[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sekoyan, Vachagan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nxd5 c6 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Qxd4 Bxd4 7. Nge2 Bb6 8. Na4 Bc7 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 b6 11. 0-0-0 Be6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Kb1 Ke7 14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bg5+ Ngf6 19. Ne4 Kf7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5+ Ke7 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Bh3+ Ke7 24. Nc3 Rad8 25. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Bf5 h6 29. Kc1 Bc7 30. Kd2 Bd6 31. Ne4 Nxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Kd7 33. Kd3 Be7 34. a4 a5 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. c3 Bg5 37. b4 Be3 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. h4 Bf2 40. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popovich, Alexey"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 Qa5 7. g4 Nbd7 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nh7 10. f4 d5 11. f5 dxe4 12. fxg6 fxg6 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. Ng3 Nd5 15. Ngxe4 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bf5 17. Bd3 0-0 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. 0-0-0 b5 20. Qg2 Qa6 21. Qe4 Nf8 22. Qxe7 Rb8 23. Qb4 Re8 24. Rhe1 Kh7 25. Bg1 Qc8 26. Ne4 Qd7 27. Bh2 a5 28. Qxa5 Rd5 29. Be5 Qg4 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rd7 33. Re8 Rf7 34. b3 Qxh4 35. Rxf8 Qf4+ 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vasilyev, Alexey1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e4 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Red1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bf3 b5 16. Bg4 Bf7 17. c4 b4 18. b3 Nc5 19. f3 Qe7 20. Nf1 h5 21. Bh3 Be6 22. Bg2 g6 23. Kh1 Nb7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qf2 Bc5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Qd2 Be6 30. h4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Kg1 Bxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Nc2 a5 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Bd3 Bh3 39. Be2 Be6 40. Ne1 Bd7 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Bxd3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cherepashkin, Ivan"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. a4 c6 8. e3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 a5 11. Ra2 Re8 12. b3 Bf8 13. Rd2 Qb6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Nge4 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb4 18. Rd3 f5 19. Bg2 e4 20. Rd4 Bc3 21. Rd6 Be5 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26. Bb2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Bxc4 29. Qe5 Bxb3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Bf7 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Qg7 Qb3 36. Qd4+ Qd5 37. Qb6 Kc8 38. Bf1 g5 39. Kg2 Bh5 40. h3 Bf3+ 41. Kg1 h5 42. Qb2 Kb8 43. Qb1 Ka7 44. Qa1 h4 45. Qc3 hxg3 46. fxg3 Qd8 47. Kf2 f4 48. exf4 Qb6+ 49. Qe3 gxf4 50. Qxb6+ Kxb6 51. g4 Kc5 52. g5 Bh5 53. Be2 Bxe2 54. Kxe2 Kd6 55. h4 Ke6 56. h5 Kf5 57. g6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Re1 f5 11. Ne5 0-0 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5 15. Qf2 c4 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. b4 Rb7 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. g3 g5 20. Re5 Rg7 21. a4 Nf6 22. Kf1 Ng4 23. fxg4 fxg4 24. Bf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Qe3 Bd7 27. Re1 Bxa4 28. Qe5 Rd7 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qh5 Rg7 31. Qh6 Bd7 32. Kg1 Rg6 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. Re5 Be6 35. Nb1 Kf7 36. Na3 Kf6 37. Nb5 Rg7 38. Kf2 h5 39. Na3 h4 40. Nc2 f4 41. Ne1 Rh7 42. Kg1 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rh3 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Ng2 Rf3 46. Re1 g3 47. Ra1 Bh3 48. Ra6+ Kg5 49. Rd6 Rxc3 50. Rxd5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pogorelskikh, Sofia"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Re1 Nfxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. c3 c6 14. Bc4 e6 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. Qe3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rfd8 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Koryakov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 cxd5 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qe5 c5 16. h3 c4 