[Event "IECG TG.2005.0.15354"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belanoff, Stuart B"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.03.08"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3 Nc6 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. d4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Ndxb4 15. d5 e4 16. Bxg7 exf3 17. Bxf8 fxg2 18. Re1 Qxf8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "IECG TG.2005.0.15354"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Belanoff, Stuart B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.03.08"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. h3 Rb8 10. f4 Ned7 11. Be3 b6 12. g4 h6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bd4 Re8 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxb7 exd4 0-1

[Event "IECG WC.2009.P.00018"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Lannaioli, Alfonsino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Qb6 8. Qa4 h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Nb5 Ng6 13. Nc4 dxc4 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nxc4 Bxe3 17. Nxb6 Bxb6 18. Ba6 bxa6 19. Qxc6 Nxe5 20. Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "IECG QA.2005.0.00062"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Conterno, Dominique"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nf4 Qf5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Rg1 Re8 12. Be3 g6 13. 0-0-0 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qe6 16. Rg4 Ne7 17. Ra5 f6 18. Re4 Qh3 19. Bd4 f5 20. Re3 Qh4 21. Qc4 d6 22. Qf7 Qxf2 23. Qxe8+ Kxe8 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bxf2 a6 26. c4 c6 27. Bh4+ Kf7 28. Ra3 Be6 29. Rb3 1-0

[Event "IECG QA.2005.0.00062"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kleinsorgen, Horst"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "IECG QA.2005.0.00062"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Conterno, Dominique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17. Qa4 a6 18. c5 b6 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Ra8 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. a6 Nd6 23. Rc1 b5 24. Qb4 Rxa6 25. Rc6 Rb6 26. a4 Re8 27. axb5 Bf8 0-1

[Event "IECG QA.2005.0.00062"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Kleinsorgen, Horst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qb3 0-0 13. Qxb7 Nb4 14. Bb5 a6 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Hernandez Basante, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 d6 7. g3 Bg4 8. Bg2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. f3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qc5 12. Nf4 Bc4 13. Nd3 Qb6 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 0-0 17. Kf2 Ra5 18. Rhb1 Nd7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Nb2 Ba6 21. c4 Rh5 22. Kg2 f5 23. g4 Rxh3 24. Kxh3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rf2 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Bh6 Nxe4 28. Rf1 Ne5 29. Rae1 Nf3 30. Rxe4 Rxf1 31. Kg2 g5 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rxd6 Rb1 34. Rxb6 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nxc2 36. a4 Rh1 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Bxg5 Ne1+ 39. Kg3 Nc2 40. a5 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Ra1 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rf5 Ra3 44. Bf6+ Kg8 45. Be7 Rb3 46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. Rf2 Ne3 48. Bf8+ Kg6 49. Bc5 Nxc4 50. Bd4 h6 51. Rf6+ Kh7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Nxc4 Bxc4 55. Rh7 Rb5 56. Bb6 Rb2 57. Bc7 Bf7 58. Rxh6 Kg7 59. g5 Rb4+ 60. Kg3 Rb3+ 61. Kf4 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Rb3+ 63. Kf4 Rb4+ 64. Kf5 Rb5+ 65. Be5+ Kf8 66. Rh8+ Ke7 67. Rh7 Ke8 68. Kf6 Bb3 69. Re7+ Kf8 70. g6 Rxa5 71. g7+ Kg8 72. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Minero Pineda, Carlos"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Kh2 Nc6 16. Nc2 Na7 17. Ne3 Bc6 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ncd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qb8 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22. Nf5 Ne8 23. Rxc6 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. e5 Qd7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Bb7 Rc2 31. Rd8 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Bc6 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Murillo Tsijli, Alexis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Qc2 g6 13. b4 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. 