[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yushko, Olga"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Ra3 Bd7 14. Na2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Na6 17. e4 Bg7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Ne2 e5 20. d5 Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Ra8 23. Nc3 Ra5 24. Bc2 Kh7 25. Nd2 Ra7 26. Rb1 Rea8 27. Rba1 Bf6 28. Qb2 Bg5 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. Qa2 Nxb3 31. Rxb3 Qd4 32. Ra3 Bg4 33. h3 Bd7 34. Rd1 Qc5 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. Rb1 Be6 37. Bb3 Bd2 38. Qxd2 Qxa3 39. Ba2 Qc5 40. Qd3 Rd7 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Rb1 Rxb1+ 43. Nxb1 Rb7 44. Nd2 Rb2 45. Bb3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Bidkova, Viktoria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. b4 h6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Qa2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnichuk, Mikhail"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Qe7 10. h3 a5 11. g3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. f4 c5 20. Bf2 Nxc4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Bxc4 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Qf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qd7 28. Qe2 Bc3 29. Bb5 Qf5 30. Rc1 Bf6 31. Qd3 Qg4 32. Re1 h5 33. Qe2 Qf5 34. Qe4 Qg4 35. f5 gxf5 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Bd3 Be5 38. Be2 Qg6 39. Kg2 f4 40. Qd3 Qg5 41. Rh1 Rh8 42. Qf3 fxg3 43. Be3 Qg6 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Qxh5 Qxh5 46. Bxh5 f5 47. Be2 Kf6 48. Kf3 f4 49. Bd2 b6 50. Bf1 Kg5 51. a4 Kf5 52. Bd3+ Kg5 53. Bc4 Kf5 54. Bf1 Kg5 55. Bb5 Kf5 56. Ba6 Kg5 57. Bf1 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Palkovich, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nc5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. 0-0-0 Ne6 12. Be3 c6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd4 Qa5 15. a3 Nc5 16. Bf4 0-0-0 17. Bf3 d5 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 Bxa3 21. h5 Be4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nb3 Qa4 24. bxa3 Nc5 25. Qe2 Qxa3+ 26. Kb1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Na4 28. Qg4+ Re6 29. Bc1 Nxc3# 0-1

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Voronov, Yuri"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 f5 13. Qh5 Rb8 14. 0-0 f4 15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3 0-0 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Rae1 Ne7 19. Kh1 Qb7 20. Kg1 Qb6 21. Rf2 Kh8 22. Nac2 a5 23. b3 Rbc8 24. c4 b4 25. h4 a4 26. Kg2 axb3 27. axb3 Qb7 28. Kh2 f6 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Nd5 Bf7 31. Qg4 Nxd5 32. exd5 Be8 33. Ne3 Rg8 34. Qe6 Rd8 35. Qh3 Qc7 36. Ng4 Bd7 37. Bf5 Rgf8 38. h5 Kg8 39. h6 Bh8 40. Ne3 Rf7 41. Be6 Re8 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qh5+ Ke7 44. Nf5+ Bxf5 45. Qxf5 Kf8 46. Ra2 Qf7 47. Rda1 Qg6 48. Qxg6 hxg6 49. Ra8 e4 50. Rxe8+ Kxe8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Rxh8 e3 53. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Sivayev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Kh8 13. Nd2 e6 14. Re1 Rg8 15. Qb3 b6 16. c4 Ne4 17. Bxg7+ Rxg7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. g3 f4 21. Rxe4 fxg3 22. fxg3 Qf5 23. Rg4 Rxg4 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rd2 Qf5+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kf2 Qc6 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. b3 Rd8 31. Qh6 Qe7 32. Rd1 f6 33. Rd3 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Kf3 f5 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kf4 Rg8 38. Kf3 Rg5 39. b4 Rg7 40. c5 Rc7 41. Ke3 bxc5 42. dxc5 Ke5 43. a3 a5 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Kc3+ Ke4 46. Kc4 axb4 47. axb4 Ke3 48. Rd6 e5 49. c6 e4 50. b5 Ra7 51. b6 Ra1 52. b7 Rc1+ 53. Kb3 Kf2 54. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. h4 Be7 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nf5 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bd5 22. Kf1 Qb6 23. Rd1 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qxb2 25. Qxd5 Rxc2 26. Rh3 Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 Qe2 28. Rg3 Rf4 29. Qxd6 Qf2+ 30. Kh2 Rxh4+ 31. Rh3 Rxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rb2 33. Qd5 Qxf5+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 e4 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Shvets, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. 0-0 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 0-0 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb2 Rab8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Bc2 21. Rc1 Rb2 22. Ne1 Bb3 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Nd3 Ra2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Kf1 a3 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Nc5 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Nb3 Ra4 33. Nc5 Ra8 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 Kd6 36. Ra2 Ra4 37. h3 Kc6 38. c4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Chess Union op"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emets, Yan"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. c5 0-0 10. Bd3 dxc5 11. dxc5 Ne5 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. Nge2 Bc4 14. Bc2 Qa5 15. Nb1 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nc4 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd7 20. b4 a5 21. f4 axb4 22. axb4 e5 23. g3 exf4 24. gxf4 Bh6 25. Rf1 Nf6 26. Ref3 Rfe8 27. Rh3 Nh5 28. f5 Red8 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Bxd3 Rd8 31. Kc2 Nf4 32. Rf3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Kxd3 Bxd2 35. Kxd2 Kg7 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kf3 h5 38. e5 Kh6 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kh3 f6 41. e6 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ke8 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Leks, Hanna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 g6 8. d5 Nb8 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. g3 0-0 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. h3 a5 13. f4 Nh5 14. Kh2 exf4 15. gxf4 b5 16. Bd4 Bh6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Qd3 b4 19. c4 Nd7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Qe3 f5 22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Nxh5 Qxh5 24. Qg3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. f5 Bd2 28. fxg6 Bxe1 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Rxe1 Qe5 31. Re2 Rf7 32. Qxe5+ Rxe5 33. Kg3 Rxh7 34. Bd3 Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Re7 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. a3 bxa3 38. bxa3 Re8 39. Bd1 Re1 40. Bc2 Rc1 41. Bd3 Rc3 42. Ke3 Rxa3 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. h4 a4 45. Bc2 Rb4 46. Kc3 Kh6 47. Bd1 a3 48. Bb3 Kh5 49. Kc2 Kxh4 50. Kc3 Kg3 51. Kc2 Kf4 52. Kc3 Ke3 53. Ba2 Rb2 54. Bb3 Rd2 55. d6 cxd6 56. Bc2 a2 57. Kb2 Rxc2+ 58. Ka1 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huddleston, Heather"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. h3 c6 7. e3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Bh2 e5 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 f6 16. c5 Ndxc5 17. Bc4+ Be6 18. Bxe6+ Nxe6 19. Nxb7 Nb4 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. N2e4 Nbd3 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Nc4 Rb4 25. Rac1 Nxa4 26. Rc2 Bf8 27. g4 g5 28. Rd1 Nb6 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Ra1 a4 31. f3 Rd3 32. Kf2 Nd5 33. Ne4 Kf7 34. Ra2 Rxe4 35. fxe4 Nb4 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. Rxa4 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Khudaya, Iryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. Ngf3 h6 10. 