[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostylev, Oleg"]
[Black "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. h4 c6 10. Nf4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd3 Qb6 13. 0-0 Bg4 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nac5 Bd5 17. e4 Bc4 18. b3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Rd6 22. h5 g5 23. g4 b6 24. Bg2 c5 25. f3 Nh7 26. Nb2 Red8 27. Nc4 Rd4 28. c3 R4d7 29. Nb2 Nf8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qd3 Qc7 34. Bf1 Nf4 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Black "Abramjan, Larisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Qc7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. g4 Nc4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Bc1 g6 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nce2 Nc6 17. c3 e5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd3 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bxg5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg5 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Rad1 Be6 25. Bd4 Qg5 26. Re3 Rd8 27. c4 Ng7 28. Qc3 Nh5 29. Red3 Rf7 30. Be3 Qg4 31. Qa1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxe4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Qd1 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Re2 38. Bxb7 Rxa2 39. Rd6 Rb2 40. Rb6 Bxc4 41. Bxa6 Bxa6 42. Rxa6 Rxb3 43. Kg2 h5 44. h3 h4 45. Rc6 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rf3 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Rc5 Rf5 49. Rc6 Rf6 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Rc7+ Kh6 53. Rc5 Rf5 54. Rc6 Kh5 55. Rc4 Rd5 56. Rg4 Rd2+ 57. Kg1 g5 58. Kh1 Kg6 59. Rb4 Re2 60. Rb5 Kf6 61. Ra5 Re5 62. Ra6+ Kf5 63. Kh2 Kf4 64. Kg2 Rb5 65. Ra2 g4 66. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Budilin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nbd2 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Re8 9. c4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rad8 16. Qf3 f5 17. Bb1 Be6 18. e4 f4 19. Rd1 Bxc4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc2 Rd2 22. Rc1 Be2 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Re1 f3 25. g3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Qd4 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Rc1 d3 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Bb1 Rb2 31. g4 d2 32. Rc2 d1Q 33. Rxb2 Qf1 34. Kg3 Qg2+ 35. Kf4 Qxf2 36. Rd2 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qxh3 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Kf4 Qh2+ 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Re7 Qg1+ 42. Kd2 Qd1+ 43. Ke3 Qxb1 44. Rxh7 Qg1+ 45. Kd2 f2 46. e5 f1Q 47. e6 Qd4+ 48. Kc2 Qfd1# 0-1

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Black "Gur, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 0-0 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxh6 f5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Qe2 f4 17. c3 Be3 18. g4 Be6 19. Ra3 f6 20. Kd1 b5 21. Kc2 b4 22. Ra2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. Rb2 Qa3 25. Rhb1 a5 26. c4 c5 27. Qe1 a4 28. Qc3 Bd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qd2 Rb4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rb3 Qe7 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. R8b7 Bd7 35. R1b2 Kg6 36. Qf2 Kg5 37. Kd2 Ra1 38. Ke2 Qa3 39. R7b3 Qa5 40. Kf3 Ba4 41. h4+ Kg6 42. Ra2 Re1 43. Rbb2 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Kh1 Rxg4 46. Rd2 Kh5 47. Qf3 Qc3 48. c5 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Bd7 51. Rg2 Qh1+ 52. Rh2 Qxf3# 0-1

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Black "Churakhina, Lidiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Ne7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nec6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Be4 0-0 12. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qd3 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qd1 Rab8 17. Be2 Qf5 18. f4 Bc6 19. 0-0 Rbd8 20. Qe1 Qe4 21. Rf2 Rd7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Be3 b6 25. c5 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Rd2 Rb1 28. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tishin, Alexey"]
[Black "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. 0-0 Ra7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. h4 f6 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Qf4 Nb4 17. Re2 Nd3 18. Qg3 Rb7 19. Nd1 N7e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Bf4 Nd3 23. Nd1 Qb5 24. Rd2 c4 25. Bh6 Ne5 26. Be3 Reb8 27. f4 Nd7 28. h5 Nf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. f5 Qe8 31. Rc1 Rb4 32. Rdc2 Rc8 33. b3 c3 34. Nxc3 Bg7 35. Qh3 g5 36. Qf3 Nd7 37. Qh3 Ne5 38. Bf2 Qd8 39. Bg3 Nd3 40. Rf1 Ne5 41. Rfc1 Nd3 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qxd3 Qf4 44. Qf3 Qh4 45. g3 g4 46. Qg2 Qg5 47. Re1 Bh6 48. Nd1 Rcb8 49. Ne3 Qg7 50. Nc4 Qf8 51. Qe2 Qg7 52. Kg2 R4b5 53. Rh1 Kf7 54. Rh4 Rg8 55. Nd6+ exd6 56. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Black "Smirnov, Kirill N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nh5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. 0-0 Nf4 8. d3 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Nd4 10. Nxe5 0-0 11. Rxf4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Rf1 Bd6 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. d4 Nf4 16. e5 Qf5 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qd3 Qb4 20. Ng5 g6 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ngxh7 Rfd8 24. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tchebalkin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 0-0 13. Rhd1 Bd7 14. Ke1 Rac8 15. Rac1 e6 16. a3 a6 17. Ba2 b5 18. Bf4 Na5 19. Bd6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. e5 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Nc4 23. Bc5 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Kc3 Bb5 28. Kb4 Kd7 29. Ne2 Kc7 30. f3 Kb6 31. Ng3 a5+ 32. Kc3 Bc6 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Kb5 35. d5 exd5 36. exd5 Kc5 37. d6 Kc6 38. Kxc4 h6 39. a4 h5 40. h4 f5 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Gorodets Small Kitezh op"]
[Site "Gorodets"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Merkulov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 Re8 7. Nf3 c6 8. Rd1 Qc7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Qxb4 a5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Na6 15. Nc3 d5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 e6 18. Nxe4 Nb4 19. c3 Nd5 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Red8 22. Bd2 Bc8 23. Nxc8 Rdxc8 24. 0-0 c5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Be3 Rb5 28. Rd2 Rab8 29. Rfd1 a4 30. Rxd5 h5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd2 Bf6 34. Kf1 Rb7 35. Ke2 a3 36. bxa3 Bxc3 37. Rc2 Bf6 38. a4 Bd8 39. Bd2 Re7+ 40. Kd1 Rd7 41. Kc1 Ra7 42. Rc8 Bb6 43. Be3 Bxe3+ 44. fxe3 Rxa4 45. Kb2 f5 46. Kb3 Re4 47. Rc3 Kg7 48. a4 Kf6 49. a5 Re6 50. Kb4 Kg5 51. Kb5 Re5+ 52. Kb6 Re6+ 53. Kc7 Kh4 54. Ra3 Re7+ 55. Kd6 Ra7 56. Ke5 Ra6 57. Kf4 Re6 58. a6 Re4+ 59. Kf3 Re8 60. a7 Ra8 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Kxf5 Rf8+ 63. Ke4 Ra8 64. Kd5 Kg3 65. Ra2 1-0

