[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd2 Ne4 9. Qd5 Nf6 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. c4 0-0 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Qa6 16. Qc1 Rfe8 17. Qa1 Bf8 18. Rd2 Rc5 19. e4 Bd7 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qa2 a6 22. Bf3 Rc6 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Ba3 Be6 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rc7 28. b4 Rec8 29. R1d2 Bh6 30. Re2 Nf6 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. Qb1 Bc1 33. Bxc1 Rxc1 34. Qb2 R8c4 35. Rb3 Kg7 36. h4 h6 37. a5 Qc7 38. Qd2 Qd7 39. Rb2 Qa4 40. Re1 R1c3 41. Be2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Capuano Neto, Fausto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 bxc5 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Bb5 c4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 Re8 21. h4 Rab8 22. b3 cxb3 23. Rxb3 Rbc8 24. Ra4 Ba8 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Ra5 Rec8 27. Rb1 R4c7 28. g3 Qe4 29. Qe1 Qd3 30. Qd1 Qe4 31. Rab5 Bc6 32. Rb8 Bd7 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Kh2 Rc7 35. Rc1 Rb7 36. Qc2 Qe5 37. Rb1 Rxb1 38. Qxb1 Qc7 39. Qb3 Qc5 40. Qb2 Bg4 41. Qb5 Qxb5 42. Nxb5 a5 43. Nd4 Kf8 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Nc6+ Kd6 46. Nxa5 Kc5 47. f3 Bc8 48. Kf2 Kb4 49. Nc6+ Ka3 50. Ke2 Bd7 51. Ne5 Be6 52. Kd3 Kxa2 53. Kd4 Kb3 54. g4 Kc2 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kd2 57. f4 g6 58. Nc6 Bd7 59. Nd8 Be8 60. Nb7 Bd7 61. e4 dxe4 62. Kxe4 Ke2 63. Nc5 Be6 64. Ke5 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Nbd2 Ngf6 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Ndf3 Nh5 15. e5 Nf8 16. e6 f5 17. Rd1 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Ng7 19. Rd7 Bxd7 20. exd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Bxa6+ Rxa6 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Qa7+ Kc6 26. Qxg7 Rh7 27. Qf6+ Kb7 28. Qxf8 Qxh4 29. Qe8 Re7 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Qxd7+ Kb8 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. h3 Qg5 34. Qe5+ Kb7 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qxc7+ Kxc7 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Kf4 Kd5 41. h4 Kc4 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Kb5 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kxf5 Kxa5 46. Kg6 h4 47. Kxh6 Kb6 48. Kg5 Kc7 49. Kxh4 Kd7 50. Kg5 Ke7 51. Kg6 Kf8 52. g4 Kg8 53. g5 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Loureiro, Luiz R Vasconcelos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 e6 8. 0-0 a5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qe1 0-0 11. e4 Bh7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. e5 Ne8 15. h3 Nc7 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rf1 c5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne1 Rac8 20. f4 Qa6 21. g4 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nc5 24. f5 Nd5 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 27. Ne5 Nd7 28. g5 Nc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Ng4 Qd6+ 31. Kh1 hxg5 32. Nf3 Qc5 33. d4 Rxc2 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Ne1 Rxg2 36. Nxg2 Be4 37. Rf2 Rc8 38. Re1 0-1

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Bastos Neto, Werton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. Rb1 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. d3 Qd7 9. b3 Na6 10. 0-0 Bh3 11. d4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 exd4 13. Nxd4 0-0 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rbd1 Nc7 17. f4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. e5 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qd4 b5 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rdd7 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Rfc1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 a6 31. Ne2 Bf8 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Nf3 h6 34. Kf2 Bc5+ 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Kd3 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. h4 Bd8 39. h5 Bb6 40. g4 Bd8 41. a4 b4 42. Nd4 Bb6 43. Nc6 a5 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pinto, Pedro Jorge de Mora"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 e6 8. e4 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 0-0 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Qe1 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bd8 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. Qh3 Rcd8 19. Rd2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Re5 22. f4 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 Bxf4 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Rf3 Bc8 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Nf1 b5 28. a3 Nc5 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Nxg3 Rd8 31. b4 Nb7 32. Nce4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 f5 34. Nc5 Nd6 35. a4 Re8 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Bxb5 Nxb5 39. d6 Nc3 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7 Ne4+ 42. Nxe4 Rxe4 43. Rb7 h5 44. Rb5 h4 45. Rxf5 Rxb4 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Kg4 Rb2 48. Kh3 Rb4 49. Rh5 Rb3+ 50. Kxh4 Rb4+ 51. g4 Rb3 52. Ra5 Kh7 53. Kg5 Rb6 54. h4 Rf6 55. h5 Rb6 56. Ra7 Rb5+ 57. Kh4 Rb4 58. Re7 Ra4 59. Kg5 Rb4 60. Kf5 Rb5+ 61. Re5 Rb6 62. g5 Ra6 63. Re7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Qe3 d6 11. Kh1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e5 Rc8 17. Qg3 Qxc3 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Rad1 dxe5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc5 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Rf5 Qe7 24. Re5 Rg8 25. Rd2 Qf6 26. Rf2 Qg6 27. Nxe6 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 Bd5+ 29. Ng5+ Be6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Rxe6+ Kf8 32. Qa3+ Kg7 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 Qc7 11. h3 d4 12. e4 g5 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. Nf1 0-0-0 15. Bd2 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Ng3 Rdf8 18. Bf3 g4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qf1 gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rxh3 23. gxh3 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro tt"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Silva, Decio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. a3 Be4 17. Nf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bc7 19. Nd3 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Qh5 21. Re1 Re6 22. e4 Qh3 23. Qf3 Rae8 24. b4 a6 25. Nc5 Rf6 26. Qg2 Qc8 27. Nd3 Qb8 28. f4 g5 29. e5 Rg6 30. f5 Rg7 31. Rc2 Kh8 32. Rce2 Rgg8 33. g4 Re7 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rge8 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. h3 b5 39. Nd2 Qd8 40. Qe4 Qd6 41. Nf1 Kg7 42. Nc5 Bb6 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Qd3 Qd5 45. Ng3 Qc4 46. Nh5+ Kf7 47. Nxg5+ Ke8 48. Nf6+ Kd8 49. Ne6+ Kc8 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro tt"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qa5 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. a3 Qc7 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Ne7 14. b5 Nf5 15. g4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Be7 20. Rf2 0-0 21. Rg2 g6 22. Rf1 Qa5 23. a4 Rab8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro tt"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Le Masson, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. e3 Qc8 16. Qc2 Bxg4 17. Qxe4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Qc2 f4 20. exf4 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.02.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Viana, Dirceu"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 a6 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Nb3 b5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. g4 h6 14. Qf2 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne5 17. h4 Rg8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 b4 20. Bh5 bxc3 21. Qxf6 Bb5 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. g6 Nxg6 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Qxg6 Bxf1 27. Rxd6+ Kc7 28. Rc6+ Kb8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Be6+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.02.