[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Garcia Correa, Jose Ricardo"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Qd2 a6 7. h4 h6 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. Kb1 Bb7 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. Nf4 Nb6 12. b3 b4 13. Nce2 a5 14. g4 Qb8 15. Nc1 Qa7 16. Bb5+ c6 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Nfd3 Bb5 19. f4 a4 20. Qxb4 axb3 21. cxb3 Nec8 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Bf8 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Bxd3+ 26. Bxd3 c5 27. Qe4+ Kd8 28. f6 Rg8 29. Rhe1 Kc7 30. Bb5 Rg3 31. Qf4 Rg2 32. Bxc5 Rxa2 33. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kargosha, Bahman"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. c3 e6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. h3 g5 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. c4 Ng6 15. g3 Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Nxe5 Qe8 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qg6 Rg8 22. g4 Qxg6 23. Nxg6+ Kf7 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. a5 b5 26. Nb3 h5 27. Nc5 Rab8 28. Bxg5 bxc4 29. Ned7 Bd5 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxa6 Rxb2 32. Nxc7 Kd6 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. a6 Bxd4 35. Be3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Ba7 37. Kf1 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ke5 39. Reb1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Re2 41. Rb7 Bxe3+ 42. Kh1 Kf4 43. a7 Kg3 44. Rh7 Bxa7 45. Rhxa7 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. R1a3+ Kxg4 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51. Ra4 Ke3 52. Rg3+ Kd4 53. Rg4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Bartel, Marta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c6 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. a4 h6 18. a5 g5 19. Bd2 bxa5 20. Be1 a4 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Rb7 e5 23. Bxd5 Nd6 24. Rxa7 exd4 25. Nxa4 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Nb5 27. Ra5 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd1 Bg6 30. Ra6 Kh7 31. Ra7 Rc2 32. e3 Rd8 33. e4 Rb2 34. Rc1 Bd4 35. Ra4 Bxf2+ 36. Kf1 Be3 37. Rc7 Kg7 38. Ra3 Bd4 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Ke1 Rb6 41. Kf1 Rf6 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Kg4 Rb2 46. h3 f6 47. Rh7 h5+ 48. Rxh5 Bxh5+ 49. Kxh5 Bf2 50. g4 Be3 51. Kg6 Bf4 52. h4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Batista, Renato Luiz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. c3 a6 9. a4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. a5 Qb5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bc7 Rd7 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Rd2 h6 21. Rad1 c4 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe5 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 Bf6 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Curi, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Nce5 0-0 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Nd3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. a3 Be7 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qb5 22. Be5 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. a4 c5 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxc5 27. Qb2 Rxe5 28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. g3 Rd5 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Qb3 Ra8 32. Rc4 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Qc2 Qd5 35. Kh2 Bg7 36. Rf4 Rd8 37. Qc7 Qd7 38. Qc4 e5 39. Rf3 Re8 40. a5 Qe6 41. Qb5 e4 42. Re3 Bd4 43. Re2 e3 44. fxe3 Bxe3 45. a6 Ra8 46. Qb7 Qxa6 47. Qxa8+ Qxa8 48. Rxe3 Kg7 49. Kh3 Qa2 50. Rf3 Qa6 51. Rf4 Qe6+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Rf2 Qd1 54. Rf1 Qd5+ 55. Rf3 Qd4 56. Rf2 f6 57. Kh2 Qe4 58. Re2 Qd3 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Rd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Ngf6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 0-0 10. Qd2 a6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Bxc5 Qa5 13. Bxe7 b4 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nf2 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Bc4 Nxh1 18. Rxh1 a5 19. Ng5 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nxe6 Rxc4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf1 a4 25. Kd2 h6 26. Kd3 Rc5 27. c4 bxc3 28. bxc3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kg6 31. f5+ Kg5 32. Kd4 Rc8 33. c4 Rd8+ 34. Ke4 Rd2 35. Rc1 Re2+ 36. Kd5 Kxf5 37. c5 Rd2+ 38. Kc4 Kxe5 39. a3 f5 40. Kb5 Rd4 41. c6 Rd5+ 42. Ka6 Rd8 43. c7 Rc8 44. Kb7 Rxc7+ 45. Kxc7 f4 46. Kb6 f3 47. Kb5 Ke4 48. Kxa4 Ke3 49. Kb5 f2 50. a4 Ke2 51. a5 f1Q 52. Rxf1 Kxf1 53. a6 Kg2 54. h4 Kh2 55. a7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agibileg, Uurtsaikh"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 0-0 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. 0-0 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bf2 Ba6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne7 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Kg7 18. h4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. Bf5 Bxc4 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Be4 gxh4 25. Rf6 hxg3 26. Bxg6 Rd5 27. Be4 Rxe5 28. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chos, Alexey"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 c5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. f4 e5 15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Qc3 f5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. Ng5 exf4 21. Bxb7 Bxc3 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Bxc3+ Nf6 24. Nxf4 Qa7 25. Nfe6+ Kh8 26. Ne4 b5+ 27. Kh2 b4 28. Ba1 h5 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Ne6 Re8 33. g4 Ne3 34. Bg5+ Kh7 35. Bxe3 Qb8 36. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goutham Krishna, H."]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 e5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. Bg3 0-0 9. e3 f5 10. Be2 h6 11. 0-0 e4 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bh2 Ng6 14. b4 Nf6 15. b5 Qe7 16. Qc2 Be6 17. a4 Rae8 18. a5 Bc8 19. Rfe1 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. Bf3 Bf5 22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. Rg1 Qg6 27. Qd3 c6 28. a6 d5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxe4 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. axb7 Bxd4 33. Nc7 Re7 34. Qb4 Rg8 35. f3 Nxf3 36. Nd5 Reg7 37. Nf6 Qxb7 38. Nxg8 Nxg1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lisenkov, Svyatoslav"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 e6 5. h4 h6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qe2 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 Ne7 11. Kb1 Nf6 12. Bc1 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. c3 Qd7 16. Bb3 0-0-0 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Bc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 a5 20. f4 Kb8 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Qd7 23. Rd4 Rhg8 24. Rxh6 c5 25. Rd3 Qxa4 26. b3 Qc6 27. Rf3 a4 28. Bb5 Qc7 29. Bxa4 c4 30. Qxc4 Rxg2 31. Qxc7+ Nxc7 32. Rfh3 Rg1 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8+ Ka7 35. Be8 Nd5 36. Bxf7 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Ne4 38. Be3 Rg2+ 39. Kd1 Nc5 40. Bxc5 bxc5 41. Bxe6 Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. f5 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Kf4 Re4+ 48. Kg5 Rxe5 49. Kf6 Re1 50. Rh7 Kb6 51. Re7 Rf1 52. Bc4 Be4 53. Rxe4 Rxf5+ 54. Kxf5 Ka5 55. Re8 Kb4 56. