17.Nd1 c4 18.bxc4 Ne6 19.Nf2 a4 20.f5 a3 21.Bc3 Nc5 22.f6 Bf8 23.fxg7 Bxg7 24.Ng4 Nba4 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Rf5 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Rd3 28.Qc1 Qb6 29.Rh5 Nd7+ 30.c5 Rd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxc5+ 32.Nd4 Nf8 33.e6 Qe7 34.Nxe8 1-0
2955517 FM Merry, Alan B (2376) Bryant, R (1961) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qxh7 cxd4 9.b4 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qxe5+ 11.Kd1 Bb6 12.Nf3 Qf6 13.Nd6+ Kd7 14.Nxf7 Nbc6 15.Bb5 Rg7 16.N7e5+ Kc7 17.Qh6 Qxh6 18.Bxh6 Rh7 19.Bf4 Kd8 20.h4 a5 21.h5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bc7 23.Bd3 Nf5 24.g4 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 axb4 26.gxf5 exf5 27.a4 Ke7 28.Kd2 Kf6 29.f4 Rh6 30.Rag1 Rxa4 31.Rg6+ Rxg6 32.hxg6 b3 33.cxb3 Rb4 34.Kc2 Be6 35.Rh7 Rb6 36.Rf7+ Bxf7 37.gxf7 1-0
2986304 IM L'Ami, Alina (2369) FM Merry, Alan B (2335) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Rc1 c6 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.Nf3 g5 13.Be5 Ne4 14.Nxc8 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Rxc8 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.Ne5 Qxa2 18.e3 Rcf8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc4 Nb4 21.Kg2 Nd3 22.Rc2 Qb3 23.Qe2 Rf6 24.Ra1 a6 25.Ne5 Qd5 26.Rd2 f4 27.gxf4 gxf4 28.Kh1 Kh7 29.f3 fxe3 30.Qxe3 Rg8 31.fxe4 Qa5 32.Rad1 Qxd2 33.Qxd2 Nf2+ 34.Qxf2 Rxf2 35.d5 cxd5 36.exd5 Rf5 37.Nc4 Rd8 38.d6 b5 39.Na5 Rd7 40.Kg2 Rf8 41.Kg3 Rfd8 42.Rc1 Rxd6 43.Nb7 Rg6+ 44.Kf4 Rd2 45.b4 Rg5 46.h4 Rd4+ 0-1
2986262 FM Merry, Alan B (2335) GM Greenfeld, A (2534) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Ng3 Bf8 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.b3 d6 11.Bb2 g6 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.f3 Bg7 15.c4 c5 16.Ndf5 gxf5 17.Nxf5 Re6 18.Nxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd2 Qe7 20.Rae1 Rg8 21.Re2 Kh7 22.Qd3 Rg6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Qc3 Qd6 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Ne8 28.Bg3 Re6 29.Rd1 Bc6 30.Kf1 Nd6 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Bd7 33.Bf2 Nb7 34.g4 f5 35.h3 h5 36.g5 f4 37.h4 Kg6 38.Ke2 a6 39.Kd2 Kf5 40.Bg1 Bc6 41.Ke2 Nd8 42.Bxc5 Ne6 43.Bf2 Nf8 44.a4 Ng6 45.Kd3 Ne5+ 46.Kd4 Bxf3 47.b4 c5+ 48.Kxc5 Nd3+ 49.Kd6 Nxf2 50.c5 Ba8 51.c6 Ne4+ 0-1
2986223 GM Grandelius, N (2647) FM Merry, Alan B (2335) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nf3 c4 10.Be2 Qxc2 11.a4 Nc6 12.a5 f6 13.Qg3 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nf6 15.f3 Nh5 16.Qg5 Qf5 17.Qe3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Ng7 19.g4 Qf7 20.Qd4 Bd7 21.Bc1 Bc6 22.Ba3 a6 23.Qb6 Rc8 24.Qd4 Bb5 25.O-O Rc6 26.Bd1 Kd7 27.Bc2 Kc8 28.Qa7 Qc7 29.Bd6 Rxd6 30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Ba4 Kc7 32.Rfb1 Qc6 33.Qd4 Rg8 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Qf4+ Kc8 36.a6 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Rf8 38.Qxf8+ Qxf8 39.a7 Qf4 40.a8=Q+ Kc7 41.Rxb5 Qd2+ 42.Kh1 1-0
2986184 FM Merry, Alan B (2335) GM Vishnu, P (2503) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e5 7.O-O b5 8.Bc2 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 Rb8 12.b3 Ne8 13.a4 b4 14.cxb4 cxb4 15.Be3 Nc5 16.Rc1 g6 17.Bd3 a5 18.Nbd2 Ng7 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Ba6 Bd7 21.Bb5 Bc8 22.Nc4 f6 23.Ne1 h5 24.Nd3 Bb7 25.Rc2 Kh7 26.Rac1 Rbc8 27.Nd2 Qb6 28.Qe3 Ne8 29.Nxc5 Bxc5 30.Rxc5 Nd6 31.Rxc8 Qxe3 32.R8c7+ 1-0
2986127 GM Adams, Michael (2742) FM Merry, Alan B (2335) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Bd2 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Nb5 Qb6 9.Nd6+ Kd8 10.Nxf5 Qxb2 11.Qd1 e6 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.Ng3 Nb6 14.Bd3 Qxa2 15.Nf3 Qd5 16.O-O Kc8 17.Ne5 Qxd4 18.Nxf7 Rg8 19.Ng5 e5 20.Bf5+ Nfd7 21.Be6 Rh8 22.Nf5 1-0
2986083 FM Merry, Alan B (2335) IM Tan, Ju2 (2445) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Ng3 Bf8 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.b3 d5 11.Bb2 d4 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 Bd6 15.Rf1 Bxg3 16.hxg3 c5 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Ba3 Rb8 19.Rf4 Rb6 20.Raf1 Rf8 21.Nc4 Re6 22.Qd5 g5 23.R4f2 Kg7 24.Qa8 Ra6 25.Qd5 Re6 26.Nd2 c6 27.Qc4 Qd6 28.Rf5 Qxg3 29.Bxc5 Qe3+ 30.R1f2 Nxc5 31.Qxc5 Ree8 32.Nf1 Qc1 33.Qxd4+ Kg8 34.Rf6 Re6 35.Qxa7 Rxf6 36.Rxf6 Qxc2 37.Qd4 c5 38.Qd6 Be6 39.Rxh6 Kg7 40.Rh5 Qc1 41.Qe7 Kg6 42.Rxg5+ Qxg5 43.Qxf8 Qe5 44.Qg8+ Kh6 45.Qg3 Qc3 46.Qe3+ Kg6 47.Qe2 Qd4+ 48.Ne3 f5 49.Qf3 f4 50.Qxf4 Qa1+ 51.Kh2 Qxa2 52.Nf5 Bxf5 53.Qxf5+ Kh6 54.Qxc5 Qxb3 55.Qf5 Kg7 56.e5 Qd5 57.Qe4 Qe6 58.Kg3 Qf7 59.e6 Qe8 60.Qg4+ Kh8 61.Qh4+ Kg7 62.Qg5+ 1-0
2986043 GM Cherniaev, A1 (2458) FM Merry, Alan B (2335) 0-1
1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e6 7.Rb1 Ne4 8.O-O d5 9.Qc2 c6 10.b4 Nd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 Nb6 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Na3 Rc8 15.Qb2 Rc3 16.b5 Qe7 17.Nc2 Nc4 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.Nxb4 Na3 20.Rb2 Bxb5 21.Nd3 Rfc8 22.Nfe5 Rc2 23.Rb3 R8c3 24.Ra1 Bf8 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 Rxb3 29.f3 exf3 30.Nxf3 Bc4 31.Rd2 Nb1 32.Rc2 Nc3 33.Nd4 Rb1+ 34.Kg2 Ne4 35.Nxe6 a5 36.Kf3 a4 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.Kxe4 a3 39.Be5 a2 40.Nd8 Rb3 41.Ba1 c3 0-1
2986011 FM Merry, Alan B (2335) Fox, An (2031) 1-0
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Nbc3 Bf5 9.d4 Qc8 10.h3 h5 11.d5 Ne7 12.f3 Bd7 13.g4 hxg4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.fxg4 Bxg4 16.Qd2 f5 17.O-O-O a6 18.Qe1 Qd7 19.Qh4 Kf7 20.Rdf1 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Rh8 22.Qg3 Rag8 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Bh3 b5 25.e4 bxc4 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Bxf5 Nxf5 28.Qg4 cxb3 29.Rxf5+ Ke8 30.axb3 Kd8 31.Kb1 Kc8 32.Qf3 Bh6 33.Nc3 Bf4 34.Rf6 Qh7+ 35.Ka2 Qc2 36.Qf1 Kb7 37.Qc4 Rb8 38.Qc6+ 1-0
2990638 IM Van Foreest, Jorden (2548) FM Merry, Alan B (2335) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O e6 10.Ne5 b5 11.Bb3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.Qf3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Kb1 a5 16.a4 Nxc3+ 17.Qxc3 Bb4 18.Qd4 Rd8 19.Qf4 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 O-O 22.Qf4 bxa4 23.Bxa4 Rb8 24.Rd1 Qb6 25.b3 Qc5 26.Rd2 Rb4 27.Qg5 Bg6 28.Kb2 Re4 29.f3 Rxe5 30.Qd8+ Qf8 31.Bxc6 Qxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kh7 33.Rd2 Kh6 34.c3 Re1 35.c4 Kg5 36.Be4 Bxe4 37.fxe4 Rxe4 38.c5 Rb4 39.Ka3 Kf4 40.c6 Rb8 41.c7 Rc8 42.Rd7 Kg3 43.Ka4 Kxg2 44.Kxa5 Kxh3 45.Kb6 f5 46.Kb7 Rxc7+ 47.Kxc7 f4 48.b4 f3 49.b5 f2 50.Rf7 Kg2 51.Rxg7+ Kf3 52.b6 Ke3 53.Rf7 h3 54.b7 h2 55.b8=Q h1=Q 56.Qb6+ Kd3 57.Qxf2 Qc1+ 58.Kd7 e5 59.Rf3+ Kc4 60.Qe2+ Kb4 61.Qxe5 Qc2 62.Rf4+ Ka3 63.Qa1+ 1-0
2998230 FM Jackson, J (2369) FM Merry, Alan B (2369) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 c4 11.Ra2 Bd7 12.Qh4 Nce7 13.Bg5 h6 14.g4 Qa5 15.Kd2 Qc7 16.a4 Bc6 17.Rb1 O-O-O 18.Kd1 Rf8 19.Rab2 Rh7 20.Bf6 g5 21.Nxg5 Ng6 22.Qh3 Nxf6 23.exf6 hxg5 24.Qxh7 Rh8 25.Qg7 Qxh2 26.Qxf7 Qxf2 27.Qxe6+ Bd7 28.Qxd5 Qxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Nf4+ 30.Kf2 Nxd5 1-0
2998210 FM Merry, Alan B (2369) Markidis, K (2332) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e5 Ne7 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 O-O 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Qc2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.dxc5 Nd7 13.Ngf3 Nxc5 14.Qb5 Qc7 15.O-O Qc6 16.Nd4 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Nd3 18.f4 Rac8 19.Nb3 b6 20.Nd6 Rc2 21.Nd4 Rxb2 0-1
2998184 GM Spasov, V (2544) FM Merry, Alan B (2369) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.a4 h6 11.Be3 g5 12.Bxa7 Nxa7 13.Ne3 O-O-O 14.Bc4 Rdg8 15.b4 Kb8 16.Nd2 g4 17.b5 a5 18.b6 cxb6 19.Rb1 Nc8 20.Bd5 Bc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Ndc4 Kc7 23.Qb3 Nd7 24.Nxa5 Nc5 25.Nxc6 Kxc6 26.Qc4 Qa7 27.d4 Ne7 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Nd5 Rb8 30.Nxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qa6+ Kd7 32.Rxb8 1-0
2998169 FM Merry, Alan B (2369) FM Michna, C (2272) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.b3 e6 12.Nde2 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Ng4 16.Bg5 d5 17.Ng3 f6 18.Bf4 e5 19.Nxd5 exf4 20.Nxc7 fxg3 21.hxg3 Rxc7 22.Qd6 Rc6 23.Qe7 1-0
2998149 Petrov, Martin (2184) FM Merry, Alan B (2369) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Nxc5 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.e5 Qc7 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Qe3 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Ne5 Bc8 20.Bb5 Ra5 21.a4 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Kf7 24.Rd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2
2998127 FM Merry, Alan B (2369) Konaplev, Anton (2147) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.exd4 cxd4 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1 Nge7 9.b4 Nxb4 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.d3 Qc7 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc2 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 Nc6 16.Bd2 Rfe8 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Rab1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 h6 20.Qb2 Re8 21.Qb3 Re6 1/2-1/2
2998096 IM Filip, L (2444) FM Merry, Alan B (2369) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.bxc4 bxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb4+ 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Rxa3 Nbd7 13.Rb3 Bd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.e4 N5f6 16.Qc2 Ra7 17.Rc3 a5 18.Rc1 Nb6 19.Ne5 Ra6 20.Nc6 Qd7 21.Rg3 Ne8 22.Qc5 Qd6 23.Qb5 Ra8 24.e5 Qd7 25.Ne4 Nd5 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.Nxa5 Qd8 28.Nc6 Qh4 29.Nd7 Qe4 30.Qc5 Nd6 31.exd6 cxd6 32.Qxd6 Rfc8 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nxd5 exd5 36.Rgc3 Rxa4 37.g3 f6 38.Rc5 1-0
2998090 FM Merry, Alan B (2369) Kues, H (2121) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rab1 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Nc5 17.Bd1 Ne6 18.Qb2 Qd4 19.Bc2 Kg8 20.f4 Qg7 21.Qa1 Rfb8 22.Rf2 Nd4 23.a4 Kh8 24.Rbf1 Rf8 25.f5 gxf5 26.exf5 Rg8 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Rac8 29.f6 Qg4 30.fxe7 Qg7 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Qe1 Re8 33.Rxf7 Rcxe7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qxa5 Qe5 36.Qc7 Qe7 37.Qc3 Qe5 38.h3 Nf3 39.Qxe5+ Nxe5 40.Bb5 Rd8 41.a5 Kg7 42.Rc1 Kf6 43.Rc7 Ra8 44.b4 1-0
3009565 FM Merry, Alan B (2340) GM Alekseenko, K (2540) 1-0
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 a6 7.c4 Qe7 8.Nc2 O-O 9.Nf3 c5 10.d4 exd4 11.O-O d3 12.Bxd3 Nc6 13.e4 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Ne3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Be5 17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qe3 Re8 20.Qg5 d6 21.f4 Qf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Ne3 Ne7 24.Rad1 a5 25.Bc2 Ra6 26.Rf2 a4 27.Rfd2 axb3 28.axb3 Nc6 29.Nd5 Rd8 30.Nxf6+ Kf8 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Ra2 34.Bd1 Ke7 35.e5 Nd4 36.Bg4 Bf5 37.Rb6 Ra7 38.Rd6 Ra2 39.Bxf5 Nxf5 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxb7 Ne3 42.Kg3 Nf5+ 43.Kf3 Nd4+ 44.Ke4 Re2+ 45.Kd3 Re1 46.Ne4 Rd1+ 47.Kc3 Kf5 48.Nxc5 Kxf4 49.Rxf7+ Ke3 50.e6 Rc1+ 51.Kb4 1-0
3009576 IM Chigaev, M (2519) FM Merry, Alan B (2340) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.Rb1 Nf8 13.Nh4 c6 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Qc1 Be6 16.f4 b6 17.f5 Bc8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Bg5 N8d7 20.Qe3 Re8 21.Qf2 d5 22.dxe5 Ng4 23.Qg3 Ngxe5 24.Nxe5 Nxe5 25.exd5 Bb7 26.f6 cxd5 27.Be3 1-0
3026695 FM Merry, Alan B (2348) Asenov, Pavel (2081) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 Bf8 17.a4 h5 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nb5 g4 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.Qb3 Nh7 22.Qb6 Qg5 23.Qxb7 Rxa7 24.Bxa7 h4 25.Rc7 Nf6 26.fxg4 Rg7 27.Nf2 Bxg4 28.Rxg7+ Bxg7 29.Bxg4 1-0
3026708 FM Merry, Alan B (2348) GM Wells, Peter K (2448) 0-1
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.d3 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qb3 Ng4 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rfd1 e6 15.Rab1 f5 16.Bf1 f4 17.Ne4 fxe3 18.fxe3 Qh4 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qc3 Rf5 21.Qe1 Qxe1 22.Rxe1 Bxe4 23.dxe4 Rff8 24.Red1 Rfd8 25.h4 Kf7 26.Be2 Ke7 27.g4 h6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Nf7 30.a4 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Nxg5 32.a5 Nxe4 33.Bc2 Nd2 34.Rc1 Rd8 35.Ba4 Nf3+ 36.Kf2 Ne5 37.Kg3 bxa5 38.Bb5 Rd6 39.Rc2 a6 40.Ba4 Rb6 41.Kf4 Nf7 42.Rc3 Rb4 43.Bc2 Kf6 44.Bd3 Ne5 45.Be2 Rb2 0-1
