[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2223"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eisele, Joerg"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoerden"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bc4 Bf6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Ne4 N7g6 12. Bd5 Be7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. c4 Qb6 15. Qh5 Kh8 16. Rf3 f6 17. Rg1 Rd8 18. Rh3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Rxd5 20. cxd5 Kg8 21. Qf5 Rd8 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. d4 cxd4 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rc1 Qb5 28. a4 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 d3 30. Qd7+ Ne7 31. Qb5 d2 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33. Rd1 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2223"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2022.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Arcuti, Davide"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dreilaendereck"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e3 0-0 7. c3 b6 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Kf8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Rd2 Re1+ 24. Kh2 h6 25. g4 Bc4 26. a3 Ke7 27. Kg3 h5 28. gxh5 Re5 29. Kh4 Re1 30. g4 Be2 31. Bf5 Bb5 32. Kg3 Rh1 33. Be4 Rg1+ 34. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2223"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2022.11.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Ehmann, Thilo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. 0-0 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Qc4 Nd7 16. Nd4 Nde5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rd7 Qc8 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Qd6 Re6 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qb3 Rd6 26. Nd5 Qc5 27. Bf3 Rf8 28. Re3 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qd4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 g6 33. b3 e4 34. Rc4 Rxd5 35. Rxe4 Rf8 36. Re6 Rd2 37. Rxb6 Rxc2 38. Rb5 Rf5 39. Rb7 Re5 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Rxf2 43. Rb7 Ra2 44. Ra7 Rea1 45. Bc6 Rc1 46. Bd5 Ra3 47. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2223"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. f4 c5 7. Nd2 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ngf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. 0-0 f6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qh5 Nb8 15. Rf3 Nc6 16. Rh3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2223"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2022.09.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Scherer, Helmut"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2022.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Bd2 0-0 13. Na4 Bd4 14. Qe1 d5 15. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2022.05.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Germer, Philipp"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberwinden"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. 0-0-0 Rad8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Kc8 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Rhd8 18. g3 Qb6 19. c3 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. Bd3 d4 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kb8 25. h4 d3 26. Rd2 Qe6 27. Qf4+ Ka8 28. Kb1 c4 29. h5 f5 30. h6 Qe4 31. Qh4 Re8 32. Qh5 a6 33. Ka2 Qg4 34. Qh2 Re2 35. Rhd1 Rde7 36. Qh1 Qe4 37. Qh5 Qg4 38. Qh1 Qe4 39. Qh5 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Qg4 41. Qh1 Qe4 42. Qh5 Qd5 43. Qg5 Re1 44. Qf6 Re8 45. Qh4 a5 46. f4 Qb5 47. Qh1 Re2 48. Qc1 Qe8 49. Rd1 Rc2 50. Qb1 Qe2 51. Rg1 Qf2 52. g4 Qxf4 53. gxf5 Qxh6 54. Rg8+ Ka7 55. Qg1+ b6 56. Qd4 Rxb2+ 57. Kxb2 Qd2+ 58. Kb1 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Raeber, Markus"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 Na6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nab4 14. Qe2 Ra7 15. Rfd1 Nd3 16. h4 h6 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. Bf1 N5b4 19. Nd6 Ba6 20. b3 f6 21. Be2 fxe5 22. dxe5 Qb6 23. Rf1 cxb3 24. Bxd3 Rxf3 25. Be2 Rf8 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 cxb5 28. Qc3 Nc2 29. Rad1 a4 30. Qd3 b4 31. Qc4 Na3 32. Qxe6 Qc5 33. Nf5 b2 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Qxe5 36. Ne7 Qf6 37. h5 b1Q 38. Ng6+ Qbxg6 39. hxg6 Qxg6 40. Qxa4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Tiemann, Tobias"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. a3 Bg4 15. Qb3 Qa6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. g4 Bg6 20. c5 Bb8 21. Bf1 Qa5 22. Qxb7 Rfd8 23. Bg2 Rc7 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Qa2 Bd3 26. b3 Rcd7 27. f4 Bh7 28. Qb2 Kh8 29. a4 h5 30. g5 Ng8 31. b4 Ne7 32. b5 Qc8 33. Qe2 Bg6 34. Bf3 cxb5 35. axb5 Nf5 36. Qf2 Qc7 37. Bc6 Re7 38. Ne2 a6 39. Bd2 axb5 40. Bxb5 Qb7 41. Bc4 Red7 42. Bc3 Bc7 43. Rb1 Qe4 44. Bb5 Re7 45. Ra1 h4 46. Ra6 Bh5 47. d5 Qxd5 48. Bc6 Qb3 49. Ba1 Rd1 50. Bg2 Rxe1+ 51. Qxe1 Qe3+ 52. Qf2 Qxe2 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Qxe2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sasbach"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. d4 0-0 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. c4 Qf6 16. Re4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bc3 d4 20. Bxd4 Qf5 21. Nh4 Qd7 22. Rg4 g6 23. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Kelecevic, Nedeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Konstanz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb5 Bc5 8. 0-0 a6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nxc8+ Raxc8 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Rcd8 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 d6 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Qf4 Rd7 21. Rf3 f5 22. Rb3 Na5 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26. Rf3 Ke8 27. Qf6 Rf8 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. b3 Qc5 30. Re1 Re7 31. a4 h5 32. Rd3 Rd7 33. Rf3 Re7 34. Rd3 Rd7 35. Qf3 Rh8 36. h4 Ke7 37. Rd5 Qb4 38. Qe3 Kd8 39. Rg5 Kc7 40. Rd1 Qa3 41. Qc3 e5 42. Rxe5 dxe5 43. Qxe5+ Kc6 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Qxh8 Qxb3 46. Qd4+ Kc8 47. c5 b5 48. c6 Qe6 49. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 2122"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Steiger, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Qxd4 e6 7. c4 Bc5 8. Qc3 0-0 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Nc3 Bxf2+ 12. Kh1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Rab1 Qc5 15. Rb5 Qc6 16. Rxf2 hxg5 17. Nxg5 f5 18. Nxe6 Nf6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rfxf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5+ Kg8 24. Qd7 Qg6 25. Rf5 Kh7 26. Qd3 Qc6+ 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Kf2 Rxa2 31. Rc5 Ra6 32. Ke3 Kg6 33. Kd4 Kf6 34. h4 Ke6 35. e4 g6 36. Rg5 Kf6 37. e5+ Kf7 38. Kc5 Ra3 39. Kd6 Rxc3 40. e6+ Kf6 41. Rg4 a5 42. Rf4+ Kg7 43. e7 Rd3+ 44. Kxc6 Re3 45. Kd7 Rd3+ 46. Ke6 Re3+ 47. Kd6 Rd3+ 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Re4 Rxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kf7 51. g4 Kxe7 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1920"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2021.07.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Jud, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dreilaendereck II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 N8d7 9. Be2 0-0 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. h3 Be6 12. 0-0 Nbd5 13. Bh2 Rc8 14. Na4 Ra8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. a3 e6 19. b4 Qe7 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. a4 Nbd7 22. Nc4 Ne8 23. Bf3 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qd8 25. Rb1 f6 26. Rfd1 Rf7 27. a5 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1920"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2020.02.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sonnenfeld, Daniel"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberwinden"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. h3 b6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bh2 a6 12. Rad1 c6 13. c5 Ne8 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. e4 Rb8 16. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1920"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Wildi, Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Konstanz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Qd8 13. b5 c5 14. a4 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bb1 c4 17. Qc2 g6 18. f3 Ba3 19. Rce1 Rxe3 20. Qd2 Re7 21. Qxh6 Qf8 22. Qf4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1920"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Chernykh, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden V"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 Bg4 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. h3 Bxc3 13. hxg4 Bg7 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh2 c4 16. Bf3 c3 17. b3 e5 18. Kg2 b5 19. Rh1 a5 20. a4 b4 21. f5 f6 22. g5 Re8 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Bg5 Nd7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Be2 Rac8 27. Bb5 Rc7 28. Rh6 Rf8 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 30. Rh6+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Nc5 33. Rh2 Nxe4 34. Bh6+ Kf6 35. g4 Nd6 36. Be2 Nf7 37. g5+ Nxg5 38. Bxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rg2+ Kf4 40. Rg4+ Kf5 41. Kg2 e4 42. Rg8 Kf4 43. Kf1 Rh7 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Kg2 Be5 46. Kf2 Rh2+ 47. Rg2 Rh1 48. Bf1 Kf4 49. Rg8 Bd4+ 50. Ke2 Rh6 51. Rf8+ Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. Bg2 Rh2 54. Kf1 Rh4 55. Rd8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kf5 57. Ke2 Bf6 58. Rf8 Rh2 59. Kf1 e3 60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Re8 Bg5 62. Re4+ Kg3 63. Re5 Bf4 64. Re8 Rxg2 65. Rg8+ Kf3 66. Rxg2 Bg3 67. Re2 Bf2 68. Rxf2+ exf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Schulte, Juergen"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberwinden"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf8 15. a3 Ne6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rad1 h5 19. Bg2 Ne8 20. f4 axb4 21. axb4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bh6 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. f5 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nf8 26. c5 Qe5 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 h4 29. Nf1 Ng7 30. Ne3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ra4 32. Rd4 Ne8 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Rd8 Nc7 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh7 37. Rxf8 Kxh6 38. Rxf7 Ne6 39. Rxb7 Ra1+ 40. Bf1 Re1 41. Rb8 Kh7 42. Re8 Ng5 43. e5 Nxh3+ 44. Kg2 Ng5 45. Kf2 Re4 46. b5 h3 47. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Kg3 cxb5 50. c6 Rc4 51. c7 Ne4+ 52. Kg2 Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Ng5+ 54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Nf7 56. Re7 Kg8 57. e6 Nd6 58. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Maier, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Emmendingen II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nh3 a4 13. Rb1 c6 14. Kf2 Qe7 15. Kg2 cxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rf4 20. Nf2 Ra3 21. Qc2 Qf8 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Nc7 Ra3 24. Nb5 Ra8 25. Nc7 Ra3 26. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schild, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 e5 8. dxe5 Qxe5 9. Nc3 a5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Nd4 d6 12. 0-0 c6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Qf8 15. h3 Nbd7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne6 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3 h5 21. h4 Nd7 22. Ne4 Ne5 23. f4 Ra3 24. fxe5 Rxe3 25. Kf2 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Re8 28. c5 Qh6 29. Rc3 Ng7 30. Qf4 Qxf4+ 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Rcd3 Nxh4 33. Rd8 Kf8 34. e4 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Ke7 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Kh4 Bg4 39. Ra1 Bf3 40. Re1 f6 41. Re3 Bg4 42. Rd3 Kf7 43. Rd6 Ke7 44. Kg3 Be6 45. b5 g5 46. f5 Bd7 47. b6 Bc8 48. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schmider, Niklas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Lahr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc3 19. Qd1 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe2 Qxc2 23. Qxe5 Qxd2 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Rg8 26. Rf1 Ba6 27. Bxd5 Qxd3 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxa7 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 c4 32. Qe7 c3 33. h4 h6 34. h5 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 Be6 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Nce4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kh7 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rcd8 Nf6 23. R8d6 Qc8 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. R6d4 Qc2 26. Rf1 f5 27. Rb4 b5 28. a4 Nd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Rd4 Qxb2 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rdd1 b4 33. Rb1 Qa3 34. Rfe1 Qc3 35. Re2 b3 36. Reb2 Qd3 37. Rxb3 Qc2 38. Rb7 Qd3 39. h3 Qe4 40. R1b6 Qe5 41. Rb5 Qe4 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Leutwyler, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd2 a5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb5+ Nfd7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qf5 0-0 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qe5 Qe6 19. Qc7 Bc8 20. Nd4 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qxc7 22. Bxc7 Bb4 23. Nde2 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Be5 Nbd7 26. Bd4 Nc5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxb3 30. Rb1 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Ke1 Bb4+ 34. Kf2 Nc5 35. Nf4 Rb8 36. Bc4 Ne4+ 37. fxe4 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Rxb1 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. h3 a4 41. Ke3 a3 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Ke3 Ra1 44. Kf3 a2 45. Kg4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 a5 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Re8 8. 0-0 h6 9. Ne1 Bf8 10. Nc2 d6 11. a3 g6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15. e3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 c6 17. Ra1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. Ra4 Qd7 20. Rfa1 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1819"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Oetigheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bh3 15. Qc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfb8 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Qc8 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 e4 22. Nd2 exd3 23. exd3 Nd7 24. Kf3 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 f5 26. Ke3 Kf7 27. h4 Ng8 28. Nd1 Ngf6 29. Nc3 Ke6 30. Nb3 Ne5 31. f3 Ke7 32. Nd2 c6 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. d4 Ned7 35. Ne2 Nb6 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Kd3 Nfd7 38. Ke3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Nd3 Ke6 41. Nb4 c5 42. dxc5 Nxc5 43. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. e3 Bg7 6. a3 Qxc5 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. c4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Qa1 Qa8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Bf1 Bh6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. a4 a5 20. Nb5 Rc6 21. Be2 axb4 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. Nxd6 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Ra5 25. Nb5 Rxa4 26. Qb1 Rc8 27. Bd4 Bf8 28. h3 Ne4 29. Ne5 Ndc5 30. f3 Ng3 31. Rd2 Nf5 32. Re2 Bg7 33. Bb2 Ra2 34. f4 Ng3 35. Rec2 b3 36. Rd2 Nce4 37. Rd4 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Nxd4 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Nxc1 41. Qxc1 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1718"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Herbrechtsmeier, Christof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Emmendingen II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Nb3 Qc8 10. Bd2 b6 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Bh6 Bh3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nbd2 e5 20. c4 d4 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. e4 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Re8 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nh4 Ne5 26. Nf1 Rad8 27. Qg5 Qe6 28. Ne3 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Qf4 Qe4 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxa5 Qe6 33. Qe1 Rb8 34. a5 Rxb2 35. Qc3 Re2 36. Nd5 Rxf2 37. Nf4 Rg2+ 38. Nxg2 fxg2 39. Re1 Qc6 40. Rxe8 Qxe8 41. a6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1718"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Mayer, Roland1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Pfullendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. 