0-0 g5 11. Bh2 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Qe2 Bh5 14. Rfe1 e6 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc6 20. Nh5 Ne4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Rh3 Rh8 23. Qh5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5+ f6 25. Bf4 Ng5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qxh8+ Qxh8 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Rb8 31. Rxd5 Ke6 32. Rc5 b6 33. Rc7 a5 34. f3 b5 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Ra6 a4 37. Kf2 Re8 38. a3 Rd8 39. Rb6 Rd5 40. Ke3 g4 41. fxg4 Rg5 42. Kf4 Rd5 43. Rc6 Rd8 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. g5 fxg5+ 46. Rxg5 Kd6 47. Re5 Rf8+ 48. Rf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Kd5 50. g4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Umudova, Nargiz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Be3 a6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Ne8 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Rc5 f5 17. f3 Rf7 18. Qc2 Qf8 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rc3 Rd8 22. Rc7 Rc8 23. Rc3 Re8 24. Bc5 Rd8 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Bc5 Kh8 27. b4 h5 28. a4 Rc8 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Qd8 31. Kh1 Qa5 32. Rb1 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Bb4 Rxc3 35. Qxe4 Qc7 36. Bxc3 Qxc3 37. Qxg6 Rf2 38. Bd3 Kg8 39. Bf5 Qc4 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Qg6+ Bg7 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Katherine"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Be5 14. b3 g5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rc8 17. g3 Kd8 18. Rhf1 f6 19. b4 Bd6 20. a3 Be5 21. a4 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nc6 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Kd3 Ne6 27. f5 Ng5 28. Bh5 Rf8 29. h4 Nf7 30. Bxf7 Rxf7 31. Rg1 Bxd5 32. Rg8+ Kc7 33. cxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Khudaya, Aliaksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 d4 9. c4 e5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Ne1 g5 12. a3 Ng6 13. Nc2 a5 14. b3 Be6 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Nf1 Bf6 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Be7 22. Rb5 Qc7 23. Bd2 h5 24. Rdb1 Bc8 25. Qe1 g4 26. Ba5 Qd7 27. Nd2 h4 28. c5 hxg3 29. hxg3 Qc6 30. Qc1 Nf8 31. Nc4 Nd7 32. Bb6 f6 33. Na5 Qe6 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Nxc4 Ra6 36. Bf1 Kf7 37. Be2 Ra2 38. Bd1 Kg7 39. Kg2 Ra6 40. Bc2 Kg6 41. Bd1 Kg7 42. Nd6 Nxb6 43. Rxb6 Bxd6 44. cxd6 Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Rf8 46. Ba4 Kg6 47. Bb3 Kg5 48. Bd5 f5 49. f3 f4 50. Bxb7 gxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Bg4+ 52. Kf2 f3 53. d7 Rh8 54. Rd6 Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Bxd7 57. Rxd7 Rd2 58. Ba6 Kg4 59. Rg7+ Kh3 60. Bc4 Kh2 61. Rg5 Kh3 62. Rg8 Kh2 63. Rg7 Kh3 64. Rg6 Kh2 65. Rg4 Kh3 66. Rg8 Kh2 67. Rg7 Kh3 68. Be6+ Kh2 69. Bf5 Rb2 70. Be6 Rd2 71. Rg5 Rc2 72. Bf7 Rd2 73. Bc4 Rc2 74. Bb5 Rb2 75. Bd7 Rd2 76. Ba4 Ra2 77. Bd1 Rd2 78. Bxf3 Rxd3 79. Kf2 Rd2+ 80. Be2 1-0

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lubbe, Melanie"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 g6 14. h5 Bg7 15. g4 Qg5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Nce3 b4 18. Qd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bh6 20. Rh3 Kh8 21. 0-0-0 f5 22. hxg6 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Bc8 24. Rdh1 Qxg4 25. Rxh6 Qxe4 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kxg6 29. Qh6+ Kxf5 30. Rxf8+ Kg4 31. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Rakic, Marija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Nbc3 c6 7. h3 e5 8. a4 Qe7 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Qd3 b6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ra7 19. f5 Rc7 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb7 22. Rd2 Nf8 23. Rdf2 Rd6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nd7 26. Qg4 Kg7 27. Be4 Nf8 28. h4 h6 29. c4 Qd7 30. Qe2 Nh7 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qc2 Qg4 34. Bf3 Qd7 35. Qd2 g5 36. Be4 Rh8 37. Rf5 Qe7 38. Rh1 Rdd8 39. Rd1 Rd6 40. Rh1 Rdd8 41. h5 Rd6 42. Rhf1 Nf8 43. Qf2 Nd7 44. Bd2 Rf8 45. Bc3 Qe8 46. Qf3 Be7 47. Rxf8 Qxf8 48. Qxf8+ Bxf8 49. Bf5 Nf6 50. Bxe5 Rd8 51. Bg6 Be7 52. d6 Rxd6 53. Bxd6 Bxd6 54. Rd1 Be5 55. Re1 Bd4 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Kf3 Bb2 59. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina Francesca"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rac1 Rb8 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. b4 Qa7 18. a4 Rbc8 19. a5 g5 20. Bg3 Be6 21. c5 Bb3 22. cxd6 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 b5 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Na4 Qc6 26. Nc5 exd6 27. Nxa6 Ne4 28. Qd3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Qb6 30. b5 d5 31. Nb4 d4 32. Nc6 Rxc6 33. bxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Van Nies, Pauline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. a3 a6 12. Rc1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Bd6 19. g4 Be7 20. Bg2 Ba8 21. f4 Na7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. f5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Rc1 Bg5 28. Rc3 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qg5 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg5 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. Nxb6 Nb5 35. Rf2 Nxd4 36. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Myrza, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. c4 Ndb4 8. a3 Na6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Bxe3 14. fxe3 bxc6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. b4 Rd8 17. Nc3 e5 18. Rd1 f5 19. 0-0 Nc7 20. Na4 Ne6 21. Rd6 Ke7 22. c5 e4 23. Be2 Rhf8 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Rc7 26. Nc3 a5 27. Na4 axb4 28. axb4 Rf6 29. Nb6 Be8 30. Bb3 g5 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Rd8 f4 33. Nc8+ Kf6 34. Nd6 Bh5 35. Re1 f3 36. gxf3 exf3 37. e4 Ra7 38. e5+ Rxe5 39. Rf8+ Ke6 40. Rxe5+ Kxe5 41. Rf5+ Kd4 42. Rxg5 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Kg1 f2+ 46. Kf1 Bg6 47. Rg4+ Kc3 48. Ne4+ Kxb4 49. Nxf2+ Kxc5 50. Rf4 Rh5 51. Ke2 Rd5 52. Ke3 Kb5 53. Ng4 c5 54. Nf6 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 c4 56. Ne4 Kb4 57. Nd2 Rc3 58. Rh4 Bd3+ 59. Kd1 Ra3 60. Nxc4 Bxc4 61. Rxh7 Ra2 62. Ke1 Kc3 63. Rh3+ Bd3 64. Rh4 Re2+ 65. Kd1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stas, Vasilij"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Na6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 Nd7 14. f3 f5 15. Nb3 f4 16. Bf2 c5 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Na1 Nf6 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Qd8 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Rh1 Ng3 24. Rg1 Bh4 25. Bd1 g5 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. Rd2 Kf7 28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 h5 30. g3 Bxg3+ 31. Bxg3 fxg3+ 32. Rxg3 Qf6 33. Qe3 Qf4 34. Qxf4+ gxf4 35. Rg5 Rh8 36. Rdg2 Rag8 37. h4 Rxg5 38. Rxg5 Kf6 39. b3 Be8 40. Be2 Bf7 41. Rf5+ Ke7 42. Bf1 Rg8 43. Bg2 Be8 44. Bh3 Rg3 45. Bg2 b6 46. Rg5 Rxg5 47. hxg5 Kf7 48. Kh3 Kg6 49. Kh4 Bd7 50. Bf1 Bc8 51. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Shapoval, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 h6 11. a3 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2 0-0-0 14. Be3 Kb8 15. N3d2 g5 16. Qa4 Rd3 17. Qc4 Rhd8 18. b4 Ng4 19. Ra2 Bc8 20. Rc2 Be6 21. Qa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. bxc5 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxc5 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. a4 g4 27. h3 h5 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nc4 Bd1 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nfxd2 Bxa4 32. Bf3 b5 33. Nb2 h4 34. gxh4 Be7 35. Nxa4 bxa4 36. Bd1 a3 37. Bb3 Bxh4 38. Bxf7 Bg5 39. Nb1 Bc1 40. Kf1 Kb6 41. Ke2 Kc5 42. Kd3 Na5 43. Bd5 Kb5 44. f3 Kc5 45. Bf7 Nc6 46. Kc2 Bb2 47. Kb3 Na5+ 48. Ka4 Nc4 49. Kb3 Na5+ 50. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levenko, Pavel"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. c4 h6 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bf3 g5 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Bc3 g4 18. Bd5 Bc8 19. g3 Nd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 c6 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Qb2 Qg6 25. Nb3 Ng5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ra1 Qe8 28. c5 Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 d5 30. Qa7 Bc8 31. Qb8 Kh7 32. Qc7 Kg8 33. b5 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 gxf3 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Nd2 d4 37. Bb2 Ba6 38. Qb6 Bb5 39. Nxf3 Qe6 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. exd4 e4 42. d5 Qxd5 43. Qe7 Kg6 44. Qxg7+ Kh5 45. Nh4 Qe6 46. Bf6 Qe8 47. h3 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Rotaenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 d4 7. 