3026665 FM Merry, Alan B (2348) Martin, Le (2086) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be2 Be6 13.O-O Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxa2 19.Ra1 Bc4 20.Bxa7 f6 21.f3 Kf7 22.Kf2 Ke6 23.Ra5 Bb5 24.g4 Kd7 25.Ke3 g5 26.f4 h6 27.Ra1 c5 28.Ra3 Re8 29.Bxc5 Bc6 30.e5 gxf4+ 31.Kxf4 Rxe5 32.Bd4 Re6 33.Ra5 Re7 34.Rh5 Rh7 35.Kf5 Ke8 36.Bxf6 Kf7 37.Bd4 Bd7+ 38.Ke4 Kg6 39.Be3 Bc6+ 40.Kd4 Bg2 41.Bf4 c6 42.Ke3 Bd5 43.Kf2 Rh8 44.Kg3 Rh7 45.h4 Rh8 46.Re5 Rf8 47.Rh5 Rh8 48.Rf5 Ra8 49.h5+ Kg7 50.Be5+ Kh7 51.Rf6 Re8 52.Bd4 Re6 53.Rf8 1-0
3026678 FM Jackson, J (2343) FM Merry, Alan B (2348) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 O-O 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 g5 16.Bg3 Qb6 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nc4 19.Re1 Nxb2 20.Qh5 Qc7 21.f6 Qxc3 22.fxg7 Kxg7 23.Rxe7 Qxc2 24.Bxd6 Nc4 25.Re2 Qc3 26.Bxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rd1 Nb2 28.Rd7 Nd3 29.g3 Ne5 30.Rd6 Ng6 31.Qg4 Ne5 32.Qf5 f6 33.Rxa6 Rf7 34.Kg2 b4 35.Re6 Ng6 36.Rd6 Ne5 37.Qe4 Ng6 38.Rb6 Qc7 39.Qxb4 h5 40.a4 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.a5 Ne5 43.Re6 Qc8 44.R2xe5 fxe5 45.Qxg4+ Kf8 46.Qb4+ Kg7 47.Rxe5 Qc6+ 48.Qe4 Qf6 49.Qg4+ Kf8 50.Re2 Qa1 51.Qb4+ Kg8 52.Re8+ Kh7 53.Qh4+ Kg6 54.Re6+ 1-0
3026655 Savage, Nicholas W (2023) FM Merry, Alan B (2348) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Ng3 Ne5 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Bd2 g4 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qd7 12.Qc2 h5 13.h3 O-O-O 14.f4 gxf3 15.gxf3 Qe8 16.O-O-O Bh6 17.f4 Ned7 18.Rhg1 Rg8 19.Bf3 Rxg1 20.Rxg1 Qh8 21.Be3 Rg8 22.Rxg8+ Qxg8 23.Qg2 Qh7 24.Qc2 Nb6 25.Ne4 Qg7 26.Ng5 h4 27.a4 Nh7 28.a5 Nd7 29.Ne4 Ne5 30.Qe2 Nxf3 31.Qxf3 Nf6 32.Ng5 Nd7 33.Qh5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Qh7 35.Bf2 Nf6 36.Bxh4 Kd7 37.Kd1 b6 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ke2 b5 40.b3 bxc4 41.bxc4 Qh8 42.Kf1 Qb8 43.Qg2 Qb1+ 44.Ke2 Qc2+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Ke2 Qxc4+ 47.Ke1 Nxd5 48.Bg3 Qc1+ 49.Kf2 Qd2+ 50.Kg1 Qxg2+ 51.Kxg2 Ne3+ 52.Kf3 Nxf5 53.Bf2 Ke6 54.h4 Nh6 55.Be3 Kf5 56.Bf2 Kg6 57.Ke4 e6 0-1
3040150 FM Arat, Uf (2414) FM Merry, Alan B (2340) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Ba3 Re8 9.Nc3 c6 10.Rc1 b6 11.b4 Bb7 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 Nd7 15.e3 Rc8 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Bd5 18.Qa4 e5 19.Bb2 exd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Nc5 22.Rfd1 Bf7 23.Qa1 Nd3 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Bf1 Qc2 26.Bxd3 Qxd3 27.Nb3 Qxb5 28.Nd4 Qc4 29.Rd2 Rc8 30.Rc2 Qa6 31.Nc6 Rc7 32.Qf6 Qd3 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Kg2 Bd5 35.Nb8 Qe7 36.Qb2 Rxc1 37.Qxc1 Bxa2 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Nc6 Qf7 40.Ne5 Qe7 41.Qc3 Qf6 42.Qc7+ Kh8 43.Nd7 Qg7 44.Qxa7 Bg8 45.Qb7 h6 46.Qc6 Qf7 47.Nxb6 Qe6 48.Qc3+ Kh7 49.Qc7+ Qf7 50.Nd7 g5 51.Qd6 Kg7 52.Qe5+ Kh7 53.Qd4 Qg7 54.Qd6 Qf7 55.h3 Kg7 56.Qd4+ Kh7 57.g4 Qg7 58.Qd6 Qf7 59.Nf6+ Kg7 60.Nh5+ Kh7 61.Qe5 fxg4 62.Qxe4+ Kh8 63.Qd4+ Kh7 64.Qd3+ Kh8 65.Qc3+ Kh7 66.hxg4 Qd5+ 67.f3 Qa2+ 68.Kg3 Qa7 69.Nf6+ Kg6 70.Qe5 Bf7 71.Ne4 Ba2 72.Nd6 Qc7 73.f4 gxf4+ 74.exf4 Qc1 75.f5+ Kh7 76.Ne4 Qe1+ 77.Kf3 Qd1+ 78.Kf2 Qc2+ 79.Kg3 Qd3+ 80.Kh4 Qd8+ 81.f6 Bf7 82.Nd6 Qb6 83.Nxf7 Qf2+ 84.Kh5 Qg2 85.Qf5+ Kg8 86.Nxh6+ Kh8 87.Qc8+ Kh7 88.Qg8# 1-0
3040110 FM Merry, Alan B (2340) GM Istratescu, A (2648) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.Na3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Bxf4 d5 16.e5 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Nc2 Nc6 19.Rae1 d4 20.cxd4 Nxd4 21.Rd1 Bxg2 22.Qxg2 Qa4 23.b3 Nxb3 24.axb3 Qxb3 25.Qe2 h6 26.Nd4 Qa4 27.Nf3 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qxd1 29.Rxd1 g5 30.Be3 Re8 31.Rd7 Bxe5 32.Kf2 Bc3 33.Rxa7 b5 34.Rb7 b4 35.Nd4 Re5 36.g4 h5 37.gxh5 g4 38.Rb5 Rxb5 39.Nxb5 Be5 40.Kg2 b3 41.h3 b2 42.Na3 f5 43.hxg4 fxg4 44.Nb1 Kf7 45.Bd2 Kf6 46.Bc3 Bxc3 47.Nxc3 Kg5 48.Kg3 Kxh5 49.Nb1 1/2-1/2
3040083 WIM Efroimski, M (2244) FM Merry, Alan B (2340) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Be2 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd3 Qb6 12.Nc5 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Rad8 15.Qb3 Nd5 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.Bh4 Qc8 19.Qa3 a6 20.Rad1 h6 21.Nb4 Bf8 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Qb3 Qc6 24.Rd3 b5 25.Bg3 Rd7 26.Rde3 Rc8 27.Qc2 Qc4 28.a3 Qxd4 29.Rd3 Qc4 30.Qd1 Bg7 31.Re2 e6 32.Be5 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 a5 34.Rd4 Qa2 35.Qe2 Rd6 36.h4 Rc4 37.h5 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Qc4 39.Qe3 Rc6 40.Kh2 Qc1 41.Qf3 Kg7 42.Re2 Qg5 43.Re5 Qh4+ 44.Qh3 Qxh3+ 45.Kxh3 Rc4 46.hxg6 fxg6 47.Re3 Rxd4 0-1
3042990 FM Merry, Alan B (2340) Velikic, A (2208) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qd5 16.Kb1 Qb5 17.c4 Qf5+ 18.Ka1 O-O-O 19.Rde1 Rhe8 20.Bc3 Nxh5 21.Ne5 Nf4 22.Qf3 Ng6 23.Nxf7 Rd7 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.g3 Rf8 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Rd3 28.e6 Rg8 29.Kb1 Rf3 30.Rd1 Rxf2 31.Rd7 Bf6 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rhd1 f4 34.e7 1-0
3042947 FM Merry, Alan B (2340) FM Baglan, E (2171) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bb2 Na6 13.Qd2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Rfc1 Bb6 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Rfc8 21.Rac1 Rxc6 22.Rxc6 Rd8 23.h4 h6 24.Bf3 Nd7 25.Be2 Qb4 26.Bc3 Qxb3 27.Qg4 e5 28.Qf5 Qa2 29.Bxb5 Qb1+ 30.Bf1 Nf6 31.Rc4 Rd1 32.Rc8+ Bd8 33.Kg2 Nxe4 34.Qxe5 Nf6 35.Qe2 Qb7+ 36.Kh2 Qxc8 37.Qxd1 Qxc3 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.Bd3+ g6 40.Be2 Kg7 41.Qa8 Qd4 42.Kg1 Ne4 43.Kh1 Nxf2+ 44.Kg2 Ne4 0-1
3042899 GM Turov, M (2601) FM Merry, Alan B (2340) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.Nc3 a6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.Nxb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 Bb7 9.Ra1 e6 10.f3 Nc6 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 Nge7 13.b3 f5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 fxe4 16.fxe4 O-O+ 17.Nf3 Ng6 18.Rf1 Qh4+ 19.Kg1 Qxe4 20.Qd3 Qg4 21.h3 Qg3 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.d5 Nd8 24.Bf5 Bd6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Ra4 Bc8 27.Bf2 Rxf3 28.Bxg3 Bc5+ 29.Qd4 1-0
3042865 GM Wen Yang (2592) FM Merry, Alan B (2340) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 c6 6.O-O e6 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.c3 Na6 9.Nc2 Be7 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Ne5 h6 12.e4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qe2 Nc7 16.f3 e3 17.Bxe3 Bf6 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Ng4 Bg7 20.Bf4 Ncd5 21.Bc1 b5 22.Ne1 Nf5 23.Nf2 O-O 24.Ne4 Qc7 25.Kh1 e5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Nd3 Qe7 28.Qf2 Rfe8 29.g4 Nd6 30.Nxd6 Qxd6 31.f4 Qe6 32.f5 Qe4+ 33.Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Rad8 35.Kf3 Bxc3 36.bxc3 Nxc3 37.Rd2 Ne4 38.Rdd1 Nc3 39.Rd2 Ne4 40.Rdd1 Nc3 1/2-1/2
3042813 FM Merry, Alan B (2340) GM Lu Shanglei (2606) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e5 7.O-O b5 8.Bc2 Bb7 9.d4 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.d5 Nb6 13.b3 g6 14.c4 bxc4 15.bxc4 Nh5 16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Bd2 Rab8 18.Rdb1 Nf4 19.Qf1 Bg7 20.g3 Nh5 21.a5 Nd7 22.Na4 h6 23.Ra3 Ba8 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.axb6 Qc8 26.Kh1 Bb7 27.Ng1 Qd8 28.Bd1 Bc8 29.Bxh5 gxh5 30.Qe2 Bg4 31.f3 Bc8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Rxb6 34.Ba5 Rxb1 35.Bxd8 Rxd8 36.Qc2 Rb4 37.h3 Bf8 38.Ne2 Rd7 39.Rf3 Rdb7 40.Rf2 a5 41.Qd2 a4 42.g5 Kh7 43.Kh2 a3 44.Qa2 Ra7 45.Nc3 hxg5 46.Nb5 Ra6 47.Nxa3 Kg6 48.Rf3 Be7 49.Qf2 Rba4 50.Qg3 Rb6 51.Rb3 Rba6 52.Rf3 Bd7 53.Nc2 Rxc4 54.Rf2 Ra8 55.Qf3 f6 56.Ne3 Rc3 57.Qe2 Raa3 58.Nf5 Rxh3+ 59.Kg2 Bxf5 60.exf5+ Kf7 61.Qb5 Rh8 62.Qd7 Rd8 63.Qe6+ Kf8 64.Rf1 Ra7 65.Rh1 Kg7 66.Rh6 Rf8 67.Rg6+ Kh7 68.Rxg5 fxg5 69.Qg6+ Kh8 70.Qh6+ Kg8 71.Qg6+ Kh8 72.Qh6+ Kg8 73.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2
2015.05.31 EACU Open 2015
3045905 FM Merry, Alan B (2342) IM Ciuksyte, D (2349) 1-0
1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.a3 f5 8.e3 c6 9.Nge2 Bd6 10.g3 Nd7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Qd8 13.d4 Nf6 14.b4 Qe7 15.b5 Ne4 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Qc2 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20.Qxc6 Rac8 21.Qa4 Rc4 22.Qa5 Rfc8 23.Nf4 Bc2 24.Rec1 Qb7 25.Qd5 Qe7 26.Bf1 Rc3 27.Qa5 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Qd7 29.Be2 h6 30.Kg2 Kh7 31.Ra2 Qe6 32.Rb2 Qe7 33.Qd5 R8c7 34.Qe5 Qxa3 35.Rb8 Rc8 36.Rb7 Kg8 37.Rg1 R3c6 38.Bg4 Rd8 39.d5 Rcd6 40.Be6 Rf8 41.Kh3 1-0
2015.05.31 EACU Open 2015
3045918 Spence, D (2235) FM Merry, Alan B (2342) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.h3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.Nf1 Bd7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Kb8 13.Bxa7+ Kxa7 14.Ne3 Rhe8 15.g4 Be6 16.Rhe1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.d4 exd4 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.Nxd4 Rxe1 23.Nxc6+ Kb6 24.Rxe1 Kxc6 25.Re7 Rd7 26.Rxd7 1/2-1/2
2015.05.30 EACU Open 2015
3045867 FM Merry, Alan B (2342) Jarmany, John (2036) 1-0
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Nd7 7.Nf3 c6 8.d4 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qe7 12.e4 Nf4 13.g3 Ng6 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.O-O e5 16.dxe5 Ndxe5 17.Qe2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 O-O 19.Bg2 Be5 20.Rad1 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.e5 Qd1+ 25.Kh2 Qe1 26.Qd4 Qxe5 27.Qxa7 Qb5 28.Qb8+ Nf8 29.a4 Qb6 30.a5 Qb5 31.b4 Qxb4 32.a6 1-0
2015.05.30 EACU Open 2015
3045881 Munson, S (2167) FM Merry, Alan B (2342) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d5 O-O 9.Rb1 c5 10.a3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Ne1 exd5 13.cxd5 d6 14.f4 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nd7 16.Nd3 Ba6 17.Rf2 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Qh4 20.Bd2 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 Qxd5 23.e4 Qa2 24.Rff1 d5 25.e5 d4 26.e6 Rae8 27.Rfe1 Qd5 28.Kg2 Rf6 29.e7 Rf7 30.Rbd1 Rexe7 31.Qf2 d3 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Re1 Rxe1 34.Qxe1 Qe5 35.Qf2 c4 36.Bc1 h5 37.a4 Qa5 38.f4 Qxa4 39.f5 Qc6+ 40.Kg1 gxf5 41.Be3 Qe4 42.Qg3 0-1
2015.05.04 4ncl 2014-15
3057430 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) IM Fernandez, Dan SIN (2453) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qg4 g5 13.Qh3 Rg8 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Rxe6+ fxe6 16.Qxe6+ Kf8 17.Qxh6+ Rg7 18.Bxg5 b5 19.Re1 c5 20.Nh4 Kg8 21.Qe6+ Rf7 22.Bh7+ Kg7 23.Qh6+ Kh8 24.Ng6# 1-0
2015.05.03 4ncl 2014-15
3057366 GM Fodor, T jr (2486) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.f4 gxf4 7.Bxf4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 Ng4 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 Ng6 12.Qd2 Be5 13.Nxe5 N4xe5 14.Bh5 Nxf4 15.Rxf4 Kd7 16.Bxf7 Kc7 17.Nb5+ Kb8 18.Qc3 a6 19.Na3 h5 20.Raf1 Ka7 21.Nc2 Rh7 22.Ne3 Qh8 23.Kh1 Bd7 24.Be6 Bxe6 25.dxe6 Qg8 26.Nd5 Rg7 27.Qb3 Rc8 28.Rf7 Nc6 29.Qb6+ Kb8 30.Nxe7 Nxe7 31.Qxd6+ Rc7 32.Rf8+ 1-0
2015.05.02 4ncl 2014-15
3057302 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) IM Wallace, JP (2388) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nge2 h5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.f3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Nc1 Bg7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Qb6 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nd3 Re8 18.Kh1 Ndf8 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Bf2 Qd8 21.f4 Nf6 22.Bh4 Re7 23.Rf3 N8h7 24.Rg3 Qe8 25.a5 Kh8 26.Nf2 b5 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Bd3 Qb8 29.Ncd1 Re8 30.h3 Qb7 31.Bc4 Ba4 32.b3 Bxb3 33.Ne3 Bxc4 34.Nxf5 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 Bxd5 36.Nxg7 Re2 37.Kg1 Rxf2 38.Re1 Rbb2 39.Nf5 Rxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kf1 Rh2 42.Re7 Rxh3 43.Be1 Rf3+ 44.Ke2 Rxf4 45.Nxd6 Kg8 46.Bd2 Bc4+ 47.Kd1 Rd4 48.Nf5 Bb3+ 49.Kc1 Rc4+ 50.Kb2 Rc2+ 51.Kxb3 Rxd2 52.Ra7 Rf2 53.Nh6+ Kf8 54.Kc4 h4 55.Kxc5 h3 56.Kd6 h2 57.Rf7+ Ke8 58.Re7+ Kd8 59.Nf7+ Kc8 60.Ne5 Rd2+ 61.Kc5 h1=Q 0-1
3062432 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) IM Pert, R (2443) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 1/2-1/2