0-0 a6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Qb2 Bf5 18. Qb1 Qc7 19. Nd1 Rac8 20. Ne3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nf4 23. Qb3 h5 24. Rae1 Bg5 25. g3 Nh3 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Qd1 Kh7 28. Ng2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Qxa4 30. c5 Qb5 31. Qe3 Qxb4 32. c6 bxc6 33. dxc6 Qb5 34. Qe4 Ng5 35. Qh4 Ne6 36. g4 Kg7 37. gxh5 Rh8 38. Qe7 Rxh5 39. Qxd6 Rch8 40. h4 Qa4 41. Kg1 Nf4 42. Qd1 Qe4 43. f3 Qf5 44. c7 Nxg2 45. Qd8 Nf4 46. c8Q Rxd8 47. Qxd8 Qh3 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sieiro Gonzalez, Luis"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Ba5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 0-0 8. d3 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Qh5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Bb6 15. g3 Kh7 16. Ng4 Rh8 17. Kh2 Kg8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qe7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Rh7 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Jimenez Molina, Juan Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nac3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. Bxg7 Rfd8 18. Qc1 Kxg7 19. Ng3 Ra5 20. Qf4 Re5+ 21. Ne4 Rd4 22. Kf1 f6 23. Re1 g5 24. Qg3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rdxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. h4 Qb5+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kf1 Qf5+ 30. Kg1 Nd4 31. Bc4 Qc5 32. Qf2 Rf4 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leandro Perez, Jhonny"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bf4 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ra1 Nb4 15. Bc4 0-0 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Bg5 Bd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. h4 Rfc8 23. Ng5 Rc7 24. Rca1 Nc6 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Qc4 Nd8 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Rxa5 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Nxc6 31. Ra8+ Nd8 32. R1a6 Bxh4 33. Rxd6 Rf8 34. g3 Bf6 35. Rd7 Nc6 36. Ra6 Nd4 37. Rb6 h6 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. b4 Rc4 40. b5 Rb4 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rxb5 43. Rxf6 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 gxf6 45. Rxd4 Rb5 46. Kg4 Rb7 47. Kf5 Kf7 48. Rd5 h5 49. Ra5 h4 50. Ra6 Rb5+ 51. e5 fxe5 52. fxe5 h3 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Rh7 h2 55. Rxh2 Rb6 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Ra7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 d6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. f4 Nb4 14. g4 Rc4 15. Ng3 Qa8 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Nd7 19. Be3 a6 20. Ra4 d5 21. exd5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd5 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bd2 Nxc3 25. Qxc4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bxf1 27. Nxf1 Nb5 28. Qe2 e6 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Bb4 Qb5 32. Be7 a5 33. Qg2 Nc6 34. Ba3 Qa4 35. Bb2 Qxf4 36. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Qa8+ Nf8 39. Qe4 Qd6+ 40. Be5 Qd5 41. Qf4 Nd7 42. Bc3 Qc6 43. Qd2 a4 44. Bb4 Qd5 45. Qc3 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5 Nxe5 47. Kg3 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Kf4 Nc4 50. h4 Kf7 51. h5 a3 52. Bc3 a2 53. Ba1 Na3 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minero Pineda, Sergio"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Rad1 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. f4 f6 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Kh8 24. b6 cxb6 25. Nxb6 Rbd8 26. Nd5 Na6 27. Bb6 Rc8 28. Bxa5 Rc6 29. Bc3 Rec8 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Ng5 32. Rf1 Qe6 33. Nf4 Qxc4 34. Nxg6+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. Qf5 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Charpentier Morales, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. h3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 0-0 11. Be3 d5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Qd4 Qc8 19. Kh2 Bf5 20. Re1 Be6 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Re5 Rde7 23. Bxd5 Bxh3 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxb7 Qe6 26. Qc4 h5 27. Qxe6 Bxe6 28. Bxa6 Bxa2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd2 g6 31. b4 Bb1 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Re2 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Rd5 Kg7 36. b5 Kf6 37. c4 Ke6 38. Rc5 f6 39. Kf3 g5 40. Kg2 f5 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rg6 g4 43. Kf1 Kd4 44. Rc6 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. b6 f4 47. gxf4 h4 48. f5 g3 49. b7 gxf2 50. b8Q Rxb8 51. Kxf2 Rf8 52. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ugalde Garcia, Ronald"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 Nh5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Ne1 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qg5 17. Ne2 Bh6 18. Nd3 b6 19. a3 Nc5 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bd7 22. Rfb1 axb4 23. axb4 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Bxd2 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb2 Ra1+ 27. Kh2 Bg5 28. c5 Bd8 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Nf6 32. Nc3 dxc5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Bxc5 Rc1 35. Na4 Rc4 36. Rb4 Rc2+ 37. Bf2 Be7 38. Rb2 Rc4 39. Ra2 Nd7 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Ke2 c6 42. dxc6 Rxc6 43. Be3 h5 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Nc3 Nc5+ 46. Bxc5 Bxc5 47. Nd5 Bd4 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Kd3 g5 50. Rh2 Rh6 51. f4 gxf4 52. gxf4 h4 53. f5 h3 54. Ne3 Bxe3 55. Kxe3 Kf6 56. Kf3 Kg5 57. Kg3 Rh4 58. Rf2 Rh6 59. Kh2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Granados, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Nf6 10. Bf4 Bxf2+ 11. Ke2 Qb6 12. c3 Bc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Na3 Bd7 15. Rhf1 0-0 16. Nc2 Rac8 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qc6 19. Rf3 Ne4 20. Nd4 Qxc3 21. Bxe4 Qb2+ 22. Bc2 Rxc2+ 23. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 24. Kf1 Bf6 25. Qd6 Bb5+ 26. Kg1 Bxa1 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Bc5 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Antiguo"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Bg2 Re8 7. 0-0 c6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. f4 f6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Ba3+ c5 20. Qf2+ Kg7 21. Bxc5 Nf7 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nd6 27. Bc5 Re6 28. Bf1 Rxa2 29. Bd3 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Qe3 Nf7 32. Bb4 Ra2 33. Rxb5 Rxc2+ 34. Bd2 Qe8 35. Qe2 Rb2 36. Bh6+ Nxh6 37. Qxb2 Nf7 38. Bc4 Qc6 39. Qe2 Ng5 40. Rxe5 Qd6 41. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U18"]
[Site "Isla Margarita"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blanco Acevedo, Cristobal Jose"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Bg4 7. d5 Nd4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Nb6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Kb1 0-0-0 15. Nb5 Kb8 16. c4 a6 17. Na3 c5 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Rc2 Qd7 25. Qd3 h5 26. Rhc1 Rc8 27. Bc5 Rc6 28. Ba3 Rhc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Bxd6+ Kc8 33. Kc2 Kd7 34. Bb4 Kc6 35. Bc3 Bf8 36. Kd3 Bc5 37. Ke4 Bxf2 38. Bxe5 Be1 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 b5 41. Kf5 a5 42. g5 1-0

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Castro, Juan Diego"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Re1 0-0 16. Qh5 Rae8 17. Re4 f5 18. Re3 Rf7 19. Bd2 g6 20. Qd1 Bc5 21. Re2 Rfe7 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Qd2 e4 24. Rae1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 exd3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe4 30. Qd1 Kf7 31. Qd7+ Qe7 32. Qd4 a6 33. Qb6 Qd7 34. Qb3+ Kf6 35. Qc3+ Kf7 36. Qb3+ Kf6 37. Qc3+ Ke6 38. Qe3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jimenez Molina, Juan Leon"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Nd7 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bh3 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Bh1 Re8 15. e3 Nc6 16. f4 Bg4 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nd5 Be4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qd3 f5 22. Nc3 Re6 23. e4 Qf6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Nxc7 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Re1 Nd4 31. Ne6+ Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Rc2+ 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Rd2 Kf8 35. Rxd6 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Rxf5 Rxa2 39. Rd5 b6 40. Kf3 Ra3 41. Rd3 Ra5 42. Kg4 h5+ 43. Kh4 Kf6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rd5 Ra3 46. Rb5 1-0

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Leandro Perez, Jhonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. Ng3 Ng4 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Qxh5 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Rf6 20. a4 c6 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Ra5 Rf7 24. Rfa1 Rfa7 25. h4 h5 26. g3 Kf7 27. c4 b4 28. Rxc5 a5 29. Nxe5+ Nxe5 30. Rxe5 g6 31. Kf1 a4 32. Rb5 b3 33. Ra3 Rd8 34. Rbxb3 axb3 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Ke2 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rb7 Kg4 39. Rxb3 Rf8 40. d4 Kh3 41. f4 h4 42. gxh4+ Kg2 43. Rb6 Rxf4 44. Rxe6 Rf2+ 45. Kd3 Rxb2 46. d5 Kh3 47. Kd4 Kxh4 48. Rg6 Kh5 49. Rg1 Rd2+ 50. Ke5 Rc2 51. d6 Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U18"]