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qh3 16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 20. Ke2 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Bxe5 22. Kd1 0-0-0+ 23. Kc2 Bd4 24. f3 Rh8 25. Bd2 Rh3 26. Rd1 Rxg3 27. b3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Deveci, Huseyin Said"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Rfd1 e6 13. f3 dxc4 14. g4 Bxg4 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. bxc4 Qh4 17. h3 Bh6 18. hxg4 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxg4 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Qf4 22. Ne4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. dxc6 fxe4 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. cxb7 Rb8 27. Rad1 Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qh6+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qh6+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Kd2 Qxg2 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 e3+ 40. Kc1 Rxb7 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Rh7+ Ke6 43. Rxb7 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Ezat, Mohamed Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Bh2 Nc6 9. c4 Kh8 10. Nc3 f5 11. Rc1 g5 12. d5 Ncb8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 h5 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nd2 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. e4 f4 21. Bxg4 Ra6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nb5 Nbd7 24. d6 c6 25. Nc7 Ra2 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Nf3 Nf6 28. Qg6 Ncxe4 29. Nxe5 Nxd6 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Qxd6 Rd8 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Ng4 Ne7 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7 Re2 39. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Bf8 41. Re5 Ng8 42. Rh5+ Bh6 43. Bxf4 Qg4 44. Bxh6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd6+ 46. Bf4+ Nh6 47. Rxh6+ Qxh6+ 48. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Jahnz, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 0-0 9. a4 Ne4 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. b5 Qg6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Qb3 Be8 14. b6 axb6 15. cxb6 Bd6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nd7 18. a5 c5 19. dxc5 Ndxc5 20. Qb2 Nxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Rxa5 22. Ra3 Rb5 23. Qd4 Qf6 24. Ne5 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Bh5 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Rc7 Bf7 28. Ra7 Qd6 29. Raxb7 Rb4 30. Qc3 Rxb6 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 d4 33. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Orozbaev, Eldiar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd1 Ndb8 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. Nc3 Na5 16. h4 Qd7 17. h5 h6 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Qf4 Nb3 23. Be3 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxb2 25. Rf1 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Qb1 27. Qg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Smietanska, Wiktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nfd2 e5 10. e4 Bd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 Qc8 13. Kh2 Ne8 14. Nc3 f5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Rc1 f4 17. Nc4 Nd6 18. g4 Qe8 19. f3 g5 20. Nb1 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Bb5 22. Rxc5 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Ng6 25. Qc2 Rac8 26. Bb5 Qd8 27. b4 a6 28. Ba4 Nh4 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. Qd3 c6 31. d6 Qd7 32. Rxe5 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Bc2+ Kf7 38. Qe4 h6 39. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tologontegin, Semetey"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. d4 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qxd5 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. a4 Qb4 18. Rd7 Ba6 19. Ng5 Rad8 20. Nxe6 Rxd7 21. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bashylina, Luisa"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Nc5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Kh1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Be2 Qe5 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Bc4 h5 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. g3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 f5 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Rde1 h4 26. h3 Ne5 27. Qe3 hxg3 28. Qxg3 b5 29. Be2 Qxd5 30. Rd1 Nd3 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Bd8 14. b4 Bc7 15. b5 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. e4 Qc7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Rae1 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Kf8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rd3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Kh2 Rh4 28. Rf3 g5 29. Kg3 Ke7 30. Kg2 g4 31. hxg4 Rxg4+ 32. Rg3 Rxf4 33. Rd1 Rdxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qe5 36. Rgd3 Qxc5 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rd2 f4 39. Kf3 e5 40. R2d6+ Kg7 41. Rd2 Kg6 42. R2d6+ f6 43. Rd2 Kf5 44. Kg2 e4 45. R7d4 f3+ 46. Kg3 Qe5+ 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Rd8 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Seyhanoglu, Deniz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rad1 Qa5 12. a3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Bxh6 f6 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Nd7 Qc7 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Bf4 Qf7 23. f3 f5 24. Qh4 Nf6 25. Be5 Re6 26. g4 fxg4 27. fxg4 Kg8 28. g5 Qg6 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Qg4 Rae8 31. h4 Nf6 32. Qf3 Ne4 33. h5 Qxg5 34. Rg1 Qh4+ 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Nxd1 38. Rxd1 Rxe5 39. dxe5 Rxe5 40. Rd3 Rxh5+ 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Rb3 b6 43. Rc3 c5 44. Rc1 Ke6 45. Rf1 Rf5 46. Rh1 Ke5 47. Rh7 Rf7 48. Rh5+ Ke4 49. Rh4+ Kxe3 50. Ra4 d4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Player, Edmund C"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 h6 9. a4 b6 10. Rfe1 Bb7 11. Rad1 Nf6 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 0-0 17. Rf1 d5 18. Rc1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Qd5 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Rd8 23. Qb4 Qe4 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Qxb6 Re8 26. Qxa6 e5 27. Bd3 Qg4 28. h3 Qh5 29. e4 Be6 30. d5 Bxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qd3 Rxa4 34. d6 Rb4 35. d7 Rxb2+ 36. Kg1 Bf6 37. d8Q+ Bxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. Qxb2 Qc5+ 41. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capp, Stephen P"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nd7 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Bb3 Nc5 8. 0-0 Nxb3 9. axb3 0-0 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Kh1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Ne2 Bg7 14. Ng1 f5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. c3 b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. d4 c5 20. Be3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qe7 22. Bd2 a5 23. Be3 Bd5 24. Ra3 Qb7 25. Qg3 Rfc8 26. h4 Rc2 27. Rf2 Rac8 28. Ra1 Be4 29. Raf1 b5 30. h5 gxh5 31. Qg5 h4 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Qd8+ Bf8 34. Nd7 Rc8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Nxf8 Rxf8 37. d5 Qxd5 38. Kh2 Qd8 39. Qh6 Rg8 40. Rf2 Rg6 41. Rd2 Qxd2 42. Qf8+ Rg8 43. Qf6+ Rg7 44. Qf8+ Rg8 45. Qf6+ Rg7 46. Qf8+ Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Souza, Arthur Olintho"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 h6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. f4 f5 11. Rad1 Nf6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Bd4 Qe8 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxa7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bb6 Rde8 26. c3 h5 27. Bc5 Rg8 28. a6 Bh6 29. a7 g5 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Bd6 Rf5 32. Qb6 Qd7 33. Bb8 e3 34. a8Q Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Qh3 36. Qab7+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kxf7 38. Rf1 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldsztejn, Gildas"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. c4 0-0 8. Nbc3 h6 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Bxc5 Rd8 17. Bd6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 a4 19. Qc2 Na5 20. c5 Qa6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Nc4 23. Bf1 Ne3 24. Bxa6 Nxc2 25. Bxb7 Nxa1 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa1 Rc8 28. Rc1 Bf8 29. c6 Be8 30. Kg1 g5 31. c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gutierrez Espinosa, Karen"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. d5 f5 11. Nd2 a6 12. b4 f4 13. f3 g5 14. Nb3 h5 15. c5 Nf6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Na4 g4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. fxg4 Nxe4 21. gxh5 Nc3 22. Qd2 e4 23. Rac1 Qg5 24. Nd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Be3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bb6 