3062406 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) GM Hebden, M (2491) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 a6 14.c5 Rf6 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Na4 Qe8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Rg6 20.Nf2 h5 21.h3 Ng8 22.Rfc1 Bf6 23.Rc3 Nh6 24.Rac1 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Nxg4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rxg4 29.Rh3+ Kg8 30.Rh6 Rg3 31.Rc3 Rg6 32.Rxg6+ Qxg6 33.Rc4 Be7 34.Qh3 Rf8 35.Rc7 Rf7 36.Qf3 Bf8 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Kf2 Be7 39.Ke2 Qh7 40.Kd3 Qh1 41.Kc2 Ke8 1/2-1/2
3062423 GM Williams, Si1 (2430) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.bxc4 bxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Qd3 cxd4 14.exd4 Bd6 15.Bxa6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 O-O 17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Nc4 Bf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Nxd6 Rb6 22.Nb5 Ra6 23.Ra1 Nb6 24.Nc3 Nfd5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rb1 f6 27.h4 Nxa4 28.Rb8+ Kf7 29.Rb7+ Kg8 30.Rc7 Nb2 1/2-1/2
3062382 GM Fodor, T jr (2491) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O Nh7 9.Be3 Nhf8 10.Ne1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.Rb1 b6 14.Qc2 Nde5 15.Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 g4 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Kh1 O-O-O 19.f4 gxf3 20.gxf3 Rhg8 21.Rg1 f5 22.Bxh6 fxe4 23.fxe4 Kc7 24.Rbf1 Qa6 25.Rf7 Qc8 26.Qc1 Ne5 27.Rxe7 Rxg1+ 28.Qxg1 Rg8 29.Rg7 Rxg7 30.Bxg7 Qe8 31.Qg3 Nxc4 32.Qf4 Qg6 33.Bf6 Bh3 34.Bf3 Nd2 35.Qxd2 Qxf6 36.Qe3 b5 37.a3 a5 38.Kg1 Kb7 39.Be2 Bd7 40.Bf1 b4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.axb4 cxb4 43.Qd3 Qg7+ 44.Kf2 Qb2+ 45.Be2 b3 46.Qa6+ Kc7 47.Qa5+ Kb7 48.Qa6+ 1/2-1/2
2015.03.29 4ncl 2014-15
3068274 FM Sanders, I (2305) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.c3 Na6 8.c4 e6 9.b3 b6 10.Nc2 Bd6 11.Nce1 O-O 12.Nd3 Nb8 13.Bf4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Bxf4 15.gxf4 Ne4 16.Ne5 f5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qe3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.f3 exf3 21.exf3 Rad8 22.Rad1 Qf7 23.Rf2 Qf6 24.Re2 Rfe8 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.fxe5 f4 27.Red2 g5 28.Kf2 Kg7 29.Ke2 Kg6 30.b4 Kf5 31.h3 h5 32.Kd3 Rg8 33.Rg2 Rg7 34.Rdg1 a5 35.c5 axb4 36.Kc4 Rdg8 37.Rh2 g4 38.hxg4+ hxg4 39.Rh5+ Rg5 40.Rxg4 1/2-1/2
2015.03.28 4ncl 2014-15
3068179 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) GM Smerdon, D (2519) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bf4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 Ne4 9.Nfd2 O-O 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bf3 Qc8 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bh2 Nd8 16.b4 Nf7 17.c5 a5 18.Qb3 bxc5 19.bxc5 Qxb3 20.axb3 Ra7 21.Nb5 Rb7 22.Nxc7 e5 23.Nd5 exd4 1/2-1/2
3070039 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) Kahn, Tito (1957) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.d3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Nce2 Bd6 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.O-O Nge7 10.Bd2 Qd7 11.c3 Ng6 12.f5 Nge7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 h5 15.Kg2 Ng8 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Qa4 h4 18.g4 f6 19.a3 Nge7 20.b4 a6 21.Ng1 g5 22.fxg6 Nxg6 23.Bd1 Nf4+ 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Ne2 b5 26.Qb3 f3+ 27.Rxf3 Ne5 28.Rf5 Nxg4 29.hxg4 h3+ 30.Kh1 Rc8 31.Qd5 Be5 32.Rxe5+ fxe5 33.Qxe5+ Kf7 34.Bb3+ Kg6 35.Nf4+ Kh6 36.Qf6+ 1-0
3070019 FM Kirk, Ez (2344) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 c6 9.Rb1 Be6 10.b4 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.f4 e4 13.d4 Nbd7 14.Na4 Nb6 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.a4 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Rc4 18.Ba3 Rac8 19.Rfc1 Nd7 20.Bf1 a6 21.Kg2 Qc7 22.b5 a5 23.Rxc4 Qxc4 24.b6 Qd3 25.Kf2 Nf6 26.h3 Bd7 27.Bc5 Bf8 28.Qb2 Bxa4 29.Rc1 Qb5 30.Qa1 Qd7 31.Nc3 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Bc6 33.Ne2 Qd8 34.Qxa5 Ra8 35.Qc3 Ra2 36.Rc2 Rxc2 37.Qxc2 Nd7 38.Nd4 Qf8 39.Nxc6 bxc6 40.b7 Qb8 41.Ba6 Qa7 42.Qb2 Qxa6 43.b8=Q+ Nxb8 44.Qxb8+ Kf7 45.Qc7+ Ke8 46.Qe5+ Kd7 47.Qg7+ Kc8 48.Qh8+ Kb7 49.Qxh7+ Ka8 50.Qg8+ Ka7 51.Qf7+ Qb7 1/2-1/2
3070026 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) GM Hebden, M (2491) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 h5 18.a5 g4 19.b6 g3 20.Nb5 Nd7 21.Nxa7 Nxc5 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.bxc7 Rcxc7 24.d6 Rcd7 25.Qd5 Na6 26.Rfd1 Bf8 27.Rab1 gxh2+ 28.Kh1 Qg5 29.Rd2 Kh8 30.Bd1 Rg7 31.Ba4 Rd8 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Qxb7 Nc5 34.Qc6 Nxa4 35.Qxa4 h4 36.Qa1 h3 37.gxh3 Qh5 38.Kxh2 Bg7 39.Rd3 Nh4 40.Qf1 Qf7 41.Qf2 Ng6 42.Rd5 Bf6 43.a6 Bh4 44.Qb2 Bf6 45.Qf2 Kh7 46.a7 Ra8 47.d7 Bh4 48.Qb6 Qg7 49.Qb7 Ne7 50.Qxa8 Qg3+ 51.Kh1 Qxf3+ 0-1
3070008 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) IM Houska, Jo (2391) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qd5 16.Kb1 Qb5 17.c4 Qf5+ 18.Ka1 O-O-O 19.Be3 Ng4 20.Bc1 Rhe8 21.Nh4 Qxh5 22.f3 Nf6 23.d5 Nd7 24.Bf4 Bxh4 25.g4 Qg6 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rd6 Kb7 28.Rxh4 Nb6 29.Rh1 Rxd6 30.Bxd6 e5 31.Rd1 Qe6 32.c5 Rd8 33.Rd3 Nc4 34.f4 exf4 35.Qd1 Nxd6 36.cxd6 f3 37.Qxf3 Rxd6 38.Rxd6 Qxd6 39.Qxf7+ Kb6 40.Qb3+ Kc7 41.Qf7+ Qd7 42.Qf4+ Kc8 43.Qf8+ Qd8 44.Qf5+ Kb7 45.Qf7+ Ka8 46.Qf3 Qf6 47.Qe2 Kb7 48.a3 Qd6 49.Qf3 Qd5 50.Qe2 Qd4 51.Qf3 a5 52.Qf7+ Kb6 53.Qb3+ Ka6 54.Qf3 Qc4 55.Qf5 Kb6 56.Qd7 Qf1+ 57.Ka2 Qf6 58.Qd1 g6 59.Ka1 Kc7 60.Qe2 Qg5 61.Qe6 h5 62.Qf7+ Kb6 63.Qb3+ Qb5 64.Qe3+ Ka6 65.gxh5 gxh5 66.Qe8 Qf1+ 67.Ka2 Qc4+ 68.Ka1 Qd5 69.Qa8+ Kb5 70.Qb8+ Kc4 71.Qf4+ Kd3 72.Qf1+ Ke3 73.Qe1+ Kf3 74.Qf1+ Kg4 75.Qg1+ Kf5 76.Qf2+ Ke6 77.Qe3+ Kd6 78.Qg3+ Kd7 79.Qg7+ Kc8 80.Qh8+ Kb7 81.Qg7+ Ka6 82.Qg3 Qe4 83.Qb8 Qh1+ 84.Ka2 Qd5+ 85.Ka1 h4 86.Qa8+ Kb6 87.Qb8+ Ka6 88.Qa8+ Kb5 89.Qb7+ Kc4 90.Qa6+ Kd4 91.Qa7+ Kd3 92.Qf2 Qe4 93.Qf1+ Kd4 94.Qf6+ Ke3 95.Qc3+ Ke2 96.Qxa5 Qh1+ 97.Ka2 Qd5+ 0-1
3069987 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) GM Rausis, I (2595) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Qb4 9.Nc3 Qxb2 10.Nd5 Qxa1 11.Qa4 Qb2 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Nc7+ Kf8 14.Nxa8 Qc3 15.Be2 Bh6 16.Bxa7 Qb2 17.Re1 Nf6 18.Nb6 Bg4 19.Nd5 Nxe4 20.c5 Bxf3 21.cxd6 Qd2 22.Rb1 Bxe2 23.dxe7+ Nxe7 24.Qxe4 Qxd5 25.Qxe2 Nc6 26.Rxb7 Nxa7 27.Rxa7 Bg5 28.h4 Bf6 29.h5 gxh5 30.Qe3 Kg7 31.Qg3+ Qg5 32.Qc7 Rf8 33.Ra3 h4 34.g3 Qg4 35.Kh2 Rc8 36.Qb6 Qd4 37.Qxd4 Bxd4 38.f3 Be5 39.f4 Rc3 40.Rxc3 Bxc3 41.gxh4 h5 42.a4 Kf6 43.Kg3 Kf5 44.Kf3 Bd2 0-1
3070000 CM Belzo, K (2031) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 0-1
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 f5 8.d5 Nf6 9.Qe5 Na6 10.dxe6 O-O-O 11.Nd4 dxe6 12.Qxe6+ Qxe6 13.Nxe6 Rd7 14.b4 Re8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nf3 c5 17.b5 Nc7 18.Bb2 Ne4 19.a4 g5 20.Rg1 Ne6 21.g4 fxg4 22.Ne5 Rd2 23.Bc1 Rc2 24.Nxg4 Rxc4 25.f3 Nc3 26.Nxh6 Nd4 27.e3 Nxf3+ 28.Kf2 Rh4 29.Nf5 Rxh2+ 30.Rg2 Rd8 31.Rxh2 Nxh2 32.Bg2 Rf8 33.Bxb7+ Kxb7 34.Kg2 Rxf5 35.Kxh2 Rf2+ 36.Kg3 Rc2 37.Kg4 Ne2 38.Ba3 Rc4+ 39.Kxg5 Rxa4 40.Re1 Nc3 41.Bb2 Ne4+ 42.Kf5 c4 43.Be5 Nf2 44.Rg1 Nd3 45.Rg7+ Kc8 46.Rg8+ Kd7 47.Rg7+ Kd8 48.Rg8+ Ke7 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Bc3 Ra3 51.Bd4 Ra5 52.Rc7 Rxb5+ 53.Kf6 Ke8 54.Rxc4 Kd7 55.e4 Rb1 56.e5 Rf1+ 57.Kg5 Nf4 58.Kf5 Ne6+ 59.Ke4 Rf4+ 60.Kd5 b5 61.Rb4 a5 0-1
3069968 FM Merry, Alan B (2333) GM Fodor, T jr (2491) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 Bb6 10.Nb1 Nd7 11.Nbd2 Bxe3 12.fxe3 c5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qe1 f6 15.Qg3 Qe8 16.Rf2 Qe6 17.Kh2 Rae8 18.Nh4 Bf7 19.b3 h6 20.Rg1 Kh7 21.Nhf3 g6 22.h4 b5 23.g5 fxg5 24.hxg5 h5 25.Nh4 Bg8 26.Rgf1 Rxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Qa6 28.Ndf3 Rf8 29.Rg2 Qe6 30.Qe1 a6 31.Qe2 Bf7 32.Nd2 Qe7 33.Nf1 Be6 34.Kg1 Bh3 35.Nh2 Bxg2 36.Qxg2 Qe6 37.N2f3 c4 38.Qg3 cxd3 39.cxd3 Qc6 40.Qh3 Rf7 41.Kg2 Qd6 42.d4 Qc6 43.dxe5 Nxe5 44.Nxe5 Qc2+ 45.Kh1 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qb2+ 47.Qg2 Qxe5+ 48.Kg1 Re7 49.Qf2 Qxg5+ 50.Ng2 Qe5 0-1
3069981 Hagesaether, A (2072) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nh2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 O-O 13.Ng4 Qb6 14.a3 Rfd8 15.b4 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Rb1 Qa7 19.Be3 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Rxa3 21.Qb5 Qa6 22.Qxb7 Qxe2 23.Qxc6 Qxg4 24.Rb2 Bf6 25.Rfb1 Raa8 26.Qc7 Qh5 27.g3 Rac8 28.Qb6 h6 29.Ra1 Qf3 30.Qa7 Rd5 0-1
3069963 CM Forbes, G (1921) FM Merry, Alan B (2333) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 a6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 d6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Nc4 O-O 11.O-O a5 12.Nfd2 Bb7 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qg3 f5 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 f5 19.Bf3 Ba6 20.b3 Bxc4 21.bxc4 Qd7 22.Be2 Qxa4 23.Bd3 Qd7 24.h4 a4 25.h5 Qf7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rf3 a3 28.Qh3 a2 29.g4 a1=Q 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kh2 Qf6 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rg3 Kf7 34.Qh5+ Ke7 0-1
2015.02.15 4ncl 2014-15
3082125 IM Hunt, A (2437) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Qd1 b6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Qxa6 12.a4 Nc6 13.Qb1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qc4 15.Qb5 Ne7 16.Ra3 a6 17.Qb2 O-O 18.Rc3 Qxa4 19.Ra3 Qc4 20.Rc3 Qa4 21.Ra3 Qc4 22.Rc3 Qa4 1/2-1/2
2015.02.14 4ncl 2014-15
3082046 GM Speelman, J (2501) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1-0
1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Bb3 Ne7 6.O-O b6 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.Nf1 h6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.c3 e5 12.h4 Kh8 13.h5 f5 14.hxg6 f4 15.Nh5 Nxg6 16.Be6 Nf6 17.Bf5 Qe8 18.Nxg7 Kxg7 19.b3 Rg8 20.Bb2 Ne7 21.Be6 Qh5 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.c4 Rgd8 24.Qe2 Ng6 25.Bf5 Re8 26.Rad1 Bc8 27.Qc2 Ng4 28.c5 Re7 29.Rd8 Bxf5 30.Rxa8 Bd7 31.c6 Be6 32.Qc3 Kh7 33.Rd1 Nh4 34.Nxe5 Nxe5 35.Qxe5 Qxd1+ 36.Kh2 Qg4 37.Rh8+ Kg6 38.Qf6+ Kh5 39.Rxh6# 1-0
3087254 FM Jackson, J (2313) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.Be3 Kf7 10.Nf3 Nge7 11.Bd3 h6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Na5 14.dxc5 b6 15.Nh4 Rac8 16.Ng6 Rhg8 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 18.c4 dxc4 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Be2 Nc6 21.Rd1 Qxe5 22.Qh4+ Qf6 23.Qxc4 Rb8 24.Bxb6 Rgc8 25.Bc5+ Ke8 26.O-O Na5 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.Bxd4 Rxc2 29.Bd3 Ra2 30.Bxg7 Bc6 31.Ra1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Rd8 33.Bf1 Kf7 34.Bxh6 Rh8 35.Be3 Rxh5 36.Rb1 Bd5 37.Rb5 Nc6 38.a4 Rh4 39.f4 Rh8 40.a5 Ra8 41.a6 Ke7 42.Bc5+ Kf6 43.Rb6 Be4 44.Rb3 Ne7 45.a7 Nd5 46.g3 Ne7 47.Rb8 1-0
3087266 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) Wadsworth, Matthew J (2064) 1-0
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Ne2 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbc3 Nd5 9.Qd2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.e4 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O e4 14.dxe4 Bxe4 15.Rae1 Rad8 16.Qc1 Qh4 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bb2 Rd7 19.Rd1 Rdf7 20.Rd4 Rf4 21.Rxf4 Bxf4 22.Qe1 Re8 23.Qd1 Bd6 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Qe7 26.Qc3 h6 27.h3 Kh7 28.Qd2 Bb4 29.c3 Qd6 30.Qe2 Bc5 31.Nf1 Qd3 32.Qxd3 Bxd3 33.Bc1 a5 34.Be3 Bd6 35.Nd2 Kg6 36.f3 Be5 37.Bd4 Bf4 38.Nc4 Bxc4 39.bxc4 Bd2 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke2 Bf4 42.a4 g6 43.Kd3 Ke6 44.g4 b6 45.Ke4 Bd6 46.f4 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.f5+ Kd7 49.c5 bxc5 50.Bg7 c4 51.Kd4 Ke7 52.Kxc4 Kf7 53.Bh8 Kg8 54.Bf6 Kf7 55.Bd8 Ke8 56.Bg5 Kf7 57.Kd4 Bg3 58.Kc5 Be1 59.c4 Bb4+ 60.Kxc6 Bd6 61.Bd8 1-0
3087240 Jones, Steven A (2079) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 O-O 10.a4 b4 11.d5 Na5 12.Nbd2 d6 13.Nb3 c5 14.dxc6 Naxc6 15.Nfd4 Bb7 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rc1 d5 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd4 dxe4 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Bxe4 Re6 22.Rc4 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 b3 24.Bf3 Re8 25.g3 Nc8 26.Rd3 Nb6 27.Rb4 a5 28.Rb5 Nxa4 29.Rdxb3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2
3087250 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) Bridge, Neil A (2076) 1-0
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.Ne1 O-O 8.Nc2 d6 9.Ne3 Rb8 10.a3 a6 11.b4 b5 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Rb1 Nd4 14.Ned5 Bf5 15.d3 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.e3 Nf5 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Nd6 21.Qe2 Qh4 22.Bb2 bxc4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.dxc4 Qg4 25.Qc2 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Bf5 27.Qc3+ f6 28.h3 Qh4 29.Qe1 Qh5 30.Rb6 Ne4 31.Rb7+ Kh6 32.Re7 Nd6 33.Kh2 g5 34.Qg3 g4 35.e4 Bc8 36.f5 Nxc4 37.Qc7 Bxf5 38.exf5 Qxf5 39.Qg3 Qg5 40.hxg4 1-0