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 a6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxe6+ Kf8 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Bxf6 Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Kf7 18. Re4 Bxd4 19. Rexd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rhe8 21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Rf4+ Kg8 23. h4 Re5 24. g3 g6 25. a4 Kg7 26. Rb4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 e5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Ne8 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 b6 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rfb1 Ng6 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Rb2 Qd7 21. Re1 Qf5 22. Re3 g5 23. Nd2 h5 24. Ne4 Qd7 25. Qd1 f5 26. Nxg5 h4 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Kh1 Qg7 29. Qa4 Qd7 30. Qd1 Qg7 31. Qa4 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. Rb7 Bc8 34. Rc7 Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Bxe5 Ng6 38. Bc7 Bd7 39. Re1 Rc8 40. d6 Bd8 41. Bxd8 Rxd8 42. d4 cxd4 43. Rd1 Rb8 44. c5 Rb2 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Rxd4 Rxc5 47. Rb4 a5 48. Rb7 Nf8 49. g3 Rc1 50. gxh4 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Miranda, Marcio MC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bxc5 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Qd3 0-0 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne5 14. Qb5 h6 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. exf3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Rd1 Ba5 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd4 Rc2 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd3 b6 25. a4 f6 26. f4 Kf7 27. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Bastos, Selmo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 a6 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Ne5 e6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxb2 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Qa5 Qa8 21. Rcb2 Bc6 22. Rb6 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Rxb5 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. Ra7 Qc6 28. Rbb7 Qc3 29. Rxf7 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Bxe5+ 31. dxe5 Rxf7 32. Qd8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bittencourt, Jorge Humberto M"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bc5 11. h3 b5 12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bb7 15. Qa1 Qc8 16. Qa2 d5 17. exd5 Bd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Nxd5 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Be4 Rd8 22. Ra5 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxe4 24. Rxe5 Rxd4 25. c3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Bouwman, Marcelo Wanderley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nge2 Be6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. 0-0 c6 14. Nc3 f5 15. b5 Rbc8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc2 e4 19. d4 Nd3 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Na4 Qf7 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxa2 25. Rb2 Bf8 26. Qc3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. h3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4 12. c5 Be6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Qc2 f6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 d5 8. e5 Ne8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Bf1 a6 13. a3 Be6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Qa4 Ne6 18. Be3 Nxc5 19. bxc5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Bf5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bd7 25. Qb3 Bc6 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Re7 Rfe8 29. Rae1 Qb8 30. g3 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Re8 32. Qe3 Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Qf8 34. Qe6+ Qf7 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Qe6+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Verdibello, Mario Arnaldo Batis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. d3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Ne5 12. Rc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rfd8 15. Qa1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ne8 17. Rb1 c5 18. Bc3 Rab8 19. Rb5 b6 20. Qb1 Qa7 21. Rcb2 Bc7 22. a4 Nd6 23. R5b3 Nf5 24. e3 f6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. d4 g6 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Qxb8+ Bxb8 32. Bxa5 Ba7 33. Bd8 Kf7 34. a5 Ke6 35. Kf1 Kd7 36. Bxf6 Bb8 37. Ke2 Bc7 38. Bc3 Kc6 39. e4 f4 40. gxf4 Bxf4 41. h3 Bb8 42. Bd2 Kd7 43. f4 Bc7 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 Ke7 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Ke4 Bd8 48. h4 h5 1-0

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Souza Filho, Namyr Carlos"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. 0-0 e6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Rab1 Nec6 11. Nd1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxa2 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Bh6 0-0 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Qd8 18. g4 f6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. c3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rbd8 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 g5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Rbd1 Ne5 27. d4 Bb5 28. Rfe1 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf7 31. Re1 h5 32. Bf1 h4 33. Qf2 Rh7 34. Red1 g4 35. Rd5 b6 36. Qd4 Rg7 37. Qd2 Qe7 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Qxd6 40. Rxd6 Rd7 41. Rd5 Kg7 42. b4 Kh6 43. Bb5 Rc7 44. c4 Nxc4 45. Bxc4 Rxc4 46. Rd6 Rxe4 47. Rxf6+ Kg5 48. Rf7 Rxb4 49. f6 Rf4 50. Rg7+ Kxf6 51. Rxa7 b5 0-1

[Event "Vila Velha Cup"]
[Site "Vila Velha"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Abreu, Guilherme Correa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Nxe6 Qb8 17. Nxd8 Bxd8 18. Rae1 Bc7 19. Qf5 Nf8 20. Bc3 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Bh3 Rb8 23. Re2 Bd6 24. Rfe1 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg2 b5 27. h3 Ng6 28. Re6 Bf8 29. R1e2 b4 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. f4 h5 32. Kf3 Ne7 33. g4 a5 34. R6e5 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 a4 36. f5 axb3 37. axb3 Rd8 38. g5 Nd7 39. g6+ Kf6 40. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pereira, Celio Antunes"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne5 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Bb3 0-0 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Rae8 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Re1 Ba5 20. Bc2 Bc7 21. Rff1 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qh4 24. g3 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Qh3 26. Rfe1 Bd7 27. Be4 Bxg3 28. Rg1 Bd6 29. Reg2 Qh4 30. Be1 Qd8 31. Rf1 f5 32. Bd3 g6 33. Rfg1 Re8 34. Bd2 Kf7 35. Ne2 Qb6 36. b3 Bc5 37. Rd1 Be3 38. Bc3 f4 39. Nd4 Bh3 40. Re2 Rc8 41. Bb2 Bxd4 42. Bxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 Bb7 10. Bd3 a5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Nd5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Nf2 Nf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nfh3 Nd5 21. Rae1 Nc6 22. Bxg6 Kxg6 23. Qd3+ f5 24. Qg3 Rae8 25. Ne6+ Kh7 26. Nhg5+ Kh8 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Re6 Qg7 29. c3 Bc8 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxc8+ Ke7 35. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Einhorn, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Nfd2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bb2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Qh6 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. c4 Qf8 25. Qh4 f6 26. f4 Bc8 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Rf1 Qe8 31. Qg5 Qd7 32. Qxe5 Re8 33. Qf6 Qg7 34. h4 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Bf5 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Rc6 Re7 38. Bf3 h5 39. a3 Bc2 40. b4 Ba4 41. Rc8 cxb4 42. axb4 Rf7 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Rc7+ Bd7 46. Be4 Kd8 47. Rxa7 Rg7 48. c5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "D'Oliveira, Marcos Arruda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Nec3 Ba8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qe2 b4 19. Na4 Qc7 20. d4 cxd4 21. exd4 Nc6 22. d5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. c5 Rfe8 25. Qc4 dxc5 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Nb7 Qd7 28. d6+ Kh8 29. Qc6 Rad8 30. Nxd8 Qxd8 31. Re1 Re4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qc8 Qg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. d7 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qa3 Bg4 14. Kh1 Rd2 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qc5 Rad8 17. Qe3 R2d6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. a4 a5 20. Qc3 Kf8 21. Nd3 Be2 22. Rfe1 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Rd4 24. Re3 Be7 25. Qe1 Bb4 26. Qe2 R4d6 27. Rf3 R8d7 28. Rf1 Qd8 29. Rf5 g6 30. Rf3 Qg5 31. Rh3 Kg7 32. Rg3 Qf4 33. Rf3 Qd2 34. Qxd2 Bxd2 35. Bc4 Bb4 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Bc3 38. g3 f6 39. f4 c5 40. Kg2 h6 41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. h4 Kg6 44. Kg4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bd2 46. Bc4 Rd4 47. h5+ Kg7 48. Kf5 Bg5 49. Bd5 Rd2 50. Ke6 Rxc2 51. h6+ Kg6 52. Rh1 Bxh6 53. Rxh6+ Kxh6 54. Kxf6 Kh7 55. Kxe5 Kg7 56. Kd6 Kf8 57. e5 Rd2 58. Kxc5 Ke7 59. Bc4 Rg2 60. Kc6 Rg5 61. e6 Re5 62. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 Nde5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Nd5 h6 14. Nxc7 Rb8 15. Nge6 Rd6 16. Nxg7 Rc6 17. Nd5 Kxg7 18. h3 e6 19. hxg4 exd5 20. Bxh6+ Kf7 21. cxd5 Rc2 22. Bf4 Kf6 23. f3 Bd7 24. Rh7 Re8 25. Kf1 g5 26. Bxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Rxd7 Rxd3 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. Re1 Rexd5 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 a5 33. b3 Rb1 34. Rb6+ Kf7 35. Rbe6 a4 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Magistral"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Manzi, Luiz Antonio Bardao"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4 b6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ng3 g6 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. Nce2 Rb8 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. h3 Ng8 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nc3 Bg5 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Nf1 h4 22. Nh2 Nh5 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bf1 f5 25. f3 Nh5 26. Bd3 Bf4 27. Nf1 Qg5 28. Ne2 a5 29. b3 Bd7 30. Rab1 Ng3+ 31. Nfxg3 Bxg3 32. Nxg3 hxg3 33. Kg1 Rh8 34. Kf1 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxh3 36. gxh3 Rxh3 37. Qc1 Qh4 38. Ke2 Rh8 39. Qe3 Rh2+ 40. Kd3 g5 41. Rg1 Qf4 42. Rbe1 Rb2 43. Qxf4 gxf4 44. Kc3 Rhh2 45. Rb1 Rbf2 46. Rh1 Kf6 47. Rbf1 g2 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Estadual-ch"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Rb1 Ne8 9. d3 Nc7 10. a3 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Be3 Rxb4 16. Rxb4 Nxb4 17. Bxa7 Qa5 18. Be3 Ba6 19. d4 Rc8 20. Bf3 Nc2 21. Bf4 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Nxd4 23. Bg4 Rc2 24. Be3 Qc3 25. Qc1 Rb2 26. Qa1 h5 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Bd1 Qd3 29. Qe8 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Souza, Marco Andre"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Ne2 g6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nbc3 c6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. Nd1 Bg5 12. Ne3 Qb6 13. 0-0-0 0-0 14. h4 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Nf6 17. Rdf1 Kg7 18. h5 Be6 19. Kb1 Ng4 20. Rf3 Qc5 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. exf5 g5 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. e4 Kh8 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rad8 27. Be2 Rd2 28. Kc1 Rfd8 29. g4 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rd4 32. Bf3 Ra4 33. Kb1 Kf8 34. b3 Rd4 35. Kc1 a5 36. c3 Rd8 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. Rd3 Rd6 39. a3 Nd7 40. b4 b6 41. Rxd6 Kxd6 42. Kd3 axb4 43. axb4 b5 44. c4 c5 45. cxb5 cxb4 46. Kc4 b3 47. Kxb3 Kc5 48. Kc3 Kxb5 49. Kd3 Kb4 50. Ke3 Kc3 51. Bg2 Nb6 52. Bf1 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Silver, Albert Winston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Nc6 11. f4 Ne8 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. d4 Rae8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d5 Ne7 18. Bg5 h5 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. Nc1 Neg8 21. Nd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nh6 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Be4 Qg7 25. Kg2 h4 26. g4 Bf4 27. Ne2 Nd7 28. b4 b6 29. Rf3 Kh6 30. Nc3 a6 31. Rd1 Bg3 32. Rdf1 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rf8 34. d6 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 e4 36. Qd2+ Kh7 37. Nxe4 Bxd6 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Bd5 Ne5 40. Ne6 Qe7 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Bxc5 43. Nxc5 Qf8 44. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fontes, Carlos Henrique Bat"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Azevedo, Kelsen Rosas Sodre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. e3 e6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Rc1 c6 14. a4 Nbd5 15. e4 Nc7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. h3 Rd7 19. Be3 a5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Nc4 Ra7 22. Qb6 Ra6 23. Qb3 Na8 24. d5 exd5 25. Nb6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 dxe4 28. Bc4 Qa8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qb3 Qe8 31. Qxb7 Qd7 32. Qb3 Bb4 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Qg3 Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qf4 Bc5 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Rd8 g5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Be2 Bd6 41. Qb3 Qe5 42. g3 e3 43. Qd3+ Ne4 44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Qxe3 Bc5 46. Qf3+ Qf5 47. Kg2 Bxf2 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. Bf3 Bd4 50. b3 c5 51. Be2 Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 e6 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Qa6 9. Qf2 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. fxe5 h6 13. Qg3 g6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nd7 16. Qh4 f6 17. Kf2 0-0-0 18. Rhe1 Nf8 19. b3 g5 20. Qh5 Rxd6 21. c4 Nc7 22. Qf7 Rd8 23. Qxf6 Nd7 24. Qg6 Rdg8 25. Qe4 Rf8 26. Kg1 Qa3 27. b4 Nf6 28. Qe2 Nd7 29. Rab1 Rf5 30. b5 cxb5 31. cxb5 Re8 32. Rec1 Qd6 33. Bb4 Qb6 34. a4 g4 35. a5 gxf3 36. axb6 fxe2 37. Rxc7+ Kd8 38. Rxb7 axb6 39. Ra7 Nf6 40. Rc1 Nd5 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. Ra8+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro masters op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oliveira, Jose Roberto Jr"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gauche, Charles"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 h6 10. e3 Re8 11. Ne1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e4 Nd4 15. Nc2 h5 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Re1 h4 18. g4 a6 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Be3+ 22. Rxe3 dxe3 23. Bc1 b5 24. Bxe3 bxc4 25. dxc4 Nd7 26. Qd2 f6 27. Bf2 g5 28. Bf1 a5 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bf5 Rb8 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Qb6 33. Bg6 Rf8 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Be4 Rbe8 36. Rd1 Rf7 37. Bc2 Qb7 38. d7 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Rd8 40. Bf5 Kf8 41. Kf2 Re7 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[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 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 h6 6. h3 c6 7. a4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ba2 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Qg5 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Rf1 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Qf2 c5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxe4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Rf5 Qh4 25. Bd5 Qxf2 26. R5xf2 Re5 27. Bc6 d5 28. b3 Rf7 29. Rf5 Rfe7 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Ra1 Re7 32. Rd1 Re5 33. Ra1 Re7 34. Ra6 Kg8 35. Ba8 Rc7 36. Rd6 d4 37. Bc6 Kf7 38. b4 cxb4 39. Rxd4 a5 40. Rc4 Ke7 41. b6 Rc8 42. b7 Rb8 43. Bf3 Kd7 44. Rc5 a4 45. Rb5 b3 46. cxb3 axb3 47. Rxb3 Kc7 48. Rc3+ Kd8 49. Kg1 Ne8 50. Kf2 Nd6 51. Rb3 Kc7 52. Ke3 