[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Verma, Aditya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Be1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. a5 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 Nd7 19. Bc2 Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hryshchenko, Kamila"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Be2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c3 b5 8. 0-0 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Qe1 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. d4 Bb7 14. Bb5 0-0-0 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxe6+ Kb7 17. Nd2 c4 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rde8 21. Qh3 b3 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Ra4 Rhe8 24. Rfa1 Qb6 25. Qg3 g6 26. Qh4 Rf8 27. Qh6 Qxb5 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qg7+ Bc7 30. Bg5 Ne4 31. Bf4 Rg8 32. Qxh7 Rh8 33. Qxf5 Raf8 34. Nf7 Bxf4 35. Qxf4 Rh7 36. Nd6+ Nxd6 37. Qxf8 Qe8 38. Qxd6 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rd7 40. Qxd7+ Kb8 41. Qb5+ Kc8 42. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Arnott, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 0-0 12. a4 Ra6 13. Qc2 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe2 Rb6 19. Nb5 d5 20. h3 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Ne5 23. Ra3 Nf7 24. Qe2 e5 25. Kg2 e4 26. Nh2 Ng5 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. h4 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Nf7 31. Qg4 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lentzos, Ioanis"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qa4 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Ba2 Nge7 17. f4 0-0 18. Rc1 d6 19. Kf2 Nd8 20. Bb4 Nb7 21. Rhd1 Rfd8 22. g4 Nc6 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Nxb4 25. axb4 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 a5 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Bb1 axb4 29. Rxb6 Nc5 30. Rxb4 h5 31. Kf3 hxg4+ 32. Kxg4 g6 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 f5+ 36. Kg5 fxe4 37. Kxg6 Rc2 38. Re1 Rg2+ 39. Kf6 Rg4 40. Rxe4 Rxh4 41. Ke7 Rh6 42. Re6 Rh4 43. f5 Rf4 44. f6 Rf5 45. Rxd6 Re5+ 46. Re6 Rxd5 47. f7+ Kh7 48. Rh6+ Kxh6 49. f8Q+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qxd5 Kh7 52. Qg5 Kh8 53. Kf7 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 0-0 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. 0-0 Nxf4 15. exf4 Qf6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Nc1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be2 Kh7 15. 0-0 Qc7 16. Rb1 c4 17. b4 h5 18. b5 Ne5 19. b6 Qe7 20. h3 Ng8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nc5 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Re1 Bf5 26. N1e2 Nfxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qc1 g5 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. h4 g4 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. a5 Qc8 18. Bf4 Bb5 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd7 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bf5 Qb5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxg4 Rxd5 27. Bf3 Rd4 28. b3 Rb4 29. Ra3 d5 30. Rd1 d4 31. Be4 Re8 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Bd3 Qc6 34. Rc1 Re5 35. Qd2 Qe6 36. Bc4 Qg4 37. Ra2 Re3 38. Bd5 Rc3 39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Rac2 Qf5 41. Bc4 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Qe5 44. Qd3 Bf6 45. Qf3 h5 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Bd5 Rb5 48. Ra2 b6 49. Bc4 Rxa5 50. Rxa5 bxa5 51. Qb7 Be7 52. Qf3 f6 53. Qa8 f5 54. Qe8 Kh6 55. Bf7 f4 56. gxf4 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Bxh4 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Bg8+ Kg6 61. f5+ Kg5 62. Qe7+ Kg4 63. f3+ Kf4 64. Qxh4+ Ke3 65. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. b4 Bd7 13. a3 f6 14. Bf4 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb5 17. a4 Bxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rc8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 0-0 21. a5 Qc6 22. Ne3 Rxf6 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Kg2 Qc2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rhf1 Rcf8 27. Qe1 Rf3 28. a6 b6 29. Kg1 Qb2 30. Rd1 Qa2 31. Rc1 Qxa6 32. Rc7 Qd3 33. Qe5 Qg6 34. Rxa7 R3f5 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. b5 R8f6 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Qd3 Ref6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Re1 Kh6 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Re5 Qd7 43. Rb8 Qc7 44. Rxf5 Qxb8 45. Rxd5+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Qc4+ Kh8 48. Qd5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2024.