28. h4 Qxh4+ 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. h6 Kh7 31. Rh5 Qg3 32. Rh3 Qg6 33. Bh5 Qg5 34. a4 Rf6 35. a5 Rxh6 36. axb6 Rxh5 37. Rc1 Rxh3+ 38. gxh3 f3 39. Rc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Magallanes, Rey Jomar"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 e6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Ng3 Ng4 13. c4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. Rab1 cxd4 16. exd4 0-0 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nc3 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rc8 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Nd2 f4 24. Nce4 g5 25. Bxa6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxa6 27. b5 Bb7 28. Nc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Bxd5 30. Qe2 Nf5 31. a4 Ne3 32. Nd2 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Bb7 34. Rf2 Bd4 35. a5 Qxa5 36. Nb3 Qb6 37. Nxd4 Qxd4 38. b6 Qe4 39. Rf3 Qxf3 40. Qxf3 Bxf3 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Rxb7 f3 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 f2 45. Kxg4 f1Q 46. Kh5 Qh3+ 47. Kg6 Qe6+ 48. Kh5 g4 49. Rb5 d5 50. Rb4 Qf5+ 51. Kh4 Qg5+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 Qxb4 55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kg1 d4 57. h3 d3 58. hxg4 d2 59. g5 hxg5 60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Kf2 d1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Glashausser, Sho"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Be7 8. h4 c5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. c3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rc4 21. Rfd1 Rfc8 22. b3 Rc3 23. Rab1 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Rd2 Kf7 26. g3 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Rc2 Bf1+ 30. Kf3 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 h6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. a3 c4 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 0-0 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Qa5 Rc8 21. Qb6 Rc7 22. h3 g6 23. e3 h5 24. h4 c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qd4 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 f6 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Kohler, Aran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Bg4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nxd4 N5b6 11. Qb3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. b3 Bf7 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Qg4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf6 21. Rd1 h5 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Rh6 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qxb7 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Mamedov, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. e4 Ba6 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Re3 dxe4 15. Na4 Rad8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 Bd3 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Re1 Nxc3 21. Ba3 Rc8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rac1 Rd2 27. a3 Ra2 28. Kg2 Rxa3 29. Re3 Kg7 30. h4 a5 31. Rc2 a4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rd3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Swicarz, Maciej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. b3 Bd4 11. Bb2 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 0-0 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Qa3 Qc8 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qc5 Qa6 18. Qxc6 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxa8 g5 22. a4 h5 23. a5 h4 24. Rc3 h3 25. Bf3 Qd2 26. Rfc1 g4 27. Bh1 Kg7 28. a6 Qe2 29. Rc7 Qxa6 30. R7c4 Qa2 31. Rf4 e5 32. Rfc4 Qd2 33. Bc6 e4 34. R4c3 e3 35. fxe3 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. R3c2 Qf3 38. Re1 a5 39. Rf2 Qe4 40. Rf4 Qe6 41. Ref1 Qd7 42. Rd4 Qe6 43. Kf2 Qa2+ 44. Ke1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Rd2 Qb5+ 47. Ke1 Qb1+ 48. Ke2 Qb5+ 49. Rd3 a4 50. Rf4 f5 51. Kd2 Qb2+ 52. Kd1 a3 53. Rc4 a2 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Rc6+ Ke5 56. Rc5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Musovic, Armin"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 e6 5. h4 h6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Na4 Bxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qxb4 Bd5 16. c4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 h5 18. Bg5 0-0 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Red1 Qc7 21. Qc3 Nc6 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rg1 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Bh6 Rbc8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. a3 b5 28. Qg5 Kh7 29. Qf6 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qf4 a5 32. Rg5 a4 33. Qe3 Rb8 34. f4 a3 35. f5 exf5 36. f3 axb2 37. Rdg2 Qb3 38. Rxh5+ gxh5 39. Rg7+ Kxg7 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kh6 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 Ne7 11. h5 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. h6 Bf8 15. Qe2 fxg5 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. Qxg6+ Ke7 18. Qxe6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Rad1 a6 12. Qb1 Bd6 13. d3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. d4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Qe5 19. g3 Qh5 20. Rd2 Bb4 21. Qd1 Qh3 22. a3 Bd6 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Kh1 Bg4 25. Ng1 Qh5 26. Qc2 b5 27. b4 Bf3+ 28. Nxf3 exf3 29. Rd4 Qh3 30. Rg1 Qh5 31. Rh4 Qg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Bc3 Be5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd1 a5 36. Rf4 Rf5 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. h3 g5 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 axb4 41. axb4 Ra4 42. Rd4 Ra2 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. d6 cxd6 45. Rd5 Rc4 46. Rxg5+ Kf8 47. Rxb5 Rxg4+ 48. Kf1 Rc4 49. Ke1 Rc2 50. Rf5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 e5 8. e4 0-0 9. Ng3 d6 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Qe8 15. Be2 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 f5 18. Qg2 Nf6 19. h5 Rd8 20. 0-0-0 Rd7 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. Rh6 Qg7 23. exf5 Nh7 24. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendez Fortes, Eduardo Jesus"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc5 10. Nb3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Nd5 e6 16. Ne3 Qh4 17. g3 Qe7 18. d4 Bd7 19. Bb4 Bc6 20. Qd3 f5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Nbd2 Rfe8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Ba3 Rad8 28. b3 Ba6 29. Qf3 b5 30. Ne3 b4 31. Bc1 Qc3 32. Ndf1 Re4 33. Qf2 Rde8 34. Nc4 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Re2 36. Bd2 Rxf2 37. Bxc3 bxc3 38. Kg1 Ree2 39. c5 c2 40. Rc1 dxc5 41. d6 Rd2 42. d7 Rfe2 43. Rxc2 Rxd7 44. Rxe2 c4 45. Rc2 c3 46. Kg2 Rb7 47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Ne3 Bd4 49. Rc1 Bxe3 50. Kxe3 Rxh2 51. Rxc3 Rxa2 52. Kd4 Kg7 53. Ke5 a4 54. Rc7+ Kh6 55. Rc1 Rh2 56. Ra1 Re2+ 57. Kf6 Rh2 58. Rxa4 Kh5 59. Kg7 Kg4 60. Ra3 Rh3 61. Ra4 Rxg3 62. Kxh7 Rf3 63. Kxg6 Rxf4 64. Ra1 Ra4 65. Rxa4+ f4 66. Kf6 Kg3 67. Kf5 f3 68. Ra3 Kg2 69. Kg4 f2 70. Rg3+ Kh1 71. Rh3+ Kg1 72. Rg3+ Kh1 73. Rf3 Kg1 74. Rg3+ Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Gerbelli Neto, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a3 0-0 11. e4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Be3 e5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bh3 a5 18. Rd1 a4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Ra5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Bg4 g6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Kujawski, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qb3 d5 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 axb4 14. c3 Bd7 15. Qxd5 Ra1+ 16. Kc2 b3+ 17. Qxb3 Ba4 18. Rxa1 Bxb3+ 19. Kxb3 b5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. c4 Qe6 22. Ra5 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qxg2 24. Rd1 Qxf2 25. Rd3 Qf1 26. Kc2 f6 27. Nc6 Qe2+ 28. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Riehle, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxd4 8. Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxc4 Rc8 11. Qf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Qg5 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 a6 19. Rac1 h6 20. h3 b5 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Kg2 Rxc6 24. Qa7 Rdc1 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qd8 R1c2 27. b4 Nd5 28. a3 Rxe2 29. Qd7 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. Qa4 Ngf6 9. Na3 Nxd5 10. Nxc4 0-0 11. Bg5 N5b6 12. Qc6 h6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Na5 Ba6 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Nh4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. a4 b4 7. Bg5 Na6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. N2b3 0-0 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. e4 h6 14. Bf4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 Nac5 17. Qe2 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Nec5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. a5 a6 23. Nd4 Nb7 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Bb6 Bxb6 26. axb6 Rc6 27. Nd4 Rxb6 28. Ra1 a5 29. Ra2 Nc5 30. b3 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Rfa1 e5 33. Nf5 Kf7 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rc6 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Ng7+ Kd6 38. Ne8+ Ke6 39. Ng7+ Kd6 40. Nf5+ Ke6 41. g4 Nd7 42. Nxh6 Rxc2 43. Rb7 d4 44. Rxb4 d3 45. Nf5 d2 46. Ne3 Rc3 47. Nd1 Rc1 48. Ne3 Re1 49. Nc2 d1Q 50. Rc4 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Qf3+ 52. Kh4 Qxf2+ 53. Kh5 Qxh2+ 54. Kg6 Qe2 55. Rc6+ Kd5 56. Nb4+ Ke4 57. Rd6 Rxg4+ 58. Kf7 Nc5 59. Ke7 Qb5 60. Nd5 Qxb3 61. Nxf6+ Kf5 62. Rd5 Qb7+ 63. Kf8 Kxf6 64. Rd6+ Ne6+ 65. Rxe6+ Kxe6 66. Ke8 Qb8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. b4 Nd7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g4 Ne7 7. h4 0-0 8. h5 f5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qf3 f4 13. c5 Bg4 14. Bc4+ d5 15. Nxd5 Nexd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Qxg4 Nxe4 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Qxd5+ Nxd5 20. Ne4 Nxb4 21. Rb1 a5 22. Ba3 Nc2+ 23. Kd1 Nxa3 24. Rxb7 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Ke2 Nc2 27. Kd3 Nd4 28. Kc4 c6 29. Rg1 Rb4+ 30. Kd3 Rb2 31. Rg6 Rxa2 32. Rd6 Ra3+ 33. Kc4 Ra4+ 34. Kd3 Nf5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. f3 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaglio Munoz, Jaime"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. a3 Bb7 9. d3 a6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. dxc4 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. e3 c5 18. Nc2 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Rac8 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Nd5 24. e4 Nc7 25. a4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Ne3 Kf8 28. Nc4 Na8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. f4 Rb8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. a5 bxa5 33. Nxa5 Rc8 34. Nc6+ Kd6 35. e5+ fxe5 36. fxe5+ Kc7 37. Ra7+ Kb6 38. Rxf7 Nc7 39. Ke4 Ra8 40. Kf3 Kxb5 41. Ne7 Ra3+ 42. Kg4 c4 43. Ng6 Nd5 44. Nf8 c3 45. Rf2 Ra6 46. Nd7 Rc6 47. Nf6 Kc4 48. Ne4 Kd3 49. Kf3 Rc8 50. Ra2 Rf8+ 51. Nf6 Nxf6 52. exf6 Rxf6+ 53. Kg2 c2 54. Ra8 c1Q 55. Rd8+ Ke3 56. Kh3 Qf1+ 57. Kh4 Rf5 58. g4 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adireddy, Arjun"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3 e6 9. 0-0 h6 10. d5 e5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Ne7 15. Nb5 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qc2 0-0 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 e4 21. Nxd6 Bxd5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb5 exf3 24. Bxd7 Rc7 25. Bb5 fxg2 26. Rfc1 Rb7 27. Rc5 Be4 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Bc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Nh4 31. Rc4 Bf6 32. Rd6 Rg7 33. Rxh4 Bxh4 34. Rxh6 Be7 35. Rh5 Bb4 36. Rxf5 Rc7 37. Kxg2 Rc2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Rb5 Rxb3 40. Bb6 Rb2 41. Bxa5 Re2 42. Rxb4 Re6 43. Rg4+ Kf7 44. Bc3 Ra6 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Garmendia Vega, Gabriel"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. 0-0-0 b5 7. h4 h6 8. f4 Bb7 9. a3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 0-0 16. exd6 exd6 17. Rhd1 Re8 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxh4 20. Nd5 Re4 21. g3 Qg4 22. Re3 Rd4 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Re8 25. Nc7 Re2 26. Qxd6 Qxg3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Ne8 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 Rxe8 30. Qxe8 h5 31. Rd7 Qf1+ 32. Ka2 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Qf1+ 34. Ka2 Qf6 35. c3 Qe6+ 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rd6 h4 38. Rxe6 g5 39. Kb3 h3 40. Kc2 g4 41. Re4 h2 42. Re1 g3 43. b3 g2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Ballester Llagaria, Luis Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. b4 a6 11. Nc3 0-0 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. g4 h6 18. Rfd1 g6 19. e3 Bg7 20. Ne2 Nfd7 21. Nd4 a5 22. bxa5 Nxc5 23. Bg3 Ned3 24. Rab1 Nb4 25. Bd6 Ncd3 26. Bf1 Rad8 27. Bc7 Rd7 28. Bb6 Ne5 29. b3 Rc8 30. f4 c5 31. fxe5 cxd4 32. exd4 f6 33. Bb5 Re7 34. Bc5 Rxc5 35. dxc5 fxe5 36. Rbc1 e4 37. c6 bxc6 38. Bxc6 d4 39. Rc4 Nxc6 40. Rxc6 e3 41. Rd6 Be5 42. Rd5 e2 43. Re1 Bg3 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Rxd4 Ra2 46. b4 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 Ne4 9. cxd5 Bxh4 10. Bxe4 Bf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Qb1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne5 19. h3 Bc4 20. Bg2 b5 21. Rfe1 Ra3 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2 Rb3 25. Qd4 f6 26. Nd2 Rxb4 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 f5 31. Qd4+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Kf2 Nc5 34. Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rb7 36. Ra8 Rb2 37. Rc8 Rb7 38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rc8 Nd7 40. e3 Nb6 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Rh8 h5 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. Bf3 Ra7 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. Bg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Rc2 49. e4 Rc3+ 50. Kxg4 Nc4 51. Bf3 Ne3+ 52. Kg3 Rc2 53. Rh8 Nf1+ 54. Kg4 Nh2+ 55. Kg3 Nf1+ 56. Kg4 Rh2 57. Rc8 Rc2 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rd8 Nh2+ 60. Kg3 Nf1+ 61. Kg4 Ne3+ 62. Kg3 Nf1+ 63. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Salazar Farias, Luis German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nce5 Bd5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Qc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Nd3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxc1 17. Bxb6 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 axb6 19. Rb1 Ra8 20. Rxb6 Rxa2 21. h3 Rxe2 22. Nf4 Bxf3 23. Nxe2 Bxe2 24. Rxb7 e6 25. Kh2 Bc4 26. f4 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Kg2 Bf8 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Rb5 h5 31. Rb7 Bd6 32. Rd7 Bc7 33. g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 Bxf4 35. Rb7 g5 36. Rb5 Nf6 37. Rb7 Ng8 38. Rb5 Ne7 39. Rb7 Ng6 40. Rb5 Ne5+ 41. Kg2 Nxg4 42. Rb4 f5 43. Rb7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Smieszek, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nxb5 d5 7. c4 Be7 8. Bf4 Na6 9. g3 0-0 10. Bg2 Nh5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. 0-0 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc7 14. e4 Nxb5 15. cxb5 Nf6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Bxd5+ Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Nc7 Bc4 23. Nxa8 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. b4 c4 27. a4 Kg8 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. Kd4 Rd8+ 31. Kc3 Rc8 32. Rd1 g5 33. Rd4 Rf8 34. f4 g4 35. Rxc4 Rf7 36. a5 Kf5 37. a6 h5 38. Rc5+ Ke4 39. Rxh5 Kf3 40. Kc4 Rc7+ 41. Rc5 Rd7 42. Rd5 Rc7+ 43. Kd4 Kg2 44. Rh5 Rc8 45. f5 Rb8 46. Kc5 Rb6 47. Rh4 Kf3 48. h3 gxh3 49. Rxh3 Kg4 50. Rh7 Kxf5 51. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Nc2 Qc6 9. f3 Qb6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bf2+ 12. Kf1 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Ba3+ d6 20. Qd2 a6 21. Nc3 b5 22. c5 b4 23. Bb2 bxc3 24. Qxc3 d5 25. g4 a5 26. g5 Ne8 27. Kf2 Qb4 28. Qc2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 Qxg5 30. Rg1 Qg6 31. Qd2 Qh6 32. Qc2 Ba6 33. Bc1 Qxh2 34. Rh1 Qe5 35. Bb2 Nd4 36. Qd2 Qxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Nxe2 38. Rxh7 Nf4+ 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40. Kg3 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mickiewicz, Piotr"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 c5 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Qe7 12. Bc3 e5 13. e3 Ne8 14. b4 f5 15. b5 Nd8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nf6 18. Qb2 Ne6 19. a4 f4 20. a5 Ng5 21. h4 fxe3 22. hxg5 exf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nh5 24. Ne4 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe2 h6 27. gxh6 Bxh6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra6 Ng7 30. Rxb6 Nf5 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Kh2 Qa7 33. Ra6 Qf7 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Osiecki, Stanislaw"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8. Be2 Ne7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nd4 Ng6 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rae8 15. Bf3 Ne7 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. Nce2 Be8 20. Qe3 Nc7 21. Bg4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 Bh5 25. Rac1 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Re4 27. Nf4 Rxe5 28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Rd3 g5 30. Ng2 d4 31. c3 Ne6 32. c4 Re2 33. Rcd1 Kf7 34. Ne1 g4 35. R1d2 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Ne7 8. Qe2 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Bb3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 Nb6 19. Nd2 d5 20. h4 Nc4 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Bc2 Nc4 23. Bb1 b4 24. h5 bxc3 25. hxg6 cxb2 26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qd3 Bf8 28. Nh4 Ra3 29. Qg6+ Rg7 30. Qf6 Qf7 31. Bf4 Be7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Ng6 Bg5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. g3 Ra1 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rh1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Kxg6 39. Rh3 Bc6 40. g4 Ba4 41. Rbh1 Bc2 42. Rh8 Kg7 43. R8h5 Be4+ 44. f3 Bxf3+ 45. Kg3 Bxh1 46. Rxg5+ Kf8 47. Rh5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qf4 Be6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Qd7 9. e3 0-0-0 10. h3 Kb8 11. Qa4 Ne5 12. Bb5 c6 13. Nxe5 cxb5 14. Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ansh, M Shah"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Rc1 f5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. d5 e5 14. Kd1 d6 15. Kc2 Nd7 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rg5 e4 18. Bf1 h6 19. Rg3 c6 20. Kb1 c5 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. Rcg1 Rf7 23. Nb5 Nf8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxd6 Rf6 28. Nxe4 Rg6 29. f5 Rg1+ 30. Ka2 Nd7 31. Qf2 Rg4 32. f6+ Kf8 33. Nd6 Ba6 34. e4 Ne5 35. Qf5 Rg5 36. Qe6 Bxc4+ 37. Nxc4 Nxc4 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nd7 3. e4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. h3 0-0 8. g4 h6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Ng3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rc8 20. Ne4 Bxd5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxd5 Qh4 23. Kg2 Nc4 24. c3 Be5 25. Rf2 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Ne5 27. Rd1 Qg5 28. Bb7 Rc5 29. Rxd6 Qe7 30. Qd4 Qxb7+ 31. Kg3 Qc7 32. Rff6 Nd7 33. Rf4 Nb6 34. h4 Nc4 35. Rd7 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Nxe5 37. Rf6 Nxd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krutko, Anatoly"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. h4 0-0 8. h5 f5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 f4 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 c5 13. 0-0-0 Bg4 14. Be2 g5 15. Nxg5 Bd7 16. g3 Ng6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 fxg3 19. Rdg1 Nf4 20. Rxg3 Nxe6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Nd5 Nd4 23. Qd2 Nxe4 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Bh5+ Kg8 28. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magallanes, Rey Jomar"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. 0-0 a6 8. Nd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f4 Nc6 11. e5 Ne7 12. Nce4 d5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ngf3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 h5 16. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendez Fortes, Eduardo Jesus"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 a6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nh6 9. Qd2 Nf5 10. Bf2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Nd5 h5 15. Bd3 e6 16. Bxf5 exd5 17. Bxg6 Nb6 18. Bxh5 Nc4 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qxc5 Qa4 21. b3 Qa3 22. bxc4 Rfc8 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. Nd2 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. a3 bxa3 27. Ka1 Bf8 28. f5 Bc5 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Bxc5 Rg8 31. Qe3 Rxg2 32. Rhg1 Rxc2 33. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. h3 Be7 12. g4 Bh7 13. Qd1 0-0 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a4 f5 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Bg3 Qe8 19. Ra3 Qh5 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Raf8 23. Rg3 Bf6 24. Bxf6 R8xf6 25. f3 Rg5 26. Qe1 Rxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Qg5+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Qg3 Qxd4 30. Rg1 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. b5 Rxc5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. Kf2 c5 39. a5 c4 40. a6 Ra2 41. Ra8 c3 42. a7 c2 43. Rc8 Rxa7 44. Rxc2 g5 45. Rc8 Ra4 46. Rh8 Rh4 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. e3 Kd6 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rh8 e5 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. Rh8 d4 53. exd4 exd4 54. Rd8 Rf4 55. Rh8 Rf6 56. Rd8 Ke5 57. Kf2 Rd6 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Ke2 Re6+ 60. Rxe6 Kxe6 61. Kd2 Ke5 62. Kd3 Kf4 63. Kxd4 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Cardozo Munar, Carlos Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 0-0-0 11. Nh4 Bc2 12. Kd2 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Kc2 h6 15. f4 Be7 16. f5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Ned7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bxh4 21. gxh4 N7f6 22. Rhg1 Ng4 23. Kb3 Nf2 24. Rdf1 e3 25. Bc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rd2 27. Bf3 Rg8 28. Rg3 g5 29. Bh5 f6 30. Rxe3 Nd1 31. Rg3 Rgd8 32. hxg5 Rb2+ 33. Kc4 hxg5 34. e4 Rb1 35. Bxd1 Rdxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Rh3 Re1 38. Rh6 Rxe4+ 39. Kd3 Rf4 40. Rxf6 Kd7 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rxb7 Rxf5 43. Rb6 Kd7 44. Rxa6 Rf2 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Rh7 Rg2 47. Kc4 Kc8 48. Kb3 Rf2 49. c4 g4 50. b5 Rf3+ 51. Kb4 Rf1 52. Ka5 Rc1 53. Kb6 cxb5 54. cxb5 Kd8 55. c6 Rc2 56. c7+ Kc8 57. Rh8+ Kd7 58. Rh7+ Kc8 59. Rh8+ Kd7 60. Rd8+ Ke7 61. c8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Dubreuil, Julien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 c4 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nd2 0-0 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. h3 Bc7 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Rc5 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qg5 Rcd8 25. Rfc1 h6 26. Qh5 Re6 27. Ng3 Nf4 28. Qg4 Nd3 29. Rc7 Nxc1 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Nf5 g6 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. d5 Rxd5 34. Qf4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "La Villa Rivas, Marlon Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. 0-0-0 Nc6 9. Kb1 Qa5 10. a3 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxa8 Nc6 13. Rxd7 Bxd7 14. Qb7 Qe1+ 15. Ka2 Be6+ 16. b3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Pinero Rodriguez, Carlos Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. e4 0-0 10. Be3 d6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. h3 Rac8 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. g4 h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. b4 Qa7 22. Kh1 Nc4 23. Qf2 Qb6 24. Rcd1 Ne5 25. Qg3 Rc4 26. Nce2 Rxb4 27. Rg1 Bd8 28. Be3 Nh5 29. Qf2 Qb8 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Qg3 Ne8 32. Bh6 Bf6 33. Nf4 exf5 34. Nh5 g6 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Nxf6 Nxf6 37. Qg5 Ng8 38. exf5 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Nxf3 40. Qe3 Nxd4 41. fxg6 Bc6+ 42. Kh2 d5+ 43. Rg3 Nf5 44. g7+ Nxg7 45. Qc5+ Ne7 46. h4 Ngf5 47. Qf2 Qxg3+ 48. Qxg3 Nxg3 49. Kxg3 d4 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kg3 Nxh4 52. Kf2 d3 53. Ke3 Be4 54. Kd2 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Vanek, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nh3 d6 5. 