Rd8 53. Kd4 Rf8 54. Ke5 Rf5+ 55. Kd4 Rf4+ 56. Kc5 Rf5+ 57. Bd5 Rf8 58. b8Q+ 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Britto, Ricardo Marzullo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Qe7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 h6 9. Re1 a5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. b3 Ng8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Kh2 Re8 18. Qc1 Bf8 19. a3 b6 20. Qb2 f6 21. Re2 Qb7 22. Ne1 Bc5 23. Nc2 Nce7 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Bc3 Rad8 26. Red2 Qc8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bd6 29. Bf1 Nce7 30. Nce3 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 h5 33. Bb5 Rf8 34. Kg2 Nh6 35. Bd3 Qd7 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Rdd1 Nf7 38. h4 Rg8 39. Qe2 Nh6 40. Bb5 Qe7 41. Qd2 Nf7 42. Bc6 Rxa1 43. Rxa1 Nh6 44. b5 Nf7 45. Ra7 Nd8 46. Qa2 Nf7 47. Qa6 Rb8 48. Ra8 Rxa8 49. Qxa8 Qd8 50. Qxd8 Nxd8 51. f4 Nf7 52. Be8 Kg7 53. Kf3 Nh6 54. Bb2 Ng4 55. Bd7 Nh6 56. Be6 Kh7 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Bxg4 Kg7 59. fxe5 fxe5 60. Be6 Kf8 61. Bc1 Kg7 62. Bg5 Nf7 63. Bxf7 Kxf7 64. Kg4 Kg7 65. h5 gxh5+ 66. Kxh5 Kf7 67. Kh6 Bc5 68. Bd8 Bd6 69. Kg5 Ke8 70. Bf6 Be7 71. Kf5 Kd7 72. Bxe7 Kxe7 73. Kxe5 Kd7 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. e5+ Ke7 76. Ke4 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rb1 e5 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. e3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Bc3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 f5 20. Bh3 Bxd2 21. Bxd2 f4 22. Bxa5 Qc8 23. Bf1 f3 24. Nc3 Bh3 25. Qd1 Nf4 26. Rb2 g5 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Qxf3 g4 29. Qh1 Nd3 30. Re2 Qh6 31. Qg2 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qa3 33. Rc2 Rf3 34. Rd2 Nb2 35. Qc1 Nxc4 36. Qxa3 Nxa3 37. Rb2 Nc4 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Nd1 Nxa5 40. Ne3 c4 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Rb6 Kd7 43. Rxa6 Nb7 44. Ra7 Kc8 45. Nxc4 Rc3 46. Ne3 Kb8 47. Ra6 Rc1+ 48. Kg2 h5 49. h3 gxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Nc5 51. Rxd6 Nxe4 52. Rd8+ Kc7 53. Rf8 Ra1 54. Nc4 Rxa2 55. Kg2 Rc2 56. Nxe5 Nd6 57. Nd3 Rd2 58. Rf3 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Santos Neto, Francisco Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Ne4 10. e3 g5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Bxe4 Qxa3 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Qh5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. h3 Bd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. fxg5 Rg8 19. h4 Qc5 20. Kf2 d4 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Qf3 Qxe5 23. exd4 Qxd4+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. c5 Be8 27. Rfe1 Bh5 28. Bc4 Rd2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa2 30. Rxe6 Rd8 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd2 33. Re7 Rxd6 34. Rxb7 h6 35. gxh6 Rxh6 36. Rxa7 f4 37. gxf4 Rf6 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. f5 Bg4 40. Ra5 Kh6 41. Be6 Kh5 42. Kf2 Kxh4 43. Ke3 Kg5 44. Ke4 Bd1 45. Ra1 Bh5 46. Ke5 Rf8 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Rg8 Rxg8 49. Bxg8 Kg7 50. Be6 Bd1 51. b4 Bc2 52. f6+ Kg6 53. Bd7 Ba4 54. Be8+ Kh7 55. Ke6 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Vieira, Paulo Cesar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 f4 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rf7 15. f3 g5 16. g4 h5 17. h3 Bf8 18. Kg2 Rc8 19. Rac1 Rh7 20. Be1 Ne8 21. Bf2 a6 22. c5 Ng6 23. c6 b5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rxa4 h4 27. Rfa1 Qf6 28. b4 Be7 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Rf7 31. Ra8 Rf8 32. Qa2 Ng7 33. Nb5 Bd8 34. Qa7 Qe7 35. Nb2 Nh8 36. Nc4 Nf7 37. Rc8 Ne8 38. Qb8 Kg7 39. Na5 Kg6 40. Nb7 Nf6 41. Nxd8 Rxd8 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. Qxc7 Qxc7 44. Nxc7 Kf7 45. b5 Nd7 46. cxd7 Ke7 47. Ne6 Nf7 48. d8Q+ Nxd8 49. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Wolff, Carlos Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Rc1 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rfd1 c5 14. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Okamura, Milton Kasuo"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 Qh5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb5 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Rxd3 17. f3 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Rd8 19. Qf4 Bf5 20. e4 e5 21. Qh4 Bc8 22. Nxh7 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. f4 Be6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. fxe5 Nc6 27. Qg5 Qd4 28. b5 Nxe5 29. Nd5 Re8 30. Rf1 Ng4 31. Qf4 Be5 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Rbd1 Nxh2 34. Qf2 Qxf2 35. Rxf2 Bxg3 36. Ra2 Ng4 37. Kg1 Bd6 38. Rc1 Bf4 39. Rb1 Be5 40. Bf3 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Kg3 Nxd5 43. exd5 Bf5 44. Rd1 Be5+ 45. Kg2 Bb8 46. d6 Bd7 47. Rb2 a6 48. b6 Re6 49. Bxb7 Bxd6 50. Rbd2 0-1

[Event "BRA-ch66 sf2"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reis, Ernesto Guevara"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. 0-0 Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ba3 Nce7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nf3 0-0 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qa3 Nc6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Ng5 Qxa2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 24. Qh4 Qb2 25. Be4 Qb4 26. Rd3 e5 27. Rf3 Be6 28. c3 Qa4 29. Re1 Qc4 30. Qf6 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. h4 a5 33. h5 Qe6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Qg5 Kg7 36. Rb1 Rh8+ 37. Kg1 Rh5 38. Qe3 Rah8 39. Rh3 Rxh3 40. gxh3 Rxh3 41. Qe4 Rh5 42. Rxb7 Rg5+ 43. Kf1 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qxc3 45. Qxc6 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+ 48. Ke3 Qd4+ 49. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bortoloso, Moacir Canella"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Kf2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qf3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14. Rab1 0-0 15. Rhd1 Nd7 16. Kf1 Nf6 17. Qf3 e5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. fxe5 Bg4 20. Qe3 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rae8 22. Re1 g6 23. Qg5 Nd5 24. e6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6+ 26. Kg1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cicala, Luis Carlos"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qb6 10. Qd2 a6 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. 0-0-0 0-0 16. Rhe1 e5 17. Nde2 Rc6 18. f5 a5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rc4 23. Na2 Rxc2+ 24. Kb1 R2c7 25. Nec3 Rc4 26. g4 R8c7 27. g5 Ne8 28. h4 Nf8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Bxh5 Ng7 31. Bg4 Nfe6 32. Bxe6 Nxe6 33. Qh3 Nf4 34. Qh6 Rxc3 35. Rxd6 R7c6 36. Red1 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. 0-0 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 0-0 10. f5 exf5 11. Qe1 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qg3 a6 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nf4 Qc8 19. h4 c5 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Nd5 Rae8 22. c4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qb6 24. Bf4 Qxb3 25. Bxd6 Rf7 26. Qf4 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxc5 Re4 29. Rac1 Bg4 30. Ba3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rxh4 32. c5 f5 33. c6 bxc6 34. dxc6 Bd4+ 35. Kg2 Bb6 36. Rfe1 Bc7 37. b3 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rd2 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Bb4 Rd3 41. Rc3 Rxc3 42. Bxc3+ Kh6 43. Ra8 Bb6+ 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Bd2+ g5 46. Rxa6 Bd4 47. Ba5 Rc8 48. c7+ Kh5 49. Rd6 Be5 50. Rd8 Bxc7 51. Rxc8 Bxa5 52. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Nascimento, Carlos Manuel Lopes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. d3 Be7 7. Ne2 h6 8. Nbc3 g6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qd2 g5 11. Nd5 a5 12. b3 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd8 14. Nc3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nb5 c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. 0-0 0-0 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qe6 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Rce1 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Rd1 Rfd8 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Rfd1 Ke7 30. Kf1 Rc5 31. Ke2 Ne8 32. f4 Rdc8 33. Bf3 Rc2+ 34. R1d2 R8c5 35. Ke3 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 f5 38. exf5 Rc3+ 39. Rd3 Rc1 40. Kd4 Rc5 41. Re3+ Kf7 42. Re2 1-0