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB32_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 b4 6. Qc2 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 0-0 10. Nf3 e6 11. 0-0 exd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. f5 Qd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Ng4 16. Re1 Nde5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd2 b3 20. Qxb3 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Rab1 Qf6 23. Nf3 Bxb2 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Rb4 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. Bh5 Bf5 28. Qe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kg8 30. Rbe1 Rxa4 31. Rb7 Bf6 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Bxe8 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Bd3 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Be6 a5 37. Rf7 Bg7 38. Rd7 Bf6 39. Rf7 Bc3 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Ke3 Bxc4 42. Rf7+ Bg7 43. Nh4 Re1+ 44. Kd2 Re2+ 45. Kd1 h5 46. Bf5+ Kg8 47. Be6 Rxe6 48. dxe6 Bxe6 49. Ra7 a4 50. Kc1 Bb3 51. Nf5 Bf8 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Nd5+ Ke6 54. Nc3 Bh6+ 55. Kb1 Bf4 56. g3 Be5 57. Nxa4 c4 58. Nb2 d5 59. Rh7 d4 60. Rxh5 d3 61. Rh6+ Kd5 62. Rh7 Ke6 63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. Rh7+ Kd6 65. Rh6+ Kc5 66. Rh5 Kd4 67. Kc1 Bd6 68. Rh4+ Kc3 69. Nxc4 Bxc4 70. Rxc4+ Kxc4 71. Kd2 Bb4+ 72. Kd1 Kc3 73. h4 d2 74. g4 Be7 75. g5 Bd8 76. g6 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup U18"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Szakmany, Bence"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB31_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. h3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. c4 Nf6 7. Qb3 0-0 8. c5 Re8+ 9. Be2 Bf8 10. Be3 b6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. c6 Bf5 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Bxg6 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Nc3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rfe1 Re6 23. Rac1 Rg6 24. Bf1 a5 25. Qb5 h6 26. a3 Qf6 27. Qa4 Bxg2 28. Bxg2 Qf3 29. Kf1 Rxg2 30. Qc2 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup U18"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB31_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup U18"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Vadalia, Jainill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB31_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. f3 Be6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bc4 15. Rad1 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rf3 Nf6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Nf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kh7 28. Rd3 Rg8 29. Rh3 Rg6 30. Qxf7+ Rg7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup U18"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Evans, Ruben"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB31_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England II"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. h3 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Ra3 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxe2 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rbe8 21. Be3 Bxd5 22. Rxa6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qb7 24. Bh6 R2e5 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. f4 Qc6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. Be3 c4 31. b3 f5 32. bxc4 f4 33. Bd2 Rc5 34. Qf3 Rxc4 35. Qb3 Rc6 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qxc6 Qa2 39. Rc2 Qb1 40. Bc1 Qb3 41. Qc3 Qd5 42. Qc4 Qd1 43. Qe2 Qd6 44. Bb2 e4 45. Qxe4 f3+ 46. Be5 Qd1 47. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup U18"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2024.07.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kovalskyi, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB31_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "International"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ndb5 Kd8 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. 0-0 Nf4 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. f4 Rhd8 19. f5 Nc5 20. e5 Ng8 21. Nd5+ Kf8 22. e6 Ne7 23. Nxc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. exf7 Nxf5 26. Ne6+ Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Ne3 28. Rd3 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 h6 31. Rxe3 Rb1 32. Bb3 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Kxf7 35. Rxb7+ Kg6 36. Ra7 Kf5 37. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Seymour, Timothy P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nfxd2 Ne7 12. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. Bg3 Bf8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. 0-0 b5 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. a4 b4 17. Nce2 Rac8 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. h4 Ne4 21. b3 Bd6 22. Nh5 Be7 23. f3 Nxg3 24. Nhxg3 Bxh4 25. Nf5 Be7 26. Nf4 Bf8 27. g4 g6 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qxd6+ Re7 32. Qxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Arora, Tashika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. f3 Re8 13. Ng3 Qc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Nh5 17. e5 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Bh5 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Rab1 b6 27. h4 Qd5 28. h5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Ne7 30. Bh4 Rd5 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Ke3 Ra5 34. Ra1 Rh6 35. Rh1 Rb5 36. Rhb1 Ra5 37. Rh1 Rb5 38. Rab1 Ra5 39. Rb4 b5 40. a4 a6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Rh2 g6 43. d5 Kf8 44. Kd4 gxh5 45. f4 h4 46. Rh3 Ke7 47. Kc5 f6 48. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 49. Kxb5 fxe5 50. fxe5 Rh5 51. Kxc4 Rxe5 52. Rxh4 Re1 53. Rh6 Rc1 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. c4 Rd1+ 56. Kc5 Rc1 57. Rh7+ Kd8 58. d6 Rc2 59. Kd5 Ra2 60. c5 Rd2+ 61. Kc6 Ke8 62. Kc7 Rd3 63. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Timothy"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Qe2 c4 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Bf6 Bxf6 15. exf6 Ng8 16. Ba4+ Kf7 17. Nd2 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. 0-0 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rad1 Rhe8 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. f3 Nd7 26. Ng4 h5 27. Nf2 Nf6 28. f4 e5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd2 Rde8 31. g3 Re2 32. Qc1 Qe5 33. Kf1 Qf5 34. Rf4 Qc2 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. Rb1 Ree2 37. b3 Rb2 38. Rd1 cxb3 39. a4 bxa4 40. c4 Rbd2 41. cxd5 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bullock, Charles"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. f4 f5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxc5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkshire Berks & Bucks op-A"]
[Site "Berkshire"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Julian D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Qxb4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. a4 a5 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Rfb1 Nd5 25. Rb3 Ra7 26. Rab1 Rd7 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd2 Kd8 30. Kd3 Kc7 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 Kd6 33. e4 Kc7 34. Kc4 Rd6 35. Kc5 Rg6 36. g3 Re6 37. f3 g5 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 Re2 40. d6+ Kc8 41. Kd5 Rxh2 42. Rc1+ Kd8 43. Rc7 Rd2+ 44. Ke5 Re2+ 45. Kf5 Re3 46. Kg4 f5+ 47. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 48. Kg6 Rxg3 49. Kxh6 Rd3 50. Rg7 Rd5 51. Rg8+ Kd7 52. Rg7+ Ke8 53. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 a6 16. h3 Bf8 17. a5 Ng7 18. Nd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nc4 Rb4 21. b3 Nb5 22. Na2 a5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Bb2 Bd7 25. f4 Be7 26. g4 h5 27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 hxg4 29. e6 gxh3 30. Qg4 Bh4 31. Qxg6 Re7 32. Be4 Bf2+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pollack, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 b4 6. Qc2 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 0-0 10. Nf3 e6 11. 0-0 exd5 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qb3 Qb6+ 15. Rf2 Ng4 16. Be1 Qe3 17. Bc2 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Nd7 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxe4+ 23. Ke3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rfe8 25. Nfe5 dxe5 26. Kxe4 exf4+ 27. Kd3 Red8 28. d6 Rxd6+ 29. Nxd6 Rxc1 30. Bxb4 Bxb2 31. Nc4 Bf6 32. Bc5 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eggleston, David"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Ne2 0-0 12. c3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Rae1 a6 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. g3 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 Ne7 22. Ng3 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Ne4 25. N3xe4 dxe4 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Nxe6 Qb8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ba7 Qc7 32. Qb6 Qc8 33. Qe3 Qc7 34. Bb6 Qb8 35. Rd2 Bd6 36. Rdf2 g5 37. f5 Bf4 38. Rxf4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Qd6 40. Bd4 Qh6 41. Kh2 Qd6 42. Kg2 Qd5 43. Rf1 Rf7 44. h4 Kf8 45. h5 Ke8 46. Rh1 b4 47. h6 gxh6 48. Rxh6 bxc3 49. bxc3 Rb7 50. Kg3 Rf7 51. Qg5 Kd7 52. Qg6 Re7 