0-0 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Be3 0-0 10. exf5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Na6 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. h3 e4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Bd4 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nxe4 b5 20. Qd3 Rfe6 21. f3 Nc5 22. Qd4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rae1 Qg3 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxg2 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Kxg2 Kg8 29. Rd2 Re7 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Kf3 c5 32. Rd5 Rc7 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Ke4 a5 35. h4 b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. g5+ hxg5 40. hxg5+ Kg6 41. Kd5 c4 42. Re4 b3 43. axb3 cxb3 44. cxb3 Kxg5 45. b4 Kh5 46. b5 g5 47. b6 Rb7 48. Kc6 Rb8 49. Kc7 Rxb6 50. Kxb6 g4 51. Kc5 g3 52. Kd4 g2 53. Re1 Kg4 54. Ke3 Kg3 55. Ke2 Kh3 56. Kf2 Kh2 57. Rg1 Kh3 58. Rxg2 Kh4 59. Kf3 Kh3 60. Rg3+ Kh2 61. Kf2 Kh1 62. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Przybylski, Wojciech"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 Ne7 8. a4 a6 9. a5 b5 10. axb6 cxb6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 0-0 18. h5 g5 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. h6 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf6 24. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Remizov, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 e6 5. h4 h6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Rfe1 Nf6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 0-0 18. c3 Rc8 19. h5 g5 20. Be5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re5 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Rd7 25. g4 Rcd8 26. Kg2 a5 27. Kg3 Rd6 28. Re7 R8d7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Kf6 32. Re5 c6 33. Rf5+ Kg7 34. g5 hxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Rd6 36. Rf2 Re6 37. Rg2 Kh7 38. Kf5 Kh6 39. b4 Re3 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rc2 Re1 42. Kf6 Rf1+ 43. Ke5 Kxh5 44. Kd6 Rf6+ 45. Kc5 Re6 46. Kb6 f5 47. Kxa5 f4 48. Kb6 f3 49. a5 Kg4 50. a6 Re2 51. Rxe2 fxe2 52. a7 e1Q 53. a8Q Qxc3 54. Qg8+ Kf4 55. Qg7 Ke4 56. Qe5+ Kd3 57. Qg3+ Kc4 58. Qg2 Qxd4+ 59. Kxc6 Qc5+ 60. Kd7 d4 61. Qc2+ Kd5 62. Qf5+ Kc4 63. Qc2+ Kb4 64. Qb2+ Ka5 65. Qa2+ Kb6 66. Ke6 d3 67. Qb2+ Qb5 68. Qd4+ Ka5 69. Qc3+ Ka4 70. Qa1+ Kb4 71. Qb2+ Kc4 72. Qc1+ Kd4 73. Qf4+ Kc3 74. Qc1+ Kb3 75. Qb1+ Kc4 76. Qc1+ Kb4 77. Qb2+ Ka5 78. Qc3+ Kb6 79. Qd4+ Ka6 80. Qc3 Kb7 81. Qg7+ Kb6 82. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 a6 6. 0-0 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 e6 9. Nxb4 Bb7 10. d5 e5 11. a5 Ne7 12. c4 0-0 13. Nd3 h6 14. b4 f5 15. Nd2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Re1 Qh4 18. Bf1 Nd4 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. g3 Qd8 22. Bh3 Kh7 23. Be6 Rf8 24. f4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Nd2 Qd8 27. Nb3 Bc8 28. Rad1 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Nd7 30. Rde1 Rf7 31. Kg2 Qf8 32. h4 Ne5 33. Qe4 Nxc4 34. Nxd4 Nd2 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Re8 Rxe8 37. Ne6 Rxe6 38. dxe6 Rf6 39. Qh5 Qe7 40. f5 d5 41. Nf4 Qxb4 42. e7 Ne4 43. e8Q+ Kh7 44. Qhg6+ Rxg6 45. fxg6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antonio, Jorge Carlos"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rae1 Qe7 15. b3 Nd7 16. h3 f5 17. e4 f4 18. gxf4 gxf4 19. d5 0-0-0 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. a4 Rhg8 22. a5 Bf6 23. Kh1 Rg3 24. Nh2 Be5 25. Ndf3 Rdg8 26. Rf2 Qg6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 Bxa1 29. e5 Qg7 30. e6 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Qb7 34. Qxb7+ Kxb7 35. Ng4 h5 36. Nh6 Re8 37. Nf5 Rxb3 38. e7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Rd2 Kc6 41. Ra2 f3+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Rxe7 44. h4 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubnevych, Maksym"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. e4 e5 15. Qe2 0-0 16. d5 Nd7 17. a4 f5 18. f3 a6 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Nc4 h5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Ne3 Rf6 23. Qxa6 Rbf8 24. Qe2 h4 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. Qe4 Qf7 27. c4 Rg5 28. gxh4 Rf5 29. Ne3 Rf4 30. Qd3 Rxf3 31. Qe4 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rf4 33. Qg2 Qh5 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Ng4 f3 36. Qg3 Ne5 37. Nxe5 f2+ 38. Kf1 dxe5 39. d6 Rf3 40. Qg5 Qe8 41. Rd1 Qe6 42. d7 Qxc4+ 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. cxd3 Qxd3+ 45. Kxf2 Qxd7 46. Qxe5 Qf7+ 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kh3 Qf6 49. Qb8+ Kh7 50. Qg3 Qe6+ 51. Kg2 Qg6 52. Kf3 Qxg3+ 53. hxg3 Kg6 54. g4 Kf6 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. g5 Kf7 57. Kd5 Kg6 58. Kc6 c4 59. Kxb6 c3 60. a5 c2 61. a6 c1Q 62. a7 Qb2+ 63. Kc7 Qa3 64. Kb8 Kh5 65. Ka8 Kxh4 66. Kb8 Kg4 67. Ka8 Kxg5 68. Kb8 Qxa7+ 69. Kxa7 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. f4 Bb7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 Ne7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 f5 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Kh1 h6 17. exf5 hxg5 18. fxg6 Qc6 19. Rf3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. h3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 23. Raf1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qe4 25. Qf2 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Qxd4 27. Qh4 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. Nxe6 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gavrilin, Roman"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. h4 h6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. Nh3 Qxh4+ 11. Bf2 Qe7 12. 0-0-0 Ngf6 13. g4 g5 14. Ne2 a5 15. c3 a4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Qe1 Nfd7 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Nh5 Bh8 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. f4 c5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Rhf1 Ne5 26. Rf2 0-0-0 27. Rdf1 Rd7 28. Kb1 Rg6 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. a3 Nb3 33. Nf2 Rg8 34. Bd3 Rgf8 35. Nd1 Nc5 36. Bxb5 Bxe4+ 37. Ka2 Bd5+ 38. c4 Be4 39. Qd2 Rf1 40. Qa5 Rxd1 41. Ba6+ Nxa6 42. Qxa6+ Bb7 43. Qxa4 Rd2 44. Nf6 Rxb2+ 45. Ka1 Rb4+ 46. Ka2 Rxa4 47. Nd7 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grebeniuk, Semen"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 g5 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Re1 g4 12. Nfd2 h5 13. b4 Bh6 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 Rg8 16. e5 d5 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf6 Qd6 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Ne7 Rg5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qxf6 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd4 25. Nc4 Bg7 26. Rc1 Kf7 27. Be4 e5 28. Qc2 Be6 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Bxh5 Nf7 31. Bxf7+ Bxf7 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Nf5 Qf4 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nxc8 Bd5 36. Ne7 Bxg2 37. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marchesich, Giovanni"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxc6 Bd7 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Rg5 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rxg3+ 22. Kh2 Rg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Rf2 Bc6 25. Bf6 Qf8 26. Rd1 Qh6+ 27. Kg3 Qe3+ 28. Kg4 h5+ 29. Kh4 Qxf2+ 30. Kg5 Qf5+ 31. Kh6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c3 a6 5. a4 Bb7 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Bxb5 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. c4 0-0 13. Nc3 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Qd3 d6 19. b3 Nbd7 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Bg3 Bf8 22. Ba4 Nh5 23. Nd2 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Qe4 Qb4 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Fiorito, Joaquin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. Ra4 Bc2 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. 