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Qd4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bd4 Nb8 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Rb7 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Kf8 25. Bf3 Ke8 26. a4 a6 27. a5 Rd8 28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bh5+ Ke7 31. Rg6 Rg8 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Rxg7 Kc6 35. Rg6+ Kb5 36. Rxh6 Kb4 37. g4 Kc3 38. gxf5 Rf8 39. f6 Be6 40. f7 Bxf7 41. Bxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxa6 Kxc2 43. Rd6 Kd2 44. Rxd5 c3 45. Rc5 c2 46. Kg2 c1Q 47. Rxc1 Kxc1 48. Kg3 Kd2 49. Kg4 Kd3 50. Kg5 Kxd4 51. Kg6 Rxf2 52. h4 Ke5 53. h5 Ke6 54. a6 Rg2+ 55. Kh7 Kf7 56. h6 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mustafayev, Farid Farman Oglu"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne8 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nec5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Qd4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. c3 Bd7 21. h4 Kg7 22. h5 h6 23. Ne3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Re3 e5 26. Nb3 f5 27. Rd1 Rf6 28. Rd3 Be8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxe4 32. Nc5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 gxh5 34. Nxb7 Re2 35. Ra6 Rxf2 36. Nd6 Bg6 37. Rxa7+ Kf6 38. Ra6 Kg5 39. Nc4 e4 40. Ne5 Be8 41. Re6 Ba4 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Pogosian, Manvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Na6 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Rfe1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne2 Be4 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Bg3 Qxf3 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. a4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 b5 26. b3 Ne7 27. Bd6 Nf5 28. Bc5 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rb8 30. c4 Rb1 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Ra2 g5 33. Ba7 h5 34. Rc2 Rb7 35. Bc5 Kg6 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Re2+ Kd7 39. Rc2 Ng7 40. f4 gxf4 41. Rg2 Ke6 42. Bf8 Nf5 43. Bc5 f3 44. Rf2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vetryansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. h3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rac8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Rcd8 17. Ba6 Ba8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 d5 23. b4 Rd6 24. b5 c4 25. a4 g5 26. e4 Rfd8 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bb7 Kf8 29. a5 Ng6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb8 32. a6 Nf4 33. Rc5 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. b6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nd2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 f5 15. Bg2 Qf6 16. b3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Rfe1 Bd4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Re1 Nc7 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qf6 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Nd1 Ne6 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Ne3 Qe5 33. h4 Bc8 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Qg5 Kh7 36. Ng4 Qd6 37. Ne3 Qe5 38. h5 Bf7 39. Ng4 Qd6 40. Ne3 Qe5 41. Kg1 Qf6 42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Bh3 Be6 44. Ng2 Ne2+ 45. Kf1 Nc1 46. Nh4 Nxa2 47. Bxf5+ Bxf5 48. Nxf5 Nc1 49. b4 Nb3 50. b5 cxb5 51. cxb5 Nd2+ 52. Ke2 Nc4 53. Kd3 Na3 54. Nd4 f5 55. f3 Kh6 56. Nxf5+ Kxh5 57. Nd4 Kg5 58. f4+ Kg4 59. Kc3 Nb1+ 60. Kc2 Na3+ 61. Kb3 Nb1 62. Ne2 Nd2+ 63. Kc3 Ne4+ 64. Kd4 Nd6 65. Nc3 Nf5+ 66. Ke5 Nxg3 67. Ne4 Ne2 68. f5 Kh5 69. f6 Kg6 70. Nd6 Kh7 71. Ke6 Nf4+ 72. Ke7 Nd5+ 73. Ke6 Nf4+ 74. Kd7 Nd5 75. f7 Kg7 76. Ke8 Nc7+ 77. Kd8 Nxb5 78. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lepaev, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bf4 b5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 h6 10. 0-0 e6 11. Nxb5 Rc8 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Nc7+ Rxc7 15. Bxc7 Nb4 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Ba5 0-0 18. Rc7 Bd8 19. Bxb4 Bxc7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Bxa6 Ke7 22. Rd1 f6 23. h3 Bg6 24. Ne1 Kd6 25. f4 e5 26. Bd3 Bf7 27. Bb5 Nf8 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Rc6+ Kd7 30. f5 Nd8 31. Rxf6+ Ke7 32. Ra6 exd4 33. exd4 Bf4 34. Kf2 Bd6 35. Nd3 g5 36. fxg6 Bxg6 37. Ne5 Be4 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rd7 Be7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Nc6+ Nxc6 42. Bxc6 Kd6 43. Bb5 Kc7 44. Be2 Bc2 45. Bf3 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Kf4 Bd3 48. g4 Bb1 49. a4 Bd3 50. h4 Bc2 51. a5 Bd3 52. g5 hxg5+ 53. hxg5 Bg6 54. a6 Kc6 55. Bxd5+ Kb6 56. Bc4 Ka7 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demin, Alexandr"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. 