0-0 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. c3 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. a4 e6 18. Ba2 Rfe8 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Qb3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Bb1 Bc6 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Bc2 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd7 27. Nd6 Kf8 28. Kf1 a6 29. Be2 Bxa4 30. Bxa6 Ke7 31. Bb5 Kxd6 32. Bxa4 Ne5 33. Nd2 f5 34. Bb5 Nc6 35. Nc4+ Kc7 36. Na3 Na7 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Ke2 e5 39. e4 f4 40. Kf3 fxg3 41. Kxg3 Ke7 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Bb5 Bf8 44. c4 Nc8 45. Kh5 Kg7 46. Nc2 Ne7 47. Ne3 Ng8 48. Kg4 Ne7 49. Be8 Kh7 50. Nd5 Nc8 51. f3 Nd6 52. Bb5 Kg6 53. Nxb6 h5+ 54. Kg3 Nb7 55. Be8+ Kh6 56. Nd5 Nd6 57. Bb5 Kg6 58. Nb6 Nb7 59. Be8+ Kh6 60. Bf7 Na5 61. Be8 Bd6 62. Bb5 Nb3 63. Nd5 Nd4 64. Be8 Ne2+ 65. Kf2 Nf4 66. Ne3 Bf8 67. g3 Nd3+ 68. Ke2 Nc1+ 69. Ke1 Nd3+ 70. Kd2 Nb4 71. Nf5+ Kh7 72. Bxh5 Nc6 73. Kd3 Nb4+ 74. Kc3 Nc6 75. Kd3 Nb4+ 76. Ke3 Nc6 77. Be8 Nd4 78. Kf2 Nxf5 79. exf5 Kg7 80. Ke3 Kf6 81. Ke4 Ke7 82. Bh5 Kd6 83. f6 Ke6 84. f7 Bd6 85. g4 Bf8 86. Kd3 Kd6 87. Kc3 Kc6 88. Bg6 Bg7 89. Be4+ Kb6 90. b4 cxb4+ 91. Kxb4 Bf8+ 92. Kb3 Kc5 93. Bd5 Kd6 94. Kb4 e4 95. fxe4 Ke5+ 96. Kb5 Kd4 97. Kc6 Ke5 98. Kd7 Kf6 99. Ke8 Kg7 100. e5 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1718"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lossau, Siegfried"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Waldshut"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. f4 Nd7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 Ngf6 12. g4 h6 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf3 d5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxg4 21. Bf2 Bd6 22. c3 Rc4 23. Rae1 Kd7 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Qd2 Re8 26. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1718"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Ehmann, Thilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Sasbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 e5 6. Nxe5 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4 8. Nf3 cxb4 9. d3 Qg6 10. Bb2 Qh6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qd2 0-0-0 14. Ng5 Rd7 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Qxg4 Bxg5 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd7+ Kb8 20. Rf1 Qxa1 21. Kf2 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Kg2 f6 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. Nd2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Kd6 27. Kf2 a5 28. Ke3 Ke5 29. Bd7 Rd8 30. Ba4 f5 31. Rf2 Rf8 32. Bd7 Rf7 33. Be8 Rf6 34. Bd7 fxe4 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. dxe4 b3 37. axb3 Nxb3 38. Ba4 Nc5 39. Bc2 h6 40. h4 a4 41. Bb1 a3 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lisanti, Andre"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd3 Qb6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ba4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd2 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. 0-0-0 e6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. a3 Bxa3 16. Nb1 Bb4 17. c3 Be7 18. Qc2 Qb5 19. Nbd2 Bd3 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Nb1 Be2 22. Rde1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 0-0-0 24. Rhg1 g6 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Be5 Rhe8 27. Kc2 Qb5 28. Qa2 a6 29. Kc1 Nb6 30. c4 Qa4 31. Qxa4 Nxa4 32. Ne4 f5 33. Nf6 Rh8 34. c5 Rdf8 35. Nd5 cxd5 36. Bxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Kramer, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Re1 f6 16. Nef3 Bf5 17. Bb4 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Rb1 Bh6 20. g3 Bg4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne3 Bh5 23. Kg2 Nd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. h3 d5 26. Qd2 Re4 27. Qf2 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Qxh3 29. Nxd5 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mischke, Gabriel"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 0-0 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. Ng5 h6 15. N5e4 d5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. f4 g6 18. Rf3 b5 19. Nh1 b4 20. Nf2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Kg7 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rb2 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Re2 28. Rb1 Rxa2 29. Rb7 a5 30. Rf6 a4 31. Rxe6 Rb8 32. Ree7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Kg6 34. Rd7 a3 35. Rxd5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Thomas, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 d6 9. b4 Kh8 10. Qc2 Be6 11. a4 Ne7 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bf1 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bg8 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. d4 Qe7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rd7 Qf6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qe6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 fxe4 26. Rd1 Qf7 27. Qc3+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rd8 Kg7 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. g4 Bb3 34. a5 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. Bg2 Bc2 37. Ke2 Bd3+ 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. g5 b6 40. axb6 axb6 41. h4 Be8 42. Bf1 b5 43. Be2 Bd7 44. Bd1 Kd6 45. Kd4 Bf5 46. Be2 Kc6 47. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. Ne1 d5 9. f4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf1 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Bg4 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nxd5 Bd4+ 22. Ne3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Bh3 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. Be4 Bg4 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Qg2 Bf3 29. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bxe3 32. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kd1 Rf2 34. Qxf2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Sparkassen op-A 4th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altenbernd, Dirk"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Ba7 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. e4 Bg6 11. Be3 0-0 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. b4 Bh5 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. f4 f6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bf7 20. Nd5 Ra8 21. Rfc1 Re8 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. c5 c6 24. Ne3 dxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. a3 Qe7 27. Qa5 Bf7 28. Nf5 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rexd8 30. Nd6 Nf8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Rd3 33. Na5 Be8 34. Nc4 Rxg3 35. Kf2 Rb3 36. Bf1 Bd7 37. f5 g6 38. Nd6 Rxa3 39. Rb1 a5 40. Rb7 gxf5 41. exf5 Kh8 42. h4 Rc3 43. Bc4 a4 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Be6 Bxe6 46. fxe6 Nxe6 47. Nd8+ Kg6 48. Nxe6 Kf5 49. Nd4+ Ke4 50. Rb4 Kd5 51. Rxa4 Kxc5 52. Nf5 Kd5 53. Ne3+ Ke5 54. Ra7 Kf4 55. Ra4+ Ke5 56. Ra7 Kf4 57. Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1718"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Mohebbi, Jaffar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. Qxf3 e6 5. b3 Qf6 6. Qxf6 Nxf6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 0-0-0 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. 0-0-0 Rxd5 13. d4 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Ne4 15. Rc2 f5 16. g3 Rhd8 17. Bg2 Rb5 18. Kb2 c6 19. a3 Kc7 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. b4 a5 22. Kb3 axb4 23. axb4 Ke7 24. Ra1 e5 25. Bf1 Rb6 26. dxe5 Nd2+ 27. Kc3 Ne4+ 28. Kb3 Nd2+ 29. Kc3 Ne4+ 30. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Fruehe, Norbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hoerden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Nbd2 Bg4 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Qa5+ 10. c3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 f6 16. Rg1 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Bf6 18. Ne6 Kf7 19. Ng5+ Ke7 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Qa3+ c5 23. 