0-0 Kd7 13. Ra3 b6 14. b4 Be7 15. Nf3 Kc8 16. Ne5 Kb7 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Ne5 a5 19. cxb6 axb4 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Nd1 Nxb6 22. Ne3 Bh7 23. Bd2 Nfd7 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bh3 Bg8 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. b3 Ra8 28. Ng4 Bd6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. f4 c5 32. e4 d4 33. Bf1 Ra3 34. Bc4 Nb6 35. f5 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 exf5 37. Rxc5 fxe4 38. Rb5+ Kc6 39. Rxb4 e3 40. Rxd4 exd2 41. Rxd2 Rxb3 42. Rd6+ Kc5 43. Rd7 g5 44. Rd6 Rb6 45. Rd8 Bd5 46. Kf2 Kd4 47. Rd6 Rxd6 48. exd6 Be6 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. h4 Kxd6 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Ke4 Bg4 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Bf3 55. Ke3 g4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Gerbelli Neto, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 0-0 13. a5 Nc4 14. a6 Rb8 15. b3 Nd6 16. Bf4 bxa6 17. Rfd1 Rxb3 18. Rac1 Nb5 19. Na4 Ba3 20. Rc2 Bb4 21. h4 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Rb2 a5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Rdb1 Rc4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rc1 30. Rb8 Rc7 31. e4 Kf8 32. h5 Ke7 33. g4 g6 34. h6 Kd7 35. e5 a5 36. Ra8 Rc5 37. Ra7+ Ke8 38. Ra8 Kd7 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. f4 Rc4 41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. Kh4 Bd7 43. Kg5 Rc2 44. Be4 Rc4 45. Bd3 Rc3 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ba6 a4 48. Ra7 Rc5 49. Bd3 Rc3 50. Bb5 a3 51. Rxd7+ Kf8 52. Kf6 Rc8 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Ra7 Rf8+ 55. Kg5 Rb8 56. Bd7 Rb6 57. Rxa3 Kf7 58. Bc8 Rc6 59. Bb7 Rc7 60. Be4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Mahdavi, Reza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Nd2 Qb7+ 13. f3 d5 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Qc1 g6 18. Bf2 e5 19. Nb5 a6 20. c5 Qc6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Rc6 Qe7 24. Rc7 d4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Rc6 Nc3 27. Qd2 Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Qh6 Nc5 30. Re1 Nxb3 31. Nb6 Rc6 32. h4 Rxb6 33. h5 Qf8 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qg4 f5 36. Qg5 Qf6 37. Qh6 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e4 Bb4 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. b3 Rd8 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Qxc7 Bd6 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa7 Nxe5 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23. dxe5 Rxb3 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Rd7 Bc5 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. Bf1 Rb4 29. Rda2 a4 30. Rc1 Bb6 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 a3 33. Kg2 Ra4 34. Bd3 Bc5 35. f4 Rd4 36. Bb1 Rd1 37. Bc2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Bb3 Rd3+ 40. Kg4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martin Fuentes, Alberto"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. d3 g6 6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 Bg7 8. Kd2 Ne7 9. Ke1 c5 10. Bg2 Nbc6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Rf1 Re8 15. Kf2 Ne3 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Neg1 h6 18. Bxe3 dxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Qf6 22. h3 Bd4 23. hxg4 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Re8+ 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. Rxb7 Nxf3 27. Nxf3 Qd4+ 28. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Gruzman, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 a6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Na4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Bd8 20. d6 Qd7 21. Rd2 Rc6 22. Rf1 b5 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bc3 Bb6 28. Rf4 Red8 29. Rxe4 Qe6 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. h3 Rcxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. exd6 Qxe4 34. d7 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 36. Kf1 Bb6 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Bd4 Bd8 39. Bc5+ Kg8 40. Kd2 f6 41. Kc3 Kf7 42. Kxc4 Ke6 43. Kb4 Kxd7 44. Bf8 Be7+ 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Ka5 g5 47. Kxa6 f5 48. Kb5 g4 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Ke3 gxh3 52. gxh3 Kb4 53. Kf4 Ka3 54. Kxf5 Kxa2 55. Kg6 Kb3 56. Kxh6 Kc4 57. Kg7 Kd5 58. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Nbd2 d5 8. c3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Ndf3 Nd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 h6 13. a4 a6 14. h4 c4 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f3 Rd8 22. Qf2 b4 23. Bc7 Na4 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc2 b3 26. Qd2 f5 27. Nf2 Qc7 28. f4 Kf7 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Ra1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Nb6 32. Ra5 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 Nd5 34. Nd1 Bd6 35. Kf2 Qb6 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5+ Kf8 38. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alahakoon, Isuru"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. g3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 0-0 10. 0-0 d6 11. Qd3 f5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 d5 14. Qe3 Qf6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. c4 d4 21. Qf3 g5 22. e3 g4 23. Qf2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Rad8 26. Rd6 Rde8 27. Rfd1 Re7 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Rf7 31. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Celestino, Rafael Teixeira"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Neg5 e6 6. Ne5 Qd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nexf7 0-0 9. c4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Ne5 h6 12. Ngf3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nef3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Nc6 19. 0-0 e5 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. h3 Nd4 22. Qe4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rd6 24. b4 Qc7 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rg1 g5 27. Rg3 Raf8 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Re1 Re8 30. h4 Rg6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qe4+ Kf6 34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Rh3 Nh4+ 37. Kg1 Ng6 38. Rh6 Qg7 39. Rh5 Nf4 40. Rh2 Qg6 41. Rd1 Ne6 42. c5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dehtiarov, Roman"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 c5 9. e5 Ne8 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. exd6 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne5 b6 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Qf3 Ba6 21. b3 h5 22. Ne3 Rab8 23. Rfd1 Bb7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Rfd8 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. g4 hxg4 28. Nxg4 Ke7 29. Ne5 Be4 30. g4 g5 31. Ke3 f5 32. h4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 gxh4 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Kf4 Rf8 36. g5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Goldin, Roman"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 f5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nb5 exd5 13. Nd6 Ba6 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Bxa8 Nc6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Be2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. 0-0 Qd4 14. Qc1 Nc5 15. Be3 Qb4 16. a3 Qb3 17. Bd1 Qc4 18. Qc2 Qd3 19. b4 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Ncd7 21. f3 Ne8 22. Rfc1 Kh7 23. a4 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Kxh6 25. a5 Ng7 26. Ba4 f5 27. Nce2 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nf6 29. Rc7 Bg4 30. Bd1 Rab8 31. Rac1 Nge8 32. Re7 Ng8 33. Re6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Ng7 35. Bb3 Rfc8 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Nc3 Ne7 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. exd5 Nf5 40. Ne4 Nd4 41. Ba4 Rbc8 42. e7 Re8 43. Nxd6 Rxe7 44. Nxc8 Re8 45. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. 