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Okamura, Milton Kasuo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. c3 Re8 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. Nf3 c5 12. h4 Bd7 13. Ng5 f5 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 g6 16. Qh6 Bc6 17. f3 Qe7 18. 0-0-0 Red8 19. Bc2 b5 20. Bg3 a5 21. Rh2 c4 22. Qh4 b4 23. Qd4 Rab8 24. f4 Rd7 25. Be1 Qd8 26. Qc5 Qc7 27. Qd4 Rf7 28. cxb4 axb4 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Ba4 32. g4 Bxc2 33. Rxc2 Qa4 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rh1 Qc6 36. Rch2 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Velloso, Benedito"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Nd8 11. d4 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. b3 Nf7 14. d5 Bd7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3 e4 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Rad1 Nd3 20. f4 Bc6 21. Ne2 d5 22. cxd5 Bb5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qc2 Rfd8 26. Qc4 Rab8 27. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vitoria Taca Cidade op"]
[Site "Vitoria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Silveira, Rogerio Zanon"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Be3 a5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rd2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Bc2 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kf7 22. Bd1 Ke7 23. Rd2 Bf7 24. Kf1 a4 25. f3 axb3 26. Bxb3 Nxb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. Rb2 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dias, Sergio S"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3 Rb8 9. b4 g6 10. h3 h5 11. Be3 h4 12. Kd2 Nh5 13. g4 hxg3 14. fxg3 Bg5 15. Qg1 b6 16. b5 a5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Ng7 20. g4 Nf8 21. Ng3 Ke7 22. Raf1 Bd7 23. Be2 Rh4 24. Rf2 Nh7 25. Bf1 Ng5 26. Na4 Ne8 27. Bg2 Nf6 28. Rhf1 Ng8 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Nce2 Rf8 32. Ng1 Nf6 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Nh7 35. Ne2 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rg3+ Kh6 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Rc1 Ng5 40. Ng1 Bd7 41. Rxg5 Kxg5 42. Nf3+ Rxf3+ 43. Bxf3 Bxh3 44. Rg1+ Bg4 45. Ke4 Kh5 46. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 47. Kf5 Kh4 48. Bxg4 Kg3 49. Bh5 Kh4 50. Bd1 1-0

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diniz, Murillo"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. c4 0-0 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Be6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. f4 Re8 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Qf6 19. Re1 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxb2 21. Nc5 Bxc4 22. Ne4 Bxd3 23. cxd3 f5 24. Re2 Qd4+ 25. Kg2 fxe4 26. dxe4 Rad8 0-1

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. a3 Na5 12. Ba2 Ba6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. d5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bb2 e6 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. Nf3 Qa4 20. c4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxc4 22. Qc1 Nd6 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Qb2 Rc2 25. Qe5 Rxa2 26. Qxd6 Qc2 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qd4 Nf4 30. Ra1 Rb2 31. Rad1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34. Rc1 g5 35. Qd7+ Kh6 36. Rf1 Qxf3 37. Qxe6 Re2 38. Qf7 a5 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Qg8+ Kf5 43. Qxh7+ Ke6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fontes, Carlos Henrique Bat"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ladeira, Joao Bosco Amado"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 b6 9. 0-0 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Nf6 12. Qe3 0-0 13. Bd3 Ne8 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Rb3 Qe7 17. Nd1 g6 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. g3 f5 20. exf5 e4 21. Ng2 gxf5 22. f3 Rfe8 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Re1 Qg7 25. Bxe4 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. Re3 Qxb2 28. Nf4 Qd4 29. Ne6 Nxe6 30. dxe6 d5 31. Rd1 Qxa4 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc6 34. c4 Re7 35. Re4 b5 36. Qb2+ Rg7 37. Kg1 Kg8 38. Qf6 Re8 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Cardoso, Carlos Borges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qd2 Ne6 11. f4 Ned4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd1 Rb8 15. Nf2 b5 16. b3 c5 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Nxh3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qd7 20. Nf2 Rb4 21. a3 Rb3 22. Rfb1 Rfb8 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Rxb3 Qxb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Ra2 Bf6 27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Ke2 Ba5 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Kf8 31. Ne4 Bb6 32. Nd2 Rc3 33. a4 Rc1 34. a5 Bc7 35. Nb3 Rh1 36. Kf3 Bxe5 37. Ke4 Re1+ 38. Kd5 Re3 39. Nxc5 Bg7 40. Rb2 Re5+ 41. Kd6 Re8 42. Nd7+ Kg8 43. Kd5 h5 44. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Fernandes, Jose Costa Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Miranda, Osmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Rb1 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 c6 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. b4 Rf7 11. b5 Qc7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 e4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd4 Re7 18. Ba3 a6 19. Rb3 Ra7 20. Rfb1 Rb7 21. c5 d5 22. Rb6 Qd8 23. Nxc6 Qe8 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bb2 1-0

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Rabello, David Sousa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nb5 cxb5 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Bxc7 a6 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. Rc7 Bd7 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Nxa6 Rbc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb4 Bd7 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd6 27. Kd2 Kc7 28. e4 h6 29. e5 Ne8 30. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Reis, Virginia Lagrange M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Qd1 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. e3 Rd8 12. Be2 0-0 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. a3 Qg6 17. 0-0 Nc2 18. Bd3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qh6 20. Rf3 1-0

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Rodrigues, Adriano Pfuhl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc6 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Silver, Albert Winston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 d6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Qd2 0-0 13. 0-0 Na5 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rac1 a6 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bc4 Nf6 18. d5 Na7 19. Bf4 Nb5 20. Be3 Nxa3 21. Bxb6 Nxc4 22. Qe2 Nxb6 23. c4 Bh6 24. Nd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Nxc4 26. Qd4 b5 27. a4 Rc7 28. f4 h5 29. a5 Bf5 30. Re2 Rec8 31. Rce1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Na3 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Qa7+ Kf8 36. Qxa6 Nxd5 37. Qxd6+ Ne7 38. a6 Be4 39. g4 Nc4 40. Qd4 Ba8 41. Qh8+ Ng8 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Qxh5 Nd6 44. Kg3 Rc3+ 45. Kh2 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rg6 48. Qc5 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Fexerj-ch Magistral 11th"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rios Filho, Hilton Carlos da Si"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bg4 9. b4 e6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. b5 Nd8 12. Ngf3 Nd7 13. Ra2 f6 14. 0-0 Nb6 15. Rfa1 Nc8 16. Kf1 Nf7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nfd6 19. b3 g5 20. Bh2 Kf7 21. c4 h5 22. c5 Ne4 23. b6 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. bxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Be2 h4 29. Ne1 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. f4 Bc7 32. Nd3 Ne7 33. Kg1 Nf5 34. fxg5 Bxh2+ 35. Kxh2 fxg5 36. Kg1 Nd4 37. Bd1 Kf6 38. Kf2 b6 39. Ke3 e5 40. Nb4 Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Bf3 Kc5 43. Na6+ Kd6 44. Nb4 Kc5 45. Bxd5 Kxb4 46. Ke4 Nxb3 47. Kxe5 Nd2 48. Kf5 Kc5 49. Bf7 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Memorial"]