0-0-0 Qc6 24. f3 Bf5 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rd6 Qc8 27. fxe4 Bg4 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rgd1 b6 30. Qa4 Qe8 31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Qc4 Be7 33. Qe6 Qf7 34. Rxe7 Qxf4+ 35. Kb1 Qf6 36. Qxf6+ gxf6 37. Rdd7 Rxh4 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rfe7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Rde7+ Kd8 42. Re6 g3 43. Rg7 Rf4 44. e5 fxe5 45. Rxe5 g2 46. Rxg2 Kc7 47. Rg6 Rf7 48. a4 Rd8 49. Rge6 Rd2 50. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sasbach"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qf3 Bc5 9. h3 Qc7 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. a4 f6 13. c3 a5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 0-0 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Rfb1 axb4 19. a5 Nc8 20. cxb4 Qf7 21. Rd1 Nd6 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rac1 Bb3 24. Rd2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Qe3 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Re8 28. Qd6 Qe6 29. Qc7 Re7 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Bc5 Rd7 32. Rc3 h6 33. Rg3 Qe8 34. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.02.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schuh, Hubert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Qe2 d6 10. Rfe1 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. c4 Re8 13. a5 d5 14. axb6 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxb6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Rxa6 Rxd4 27. Rxf6 Rb4 28. Rd6 d4 29. b3 Kg7 30. Ke2 h5 31. Kd3 Rxb3+ 32. Kxd4 Rb2 33. Ke3 f6 34. h4 Kg6 35. g3 Ra2 36. f3 Ra3+ 37. Rd3 Ra1 38. Rd4 Rb1 39. Kf4 Rh1 40. Ra4 Rh2 41. Re4 Rh1 42. Re8 Rf1 43. Re7 Rh1 44. Re2 Rf1 45. Rg2 Rh1 46. Rf2 Ra1 47. g4 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. Re2 hxg4 50. fxg4 Ra4 51. Re3 Rb4 52. Ra3 Rb1 53. h5+ Kg5 54. Ra5+ Kh6 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kh6 57. Rf7 Rf1 58. Ra7 Rb1 59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Ke4 Rg1 61. Kf5 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Rg1 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Kg3 Rb1 65. Rf7 Rf1 66. Rc7 Ra1 67. Rc4 Kg5 68. Rc5+ Kh6 69. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Baden IV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qxb2 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bc4 Nbd5 12. Rb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. d5 Bc5 15. Ne5 0-0 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 f5 18. Qg6 Qf4 19. Re2 Qg4 20. Qxg4 fxg4 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Ng3 Rf4 23. dxe6 Rxc4 24. exd7 Bxd7 25. Rxb7 Rb4 26. Rxd7 Rb1+ 27. Nf1 Bf6 28. g3 Ra1 29. Kg2 Rxa2 30. Ne3 Re8 31. Red2 Bg5 32. Rc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 a5 34. Rdd7 Kh8 35. Kf2 Ra8 36. Ke2 Ra6 37. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Scherer, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Ba3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Nf6 14. Qb1 c4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. d3 Bd5 18. Rc2 Qa3 19. Rdc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nd7 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc5 23. Nb5 Qa5 24. d4 Na4 25. Qb3 a6 26. Nd6 b5 27. Qf3 Qd8 28. Qc6 Nb6 29. e3 Nd5 30. a3 Qa8 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. e4 Nb6 33. Rc7 f6 34. f4 Rd8 35. Rc6 Rb8 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Rc7 Nc4 38. Nxc4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 Rxa3 41. f5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rb3 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Ra7 Rb6 46. g4 g6+ 47. Kf4 h6 48. e5 Rb4 49. Ke4 fxe5 50. Kxe5 Rb2 51. Rxa6 Rxh2 52. Kf6 Ke8 53. Kxg6 Rh4 54. Kf5 Kd7 55. Ke5 Rxg4 56. Rxh6 Rg5+ 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. d5 Rg1 59. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schmidt, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Lahr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Rac8 15. Re1 Ne4 16. e3 h6 17. Bh3 Ra8 18. Qc2 Ng5 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. Nf4 Nf6 21. Qb2 Nge4 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. a3 Qf6 25. Bg2 Ng5 26. Nf4 Ne6 27. Nce2 Qe7 28. b4 Nf6 29. Nd3 a6 30. Ne5 Rac8 31. a4 Nd7 32. Nd3 Ng5 33. a5 Ne6 34. Nc3 Ba8 35. Na4 Rb8 36. Qc3 bxa5 37. bxa5 Rb5 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Nab2 Qd8 41. Ra1 c5 42. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Akermann, Thomas"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. e4 Ng6 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Nh4 13. 0-0 g5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. a4 0-0-0 17. a5 Nh5 18. g3 Ng6 19. Ra2 Kb8 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. Nc1 Rdf8 22. Qa3 Nf6 23. Rab2 Ka8 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. Bc2 f6 26. Nd2 Rf7 27. a6 b6 28. Ba4 Nb8 29. Bb5 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Rf1 Rhf8 32. Qa4 Ne7 33. Ra2 Bd3 34. Rf2 Nf5 35. Be8 Rf6 36. Ne4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1617"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Zesiger, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Engen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. a4 a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Be2 Ba6 15. Rf3 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Rh3 g6 19. Kh1 Na6 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. e4 0-0 22. exd5 exd5 23. Re1 f5 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Rff1 Rab8 26. Nf3 Rfc8 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Nd4 Rbc8 30. Qb3 c5 31. Nf3 Qe6 32. Nd2 c4 33. Qc2 Nc5 34. Nf3 Nd3 35. Rxd3 cxd3 36. Qxd3 Rc4 37. Nd4 Qc8 38. h3 Rxa4 39. e6 Qb8 40. Qg3 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Re8 42. Re5 Qd6 43. Qe1 Kf6 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Rxf5 Rxe6 46. Re5 Qc6 47. Kh2 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qe6 49. Qd8 h5 50. Kg1 Kf7 51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. Kf2 Qf7+ 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Ke3 b5 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Kc3 h4 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. Kc3 Ke6 59. Kd3 Kf5 60. Kc3 Ke6 61. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Steiger, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
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[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
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[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
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[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. d3 e6 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Nh2 c5 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Rab1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. f4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 d4 18. Nd1 dxe3 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Bxb7 e2 21. Re1 exd1Q 22. Rbxd1+ Bd4+ 23. Rxd4+ cxd4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Ne5+ Kd6 27. Kf2 Ra7 28. Rd1 h5 29. Rd3 f6 30. Nf3 Kc5 31. b3 Re7 32. Rd1 Re4 33. a3 a5 34. Re1 Re3 35. Rb1 Rc3 36. Rb2 Ne3 37. Ke2 Ng4 38. Nd2 d3+ 39. Kd1 Ne3+ 40. Ke1 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Dobschat, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Offenburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Re1 dxe4 9. dxe4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Be3 Re8 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Nbc5 Bc6 18. Nb4 Nfe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. c4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. g3 Rab8 24. c5 Bf8 25. Rxd4 Qxa2 26. Rd7 c6 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Scherer, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. d5 Nb8 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qc2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 0-0 11. Bd3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Valevsky, Libor"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ebringen"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxb6 Bc5 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Qb3 Bh3 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Be2 Bg4 18. Qc4 Bb6 19. e5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Ng4 21. Nf3 Rad8 22. Bf4 Rd5 23. Rae1 Qf5 24. Bg3 Rfd8 25. h3 Nh6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Qf7 28. Re7 Qg6 29. Rxb7 Bc5 30. Ne5 Qxg3 31. Kh1 Qxf2 32. Rf1 Qg3 33. Nxc6 Bd6 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd8 Qxd8 37. Re1 Nf5 38. Rb5 g6 39. Rbe5 Qd2 40. R1e2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Brennenstuhl, Oliver"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lahr"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. b4 Qf6 15. Be1 Qh6 16. Qc2 Ndf6 17. h3 Rad8 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd7 20. Rac1 f6 21. Ng4 Qh5 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. a4 Ne6 25. Be2 Qf7 26. Bd3 Qh5 27. Be2 Qf7 28. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Grandadam, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heitersheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dreilaendereck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e3 Be7 12. Bd3 g6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. g3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Ng2 Bh3 17. Rfe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra8 19. h4 b5 20. Bb1 Nd6 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Rc2 Bb4 23. Rd1 Bd6 24. h5 Re8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh1 Kg7 27. Nc1 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Nd3 f6 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 b6 33. a3 Ke7 34. Kg2 Kd7 35. Ba2 Bc7 36. Kf3 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. g4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb1 Bd6 41. f3 Ng3+ 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ne5 Bxe5 44. dxe5 f4 45. exf4 Nh5 46. Ke3 Ng3 47. Bd3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 d4 49. Bxf5+ Kxf5 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. e6 Kxe6 53. Kxd4 Kf5 54. Ke3 c5 55. Ke2 Kxf4 56. Kf2 Kf5 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. f4+ Kf5 59. Kf3 b4 60. axb4 cxb4 61. b3 Kf6 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kf7 65. Ke5 Ke7 66. f6+ Kf7 67. Kf5 Kf8 68. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gersinska, Juergen"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Baden IV"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 Na6 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. a4 Bf5 13. f3 g6 14. e4 Bc8 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bg5 b6 18. Na2 Nxa2 19. Rxa2 Ba6 20. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2015.10.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sasbach"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. f4 f6 16. Bh4 0-0-0 17. Bg3 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Rb1 b6 20. Re4 Bf5 21. Rc4+ Kb8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 bxc5 26. Rd5 Kb7 27. Rxc5 Bxc2 28. Bxe5 Re7 29. Kf2 Be4 30. Bd4 Rf7+ 31. Kg3 g6 32. Re5 Bc6 33. Re6 a5 34. h4 a4 35. a3 Kc7 36. Be5+ Kb7 37. c4 Rd7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. c5 Bb5 40. Re3 Kc6 41. Re8 Kd5 42. Rd8 Bc6 43. Kg4 Kc4 44. g3 h6 45. Kh3 h5 46. Rg8 Rf1 47. g4 Rh1+ 48. Bh2 hxg4+ 49. Kg3 Kxc5 50. Rxg6 Bd7 51. Kg2 Rd1 52. Bf4 Rd3 53. h5 Kd5 54. h6 Rh3 55. Bg3 Bf5 56. Rd6+ Ke4 57. Rc6 Ke3 58. Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Suedbaden 1516"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2015.09.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kresovic, Velimir"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Heitersheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc6 9. 0-0 e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne2 Be7 12. c4 0-0 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. h3 b6 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. b4 Qa8 18. g4 Bb7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Ne2 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd6 Nf8 23. Qf4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxc4 25. Ng3 Qe8 26. a3 Ng6 27. Qd6 Rc8 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Herbrechtsmeier, Christof"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emmendingen"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. f4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Re8 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Rd1 Ngxe5 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. e5 g5 18. Be3 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rxb5 20. Bxf6+ Ke8 21. Rde1+ Ne5 22. c4 Rb6 23. Rxe5+ Be6 24. Bxg5 Kd7 25. c5 Ra6 26. Rd1+ Ke8 27. h4 Kf7 28. Rf1+ Kg8 29. a3 Re8 30. Bh6 Kh8 31. Rf6 Bg8 32. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Hommeles, Theo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Konstanz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nh6 6. e4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. d3 Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Raeber, Markus"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 b5 10. Ba3 bxc4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nb5 Qb7 14. Nd6 Qa6 15. Bc5 Nd7 16. b4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Be6 18. Rab1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Sarchisov, Slavik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ne1 0-0 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. b4 Nd4 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Ne3 Be6 20. a4 f5 21. a5 b5 22. cxb5 f4 23. Nc4 f3 24. exf3 Bd5 25. Re3 Bh6 26. Nxe5 Qb7 27. a6 Qa8 28. Re4 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rce8 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. e5 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qxf3 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. exf6 Re2 36. Qf4 Qxd3 37. Rf1 c4 38. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Perez, Jose"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Horben"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bf6 10. Be3 Qe8 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rc1 f4 13. gxf4 Qg6 14. Kh1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qh6 17. e3 Rf5 18. Bf3 Qh3 19. Qd1 Rf6 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. Rg2 Nc5 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. Qg1 g6 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Bh3 26. Rg3 Qe7 27. Rc3 Rf8 28. Rg5 Bf5 29. Bg2 Rf7 30. Qd1 Be4 31. Qd4 Bxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Rf5 33. Qc4 Qd6 34. Qxc7 Qxd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 Rd1+ 40. Rg1 Rd2 41. Kg2 Kf5 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schmider, Bernd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Lahr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 c6 8. c5 dxc5 9. Nxe5 Qe7 10. Nc4 0-0 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Na5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Bf4 Kh7 21. Qc2 Qf7 22. c4 Qf6 23. Nb3 Na4 24. Na5 Nb6 25. Nb3 Bf8 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Bf4 Qf6 28. Be3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberwinden"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Ke8 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bc7 11. 0-0 b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. a4 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ng5 Bb6 20. Bc1 Ne8 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Bb2 f6 23. Ra1 Nc7 24. Kh1 Rhd8 25. Ne2 Bc8 26. f4 Ke6 27. Rf3 Bb7 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Raf1 Ne8 30. Rf7 h5 31. Bc1 Rd7 32. Rf8 Bc7 33. Bg5 Bd6 34. Rg8 Rg7 35. Rxg7 Nxg7 36. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Pluschke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Oberkirch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c6 6. d3 d5 7. Na3 a6 8. Rb1 b5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be5 Qe6 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. b4 e5 18. Bc5 Qe6 19. d4 Ne4 20. Rb3 f6 21. Rd3 f5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd4 Rac8 24. e3 Rc4 25. a3 Rec8 26. Na1 Nc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxd5 Rc1 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kh6 32. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rxa1 35. Bxa6 Rxa3 36. Bxb5 Rb3 37. Bc4 Rxb4 38. Bg8 Bg7 39. h3 Rb8 40. Be6 Rb6 41. Bd5 g5 42. g4 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1213"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Offenburg"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. e4 a6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. h3 b5 13. c5 Bb7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. f4 Nc6 19. e5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nd1 d3 22. Qxd3 Bc5+ 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Qe2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. Rfe1 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Rac8 30. Rac1 h6 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qg4 Qb7 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Re2 Qf7 37. Rd2 Nf6 38. Qf5 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 Ne4 40. Re2 Re8 41. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Huss, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Engen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 c5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. Nc2 Bg7 12. Rb1 f5 13. Ne3 h5 14. Ned5 h4 15. a3 f4 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. h3 hxg3 18. fxg3 Be6 19. g4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. Nd2 a5 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qh4 24. Bg2 Bf6 25. Qe1 Qg5 26. Be4 Kg7 27. Kg2 b4 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Kf3 Rh4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra1 Rah8 32. Ra7+ Be7 33. Qf1 Rf8 34. b3 Kf6 35. Qg2 Rfh8 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. Kf3 Rfh8 38. Kf2 Rf8 39. Kf3 Rf7 40. Kf2 Rfh7 41. Qf3 Rf7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Ra8 Rh7 44. Rha1 Qh4 45. R8a7 Rh8 46. R7a6 Rd8 47. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Perez, Jose"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Horben"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 e6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 d5 6. c3 Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. 0-0 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qa4 c4 13. Bb1 Qxb2 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Nb6 16. Qd1 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rc2 Qa3 19. Kg2 Qa5 20. Bg5 Na4 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc1 b5 23. a3 Qc7 24. Re1 Kd7 25. Ng5 Raf8 26. f4 a5 27. Nb1 Qd8 28. Rf2 Qe7 29. Qe3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra2 Ra8 32. Rf2 Nxc3 33. Nxc3 bxc3 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rhf8 36. Ref1 Nd8 37. fxe6+ Kc6 38. exf7 Ne6 39. Rf6 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. exf6 Nxg5 42. Qxg5 c2 43. Qe3 Rad8 44. Qa3 Rxf7 45. Qc5+ Kb7 46. Qb5+ Kc8 47. Qc6+ Kb8 48. Qb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 a4 13. Bb2 Bb3 14. Qc1 Ra5 15. Re1 f6 16. Nd2 Nxb5 17. Nxb3 axb3 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bxb7 Kh8 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. Rc1 c5 22. Ba6 Ra5 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb8 25. Qd2 Ra6 26. Rec1 Kg8 27. Qe3 Qd5 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 c4 30. Rexc4 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kf7 34. Rb8 h5 35. e3 g5 36. Kg2 g4 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Rb5 Kc6 40. Rb8 Kc5 41. h3 e4 42. dxe4 Kc4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rc8+ Kd3 45. Rb8 Kc2 46. f3 b2 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Offenburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. c4 d4 7. b4 0-0 8. Bb2 a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Na6 12. Qb3 Qd6 13. b5 Nc5 14. Qb4 Bf5 15. Nbd2 Ra8 16. Nb3 Nxd3 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. exd3 Bxd3 19. Rc1 Bh6 20. Nfd2 Ra2 21. Rd1 b6 22. Be4 Be2 23. Re1 f5 24. Bb1 Bxd2 25. Rxe2 Ra3 26. Rxd2 Rxb3 27. Ba2 Rb4 28. c5+ d5 29. cxb6 Rxb5 30. Rb2 Ra5 31. b7 Nc6 32. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. a3 b6 14. Rac1 Ndf8 15. b4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Na4 Rb8 18. c5 b5 19. Nb6 Be6 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rd6 Nf6 23. Rcd1 Ne8 24. R6d2 Qc7 25. Bf1 a5 26. Qc3 a4 27. Bd3 Rd7 28. Bc2 Rbd8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Petermann, Michail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. a3 Qc7 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. c4 a6 12. Qc2 d4 13. cxb5 e5 14. bxa6 Bc6 15. Nc4 Rxa6 16. Nfd2 Nd5 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Rfe1 f5 20. e4 Ne7 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Ncxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qb7 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rf1 Raa8 29. Qg4 Qd7 30. Rae1 h6 31. Qg6 Kg8 32. Bb2 c4 33. dxc4 Qa7+ 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. Kh3 Ra6 36. Qg4 Qc8 37. Rxf5 Qxf5 38. Qxf5 Rxf5 39. Re7 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Alsace-Baden m"]
[Site "Gambsheim"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Marina Martinez, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.18"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Alsace"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qd7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Rfd8 13. Bb2 e6 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Ne8 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Rd2 Qc8 18. Red1 Ba8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Nb5 Qa6 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Rdc8 23. a4 Bc6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qb7 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Qf6 Rbc8 29. e5 Rf8 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. h4 h5 32. Rd8 Rc8 33. R1d7 Qe4 34. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baerwolf, Steven"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nf1 Re8 11. d5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. N1d2 Nh5 14. g3 Rf8 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Ndf3 Bg4 17. Be2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schuetzhold, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. b3 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. b4 b5 13. c5 Rfe8 14. a4 a6 15. Qb2 Bh7 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. dxe4 e5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra5 Nd3 23. Qa2 Qb6 24. Re2 Nc1 25. Nc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Bxe4 28. Nxe5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nd5 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. Bd4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oberste, Norbert"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Na3 a6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bd2 Ndf6 13. Ne5 c4 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Nc2 Nfe4 16. Be1 Qc7 17. Nb4 e6 18. a3 Rae8 19. Qc2 a5 20. Na2 f6 21. Nf3 Kh8 22. Nd2 e5 23. Rf3 exf4 24. exf4 Rf7 25. Nf1 Rfe7 26. Bg3 Nf5 27. Rd1 h5 28. Bf2 Bh6 29. g3 Kg7 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Kf7 32. Nc1 Nd6 33. Rde1 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Bxe3 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qe4 37. Qd2 Nf5 38. Bf2 Nd6 39. Ne2 Qb1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4 41. Qe3 Qb1+ 42. Qc1 Qd3 43. Kf1 Ne4 44. Qe3 Qb1+ 45. Qc1 Nd2+ 46. Kg1 Qd3 47. Qe1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morgenroth, Hubertus"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 exf4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf4 Bb7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rae1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nh7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Rc8 18. Qb3 g5 19. Ng6 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qg4 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. Nxf8 Nxf8 23. h3 Qh4 24. Qd1 Bxe5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxb2 28. Bf5 Kg7 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Rbc1 Bc5 31. Rfe1 Ng6 32. g3 Ne7 33. Red1 Nxf5 34. gxf5 h5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Simon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qc7 13. a3 a5 14. Bc3 b6 15. b4 Bb7 16. Nh4 g6 17. Qb2 Bg7 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Nhf3 Rea8 21. Ra1 b5 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Re1 Ne8 24. Ra1 c5 25. b5 f6 26. Ne1 Nb6 27. Nc2 Bh6 28. Na3 Ng7 29. Qc2 Ne6 30. Bh3 Bc8 31. Qd3 Nd4 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 33. Rc1 Bxd2 34. Bxd2 Qg4 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Ba5 Ne6 37. Qf1 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 Nxc1 40. f3 Qe6 41. Qxc1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henkemeier, Michael"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bf4 