0-0 b6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Ra2 Rc8 14. Re2 Na5 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Rf2 Rc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rd7 21. d5 Nc4 22. Bg5 Rd6 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Re3 Ng6 27. Qd4 Re5 28. Ref3 Kg7 29. g3 Kh6 30. Rxf6 Qxa3 31. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 c5 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. Kg2 Qb7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qc3 Ne7 22. Qd3 f5 23. Kf3 e5 24. Nd5 exf4 25. gxf4 fxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Rd7 29. Rfd1 Rad8 30. b4 Rc7 31. R1d4 Rdc8 32. Rxd6 Rxc4 33. Ke4 Rxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rc7 35. a4 Kf7 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. Re6+ Kd7 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Rg2 g6 40. f5 Rd1+ 41. Ke5 Re1+ 42. Kf6 Rf1 43. Kg7 Rxf5 44. Kxh7 Rf4 45. b5 Rxa4 46. Kxg6 Rb4 47. Rg5 Rh4 48. Rh5 Rg4+ 49. Kf6 Rf4+ 50. Kg5 Rc4 51. Kg6 Rc5 52. h4 Rc1 53. Rg5 Rf1 54. h5 Kd6 55. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 a5 8. Bc1 d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Nb5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. b3 Ng4 15. g3 Ndf6 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Rc1 c5 19. dxc5 Qb8 20. Qc2 Nxc5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxd3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rxb7+ Ngf6 27. Bd4 axb4 28. axb4 Kg8 29. Rxb6 Rc8 30. Rxe6 Ng4 31. h3 Ngxf2 32. Rxf2 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Rc2+ 34. Ke1 Rb3 35. Kd1 Rf2 36. Nd2 Rd3 37. Bc3 Rxc3 38. Rd6 Rxe3 39. g4 Rxh3 40. gxf5 Rh1+ 41. Kc2 Rxf5 42. Rd3 Rh2 43. Kc3 h5 44. Ne4 h4 45. Kc4 h3 46. Rg3+ Kh8 47. b5 Rc2+ 48. Nc3 Rh2 49. b6 Rf7 50. Nd5 Rh7 51. Nc7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Bayo Milagro, Alvaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bd4 f6 16. Bxd5+ Bf7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Rxb2 19. Nd5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd4 Rc2 22. Rac1 Ne6 23. Qd3 Rxa2 24. Be4 h6 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. Qc4 Qa5 27. Qc6 Qa3 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Ra1 30. Rdd1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qa2 32. Qd2 Qb3 33. Kg2 Kh8 34. Qd3 Qb2 35. Qd2 Qb3 36. Qd3 Qb2 37. Rd2 Qc1 38. Ne3 Qc5 39. Nf5 Bg6 40. e4 Rb8 41. Nd6 Rb4 42. f5 Bh5 43. Bxh5 Ra4 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Nf7+ Kh7 46. Rf2 Qc1 47. Be2 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ 49. Ke3 Rc1 50. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Bb2 b5 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Ra6 12. Rc1 b4 13. e3 Nfd7 14. Nd3 c5 15. Ne4 Ra7 16. Nexc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 a3 18. Ba1 Nd7 19. Nd3 Qa5 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Qxb4 Qc7 22. Qxe7 Rb8 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Be6 Ne4 27. Ne5 Nd2 28. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Floresvillar Gonzalez, Luis Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 b6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 0-0 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd6 Bg4 15. e3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Rc6 b5 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Qb4 Nc4 21. b3 a5 22. Qxb5 Nd2 23. Bg2 Qh4 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 g6 27. Qf3 a4 28. b4 a3 29. b5 Rab8 30. b6 Qd8 31. Rb1 Qd7 32. Kg2 Rec8 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. b7 Qd7 35. Rb3 Kf8 36. Qe4 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kg4 f6 40. h4 h5+ 41. Kg3 Kd6 42. f5 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. f6 Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. f4 g4 47. Kh4 Kg6 48. f5+ Kf7 49. Kg3 Kf8 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. e4 dxe4 52. Kxe4 h4 53. Kf4 h3 54. Kg3 Kf8 55. Rb1 Kf7 56. d5 Kxf6 57. d6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qa6 9. Bf1 Ne4 10. e3 b5 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ra2 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Qc8 15. Ba6 Qb8 16. Qb7 Be7 17. Qxc6 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qb1 20. 0-0 0-0 21. Qxd7 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Qc2 23. Ra1 Rab8 24. Qd6 Kh8 25. Qg3 f5 26. Ba3 Rf6 27. h5 Rg8 28. c6 f4 29. exf4 Be4+ 30. f3 Bf5 31. c7 Qxc3 32. c8Q Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Qxc8 34. Rg1 Rf7 35. Bd6 Qb7 36. Be5 Kh7 37. Rac1 a5 38. Ra1 Qa7 39. Qg2 a4 40. Qa2 Qa6 41. Qxa4 Qe2 42. Qb3 Bd3 43. Raf1 Qd2 44. Qd1 Qc3 45. Re1 Qa3 46. Re3 Qa6 47. Qxd3+ Rf5 48. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Radmila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rb1 Qxc3 8. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nd2 Bxe5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 d5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. c4 Rd8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Rfd1 c6 19. e4 Ne7 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qc3 b5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Bf1 Nb6 24. Rd2 Be8 25. Rbd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 f6 27. Qc5 Kf7 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Rb8 30. Qd6 Rc8 31. e5 Nbd5 32. e6+ Kf8 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Rf2 Nc4 37. Qh2 Ng8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Qh8 Bg6 40. Rxf6+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42. Rxg6 Ne7 43. Qd4+ Kc7 44. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Lenoir Ibacache, Gabriel Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qd4 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa5 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qd5 Qb6 21. h4 h5 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Rcd2 Qc6 24. f3 Re5 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. e4 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rexd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Ra5 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Rc6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Rc3+ 34. Kf4 Rc6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. a3 Rd6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. f4 Rb6 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Kc4 Rd1 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Rxa6 Rg1 44. b5 Rxg3 45. b6 Kd6 46. b7+ Kc7 47. Rb6 Kb8 48. a4 Re3 49. a5 Rxe4+ 50. Kc5 Ra4 51. a6 Ra2 52. Kd6 f5 53. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. 0-0 Qc8 6. e4 Bh3 7. Nc3 h5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f6 14. Bh4 Nh6 15. f5 g5 16. Qxh5+ Nf7 17. Qg6 gxh4 18. gxh4 Qd7 19. Rf3 Rf8 20. Rg1 0-0-0 21. Kh1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Spichkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Qe8 10. f4 e4 11. e3 Ng4 12. Nb3 Bf6 13. h3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. c5 Qg6 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Qe1 a4 18. Nd2 dxc5 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nd2 b5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 Rae8 26. Bb2 a3 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Rd1 Kh8 29. Be2 c6 30. d6 Qf7 31. Bxh5 Qxh5 32. e6 Ra8 33. e7 Rg8 34. d7 Qg5 35. d8Q Raxd8 36. exd8Q Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qd2 Qg8 39. Be5 Qd5 40. Qxd5 cxd5 41. Bd6 d4 42. Bxc5 d3 43. Bb4 Kg8 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Ke1 Kd5 47. Bxa3 Kc4 48. Bb2 g5 49. Kd2 h5 50. Bf6 h4 51. gxh4 f4 52. hxg5 f3 53. Ke1 Kd5 54. Bc3 Kc4 55. Bd2 Kd5 56. h4 Ke5 57. a4 Kf5 58. a5 Kg4 59. a6 Kg3 60. Kf1 Kxh4 61. a7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rac1 0-0 17. Nc7 Nd3 18. Rxd3 exd3 19. Nxa8 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Zampronha, Wladimir Camilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 Bd7 8. Qc2 Bc6 9. Qxc4 Bd5 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qd1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Bb4 17. e3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Bd2 Nce4 21. Ba5 Rfc8 22. f3 Nd6 23. e4 Nc4 24. Bc3 Rb3 25. Bd4 c5 26. Bg1 Nd2 27. Rfc1 c4 28. Bxa7 Rb7 29. Bd4 Nb3 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rab1 Nxc1 32. Rxb7 c3 33. Rb1 0-1