3087233 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) Gardiner, Eric D (2011) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.d4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.a3 b4 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.a4 O-O 15.b3 e5 16.Ng5 Na5 17.Bb2 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 a5 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Ba6 Bxa6 21.Qxa6 Ng4 22.Ne4 Nxe3 23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Rxc5 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 1-0
2015.01.11 4ncl 2014-15
3095283 IM Cooper, J (2339) FM Merry, Alan B (2349) 0-1
1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 e6 5.c4 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 b6 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.O-O-O a6 11.g4 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.e5 Qc7 14.Ne4 Nxe5 15.Nd6+ Kf8 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Rhf1 Rd8 23.Bd3 Ke8 24.Qf2 Nc8 25.Qf6 Rf8 26.Qxg5 Qe7 27.Rf6 Kd7 28.Qe5 Qc5 29.Qf4 Nd6 30.Kb1 e5 31.Qf3 Rde8 32.Be4 Ke7 33.g5 Rc8 34.Bd5 b5 35.Re1 Kd8 36.Rxd6+ Qxd6 37.cxb5 axb5 38.Bxf7 d3 39.g6 d2 40.Rd1 Ke7 41.Qf5 Rfd8 42.Bc4 Qf6 43.Bd3 Qxf5 44.Bxf5 Rc4 45.g7 Rh4 46.Kc2 Kf7 47.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 48.Kxd2 Kxg7 49.Bd3 b4 50.Be2 Kf6 51.a3 bxa3 52.bxa3 Ra4 53.Ke3 Rxa3+ 54.Bd3 Kg5 55.Ke4 Kxh5 0-1
2015.01.10 4ncl 2014-15
3095220 FM Merry, Alan B (2349) Webb, M (2194) 0-1
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Ne4 11.Qxd5 Nxc3 12.Qxc5 Nxe2+ 13.Kh1 Nxc1 14.Raxc1 Qf6 15.b4 Bg4 16.Ng5 Rad8 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.f3 Bf5 19.b5 Nd4 20.Qxa7 Nxf3 21.Nc3 Nd2 22.Rf4 Be6 23.Qxb7 Qd3 24.Qe7 Rc8 25.Bc6 Qe3 26.Qb4 Rfd8 27.Rg1 Rd3 28.Ne4 h6 29.Qc5 Nxe4 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Ra1 Ng5 32.Rd4 Re2 33.h4 Rxc6 34.hxg5 Rcc2 35.b6 Rh2+ 36.Kg1 Rcg2+ 37.Kf1 Bh3 0-1
3101053 FM Merry, Alan B (2347) FM Sowray, P (2365) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Qd2 c6 7.Bh6 e5 8.Bxg7 Kxg7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Nge2 b5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.g4 b4 13.Nb1 Qe7 14.h4 Nc5 15.h5 Be6 16.Qg5 Rad8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Ng3 Bc8 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Nh5+ 1-0
3101046 IM Wallace, JP (2404) FM Merry, Alan B (2347) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.h4 g4 7.h5 Bg7 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Ng3 Ne5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Bd2 Nh7 13.f4 gxf3 14.gxf3 Qc7 15.f4 Ng4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Nhf6 19.Rg1 e6 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.fxe5 Ne8 23.Rf1+ 1-0
3101036 FM Merry, Alan B (2347) WGM Maisuradze, N (2323) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rab1 a5 12.a3 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 b5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Ra1 c5 19.Rxa4 Nb6 20.Raa1 c4 21.Qe2 a4 22.Rfb1 Rf6 23.e4 a3 24.e5 Rc6 25.Qd1 Qg5 26.Nf1 Rg6 27.Qd2 f4 28.Ra2 Nc8 29.Rba1 Ne7 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Rxa3 h5 32.Ra2 Nf5 33.Qf2 Nh4 34.Kh1 Kf7 35.g3 Nf5 36.Qd2 fxg3 37.Qxg5 Rxg5 38.f4 Rg4 39.Ra7+ Ke6 40.Ra6+ Ke7 41.Nxg3 Nxg3+ 42.hxg3 Rxg3 43.f5 Rxc3 44.Ra7+ Kf8 45.e6 Rf3 46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Kg2 Rf4 48.Kg3 Rxd4 49.Rc7 Re4 50.Kf3 c3 51.Rxc3 Ke7 52.Rc7+ Kf6 53.Rf7+ Kg5 54.Rd7 Re5 55.e7 Kf6 56.Kg3 Rxe7 57.Rxd5 Re5 58.Rd8 Rxf5 59.Rf8+ Kg5 60.Rg8 g6 61.Ra8 Rc5 62.Ra3 h4+ 63.Kh3 Kh5 64.Ra8 Rc3+ 65.Kg2 g5 66.Ra4 Rc2+ 67.Kf3 g4+ 68.Kf4 Rf2+ 69.Ke3 g3 70.Rb4 h3 71.Rb5+ Kg4 72.Rb4+ Kg5 73.Rb5+ Rf5 74.Rb8 h2 75.Rh8 Kg4 76.Ke2 g2 0-1
3101028 GM Vakhidov, J (2502) FM Merry, Alan B (2347) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Nb5 Be8 16.c5 Nb4 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.cxd6 Bc6 19.Rac1 Nxa2 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rc4 Bxg2 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Kxg2 b6 24.Ra1 Nb4 25.Rxa7 Rd8 26.d7 e5 27.Rb7 Nd5 28.e4 Nc3 29.Rc7 Kf8 30.Rxc3 Rxd7 31.Rc6 Rd1 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Rxb6 Rb1 34.Rb7+ Kd6 35.Na5 1-0
3101023 FM Merry, Alan B (2347) FM Kirk, Ez (2308) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.b3 Qa6 12.Bb2 f6 13.Qc2 Nf7 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Qb1 e5 16.dxe5 fxe5 17.Nc4 Rad8 18.Rcd1 Rfe8 19.a4 Bc8 20.Qc2 Bg4 21.Rd3 d5 22.Ncd2 Be6 23.Rc3 Rc8 24.Rc5 Bf8 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Qb6 28.Qc3 c5 29.Qf3 Rf8 30.Qe3 d4 31.Qh6 Rf7 32.Rc1 Bxb3 33.Bxd4 Rd7 34.Nf3 Rcd8 35.Bc3 Bxa4 36.h4 Bd1 37.Ne5 Re7 38.Nc4 Qe6 39.Ne3 Be2 40.f3 Bb5 41.Ng4 Rf8 42.Qg5 Rc8 43.Nf6+ Kf7 44.Qh6 Qxf6 45.Bxf6 Kxf6 46.Qg5+ Kf7 47.Rxc5 Rxc5 48.Qxc5 a6 49.h5 1-0
3101018 FM Merry, Alan B (2347) Willmoth, R (2182) 1-0
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.exf3 c6 6.Be3 g6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.Be2 Ngf6 9.d5 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.Rab1 Rfc8 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.b4 Qc7 14.f4 Rd8 15.Rfc1 e6 16.Bf3 Rac8 17.Qc2 Nb8 18.Qa4 Rd7 19.g3 Re7 20.Rc2 Ne8 21.Rbc1 f5 22.Nb5 Qd7 23.Nd4 Nf6 24.b5 Ne4 25.Nb3 c5 26.Nd2 Nf6 27.Qa5 Qe8 28.Rd1 Rec7 29.Nb3 Qe7 30.Qe1 Bf8 31.Re2 Qf7 32.Bc1 Re8 33.Bb2 Nbd7 34.Bc6 h6 35.Bxf6 Qxf6 36.Bxd7 Rxd7 37.Nxc5 Rc7 38.Nxe6 Rce7 39.Rxd6 Bg7 40.Nxg7 Rxe2 41.Qxe2 Qa1+ 42.Rd1 Rxe2 43.Rxa1 Kxg7 44.c5 Rc2 45.c6 Kf7 46.a4 Ke6 47.Re1+ Kd6 48.Rd1+ Kc5 49.Rd7 a6 50.Rb7 1-0
3101007 GM Lalic, B (2479) FM Merry, Alan B (2347) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bb3 h6 14.Bh4 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Nxe8 16.Ne4 Nb6 17.Re1 Nd5 18.Nxd6 Nxd6 19.Bg3 Nf5 20.Re8+ Kh7 21.Bc2 g6 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Be5 f6 24.Bd6 b6 25.Rd8 Kg6 26.Nh4+ Kg5 27.g3 Bb7 28.Rd7 1-0
3101002 FM Merry, Alan B (2347) IM Eggleston, D (2416) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O d5 8.c3 b6 9.e5 Nf5 10.Na3 h5 11.Nc2 Bb7 12.d4 Qe7 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Ne3 cxd4 15.Nxf5 gxf5 16.cxd4 Qd7 17.Be3 Bf8 18.Rc1 Be7 19.h4 Ba6 20.Bd2 Bd3 21.Re3 Be4 22.Rec3 b5 23.Bf1 a6 24.a3 Kf8 25.Ng5 Kg7 26.Be3 Na7 27.a4 Rxc3 28.Rxc3 bxa4 29.Bxa6 Bb4 30.Rc1 a3 31.bxa3 Bxa3 32.Rc3 Bb4 33.Rc1 Ba3 34.Ra1 Be7 35.Nxe4 fxe4 36.Be2 Qb7 37.Bxh5 Nc6 38.Qg4+ Kf8 39.f5 Qb3 40.Ra8+ Bd8 41.Bc1 exf5 42.Qxf5 Qxg3+ 43.Kf1 Qd3+ 44.Ke1 Qg3+ 45.Kf1 1/2-1/2
3100991 GM Fier, A (2592) FM Merry, Alan B (2347) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.a3 Qc8 12.Nb5 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Qxh3 14.Qd3 Qg4+ 15.Kh1 Qh3+ 16.Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
2014.11.16 4ncl 2014-15
3114577 FM Merry, Alan B (2348) Mason, D (2143) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Qxe5 12.h4 Rxg2 13.Bg5 Nbc6 14.Kf1 Rh2 15.Rg1 Rh3 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Nf4 e5 18.Qh8+ Kd7 19.Nxh3 Kc7 20.Rg2 Bxh3 21.Qxa8 e4 22.Bxe7 Qh2 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qg8 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qxg2 26.Qxg2 Bxg2 27.Bf6 1-0
2014.11.15 4ncl 2014-15
3114505 IM Collins, S IRL (2490) FM Merry, Alan B (2348) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxe4 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.f4 Qxc3 12.Nb5 Qc5+ 13.Kh1 Nd4 14.a4 Nxb5 15.axb5 d6 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Qg3 Qc7 19.Bh6 g6 20.f5 exf5 21.Re7 Qc5 22.Rxf5 Qd4 23.Bxf8 Nxf8 24.Rfxf7 Be6 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Rxe6 a5 27.h3 a4 28.Rxd6 Qa1+ 29.Kh2 a3 30.Bc4+ Kh8 31.c3 1-0
3125080 FM Merry, Alan B (2269) GM Boruchovsky, A (2501) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Ng3 Nd7 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Nd2 Rad8 12.Qh5 Qg6 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.h3 b6 15.Kh2 Rfe8 16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Nh4 Qf6 18.Nhf5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Nf8 20.Qf3 Kh7 21.Rae1 Ne6 22.Kh1 Bb4 23.c3 Bf8 24.d4 exd4 25.Bxd4 Nxd4 26.Nxd4 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 a5 28.Re2 Rd3 29.Rfe1 a4 30.a3 c5 31.Kg1 b5 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Rxe3 g5 34.Kf1 Kg6 35.Ke2 b4 36.Kd3 bxa3 37.bxa3 c4+ 38.Kxc4 Bxa3 39.Nd4 Bb2 40.Nc6 a3 41.Kb3 Re6 42.Nd4 Rb6+ 43.Ka2 Rd6 44.Rf3 Bxc3 45.Nf5 Rd2+ 46.Kxa3 Be5 47.Ne7+ Kg7 48.Nf5+ Kg6 49.Ne7+ Kg7 50.Nf5+ Kh7 51.Ne3 Rd3+ 52.Kb4 Kg6 53.Kc5 Rd4 54.Ng4 Bg7 55.e5 Rd2 56.Nf6 h5 57.g4 h4 58.Ne4 Ra2 59.Rf5 Ra5+ 60.Kd4 Ra4+ 61.Kd3 Ra3+ 62.Ke2 Rxh3 63.Rxg5+ Kh7 64.f4 Rh1 65.Rh5+ Kg8 66.g5 h3 67.Nf2 Ra1 68.Rxh3 Ra4 69.Kf3 Kf8 70.Rh1 Ke7 71.Rh7 Kf8 72.Ne4 Rc4 73.Ng3 Kg8 74.Rh1 Bf8 75.Nh5 Be7 76.Kg4 Ra4 77.Kf5 c5 78.Rb1 Ra8 79.Rb7 Kf8 80.Rc7 Ke8 81.Nf6+ Bxf6 82.gxf6 c4 83.Rxc4 Kf8 84.Kg5 Re8 85.Kh6 Kg8 86.Rc7 Kf8 87.f5 Ra8 88.e6 Kg8 89.e7 Kh8 90.Rd7 1-0
3125050 FM Merry, Alan B (2269) GM Jedynak, R (2453) 1-0
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 b6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Na5 11.Nc1 Ba6 12.Nb3 Bxc4 13.Nxa5 Bxf1 14.dxc5 Ba6 15.Nc6 Qd7 16.Qxd6 bxc5 17.Rd1 Rc8 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Rxd7 Nxg3 20.Re7+ Kf8 21.Bxg3 Rxc6 22.Rxa7 Kg8 23.Kf2 f6 24.Rd1 Kh7 25.Rdd7 Rg8 26.e5 f5 27.Rd6 Bb5 28.a4 1-0
3125020 IM Nakar, Ey (2424) FM Merry, Alan B (2269) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 g6 5.h4 h6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.c3 c5 8.dxc5 Nd7 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.cxb6 axb6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Ra4 15.Bc2 Rg4 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Nbd2 Ne5 18.Ne1 Nd5 19.f4 Rg3 20.Bd4 Ng4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qc4 Qe7 23.Ndf3 Nde3 24.Qd4+ Kh7 25.Qb4 Qd8 26.Qd4 Bxf3 27.Qxd8 Bxg2 28.Rf2 Bf3+ 29.Rg2 Bxg2 30.Qd2 Bd5+ 31.Ng2 Bxg2 0-1
3124979 IM Raznikov, D (2492) FM Merry, Alan B (2269) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Nxd5 Be4 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Nc3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxd4 11.Qxd4 Nxd4 12.O-O-O Ne6 13.e3 Nf6 14.f4 g6 15.Bg2 c6 16.Bf3 Ke7 17.Kc2 Rad8 18.b4 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rg1 Nc7 21.a4 Nfd5 22.Rb1 Nxc3 23.Kxc3 Nd5+ 24.Kc2 Nb6 25.Ra1 Nc4 26.Kc3 Nd6 27.Rg1 Rc8 28.Rd1 c5 29.b5 b6 30.Bc6 a5 31.e4 Rd8 32.Rd2 Ne8 33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.Bxe8 Kxe8 35.Kc4 Kf8 36.Kd5 Kg7 37.e5 Kh6 38.Ke4 Kh5 39.f5 gxf5+ 40.Kxf5 Kh6 41.Kf6 c4 42.Kxf7 c3 43.e6 c2 44.e7 c1=Q 45.e8=Q Qf4+ 46.Ke7 Qxa4 47.Qf8+ Kg6 48.Qf7+ Kh6 49.Qf8+ Kg6 50.Qf6+ Kh5 51.Qf5+ Kh6 52.Qe6+ Kh5 53.Qxb6 Qb4+ 54.Kd7 a4 55.Qc6 a3 56.Qf3+ Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
3124934 FM Merry, Alan B (2269) GM Fressinet, L (2713) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.c4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.b3 Qc7 11.Ne5 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.O-O g5 15.Na4 gxf4 16.Rxf4 Nd7 17.Re4 f5 18.Re3 f4 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qh5 Bc6 22.Nc3 Qg7 23.Qh3+ Kb8 24.Na4 Qg5 25.Rf1 f3 26.g3 Qxd2 27.Bg7 f2+ 28.Rxf2 Re1+ 29.Rf1 Qe3# 0-1
3124896 GM Marin, Mi (2583) FM Merry, Alan B (2269) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Bxb6 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Bf3 Rc8 15.a4 Rc2 16.Rd1 Ke7 17.b4 d3 18.Rxd3 Bxa4 19.Be3 Nd7 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Rxa4 Ne5 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Rd6 Nxf3+ 24.exf3 Rhc8 25.f4 Rb2 26.f5 exf5 27.Ra7+ Ke8 28.Rxb6 Re2 29.Rxg7 Kf8 30.Rxh7 Kg8 31.Ra7 Rb2 32.Rf6 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Ra5 1-0
3127837 FM Merry, Alan B (2269) GM Harika, D (2528) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Qxe5 12.h4 Nd7 13.Bf4 Qh8 14.Qxh8 Rxh8 15.Nxc3 a6 16.Bd6 f6 17.O-O-O Kf7 18.Rde1 Nc6 19.f4 f5 20.g4 fxg4 21.h5 Nf6 22.Bg6+ Kg7 23.Na4 b5 24.Nb6 Ra7 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxe6 Ne4 27.Bf5 Rg8 28.Rg1 Kf7 29.Rh6 Ne7 30.Bxg4 Nf6 31.Rxf6+ Kxf6 32.Be5+ Kf7 33.h6 Kg6 34.Be6+ Kh7 35.Bxg8+ Nxg8 36.Rg7+ Rxg7 37.hxg7 Ne7 38.Kd2 Nf5 39.Kc3 a5 40.Kb3 Ne3 41.c3 Nc4 42.Bf6 Nd2+ 43.Ka2 Nc4 44.Bd4 Kg8 45.f5 Kf7 46.f6 a4 47.Bc5 Nd2 48.Kb2 Ne4 49.Be7 Ng5 50.Kc2 Ne6 51.Kd3 Kg8 52.Bd6 Kf7 53.Be5 Kg8 54.Ke3 Kf7 55.Kf3 Nd8 56.Ke3 Ne6 57.Kd3 Kg8 58.Bg3 Kf7 59.Bf2 Kg8 60.Bb6 Kf7 61.Ke3 Kg8 62.Kf3 Ng5+ 63.Kf4 Ne4 64.Ke5 Kf7 65.Bd8 Nxc3 66.g8=Q+ Kxg8 67.Ke6 Ne4 68.f7+ Kg7 69.Be7 1-0