[Site "Brazil"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romano, Alexandre Pinto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 a6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Nce5 16. h4 Nb6 17. Na5 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. h5 b4 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Nb1 Qa4 23. Qc4 d5 24. Qb3 Qa5 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. f4 Bc6 28. f5 Ba4 29. Qd3 Rac8 30. Rd2 Bb5 31. Qd4 Bc5 32. Qe5 Bxe3 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Rh1 Qc7 35. c3 bxc3 36. bxc3 dxe4 37. Kd1 Bxd2 38. Nxd2 Qxc3 39. Rxh6+ gxh6 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 a6 11. Ba2 Qa5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qc1 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Ra1 Rad8 21. h3 Rd2 22. b4 Qd5 23. Qc3 Qf5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxd2 Rc8 26. Re1 Rc2 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Qe3 Ra2 29. Qg3+ Qg6 30. Qb8 Kh6 31. Rg8 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Carvalho, Carlos Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. b4 Bd7 12. 0-0 Qe8 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. f4 h5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. g4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qf7 21. e4 Bb5 22. Rf2 Nd7 23. a4 Ba6 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. e5 Ne8 26. b5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bb7 30. Ke3 a6 31. Be4 axb5 32. axb5 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Bc8 34. Bf5 Bb7 35. Be6+ Kf8 36. Bc3 g6 37. Bb4+ Kg7 38. g5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campos, Wellington"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne8 9. a3 Kh8 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Nd3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 a6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qe3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Nef6 16. Raf1 Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh4 Bd7 21. Qf2 Rbd8 22. h3 Bc8 23. Bd3 Kg8 24. Qc2 Nh5 25. R4f3 Rde8 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Ng3 h5 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. b3 Re7 30. Bb1 Qg5 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qh6 33. e5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Qf5 e4 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Qf2 Qd4 38. Qe3 a5 39. Bc2 Re8 40. Kf2 Re5 41. Kg1 Kf8 42. Kh1 Qxe3 43. Rxe3 h4 44. Kg1 Ke7 45. g4 hxg3 46. Kg2 Kd6 47. Kxg3 Nh5+ 48. Kf2 f5 49. h4 Re8 50. Re1 Nf6 51. Rg1 Ng4+ 52. Kg3 Ke5 53. Re1 Nf6 54. Rf1 f4+ 55. Kg2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reis, Virginia Lagrange M"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Kh1 0-0 11. f4 Nd7 12. f5 Bg5 13. Qg4 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nc5 15. Bb1 Rb8 16. b3 a5 17. Rf3 f6 18. Rh3 g5 19. Rxh7 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Marcolino, Antonio Claudio H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Be3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. f3 g5 21. Bd4 g4 22. f4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qc5 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. Rad1 Rb3 26. e5 Nd5 27. Ne4 Qb6 28. Rxd5 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Rb8 9. Qe2 Nf8 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. g3 Bd7 12. a4 b6 13. Kf1 h5 14. h4 Nf8 15. Ne1 g6 16. Ng2 N8h7 17. Ne3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. Kg2 Nf6 20. Nd1 Kf8 21. Ne3 Kg7 22. b3 Qc8 23. Raf1 Qe8 24. f3 gxf3+ 25. Qxf3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a5 b4 28. Nc4 Bg4 29. Qf2 Nd7 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32. Qf3 Nh6 33. g4 Ng8 34. g5 f6 35. a6 Ra8 36. Qg3 Ra7 37. h5 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Rh7 39. hxg6 Qxg6 40. Bxe7 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Rxe7 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro-ch 21st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Paes Leme, Marcio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. d3 Be6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 h6 8. b4 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Rb1 0-0 11. e4 Nh7 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 d5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rhc1 Rfc8 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Nh2 Nf6 23. f3 Nh7 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Qa4 Qb7 28. h4 d4 29. Bd2 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rc4 Re6 32. Rbc1 Kh7 33. Qc2 Qb5 34. Rb1 Qb7 35. a4 Rb8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. Rb1 Qa5 40. Rb7 Kg8 41. Ra4 Qd8 42. Raa7 Rf6 43. Qc4 Qe8 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Re6 46. g6 Rxg6 47. Ne7+ Bxe7 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49. Rxe7 Rf8 50. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch sf"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1996.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Souza, Mauro Guimaraes"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 Bg5 6. Nge2 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nd7 8. Ng3 g6 9. h4 h5 10. Be2 a6 11. a3 Ngf6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. b4 b6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Nf8 16. f3 Bd7 17. 0-0 N8h7 18. Kh1 Qd8 19. Qe1 0-0 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Kg1 Kg7 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. Rfb2 Rbd8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Ne2 Bc8 30. R7b6 Qe7 31. Ng3 Rfe8 32. Rxa6 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Ra8 Nd7 35. Bc2 Nhf6 36. Ngf5+ gxf5 37. Nxf5+ Kf8 38. Nxd6 Ree8 39. Ba4 Nxe4 40. Nxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Rxc8+ Kg7 43. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch sf"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1996.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dos Santos, Haroldo Cunha Jr"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. Nd3 0-0 12. a4 Qd8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 b6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. a5 Qc8 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. b4 Rc6 20. b5 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxa7 Rd8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Ba5 Qxd4 25. Rxd7 Qa1+ 26. Qf1 Qxa5 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Rb7 Ra8 29. g3 Qd8 30. b6 Ra1 31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. Ra7 Qb8 33. Rxa1 f6 34. Rb1 Qb7 35. Nd4 Kf7 36. Nc6 Ke8 37. Na5 Qb8 38. b7 Kd7 39. Rb6 e5 40. Nc6 Kc7 41. Nxb8 Kxb6 42. Nc6 Kxb7 43. Ne7 d4 44. Kf1 Kc7 45. Ke2 g6 46. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch sf"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1996.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Dumont, Sadi Glasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Rb1 a6 7. a4 Nh6 8. e4 d6 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 f5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Nf7 13. f4 Nd4 14. b4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 cxb4 16. Rxb4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Qc8 18. Qd5 Be6 19. Qa5 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Rf2 Nh6 22. Ba7 b6 23. Rxb6 Rbc8 24. Rxa6 Ng4 25. Rg2 e5 26. Rxd6 Ra8 27. Rd7 exf4 28. Nxf4 Qh6 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Bd4 Rxa4 31. Rd2 Nf6 32. Rxg7 Qxg7 33. Qc6 Raa8 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Mauricio Suzini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Azevedo, Kelsen Rosas Sodre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. d4 d6 7. 