0-0 h5 10. f3 h4 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. Rfd1 Be5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 Bg7 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Qc7 17. e5 Bh6 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qf2 h3 20. f5 Rg8 21. g3 h4 22. Re1 hxg3 23. hxg3 f6 24. Ne4 fxe5 25. f6 Be6 26. fxe7 Bf4 27. Kh1 Bd5 28. gxf4 Qd7 29. Qf3 exf4 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d4 5. Ne4 f5 6. Ned2 e5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Bc7 11. 0-0-0 Be6 12. Nh4 Rb8 13. e4 b5 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Na3 Nb4 16. exf5 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Bf7 18. g4 Ba5 19. Qe2 Ra6 20. Qxe5 Nc3+ 21. Kc1 Bc7 22. Qe1 Bf4+ 23. Rd2 b4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Rc1 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 d6 11. 0-0 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 b6 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 a5 15. Rc2 Nd7 16. Qc3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rcd2 Ne4 19. Rd4 Nc5 20. Bg3 Rfe8 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bf3 f5 23. Bf4 h6 24. h4 Kf7 25. Ke2 Nc5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rd5 Kf6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Rg1 Nc5 30. Rxg4 a4 31. h5 Rg8 32. Rg6+ Ke7 33. Bg3 Raf8 34. f3 Kd7 35. e4 Rf6 36. Rg4 g5 37. e5 Re8 38. Kf2 Rfe6 39. Rd2 Kc6 40. exd6 cxd6 41. Rgd4 Nb7 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Ra8 44. b4 Ra3 45. R4d3 Ra4 46. b5+ Kc7 47. Rd4 Ra3 48. Re2 Kd7 49. Rxe6 Kxe6 50. Re4+ Kf5 51. Re7 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Na5 53. Rf7+ Ke6 54. Rh7 Nxc4 55. Rxh6+ Kf5 56. Bf2 Rb2 57. Rh8 g4 58. Rg8 Nd2+ 59. Kg1 Nxf3+ 60. Kg2 Ra2 61. h6 Ra7 62. Rg7 Ra8 63. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Rozhkov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Qd3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bg5 d4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Ne4 f5 9. Neg5 h6 10. Nh3 e5 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. c3 Rd8 16. 0-0 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bd5 18. Qe2 Bc4 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 f6 23. Rfd1 Bc5 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nd2 Rg4 26. a4 Kc7 27. f3 Rg8 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Ng3 Kb6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Nf2 Ka5 34. Ne4 Kxa4 35. Nxf6 Kb3 36. Nd7 a5 37. Nxf8 a4 38. Nd7 a3 39. Nc5+ Kc4 40. Ne3+ Kxc5 41. g4 a2 42. Nc2 Kc4 43. h4 Kxc3 44. Na1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 13th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Bxc3+ 5. Qxc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. a3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4 Bf5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Be2 h6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rac1 b6 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rce1 f6 19. Bd1 a5 20. f4 axb4 21. axb4 Kh8 22. f5 Bf7 23. e4 g5 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Bg4 Rf7 26. Qh3 Rh7 27. Qh4 Rf8 28. Be6 f5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. exf5 Bf7 31. Bc1 Kh7 32. Re3 Nf6 33. Rh3 Ng8 34. g4 Bxe6 35. dxe6 c6 36. Bxh6 Nxh6 37. g5 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikheev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Bd6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Re2 g5 16. Bxg5 Kg7 17. Rxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nc7 19. Rxd6 Ne6 20. Be3 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. c3 a6 23. f3 Nc7 24. Bd4+ Kf8 25. Bc5+ Kg7 26. Re7 Ne6 27. Be3 b5 28. g4 Kf6 29. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Salman, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Re1 Bf5 10. a3 Rc8 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bb5 g5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Kg2 e5 21. Rad1 Qf7 22. Qc2 exd4 23. Ne2 f5 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rce8 26. Rdd1 g4 27. Qa4 gxf3+ 28. Kxf3 f4 29. g4 Re3+ 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. Kf1 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Rd6 Qxg4 34. Qxe4 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxc6 f3 38. b4 h5 39. Rd6 Re5+ 40. Kf1 Re4 41. Rd3 Rf4 42. Rc3 h4 43. c6 Rf8 44. c7 Rc8 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. Rxf3+ Ke6 47. Rc3 Kd7 48. Kh2 h3 49. f4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Okun, Evgeny"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe5+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1 0-0-0 10. 0-0 e5 11. d3 Bd6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Be3 f4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bf3 Rhe8 17. a3 c6 18. Rfe1 Bc7 19. Kf1 Kd7 20. Reb1 g5 21. b4 h5 22. Nd2 g4 23. Be4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Be5 25. f3 g3 26. Re1 b6 27. Re2 Re7 28. Rae1 Rde8 29. Nd2 Bd6 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Re4 c5 32. bxc5 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Bxc5 34. a4 Kc6 35. Nb3 a5 36. Ke2 b5 37. Nxa5+ Kb6 38. Nb3 bxa4 39. Nc1 Bd6 40. Kf3 Kb5 41. Na2 Be5 42. Ke2 Kc5 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke2 Kg5 47. Kf3 a3 48. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 Re8 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 e6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. c5 h5 16. b4 h4 17. a4 Kf7 18. b5 Rh8 19. Qb3 g5 20. f3 exf3 21. gxf3 Bf6 22. e4 Kg6 23. a5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Qc7 26. e5 Be7 27. Rab1 Rhd8 28. Ba1 Rb8 29. Rdc1 Rd5 30. a6 b6 31. Qb3 b5 32. Qa2 Qc6 33. Rb3 h3 34. Rcb1 Rdd8 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Kf7 37. Rb7 Qxf3 38. Rxa7 Rh8 39. d5 Rh4 40. dxe6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozov, Egor"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 0-0-0 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qf5+ e6 11. dxe6 Nxc4 12. e7+ Rd7 13. exf8R+ Rxf8 14. 0-0 Re8 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Qc5 b6 17. Qb5 Kb7 18. a4 Qc6 19. a5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23. axb6+ Kxb6 24. Ra4 Kb5 25. b3 Nd2 26. Rfa1 Re6 27. f3 Re3 28. Rd1 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Rxb3 30. Rda1 Nd5 31. Rxa6 Kc4 32. Rc6+ Kb5 33. Rac1 Nb4 34. Rc7 Rb2 35. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alikulov, Elbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. Ne3 f5 12. Ned5 g5 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. a3 0-0 18. b4 f4 19. Nc3 g4 20. Bd5 Rf7 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Nd5 f3 24. e4 Bg7 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. a4 Qd8 27. Qc1 Kh7 28. a5 b5 29. bxc5 bxc4 30. dxc4 Rxc5 31. Rb5 Qc8 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Bb4 Qc6 34. Qc3 Rb7 35. Rc1 Bf8 36. Qa3 Rb8 37. Qe3 Rb7 38. Bd2 Kg6 39. Qd3 Qa4 40. Ne3 Rb3 41. Qc2 Ra3 42. Qxa4 Rxa4 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. exd5 h5 45. h3 a6 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Rb1 Rxc4 48. Rb6 Rd4 49. Be3 Rxd5 50. Rxa6 Bh6 51. Bb6 e4 52. Ra8 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 e3 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gorozhanin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Bc3 e5 14. a4 Rab8 15. Qb3 Ba8 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 Qe6 18. Qc2 h5 19. Qd2 a6 20. Ne3 Bh6 21. Qc1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bd2 Rfc8 24. Nc2 Bg7 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. Qe3 Qb3 27. Qd2 Rc7 28. Ra3 Qxb2 29. Rfa1 Bd5 30. Qa5 Rcc8 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Kf2 Qd4 33. Qd2 c4 34. Kg2 c3 35. Qd1 b4 36. Nc2 Qd8 37. Ra7 b3 38. Ne3 c2 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amerzianov, Timur"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bb3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 a5 17. a3 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Rhg1 c5 20. g5 c4 21. Ba2 c3 22. Bxc3 b4 23. Bd2 bxa3 24. g6 axb2+ 25. Kb1 Nc6 26. gxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Qxc6 Rfc8 29. Qe4 a4 30. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yapparov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3 0-0 13. c5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. dxe4 Qxd1+ 4. Kxd1 e5 5. Be3 Be6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Bc4 Bxc4 8. Nxc4 f6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Kc2 Ne7 11. Ne2 0-0-0 12. f3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nc5 14. Rad1 c6 15. h4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rg1 Ne6 18. Nf5 Rd7 19. b4 Nxf5 20. exf5 Nd8 21. Ng3 g6 22. Rh1 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Ne6 24. a3 Nc7 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Re4 Ne7 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. f4 h5 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. g4 Ke6 32. gxh5 Rh7 33. Rg4 Rxh5 34. Rg7 b5 35. Rxa7 Rxh4 36. a4 Rh3+ 37. Kc2 bxa4 38. Rxa4 e4 39. Ra8 Rh2+ 40. Kb3 Ke5 41. Re8+ Kf4 42. Re6 e3 43. Kc4 Kf3 44. Rf6+ Ke2 45. Rxc6 Rh4+ 46. Kb3 Kd1 47. Rd6+ Kc1 48. Re6 Kd2 49. b5 e2 50. b6 Rh6 51. Rxh6 e1Q 52. Rd6+ Kc1 53. b7 Qe4 54. Rd7 Qf5 55. Kc4 Qe6+ 56. Kc5 Qxd7 57. b8Q Qf5+ 58. Kd4 Qg4+ 59. Kd5 Qf5+ 60. Kc4 Qg4+ 61. Kc5 Qf5+ 62. Kd4 Qg4+ 63. Ke3 Qh3+ 64. Kd4 Qg4+ 65. Kd5 Qf3+ 66. Kc4 Qe4+ 67. Kc5 Qf5+ 68. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gerasimov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 c5 8. e4 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. d3 Ne5 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. a3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nc6 17. Ne2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. f4 b5 21. Qb2 e5 22. f5 Rec8 23. Nf3 a5 24. Nh4 a4 25. Rc1 axb3 26. cxb5 Qd8 27. Qxb3 Nc5 28. Qd1 Rxa3 29. Bf1 Rca8 30. Be2 Qg5 31. Kh2 Nxe4 32. Rg1 Nc3 33. Qf1 Ra2 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Nf3 Qe3 36. Rg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Faizrakhmanov, Ildar"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. d4 Qe4+ 5. Kd2 g6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qd5 8. c4 Bh6+ 9. Ke1 Qa5+ 10. Ke2 Nxd4+ 11. Nxd4 Qe5+ 12. Be4 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 Bg4+ 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Nbd2 Qf5 16. Rc1 0-0-0 17. b4 Qd3+ 18. Ke1 Bc3 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kf1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Denisov, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Nfd2 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 h5 19. Bf1 Nf6 20. Kh2 Bh6 21. Ree1 h4 22. gxh4 Nh5 23. Bg2 Nf4 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Ng1 Qf6 26. Rad1 Qxh4 27. Nc1 Nxh3 28. Nxh3 Bf4+ 29. Kg1 Bxh3 30. Bxh3 Qxh3 31. f3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kavyev, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Qd3 e6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 Nc6 16. f4 Be7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. g4 fxg4 20. f5 Rg8 21. h3 gxh3 22. Bxh3 Rg3 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxb2 25. Rg1 Qxc3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bb3 e6 8. d4 Bb4 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. c4 Qh5 12. c5 Nbd7 13. h3 c6 14. Re1 b5 15. g4 Qxh3 16. Ng5 Qxg4+ 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxg4 Ne5 21. Rxe5 Bxg4 22. f4 Rae8 23. Bd2 Rxe5 24. fxe5 Be6 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Re7 Bd5 30. Bf4 Rf8 31. Bh2 Kh7 32. e6 Rf6 33. Be5 Rg6+ 34. Kf2 Bxe6 35. Bxg7 Rxg7 36. Rxe6 Rc7 37. Kf3 b4 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Ke5 Rc8 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Kd6 Rd8+ 42. Rd7 Rc8 43. d5 cxd5 44. c6 d4 45. c7 d3 46. cxd3 b3 47. Re7 b2 48. Re1 Rf8 49. Rg1+ Kf5 50. Rb1 Kf4 51. Rxb2 Ke3 52. Rb8 Rf6+ 53. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Chigaeva, Anastasia"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. h3 0-0 6. g3 Re8 7. Bg2 c6 8. a4 Na6 9. 0-0 Bf8 10. g4 Nb4 11. Be3 a5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Nce2 Bg7 14. c3 Na6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Ng3 h4 19. Nh5 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Kf8 23. Nf6 Re7 24. Nxh7+ Kg7 25. Bf5 d5 26. Qf4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Re6 28. Bf5 Re7 29. Rfe1 Nb4 30. Qxh4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qd6 32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shurakov, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bf5 8. e3 a6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nce2 Qd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nf3 0-0 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Kf2 d4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 c5 20. Rhe1 cxd4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qb5 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Nxd4 