[Site "Isla Margarita"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Mela, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. b4 h5 7. Qf4 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. Ba3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Ng6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Ba5+ 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. g3 Bb5 17. Ke2 h4 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Bxc5 b6 23. Bd6 hxg3 24. hxg3 Ne7 25. Kd2 f6 26. Bb4 Nc6 27. Bd6 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Rhf8 29. Bf4 g5 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 32. Ke3 Rcf8 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rd1 R2f7 35. Rc6 Rf5 36. Kd4 Rf3 37. Rxe6 R8f7 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rxd5 Bb7 40. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U18"]
[Site "Isla Margarita"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Melendez Tirado, Bernardo Ramon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. h3 Be7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Bc4 b5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Na2 Bc5 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Bb6 22. Rad1 a6 23. a4 Ba5 24. b4 Bb6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. c4 dxc3 29. Rxc3 Rcd8 30. Qe2 h5 31. Rd3 h4 32. Nc3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Rd8 35. Qe2 Rd4 36. Rb1 Qd7 37. Rb2 Rd3 38. Ndb1 Qd4 39. Qe1 Nxe4 40. Re2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Minero Pineda, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Ne4 Be7 9. Qg3 0-0 10. h4 N7f6 11. h5 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. c3 Na6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Bxg7 Bxg7 17. h6 Qe5 18. f4 Qf6 19. e5 Qg6 20. hxg7 Kxg7 21. Bc2 Qxg3+ 22. Nxg3 Rh8 23. Nh5+ Kf8 24. 0-0-0 Ke7 25. Nf6 Nc7 26. c4 Ne8 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Bxh7 Bd7 29. Be4 Ke7 30. Kc2 Rag8 31. Bf3 Be8 32. Rhe1 Rh4 33. g4 Rgh8 34. Rh1 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Rxh2 Rxh2 38. Rd2 Bg6+ 39. Ke3 Rh7 40. Rd8 Bb1 41. a3 Ba2 42. g5+ Ke7 43. Rb8 Kd6 44. Be2 Rh3+ 45. Kf2 Rh7 46. b4 b6 47. g6 Rg7 48. Bd3 Bb3 49. Rh8 Ke7 50. Rh7 Kf6 51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Kd4 Bg4 53. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Murillo Tsijli, Alexis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c4 Ne7 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. b3 Nbc6 8. Bb2 h6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc3 0-0-0 12. Bc4 Qe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nb4 15. Rhc1 Nd5 16. Bd2 a6 17. a3 Kb8 18. b4 Be7 19. Rc2 Rd7 20. Ne1 Bg5 21. g3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rhd8 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rad1 Ka7 25. f3 Nf5 26. Nc2 Bc6 27. R1d2 Ba4 28. Kf2 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Rd2 b5 32. Be2 Kb6 33. g4 Nc6 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Ke3 a5 0-1

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 g6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nde2 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nb4 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kg2 Rac8 23. c3 Qb5 24. Qc2 Qd5+ 25. Kg3 b5 26. Rad1 Qc5 27. Rd3 b4 28. Rfd1 Qa5 29. Qb3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. c4 Qc5 33. Rd3 Qg1+ 34. Kf3 Qh2 35. Ke4 Qg2+ 36. Kd4 Qg1+ 37. Kc3 Qc1+ 38. Kd4 Qxf4+ 39. Kc3 Qxe5+ 40. Kc2 Qe2+ 41. Kc3 Qe5+ 42. Kc2 Rb8 43. Qc3 Qc5 44. Qd4 Qa5 45. a3 Qa4+ 46. Kd2 Qa5+ 47. Kc2 e5 48. Qc3 Qa4+ 49. Kd2 Rc8 50. Qxe5 Qxc4 51. Qb2 Qf4+ 52. Ke1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U18"]
[Site "Isla Margarita"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Zavala Arevalo, Vicencio Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 d5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. Ng3 Nbxd5 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. 0-0 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bc5 15. Bg5 Rb8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. b3 Rg8 20. Nf5 Rg5 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rd3 f5 26. f3 f4 27. b4 Rg8 28. Kf1 f5 29. Ra3 Kb6 30. Ra5 Re8 31. Rc5 Re6 32. Ra5 e4 33. Rxf5 exf3 34. gxf3 Re3 35. Rxf4 Rc3 36. a4 Rxc2 37. Rh4 a5 38. h3 axb4 39. Rxb4+ Ka5 40. Re4 1-0

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ugalde Garcia, Ronald"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. d5 Nc5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be3 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nh4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Qf7 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rb5 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bc4 24. Rbxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Rb8 26. Nf3 Rxb2 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Kf7 29. g4 Rb5 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. g5 Bc4 32. Bf3 Ke6 33. Bf4 Nc3 34. Kh2 Nd5 35. Bb8 Nc3 36. Bb7 Ne4 37. f4 Nc5 38. Bc6 Nd7 39. Bc7 Nc5 40. h4 Bd5 41. Be8 Nd7 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Bxh5 Nf8 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Bd6 Ng6 47. Be5 Nxe5 48. fxe5 Kg6 49. Kf4 h6 50. gxh6 Kxh6 51. Kxf5 Kg7 52. Bh5 Bb3 53. Be8 Kf8 54. Bc6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U18"]