3127805 IM Ansell, S (2370) FM Merry, Alan B (2269) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Re1 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Rd7 15.Rad1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxc3 17.Qc2 Nxd1 18.Rxd1 Nb4 19.Qc3 f6 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Ne3 e5 22.Bh3 Rxd3 23.Rxd3 Nxd3 24.Bf1 Rd8 25.Nd2 Qd7 26.Qb3+ Qf7 27.Ndc4 Nb4 28.h4 Nc6 29.h5 Nd4 30.Qb1 Nf3+ 31.Kh1 Bb7 32.Bg2 Rd4 33.a5 g5 34.g4 Rxg4 0-1
3127782 FM Merry, Alan B (2269) IM Givon, A (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 b6 10.Ne5 c5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Rf3 Ne4 14.Rh3 Ndf6 15.g4 cxd4 16.exd4 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.Qb3 Rac8 19.Rb1 b5 20.a4 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxc3 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Bg6+ Kg8 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Bg6+ Kg8 26.Bh7+ 1/2-1/2
3451214 Tooley, David J Merry, Alan B (2138) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 a5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Na6 11.Qe2 Nb4 12.Bb1 b6 13.Rd1 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Rd3 Rfd8 17.Ne5 g6 18.Rh3 c5 19.Qg4 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 f5 21.Qf4 cxd4 22.Bc7 Rd7 23.Bxb6 e5 24.Qh6 Qe6 25.Bc5 Qc6 26.Rg3 Qxc5 27.Bxf5 Rg7 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Qg5 Re8 30.Bg4 Qxc4 31.Rc1 Qd5 32.Qf6 Qf7 33.Qb6 Rf8 34.Rf1 Nd5 35.Qb5 e4 36.Bd1 Qf6 0-1
3263854 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) Adebajo, O (1971) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.c4 O-O 8.Nbc3 Rb8 9.h3 Bd7 10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Qc8 12.Kh2 e5 13.f4 Nd4 14.f5 gxf5 15.Bg5 Bc6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Rxf5 Be5 21.Qh5 Kg7 22.Raf1 f6 23.h4 Qe8 24.Qf3 Kh7 25.Bh3 Rg8 26.Rg1 Qxa4 27.Rxf6 Qc2+ 28.Kh1 Qd2 29.Qf5+ Kh8 30.Re6 Rbf8 31.Qh5 Bg7 32.Bf5 Rf6 33.Rxf6 Bxf6 1-0
3263869 CM Coleman, J (2127) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.O-O a5 9.b5 Nbd7 10.Nc3 e4 11.Nd2 e3 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 exf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nc5 15.Bd5 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Na4 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 f5 19.Na4 Nxa4 20.Qxa4 Qf6 21.Raf1 Qd4 22.Kg2 b6 23.Qc2 Rae8 24.Qd2 Re3 25.Kh1 Qe5 26.Re1 h5 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Kf1 d5 29.Rf3 d4 30.Rxe3 dxe3 31.Qc1 Qe6 32.Qc3+ Kh7 33.Qd4 Rf8 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.h4 Re8 36.Kg2 Qc5 37.Rf1 Re7 38.Rf3 a4 39.Qg5 Kg7 40.Rxf5 Qa3 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Re5 Rg7 43.Rxe3 Qxa2 44.Re7 Rxe7 45.Qxe7+ Kh6 46.Qg5+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ Kh6 48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.Qf4+ Kg7 51.Qxc7+ Kh6 52.Qf4+ Kg7 53.Qc7+ Kh6 54.Qf4+ Kg7 55.Qe5+ Kh7 56.Kf2 a3 57.Qe7+ Kh6 58.Qe3+ Kg7 59.Qxb6 Qb2 60.Qc7+ Kh6 61.Qf4+ Kg7 62.Qc7+ Kh6 63.Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
3263887 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) Duggan, C (2036) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Bd7 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bf6 13.Be3 Qc8 14.Kh2 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qxc2 17.Rac1 Qa4 18.Qxa4 Bxa4 19.Bxd5 Rfd8 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rc7 Rd2 22.b3 Bb5 23.Re1 Rxa2 24.Kg1 Kf8 25.Bd5 Be8 26.Ree7 Kg8 27.Bxf7+ Bxf7 28.Rxf7 Rxb3 29.Rxg7+ 1-0
3263900 Mason, D (2204) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bb5 c4 11.c3 Bd6 12.b3 a6 13.Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.bxc4 dxc4 16.Ndxc4 Be7 17.Ba3 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ne3 Qxc3 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.d5 Rd8 22.Qf3 Nxd5 23.N5c4 Qc5 24.Ne5 Qe7 25.Nf5 Qf6 26.Qa3 Qxf5 27.Rc7 Nxc7 28.Nc6 bxc6 0-1
3263915 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) IM Pritchett, C (2359) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qc7 10.b3 d6 11.Bb2 Bd7 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Bc6 16.Qd2 Qh5 17.a4 Rac8 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.h3 b6 20.Qe3 Rb8 21.Rd2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Rcd1 Ne8 25.e5 Ba6 26.Na4 Bb7 27.Bxd6 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Nxd6 29.exd6 Qb5 30.Rd3 h6 31.Qe4 Rb7 32.Nb2 Rbd7 33.Nc4 Qa6 34.Qf4 f6 35.Qe4 e5 36.Qd5+ Kh8 37.b4 Rc8 38.b5 Qa7 39.Qe6 Qb7+ 40.Kh2 Qxb5 41.Ne3 Rcd8 42.Nf5 Qb6 43.R3d2 Kh7 44.h4 g6 45.Ne3 Rxd6 46.Rxd6 Rxd6 47.Qf7+ Bg7 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rxd6 Qxd6 50.Qxg7+ Kxg7 51.Nf5+ Kg6 52.Nxd6 f5 53.Kh3 Kf6 54.Nf7 e4 55.Nxh6 Ke5 56.Kh4 f4 57.Kxh5 f3 58.Kg4 1-0
3263929 GM Jones, G (2638) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.f4 f6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qe4 Nc6 12.f5 Bf7 13.d4 Bd6 14.Qg4 O-O 15.d5 Ne7 16.e4 Kh8 17.Be3 Nc4 18.Bf2 Nxb2 19.Rab1 Nd3 20.Be3 Bc5 21.Qf3 b6 22.g4 c6 23.Rfd1 Bxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Nc5 25.d6 Nc8 26.Rb2 Nxd6 27.g5 Nc4 28.Qh3 Qe7 29.g6 Bg8 30.gxh7 Nxb2 31.hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 32.Rf1 Ncd3 33.Qg3 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Rad8 35.Bf3 Nf4 36.Rg1 Rf7 37.Qh4 Nbd3 38.Rf1 Qe3 39.Nd1 Qd2 40.Nxf4 Nxf4 41.Nf2 Qe3 42.Qg3 Rd2 43.Ng4 Qd3 44.Rg1 Kf8 45.Nf2 Qc3 46.Nd1 Qd4 47.Qh4 Ke7 48.Qe1 Kd7 49.Ne3 Kc7 50.Ng4 Re2 51.Qb1 Rb2 52.Qf1 Rd7 53.Qa6 Kb8 54.Qa3 Qd3 55.Qxd3 Rxd3 56.Bd1 Rb1 57.Bb3 Rxg1+ 58.Kxg1 Rd4 59.Kf2 Rxe4 60.Kf3 Rd4 61.Nf2 c5 62.Ne4 c4 63.Bc2 b5 64.h4 b4 65.Nc5 Kc7 66.Na6+ Kb6 67.Nxb4 a5 0-1
3263945 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) GM Smerdon, D (2523) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.c4 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Qd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qc2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Kb8 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qa4 16.Be2 Nxd5 17.Qxg7 Qb3 18.Qxf7 Rd6 19.Bd4 Rc6+ 20.Kd2 Rc2+ 21.Ke1 Rxe2+ 22.Kxe2 Nc3+ 23.Bxc3 Qxf7 24.Bxh8 Qe8+ 25.Kf1 Qxh8 26.Rg1 b6 27.Rd7 Qxb2 28.Rgg7 Qc1+ 29.Kg2 h5 30.Rh7 Qg5+ 31.Kf1 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Qg5+ 33.Kf1 Qe5 34.h4 Nc4 35.Rd8+ Kb7 36.Rdh8 Nd2+ 37.Kg2 Qf5 38.Rxh5 Qxf3+ 39.Kg1 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Qh3+ 0-1
3263749 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) FM Sowray, P (2335) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.Nf5 Qf6 11.h3 Bxf5 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.exf5 Qd7 14.Nh4 Nf4 15.Qg4 f6 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nf3 c5 18.Nd2 Rae8 19.Rae1 Re5 20.Rxe5 fxe5 21.Qf3 b6 22.g4 g6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Qe4 Qf7 25.Nf3 Re8 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.b3 Qe6 28.Re1 Be7 29.Qxe5+ Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Kf7 31.g5 Rh8 32.h4 Bd6 33.Re4 b5 34.Kh3 a5 35.Kg4 a4 36.Ne5+ Kg7 37.bxa4 Ra8 38.axb5 Rxa2 39.Nc4 Rxc2 40.f3 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rg3+ 42.Kh2 Rxf3 43.b6 Rxd3 44.bxc7 Bxc7 45.Re7+ Kf8 46.Rxc7 Rc3 47.Rxc5 Ke7 48.Rc6 1-0
3263763 Tavares, S (2143) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Be2 Qe8 10.g4 h6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.h4 f5 14.gxf5 gxf5 15.exf5 Ndc5 16.Rg1 Bxf5 17.Rxg7+ Kxg7 18.Bxh6+ Kh7 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.O-O-O Nb4 21.Rg1 Nxa2+ 22.Kd1 Nxc3+ 23.Qxc3 Ne4 24.Qe3 Kh8 25.Ng5 Nxg5 26.Rxg5 Qf6 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qf7 29.Qe2 Rg8 30.Rh5+ Kg7 31.Qg4+ Kf8 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Rg5+ Kh8 34.Rxg8+ Qxg8 35.Qxc7 Qg4+ 36.Ke1 Qe4+ 37.Kd2 Qxh4 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.Qxb7+ Kg6 40.Qb6 Kf5 41.Qxd6 Qxf2+ 42.Kc3 Qd4+ 43.Kb3 Qd1+ 44.Ka3 Qa1+ 45.Kb3 Qd1+ 46.Ka3 a4 47.Qe6+ Ke4 48.Qb6 Qa1+ 49.Kb4 Qxb2+ 50.Ka5 a3 51.d6 Qd2+ 52.Qb4 Qe3 53.c5+ Kf3 54.Qb7+ e4 55.Qf7+ Ke2 56.Kb6 Qd2 57.d7 a2 58.Qc4+ Ke3 59.Qb3+ Kf2 60.Qxa2 Qxa2 61.d8=Q Qb2+ 62.Ka7 e3 63.c6 e2 64.Qf8+ Kg2 65.Qg8+ Kf1 66.Qf7+ Kg2 67.Qg6+ Kf1 68.Qg3 1/2-1/2
3263771 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) GM Jones, G (2638) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 Qe8 8.Nd3 Bxc3 9.dxc3 Qxe4 10.Re1 Qg4 11.Qxg4 Nxg4 12.Bf4 d6 13.Re7 Rd8 14.Rxc7 c5 15.Rc6 Bf5 16.Rxd6 c4 17.Nb4 Rxd6 18.Bxd6 a5 19.Nc6 Bxc2 20.Re1 h6 21.Nd4 Bd3 22.Re7 Nf6 23.f3 a4 24.Be5 a3 25.bxa3 Nd5 26.Rd7 Nxc3 27.Nc6 Rxa3 28.Nb4 Nxa2 29.Nc6 Ra6 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Nd5 Re6 32.Bd4 Nc1 33.Kf2 Bg6 34.Nf4 Rc6 35.h4 Nd3+ 36.Nxd3 cxd3 37.g4 Rc2+ 38.Ke3 Re2+ 39.Kf4 h5 40.Kg5 Re7 41.Rxe7 d2 42.gxh5 Bxh5 43.Kxh5 d1=Q 0-1
3263791 IM Pritchett, C (2359) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne8 9.Bg5 Bf6 10.Bh6 Ng7 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.b4 Nf6 14.c5 Ng8 15.Bd2 f5 16.Rac1 f4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Ne8 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Rfd1 g5 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Ng7 23.Bc4 g4 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.g3 Rf6 28.Qb2 Nxe6 29.Qxe5 Nd4 30.Qh5 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nh6 32.e5 Rg6 33.h4 Bxb4 34.Be2 Ne1+ 35.Kf1 Rf8 36.Rc4 Rf5 37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Rc7+ Kh8 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Rc7+ Kh8 41.Rc8+ 1/2-1/2
3263811 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) Hunt, Peter 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne2 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Nc6 7.c4 O-O 8.Nbc3 Bd7 9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Rad1 a6 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.b3 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bc6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Re4 Bf5 23.Rh4 Kg8 24.Re1 Rf7 25.Be4 Qd7 26.Qd4 Bxe4 27.Rhxe4 Qxh3 28.Rh4 Qd7 29.Re6 Rg7 30.Kg2 Qc7 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.Qe3 Rf8 33.Rhe4 Rff7 34.a4 Kf8 35.Qc3 Kg8 36.Rc4 Rf8 37.Rc7 Qe8 38.Rxb7 Qf7 39.Qe3 Qf5 40.Qd4 Rgf7 41.Rexe7 Qxf2+ 42.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 43.Kh3 R2f7 44.Rxf7 Rxf7 45.Rb6 Ra7 46.a5 Kf7 47.Rxd6 Ke7 48.Rb6 Rd7 49.Rxa6 Rxd5 50.b4 Rb5 51.Rb6 Rxb6 52.axb6 Kd6 53.b5 Kd7 54.Kg4 h6 55.Kf4 Kc8 56.Ke5 Kb7 57.Kf6 Kxb6 58.Kxg6 Kxb5 59.Kxh6 Kc6 60.Kg6 Kd7 61.Kf7 1-0
3263819 FM Merry, Alan B (2297) Piper, M (2362) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.Ng3 Nc5 10.Be3 Ne6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Re8 16.f3 Be6 17.g4 Rad8 18.Bc3 f6 19.b3 Rd7 20.Kf2 Red8 21.Ke2 c5 22.Rfd1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 Kf7 25.e5 Bd7 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Ke2 Kg6 28.Be1 f5 29.gxf5+ Bxf5 30.Kd2 c4 31.bxc4 h5 32.Bg3 c6 33.Bb8 a6 34.Kc3 b5 35.c5 a5 36.Bc7 a4 37.a3 Be6 38.Kd4 Kf5 39.c3 Bc4 40.Ke3 Bd5 41.Kf2 Bc4 42.Kg3 Bf1 43.Kf2 Bc4 44.Bd6 Bf7 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Kf4 Kd5 47.Kf5 Kc4 48.Kf6 Bd5 49.Kg5 Kb3 50.Kxh5 Kxa3 51.Kg4 Kb3 52.Kf4 a3 53.c4 bxc4 54.Ke3 a2 55.Be5 c3 56.Kd4 0-1
3263842 Pitcher, J (2246) FM Merry, Alan B (2297) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.b3 Nf5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 O-O 11.Nc3 f6 12.Na4 Qd8 13.h4 fxe5 14.dxe5 Be7 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.a3 Be8 17.h5 Nh4 18.Qc2 h6 19.Nxh4 Bxh4 20.f3 Bxh5 21.Rh3 Bg4 22.Rxh4 Qxh4 23.Qe2 Qg3 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Re1 Rc8 28.Re2 b6 29.g4 Rf4 30.Kg3 Rcf8 31.Rf2 Nd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 0-1
3267452 Merry, Alan B (2310) IM Hunt, A (2426) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bd7 8.O-O e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.b3 Qc8 11.Bb2 Bh3 12.e4 Qd7 13.Qd3 c5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rad1 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rfd8 17.Rd2 Bh6 18.f4 Nh5 19.Qf3 exf4 20.g4 Nf6 21.h3 g5 22.Ng3 Ng6 23.Nf5 Qxf5 24.exf5 Nh4+ 25.Kf2 Nxf3 26.Kxf3 Bg7 27.Rfd1 Re8 28.Rxd6 Re3+ 29.Kg2 h5 30.gxh5 Nxh5 31.R1d3 Rae8 32.Kf2 c5 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Nd5 Rxh3 36.Bxg7 Kxg7 37.b4 cxb4 38.c5 Nf6 39.Nxb4 Ne4+ 40.Kg2 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Nxc5 42.Nd5 Ne4 43.Rd7 Ra3 44.Nb4 a5 45.Rd4 Ng3 0-1
3267480 Doci, S (2075) Merry, Alan B (2310) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.b3 O-O 5.Bb2 d6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.Nbd2 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 b6 11.Nc4 Bb7 12.Re1 Nc5 13.Bxe5 Nfxe4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ne3 Qf6 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Ng4 Qc3 18.Re3 Qc5 19.Qc1 Qf5 20.h3 h5 21.Nh4 Qg5 22.Nf3 Qf4 23.g3 Nxg3 24.Qb2+ f6 25.Qd4 Ne2+ 26.Rxe2 Qxf3 27.Qd7+ Kf8 0-1