53. Qxc6+ Qxc6 54. Rxc6 Kxc6 55. f6 Rc7 56. g5 Kd7 57. g6 Ke8 58. Kf4 Kf8 59. Kxe4 a5 60. a4 Rc6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 c5 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. f3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rae1 c4 16. Qc2 b5 17. e4 h4 18. Nf5 Nh5 19. Bc1 a5 20. e5 b4 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. f4 bxc3 23. Qe2 g6 24. f5 Ra7 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kh7 28. Qg4 Rh8 29. e6 Qxd6 30. e7 Nxe7 31. fxe7 Rxe7 32. Qxh4+ Kg7 33. Qxe7 Qxh2+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weersing, Abigail Riis"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. f3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Qb7 12. Nh3 Nd5 13. Bd2 c5 14. e4 Ndb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. 0-0 Rfd8 18. Nf2 Rd4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Rc2 Rd6 22. Qe3 Nd4 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rfd1 c4 25. Kh1 e5 26. Ng4 f6 27. Qc3 Qb3 28. Qxb3 cxb3 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. h3 Rdc6 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Nc3 g5 33. Kg1 h5 34. Rf1 h4 35. Rfd1 a5 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. a4 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. Rb1 Ke6 40. Kf1 Kd6 41. Ra1 Kc5 42. Kf2 Kb4 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Ke1 Kc3 45. Rad1 Rxd2 46. Rxd2 b2 47. Rd1 Kc2 48. Rd2+ Kb3 49. Rd1 Ka2 50. Kd2 b1Q 51. Rxb1 Kxb1 52. Kc3 Ka2 53. Kc4 Ka3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 0-0 10. Qc2 f5 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Nc6 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Rhd1 Rad8 21. b4 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Bb2 a6 24. Rac1 Rd6 25. Rc5 g6 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rfd8 28. Bxd4+ Nxd4 29. Bxb7 Ne6 30. Rcd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Nc7 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. f4+ Kd6 36. a4 a5 37. bxa5 Kc5 38. Kd3 Kb4 39. a6 Kxa4 40. a7 Ka5 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Bg5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Nc3 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qc8 24. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 e5 8. e4 c5 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Ng3 g6 11. f4 h6 12. Qf3 Rh7 13. Bc2 Kd8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. h4 a5 19. Rd5 a4 20. Rfd1 Ke7 21. Bd6+ Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24. e5+ Ke7 25. Qd5 Ra6 26. Ne4 Rh8 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. h5 Rc6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bxg6 Nb6 31. Qe4 Rxd6 32. exd6+ Kxd6 33. Qd3+ Kc7 34. Qg3+ Kd8 35. Qh4+ Kc7 36. Qh2+ Kd8 37. Qxh6 Nd7 38. Bc2 Rf6 39. Qh8+ Kc7 40. Bxa4 Ra6 41. Qh2+ Kd8 42. Bb5 Ra5 43. a3 Rxa3 44. Qf4 Ra2 45. Qd6 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Rf1 47. g4 Rf6 48. Qd3 Re6 49. g5 Kc7 50. Bxd7 Bxd7 51. g6 Rd6 52. Qg3 Be6 53. g7 Bxc4 54. g8Q Bxg8 55. Qxg8 Rc6 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Qb3+ Kc7 58. Kg2 c4 59. Qb4 Kc8 60. Kf3 Kc7 61. Ke4 Kc8 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. Qf8 Kb6 64. Qd8+ Kb5 65. Qd7 Kb6 66. Kd4 Ka6 67. Ke3 Ka7 68. Kd2 Kb6 69. Kc2 Ka7 70. Kb2 Kb8 71. Ka3 Ka7 72. Qd8 Ka6 73. Kb4 Ka7 74. Kb5 Ra6 75. Kxc4 Rc6+ 76. Kd4 Ra6 77. c4 Ra1 78. Kc5 Ra6 79. Kb5 Rc6 80. c5 Ra6 81. Qe7 Rc6 82. Qd7 Rh6 83. Qd2 Rc6 84. Qd4 Kb8 85. Kc4 Ra6 86. Kd5 Rc6 87. Qf4+ Ka7 88. Qa4+ Ra6 89. Qd7 Rh6 90. Qd6 Rh1 91. Qb6+ Ka8 92. Qg6 Rd1+ 93. Kc4 Rd8 94. Kb5 Rd2 95. Kb6 Rd8 96. Qf6 Rg8 97. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. 0-0 Nc4 15. Qe1 h6 16. Kh1 0-0 17. Ne2 f5 18. Ned4 Bd7 19. Nb3 a5 20. c3 Ra7 21. Nc5 Rfa8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Qe3 Nd8 26. Nd4 Kf7 27. Qf3 Be8 28. g4 fxg4 29. Qxg4 Qe7 30. Rg1 Kg8 31. Ncxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Bh5 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg3 Rf2 36. Nd4 Raa2 37. f5 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rh4 39. Rg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Re4 42. b5 Re3+ 43. Kh4 Rxc3 44. Kxh5 Rh3+ 45. Kg6 Rd3 46. b6 Rxd4 47. b7 Rg4+ 48. Kf6 Rg8 49. b8Q 1-0

