[Event "Cologno Monzese op 26th"]
[Site "Cologno Monzese"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Galli, Giuliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 h6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bxh6 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Bf4 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Ne5 Nxd3 17. Qh6+ Ke7 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qc8 22. Rae1 Rg6 23. Qh4+ Kd7 24. f4 Kc7 25. Qe7+ Kb6 26. Rf3 d4 27. Qb4+ Kc7 28. Qxd4 Bd5 29. Rf2 Qg8 30. Ree2 Rg3 31. Kh2 b6 32. Rc2 Kb7 33. f5 Qg5 34. Qf4 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qxf4+ 36. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Cologno Monzese op 26th"]
[Site "Cologno Monzese"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fornari, Sergio"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1418"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e3 d5 5. Ngf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Bc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe2 b5 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. g4 Bf6 17. 0-0-0 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bb7 19. Rhg1 Bf3 20. gxf5 Rf7 21. fxe6 Re7 22. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Cologno Monzese op 26th"]
[Site "Cologno Monzese"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borgni, Fiorenzo"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 Nh5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8. fxg3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. a3 h6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. c4 Bc8 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Ba4 c6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bb6 21. Nc4 Qxe4 22. Nxb6 Ra7 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. d6 Nd7 25. Bc2 Qe6 26. Bf5 Qe8 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Re7 b5 29. Qd4 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. Rxa7 Rd8 32. d7 Kf8 33. Re1 g6 34. Be4 Nxd7 35. Bxc6 Nf6 36. Rxa6 Rb8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Bxa8 Nd7 39. Bc6 Nb6 40. Bxb5 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Cologno Monzese op 26th"]
[Site "Cologno Monzese"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Cani, Gazmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1452"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 Qc7 9. c3 h5 10. h4 Ng4 11. Nbd2 e5 12. g3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 e4 14. Ne1 Qxg3+ 15. Ng2 Bh3 16. Rf2 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Qxe3+ 18. Kh2 Bh6 19. Nf1 Bf4+ 20. Ng3 Ne7 21. Qe1 Nf5 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Rf2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Cologno Monzese op 26th"]
[Site "Cologno Monzese"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Faccio, Fabio"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 0-0 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Ng3 g6 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bb2 c5 19. Nf3 Nbd7 20. Qd3 c4 21. Qd4 d5 22. b4 Rc8 23. e5 Nh7 24. a4 Qb6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Bc5 27. bxc5 Qxa7 28. Ra1 Qxc5 29. Ra7 Qxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Piana, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. f5 Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bg4 Re8 14. Qd2 b5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Re2 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Red8 21. c3 Na4 22. Qb3 Nc5 23. Qc2 d5 24. Nd2 d4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Nf3 Rc4 27. Qb1 Nb3 28. Ree1 Rc2 29. h3 Qc4 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. Rc1 Nxe4 32. Rce1 Nd2 33. Nxd2 Rxd2 34. Rc1 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. b4 Kf8 38. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radaelli, Pietro"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 0-0 7. Nge2 Qc7 8. 0-0 a6 9. f4 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Ne8 12. g4 f5 13. Qd2 fxg4 14. hxg4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Be8 16. Rf2 Bf7 17. Rh2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb4 21. Nc3 Qd7 22. a3 Nbxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bf5 Qd5 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 g6 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. f5 Nxg4 30. Rah1 Nxe3+ 31. Kf3 Nxf5 32. Rxh7+ Kf6 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. R1h6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galli, Giuliano"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. b4 h6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bd2 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Na3 Bf6 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nb1 Na7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Be3 Nc8 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. Bc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 c6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qe7 26. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manfredotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. a3 Ne8 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Nxd4 14. Nfxd4 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. c3 Rd8 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. Bd5 c6 22. Bb3 Ne4 23. Nf3 c5 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Rad1 Bxb3 26. Rxd8 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Lamera, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Bc1 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc1 e5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Ngxf6 16. Qc2 b6 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. g3 a6 19. Ng5 Ndf6 20. c5 b5 21. cxd6 Rxd6 22. Nc5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qb2 Qe5 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Nd3 Qf6 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. f4 Bb7 29. Qd1 c5 30. Qxh5 Qg6 31. Qf3 Re8 32. Re1 h6 33. Nh3 f5 34. Qg2 Bxe4 35. Qe2 a5 36. Nhf2 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Nb2 d3 39. Qe3 Nb6 40. Qd4 Nd5 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Qxd5+ Kh7 43. Nxc4 a4 44. Rb1 e3 45. Rb7+ Kh8 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Nxe3 Rc8 48. Kf2 Rf8 49. Nd5 Re8 50. Ne7+ Rxe7 51. Rxe7 Qg4 52. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Bratto Martesana op"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Tornaghi, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c5 Bg4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Bd6 Ne4 14. Qd3 Nxd6 15. cxd6 Nf6 16. c4 Qxd6 17. c5 Qe7 18. Rae1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne4 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Bd1 Nf6 22. f4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bf3 Qe1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Ke2 f5 30. h3 Kf7 31. g4 g6 32. a4 Ke6 33. a5 Kd5 34. Ke3 Kc4 35. g5 h5 0-1

[Event "Bresso op 5th"]
[Site "Bresso"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mannoni, Luigi"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 Ng4 14. g3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. Re3 Rad8 21. Na3 Rd6 22. Re5 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Rg6+ 24. Bg5 Rxg5+ 25. Rxg5 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qxg5 27. Re1 h5 28. Nb1 Rd8 29. Re5 Qc1+ 30. Re1 Qxb2 31. Kg1 Rd6 32. Kf1 Rf6+ 33. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Bresso op 5th"]
[Site "Bresso"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perissinotto, Claudio"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bxg3 17. Qf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Bh3+ 19. Ke2 Bg4 20. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 21. Kd3 Qxe1 22. Bh6 Qf1+ 23. Kc2 Qf6 24. Be3 Bh4 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Rh1 Bf6 29. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Bresso op 5th"]
[Site "Bresso"]
[Date "2006.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Bettini, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. g3 Qxe4+ 8. Qxe4+ Nxe4 9. Nde2 d6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. 0-0-0 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Rg1 0-0 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. h4 a5 17. a4 Bf3 18. Rde1 Ne5 19. Kd2 Bc6 20. Be2 Bxa4 21. h5 h6 22. g4 f6 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bc4 Bc6 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. g5 Be4 27. Bd4 c5 28. Be3 Bf5 29. Rb1 Reb8 30. Rb6 Ra6 31. Rgb1 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Ke7 33. c4 a4 34. Kc3 Be4 35. Bc1 f5 36. Bb2 Bc6 37. Kd2 Kf8 38. Ba1 Re8 39. Rb1 Kf7 40. Rg1 Re4 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rg6 Rxf4 44. Rxh6 Rxc4 45. Rxd6 Be4 46. h6 Rxc2+ 47. Ke3 Rh2 48. Bg7+ Kg8 49. Be5 Rh3+ 50. Kf4 a3 51. Kg5 a2 52. Rd7 b5 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Bd6+ Ke8 55. h7 a1Q 56. Re7+ Kd8 57. Kg6 Qg1+ 58. Kf6 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Bresso op 5th"]
[Site "Bresso"]
[Date "2006.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tosetto, Flavio"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Qf3 Nxf2 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Re8 Bb7 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qxf2 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 21. Qf5 Be4 22. Bg5 Bxf5 23. Bxh4 Bxh4 24. g4 Bd3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf7 26. Na3 Rf2+ 27. Kg1 Rxb2 28. Rd1 Bf2+ 29. Kg2 Be4+ 30. Kf1 Bh4 31. Kg1 Rxa2 32. Nb1 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Rc2 34. Ra1 Rxc3 35. Rxa6 g6 36. Ra5 b4 37. Rb5 Be7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. h4 Rd3 40. d5 b3 41. h5 Kf6 42. g5+ Ke5 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Kf2 Rxd5 45. Rxb3 Bxg5 46. Kf3 c5 47. Rc3 Kd4 48. Ra3 c4 49. Ke2 Kc5 50. Rc3 Kb4 51. Rc2 Kb3 52. Rxc4 Kxc4 53. Kf3 Rd4 54. Kg3 Bh4+ 55. Kh3 g5 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. Kg1 g4 58. Kg2 Bf6 59. Kg1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crippa, Oscar"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 c6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. f4 Be6 11. h3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. g3 b5 16. Nb1 Be7 17. Qf3 a5 18. Rd3 b4 19. Rhd1 a4 20. Nd2 b3 21. a3 bxc2 22. Kxc2 Rfc8 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Kd1 Rb5 25. b4 axb3 26. Rdxb3 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Qa7 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Kf8 30. Kc2 d5 31. Kb3 Ra8 32. a4 Ke8 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Nf3 Bd6 35. Rb5 Rb8 36. Nd4 Rxb5+ 37. axb5 g6 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Nf3 f6 41. g4 Kc7 42. Nh4 g5 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Nf5 Kb6 45. h4 gxh4 46. Nxh4 Kxb5 47. Nf3 Bd6 48. Nd4+ Kc5 49. Nf5 Bf8 50. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Bettini, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be2 h5 8. Nd2 0-0-0 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Qe1 Bd6 11. h3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Bg5 Rh6 15. Bh4 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bg3+ 17. Kg1 Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Faccio, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Rbd1 Rd7 20. Bg4 g6 21. Bh3 d4 22. Ne4 a5 23. c3 Ba6 24. c4 Rad8 25. Rf3 d3 26. Qe3 Bxc4 27. Nbd2 Bd5 28. Rg3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd4 30. Qf3 Bh4 31. Rg4 Qe7 32. Qxc6 h5 33. Rxh4 Qxh4 34. Nf3 Qxf4 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 36. Qc7 d2 37. g3 Kg7 38. Bxe6 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Qxd1 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qf6+ Kh6 45. Qxd8 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 d1Q 47. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Madaschi, Sergio"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 20. Re3 Qg6 21. Qd3 f5 22. d5 Rbd8 23. Re6 Qh5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Kf1 Rdf7 26. Rae1 Bc8 27. Re8 Bd7 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Be7 Re8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qd4 h6 33. Qb6 b4 34. Qxb4 Qg6 35. c4 f4 36. Qb3 Bf5 37. Qc3 Be4 38. Kg1 Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qxb2 41. Qxf4 Qxa2 42. Qxd6 Qxc4 43. Qe6+ Kh8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe5 Qc5 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qe6 Qxf2 48. Qxa6 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Qf1 Qc5+ 51. Kh1 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Kokosar, Oliviero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 h6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Na4 Bd6 9. Bd2 b5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 b4 12. Be1 0-0 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Nc4 a5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rfe8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. f4 Re7 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. f5 Ba6 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. b3 Rbe8 25. Be4 Rxe4 26. dxe4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rxe4 28. f6 Rg4 29. h3 Rg6 30. fxg7 Kxg7 31. Kh1 c5 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Qc7 Qd5 34. Rf2 d3 35. Qxa5 Re6 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Qd2 Qd4 38. Rf3 Rd6 39. Rg3+ Kh8 40. Kh2 Qe5 41. h4 Rd4 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. Kh2 Rxh4+ 44. Kg1 Rd4 45. Rxd3 Rxd3 46. Qxd3 f5 47. Kf2 h5 48. Kf3 Qe5 49. g3 Kg7 50. a4 Qb8 51. Qc4 Qb7+ 52. Ke3 Qe7+ 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monza op"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Franzini, Stefano"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Bd4 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Nh5 17. h3 Bd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Bh2 Rae8 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qxd4 c5 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24. Qd3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rad1 Re7 27. Qd5 Qb6 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bertrecchi, Corrado"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. h3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. e3 e4 5. g4 Be7 6. Rh2 Bd6 7. Rg2 h6 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. g5 Ng6 10. gxh6 Rxh6 11. a3 Qf6 12. f4 Bxh3 13. Nxh3 Rxh3 14. Rxg6 Qxg6 15. Bxh3 Qg3+ 16. Ke2 Qxh3 17. Qg1 g6 18. Nf1 0-0-0 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Ng3 Bh4 21. Be1 Ne7 22. Kd2 Bxg3 23. Bxg3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Rh8 25. Re1 Nh4 26. Bxh4 Qxh4 27. Re2 Qh3 28. b3 Qf3 29. Rh2 Rh3 30. Rxh3 Qxh3 31. c4 Qe6 32. c5 Qa6 33. Qg4+ f5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc3 b6 36. b4 Kb7 37. Qh7 Qc6 38. Kb3 bxc5 39. bxc5 Qb5+ 40. Kc3 Qd3+ 41. Kb4 a6 42. a4 Qc4+ 43. Ka3 a5 44. Qxg6 Qb4+ 45. Ka2 Qxa4+ 46. Kb1 Qb3+ 47. Ka1 a4 48. Qxf5 a3 49. c6+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Panaio, Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Nce7 6. c4 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rae1 Bg4 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. b3 Nf5 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Bd1 Qh4 20. f4 Bg7 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. Ree1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mazzarelli, Donato"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 d4 11. c4 Nb4 12. Nf1 bxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Qa4 Ne7 21. Bc4 Ra8 22. b4 Qd6 23. Rec1 Nc8 24. bxc5 Qd8 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. Qc6 Ne7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Rb7 Nxd5 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Rb1 Re8 1-0

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mannoni, Luigi"]
[Black "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bd5 c6 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qc7 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Qc1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rf6 21. Ne1 c5 22. f4 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Be3 Raf8 25. g3 Qc8 26. Kh2 Qe6 27. Qd2 Bc8 28. Qg2 Rf5 29. Rd1 h5 30. h4 R5f6 31. Rf2 Be7 32. Rfd2 Rg6 33. Qf1 Qg4 34. Rg2 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Ng2 Bxh4 38. Bf2 Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 h4 41. Nxh4 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Ng2 Bf5 45. Ne3 Rf4+ 46. Kg2 Bh7 47. Rd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Bergonzoni, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nf5 Nbd7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 exf4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Rf4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Ref1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lombardia-ch"]
[Site "Monza"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merlini, Luigi"]
[Black "Marrone, Vincenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Bg5 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Re8 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nf5 Bb4 20. f3 c5 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. g4 Qe6 23. Kg1 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Ba5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxa7 g6 27. c4 Qd8 28. Ng3 0-1