0-0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 d5 15. c5 Qc7 16. a4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bb5 Ra8 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Bf4 Bd7 22. Re2 f6 23. Rce1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Hobusch, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Bg6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bc3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. Qb2 Nb6 17. Bd4 Na4 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Nc3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd4 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Happe, Ulrich"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d4 g6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bf7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. e4 Be6 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Bxe4 Ng4 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Nec3 Nh5 25. Bg5 Qd4 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Bf3 h6 28. Be3 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. Nxe3 Nf6 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Kf7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Kf3 Bf7 35. Ng4+ Ke6 36. Ke3 Bg7 37. Nf2 Kd6 38. Nd3 b6 39. h4 Bf6 40. Nf4 g5 41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. Kf3 b5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Nd3 Bh5+ 45. g4 Bf7 46. Ke2 Be6 47. Bf3 a5 48. Kd1 a4 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. a3 Bb3+ 51. Ke1 Kc7 52. Bd1 Kb6 53. Nb2 Ka5 54. Nxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Eigemann, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 d6 10. b3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qc1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 0-0 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rd3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nb6 Rd5 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qc3 h6 27. Qc8+ Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kh7 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Ke3 Rd4 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Rc5 Rb4 33. Kd3 Rd4+ 34. Kc3 b4+ 35. Kc2 Rd5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Kd3 Rb7 38. Kc2 Ke7 39. Kb2 Kd6 40. a4 bxa3+ 41. Kxa3 Ra7+ 42. Kb2 f5 43. h4 g5 44. h5 g4 45. fxg4 Rg7 46. Kc3 e4 47. gxf5 Rxg3+ 48. Kd4 exf5 49. Rb4 Kc6 50. Rc4+ Kd6 51. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Oberwinden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Nf1 Nh7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nhf5 Qf8 19. Qd2 f6 20. Nc2 Nb6 21. Qc3 Qf7 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Bf1 Nfd7 24. Rd2 Bf8 25. Red1 Nc5 26. f3 a4 27. b4 Nb3 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxc4 30. Rd7 Nxd7 31. Bxc4 Re6 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ne3 Nb6 35. b5 c5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Qc4 Rad8 39. f4 Nd2 40. Qe2 exf4 41. Qg4 Nc4 42. Bc3 Ne3 43. Qh4 Rg5 44. Ba5 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Ng4+ 46. Ke2 Rh1 47. h3 Rh2+ 48. Kf3 Rf2+ 49. Ke4 Re5+ 50. Kd3 Rd5+ 51. Kc3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Petermann, Michail"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden IV"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. a3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qe1 a5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. e5 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Ng4 16. h3 a4 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. hxg4 axb3 20. cxb3 Bxg4 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qh4 Ra6 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Qc2 28. Bd2 Qxb2 29. Rae1 Qg7 30. Rxf5 Qxh6+ 31. Bxh6 gxf5 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Re5 Rxa3 34. Rxb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Lahr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 e5 4. d3 Ne7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 h6 7. Nc3 f5 8. Qc2 g5 9. b4 a5 10. b5 d6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Rac1 Rb8 13. Nd5 b6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Bb2 Ne6 16. e3 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Nf3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Nd2 Qe8 21. Qc4 Bg4 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. f3 Bc8 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Nc3 Qg6 26. Ne4 h5 27. Rcd1 Qf7 28. Nc3 Kh7 29. Bc1 Rg8 30. gxf4 Qg6 31. Ne4 exf4 32. Re2 Rbf8 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Qe4 Rf5 35. Kh1 Bxd5 36. Qe7 Rf7 37. Qh4 Bf6 38. Qxf4 Bd4 39. Qg3 Qxg3 40. hxg3 Rxg3 41. f4 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bc4 Ke8 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 Bc5 10. Bh4 Bb6 11. h3 Bc7 12. a4 a6 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bf1 h6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Bg3 Nhf8 17. Kb1 Ng6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne2 Ra7 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Be6 23. Ra3 Rxa3 24. bxa3 f6 25. c4 Ba5 26. Rc1 b4 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Gottmadingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Ba3 f5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Bb2 g5 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Ra7 Qd7 20. Qa3 Nec8 21. Ra5 g4 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Nb6 24. Ra7 Bf6 25. Nb3 Bg5 26. Ra1 e4 27. Na5 Nc8 28. Nc6 Nxa7 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Qxa7 Rf8 31. Qb6 Bd8 32. Qa7 h5 33. Qa4 h4 34. dxe4 hxg3 35. hxg3 f4 36. Qb3 fxg3 37. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Partos, Charles"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dreilaendereck"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. f4 Qc7 13. Kh2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Na6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Re2 Bc8 22. b3 Qb8 23. Red2 b6 24. Nde2 Bb7 25. Bf2 g6 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. g5 Ne6 28. Be3 Nc5 29. Bf2 Bg7 30. h4 Bc8 31. f5 Be5 32. Bf3 Qe7 33. Kg2 f6 34. Be3 gxf5 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. exf5 Kh8 38. Ne4 Bxf5 39. N2g3 Rc8 40. Kf2 Bxh4 41. Qb2+ Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rh1 Bxg3+ 44. Nxg3 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hund, Barbara"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen II"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. 0-0-0 Ke7 9. Nd2 b5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. g3 Nbd7 12. f4 Bxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg2 Rhd8 16. Rhe1 Bc7 17. f5 Ba5 18. Bf3 Bb4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 a5 23. b4 a4 24. Kc1 Ne8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Ka3 Nb5+ 28. Kxa4 Kd6 29. Ka5 Nd4 30. Bd1 Kc7 31. Ka6 f6 32. h3 c3 33. h4 Nb5 34. Be2 Nd4 35. Bd1 Nb5 36. Be2 Nd4 37. Bd1 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. b3 f5 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Rb1 e4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 exd3 18. exd3 Qxd3 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd5 Rad8 22. Bc3 Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nb5 24. Bb2 Rd7 25. f4 Bd8 26. Ne3 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nd6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Rxd6 Bb6+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. b5 Na5 34. Bc3 b6 35. Bd5 Bf6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Be6 Kg7 38. Bxf5 Nc4 39. Ke2 Nd6 40. Bd3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1011"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Haker, Johann C"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Horben"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 0-0 8. Ng3 Re8 9. d5 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 d5 12. Re1 Rb8 13. b4 Qc7 14. a3 Nb6 15. h3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Ba6 17. Be3 Rbd8 18. Qb3 Nfd5 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Rad1 Bc4 21. Qc2 Bb5 22. Qa2 Re7 23. Bc2 Red7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bb3 h6 26. Ne4 Bd3 27. Nc5 Rd8 28. a4 Bf5 29. c4 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. c5 g5 32. Nd2 Qb7 33. b5 cxb5 34. Rc1 Rc7 35. axb5 Qxb5 36. Ba4 Qb4 37. c6 Be6 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. Nxb3 e4 40. Qc2 a5 41. Rd1 a4 42. Nc1 Be5 43. Na2 Qb3 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Qxe4 Bf6 46. Rd2 Qb5 47. Rc2 Re7 48. Qxe7 Bxe7 49. c7 Qb1+ 50. Rc1 Qxa2 51. c8Q a3 52. Qa8 Qb2 53. Rc8 a2 0-1