[Event "Daventry 4NCL op-A 30th"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2023.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Valdepenas Octavio, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 a6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. d5 c5 10. a4 Nh7 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Bd2 h4 13. Nf1 f5 14. Ne3 f4 15. Ng4 Nhf6 16. 0-0 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Ne5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nxf4 Qxb2 21. Rc1 Qd4 22. Qe2 Bh6 23. Rfd1 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 Rxc4 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 d3 29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Qb3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qxb5 Bf6 35. Qd7 Rc2 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. e5 Bxe5 38. Qxg6 Rb2 39. Qf5+ Ke8 40. Kh3 Kd8 41. f4 Bf6 42. Qd3 Rb4 43. Kg4 Kc7 44. Qc2+ Kb6 45. Qc6+ Ka5 46. Kf5 Rb6 47. Qc7 Ka6 48. g4 Rb5 49. Qc6+ Ka5 50. g5 Bb2 51. g6 Rb4 52. Qc7+ Kb5 53. Qxe7 Kc5 54. g7 Bc1 55. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Daventry 4NCL op-A 30th"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2023.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sooraj, Menothuparam Raju"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. h4 Nc5 9. Be3 b6 10. Bxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Daventry 4NCL op-A 30th"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McKenna, Joshua"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. f5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Ncxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bxd4 15. Bxe5 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxb5 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 0-0 19. a4 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. 0-0 Qxc2 22. Rf2 Qc4 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Rf1 d4 0-1

[Event "Daventry 4NCL op-A 30th"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bd7 17. Nd6 Ne7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Nc6 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Nf5 26. Kf1 Nd6 27. Bd3 e5 28. f3 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Kc3 Kd5 32. e4+ Kc6 33. a4 b6 34. b4 g6 35. Bc4 Kd7 36. Bb5+ Ke7 37. Bc6 f5 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. a5 h5 40. g3 g5 41. exf5 Kxf5 42. Bd7+ Kf6 43. Ke3 bxa5 44. bxa5 Nc4+ 45. Ke4 Nxa5 46. Be8 h4 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. f4 Nc4 49. fxe5+ Nxe5 50. Kf4 a5 51. Bb5 Ke6 52. h3 Kf6 53. Ba4 Ng6+ 54. Kg4 Ke5 55. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Daventry 4NCL op-A 30th"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2023.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. c5 Bc7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 0-0 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bb2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 f4 19. b5 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bf5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 Qc7 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Rd4 Rfb8 25. Rdb4 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Rb8 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Qb2 Qc8 29. Rb7 Qf8 30. Qe5 h6 31. Re7 Bg6 32. Re6 Re8 33. Bh3 Rxe6 34. Qxe6 Qe8 35. Bf5 Qxe6 36. Bxe6 Be8 37. Kg2 g6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Bc8 h5 41. f4 g5 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kd4 h4 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. e4 dxe4 46. Kxe4 Kg5 47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Kd6 Kf6 49. Bb7 Bg6 50. Bxc6 Bd3 51. Ba4 Be4 52. Bb3 Bb7 53. Bd5 Ba6 54. c6 Bc8 55. c7 Kf5 56. Bc6 Kf6 57. Bd7 Bb7 58. Kc5 Ke7 59. Kb6 Kxd7 60. Kxb7 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch Chessable"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Liu, Tianyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Bg3 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd8 21. Qc2 e6 22. Ba4 Ne5 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bf1 h5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. b3 Bb8 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. Be4 b6 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. Bf3 Qc7 31. Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch Chessable"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2023.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Murawski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 0-0 9. h3 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Na4 Ba6 12. 0-0 Qa5 13. b3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nh4 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Qc2 Rfc8 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nf5 Rdc8 27. Qd3 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 g6 30. g5 Bg7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. f5 Rh8 33. f6+ Kg8 34. Qe2 Qb8 35. Qg4 Qe8 36. Re1 Qd8 37. Rc2 Qd6 38. e4 dxe4 39. Rxe4 Rh5 40. Rce2 Qd5 41. Rg2 c5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re7 Qd6 44. Rxc7 Qxc7 45. Re2 cxd4 46. Re7 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Rh2+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ 49. Kf4 Rh4 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rxg6 Rxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Qe4+ 54. Kh5 Qxg6+ 55. Kxg6 d3 56. Kh7 d2 57. g6 d1Q 58. g7+ Kf7 59. g8Q+ Kxf6 60. Qf8+ Ke5 61. Qe7+ Kf5 62. Qf8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch Chessable"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2023.