[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Black "Crakanthorp, Spencer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Bb1 Nd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Na4 Nf8 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nb2 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Na4 Qd6 25. Qb2 Bd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Nxb6 Rd8 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ra5 32. Rd2 Bxd4 33. exd4 Ra3 34. Kd1 Ke7 35. Kc2 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Black "Nield, Alan E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. e4 Ng4 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. h3 Bd7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. b3 a6 15. Rad1 b5 16. Nd5 bxc4 17. Rc1 e6 18. Nf4 cxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rc5 21. b4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Rd1 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bxd4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qd3 Ba7 30. h4 Bb5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Kh3 Qd4 33. Qe1 h5 34. Qc1 Bc4 35. Nxh5 gxh5 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Qxh5 Bd4 38. Qa5 Bf2 39. g4 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Purdy, Cecil John Seddon"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 Bd7 8. Nh3 0-0 9. e4 Ne5 10. 0-0 c6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nf2 Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Rad1 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Be3 Nc2 20. Bg1 Nb4 21. exf5 Nbxd3 22. b3 Nc5 23. Rd2 Nf7 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Be3 Nf7 26. Rfd1 Bf6 27. Ne2 Ra3 28. Kg1 Rfa8 29. Nc1 Be5 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Re2 Bf6 32. Bf4 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Bb2 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Bf6 36. Rd2 Bc3 37. Rc2 Bb4 38. g4 h6 39. h4 Kf8 40. Be4 Ra5 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 b5 43. g6 bxc4 44. gxf7 d5 45. Bf3 cxb3 46. axb3 Kxf7 47. Bh5+ Kf6 48. Bg6 Ra3 49. Rb2 Bc3 50. Rb1 Ra1 51. Rxa1 Bxa1 52. Bd6 Be5 53. Bc5 Bb2 54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Bb6 Kd6 56. b4 Bf6 57. Bf7 Ke7 58. Be6 Kd6 59. Bc8 Ke5 60. Bc7# 1-0

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Black "Koshnitsky, Gregory Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. b3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Bb2 Qe8 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. h4 h6 12. 0-0-0 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Ng1 Bd7 15. d4 e4 16. f3 Nxd5 17. Qd2 e3 18. Qc2 f4 19. g4 a5 20. Nh3 Qf7 21. Ng5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Qe6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6 Bf6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. d5 Qf7 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qe4+ Qe5 30. Qxe5+ dxe5 31. Rh5 Kd6 32. Rh7 Rf7 33. Kb2 Bb5 34. Bf1 a4 35. b4 Bc4 36. g5 Bb3 37. Rc1 Bxd5 38. Bh3 Raf8 39. g6 Re7 40. Rh5 c6 41. Bf5 e4 42. fxe4 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44. Rh7 Re7 45. Rf1 f3 46. exf3 e2 47. Re1 Rxf3 48. Rh2 Rb3+ 49. Ka2 Rg3 50. Rhxe2 Rxe2+ 51. Rxe2 Rxg6 52. Re8 Re6 53. Ra8 b5 54. Kb2 Kd5 55. Rg8 g6 56. Kc3 Ke4 57. Rg7 Rd6 58. Re7+ Kf4 59. Rf7+ Kg4 60. Rf8 g5 61. Rf7 Kg3 62. Rf8 g4 63. Rf7 Kg2 64. Rf8 g3 65. Rf7 Kg1 66. Rf8 g2 67. Rf7 Rd1 68. Rg7 Kf2 69. Rf7+ Ke3 70. Re7+ Kf4 71. Rf7+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shoebridge, Aubrey Gladstone"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. h3 Be6 9. Ndf3 0-0 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bb8 15. c4 Rfe8 16. 0-0 Rcd8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Rfe1 Ng5 21. Qc3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qg5 23. h4 d4 24. hxg5 dxc3 25. Bxc3 b6 26. Bd5 Bg4 27. f3 Bc8 28. Kf2 Bf5 29. e4 Be6 30. g3 a6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. f4 g6 33. Bf6 Rc8 34. Rd7 Rc7 35. Red1 Rf8 36. Ke3 b5 37. Rd8 Rcf7 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rd7 Rf7 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41. g4 Rxd8 42. Bxd8 Kf7 43. e5 Ke8 44. Bb6 Kd7 45. cxb5 axb5 46. Bxc5 Kc6 47. Bd4 Kd5 48. Bb6 b4 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. Bd8 Ba7 51. Ke4 Kc5 52. Be7+ Kb5 53. f5 exf5+ 54. gxf5 gxf5+ 55. Kxf5 Bd4 56. Ke4 Bc3 57. Kd5 Bd2 58. e6 Kb6 59. Kd6 Kb7 60. Kd7 Bc3 61. Bf6 h5 62. e7 1-0

