[Event "Serpiano op"]
[Site "Serpiano"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Di Bartolomeo, Adrian Mikail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB16_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. h3 0-0 12. Qh5 f5 13. g4 g6 14. Qh6 Ne7 15. Nf3 f6 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Kd2 b5 22. Rg6 a5 23. Rag1 Qe7 24. Rxf6 axb4 25. axb4 f4 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qg5 fxe3+ 28. fxe3 Ra3 29. h4 Ra6 30. Qg2 Rg6 31. Qf1 Rf6 32. Qxb5 Rf2+ 33. Ne2 h6 34. Qc6 Qh5 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Serpiano op"]
[Site "Serpiano"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sangiorgi, Luca"]
[Black "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB16_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Nh4 Qg5 19. Re1 Rc1 20. Nf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd5 22. h4 Qxa2 23. Qc1 Qd5 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. Rg5 Qe4 26. h5 h6 27. Rg3 Nf6 28. Ng5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. h6 Qg6 32. hxg7+ Rxg7 33. Qh4+ Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Rxh7+ 35. Kg1 Rh4 36. Ra3 Rxd4 37. Rxa6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. b4 Rxf2 40. Rb6 Rf5 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kg4 Nf2+ 43. Kg3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Serpiano op"]
[Site "Serpiano"]
[Date "2024.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Medici, Simone"]
[Black "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB16_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfd1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Nb1 Rfd8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Qd4 Qd6 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Nf4 Qd6 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Qb2 Qb6 30. Rd4 Rd6 31. Qd2 Qd8 32. f3 Rd7 33. b4 Qb6 34. Kf2 Qd8 35. a3 Kf8 36. Nd3 Rd6 37. Nc5 Qc7 38. e4 Nd7 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Qxd5 Nb6 41. Qd4 Qc8 42. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Serpiano op"]
[Site "Serpiano"]
[Date "2024.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Pisciotta, Lucas L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1522"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB16_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rad1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg4 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Rd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd8 20. h3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. g3 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Kg6 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Kg2 Kg5 32. Kf3 a5 33. c4 b6 34. b3 b5 35. c5 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. a3 Kf6 38. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Serpiano op"]
[Site "Serpiano"]
[Date "2024.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Donath, Frank Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB16_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nh2 e5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Ba2 h6 16. Ne2 b5 17. c3 a5 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. Ng3 Nc4 22. Nh4 Qf7 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. b3 Nb6 25. Qe2 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Qb5 Qb7 28. a4 e4 29. a5 exf3 30. Qxb6 Qxb6 31. axb6 fxg2 32. Kxg2 Rf7 33. Rc5 Rb7 34. Ra5 Rcb8 35. Rc1 Ne7 36. Rb5 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Ne2 Nc6 39. Nd4 Nxd4 40. exd4 Rb7 41. Rd1 f4 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Rd2 Kf6 46. Rd1 Bf5 47. Kg2 g4 48. Bb1 Bxb1 49. Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knauer, Manfred"]
[Black "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bf5 5. Nc3 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d3 e5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. a3 0-0 10. h4 Qb6 11. Nge2 Rad8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. 0-0 Bxh4 14. Nd5 Qxb2 15. Nec3 Nd4 16. Ra2 Qxa2 17. Nxa2 Be6 18. Ne7+ Bxe7 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. a4 Nd4 21. c3 Nc6 22. Qe2 f6 23. Qe4 g6 24. Nb4 Nxb4 25. cxb4 b6 26. Qc6 Bxb4 27. Qc4+ Kg7 28. Qxb4 Rxd3 29. Rc1 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Horn, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. e4 Nc6 12. Rad1 Ng4 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 e5 15. Qf2 Rf8 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Qg2 Bg7 19. Rf2 Bxh3 20. Qxh3 Qc8 21. Qg2 h5 22. Rdf1 Bh6 23. Nd1 Qd7 24. b3 a6 25. Qf3 b5 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qxh5 Kh7 28. exf5 f6 29. e4 Ng8 30. Ne3 Qf7 31. Qh4 Qg7 32. Nd5 Qg5 33. Qh3 Ra7 34. Qg2 Ne7 35. Nc3 b4 36. Ne2 Nc6 37. h3 Qe3 38. g4 Nd4 39. Ng3 Qxd3 40. Kh1 Bg5 41. h4 Bxh4 42. Qh3 Qxg3 43. Qxg3 Bxg3 44. Rg2 Bf4 45. Rxf4 exf4 46. g5 fxg5 47. Rxg5 Rg7 48. Rh5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Sesselmann, Moritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. d3 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Bc3 0-0 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bg6 17. Rad1 e5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. f3 Qd6 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Qc8+ Nf8 27. Qc2 f6 28. Bf1 Bf7 29. b3 Ne6 30. Qc8+ Nd8 31. Qc2 Nc6 32. Be2 Kf8 33. a3 b4 34. a4 Na5 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Nxc6 37. Bxa6 Bxb3 38. Nxb3 Rxd1 39. Bb5 Nd4 40. Nc5 Nxb5 41. axb5 Ke7 42. b6 Kd6 43. Na6 Kc6 44. Nxb4+ Kxb6 45. Nd5+ Rxd5 46. exd5 Kc5 47. d6 Kxd6 48. Kf2 f5 49. h4 e4 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. h5 h6 52. f4 Kc5 53. g4 fxg4 54. Kxe4 Kd6 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kh4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sabol, Goran"]
[Black "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 b6 8. h3 Bc8 9. d4 0-0 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. 0-0 Nf8 15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Bb4 Rc8 17. Qa3 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rc2 Ree8 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Ne1 Rec8 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. f4 f6 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. f5 Nd8 28. Bxd5 Ba6 29. Nf4 Kd6 30. Bb3 Bb5 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. a4 Bb7 33. Ng6 Nb8 34. e4 Nf7 35. e5+ fxe5 36. dxe5+ Kd7 37. Bxf7 Kd8 38. Rd2+ Rd7 39. Rcd1 Rxd2 40. Rxd2+ Kc7 41. e6 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. e7+ Kc7 44. e8Q Nd7 45. Be6 Nf6 46. Qe7+ Kb8 47. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stier, Felix"]
[Black "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. Re1 c5 11. c3 d5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 0-0 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rad1 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rdd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Kd3 Ke6 26. Ke4 a6 27. b4 Be7 28. b5 a5 29. Kd3 f5 30. Nd2 Bd8 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. a4 g6 33. Ne3 f4 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Ke4 h6 37. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberfranken-ch"]
[Site "Kronach"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Urytskyy, Arkadiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bxh3 15. Nde4 Bxg2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. Rh1 Qc6+ 19. f3 e6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Bg5 Ng4 22. Kh3 Rd7 23. Qg1 f5 24. Bd2 fxe4 25. Kxg4 exf3 26. exf3 Rf8 27. f4 e5 28. Qe1 Qg2 29. Rc3 Rf5 30. Re3 h5+ 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. fxe5 Rf7 0-1