[Site "Isla Margarita"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uribe, Mauricio"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. c3 0-0 10. d4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qe2 c6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. c4 b4 17. c5 Ng6 18. Qc4 Be7 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Nc4 Nf4 21. Nd6 Rab8 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. e5 Ba6 24. Qc3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Nxc5 26. Qa3 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rec1 Rd8 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Bb5 31. Nd4 h6 0-1

[Event "CRI-chT"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaglio Munoz, Jaime"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Nf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxb2 13. Nd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qe7 15. e4 f6 16. Re1 Re8 17. c5 Bd7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. Re2 b6 21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. Ng4 Kf7 24. b4 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rc1 26. Qb2 Rec8 27. Qb3+ Qe6 28. Nh6+ Ke7 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bg4+ Ke7 31. Bxc8 Bxc8 32. f5 Rc4 33. a3 Bb7 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ng4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 gxf5 37. Nxf6 Kf7 38. Kf4 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Ke7 40. Nc3 a6 41. Kf5 Bc8+ 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 Bb7 44. Ne4 h6 45. g4 Bc6 46. h4 a5 47. g5 hxg5 48. Nxg5+ Kf5 49. Nf7 axb4 50. axb4 Kg4 51. Nxd6 Kxh4 52. Nc4 b5 53. Ne5 Be8 54. Kc5 Kg5 55. Nc6 Kf6 56. Kxb5 Ke6 57. Kc5 Kd7 58. b5 Kc7 59. b6+ Kb7 60. Na5+ Kb8 61. Nc4 Bh5 62. Ne5 Be8 63. Nc6+ Bxc6 64. Kxc6 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arias Santana, Mauricio"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 exd3 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nxd3 0-0 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qc1 Ba6 14. Rd1 Qf5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Be3 Re4 17. g3 Rae8 18. Re1 Qh3 19. Qd2 Rh4 20. f4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Bb4 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rh6 25. Re7 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Re5 h6 29. Qe3 Qxd3 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Qxd3+ Rxd3 32. Re7 Rxc3 33. Rxc7 Ra3 34. Rxc6 Rxa2 35. Rd6 g6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rc5 f6 40. g4 Ra4 41. h3 Ra2 42. Rb5 Kh7 43. Rb8 Kg6 44. Kf1 a5 45. Ra8 a4 46. Kg1 a3 47. Kh1 Kf7 48. Kg1 Ke6 49. Ra5 Kd6 50. Kh1 Ke7 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Kg1 Kg6 53. Kh1 Kg5 54. Kg1 Kh4 55. Rxf6 Kg3 56. Kf1 Rb2 57. Ra6 a2 58. Ra3+ Kh4 59. Ra5 Kxh3 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barrios, Carlos"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nce2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc8 15. Rfe1 Bh3 16. Bh1 c6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Re2 h5 19. Rd2 h4 20. Rcd1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rbd8 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Ba3 Bf5 24. Qc1 c5 25. Nc3 a6 26. Bb2 Rfe8 27. Qa1 Qf8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxd5 Re6 32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. Rxd8 b6 34. Bd5 Rf6 35. e4 Be6 36. f4 Bxd5 37. e5 Rf5 38. cxd5 g5 39. d6 gxf4 40. d7 Rxe5 41. Re8 Rd5 42. d8Q Rxd8 43. Rxd8 fxg3 44. Rd6 f6 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Charpentier Morales, William"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. e5 f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Qe4 c6 16. Rae1 Qf5 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kf7 21. Rfe1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 fxg3 25. Ne4 g2+ 26. Ke2 Qg6 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Rg1 Qg6 30. Re4 h5 31. Bh4 Kg8 32. Kf2 Qh6 33. Rxg2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Hernandez, Francisco"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qe2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh7 18. d6 g5 19. Bg3 exd6 20. e6 Ne5 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Rae1 Qd8 27. Be4 Rxf7 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Bermudez Vives, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bf4 e6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Ne4 Na5 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. h3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Nh5 Qxb2 22. d4 g6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Qg5 Nf5 25. dxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 h6 27. Qf6 Qe2 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kh7 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 h5 13. 