[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Girg, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. Bb5 0-0 9. f4 f5 10. Qf3 Ng6 11. g3 Qe7 12. 0-0-0 a6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. e5 a5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. h4 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 b5 18. a3 Bb7 19. Rhe1 c5 20. Qf2 Bd5 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nb3 d4 24. Nd2 b4 25. Nc4 Rfb8 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Nd6 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qa2 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Ne7 31. Kd2 Nd5 32. Rb1 a4 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Nd6 g6 35. Rh1 h5 36. Nb7 Rc8 37. Rb5 Nc3 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Ke7 40. Re1 Rd8 41. Kc4 Rc8 42. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hegermann, Frank"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. 0-0 d6 7. Qb3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. bxc3 Bc5 10. Qxe6+ Qe7 11. Qb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nbd2 0-0-0 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 g5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qb5 Kb7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Rhf8 21. Ra3 Ra8 22. Qa6+ Kb8 23. f3 h5 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. Na5 1-0

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Telke, Juergen"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. 0-0 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. e5 a6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Kh1 c5 11. c3 Ne7 12. Ng1 Qb6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc7 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. b3 0-0 18. Ba3 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rc2 20. Qxb4 Rxe2 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Brehme, Ralf Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Ne4 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. c3 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Re1 0-0 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Bh4 Rcd8 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Re4 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Red4 f6 28. Nf3 Rde8 29. h3 Nb6 30. Rb4 a5 31. Rb3 e5 32. Qe3 Na4 33. Rxb7 e4 34. Rdd7 Qh5 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Qa7 Rf7 37. Rbxf7 exf3 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 Re1+ 40. Kh2 fxg2 41. Kxg2 Rc1 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Daitche, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qg3 Qe8 15. Nxe6+ Kf7 16. Nxc5 Nb4 17. Qf2 Qc6 18. Nd3 Na6 19. 0-0 Be6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Ne2 Bc8 23. Nd4 Qc4 24. c3 Nc7 25. Ne1 Rh8 26. Nef3 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Kxe6 28. Nd4+ Kf7 29. Qg3 Rh5 30. Qf3 Rh6 31. a3 Rdh8 32. h3 Rh4 33. Re1 Be6 34. Re3 Qa2 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nc7 Qc4 37. Nxd5 Rd8 38. Nxb6 Rxf4 39. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mecker, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bf4 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. g4 c5 11. c3 b5 12. Bh6 0-0 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 Nc6 15. g5 Rh8 16. Kg2 h6 17. Na3 a6 18. Nc2 c4 19. Rh1 Qe7 20. Be2 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rag8 22. f4 Qd8 23. Ne3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Ng4 Qh4 27. Qd1 Ne7 28. Qf1 Nf5 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Bd1 Kg7 31. Qxh4 Nxh4+ 32. Kf2 Nf5 33. Bc2 Kh7 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. exf6 Kg8 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Kc2 Kd7 40. b3 Kc6 41. Kb2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rheinhessen-ch HT1 op"]
[Site "Woerrstadt"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Mueller, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h3 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Re2 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bd3 Nc7 15. Rae1 Ne6 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Na4 b5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qf6 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Nfxd4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Re7 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qxf3 25. R1e3 Qf5 26. Rc7 Re8 27. Rxc6 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qf5 29. Qd3 Qf4 30. Kg2 b4 31. a4 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Qf4 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberstdorf Tiefenbach op"]
[Site "Oberstdorf"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doehner, Hans Juergen"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. c5 0-0 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 e6 12. Nf3 exd5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. 0-0 Ne4 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Qc2 Ng5 18. a4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Oberstdorf Tiefenbach op"]
[Site "Oberstdorf"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Maugg, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Nf2 Qc5 12. a3 axb5 13. b4 Qd4 14. Bb2 Qf4 15. Nxb5 Na6 16. g3 Qh6 17. Nd4 Ne7 18. f4 Nc7 19. f5 Nc6 20. Rd1 0-0-0 21. Nxc6 dxc6 22. e6 fxe6 23. fxe6 c5 0-1