[Event "Baden-Elsass m"]
[Site "Neumuehl"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "?.9"]
[White "Schwicker, Francois"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.09.26"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Elsass"]
[BlackTeam "Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bc4 Ke8 9. a3 Bd6 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Rad1 b5 13. Ba2 a5 14. Rfe1 b4 15. Nb1 Nc5 16. Bf4 exf4 17. e5 Bc7 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. Nbd2 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ne4+ Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. axb4 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 axb4 26. Rxb4 Ke7 27. Re4+ Kf8 28. Bc4 Bb6 29. Ne5 g5 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Bc7 32. Nf3 Rf1 33. Rd2 Bb6 34. g3 Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Kg2 Be3 38. Ne5 c5 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Nd3 c4 41. Nxf4 Bc1 42. b3 cxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dreisamtal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Ng3 0-0 11. f4 g6 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Nb4 14. Nf3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bh6 d6 17. Qf3 dxe5 18. dxe5 Re8 19. Rad1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rxe5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bf4 Re6 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. a3 Be3 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lahr"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Rac8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Nbd7 16. a4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nc5 19. Nb2 Nb3 20. Ra3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 d5 22. Rb3 dxe4 23. Nxe5 exd3 24. Nbxd3 Ne4 25. c4 Rfd8 26. Re1 Nd2 27. Rc3 f6 28. Nf3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxe7 Rxd3 31. h4 Na5 32. h5 Kf8 33. Rc7 a6 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Kh2 Rb3 36. Nd4 Rb6 37. f4 Nb3 38. a5 Rd6 39. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Oberwinden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 a6 9. Bd3 e6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. h3 0-0 13. Nf3 b5 14. Re1 b4 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Bg6 Qg7 27. Be4 Nce7 28. Qe5 Rd8 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rc6 Nf4 31. Qe4 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Qxb4+ Kg8 34. Qb6 Rd5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. g3 Rd2 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Rxe6 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kuppenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 Nd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. d5 e5 13. Ne1 g5 14. f3 Nh5 15. Rf2 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bd3 Nhg3 18. Ne2 0-0 19. Nxg3 Nxg3 20. c4 a5 21. Kh2 Nh5 22. Bf1 e4 23. fxe4 Qe7 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nf3 g4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. Bd4 Qxe4 28. Kg1 Qxg4 29. Re1 Ne4 30. Qc2 Ng5 31. Nh2 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Qe2 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Qxf5 36. Qe7 Qf7 37. Ng4 Qxe7 38. Rxe7 Rf7 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. b3 h5 41. Ne3 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dreilaendereck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. d3 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Nb6 Qd8 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ruefenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brombach"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nh3 Qd7 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Be3 f5 10. Qg3 Bb4 11. Nf4 Kf7 12. h4 Ne7 13. Bd2 Ng6 14. Nh3 Be7 15. h5 Nf8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. 0-0-0 b5 19. Bb3 b4 20. Na4 Nbd7 21. Qf3 Nh7 22. g4 Ng5 23. Qf4 Nxh3 24. Rxh3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Re1 Ke6 28. f3 g4 29. fxg4 fxg4 30. Rh4 Kf5 31. c4 Kg5 32. Reh1 Bxc4 33. Bd1 Rhf8 34. Rxg4+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. h6 Rf2 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Schlenker, Joerg"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donaueschingen"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. Ne5 e6 5. e3 h6 6. g4 Bh7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bxh7 Nxh7 9. Qe2 c6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Bxe5 13. dxe5 0-0-0 14. Kc1 Qe7 15. e4 d4 16. Nd1 f6 17. exf6 Nhxf6 18. a4 Nc5 19. Nf2 Rd7 20. Ra3 Na6 21. h4 h5 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Qxh5 Nd6 27. Qe2 Nc5 28. e5 Nf5 29. Qc4 Rd5 30. h5 Qf7 31. b4 Ne4 32. Be1 Rgd8 33. Qd3 Nc3 34. Bxc3 dxc3 35. Qxc3 Qd7 36. Kb2 Rd1 37. Rh2 Qd5 38. h6 gxh6 39. gxh6 Rh1 40. Rxh1 Qxh1 41. Qh3 Rd1 42. Rd3 Rb1+ 43. Kc3 Qe4 44. Rd6 Qxb4+ 45. Kd3 Rd1+ 46. Ke2 Qe1+ 47. Kf3 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.04.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Jost, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Kehl"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. f3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. a4 Qc7 14. b3 Rfc8 15. a5 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. f4 Neg4 18. Bf3 e5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rad1 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Ned5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qd8 27. Bb6 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qg5 29. Bc7 Rbc8 30. Bxd6 f5 31. Bf4 Qh4 32. e5 Re6 33. Nb4 Rce8 34. Nd3 g5 35. Bg3 Qd4+ 36. Bf2 Qc3 37. Qxb7 Nf7 38. Qb4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT3 Gr14 0607"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Schlupp, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.10.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. a5 Rb8 10. d5 a6 11. h3 b6 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 c5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Nc4 Ra8 18. Na4 Rb8 19. Bd2 Rb5 20. b3 Be7 21. Nab2 Bd8 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. g4 h6 24. Qg3 g5 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Ne3 Ng7 27. Nbc4 Rb8 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 f6 31. Qh5 Rf7 32. Kf3 Rh7 33. Rh1 Bb7 34. h4 Bc7 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qxh6 Rf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Rag1 Rxf5+ 41. exf5 Bxd5+ 42. Ke2 Bxh1 43. Rxh1 Qxf5 44. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Black "Merkel, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lahr"]
[BlackTeam "Iffezheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 f6 9. Bd3 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Ra4 Qc7 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Na3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 0-0 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Ra4 Qf8 19. Rh4 Qg7 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rxh6 Qg4 22. Rh4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT3 Gr14 0607"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Grothe, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. c3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Nd2 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nc6 18. a4 a5 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. Bb3 Nd8 21. Rf1 b6 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Ng5 26. Qg3 Nf7 27. Bc2 Re4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rf4 Kh8 30. Be7 g5 31. Rg4 h6 32. Rh4 Kh7 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Rhxe4 Qa2 35. R4e2 Qxa4 36. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkel, Markus"]
[Black "Thomann, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iffezheim"]
[BlackTeam "Waldshut II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. f4 h5 10. Kh1 h4 11. g4 h3 12. Bf3 g6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qf3 0-0-0 20. Rg1 Rde8 21. Rbf1 Re4 22. c3 g5 23. Bd2 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qg3 Qe5 26. Rxf4 gxf4 27. Qf3 Qe4 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Bxg4 32. Nd4 Bh5 33. a3 Bg6 34. Kg1 Rg8 35. Rxf4 Be4+ 36. Kf1 Rg2 37. Rf2 f5 38. Ne2 Bd3 1-0