0-0 e5 8. a4 Na5 9. Nc4 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Nd3 Bh3 14. Qe2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3 b6 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf6 Rh7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5+ Kf8 24. Qd5 Qe8 25. e5 Rd8 26. Qe4 Kg8 27. Rae1 h5 28. e6 f5 29. Qe5 h4 30. e7 Rd7 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Bg5 h3+ 33. Kg1 Rh5 34. Bf6+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babiy, Petr"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Nf1 Be6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ng6 20. Qd2 h4 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. f4 Bc8 23. Nd4 Nxf4 24. Rf3 Ng6 25. Nxc6 Qxe4 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Re1 Qc6 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Nf5 Qc5+ 30. Qf2 d5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Ne3 Rd3 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 c4 36. bxc4 Bxc4 37. Ra3 a6 38. Ne3 Bb5 39. Nf5 Ne5 40. Rc3 f6 41. Rc7 Bd7 42. Nxh4 Be6 43. a3 a5 44. Ra7 Nc4 45. a4 Bd5 46. Nf5 Be6 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nc6+ Kg6 49. Nxa5 Nb6 50. Nc6 Bd7 51. a5 Bxc6 52. axb6 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Prevarsky, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nd5 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. b3 Nb4 17. Qc4 Qg5 18. a3 Bg4 19. axb4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rbd8 21. Qxc6 Re7 22. Nf3 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Re1+ 24. Nxe1 Qd8 25. Ne3 g6 26. Nd3 h5 27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Qd5 c6 29. Nxc6 Qf6 30. Qd8+ Qxd8 31. Nxd8 f5 32. b5 Kf8 33. Nc6 Ke8 34. Nxa7 Kd8 35. b6 g5 36. Nd5 h4 37. b7 hxg3 38. b8Q+ Kd7 39. fxg3 f4 40. Qb6 fxg3 41. Qc6+ Kd8 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 a6 8. b4 b5 9. c5 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. 0-0 axb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Bh2 Ncd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ra5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Rb8 20. Qb4 Bf8 21. Ra1 Ne4 22. Ne1 Qc7 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. f3 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Nd3 b4 27. a6 b3 28. a7 Ra8 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. Rb1 Rxa7 31. Rxb3 Ra3 32. Rxa3 Nxa3 33. Nb4 Be6 34. Ba6 Nc4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Nxd5+ Bxd5 39. Bxc4 Bc6 40. e4 Bg7 41. h4 h5 42. Bg3 Bf6 43. Bf2 Bd7 44. g3 Bh3 45. Ke3 Be6 46. Ba6 Kd7 47. Be1 Bd8 48. Bb4 Bb6 49. Kd3 Bh3 50. Bb5+ Ke6 51. Bc6 Bf1+ 52. Kc3 Bg2 53. Bd5+ Ke7 54. e5 Bc7 55. exd6+ Bxd6 56. Bxd6+ Kxd6 57. Bxf7 Bxf3 58. Bxg6 Kd5 59. Kd3 Bg4 60. Ke3 Bd1 61. Bf7+ Kd6 62. Kf4 Ke7 63. Bd5 Ba4 64. Kg5 Bd1 65. Kf4 Ba4 66. Bf3 Be8 67. Kg5 Ke6 68. Bxh5 Bd7 69. Bf3 Ke7 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. Kf6 Kg8 72. Ke7 Ba4 73. d5 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Petrova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qf3 c5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Na5 Bd7 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Bxd6 Bxb2 20. Bxf8 Bxa1 21. Bxc5 Rxa2 22. Bxb6 Nf6 23. Re1 h6 24. c4 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Ra6 26. Bc7 Ra7 27. d6 Bf6 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. g3 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Re3 Bg5 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. Rd3 Re5+ 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Ke4 Rc5 37. Bb6 Rc6 38. Bc7 Rc5 39. Rd5 Rc4+ 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Bb6 Rd1+ 42. Kc4 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Rc2 44. d7 Rb2+ 45. Kc6 Rc2+ 46. Kb7 Re2 47. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rudakova, Zhanetta"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qa4 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Qa5 b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 h6 14. Bh4 Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Ng4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Rd7+ Kxh6 25. Rxb7 Rae8 26. Qc3 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Bf3 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Qd4 g4 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ Rf7 33. Qxc6 Qe5 34. Bd5 Re7 35. g3 Qe2 36. Rf1 Qxb2 37. Qc8 Qe5 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. Rb1 Qd6 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Kg2 Re6 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Re1 Kf6 44. a4 Kg5 45. f4+ gxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Rf6 47. Re6 Rf8 48. h4+ Kh5 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Ivanova, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. Nc3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 e6 10. 0-0 Bb4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne5 Qd8 14. d5 0-0 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Rc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 exd5 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. exd5 d6 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Qc3 Re8 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. Qa5 Be2 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Re1 Bd3 27. Qxa7 Re5 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qc3 f5 31. g3 Qh3 32. Ng2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Be4 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Qf2 Bxd5 36. Qd2 Be4 37. Qf2 d5 38. a4 d4 39. a5 c3 40. g4 c2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostroverkhova, Elena"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. 0-0 Nc5 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Re8 12. Ng3 h5 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bf3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg2 Qh3+ 17. Kf2 Qh2+ 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Rg1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 h4 21. Qf3 hxg3+ 22. Kf1 Rxe4 23. Be3 Rae8 24. Bd4 Nd3 25. Qxd3 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Baklanova, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 0-0 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 f5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. c3 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Bh6 f4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. d4 g5 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. b4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bg4 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. d5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Nd4 28. Ra3 Rg8 29. Bg4 Rg7 30. f3 Rbg8 31. Rc1 Qg5 32. Qf2 h5 33. Be6 Nxe6 34. dxe6 Qg6 35. Rd3 Qxe6 36. Rcd1 Rc7 37. Qd2 Qh3 38. Qf2 Rg6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kh7 41. Qf1 Qd7 42. Rd5 Qe7 43. Qd3 Qg5 44. Qd2 Rcg7 45. Qf2 Qe7 46. Qb6 Qh4 47. Rxd6 Qh3 48. Rxg6 Qxf3+ 49. Kg1 Qxd1+ 50. Kf2 Rxg6 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52. Qxe5 Qg1+ 53. Ke2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Kateryna"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qa3 Nge7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. 0-0-0 0-0 14. h4 h6 15. Bd3 Nxd5 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxf8 Qe6 18. Rh3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 d5 20. Qd8 d4 21. Rxd4 Qxa2 22. Rxe5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Re8 Be6 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. h5+ Kxh5 27. Qh4+ Kg6 28. Rxb8 Qa1 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Qc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kxc3 h5 33. Rd6 Bc4 34. Rxa6 Kh6 35. Kb4 Kg5 36. Rxb5+ Bxb5 37. Kxb5 f5 38. c4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 Qd8 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne4 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Nxc5 15. Ncd4 Na4 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Rd3 Bg6 18. Rb3 Nc5 19. Rxb4 Nxb4 20. a3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Nb3 22. Nfd4 Nxa1 23. Nxa1 0-0-0 24. Nab3 e5 25. Nf3 Bd3 26. Kf1 f6 27. Nfd2 Rhe8 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Rdd8 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. c5 f5 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Nd6+ Kb8 34. Nxf5 Rg6 35. g3 Rf7 36. Nd6 Rf8 37. Nd2 Rgf6 38. N2e4 Rf3 39. Ba5 g5 40. Bc3 h5 41. Bxe5 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Nf6 Rf5 44. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stasenko, Julia"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. a4 a6 20. Nd6 Qxb2 21. Qh5 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Bd4 23. Ne4 h6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Orlyanskaya, Darya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Qb5 0-0 11. Qxb7 Na5 12. Qe4 Bg6 13. Qa4 Nb7 14. 