0-0-0 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. f5 Kh7 20. g4 Qb6 21. b3 Qb4 22. Nb1 Qxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be2 24. gxh5 Bxd1 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. fxg6+ Kxg6 27. Rg1+ Kh6 28. Kxd1 Bd4 29. Rg3 Rf4 30. Rf3 Rbf8 31. Ke2 Kh5 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Nf3 e6 34. Bc6 Bf6 35. Ke3 Kg4 36. Nd2 Bd4+ 37. Kd3 Kxh4 38. Nc4 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 Kg3 40. Nxd6 Bc3+ 41. Ke2 Kf4 42. Nc4 Rh3 43. Ba8 Kg5 44. Bc6 Kf4 45. Ba8 Bb4 46. Bb7 Rc3 47. Kd1 Kf3 48. Ne5+ Ke3 49. Nd3 c4 50. Nxb4 cxb3 51. cxb3 axb4 52. a5 Rxb3 53. a6 Ra3 54. Kc2 Kd4 55. Kb2 e5 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Bd5+ Kb5 58. Bb7 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Jimenez Molina, Juan Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 Bf5 14. a3 Nxc2+ 15. Bxc2 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Rxa4 19. Rd1 e6 20. Bd4 Rc8 21. Bxg7 Ne3+ 22. Ke1 Nxd1 23. Bd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxb2 25. Ke2 Rc4 26. Rb1 Rxd4 27. Rxb2 Rd7 28. a4 h5 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Kg3 Kf6 31. a5 Ke5 32. Rb6 f5 33. h4 f4+ 34. Kh2 Kf5 35. a6 bxa6 36. Rxa6 e5 37. Rb6 Rb7 38. Ra6 Rb2 39. Rc6 Rb8 40. Ra6 Re8 41. Ra5 Rg8 42. Kg1 Rb8 43. Kh2 Rb2 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Kf1 Rd2 46. Kg1 Rd6 47. Kh2 Ke6 48. Ra4 Rd5 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Ra8 Rd2 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Ra8 Re2 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Ra5 Rc2 58. Kg1 Rc7 59. Kh2 Re7 60. Kg1 Kf6 61. Ra6+ Re6 62. Ra4 Kg7 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Ra4 Re8 65. Kh2 Kh7 66. Ra7+ Kg8 67. Ra6 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Re7 69. Ra4 g5 70. Kh3 Kg6 71. Ra6+ Kf5 72. hxg5 Kxg5 73. Ra5 Kf5 74. Kh2 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Minero Pineda, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Qd8 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bg3 h5 14. Nf3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Rd8 16. a4 Ng4 17. a5 Nd5 18. Nh4 0-0 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. b4 Rfd8 22. c3 R5d6 23. Re1 Rg6 24. Qd3 f4 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Re5 Qxe5 27. Rd1 Qg5 28. gxf4 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Qg4 30. f5 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Murillo Tsijli, Alexis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Nec6 6. c3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nb3 b4 14. 0-0 Ba6 15. Qe3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rc8 18. Rc1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na7 20. b4 Kf8 21. Ba4 axb4 22. cxb4 Qxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bxb4 25. Be3 Nc8 26. Nd4 Ne7 27. Nb5 Nf5 28. Bb6 f6 29. g4 Nh4 30. f4 fxe5 31. fxe5 Nf3 32. Bc7 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Nd4 Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Bc5 38. Nc6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kg8 40. Nxe6 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 Be3 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Peraza Alvarez, Rafael Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Kh2 h6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd2 0-0 16. Qb4 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Qxd6 Qxf2 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Qxd8 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nxd8 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. c3 Nc6 26. Re1 b4 27. Nd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 29. Nf3 Nc6 30. Rde2 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ra3 32. Ree2 Ra7 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Rb5 Bd6 35. Rd5 Bc7 36. Rd7 Bb6+ 37. Ke1 Kf8 38. Rd5 Bc7 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Red2 Ba5 41. Rc2 Bc7 42. Nd4 Ra4 43. Kg2 Be5 44. Rb2 Nd8 45. Rd2 Nc6 46. Kf3 Nxd4+ 47. cxd4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Bxg3 49. Rb2 Bf4 50. Rxb7+ Ke8 51. Rdd7 Rxa2+ 52. Kf3 g5 53. Re7+ Kd8 54. Rxf7 Kc8 55. Rh7 h5 56. Rbg7 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Rd2+ 59. Kc4 Rc2+ 60. Kb5 Kb8 61. Rg8+ Rc8 62. Rxc8+ Kxc8 63. Rxh5 Kd7 64. Rh7+ Kd8 65. Rf7 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Salas Perez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. h4 e5 8. d5 a5 9. h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 cxd5 16. Bxf6 a4 17. Qa3 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Qg3 Qa7 20. Rd1 Ba5+ 21. Kf1 Rf7 22. Rd3 Raf8 23. Rf3 Qd4 24. Qh4 Bd8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Qxb2 27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. f3 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Solano Cruz, Agustin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ba3 a5 16. Rb7 Bb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rdd7 0-0 19. Rxb4 Rxa2 20. Rc4 Ra6 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. R4xc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Rd7 26. Rc3 Rd5 27. Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Kc4 Kc6 31. f4 h5 32. h4 f6 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Kc4 Kc6 35. c3 Kb6 36. Kd4 Kc6 37. Kc4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Black "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. 0-0 Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. Ra3 Rd8 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bc4 17. Qf2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Rxb7 Rd8 25. Nc3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Minero, Boris P"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Rb1 c6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. Rbd1 Qc7 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Ned7 19. Kh2 Nf8 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Be3 Ng6 24. b3 Be6 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bf7 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Qf2 Ne6 29. Bb6 Qd7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Ne2 Qc7 32. Kh1 Ng7 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nd4 Nh5 35. Nxf7+ Qxf7 36. f5 Ngf4 37. Bf3 Bh6 38. Ne6 Rg8 39. Bg4 Bg5 40. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minero Pineda, Sergio"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. b3 Nf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Re1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Ne5 18. Re2 Nc6 19. Rd2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Ne2 Bxh3 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Bxh3 Rxe4 24. Bg2 Re5 25. Nxd4 Qe7 26. Nc2 Re8 27. Qf3 Qg5 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Ne3 Ra2 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 h5 32. Rxd6 Rf8 33. Rb6 h4 34. Qf4 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez, Adrian"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. a5 Bd7 19. Nb5 g4 20. Kh1 g3 21. Bg1 Nh5 22. Nc7 gxh2 23. Bf2 Rc8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rfc7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. Bc4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 fxg3 30. Nc2 Bh6 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. b5 Rc5 33. Qd3 Qc7 34. Na3 Nc8 35. f4 Bxf4 36. Qe2 Ne7 37. b6 axb6 38. Nb5 Qc6 39. Nxd6 Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. Qh4+ Bg5 42. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ugalde Garcia, Ronald"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bd5 h6 10. d3 Qf6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Ke7 17. f3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Bb4+ 19. Kf2 Ba5 20. c4 Rab8 21. Rab1 Rhd8 22. Ke2 Ke6 23. Rhc1 a6 24. c5 Rb5 25. Rc4 Rdb8 26. b3 Bb4 27. Rbc1 Ba3 28. R1c2 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Kd3 a5 31. Rc4 Rb5 32. g3 Bb4 33. Bf2 Ba3 34. Kc2 a4 35. Rxa4 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5+ 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. a4 c5 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Kc4 Ra6 42. Rd3 Rb6 43. Kxc5 Rb8 44. b4 Rb6 45. b5 Rb7 46. a5 Ra7 47. a6 1-0

[Event "CRI-ch"]
[Site "Costa Rica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vargas, Oliverio"]
[Black "Melendez Vega, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Nxc6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Re1 f5 10. d3 Qe5 11. dxe4 0-0-0 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nf3 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Bc5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nh3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 g5 21. Rde1 Nf6 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. R3e2 Rd6 24. g3 Rhd8 25. Ng1 g4 26. Kg2 Rd3 27. Kf1 R8d6 28. Kg2 Kd7 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. Re3 Rd2 31. R3e2 Kf5 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Re2 Rd3 34. Ke1 Nd7 35. Rd2 Ne5 36. Ke2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Nd3 38. b3 Nxf2 39. Ne2 c5 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Nd3 42. a3 Ke5 43. Nc3 a6 44. Ke3 Ne1 45. Nxe4 Nc2+ 46. Kd3 Ne1+ 47. Ke3 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