3267415 Andreev, Pete (2007) Merry, Alan B (2310) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.b3 a5 10.a3 g6 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.g3 Ba6 13.Nd2 d5 14.Qe3 O-O 15.cxd5 Bxf1 16.Kxf1 cxd5 17.Kg2 c5 18.Rhe1 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Nf3 a4 21.Nd2 d4 22.Qe4 Qe6 23.bxa4 Qa2 24.Rb1 Nxa4 25.Qc2 Qd5+ 26.Nf3 Ra8 27.Rbc1 d3 28.Qd2 Nxb2 29.Qxb2 d2 0-1
3267435 Ukken, Somton Merry, Alan B (2310) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne8 9.Ne1 f5 10.f4 Nc5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Bg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 exf4 14.Rxf4 Nf6 15.Qd1 Qe7 16.Rf1 Nfe4 17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.Nf3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bxc3 20.Rb1 Qe4 21.Bh6 Nd3 22.Rb3 Qd4+ 23.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 0-1
3267392 Merry, Alan B (2310) Savage, Nicholas W (1982) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxd5 Qxd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd4 9.Nc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Bf4 Be6 13.b3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bxb3+ 15.Kc1 Ba3+ 16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Bg2 Nd5 18.Be5 Kd7 19.Bxe4 Rxa8 20.Bxg7 f6 21.Bxh7 Ke7 22.Bf5 Rd8 23.Nf3 Nc3+ 24.Ka1 Rd5 25.Rb1 Ra5 26.Rxb3 Bc1+ 27.Ra3 0-1
3278614 Grey, N (1784) Merry, Alan B (2283) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 O-O-O 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.O-O-O f6 11.h4 h5 12.N2b3 Ng6 13.f3 Ne5 14.Rhe1 g6 15.Kb1 b6 16.Nd2 Bd6 17.Ne2 Be8 18.Bd4 Bf7 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bd6 21.Nf3 Rhe8 22.Nd2 Bc5 23.Ng1 Bf2 24.Rf1 Be3 25.Ngf3 Bxf4 26.b3 Be6 27.c3 Bg4 28.Kc2 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxe4 30.Nd4 c5 31.Nf3 Rxd2+ 32.Kxd2 Bxf3 33.Rxf3 Rxh4 34.Rxf6 Rg4 0-1
3278607 Merry, Alan B (2283) Shepherd, Katherine M (1757) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Nbc3 a6 10.a4 Rd8 11.Qe1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.Nb3 Bf5 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Rc1 Bb4 16.Bd2 Bxa5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.Nd5 Qa2 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Nxf5 Qe6 21.Ng3 Nc5 22.Bb4 Nfd7 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 f5 25.Qd5 Qh6 26.Be7 Nf6 27.Qxe5 Re8 28.Qd6 1-0
3278598 Lock, G (2189) Merry, Alan B (2283) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.e5 Nfd7 14.Be3 b6 15.b4 Ne6 16.Be2 Nxe5 17.Kb2 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 c5 20.b5 Nxf3 21.Bxf3 Ra4 22.Bd5 Rb4+ 23.Kc2 Nd4+ 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.g4 Be6 26.Rd2 Rd8 27.Re1 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 Ra4 29.Kb3 Rda8 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Kxa4 Re6 32.Kb3 f5 33.f3 Kg7 34.Kc2 fxg4 35.fxg4 Kh6 36.Kd3 Kg5 37.Ra2 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Re2 Rd6 40.Re4 Kf5 41.Rf4+ Ke5 42.Re4+ Kf5 43.Rf4+ Kg6 44.Re4 Bf6 45.Ke2 Kf5 46.Kf3 Be5 47.Ne7+ Kf6 48.Nd5+ Kf5 49.Ne7+ Kf6 50.Nd5+ Kf5 1/2-1/2
3278580 Merry, Alan B (2283) GM Feygin, M (2533) 0-1
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.g3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.a3 d4 11.O-O-O Be6 12.e3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Na4 Qb3 15.Nxc5 Qa2+ 16.Kc1 Na5 17.Nxd4 Nb3+ 18.Ncxb3 Bxb3 19.Nxb3 Rxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Rc8+ 21.Kd2 Ne4+ 22.Ke1 Qxb3 0-1
3278587 FM Croad, N (2271) Merry, Alan B (2283) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qb3 b5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.a5 e6 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.Qxd7+ Nxd7 16.Be2 Nb8 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19.Bxd3 Nbc6 20.Ra1 Kd7 21.Ke2 Bc7 22.Ra4 g6 23.Rha1 Rhb8 24.Kf1 Nc8 25.Ne2 Nd6 26.b3 Nb7 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Rxb4 Nxa5 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Nc1 Nxb3 31.Nxb3 Rxb3 32.Bxa6 h5 33.g3 g5 34.Be2 h4 35.gxh4 gxh4 36.h3 f5 37.Rd1 f4 38.Rd3 1/2-1/2
3278563 GM Berelowitsch, A (2546) Merry, Alan B (2283) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.O-O a4 12.f3 Qa5 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Nd5 Nd7 16.Rc2 Kf8 17.Qxa5 Rxa5 18.Nc7 Rc8 19.Nxe6+ fxe6 20.f4 Nf6 21.Bf3 e5 22.fxe5 Rxe5 23.Bd4 Ra5 24.e5 Ne8 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Rf2+ Kg8 27.Bd5+ Kh8 28.Bc3 Rc5 29.Rdf1 dxe5 30.Rf8+ Bxf8 31.Rxf8+ Kg7 32.Rf7+ Kh6 33.Bxe5 Rbc8 34.Rxe7 Nc7 35.Bg7+ Kg5 36.Re5+ Kf4 37.g3+ Kg4 38.Kg2 1-0
3278570 Merry, Alan B (2283) GM Lalic, B (2484) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.Bc4 Ba6 8.Bxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Be7 Re8 16.Bb4 Bb7 17.Qb5 Nc4 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Qd5 Nb2 20.Qf3 Nd3+ 21.Kd1 Nxc1 22.Kxc1 Bb7 23.Qg3 Bd5 24.f4 d6 25.Bxd6 Qf5 26.Kb2 Re6 27.Rg1 Rg6 28.Qf2 Rc8 29.g3 Qd3 30.Rc1 Qb5+ 31.Ka1 Qd3 1/2-1/2
3278554 Haria, R (2133) Merry, Alan B (2283) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Nb5 c4 10.Nc7+ Kd7 11.Nxa8 Bxc2 12.Qc1 Ba3 13.Qxb2 Bxb2 14.Rab1 c3 15.Bd2 Bxb1 16.Rxb1 Na5 17.Bb5+ Kc8 18.Bxc3 Bxc3 19.Rc1 Ne7 20.Rxc3+ Nac6 21.Ng5 Kb8 22.Bxc6 Nxc6 23.Nxf7 Nxd4 24.Kf1 Rf8 25.Rc7 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Kxc8 27.f4 Kb8 28.Kf2 Kxa8 29.g4 Kb8 30.Ke3 Nc6 31.Ng5 Nd8 32.f5 h6 33.Nh3 Kc7 34.Nf4 Kd7 35.Nd3 Ke7 36.Kf4 b5 37.g5 hxg5+ 38.Kxg5 exf5 39.Kxf5 Ne6 40.h4 a5 41.h5 b4 42.Kg6 d4 43.Kf5 Kd7 44.Nb2 Nc5 45.Kg6 a4 46.Kxg7 a3 47.Nc4 b3 48.h6 bxa2 49.h7 a1=Q 50.h8=Q Qg1+ 51.Kf6 Qf1+ 52.Kg6 Qg2+ 53.Kf5 Qf3+ 54.Kg6 Qg4+ 55.Kf6 Ne4+ 56.Kf7 Qe6+ 57.Kg7 Qxc4 58.Qh3+ Qe6 59.Qxa3 Qxe5+ 60.Kg6 Qf6+ 61.Kh7 Ng5+ 0-1
3278542 Merry, Alan B (2283) GM Starostits, I (2475) 0-1
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Bh5 11.h3 Bg6 12.e4 O-O 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Qb6 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rd2 22.Bc3 Bd8 23.Rb7 Rxa2 24.Bb4 Re8 25.Rb8 a5 26.Bd6 Kh7 27.Rc1 Bg5 28.Rxe8 Bxc1 29.Ra8 a4 30.bxa4 bxa4 31.Ra7 a3 32.Rxf7 Rc2 33.Bf8 Kg8 0-1
3278535 Calvert, D (1977) Merry, Alan B (2283) 0-1
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.cxd5 O-O 7.Nc3 Nxd5 8.Qc1 Nc6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Qc3+ e5 12.Be2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.a3 a5 16.d3 Rfe8 17.Ne1 f6 18.Bf3 Qd6 19.Rac1 Re6 20.Rc2 Qe7 21.Rb2 Red6 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Rdb1 Qd7 24.Qc4 Rd6 25.h3 Bc6 26.Qh4 Bb5 27.b4 cxb4 28.axb4 a4 29.Rc1 Bxd3 30.Nxd3 Rxd3 31.Rbc2 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Qxc8 35.b5 a3 36.Qa4 Qc5 37.Qa6 Kh6 38.g4 e4 39.h4 Qc2 40.Kg3 Qe2 41.g5+ fxg5 42.hxg5+ Kxg5 43.Qxb6 Qf3+ 44.Kh2 Qxf2+ 45.Kh3 a2 46.Qd8+ Kh6 0-1
3278527 Merry, Alan B (2283) Morais, V (1989) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.a3 f6 9.e3 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 exd4 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.Rd1 Bc5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Bb2 Ke7 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Re8 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.Rc7+ Kf8 23.h4 a6 24.Bd5 Re7 25.Rdc4 Bf5 26.g4 Re1+ 27.Kg2 Be6 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Rd7 Re7 30.Rxe7 Kxe7 31.Rc7+ Kf8 32.Kf3 b5 33.Ra7 Rb6 34.Ke4 Rd6 35.h5 Kg8 36.f4 Kf8 37.h6 gxh6 38.Rxh7 Kg8 39.Ra7 Rc6 40.Kf5 Kf8 41.Kg6 h5 42.gxh5 1-0
3309828 FM House, Glenn L (2211) Merry, Alan B (2237) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.b3 f5 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.O-O g6 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.d3 Qe7 10.a3 1/2-1/2
3309823 Merry, Alan B (2237) FM Vogel, Ja (2202) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 Nh6 4.Nf3 Nf5 5.a3 Be7 6.Be2 a5 7.O-O b6 8.d4 h5 9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qd3 Nc7 14.Rd1 Nd5 15.Ne4 Qc8 16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 g6 18.Be3 Qa6 19.Rac1 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Kd7 21.Kf2 a4 22.Nd2 Ra5 23.Ne4 Rb5 1/2-1/2
3309818 Bates, C (2205) Merry, Alan B (2237) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b3 Ne7 5.Bb2 b6 6.Bd3 Ba6 7.O-O Bxd3 8.cxd3 d4 9.b4 Nec6 10.bxc5 Bxc5 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Nxa3 O-O 13.Qe2 Na6 14.Rfc1 Nc5 15.Rc4 Qb8 16.Nc2 Rd8 17.Ncxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qb7 19.Nb5 Nxd3 20.Nc3 Rac8 21.Re4 Rc5 22.Re3 Nf4 23.Qg4 Ng6 24.d4 Rc4 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Ne2 Qa4 27.Ra1 Rc2 28.a3 Ra2 29.Rc1 Rxa3 30.Qg5 Re8 31.h3 Ra1 32.Rc3 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Qa6 34.Qc2 Ne7 35.Qb2 Rc8 36.Ra3 Qb7 37.Nc3 Nf5 38.Nb5 Qe4 39.Rxa7 Nh4 40.f3 Qe3+ 41.Qf2 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Qg3 g5 44.Qxf4 gxf4 45.Ra2 Nf5 46.Kg1 Rc1+ 47.Kf2 Ng3 0-1
3309813 Merry, Alan B (2237) IM Sarakauskas, G (2404) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 b5 13.c5 Bc7 14.f4 Qb8 15.e3 Bd3 16.Rf2 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.a4 Kh8 19.Ng3 Ng8 20.Nf3 Ba6 21.Qc2 f6 22.Ne2 Qe8 23.e4 Qf7 24.e5 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 f5 26.Bc1 Ne7 27.Bd2 Qg6 28.Nh2 Qf7 29.Qe3 Rfe8 30.Bf1 Nf8 31.Bd3 Nfg6 32.Kh1 Rf8 33.Qg3 fxg4 34.hxg4 Nxe5 35.dxe5 Bxe5 36.Re1 Bd4 37.Rfe2 e5 38.Nf3 Ng6 39.Nxd4 exd4 40.f5 1-0
3309808 WIM Rodshtein, Tereza (2203) Merry, Alan B (2237) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.c4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bf5 6.Ng3 Bh7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.c5 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nf6 11.b4 Be7 12.b5 O-O 13.Bc4 Nd5 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.b6 Na6 16.bxa7 Rxa7 17.O-O Raa8 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Bd2 Bg6 20.Ne5 Bf6 21.f4 Nc7 22.Ba5 Ne6 23.f5 Nxd4 24.fxg6 Rxe5 25.gxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Rf1+ Kg6 28.Bc3 Bxg3 29.Bxd4 Bh4 30.g3 Ra4 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.gxh4 Rg4+ 33.Kh1 Rxh4 34.Rf3 Rb4 35.b3 Rb5 36.Re3 Kf6 37.Rc3 Ke5 38.Rh3 Rxc5 39.Rxh6 Rc3 40.Rh5+ Kd4 41.Rh4+ Kd3 42.Rb4 b5 0-1
3309803 Merry, Alan B (2237) IM Rudd, J (2280) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Rb8 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Ne8 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Rb1 Nc7 13.b4 Nce6 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.b5 Qa5 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Nd5 Qxa4 18.Nb6 dxe3 19.fxe3 axb5 20.Nxa4 bxa4 21.Rb6 Rfc8 22.Rfb1 Rc7 23.Qa5 Bc6 24.e5 Bxg2 25.exd6 1-0
3313371 McClement, A (2169) Merry, Alan B (2237) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Bg7 13.b5 Ne7 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.b6 c6 17.Na4 Ra8 18.c5 d5 19.Nb3 f5 20.Qd2 Ra6 21.d4 e4 22.f4 exf3 23.exf3 g5 24.Rfe1 Ng6 25.Rbd1 Qf6 26.Qc3 h5 27.Bf1 Raa8 28.h3 Re7 29.Rd2 Rf8 0-1
3313366 Merry, Alan B (2237) FM Lyell, M (2238) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.c3 a6 7.f4 c5 8.Ngf3 h5 9.Be2 Nh6 10.h3 Be7 11.O-O h4 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Be4 14.dxc5 Nf5 15.b4 b5 16.cxb6 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 Qxb6 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxb4 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Bc5 22.Kf2 Ke7 23.Rfc1 Rab8 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Nb6 26.Ke2 Rd8 27.Nxh4 Bxe3 28.Kxe3 Nc4+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Kg3 Rxa2 31.Rb7+ Kf8 32.Nf3 f6 33.Nd4 fxe5 34.Nxe6+ Kg8 35.Rxg7+ Kh8 36.Rc7 exf4+ 37.Kxf4 Nd6 38.g4 Rf2+ 39.Kg5 Nf7+ 40.Kg6 Ne5+ 41.Kh5 Rf6 42.Nd4 Rf7 43.Rc8+ Kh7 44.Ra8 Rf6 45.Kg5 Rb6 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Nf5 Nf3+ 48.Kh5 Ne5 49.h4 Nd3 50.Kg5 Nc5 51.h5 Ne4+ 52.Kf4 Nf6 53.Ne7+ Kf8 54.Ng6+ Ke8 55.Kg5 Ne4+ 56.Kh6 Nd6 57.Kg7 Rb7+ 58.Rxb7 Nxb7 59.h6 1-0
3313361 IM Meszaros, Gyu (2255) Merry, Alan B (2237) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.d4 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rfc8 12.Rfd1 Rab8 13.Rac1 a6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bh3 Rc7 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 b5 20.e3 Rb7 21.Rc2 Nxd5 22.Rc8+ Bf8 23.e4 Nb6 24.Rc6 a5 25.Be3 Nd7 26.Ra6 Nc5 27.Ra8 Kg7 28.e5 a4 29.bxa4 bxa4 30.exd6 exd6 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Rxa4 Rb2 33.Bf1 c4 34.Rxc4 Rxa2 35.Rc7 Bd6 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Bc4+ Kf6 38.Bxa2 g5 39.Kg2 h6 40.Kf3 Bc5 41.Bb3 1/2-1/2
