[Event "FANEBA Mayor op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merlo, Esteban"]
[Black "Lanza, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 a6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Bf4 h6 12. Ne5 g5 13. Bh2 h5 14. f4 g4 15. h4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. g3 Nxe5 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc6 21. d5 exd5 22. Be2 0-0-0 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Qf5 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. Qf2 Bc5 28. Rac1 Qd5 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "FANEBA Mayor op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merlo, Esteban"]
[Black "Romero, Mario Velasco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 Qb4+ 5. c3 Qb6 6. Ng5 Nge7 7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. e6 h6 9. exd7 Bxd7 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Qxe6 Rg8 12. g3 g5 13. Bh3 Ke8 14. Bg4 Bg7 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. 0-0 Be5 17. Rd1+ Bd6 18. Na3 Rf8 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Nc4 Qc2 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Qxd6+ Kc8 23. Bg4+ Rf5 24. Bc5 b6 25. Qd7+ Kb8 26. Bd6# 1-0

[Event "FANEBA Mayor op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barbeito, Santiago"]
[Black "Merlo, Esteban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 h6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. Ra1 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rfe8 13. e3 Rad8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ba5 Qb5 18. Bf1 Qa4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. f3 Bh7 21. e4 Bb4 22. Re3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. a3 Bf8 25. Bg2 c5 26. e5 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf5 31. Rc1 Bh3 32. Qe2 Rd2 33. Qf3 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Qd2 35. Rce1 Rf2 36. R3e2 Rxe2 37. Qxe2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxc5+ 39. Qe3 Qc2 40. Qf2 Qd3 41. Qxa7 Be6 42. Qe3 Qc2 43. Qf2 Qd3 44. Re3 Qd1+ 45. Qe1 Qc2 46. Qc3 Qd1+ 47. Re1 Qd5 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Qf3 Qd4+ 50. Qe3 Qxb2+ 51. Re2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FANEBA Mayor op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "2002.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Diaz, Diego Patricio"]
[Black "Merlo, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. c3 0-0 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Qxe6 Nd7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Nd2 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Kg7 20. Rae1 Rd8 21. Qxe7 Qb6 22. Qh4 Qxb2 23. R5e2 Qb6 24. Re7 Rdf8 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qg3 Qb2 27. a4 Qd2 28. Qe3 Qc2 29. a5 Qb2 30. f3 Qa3 31. Qe5+ Kf8 32. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "FANEBA Mayor op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "2002.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merlo, Esteban"]
[Black "Chtcherbine, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. h3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Re1 Nd5 11. Bh2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd3 15. Qb3 Qa6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qb2 Bd5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rad8 20. Ree1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 e4 22. Ng5 Qa4 23. Re1 h6 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nb3 Qc4 27. Bf4 Rd7 28. Rc1 g5 29. Be3 b6 30. Nd4 f4 31. Nxc6 fxe3 32. Nd4 exf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc7 34. Re1 Qd3 35. Qb3+ Rf7+ 36. Kg1 Bxd4+ 37. cxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. Qe6 Rf4 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Rf7 43. Qe6 e3 44. Rxe3 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Rg3 Rc1 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kf5 49. Qf7+ Ke4 50. Qxf4+ Kxf4 51. Ra3 Rc7 52. Rb3 Rc5 53. Ra3 a5 54. Rd3 b5 55. Rd6 h5 56. Rd3 b4 57. Rb3 Rc3 58. Rb2 Ke3 59. Kg1 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Kh2 Ke4 0-1