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Black "Greenfield, Wilfred J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ba5 b6 15. Bc3 c5 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qb7 18. 0-0 Bg5 19. Rce1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Re6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nf6 23. Rf5 Rd8 24. Ref1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd2 g6 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. a3 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Kxc6 33. Kf2 Kb5 34. b3 a5 35. a4+ Kc6 36. Kg3 Kd6 37. Kg4 f6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. h3 Kg5 42. Kf2 h4 43. Ke2 Kh5 44. Be1 g5 45. Kf2 f5 46. Ke2 g4 47. Bd2 Kg5 48. Kf2 g3+ 49. Ke2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1934.05.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hastings, George Henry"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1934.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Na5 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nc4 9. b3 Nd6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. 0-0 f6 13. Ba3 Qf7 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Bb2 0-0 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb7 19. Rac1 c5 20. d4 d6 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Red1 Bd6 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qc4 b5 25. Qe2 f5 26. e4 f4 27. Bh3 Rc7 28. Be6 Kh8 29. Bxf7 Rcxf7 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxe5+ Kg8 32. Qg5 Be7 33. Qh6 f3 34. Rd3 Bc8 35. d6 Bd8 36. Rxc5 Bg4 37. h3 Be6 38. Rc7 Bxc7 39. dxc7 Bd7 40. Rd6 Re8 41. Qg5 Rfe7 42. Qf6 Bxh3 43. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch 1932/33"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1933.01.03"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Watson, Charles Gilbert"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1932.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb8 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 b5 12. c4 Rb8 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. a4 Rb6 16. Nce2 Ne4 17. Qd1 e6 18. Ng3 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 c4 21. N1e2 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qd4 Be7 24. 0-0 Bf6 25. Qe4+ Kd8 26. Rac1 Re8 27. Qd3 Qc5 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Rxc3 Qe4 31. Qd2 Qxa4 32. Nd4 Rg8 33. f5 Qa6 34. Nb3 Qb5 35. Rf4 a5 36. Nxa5 Bxf5 37. Rxf5 Qb1+ 38. Rf1 Qe4 39. Qc2 Qg4 40. Rc4 Qh3 41. Rcf4 Qd7 42. Rc1 Qxd5 43. Rd4 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch 1932/33"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1932.12.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Black "Viner, William Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1932.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. Qe4 Qh4 19. Kh1 f5 20. Qe3 Nh3 21. Qe5 f4 22. Ne4 Rf5 23. Qd6 Rh5 24. Qxd7 Ng5 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch 1932/33"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1932.12.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vaughan, Frank L"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1932.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. b3 e5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qg3 Qe7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Nbd7 10. g4 Nf8 11. g5 Ne4 12. h4 c6 13. d3 Nc5 14. Nd2 0-0-0 15. Bh3+ Kb8 16. 0-0-0 a5 17. f4 b5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5+ Qxe5 20. d4 Qxe3 21. dxc5 Rg6 22. Qh5 Qxc5 23. Bf5 a4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. Nb1 Rd7 27. Qc3 Qd6 28. a3 axb3 29. Qxb3 Nc5 30. Qb4 Ra7 31. Rhf1 Ra4 32. Rf6 Qf8 33. Qe1 Ne4 34. Rxc6 Kb7 35. Rf6 Qc5 36. Rxf7+ Ka8 37. Rd7 Rc4 38. Qa5+ Kb8 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch 1932/33"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1932.12.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fillan, Thomas D"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1932.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Ne8 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nf6 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Nf5 Re8 22. f4 Bf8 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Ne4 Nb7 25. Bg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 g6 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28. Bxh6 Nd6 29. Re2 Nf5 30. Bg5 Re6 31. Bf4 Rae8 32. Rae1 c4 33. d4 cxb3 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 Ne7 37. Bf4 Nf5 38. Bc1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Kf4 h6 43. g4 Kd5 44. Kf3 a4 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Ke2 a3 47. bxa3 Kxc3 48. d5 b2 49. Bxb2+ Kxb2 0-1

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1930.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Purdy, Cecil John Seddon"]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1930.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Bc6 Rb8 10. e4 Bg6 11. e5 0-0 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. 0-0 Qd6 15. Qc4 a6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bh5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Bxc7 Rdc8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Ne4 Nh7 25. d5 e5 26. d6 f5 27. d7 Rd8 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 e4 30. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "New South Wales-VIC m"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1929.06.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kannuluik, WG."]
[Black "Merkel, Solomon M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1929.06.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3 a6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 0-0 16. 0-0 Bd6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nc7 Bxc7 19. Rxc7 Rf7 20. Rfc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bd7 22. d5 Qe7 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxd7 1-0