3337199 Lock, G (2173) Merry, Alan B (2233) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.h3 b6 9.cxb6 Qxb6 10.Qb3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Qxb3 13.axb3 c5 14.Na4 cxd4 15.exd4 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Ne4 17.b4 f6 18.Nc5 Nexc5 19.bxc5 e5 20.Be3 f5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Ra4 a5 24.b4 d4 25.Bd2 axb4 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Bxb4 Bd5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Rxc4 Kf7 30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kd5 32.Kd3 h5 33.Ba3 Bf6 34.c6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Kxc6 36.Kc4 g5 37.Bc5 d3 38.Be3 1/2-1/2
3337213 GM Arkell, K (2465) Merry, Alan B (2233) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.cxb5 axb5 6.Nxb5 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O e6 10.d3 Ba6 11.Re1 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Na4 Qa7 14.Bb2 Rfb8 15.Ne5 Na5 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Rec1 Bd6 18.f4 Bb5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 20.d4 Bxd4+ 21.Bxd4 Qe7 22.Rc2 Nb7 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 Nd6 25.Rac1 Nde4 26.Qb2 h5 27.Rc7 Qb4 28.e3 Ra5 29.Qe2 Ng4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.h3 Nh6 32.Bc3 Qb5 33.Qxb5 Raxb5 34.Kf2 Ra8 35.Rc2 Rd5 36.Bd4 Ra3 37.R7c5 Rd7 38.R5c4 Nf5 39.Bc5 Ra6 40.Rxe4 Rd3 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Nh6 43.Ke2 Rd5 44.Rd4 Nxg4 45.Rxd5 exd5 46.b4 Rh6 47.Kd3 Rh1 48.Bd4 Rb1 49.Rb2 1-0
3337169 Tarhon, Brian (1863) Merry, Alan B (2233) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.c3 Be6 13.Bf3 Qb5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Bd4 Bf5 17.Qb3 e5 18.Be3 e4 19.Be2 Be5 20.g3 h5 21.Bd4 h4 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rad8 25.Rad1 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Be6 27.Rd4 Bxa2 28.Rxe4 Rd8 29.gxh4 Rd2 30.b4 f5 31.Bc4+ Kf8 32.Rf4 Bb1 33.Rd4 Rc2 34.Bd3 Rxc3 35.Bxb1 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rxb1 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Kf4 Ke6 39.f3 Rh1 40.Rd2 Rb1 41.Rd4 Rb2 42.h3 Rb3 43.Kg5 Rxf3 44.Kxg6 Rg3+ 45.Kh6 Rxh3 46.h5 b5 47.Rd8 f4 48.Rf8 f3 49.Kg5 1/2-1/2
3337185 Merry, Alan B (2233) Malhotra, Tarun (1984) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qd3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 Re8 13.e3 Qe7 14.c5 Bb8 15.f4 Nf8 16.b4 N6d7 17.Rfe1 f5 18.b5 g5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Rab1 Ng6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Qa6 Ne4 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Rb7 Qf6 25.fxg5 Qxg5 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Qxc6 Qf6 29.Rb2 Kh7 30.Qa6 Nh4 31.Qf1 Nf3+ 32.Bxf3 exf3 33.Qd3+ Kg8 34.Rf2 Qg5 35.Bd2 Qg4 36.Ba5 Rf5 37.Qb5 Bxg3 38.hxg3 Qxg3+ 39.Kf1 Kh7 40.Ke1 e5 41.dxe5 Rxe5 42.Bd2 d4 43.Qd3+ Kh8 44.Qxd4 Rh5 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.Qd3+ Kg8 47.Qc4+ Kh8 48.Qf1 Rxc5 49.Qh1+ Kg8 50.Qxf3 Qe5 51.Qf4 Qe8 52.Qf8+ Qxf8 53.Rxf8+ Kh7 54.Rf7 a6 55.a4 Kh8 56.a5 Rd5 57.Bc3 Rb5 58.Ra7 1-0
3337158 Merry, Alan B (2233) Helmer, C (2021) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.e4 O-O 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Bg3 Nh7 15.Kh1 g5 16.Bg4 Ne5 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Rxf4 Nf8 20.Rf5 Nfg6 21.Qh5 Rb8 22.Raf1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Nd1 Rf8 25.Ne3 Rbe8 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Qh3 Qd7 28.Qg3 Ng6 29.Ng4 Kh7 30.Qh3 Qe7 31.Nf3 Kg8 32.Nxh6+ Bxh6 33.Qxh6 Qxe4 34.Rh5 1-0
3361428 GM Arkell, K (2460) Merry, Alan B (2243) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Qd3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Bf4 b5 13.Bd5 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.h3 Bf6 16.a4 Ne7 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.axb5 c4 19.Qd2 axb5 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxd8 Ng6 22.Qd5 Nxf4 23.Qxe6 fxe6 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Rda1 Nd3 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Rxa8+ Kf7 28.Rb8 Nxb2 29.Rxb5 Nd3 30.Nd2 Kg6 31.Nxc4 e4 32.Nd2 e3 33.fxe3 Bxc3 34.Ne4 Bf6 35.Kf1 Ne5 36.Ke2 h5 37.Nc5 Kf5 38.g3 Nc6 39.Rb6 Nd8 40.Kf3 Be7 41.Nd7 g5 42.g4+ hxg4+ 43.hxg4+ Kg6 44.Ke4 Kf7 45.Ke5 Ke8 46.Nf6+ Kf7 47.Ne4 Ke8 48.Rxe6 Nxe6 49.Kxe6 Ba3 50.Nf6+ Kf8 51.e4 1-0
3361442 Merry, Alan B (2243) WF James, Ann (2051) 1-0
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Na3 c5 6.Nxc4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.Nce5 Bd7 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qb1 Qa5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nc4 Qa6 16.Ng5 h6 17.Bxf6 hxg5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Bc6 21.Qb3 Qb5 22.Ra1 Bxg2 23.Ra5 Qc6 24.Rc5 Qe4 25.Re5 Qc6 26.b5 Qd7 27.Kxg2 Rac8 28.d3 f6 29.Re4 Qd5 30.f3 Nf5 31.Qa4 Nd4 32.Qxa7 Nxb5 33.Qb6 e5 34.Ne3 Qc6 35.Qxc6 Rxc6 36.Nf5 Rc2 37.Rf2 Rd7 38.Rb4 Nc3 39.Rc4 b5 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.e4 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Rxd3 43.Rc7+ Kf8 44.Nxg7 b4 45.Ne6+ Ke8 46.Rb7 b3 47.Nc5 Rd2+ 48.Ke3 Rxh2 49.Rxb3 Nd1+ 50.Kd3 Nf2+ 51.Kc4 g4 52.Kd5 Kf7 53.f4 exf4 54.gxf4 Nh3 55.Rb7+ Kg6 56.Ne6 Rd2+ 57.Kc4 Nf2 58.Nf8+ 1-0
3361403 Stepanyan, Henrik (2016) Merry, Alan B (2243) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Nd5 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 d6 10.g3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Bg2 a5 13.O-O b5 14.a3 O-O 15.e4 f5 16.f4 a4 17.Nc1 exf4 18.Rxf4 Ng6 19.Rf1 fxe4 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Bxe4 Bf5 22.Bg2 Rc8 23.Nd3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qf6 25.Qxb5 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Ne5 27.Rf1 h6 28.Qe2 Rb8 29.Rf4 Qxb2 30.Qxb2 Rxb2 31.Bh3 g5 32.Rf6 Kg7 33.Rxd6 Nf3 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Bg2 Rb1+ 36.Bf1 g4 37.Ra7 Rxf1+ 38.Kg2 Rd1 39.Rxa4 Rd2+ 40.Kf1 Nxh2+ 41.Kg1 Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Rxd5 0-1
3361415 Merry, Alan B (2243) FM Eggleston, D (2352) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.g3 Nge7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Be3 Ng6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.Bxe5 Rxe5 14.a3 a5 15.Kh1 Re8 16.Qd2 a4 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.f4 f6 19.e5 fxe5 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.fxe5 Qe7 22.Rde1 Qe6 23.Qg2 Qg6 24.e6 Rxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Bxe6 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 dxe6 28.Rf7 Bd6 29.Nb5 h6 30.Nxd6 cxd6 31.Rd7 b5 32.Rxd6 bxc4 33.Rxe6 Rb8 34.Re2 Rb3 35.Rc2 c3 36.bxc3 Rxa3 37.c4 Rb3 38.c5 1/2-1/2
3361396 Merry, Alan B (2243) Truman, R (1935) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Nge2 e5 8.b4 c6 9.O-O Be6 10.b5 Qc7 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.Ba3 Nbd7 13.Qa4 Rac8 14.Rab1 f4 15.exf4 Nh5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qa6 Rb8 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Nf6 22.Rfd1 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Nb5 Qb6 26.Qxa7 Rfe8 27.Qxb6 Rxb6 28.Nc7 Reb8 29.Rxb6 Rxb6 30.a4 1-0
3390427 Jackson, J (2222) Merry, Alan B (2221) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 h6 9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Ba7 12.a4 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Nbd2 Re8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rfd1 d5 17.Nf1 Bb6 18.Ng3 c4 19.d4 dxe4 20.Nxe5 Bc7 21.Ng4 Nd5 22.Nf5 Ra6 23.Re1 Qd7 24.Ngxh6+ Kf8 25.Bd2 Rg6 26.Qh5 gxh6 27.Bxh6+ Kg8 28.Bg7 Rxg7 29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.Bxe4 Rh8 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Bf5 Qd6 33.g3 Qf6 34.Qxf6 Nxf6 35.h4 Rh5 36.Bc2 Nc6 37.Bd1 Rd5 38.Bf3 Rd6 39.Kg2 Nd5 40.Be4 Bb6 41.f4 b4 42.cxb4 Nxd4 43.Kh2 f5 44.Bxd5 Rxd5 45.Rf1 Nf3+ 46.Kh3 Rd2 47.Rh1 Ne1 0-1
3390438 Merry, Alan B (2221) IM Cobb, J (2423) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 c4 5.a3 Nh6 6.d4 cxd3 7.cxd3 Nf5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.d4 Rc8 11.Qd2 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 13.g3 Qd8 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Bg2 O-O 16.Ne2 a5 17.Bc3 axb4 18.axb4 Qb6 19.O-O Bxb4 20.Rab1 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qa6 22.Qe3 Na5 23.f5 Nc4 24.Qg5 h6 25.Qe7 Nd2 26.Qxd7 Nxb1 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rxb1 Qxe2 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Qxd5 Rc1+ 0-1
3390403 FM Eggleston, D (2337) Merry, Alan B (2221) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Rhe1 Rfd8 20.f3 Qxe3 21.Qxe3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 c5 23.Red3 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.b4 Bc7 28.Nd3 e5 29.Nc5 Bd6 30.Nxb7 Bxb4 31.Kb2 f5 32.Kb3 Bd2 33.Nd6 e4 34.fxe4 f4 35.Kc4 g5 36.hxg6 h5 37.Nf5 Be1 38.Kd3 1-0
3390417 Merry, Alan B (2221) FM Lyell, M (2219) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Ba3 d6 9.Ne2 Qe8 10.c5 d5 11.O-O Rf7 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nd4 Ba6 14.f4 Nxd4 15.exd4 b5 16.Re1 Bc8 17.Bc1 a5 18.a3 Ba6 19.Re3 Re7 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Bd2 Kf7 22.h3 c6 23.Kh1 Kf8 24.Be1 Qh5 25.Qd2 Bc8 26.Kg1 Reb7 27.Qf2 Qf7 28.Bf3 Ne8 29.g4 Nf6 30.Qh4 g6 31.Rb2 Ne8 32.Rbe2 Qf6 33.Qh6+ Qg7 34.Qh4 b4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.axb4 Qxd4 37.Kh1 Ra8 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Bh5 Qf6 40.Bxe8 Qxh4 41.Bxh4 Kxe8 42.Bf6 Rxb4 43.Rg3 Ra7 44.Be5 Rf7 45.Ra2 Kd7 46.Ra8 Bb7 47.Rb8 h5 48.Rgg8 Rh7 49.Rbd8+ Ke7 50.Rgf8 1-0
3390380 Josse, Mar (2147) Merry, Alan B (2221) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Nge2 f6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nbd5 13.Ng3 Bg4 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rc1 O-O-O 17.b4 Rg8 18.b5 c5 19.dxc5 d4 20.Bxd4 Qd7 21.Nce2 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Nf5 23.c6 Qd5 24.cxb7+ Kxb7 25.Qc3 Nxd4 26.Qc7+ Ka8 27.Nxd4 Bb4+ 28.Kf1 Qxg2+ 29.Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1
3390389 Merry, Alan B (2221) IM Hanley, C (2406) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.g4 Bg6 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Na6 12.Bf4 Be7 13.e3 Nb4 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Ra4 a5 16.Be2 Nd7 17.Na2 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 e5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bxc5 21.Bd3 Kd7 22.Ke2 Rh4 23.Kf3 Ke6 24.Kg3 g5 25.Raa1 g6 26.Rae1 Kxe5 27.f4+ Kf6 28.Rh2 Bd6 29.Rf2 Re8 30.Rff1 Rhh8 31.Re2 gxf4+ 32.exf4 g5 33.Rfe1 Bxf4+ 34.Kg2 Re5 35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Rf1+ Ke6 37.Bf5+ Kd6 38.Ra1 b6 39.b4 Bxb2 0-1
3390352 GM Lalic, B (2488) Merry, Alan B (2221) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.e4 a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.e5 dxe5 13.Ne4 Qf4 14.Nfd2 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Bd6 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Rc1 O-O 19.O-O Nd7 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bf5 Ra7 22.Rfd1 Rd8 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxd7 Raxd7 25.Qxc5 e4 26.g3 Qe5 27.Qxb4 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 1/2-1/2
3390364 Merry, Alan B (2221) FM Ghasi, A (2430) 0-1
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 O-O 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Qb6 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.c5 Qc7 13.Bc3 b6 14.b4 Nd7 15.Rfc1 Nf6 16.Qc2 bxc5 17.bxc5 Qd7 18.e3 Rab8 19.Be1 Bh3 20.Qa4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rb5 22.Rab1 Rfb8 23.Rb3 Ne4 24.Rcb1 g5 25.Nf3 g4 26.Ng1 e5 27.Rxb5 cxb5 28.Qa6 exd4 29.c6 Qe6 30.Rxb5 Re8 31.Qxa7 Qxc6 32.Rb7 d3 33.Rxf7 Qg6 34.Rf4 Be5 35.Bb4 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Nf6 37.Bc3 Ne4 38.Bb2 Nd6 39.Qc5 Qe4+ 40.f3 gxf3+ 41.Nxf3 Nc4 42.Bc3 d2 43.Qc7 Qxf3+ 44.Kxf3 d1=Q+ 45.Kg3 Qg1+ 0-1
3390342 Merry, Alan B (2221) GM Vakhidov, T (2466) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.b3 Re8 9.Ba3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.O-O h5 12.h3 a6 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.f4 Ned7 15.e4 Nc5 16.Re1 Bd7 17.b4 Ne6 18.Nf3 Nf8 19.Qd2 Bc6 20.Nd4 Ne6 21.Nd5 Bd7 22.Kh1 b5 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Nh7 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rac1 Rc8 27.Qf2 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Ng5 29.h4 Ne6 30.Qd2 c5 31.Nf6+ Bxf6 32.exf6 Bc6 33.Qh6 Bxg2+ 34.Kh2 Qd6 35.Rxe6 Qf8 36.Rxe8 Rxe8 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Kxg2 Re2+ 39.Kf3 Rxb2 40.bxc5 Ke8 41.c6 Kd8 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Rd7+ Kxc6 44.Rxf7 Rxa2 45.Re7 Kd6 46.Re3 Ra1 47.Kf4 Rf1+ 48.Kg5 1-0