0-0 Qb6 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bf5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. Kh2 Rfe8 13. e4 Bh7 14. f4 a6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. a5 Bg6 19. Ra3 Nh7 20. f5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Nhf6 23. g4 Re8 24. Qg3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Be4 Rd8 27. Qf3 c4 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Rd6 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. Qe2 b5 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Rxc4 Qb8 36. Na4 Rb3 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. d6 Re3 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. f6+ g6 41. Bf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Qf1+ 43. Ke4 Qh1+ 44. Kd3 Qxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campos, Wellington"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. Rfb1 g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bf1 Kh8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Bc6 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe3 Ng8 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 a5 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. h4 h6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nd4 28. Bd3 Rbe8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxe5 Qd7 31. Qxg5 Rxe5 32. Qh4+ Nh6 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. f4 Re7 36. Kf2 Rg7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Bg6 Qd6 39. f5 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Re8 43. Re1 Ree7 44. Rf1 Qd2 45. d6 Re4 46. Rad1 Qe3 47. Rfe1 Qxe1+ 48. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 49. Kh2 Re4 50. Qd1 Rd7 51. Qd3 Rh4+ 52. Kg3 Rxd6 53. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rios Filho, Hilton Carlos da Si"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 b6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf8 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Nf3 g6 17. Bb1 Nh5 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nh3 Bc6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. f5 Ne5 22. Qg3 exf5 23. exf5 g5 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Qxg5 Rd7 26. Rd4 Qd8 27. f6 Nf7 28. Qh4 h6 29. Rg4 Re5 30. fxg7 Bxg7 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. Nd1 Rg5 33. Rxg5 Nxg5 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Ne3 Nf7 36. Nf5+ Kh8 37. Ne7 Ne5 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. Be4 Ne5 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. h3 Rf8 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. g4 a5 47. h4 Nf7 48. Bf5 Ne5 49. g5+ hxg5+ 50. hxg5+ Ke7 51. Be4 Nd7 52. Kf5 Ne5 53. g6 Nd7 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Madeu, Fernando Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nc2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Nc4 Nxe3 14. N2xe3 Rxd1 15. Nxb6 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 axb6 17. Bc4 Bc5 18. Bxe6 Bxe3 19. fxe3 fxe6+ 20. Ke2 Rd8 21. Rf1 Rd5 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 b5 24. e4 Kf7 25. Kd2 Kf6 26. Ke3 Nb4 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nc2+ 29. Kd3 Ne1+ 30. Kc4 Nxg2 31. Kc5 Ne3 32. Bc1 Nd1 33. Kb6 Nc3 34. a5 Nxe4 35. Ba3 Nc3 36. Kxb7 Nb5 37. Bc5 Kf5 38. Kb6 Nc3 39. a6 e4 40. a7 e3 41. a8Q Nd5+ 42. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Clube Naval op 3rd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1996.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santos, Alberto de Azevedo"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. f3 a6 8. Be3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. h4 h5 13. a4 b6 14. Ng1 Nf8 15. Nh3 N8h7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bf1 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Kf8 19. Bh3 Be8 20. Bf1 Kg7 21. Be2 Ng8 22. Rh2 Bd7 23. 0-0-0 Qe8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Rdh1 Qe7 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Rxh2 29. Rxh2 Rf8 30. Qe3 f5 31. gxf6+ Qxf6 32. Qh3 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 Nh6 34. Nd1 a5 35. Ne3 Qf4 36. Kd3 Rh8 37. Rh1 Nf7 38. Qg2 Rxh1 39. Qxh1 Qg3 40. Qf3 Qxf3 41. Bxf3 Nh6 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kf2 Kg5 44. Kg3 Ng8 45. Nd1 Nf6 46. Nf2 Nh7 47. Nh3+ Kh6 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kg3 Nf8 50. Nf2 Ng6 51. Nd3 Nf4 52. Ne1 Be8 53. Kh2 Bg6 54. Kg3 Kg7 55. Kh2 Kf6 56. Kg3 Bh7 57. Kh2 Ng6 58. Kg3 Nf8 59. Nd3 Nd7 60. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dias, Anderson Tatsch"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 Rb8 9. Nd2 0-0 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 Bxh4 12. Qf3 h6 13. Qh3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qf4 16. g5 Ndf6 17. Qg2 Bg4 18. Nd2 Qxg5 19. Rg1 Qh5 20. Rh1 Qg5 21. Rg1 Qh5 22. Rh1 Qg6 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loureiro, Luiz R Vasconcelos"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. 0-0 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nce2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. c4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. h3 Be8 17. Kh2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 b4 22. Bxe5 Qb6 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Amador, Sergio Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 Qe8 9. Bb2 Qh5 10. e3 Na6 11. Qe2 g5 12. Ne1 Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Bd7 14. Nd3 Rac8 15. Nc3 Be8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Bh3 Bd7 22. c5 h5 23. a3 Ba5 24. b4 Bc7 25. Rfe1 Rf6 26. Bc1 g4 27. Bg2 Rcf8 28. Ra2 a5 29. Be3 Ra8 30. Rea1 e5 31. b5 Bf5 32. b6 Bd8 33. dxe5 Re6 34. Bd4 a4 35. f4 gxf3 36. Bxf3 h4 37. Rf2 Be7 38. Bh5 Bg6 39. Bg4 Rxe5 40. Bxe5 Bxc5 41. Kg2 Be4+ 42. Kf1 Re8 43. Bc7 Bd3+ 44. Be2 Be4 45. gxh4 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 c5 47. Bd6 c4 48. Rg1+ Kh7 49. Bc5 c3 50. Bd4 c2 51. Bb2 Rc8 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Rc7 Rf8+ 54. Ke3 Re8 55. Kd4 Bf5 56. Bc1+ Kg6 57. h5+ Kf6 58. Bd3 Re6 59. Bxf5 Kxf5 60. Rxc2 Rxb6 61. h6 Kg6 62. Kxd5 Rb3 63. Rg2+ Kh7 64. Rg7+ Kh8 65. h4 b5 66. Rb7 Kg8 67. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. h3 Qb6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Be7 16. b5 Nf6 17. Qb2 Ra5 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. g4 Be6 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Qc2 c5 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Nb5 Bd8 26. Nd3 Qc4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. Nxc7 Bxc7 29. Nxc5 Bd5 30. Rc1 h5 31. gxh5 Bf3 32. Bxc4 Bd6 33. Bf1 Nxh5 34. Bg2 Be2 35. Ne4 Bb4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Nxf3 f6 40. Rh8 Bd6 41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Rocha, Wellington Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Be6 8. 0-0 Qd7 9. Nd5 h5 10. h4 Nd8 11. Rb1 Nh7 12. b3 c6 13. Ndc3 g5 14. hxg5 h4 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bg4 17. Qe1 Ne6 18. Be3 0-0-0 19. b4 Rdg8 20. Qd2 h3 21. Bf3 Nexg5 22. fxg5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qg4+ 25. Rg3 Qxe2 26. Qd2 Qh5 27. Qd1 Nxg5 28. Qxh5 Rxh5 29. Rf1 Rg7 30. Rf5 Ne6 31. Rxg7 Nxg7 32. Rxf7 h2+ 33. Kh1 Rh3 34. Bxa7 Ne6 35. Rf6 Kd7 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rf2 Rxd3 38. Kxh2 Ng5 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Kg2 Ke6 41. Bf2 Ke5 42. Bg3+ Kd4 43. Bxd6 Nxe4 44. c5 Ra3 45. Bf4 Ra4 46. Kf3 Nc3 47. Be5+ Kc4 48. Rc2 Ra3 49. Kf4 Kxb4 50. Bxc3+ Rxc3 51. Rb2+ Kxc5 52. Rxb7 Kc4 53. Ke4 c5 54. Rb2 Rh3 55. Rc2+ Kb4 56. Kd5 Rd3+ 57. Kc6 c4 58. a4 c3 59. a5 Rd2 60. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taca Rio de Janeiro 1st"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miranda, Marcio MC"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. h4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b4 20. h5 Nd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Rd4 Qa5 24. Rdc4 Rfd8 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. a4 Rd7 27. Rh4 g5 28. Rhc4 Rdd8 29. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carvalho, Jose Jorge"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. 