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2023.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Na3 Nf6 11. f4 0-0 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. Rb1 Nd6 14. b3 Nf5 15. Nc2 e6 16. Ne3 Nfd4 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Qd2 b5 20. cxb5 Nxb5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfe1 Qb4 23. Rbd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 d5 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bf1 Nc3 28. a3 Nb1 29. Rd1 Nxa3 30. Ra1 Nbc2 31. Nxc2 Nxc2 32. Rxa7 Rb8 33. Ra2 Nd4 34. Rd2 Nxb3 35. Rb2 Rb7 36. Kg2 Nc5 37. Rxb7 Nxb7 38. Kf3 Nd6 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Bg2 h5 41. Bf3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Bd1 Kd6 44. Ba4 Kc5 45. Be8 Nd6 46. Bd7 d4 47. Ba4 f6 48. Bb3 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. f3 g5 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Nf5 53. Bf7 Nxh4 54. Bxh5 Ng2 55. Bf7 Kd6 56. Bc4 Ke7 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Bf1 Nf4 59. Bc4 Ne6 60. Bb5 Ng5+ 61. Kd3 Nxf3 62. Ke4 Ng5+ 63. Kd3 Kf5 64. Bd7+ Kf4 65. Bc6 Ne6 66. Bd5 Nc5+ 67. Kc4 Nd7 68. Kd3 Nf6 69. Bc6 Kf5 70. Bg2 Ke6 71. Kc4 Kd6 72. Bh1 Nd7 73. Be4 Nb6+ 74. Kd3 Kc5 75. Bf3 Nd5 76. Ke4 Kd6 77. Kd3 Nc3 78. Kc4 Nb1 79. Bg2 Na3+ 80. Kb3 Nb5 81. Kc4 Nc3 82. Bf3 Ke6 83. Bg2 Kf5 84. Kd3 Kf4 85. Bh1 Nd1 86. Ke2 Ne3 87. Kd3 Ng4 88. Bg2 Nf2+ 89. Ke2 Kg3 90. Bc6 e4 91. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch Chessable"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2023.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gordon, Sean"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qd7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Nc3 Rab8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Ne3 15. fxe3 Kxg7 16. d4 Rbd8 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Kf2 Rd2 24. Ke1 Rb2 25. Rd1 Rxa2 26. Rd6 Rb2 27. Rxc6 Rxb3 28. Kf2 Rc3 29. Rxc5 e4 30. Ra5 Rxc4 31. Rxa6 h5 32. Rb6 Kh6 33. Rb5 f5 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. Ra6 Rg7 36. Rb6 Kg5 37. h4+ Kg4 38. Kg2 g5 39. hxg5 Rxg5 40. Rb8 h4 41. gxh4 Kxh4+ 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Rh8 Rh5 44. Rg8+ Kh4 45. Rg7 Rg5 46. Rh7+ Kg4 47. Rf7 Kh5 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rh8 Rh5 50. Rg8+ Kf6 51. Ra8 Rh2+ 52. Ke1 Kg5 53. Rg8+ Kh4 54. Rg7 Kh3 55. Rg5 Rh1+ 56. Kf2 Rh2+ 57. Ke1 Rh1+ 58. Kf2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch Chessable"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2023.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Fellowes, Billy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15. Rab1 N8d7 16. Bh2 Ne4 17. b4 Qh4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. b5 Nf6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. Rb2 Rec8 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qd5 28. a4 g5 29. Be5 Qd7 30. Rb3 Qd8 31. Rbc3 a5 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 Ra6 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Be5 f6 36. Bc7 Rd5 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Kf7 39. Bb6 h5 40. f3 Rf5 41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Bc5 g4 44. hxg4 Rg5 45. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "11.36"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Blake, J Morgan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. 0-0 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c4 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. b3 Qa3 15. Nd2 b5 16. Nb1 Qf8 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. a4 b4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Nd2 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qf6 24. Bb5 Nc3 25. Qd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Nb3 Rc8 29. Rfe1 f5 30. Kf1 Nb6 31. Nc5 Ra7 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f3 Nc4 35. Kf2 Re8 36. e4 f4 37. Bh2 Rh7 38. Bg1 Rh1 39. e5 Kf7 40. Ne4 Nxe4+ 41. fxe4 b3 42. Re2 Rd8 43. Rb1 b2 44. g3 Ke6 45. Kg2 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Rxd4 47. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "10.36"]