3396632 IM Oparin, G (2484) Merry, Alan B (2221) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bg4 4.d4 Bxf3 5.gxf3 e6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Qd7 9.Bd3 Nc8 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg3 Nb6 12.a4 Na5 13.Qe2 a6 14.b4 Nac4 15.a5 Nxd2 16.Kxd2 Nc8 17.b5 axb5 18.Bxb5 c6 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Rhb1 Rxa5 21.Rxa5 Qxa5 22.Rxb7 O-O 23.Bc2 c5 24.Qd3 g6 25.Bf4 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.dxc5 Qxc5 28.Qe3 Qxe3+ 29.fxe3 Kg7 30.Ba4 Rd8 31.Kd3 Kf8 32.Rb8 Ke7 33.Kd4 Rh8 34.Kc5 Kd8 35.Rb7 Ne7 36.Rd7+ Ke8 37.Rxd5+ Kf8 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Rxh8 Kxh8 40.e4 Kg7 41.Bd7 f6 42.Kd6 Ng8 43.Bxe6 Nh6 44.exf6+ Kxf6 45.c4 1-0
3422224 Merry, Alan B (2210) GM Arkell, K (2451) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Qg3 Ne7 11.f4 Nf5 12.Qf2 a6 13.Ba4 h5 14.a3 g5 15.O-O g4 16.b4 h4 17.Qe2 Rg8 18.Qd3 O-O-O 19.Bb3 Ncd4 20.Na4 Kb8 21.Rae1 h3 22.g3 Nf3+ 23.Rxf3 gxf3 24.Qxf3 Qc6 25.Nc3 Be7 26.Qd3 Bh4 27.Kf2 Nxg3 28.hxg3 Rxg3 29.Qxg3 Bxg3+ 30.Kxg3 Rg8+ 31.Kxh3 f5 32.Ne2 d4 33.Ng3 Qf3 0-1
3422203 Spence, D (2250) Merry, Alan B (2210) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 a6 4.Nc3 b5 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 e6 7.cxb5 axb5 8.Nxb5 Qb6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.O-O d5 11.d3 Be7 12.Na4 Qa7 13.h3 O-O 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bd2 Ba6 17.Re1 Rfc8 18.h4 Bf8 19.Bh3 Re8 20.Rc1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Rc6 f5 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Bf4 Bb4 25.Rc1 Bc3 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Bd2 Bb5 28.Qb1 Bxa4 29.Bxc3 dxc3 30.bxa4 Rb8 31.Qc2 d4 32.e4 dxe3 33.Qxc3 exf2+ 34.Kh2 Qxa4 35.Rc2 Qa7 36.Qc4 Qe3 37.d4 Rb1 38.Re2 Rc1 39.Qa6 Rh1+ 40.Kxh1 Qc1+ 0-1
3422157 FM Ghasi, A (2418) Merry, Alan B (2210) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 Bf5 6.dxc5 e6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qa4 Bxc5 9.Qxc4 Bb6 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxc6+ Kf8 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Qb5 g5 16.Bxg5 Rc5 17.Bh6+ Ke7 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qa3 Rg8 20.Na4 Ba7 21.Be3 Ne4 22.Bxc5+ Nxc5 23.Nxc5 Ke8 24.Kh2 Bxe2 25.Rfe1 Qd2 26.Ne4 Qc2 27.Nf6+ 1-0
3422184 Merry, Alan B (2210) Harnett, Robert J (2013) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.c3 c5 7.f4 Qb6 8.b4 cxb4 9.c4 Nh6 10.Be2 b3 11.c5 Qb4 12.Qxb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Ng4 14.Nf1 a6 15.Bd2 Nb8 16.Ng3 Nh6 17.Nf3 Be7 18.b4 O-O 19.b5 Nd7 20.bxa6 Nb8 21.O-O bxa6 22.Nxf5 Nxf5 23.g4 Nh4 24.Nxh4 Bxh4 25.g5 f6 26.Kg2 h6 27.gxf6 1-0
3422119 Truman, R (1959) Merry, Alan B (2210) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.c3 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.Qe2 Nab8 9.Ngf3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.a4 Rc8 14.Be3 Re8 15.Rad1 c4 16.Nbd2 Na5 17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Ng5 Qxa4 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qf3 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Nd7 23.Qf4 Qc2 24.Bf6 Nxf6 25.exf6 Kh8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Rd2 Qa4 28.h4 Qe8 29.Re3 Qf8 30.Qf4 h6 31.Nf1 Kh7 32.Rh3 Rh8 33.Nh2 Nc6 34.Re2 Kg8 35.Ree3 Qd8 36.Nf3 Kf8 37.Rg3 Qc7 38.Qg4 Rg8 39.Nh2 Qd6 40.Qe2 Ke8 41.h5 g5 42.Ng4 Rh8 43.Qc2 Kd7 44.Qa4 Rc7 45.Qc2 Kc8 46.Re1 Qf4 47.Qe2 Kb8 48.Re3 Ka8 49.g3 Qd6 50.Qd2 b5 51.Ra1 Rb7 52.Kg2 b4 53.Ra6 b3 54.Ne5 Rc8 55.Qc1 Rb6 56.Rxb6 axb6 57.Nxf7 Qf8 58.Ne5 Qxf6 59.Qa1+ Kb7 60.Rf3 Qd8 61.Rf7+ Rc7 62.Nxc6 Kxc6 63.Qa4+ Kb7 64.Rxc7+ Qxc7 65.Qe8 Qc6 66.Qe7+ Qc7 67.Qxe6 b5 68.Qe3 Qh7 69.Kf1 Qe4 70.Ke2 Qxe3+ 71.Kxe3 g4 72.Kd2 Kc6 73.Ke3 Kd6 74.Ke2 Ke6 0-1
3422138 Merry, Alan B (2210) Malik, Faraz 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 a6 5.Nge2 g6 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 e6 8.Ne2 Bg7 9.c3 b5 10.Bb3 Qb6 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.d3 Bb7 14.O-O Ne7 15.Bg5 f5 16.Rac1 h6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Rc7 Bc6 19.Rc1 Kd6 20.Qg3+ e5 21.R7xc6+ dxc6 22.Qxg6+ Ke7 23.Qg7+ Kd6 24.Qf6+ Kd7 25.Qxc6+ Ke7 26.Qe6+ Kd8 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.Be6+ 1-0
3422058 Merry, Alan B (2210) Compton, A (2072) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 d4 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.Ba3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.Qh5 O-O 10.Nf3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 Nb4 12.Nc4 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Bd7 14.Nd6 Be8 15.O-O f6 16.Qh3 Nf5 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Qxf5 Bg6 19.Qe6+ Bf7 20.Qg4 b5 21.e6 Be8 22.f5 Bc6 23.Nxd4 Qb6 24.Kh1 Bd5 25.Rae1 Rfe8 26.Ne2 Re7 27.Nc3 Bb7 28.Qb4 Kf8 29.Qh4 Kg8 30.Rf4 a5 31.Rg4 Rf8 32.Re3 1-0
3422064 GM Miezis, N (2580) Merry, Alan B (2210) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Rb1 Bf5 8.d3 Qd7 9.h3 f6 10.a3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Nd4 12.b4 Be6 13.Nde4 f5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Nd5 16.Bd2 f4 17.Ne4 h6 18.Qc1 Rhf8 19.Qb2 Qc6 20.gxf4 exf4 21.Qxd4 Ne3 22.Nd6+ cxd6 23.Bxc6 Nc2+ 24.Kd1 Nxd4 25.Bxb7+ Kd7 26.e3 Bb3+ 27.Ke1 fxe3 28.fxe3 Rb8 29.c6+ Nxc6 30.Rxb3 Kc7 31.Bxc6 Rxb3 32.Be4 d5 33.Bxd5 Rxd3 34.Bc4 Rxa3 35.Ke2 a5 36.h4 Ra4 37.Rc1 Kd6 38.Kd3 Rf2 39.Bc3 Rg2 40.h5 Rg5 41.Bf7 Rf5 42.Bg6 Rc5 43.Rd1 Ra3 44.Ke4+ 1-0
3422049 Merry, Alan B (2210) Jackson, J (2126) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.Be2 a6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.e5 Ng4 11.d4 Nc6 12.h3 h5 13.Nd5 exd5 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.d6 Qd8 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.Bc4 g5 19.hxg4 Bh6 20.Nh2 h4 21.Bb2 Bg7 22.Qb1 O-O 23.Qf5 Bd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Nf3 Nf4 26.Nxg5 Ng6 27.Ne4 c4 28.Rac1 Qa5 29.Qh5 Rfe8 30.Bc3 Qd5 31.Qf5 cxb3 32.Rfd1 Qe6 33.axb3 Qxf5 34.gxf5 Nxe5 35.f3 f6 36.Bxe5 fxe5 37.Rc7 Rf8 38.f6 Bh6 39.Rd3 Bf4 40.Rdc3 Rcd8 41.Rb7 Kf7 42.Rcc7 Ke6 43.b4 Bg3 44.Kf1 Bf4 45.Nc5+ Kxd6 46.Rxd7+ Rxd7 47.Rxd7+ Kc6 48.Ra7 Kb5 49.f7 Be3 50.Rb7+ Kc6 51.Ne6 Kxb7 52.Nxf8 Kc6 53.Ng6 Bh6 54.Nxe5+ Kd5 55.f4 Ke4 56.Nd7 Kxf4 57.f8=Q+ Bxf8 58.Nxf8 Kg3 59.Nd7 h3 60.gxh3 Kxh3 61.Ke2 Kg4 62.Kd3 Kf5 63.Kc4 1-0
3422053 FM Eggleston, D (2364) Merry, Alan B (2210) 1-0
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Be2 Bg4 5.d4 O-O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.c4 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Bb4 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Nd4 12.O-O f5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qb6 15.Qc1 e4 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Qc3 Nd7 18.b4 a6 19.c5 Qf6 20.c6 Nb8 21.Qc5 Qd6 22.Qa5 Rhe8 23.b5 b6 24.Qxa6+ Nxa6 25.Rxa6 1-0
3422040 Merry, Alan B (2210) IM Madan, A (2315) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 Be6 5.d3 Qd7 6.e4 Nd4 7.Be3 c6 8.f4 f5 9.Nf3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.O-O fxe4 12.dxe4 Bxc4 13.Rfd1 Qg4 14.Qf2 Qh5 15.h3 exf4 16.gxf4 Be7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5 Qxh3 22.Qe2 O-O 23.Rad1 Rf3 24.Bf2 Raf8 25.Qc4 Kh8 26.R5d3 Qf5 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Rd2 Bg5 29.Re2 a6 30.e6 b5 31.Qe4 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Re8 33.Bc5 Bf6 34.b4 Kg8 35.Kg2 Be7 36.Kf3 Bxc5 37.bxc5 Rc8 38.Re5 Kf8 39.Ke4 Ke7 40.Kd5 g6 41.Re2 Rd8+ 42.Kc6 h5 43.Kb7 g5 44.c6 g4 45.c7 Rg8 46.c8=Q Rxc8 47.Kxc8 g3 48.Re5 h4 49.Rg5 Kxe6 50.Kb7 Kf6 51.Rg8 Kf5 52.Kxa6 Kf4 53.Kxb5 h3 54.a4 h2 55.Rh8 g2 56.Rxh2 g1=Q 57.Rh4+ Kg5 58.Rc4 Qb1+ 59.Kc6 Qa2 60.Rc5+ Kf6 61.a5 Ke6 62.Kb7 Qg2+ 63.Kb6 Kd6 64.Rc8 Qf2+ 65.Kb7 Qf3+ 66.Ka7 Qe3+ 67.Kb7 Qe4+ 68.Ka7 Qd4+ 69.Kb7 Qb4+ 70.Ka6 Kd7 71.Rb8 Qc4+ 72.Kb6 Qd4+ 73.Kb7 Qe4+ 74.Kb6 Qf4 75.Ka6 Qe5 76.Rb6 Kc7 77.Rb7+ Kc8 78.Rb6 Qd5 79.Rb5 Qc6+ 80.Rb6 Qa8+ 81.Kb5 Kc7 82.Kb4 Qd5 83.Ka4 Qc5 0-1
3422042 FM Roberson, P (2295) Merry, Alan B (2210) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.h3 Bh5 10.d5 exd5 11.O-O Bb4 12.Nxd5 O-O-O 13.a3 Nf6 14.axb4 Qxa1 15.Qb3 Rxd5 16.Bf4 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 a6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bc4 Rhd8 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Bg3 Ndxb4 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Nc6 24.Bxg7 Rd3 25.Qa4 Rxh3 26.f4 Rg3 27.f5 Bxf5 28.Qf4 Bd3+ 29.Kf2 Rh3 30.Kg2 Rh4 31.Bf6 Be4+ 32.Qxe4 Rh6 33.g5 Rg6 34.Qe8+ Kc7 35.Qxf7+ Kb6 36.Qxh7 1-0
3425402 Bennett, Dominic L (2037) Merry, Alan B (2210) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.e4 g5 6.f4 gxf4 7.Bxf4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 Ng4 10.O-O Nf8 11.Kh1 Ng6 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Qc1 Qc8 14.Nd1 h5 15.Ne3 Nf4 16.Ng1 Nxe2 17.Nxe2 Ne5 18.Qc2 b5 19.Rab1 Bh6 20.b3 Qa6 21.Rbc1 Rb8 22.Ng3 Bxe3 23.Bxe3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Qa3 25.Rb1 Rb6 26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Bf4 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Nxd3 29.Rf3 Nxf4 30.Rxf4 O-O 31.Nxh5 Ra8 32.Rf2 Ra4 33.Rc2 b5 34.Kg1 bxc4 35.Ng3 Bb5 36.Kf2 Ra3 37.Nf5 Kf8 38.h4 c3 39.Ke3 Ba4 40.Rc1 c2+ 41.Ke2 Bb5+ 42.Kd2 Bd3 43.Ng3 c4 44.Ra1 e6 45.dxe6 fxe6 46.e5 d5 47.Ne2 Bxe2 48.Kxe2 Rxa2 49.Rc1 d4 50.Kd2 d3 51.Rf1+ Kg7 52.Rf6 Ra1 0-1
3425403 Merry, Alan B (2210) FM White, Mi (2346) 1-0
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.Nge2 f5 5.exf5 exf5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bf4 Bb4 8.Qb3 Na6 9.O-O-O O-O 10.f3 Qe7 11.Ng3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 g6 13.h4 h5 14.Ne2 Kg7 15.Bg5 b5 16.Nf4 Rae8 17.cxb5 Nb4 18.Bc4 d5 19.Bb3 c5 20.Rhe1 Qd7 21.Rxe8 Qxe8 22.dxc5 a5 23.Re1 Qxb5 24.Bxf6+ Rxf6 25.Re7+ Kg8 26.Qxf6 Qxc5+ 27.Kd2 1-0
3425394 Merry, Alan B (2210) IM Rudd, J (2295) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nge2 d6 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Nh5 9.Nd5 f5 10.Be3 f4 11.gxf4 exf4 12.Nexf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.f4 c6 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Qf2 Qg4 20.h3 Qh5 21.Nxc8 Raxc8 22.Kh2 Rc7 23.Bf3 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Qxf3 25.Rxf3 Rcf7 26.Kg2 h6 27.Bh4 g5 28.Bf2 gxf4 29.Bxa7 c5 30.Bb6 Ra8 31.Kh1 Rxa2 32.Rg1 Be5 33.Rg6 Kh7 34.Re6 Ra1+ 35.Kh2 Bd4 36.h4 Ra2+ 37.Kh3 h5 38.Rf1 Rg7 39.Rxf4 Bg1 0-1
3451233 Merry, Alan B (2138) Doci, S (2103) 1-0
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxe5 7.Ng3 Bc5 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.a3 a5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qh6+ 15.e3 Bf5 16.Kb1 Re8 17.Bd3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe3 19.fxe3 Bxe3 20.Ne5 Na6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Bxh7 Re6 23.Rhf1+ Rf6 24.Rxf6+ gxf6 25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.Qd3 Bc5 27.Qf5 Be7 28.Rxb7 Qe3 29.Qg6 Qe1+ 30.Ka2 Qe6 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Bg6+ 1-0
3451248 Merry, Alan B (2138) Adair, J (2247) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bf4 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 h6 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 f5 12.d5 Ne5 13.Be2 Qf6 14.O-O Qf7 15.Rc1 Ng4 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.b3 a6 19.a4 Rae8 20.Rc2 h5 21.Re2 g5 22.f4 gxf3 23.gxf3 Qg7 24.Qd2 Qe5 25.f4 Qg7 26.Kh2 Kh8 27.Ref2 gxf4 28.exf4 h4 29.gxh4 Qf6 30.Ne4 Qxh4+ 31.Kg1 Rg8+ 32.Ng5 Bh3 33.Qc3+ Re5 34.Rh2 Rxg5+ 35.fxg5 1-0
3451192 Merry, Alan B (2138) IM Fernandez, Dan SIN (2349) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.Bf4 a5 9.e3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O g6 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Rac1 Ne6 15.Nd2 f5 16.Nb3 b5 17.Nac5 Ndxc5 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 Bd7 21.b3 Kf7 22.f3 Ke7 23.Rfc1 Kd6 24.e4 fxe4 25.fxe4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rac8 27.Bf3 Rf5 28.d5 Rd8 29.Rxc6+ Bxc6 30.Rxc6+ Ke5 31.Ra6 b4 32.Rxa5 Rf4 33.a4 Kd4 34.Rb5 Kc3 35.a5 Rf6 36.Kf2 Kxb3 37.Ke3 Ka4 38.Rc5 b3 39.Kd3 Rb8 40.Bd1 Rf1 41.Rc1 Kxa5 42.Rb1 Rg1 43.Kc4 b2 44.Bc2 Rxg2 45.Bd3 Rc8+ 46.Kd4 Rc1 47.d6 Kb6 48.Kd5 Rd2 0-1
3451184 Wood, Peter R (1921) Merry, Alan B (2138) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.O-O Be7 10.d4 O-O 11.Re1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Qg4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qd5 16.Rb1 Rab8 17.Rb3 f5 18.Qf3 Qa5 19.Qe2 Bd5 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Qxe7 Be4 24.Kf1 Qxa2 25.Bf4 Rg8 26.Be5 a5 27.Rc1 Bd5 28.Qc7 a4 29.Qc3 Qb3 30.Bd6 Qb7 31.f3 Qa6+ 0-1
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