0-0 e5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Kh1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. f3 Be6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rc1 Qa7 18. Bb1 h6 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qb2 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Qd2 Rb4 28. Bc2 Ke8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Nb8 31. Nxc5 Bxc4 32. Rd1 Be6 33. Nd3 Rd4 34. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 f6 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. Kg1 Kd6 38. Kf2 c5 39. Nf4 Bf7 40. Be2 g5 41. Nh3 Be6 42. Ng1 a5 43. Bb5 Nc6 44. Bxc6 Kxc6 45. Ne2 Kb5 46. Ke3 Kb4 47. Kd2 c4 48. bxc4 Bxc4 49. Nc3 Ka3 50. Kc2 Kb4 51. g3 Kc5 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. a3 Bf1 54. Ne2+ Kc4 55. Nc3 Kb3 56. a4 Bc4 57. f4 gxf4 58. gxf4 Kb4 59. Nd5+ Bxd5 60. exd5 Kc5 61. Ke3 Kxd5 62. h3 f5 63. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dos Santos, Alfredo P"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. h3 Ne4 10. g4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. Bg3 e5 13. e3 Qe7 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfe1 e4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Qa3 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qf7 21. Kh2 Rfb8 22. Rab1 Bf8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Rg2 d5 26. c5 Bf6 27. Rbg1 Re8 28. Nf1 Nd8 29. Ng3 Ne6 30. Ne2 c6 31. Bg3 a5 32. Qb2 a4 33. Rf1 Ng5 34. Ng1 Qh5 35. Bf4 Rg8 36. Bxg5 Rxg5 37. Rxg5 Bxg5 38. Qe2 Qh6 39. Rb1 Rg8 40. Qf1 f4 41. exf4 Bxf4+ 42. Kh1 Bd2 43. Ne2 Qh5 44. Rd1 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 Bg5 46. Rb1 Bd8 47. Rc1 Bc7+ 48. Ng3 Rxg3 49. fxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Nf6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Nf8 11. g4 h6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nh2 Ng6 14. 0-0-0 Nh7 15. Nf1 Bg5 16. Ng3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nh4 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 f6 20. h4 Ke7 21. Kc2 Qc7 22. b3 Rbg8 23. Rhg1 Be8 24. Ne4 a5 25. Rdf1 Kd8 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Rh2 Kc7 28. Rh3 Kd8 29. Qh2 Qf8 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Qg2 Bd7 32. Nd2 Kc7 33. Be4 Rf8 34. Qf1 Rhg8 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. Rg3 Qe7 37. Rhg1 Kd8 38. Nf3 Be8 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Nxg5 41. Nxg5 fxg5 42. Rxg5 Rf6 43. Qe2 Bd7 44. Qh5 Qf8 45. Qh7 Rh8 46. Qxg7 Rh2+ 47. Kd3 Qxg7 48. Rxg7 Rb2 49. Kc3 Re2 50. R1g3 Kc8 51. R7g6 Rxf5 52. Bxf5 Bxf5 53. Rg8+ Kc7 54. R3g7+ 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Miranda, Marcio MC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Rb1 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. b4 Kh8 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. b5 Be6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Nd5 c5 15. Bc1 g5 16. f4 h6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Nec3 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. Qc4 a6 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 b6 24. Bc3 Qe8 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. Bh3 Qh5 27. Bg2 Qe8 28. Bh3 Ra8 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. d4 Bg7 31. e4 f4 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. Bxg7+ Qxg7 35. b6 fxg3 36. hxg3 Qe5 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Rb3 Qf6 39. Rxa3 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qxe1 41. Qc3+ Qxc3 42. Rxc3 Rb8 43. Rb3 Kg7 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. Ke3 h5 47. Rb1 h4 48. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Rosa, Carlos Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3 0-0 8. Bg2 Nb6 9. b4 Be6 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. 0-0 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qa4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bc5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Rc4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. d4 d6 9. d5 exd5 10. Ne1 Ne4 11. cxd5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc2 Re8 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Nc3 Re7 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Ne3 Rae8 19. Ng2 a6 20. a4 Qe5 21. Rad1 Qf5 22. e4 Qh3 23. f3 Ne5 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Nf4 g6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Kg7 28. Ne2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. b4 Rc8 31. Rc1 cxb4 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Rc1 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qxb4 Qc5+ 37. Qd4 b4 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Qxc5 dxc5 40. Nc1 Kf8 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. e5 Bb7 43. d6+ Kd8 44. Kd3 Bd5 45. f4 Kd7 46. Kd2 Kc6 47. Nd3 Be6 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Nb2 c4 50. Kd4 c3 51. Nd3 Bf5 52. Nc5 c2 53. Nb3 Ka4 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d4 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. a3 a6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. b4 Ba7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 Rd6 21. Qb1 Re6 22. Qa1 d3 23. exd3 Re3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Viana, Dirceu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. e3 Qc7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 e5 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Be7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Nd3 Nf8 18. b4 Qf5 19. Nc5 Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. g4 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Be5 0-0 24. f3 Bxb4 25. Ra2 Nc5 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29. Be2 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. Kf4 g6 33. Ke4 Rd1 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Bxa1 Ke7 36. Be5 Ba3 37. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Fexerj op"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papaleo, Lisandro"]
[Black "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. h3 a6 9. g4 h6 10. a4 b6 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. b3 Nh7 14. Nh2 Bg5 15. Qc1 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Ng5 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Rg1 h5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Rh3 22. Rg3 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rxg3 24. Nxg3 Nh2+ 25. Ke1 Nxg4 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. Bf1 a5 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rc3 Qh4 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Re3 Rh8 33. Kd1 Qg5 34. Re1 Rh2 35. Rg1 Qh4 36. Ke1 Nh3 37. Rg2 Rxg2 38. Bxg2 Ng5 39. Qe2 Qf4 40. Kd1 Ng4 41. Nh1 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Qd2 Qxd2+ 44. Kxd2 f4 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. f3 Nh5 47. Nf2 Ng3+ 48. Kd2 Nf5 49. Nh3 Nxh3 50. Bxh3 Nd4 51. Bg4 Nxb3+ 52. Kd3 Nd4 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Bd7 0-1

[Event "BRA-chT Inter-Clubes 8th"]
[Site "Campinas"]
[Date "1989.09.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Belisario, Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.09.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tijuca TC"]
[BlackTeam "Montes Claros AABB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. h3 0-0 11. a3 Rac8 12. b4 Qd8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Rac1 e6 15. Rfd1 g5 16. Bh2 Nd7 17. Nb5 Bg6 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Rxc6 Rb6 21. Rc7 a5 22. Qa4 1-0

[Event "BRA-chT Inter-Clubes 8th"]
[Site "Campinas"]
[Date "1989.09.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mercadante, Ricardo Rodrigues"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.09.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tijuca TC"]
[BlackTeam "Maranhao AC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Nc8 16. Rfc1 g5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nf2 a6 19. Ncd1 Be8 20. Ba5 b6 21. Be1 a5 22. Qb3 Na7 23. a4 Bg6 24. h3 h5 25. Nc3 Nd7 26. Qa3 Nc5 27. b4 Nb7 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 Rf7 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Rc6 Rc7 32. Rac1 Re7 33. Ra6 Be8 34. Bc6 Bxc6 35. dxc6 Nc5 36. Qa2+ Kh8 37. Bxa5 Qc8 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Qxc6 40. a5 Qb5 41. Qc4 Qxc4 42. Rxc4 Na6 43. Nd3 Re8 44. Nb4 Nxb4 45. Rxb4 Ra8 46. Kf1 Kg8 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Bf8 50. Kb5 Kd7 51. Rc4 1-0