Qa4 26. Qe5 Qxa2 27. Kg3 Qa5 28. b4 Qd8 29. h4 Nxb4 30. f5 Nxd3 31. Qe3 Qd6+ 32. Kf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Nc6 34. Nxc6 Qxc6 35. g3 Qc2+ 36. Ke1 Qxf5 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qb8 b5 39. Qa7 Qe5+ 40. Kf2 Qf6+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kh3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Jusupov, Tabris"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. Nge2 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Bg2 a5 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. Re1 a4 18. Be4 b5 19. a3 bxc4 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Bb4 Rb5 22. Rac1 c5 23. dxc6 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 d5 25. Re2 Rc8 26. Bc3 e4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. f3 exf3 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Rxh7 Rxc6 31. Rd7 Ke6 32. Rg7 Rxb2 33. Rxg6+ Kd7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rc3 Rb3 36. Rc2 c3 37. Rc1 d4 38. Rg4 Kd5 39. Kf2 d3 40. Ke3 d2 41. Rf1 Re6+ 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Demianjuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 d5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. a3 h6 11. b4 g5 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. b5 Qa5 16. Qd3 Nb6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Ne2 0-0 21. g3 e5 22. gxf4 exf4 23. e5 Rae8 24. Nf3 c5 25. c3 c4 26. Qf5 Re6 27. Kh2 Kh8 28. Rg1 Qd8 29. Rg4 Rg8 30. Rag1 Ne7 31. Rxg8+ Nxg8 32. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Rumiantseva, Ksenia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. Qc1 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Rd1 Kh8 14. Nc3 Qxd4 15. Bxh7 Qb6 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Rd3 g6 18. f5 Ng4 19. Qf4 Qxb2 20. Qxg4 Qxa1 21. Qh4+ Kg7 22. f6+ Kg8 23. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nh3 0-0 8. Bg5 c6 9. Nf4 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 Rf6 12. Be2 Rh6 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nfe2 Rxh4 15. Rxh4 Qxh4 16. Ng3 Qh2 17. Ncxe4 h5 18. Qd3 Qg1+ 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf5 Na6 22. 0-0-0 Qxg2 23. Ng3 h4 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Trapeznikova, Darya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb4 8. 0-0 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. b3 Nf5 11. a4 Rc8 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Na3 0-0 14. Nc2 a6 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g5 Qd8 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. g6 Be8 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh3 f5 24. Ba5 b6 25. Be1 Bf6 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nd3 Rxh7 29. Qe3 Bd7 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rc2 Qd6 32. Rc8 Rc7 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 Qe7 37. Rc7 Qf8 38. Bh4 Bf7 39. Be7 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Gerasimov, Ivan"]
[Black "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bf8 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Qb8 16. Kh1 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. f3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Nb4 21. e5 Nh7 22. Ne4 d5 23. Ng3 Red8 24. f5 Bc5 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Bxe6 27. c3 Bf7 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Qf4 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Nf5 Be8 33. Qg3 Nh5 34. Nxh6+ Kf8 35. Qf3+ Nf6 36. Nhg4 Qb6 37. Bg1 Qd6 38. Bc5 Qxc5 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Re3 Qxe3 44. Qxe3 Rd6 45. Ng4 Bg6 46. Qg5 Kh7 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nxd5 Rf8 49. Bd3 Kh7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Bc4 Bf7 52. Qg5+ Kh8 53. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Merkushev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 0-0 6. 0-0-0 Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Qa5 9. a3 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. fxg7 cxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. gxf8Q+ Kxf8 15. Bc3 Nc7 16. h4 Ba6 17. h5 g5 18. f4 g4 19. f5 f6 20. Rh4 Qb7 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rxg4 Qb7 23. h6 Nxd5 24. Rg7 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qe4 26. Rxh7 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 Rb8+ 28. Ka2 Kg8 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Kxb1 Qxg1+ 32. Kb2 0-1