0-0 Nc5 15. Qc4 Nd7 16. d3 Nb6 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qa5 f6 19. Nh4 Bf7 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. c4 Nd7 22. Ba3 Be6 23. Kh2 g5 24. Ng2 c5 25. Qe1 Qe8 26. Qe4 Qh5 27. g4 Qf7 28. Ne3 Nb8 29. Rab1 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Rfb1 Bc7 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Reb6 e4+ 35. Kg2 Bxb6 36. Rxb6 exd3 37. cxd3 Rxd3 38. Bxc5 Nd7 39. Rc6 Rc3 40. Bd4 Rd3 41. Ba1 Ra3 42. Nd5 Rxa2 43. Bxf6 a5 44. Bxg5 Ne5 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Bf4 Re2 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. Kf3 a4 50. Bxe5+ Kxe5 51. Ke3 a3 52. Nc3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf (Women)"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moskalets, Svetlana"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Ne7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 d5 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Red8 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Rxb8 Bxb8 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh5 Be5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Ne4 Ng6 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Qh5 Nh4 29. Nxg5 fxg5 30. Qxg5+ Bg7 31. Qxh4 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Qd2 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Re4 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. Qxh7+ Kg5 39. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karachevtseva, Yulia"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 f5 13. Re1 e4 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe2 f4 18. Be4 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bh4 20. Bxg4 Qb6+ 21. Be3 fxe3 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Nxc4 24. Nd1 Nd2 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. h3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 Qd4 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxa1 30. Nf5 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Bilias, Liubov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qa4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qd1 0-0 12. Bg5 Be6 13. e4 d4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Qe6 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. Kh2 Qb6 22. b3 d3 23. Qxd3 Rfd8 24. Qc2 Bxf2 25. g4 Be3 26. c5 Qa6 27. Rcd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bg6 29. b4 Bg5 30. Nc3 Qc4 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. axb3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Bf1 h5 35. Kg3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf8 37. Kf3 f6 38. Nb5 Be8 39. Nxa7 Bc7 40. b5 b6 41. cxb6 Bxb6 42. Nc8 Bc7 43. b6 Bb8 44. Bc4 Bc6 45. Na7 Bb7 46. Bd5 Bxd5 47. exd5 Ke8 48. Nc6 Bd6 49. b7 Kd7 50. Ke4 Kc7 51. b8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Orlyanskaya, Darya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Qd2 a5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Kh2 Rc5 21. Ne5 Rxc2 22. Bxc2 Rxc2 23. f4 Rxb2 24. Reb1 Rd2 25. Rxb7 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxd3 27. Ra7 Re3 28. Rxa5 d3 29. Rd1 d4 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. a5 Re2 32. Rd8 Ra2 33. Rxd3 Rxa5 34. R3xd4 Rxe5 35. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bodrova, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Qd2 Na6 10. g4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Ng3 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5 gxh5 16. Rg1 Qh4+ 17. Rg3 Kh7 18. Qf2 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. 0-0-0 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Bd7 23. Nc3 Bf4 24. Rg2 b6 25. Nb5 Rg8 26. Bc4 Rxg2 27. Qxg2 Rg8 28. Qf2 Qg6 29. Qh4 Bg5 30. Qf2 Bf4 31. Qh4 Bg5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Qf2 Bg4 35. Be2 Bh4 36. Qf1 Bxf3 37. Bxf3 Rxg1 38. Qxg1 Qxf3 39. Nc3 f5 40. exf5 Qxf5+ 41. Ka2 Bf2 42. Qf1 e4 43. Nxe4 Qxd5+ 44. b3 Qxe4 45. Qxf2 Kg6 46. h4 Qg4 47. Ka3 Qb4+ 48. Ka2 Qg4 49. Ka3 Qf5 50. Qg2+ Qg4 51. Qf2 Qd1 52. Qg3+ Qg4 53. Qf2 Qd4 54. Qg3+ Kf5 55. Qg5+ Ke4 56. Qg6+ Ke3 57. Qg3+ Kd2 58. Qg2+ Kc1 59. Qg5+ Kc2 60. Qg6+ Qd3 61. Qg2+ Qd2 62. Qe4+ Kc1 63. Qh1+ Kc2 64. Qe4+ Qd3 65. Qg2+ Qd2 66. Qe4+ Kc1 67. Qh1+ Qd1 68. Qg2 Qd2 69. Qh1+ Kc2 70. Qe4+ Kd1 71. Qf3+ Qe2 72. Qh1+ Kc2 73. Qd5 Qd3 74. Qg2+ Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Chulivska, Vita"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. bxc5 bxc5 4. Bc4 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rb1 Qc8 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 e6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rxb7 Qxb7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qf3 0-0 15. Nxc6 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. Qf3 Be5 21. g3 f4 22. g4 Qe7 23. Kg2 h5 24. Rh1 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf5 26. Qh3 Kf7 27. Bc4 g6 28. Ne4 f3+ 29. Kg1 Rh8 30. Qg4 Rf4 31. Qxf4+ Bxf4 32. Rxh8 Qb7 33. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Maiko, Alina"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. h3 d6 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. Bh2 Qc7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Qd1 h6 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Rcd1 Qb8 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Nc3 Qb8 22. Na2 Nxa2 23. Qxa2 e5 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. Qb3 e4 26. Ne1 Qb7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rdd1 d5 29. Rc2 Nf6 30. Rdc1 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Nd5 33. Be5 Bg7 34. Bg3 Nb4 35. f3 Qe7 36. f4 Qb7 37. Qd1 Qd7 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Bf8 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Ke2 Bd6 42. Kf2 c5 43. b3 Rcd8 44. Rd1 f6 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Bxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Rd6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 Kh6 50. Rdc1 cxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxd4 52. exd4 Kg5 53. Rc7 Rd8 54. Rb7 Rd6 55. Re7 Kxf5 56. Rh7 Rxd4 57. Rxh5+ Kg6 58. Rh4 f5 59. Rh8 Rd1 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Kf1 Kg5 62. Rf8 f4 63. Re8 Kf5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Re8+ Kd4 66. Re6 Ke3 67. Rxb6 Rd1 68. Rh6 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Evpatoria U18 Girls 4th"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Lirnyk, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxb7 Qd7 18. g4 Bxc2 19. Rfc1 Bxc3 20. Rxc2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Qe4 Bg7 24. Qc4 Bh6 25. Bb7 Rcf8 26. Qc3+ Bg7 27. Qxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Bxb2 30. Rc6 Rxf4 31. Rxd6 Bd4 32. Bd5 Bc5 33. Rd7 Rd4 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. g5 Ra3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gorban, Dariya"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. h4 Rb8 13. h5 Bg5 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Nce3 a5 16. a3 h6 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qd7 19. Nd5 Rfc8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 22. Rg1 Qd8 23. Kd2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Bd3 Qf2+ 26. Kc1 Qxf4+ 27. Kb1 Ne5 28. Bc2 Rbc8 29. Rg2 Rc4 30. Qg1 Qf6 31. Ka2 Nf3 32. Rf1 Rf4 33. Qb6 b4 34. Qxa5 bxa3 35. Qxa3 Qe5 36. Rd1 Ne1 37. Rgd2 Nxc2 38. Rxc2 Qxh5 39. Rcd2 Qe5 40. b4 Rc8 41. Rc2 Rfc4 42. Kb2 g5 43. b5 Qe3 44. Qxd6 Rxc3 45. Rdd2 Rb3+ 46. Kc1 Qe1+ 47. Rd1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Maiko, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. Rb1 e6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. f4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Bb7 15. g4 Ne7 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bxc5 Nxe4 20. Ncxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Ng5 Qc6 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Ne6 Rdc8 26. gxf5 Nf6 27. Bd4 Re8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Re1 Re4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Qe3 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ostroverkhova, Elena"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Rb1 Rac8 12. b4 b6 13. Bd2 f5 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Nf7 18. Bc3 Nh6 19. h3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bf7 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. e4 Bg6 23. Nh5 fxe4 24. dxe4 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 exf4 27. Qxh6 Bxc3 28. Qxf4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Qg7 30. Bf3 Be5 31. Qh4 Qg3 32. Qxg3 Rxg3 33. Bg4 Re3 34. Rf1 Rxe4 35. Rf7 Rxa4 36. Bf5 h5 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rxh5 Kg7 39. Kg2 c4 40. Kf3 c3 41. Bc2 Ra2 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rg2 Ra1 44. Ke4 Rh1 45. Rf2+ Kg5 46. Rg2+ Kh4 47. Kf5 Rf1+ 48. Ke6 Kxh3 49. Re2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Andrenko, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 c6 7. c4 Bf5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Bc3 a5 17. a3 Nf8 18. Qb2 N6d7 19. b4 a4 20. h4 c5 21. b5 Ne6 22. Nd2 Nd4 23. Nf1 Nf6 24. Ne3 Ra7 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Orlyanskaya, Darya"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Bb3 Nd8 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Re3 Ne6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Bh4 Nf4 26. Rf3 N4h5 27. Bg5 Kh8 28. Kh2 Rb6 29. g4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Ng8 31. Bg5 Nxh6 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. g5 Ng8 34. Bxf7 Rb8 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. Kg3 h6 37. h4 b4 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. Bxg8 Kxg8 40. Rf6 hxg5 41. hxg5 Kg7 42. Rxd6 Rxb2 43. a4 Rd2 44. Rc1 Rc7 45. Rc3 c4 46. Rd5 Rf7 47. dxc4 Rfxf2 48. Rxd2 Rxd2 49. c5 Rd7 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Rd3 a5 53. Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Kd3 Kc7 55. c6 Kd6 56. Kc3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Rudovskya, Regina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be6 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. c3 Qc5 12. Nb3 Bc4 13. Nxc5 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bxc5 15. Rxe2 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Kg2 Rd2 20. Rae1 Kg7 21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Kg6 24. Bg4 h6 25. Bc8 b6 26. f3 Be3 27. Bf5+ Kg7 28. Kf1 Bc1 29. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsirulnik, Maritsa"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 Rb8 12. g3 0-0 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Nce3 Bd8 17. 0-0 Bb6 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rdc1 b4 22. b3 Qb7 23. c4 Qb6 24. Nc2 Ra8 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nb8 27. a3 Na6 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rd1 g6 30. Ra4 Nc5 31. Rxb4 Ra2 32. Ne1 Rb2 33. Nd3 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Nxe5 Rc8 36. Rxd6 Na5 37. Bf1 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 Bxc4 39. Rc6 Be6 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Nc4 f6 42. e5 Ba6 43. Nd2 fxe5 44. Ne4 Bb7 45. Nc5 Bc6 46. e4 Kf7 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Kf3 Bb5 49. Nb3 g5 50. Nd2 gxh4 51. gxh4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Bd3 53. Kg4 Be2+ 54. Kg3 Bd3 55. Kg4 Be2+ 56. Kg3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Gordienko, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h4 b5 10. Bf4 a5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nbd2 a4 13. a3 Nb6 14. Nf1 b4 15. N1h2 Bb5 16. h5 h6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. g4 Rg8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5+ Bxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bh4 Qe8 23. exf6 Qxh5 24. Bg3 Qf7 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Qg5 Nxf6 27. Qh4+ Kg6 28. Re5 Qe7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Rxe7+ Nxe7 32. Re1 Rh8 33. Bd6 Rae8 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxe7 Rh5 36. Ne5+ Kxe7 37. Qxg7+ Ke6 38. Ng4 Nxg4 39. Qxg4+ Rf5 40. Qg8+ Rf7 41. Qc8+ Kd6 42. Qb8+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Rd7 44. f4 Kc7 45. Qe5+ Kb6 46. f5 d4 47. f6 Bc6 48. Qe6 Rh7 49. f7 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rg2+ 52. Kh4 Rh2+ 53. Kg5 Rf2 54. Qf6 Rg2+ 55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kg3 Rg2+ 57. Kh3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nesterovskaya, Anzhelika"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb1 Qd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Ba2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qb2 Nb8 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bb3 Bf8 20. Rac1 Bg7 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Nc4 Nxd4 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Qc6 26. f3 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Bxb2 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. b5 Bb7 33. Bg3 Ng5 34. Rd7 Bd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Bxa3 37. Be5+ Kf8 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. Bf6 Ne6 40. g3 g5 41. Rxa7 Kg8 42. Rd7 Kh7 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Bb2 f6 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. g4+ Kg6 47. Ke4 Bg1 48. Rd6 Kf7 49. h3 Bc5 50. Rc6 Ke7 51. Bxf6+ Kxf6 52. Kd5 Kg7 53. Kxe6 h5 54. Kd7 hxg4 55. hxg4 Be3 56. Kc7 Kf7 57. Rxb6 Bxb6+ 58. Kxb6 Ke6 59. Kc7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Romanova, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 a5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. Ne3 g5 18. Nfd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 c6 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Rd6 Ke7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. a3 Kd7 26. Kf1 Kd6 27. Ke2 Ke5 28. f3 h5 29. Nd1 f5 30. Ke3 fxe4 31. fxe4 c4 32. Nc3 b5 33. Nb1 c5 34. Nd2 g4 35. c3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Zingaylo, Anastasiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e4 c5 8. Re1 Nbc6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nf1 Nf5 12. c3 Bb7 13. Bf4 b5 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rad1 a5 20. Bh6 Nb4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5 Ng8 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Nf6 Rc7 25. Qh4 h6 26. Nxg8 Kxg8 27. Qxh6 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Rh7 30. Qg5 Qd8 31. h4 Rg7 32. Re3 Qf8 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Bxf3 Nc6 35. Kg2 Nxe5 36. Qxe5 Qe7 37. Re1 Kf7 38. g5 Rg8 39. Bg4 Bc8 40. Rc1 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Nasikan, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 d6 6. c4 f5 7. Nbc3 Nf6 8. 0-0 fxe4 9. dxe4 0-0 10. b3 e5 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. h4 Kh8 14. Qd2 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 Nxd5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Nc3 Rf8 19. Be4 a6 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Bh6 22. Re2 Bd7 23. Kg2 b5 24. Bd3 Rab8 25. Rd1 g5 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Rh1 Rf7 28. Rh5 Rg7 29. Bxh7 Rxh7 30. Rxg5 bxc4 31. bxc4 Bh3+ 32. Kf2 Bd7 33. Ne4 Rh6 34. Ke3 Rb4 35. Kd3 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rd4+ 37. Kc3 Rxd5 38. Nf7+ Kh7 39. Nxh6 Kxh6 40. f4 Rd3+ 41. Kxd3 Bb5+ 42. Ke3 exf4+ 43. gxf4 Bxe2 44. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kocharian, Robert"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 g6 5. Ng5 e6 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Bb5 0-0 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. h4 Nd4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 b6 15. h5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 g5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh4 Qd4 19. 0-0-0 Bb7 20. Rdg1 f5 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh7 23. Bf6 Rf7 24. Bg7 f4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxf6 Rg8 27. Qe1 Qd7 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Qg1+ Kf8 30. Qg6 Qf7 31. Qxh6+ Ke8 32. Qg5 Bxf3 33. h6 Bh5 34. Qxe5 Qg6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Rybkin, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 a6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rad1 d5 12. Nb1 b5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Na7 15. b4 Re8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nbd2 Nc8 18. Nb3 Ncb6 19. Qc1 Nc4 20. h4 Bxh4 21. Bxh6 Nf8 22. Qf4 gxh6 23. Nxh4 Qg5 24. Qxg5+ hxg5 25. Nf3 Nb2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Nh7 28. Nxg5 Nxg5 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. Rxg5 Rg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Re3 Rg6 33. Rh3+ Rh6 34. Kh2 Rxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Kg6 36. Kg4 Bc8 37. Nc5 f5+ 38. Kh4 Kh6 39. g3 Kg6 40. Nd3 Bd7 41. Nf4+ Kh6 42. Nh5 Be8 43. Nf6 Bc6 44. f3 Kg6 45. g4 Kh6 46. g5+ Kg6 47. f4 Bb7 48. Ne8 c6 49. Nd6 Ba8 50. a3 Kg7 51. Kh5 Kh7 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 c5 54. Ne8+ Kg8 55. dxc5 Bc6 56. Nc7 Bd7 57. Nxa6 Kg7 58. Nb8 Be8 59. c6 Bxc6 60. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 b6 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. h3 0-0 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Re1 Qa5 13. a4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bc3 Rfb8 17. Qd2 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxb5 19. Rxe7 Rbb8 20. Ng5 Ra7 21. Rae1 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Rf8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Don, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bd3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. c3 Be6 14. Qh5 Rb8 15. Nc2 Bg5 16. Nc7 Qxc7 17. Qxg5 a5 18. Ne3 f6 19. Qh4 b4 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Rac1 Qf7 22. Bc4 Nxa2 23. Ra1 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Marchenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. Bf4 b5 12. h4 h6 13. h5 b4 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qg4 Nf8 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Bxd5 0-0 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Qc8+ Rf8 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Re6 Qd7 28. Re5 a4 29. Rd5 Qg4 30. Qxd4 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxc2 32. Rd7 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Bf6 34. Qxb4 Qxd7 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Qb4 Qxd3 37. Qxa4 Bd4 38. Qb3 Qf5 39. Kg2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kg4 Qe2+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Bxb2 44. Ke4 Kg8 45. Kf5 Kf7 46. g4 Bf6 47. a3 Be7 48. a4 Bd8 49. Ke5 Ba5 50. Kf5 Bc7 51. g5 hxg5 52. Kxg5 Ba5 53. Kf5 Bd2 54. Ke5 Kg8 55. Ke6 Kh7 56. Kf7 Kh6 57. Kf8 Bc3 58. Kf7 Kxh5 59. a5 g5 60. a6 Bd4 61. Ke6 g4 62. Kd5 Ba7 63. Ke4 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Kateryna"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Be3 0-0 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 Ne7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc4 Qc6 21. Qxd6 Qxc4 22. Qxe7 Qc6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rab1 Qc5 27. Qb3 Ra3 28. Qb4 Rxc3 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxb7 h6 31. g3 Kh7 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. Rdd7 Rg8 34. f3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 Rf2 37. Rf7 h5 38. Rf5 Kh6 39. Rb3 Ra8 40. Rb6+ g6 41. Rff6 Rg8 42. Rbe6 Kg5 43. Rf7 Ra8 44. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Gegeylov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. h3 Ne5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 d6 11. f4 e6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Ng3 Nd4 14. Qd2 c5 15. g5 Rb8 16. f5 Be5 17. Nce2 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Qc7 19. Nf4 Rbe8 20. Rae1 Nb8 21. h4 Nc6 22. h5 Nd4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. f6 Kh7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rh1+ Kg8 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Kg1 Bxf6 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. Nxe6 Qg4 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goroshkova, Liudmila"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ne2 Be6 12. c3 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf4 Rh8 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19. Bg4 Qe5 20. Qf3 f6 21. Qf4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf3 Rhe8 25. Kg2 b5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Be2 Nc6 28. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiko, Alina"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. Nc3 axb5 7. e4 b4 8. Nb5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bxg5 Bg7 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. d6 0-0 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bc4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qg6 19. Be3 e4 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Qxc5 Bxb2 22. Qxa7 Bxa1 23. 0-0 Bh3 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxa1 Rg8 27. g3 Ra8 28. Bd4 Kg6 29. Be5 Ra5 30. Bd4 Ra6 31. Be5 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Gorban, Dariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 d5 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. d3 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Nc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bf3 h6 25. Kg2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Mendeleva, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. c3 Qb6 10. Kh1 Nde5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Ng6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bh3 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rxe8+ Nf8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Re3 b5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Be4 c4 22. Bd2 f5 23. Bf3 cxd3 24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Re6 Qd7 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Bd5+ Kf6 29. R1e6+ Kf7 30. R6e7+ Kf6 31. Rxc7 Ne5 32. Re6# 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Nesterovskaya, Anzhelika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 d5 7. d3 0-0 8. e5 Nd7 9. h4 Kh8 10. c4 d4 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. h5 Rg8 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. f4 f5 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. Nh3 Nf6 23. fxe5 Ng4 24. Bd5 Rf8 25. Nf4 Nxe5 26. Rae1 Qf6 27. Kg2 Ng4 28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Qg5 31. Nf3 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Qxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Nxd5 34. cxd5 Ne3 35. Rc1 b6 36. d6 Rfe8 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. d7 Rf8 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Orlyanskaya, Darya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c4 0-0 8. Nbc3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 d6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Rc2 b5 15. cxb5 Qxb5 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Qb1 Qa4 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qxa2 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. Bg5 Bg4 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 d5 24. Nc1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Nc6 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. b5 Nb8 28. Nb4 Be6 29. f4 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Na6 Kd7 34. Ba5 Nxa6 35. bxa6 Kc6 36. Bd8 Bc7 37. Bf6 Kb6 38. h4 Bc8 39. Bc4 Bxa6 40. Bg8 d3 41. Bg5 Kc6 42. Bd2 h5 43. Bf7 Bc8 44. Ke3 Bb6+ 45. Kxd3 Bf2 46. Bxg6 Ba6+ 47. Kc3 Be2 48. Bg5 Bxg3 49. Be8+ Kd6 50. Bf7 Be1+ 51. Kc2 a5 52. Bf6 a4 53. Be8 a3 54. Kb3 Bb4 55. Bf7 Bc5 56. Bg5 Bd3 57. Bd5 Bb1 58. Bd2 a2 59. Bc3 Bd4 60. Bxd4 exd4 61. Kb2 Ke5 62. Bf7 Kxe4 63. Bxh5 Ke3 64. Bg4 d3 65. h5 Kf4 66. Bd1 Kf5 67. Bf3 Kg5 68. Ka1 Kf5 69. h6 Kf6 70. Bh5 d2 71. h7 Kg7 72. Bd1 Kxh7 73. Kb2 Kg6 74. Bb3 Kf5 75. Bd1 Ke4 76. Ka1 Ke3 77. Ba4 Kd3 78. Bb5+ Kc2 79. Be2 Kc1 80. Bh5 Bg6 81. Bg4 Bf7 82. Bf3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Zingaylo, Anastasiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qc7 12. c4 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxb7 18. Qe5 Rad8 19. Rd6 Rxd6 20. Qxd6 Qe4 21. Qe7 Qxc4 22. Qxa7 b5 23. Rb1 b4 24. e3 g6 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Qe7 c4 27. Rb1 b3 28. axb3 cxb3 29. Qf6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polivoda, Anastasija"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qg3 Qf5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. Rec1 f5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ba3 21. Rc2 f4 22. f3 Rab8 23. Re2 Bb2 24. Rd1 Bxc3 25. Be7 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Rf7 27. Bd6 Rb5 28. Rc1 Rfb7 29. g3 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rb2 33. Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Bc5 Bd4 35. Bd6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U16 Girls sf"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsirulnik, Maritsa"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 0-0 11. Kh1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. c3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Kg1 Bb6+ 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd3 Bf5+ 24. Be4 Ke6 25. Nd2 f6 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Bxf5+ Kxf5 28. Bd6 Ne5+ 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Nd2 Bg1 31. h3 Kf4 32. Ne4 h5 33. c4 a5 34. c5 Bd4 35. b3 g6 36. a3 h4 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 g5 39. Nd6 Kg3 40. Nxb7 Kxg2 41. Nd6 g4 42. Nc4 gxh3 43. c6 h2 44. c7 h1Q 45. c8Q Qh3+ 46. Qxh3+ Kxh3 47. Ke4 Kg2 48. Nd2 h3 49. Nf3 Kg3 50. b5 Bb6 51. Nd2 Bc7 52. Nf3 h2 53. Nxh2 Kxh2 54. b6 Bb8 55. Kf3 Kh3 56. b7 Kh4 57. Ke3 Kg3 58. Ke4 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tovstonog, Dmitry"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nh4 d6 9. f4 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rae8 14. c3 b6 15. Qa4 d5 16. Nf2 c4 17. Qb5 Rd8 18. Be3 cxd3 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rbd1 Nc4 22. Bc1 d2 23. Bxd2 Nxb2 24. Rc1 d4 25. c4 Be6 26. Ne4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nxc4 28. Bg5 d3 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Bf7 31. Rf1 Be6 32. Rf6 Bf5 33. Bh6 Rf7 34. Bd5 Ne5 35. Rd6 Nd7 36. Rc6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Vdovichenko, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Be6 9. Be3 f5 10. f4 Qd7 11. Qd2 Rae8 12. Nd5 b6 13. Rae1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf2 c5 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd1 Qe8 23. b3 h6 24. Kf1 Kh7 25. Qe2 Bh5 26. Qxe8 Bxe8 27. Bf3 h5 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnichuk, Mikhail"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 a6 10. b6 Qxb6 11. 