[Event "Oberstdorf Tiefenbach op"]
[Site "Oberstdorf"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michaelis, Nico"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rac1 a6 12. c4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Be5 Nd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qf5 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd2 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qe4 24. Bf3 Qxd4 25. Ng4 Nf4 26. Qe1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qxb2 28. h4 h5 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Qxe7 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Oberstdorf Tiefenbach op"]
[Site "Oberstdorf"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wicklund Hansen, Richard"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 d5 5. c4 c6 6. d3 0-0 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc1 e5 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rc2 Nd4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. e3 Nc6 21. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Pfeddersheim"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Erbs, Axel"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Qe2 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. 0-0 Nge7 11. Rad1 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Be3 0-0 14. Ne2 b5 15. c3 Na5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Qg3 Rc8 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc6 21. Rd3 Nd7 22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Bf4 Rec8 24. Rc1 b4 25. Bd2 bxc3 26. Rdxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qb7 29. Bf4 Nb8 30. Qa5 Nc6 31. Qc3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. a4 Nc2 34. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Pfeddersheim"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Korb, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. 0-0-0 cxd4 8. Rxd4 Nc6 9. Rxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qa5 11. Qd1 Ncxe5 12. f4 f6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nexd7 16. Qe2+ Kd8 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Qe6+ Kb8 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Qb3 Kc7 23. Qc4+ Qc5 24. Qb3 Re8 25. g4 Qb4 26. Qd3 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Pfeddersheim"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Schaefer, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nd2 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Qe2 Qa5 10. Kd1 0-0-0 11. Ngf3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Re1 e6 15. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Pfeddersheim"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Voesgen, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Ne7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qa4 a5 15. Rad1 h6 16. a3 Ng6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rde1 Ba6 19. Nd7 Qg5 20. Nxb8 Bxf1 21. Qc6 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxb8 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rc6 Rb7 26. h4 Ra7 27. a4 Rb7 28. c4 Ra7 29. d5 Rb7 30. Kg3 Ra7 31. Kf4 Rb7 32. Ke5 Ra7 33. f3 Rb7 34. d6 cxd6+ 35. Kxd6 Kf6 36. Rc7 Rb8 37. Kc6 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxg7+ Kf6 40. Rb7 Rxb7 41. Kxb7 h5 42. Kxb6 h4 43. c5 h3 44. c6 h2 45. c7 h1Q 46. c8Q Qg1+ 47. Qc5 Qe1 48. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Pfeddersheim"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sebazungu, Arthur"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rab1 e6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 exd5 17. Qa4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qa3 f5 20. Rbc1 Qf7 21. Bf4 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Bb7 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Qxa7 Qd6 28. Qa4 b5 29. Qd4 Qd5 30. Qxd5+ Bxd5 31. Nc3 Bc4 32. a3 Kf7 33. g3 Ke6 34. f4 exf3 35. Kf2 Be2 36. Nxe2 fxe2 37. Kxe2 Kd5 38. Kd3 Kc5 39. Kc3 g5 40. Kd3 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Ke4 f3 43. Kxf3 Kc4 44. Kg4 Kb3 45. Kg5 Kxa3 46. Kh6 b4 47. Kxh7 b3 48. h4 b2 49. h5 b1Q+ 50. Kg7 Qg1+ 51. Kh7 Qg5 52. h6 0-1

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Mathias"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne2 0-0 11. c3 c5 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qf2 Rfb8 16. Rab1 a5 17. a4 Bf8 18. Rfc1 Nb6 1-0

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Baumann, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 f5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 b6 15. 0-0-0 Bb7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. h4 Re8 18. e6 Nf6 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. b3 Nfh5 21. Bxh5 Nxh5 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Nf7 Rb8 24. Qc3 Ng7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Kiefer, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. 0-0-0 a5 11. Qc2 c6 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Be2 Ned7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bh2 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Nde2 Qf6 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Re6 24. Be2 Kf8 25. Rhd1 Ke7 26. Bf1 Nb6 27. Kc2 Bd7 28. a4 Rd8 29. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Schneider, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Ne8 8. 0-0-0 f5 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qf6 11. Nge2 g5 12. Qxf6 Rxf6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nxf4 fxe4 15. Nh5 Rf5 16. Ng3 Rf8 17. Ngxe4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Rhf1 Bf5 21. Nxd6 Bxd3 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd3 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf7 25. Rd8 a5 26. Nd5 e4 27. Kd2 1-0

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Black "Schneider, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Rc1 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc4 Rfd8 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. b4 e5 19. bxc5 exd4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. c6 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rcd8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe2 h6 25. Qa6 Rd6 26. Qb7 Qd8 27. h3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "SJRH-ch U17"]
[Site "Alzey"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrescu, Lucian"]
[Black "Merkel, Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 Ne8 9. b4 e4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Ned2 Bd7 12. b5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nd6 16. Bb2 Qc8 17. a4 c6 18. Ba3 Rf6 19. bxc6 Rxb1 20. cxd7 1-0