0-0 a5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bd2 c4 15. Rf1 Nc5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Kh2 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. f4 Bg7 21. Ne2 c3 22. Bxc3 Bd3 23. Qd2 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Qb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Qb4 27. Qe3 Qc4 28. b3 Qd3 29. Re1 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 a4 31. Nc6 axb3 32. axb3 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Nxb3 34. Nxe7 Nd2 35. e5 Nc4 36. Nc6 Ra2 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. exd6 Nxd6 39. g4 f5 40. Ne5 Ne4 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. d6 Rxd6 43. Kf2 Rd4 44. Ke3 Ra4 45. g5 Kf8 46. Nc6 Kf7 47. Nd4 Ra3+ 48. Kxe4 Rxh3 49. Nf3 Ke6 50. Nd4+ Kd6 51. Nb5+ Kc5 52. Nd4 Rh2 53. Ke5 Rd2 54. Nb3+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Briukhovich, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. d3 Nd4 9. Be3 Nec6 10. f4 0-0 11. g4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g5 a6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Bf2 Qa5 17. Nc1 b5 18. Re3 Qb4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Rh3 b4 21. N3e2 bxa3 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. bxa3 Bc6 24. Re3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nac6 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Ree1 Rb2 28. Kg3 e5 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Rf2 exf4+ 31. Kf3 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Be5 33. Ne2 Rb8 34. Kf3 Rb3 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Kxf4 Rxd3 37. Re6 Rxa3 38. Rxd6 Ra5 39. Rxd4 Rc5 40. h4 a5 41. h5 a4 42. h6 Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh5 45. Rxh7 Rxc4+ 46. Kxf5 Rc5+ 47. Kf6 Rc6+ 48. Kf5 Rc5+ 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50. Kf5 Rc5+ 51. Kf6 Rc6+ 52. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bidkov, Anton"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nd2 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nde4 h6 11. f4 f5 12. Nf2 exf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bd2 b5 16. b3 Bf7 17. Re1 Kh7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nd4 20. b4 bxc4 21. bxc5 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 d5 23. Nd6 Nb3 24. Bb4 a5 25. dxc4 dxc4 26. Nb7 Qc7 27. Nxa5 Nxa5 28. Bxa5 Qxa5 29. Rxe7 Qxc5 30. Qb4 Qd4 31. Re4 Qa1+ 32. Re1 Qf6 33. Qd2 c3 34. Qc1 Qb6 35. Re2 Bc4 36. Rc2 Bd3 37. Ra2 Qb1 38. Nxd3 Qxa2 39. Nb4 Qd2 40. Qb1 Rxf4 41. Be4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Khafizov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[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. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nd2 0-0-0 11. Nc4 Qe6 12. Rfb1 Be7 13. b4 Nh7 14. Qg3 f6 15. a4 Ng5 16. f3 Qf7 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 b6 20. Qe1 Ne6 21. Bxb6 Kd7 22. Rd5+ Ke8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Ra8 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Qc5 Kf7 29. Kh2 Be7 30. Nd6+ Qxd6 31. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trotsenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. 0-0 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. f3 Bh6 21. Kf2 Rac8 22. Nc3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Rad1 a6 26. Rb6 Rb8 27. Nd5+ Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. Ke3 Re7 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Kd2 h5 32. Rd5 Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh8 35. Ke3 Rh2 36. Rc5 Rg2 37. Rc8 Rd7 38. Re8 f6 39. g5 Rxg5 40. Rb8 Rg2 41. R8xb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7+ Kh6 43. Rb6 Kg5 44. a3 Rc2 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Kd3 Rf2 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Samofal, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 Be7 6. Qd2 0-0 7. Nge2 Na6 8. g4 h6 9. 0-0-0 Nh7 10. Ng3 c5 11. Bxa6 Bxa6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qxd7 Ng5 14. f4 Nf3 15. e5 Nh4 16. Nge4 Ng2 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qb6 19. Qd6 Ne3 20. Nd7 Qb7 21. Nc5 Qb6 22. N3a4 Qb4 23. Rd4 Bc4 24. a3 Qa5 25. b4 Qb5 26. Nc3 Qb6 27. Re1 Nxg4 28. Rxc4 Nxh2 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Nd7 Rfd8 31. Nxb6 Rxa3 32. Kb2 Ra6 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Nf3 35. Rd1 h5 36. b5 Ra8 37. Nd6 h4 38. Nce4 h3 39. Ng5 h2 40. Nxf3 Kf8 41. Rh1 f6 42. Rxh2 fxe5 43. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch U20"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boiko, Yuri"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qg3 0-0 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. 0-0 b6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Rxd7 Rxc3 25. Re1 Rxc2 26. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce3 Bg6 14. c3 0-0 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Ne7 17. Be2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 a5 19. 0-0 f5 20. Rad1 e4 21. f4 Rb8 22. Rd2 Bf7 23. Bc4 Rb7 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Ne3 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Qxa5 Qxc3 31. Qa7 Qc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. h3 Bd4 34. Nc4 h5 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ Rxf5 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. Rb1 Kf5 40. Rf1 Rg6+ 41. Kh4 Rg1 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Rxg1 Kxd6 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Kg5 e3 46. f5+ Ke7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke4 h4 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Rf4 Kg5 52. Rg4+ Kxf5 53. Rxh4 Ke5 54. Re4+ Kd5 55. Re8 c4+ 56. Kc2 c3 57. Kd3 Bc5 58. Kxc3 e2 59. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Vinogradov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 Nd4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nec6 10. Qd2 d6 11. f4 f5 12. Rae1 Re8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. g4 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Nd4 17. Ree1 Bc6 18. Be3 Re7 19. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ianovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. h4 Nc6 4. h5 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 Bxh5 9. f5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Qh3 Ng8 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Be6 Qd8 18. Be3 Qa5 19. 0-0 Nf6 20. Nd5 Nd8 21. Bd7+ Kf7 22. Rf2 Rf8 23. Raf1 Kg8 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Rxf6+ Kxe7 26. Rxf8 Bxf8 27. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Bidkov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd7 11. Nc3 0-0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qe6 14. Nd5 Rd7 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qxc5 Qd2 20. Nd5 Re8 21. f3 f5 22. Qf2 Qa5 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Rb1 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Qa5 26. a3 Qb5 27. Nc3 Qf5 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Ne4 Kb8 30. Qd2 Qe5 31. Qc3 Qe7 32. Rd5 h6 33. Qd2 Ne5 34. Qb4 Qf7 35. Qd4 Nc6 36. Qd2 Qe6 37. Rd7 Qg6 38. Qc3 Re7 39. Rxe7 Nxe7 40. Qc5 Nc6 41. Qf8+ Ka7 42. c3 h5 43. b4 h4 44. Qc5+ Kb8 45. Qg5 Qe6 46. Qxh4 Qb3 47. Qh8+ Ka7 48. Qxg7 Qxa3 49. Qxc7 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qe3 51. Nc5 Nd8 52. Qxd8 Qe5+ 53. f4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Evchin, Maxim"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Bc4 Rc5 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. f4 Kg7 22. Rcd1 Qb7 23. Qe2 Qb4 24. Rc1 R8c7 25. g4 h6 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Rce1 Qa5 28. Re2 Rf8 29. Qg3 Qc3 30. e5 Qxg3 31. exf6+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Bobruyko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. h3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Qd3 a6 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nbxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. c4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. b4 Qa4 18. Kh2 Red8 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Rd2 Qd7 23. g4 h5 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Rg1 Kf8 26. Rdg2 Bh8 27. Qh7 e5 28. Nf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 Bd7 30. Qd3 Re8 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf4 Bf5 33. Qb3 Ke7 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rg5 Bg6 36. Rxe5+ Kd6 37. Re2 Nd7 38. c5+ Kc7 39. d6+ Kd8 40. Rge1 Nf6 41. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiselev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. a4 h6 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 Qd7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Nc4 f5 14. Qe2 Kh7 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. dxe4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bf6 18. f5 Bxh4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. fxe6 Qe8 21. Nd5 Bg7 22. Be3 Ne5 23. Qh3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qe7 25. Be4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Qg3 Qe8 29. h4 Qa4 30. Qf4 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Bf2 Nd3 33. Qe3 Qg4+ 34. Bg3 Bf6 35. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 d5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Re1 a5 13. a3 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Ne3 Be4 16. c5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 g6 19. b4 Bg7 20. b5 Ne7 21. a4 b6 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Ba3 Re8 24. cxb6 Qxb6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Nd6 Nf5 27. Nxe8 Nxe8 28. Bc5 Bh6 29. Qc2 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nfd6 31. Qb2 Nb7 32. Be2 Ned6 33. b6 Qd7 34. Qa3 Kg7 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxd6 Nxd6 37. Rc6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Rb8 40. Rc6 Kf6 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Avramenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Qd7 15. Bb5 f6 16. c4 Nc7 17. c3 Red8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Rad1 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Qf7 21. Re4 Rd7 22. a3 Rad8 23. c5 Bd5 24. Qe2 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Na5 26. Qc2 Nc4 27. a4 Qd5 28. Kf1 Qxc5 29. Ke2 Qd5 30. Qc1 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Rd6 33. Ne1 Qe2 34. Nf3 Nxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Berezjuk, Evgeniya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. d3 Be6 9. h3 Ne7 10. Be3 c6 11. f4 Ne8 12. Qd2 f6 13. Rad1 Nc7 14. b3 Qd7 15. Kh2 d5 16. d4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Na6 18. Qb2 Qc7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Nc5 25. Qc3 Re8 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Rfe1 Rf8 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Nh5 gxh5 30. Qxf5 Bg6 31. Qg5 h4 32. Qxh4 Nd3 33. Re7 Rf2 34. Rg1 Qc5 35. Rd7 Ne5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kh1 Qe3 38. Qe7+ Rf7 39. Qh4 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Senatova, Alina"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 c6 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rad1 Red8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Na4 b6 18. b3 Bf8 19. Rd2 f6 20. Red1 Qf7 21. f3 Bb4 22. Re2 Qe7 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rexd2 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd4 27. Be2 Rad8 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Bd3 Bd7 31. a4 c5 32. a5 Ra8 33. Ra1 Bc6 34. axb6 axb6 35. Rxa8+ Bxa8 36. Qa2 Bc6 37. b4 Be8 38. Qa8 Kf8 39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Qa7 Bf7 41. f4 Kg7 42. g3 g5 43. fxg5 Qxg3 44. gxf6+ Kxf6 45. Bf1 Qe1 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Bg2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qxc4 51. Qb6+ Qe6 52. Qxc5 Qe5+ 53. Qxe5+ Kxe5 54. Kg3 Bg6 55. Kf2 Bxe4 56. Bxe4 Kxe4 57. Ke2 h5 58. h4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Mazurok, Jana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Rc1 g5 13. Be3 Na5 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qd2 Nxe5 17. Qxa5 Nc6 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc1 b6 20. a3 Be7 21. b4 Qb7 22. Qb2 Qa6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. f3 Nb8 26. Bf2 Bg6 27. e4 Qc6 28. Rc1 a6 29. Ne2 Qd7 30. Qd2 Rc4 31. Nc3 a5 32. bxa5 Bxa3 33. Rc2 Qc8 34. Bf1 Rc7 35. Bxb5 dxe4 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. Qxd3 Bb4 39. Be1 Bxa5 40. Rb2 Bxc3 41. Bxc3 Rxc3 42. Rxb8 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Rudovskya, Regina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Be8 14. c5 f5 15. Nc4 f4 16. Qd2 f3 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. Nd6 Bg6 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 e5 22. Qxe5 Qh3 23. exf3 Rh6 24. g4 Qxf3 25. Qe4 Qh3 26. Qg2 Qd3 27. Rd1 Qc3 28. f3 Qe3+ 29. Qf2 Qf4 30. Qd2 Qf6 31. Qe2 Rg6 32. Qe5 Qf7 33. Rde1 Rf6 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Re3 Rf4 36. Kg3 Qg6 37. Rf2 h6 38. Re4 R4f7 39. Qe6 Qg5 40. f4 Qd8 41. f5 Kh8 42. Rfe2 Qa5 43. Qd6 Qc3+ 44. R4e3 Qc1 45. Kg2 Rf6 46. Qd7 R6f7 47. Re7 Qg5 48. Rxf7 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+ 51. Kf1 Qf4+ 52. Rf2 Qc1+ 53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Ke3 Qc1+ 55. Kd3 Qd1+ 56. Kc3 Qa1+ 57. Rb2 Qe1+ 58. Rd2 Qc1+ 59. Rc2 Qe1+ 60. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Kateryna"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. 0-0 Ne7 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nc4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Na5 Bg4 21. f3 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Be6 23. c4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Bc5 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Ra6 f5 28. Rda1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Qe8 30. Qa2 b4 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Qxa8 Qxa8 33. Rxa8+ Kf7 34. Rb8 Kf6 35. g3 Kg5 36. Kg2 h6 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Kf3 g5 39. g4 Kg6 40. Ke2 h5 41. h3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Kc4 Kf6 45. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kochura, Evgenia"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 f5 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Qe3 Qa5 18. Rfb1 b6 19. a4 Nb8 20. Rb4 e4 21. Rd1 Na6 22. Rd7 Nc5 23. Re7 Rf6 24. Qd4 a6 25. Bd7 Nxd7 26. Qxd7 Rg8 27. Qc7 Qd5 28. Rd7 Qa2 29. Rd2 Qe6 30. Qf4 Qc6 31. Qe5 h6 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Qd4 Rc8 34. Rb3 Kh7 35. Kg1 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Rd4 Rcc6 38. Kf1 Rfd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. Rb4 Rc6 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Rd4 Ke5 44. g3 g5 45. Rd8 Rd6+ 46. Rxd6 Kxd6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Ke2 f4 49. g4 Kd5 50. Ke1 Kc4 51. Kd2 a5 52. Ke2 Kxc3 53. f3 exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Kxc2 55. h4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Aksionova, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 f5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qe7 15. e4 f4 16. Bh3 e5 17. d5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nh5 19. Kh2 Qg5 20. Rg1 Rf6 21. Nf1 Raf8 22. Bg4 Rh6 23. Kg2 Bc8 24. Qe3 Nf4+ 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Qe2 Bxg4 27. fxg4 f3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Qf6+ 30. Kg3 Qxb2 31. Re1 Qe5+ 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Ng3 Qxg4 34. Re3 Rg6 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke2 Qe5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Rh1 Rf6+ 39. Kg2 Qf4 40. Rhe1 Rg6 41. Rf3 Qg5 42. Kf2 Rf6 43. Nf5 g6 44. Ng3 Qd2+ 45. Re2 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Qxc4 48. Re3 Qd4 49. Ne2 Qf6+ 50. Kg2 h4 51. Rf3 Qe5 52. Rf4 g5 53. Rg4 Kh7 54. Ng1 Qb2+ 55. Kf1 Qc1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Ne2 Kh6 58. Kf3 Qd3+ 59. Kf2 Qxa3 60. Ng1 Qb2+ 61. Ke3 Qc3+ 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kf3 a5 64. Nh3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levenko, Tatiana"]
[Black "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. Be2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 0-0 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Nc5 Qc3 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Rfd8 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 Bc3 19. Red1 cxd5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Rb1 e5 22. Bg5 Rd6 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bf6 Rc6 25. Bb5 Rxf6 26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd5 Bc6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rdd1 Bd4 30. Rf1 e3 31. fxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 e4 34. b4 Bd2 35. a3 e3 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Gordiyenko, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. d3 Bd6 9. Ne4 Bxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Nd4 0-0 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. f4 e5 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. f5 Nb6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Be7 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Rf8 23. Rf3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf U16 Girls"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulova, Irina"]
[Black "Zingaylo, Anastasiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qb1 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qb2 f6 18. e3 Qd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nh4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bb6 Rde8 26. Bd5 1-0