[White "Baltrunas, Evaldas"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bb4 11. Bc3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Bd7 14. 0-0 0-0-0 15. Rfd1 Kc7 16. Kf1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Kxc6 18. Ke2 h5 19. a4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Josse, Mark"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qg3 Ke7 20. Bg5+ f6 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+ Qf8 24. Qxh7 Kd8 25. Rac1 b6 26. Re3 Kc7 27. Rxe6 Qg8 28. Qxg8 Rxg8 29. Rxf6 Bc6 30. h4 d4 31. Bg6 Rd8 32. h5 d3 33. h6 d2 34. Rd1 Bb5 35. h7 Be2 36. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qc2 a5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Rab8 13. Nb5 Be5 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 e5 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qc3 d6 19. f4 Bc8 20. e3 Bd7 21. Nd4 Qf7 22. Bf1 Qg6 23. Kg2 Kf7 24. b4 Ra8 25. c5 Rfc8 26. c6 Be8 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Nb3 Raa8 29. a4 Ke7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxa5 Qg4 33. Re1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Bf7 35. Nd4 Qh5 36. Ba6 Ng4 37. h4 Rd8 38. Qxc7+ Ke8 39. Bc8 Nxe3 40. Bd7+ Ke7 41. Bxf5+ Ke8 42. Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Shafi, Declan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Alba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qf3 e5 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. exf4 e4 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bg8 Qe7 17. Bxh7 Rd8 18. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.64"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Oswald, Graeme"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "North East England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qf3 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rd1 c6 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bb2 a5 15. Rdc1 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Ne2 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qd7 19. Nf4 Na6 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Re6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Ne4 25. Bd4 f6 26. Ra1 h5 27. Ra7 Kh7 28. Rc7 Kh6 29. Rd7 Kg6 30. Kf1 Ng5 31. f3 Nf7 32. f4 Nh6 33. Kf2 Nf5 34. Rc7 Ne7 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. Rd7 g5 37. Rc7 g4+ 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Rc8 Nxd4 41. exd4 Kf5 42. Rc7 Ke4 43. Rd7 Kxd4 44. Rd6 Re3 45. Rxc6 Rb3 46. Rxf6 Rxb4 47. c6 Rc4 48. Re6 b4 49. f5 b3 50. f6 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 b2 52. Re1 Rxc6 53. f7 Rf6+ 54. Kg1 Rxf7 55. Kh2 Kc3 56. Re3+ Kd2 57. Rb3 Kc2 58. Ra3 h4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "5.64"]
[White "Powierski, Emil"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Ngf3 Na6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nc7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Be3 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 a4 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. 0-0 Ra5 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Ra6 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Rac1 0-0 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nd5 24. Bd4 Bg5 25. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "4.65"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spirit of Atticus"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 a6 13. Qf4 Qa5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Ra7 16. h4 h5 17. Qe3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. a4 Bc6 21. g3 Ke7 22. f4 Raa8 23. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "3.65"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Wilks, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Schach Attack"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 h6 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Ba2 Be4 16. Nd2 Bh7 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. d5 Ne7 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. c4 f6 21. e4 Ng6 22. g3 Qd7 23. h4 Re8 24. h5 Nh8 25. Bb1 Nhf7 26. Nf3 Qg4 27. Rfe1 Qxh5 28. Bd3 Ng5 29. Nxg5 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 hxg5 31. g4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. f3 Ke7 34. Kg3 Bg6 35. Rh2 Rxh2 36. Kxh2 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Be8 38. a4 b6 39. a5 Bd7 40. Ba3 Kd8 41. Ra1 Kc7 42. Bb2 Kb7 43. Bc1 Bc8 44. Be3 Kb8 45. Rb1 Kc7 46. Ra1 Bb7 47. Be2 Ra8 48. Kf2 Ba6 49. Ra4 Kb7 50. Ke1 Rh8 51. Kf1 Rh2 52. Bg1 Rh8 53. Bf2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kovalskyi, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8. Qd1 Bc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e3 0-0 11. Be2 Qe7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. 0-0 a6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Qc1 Qe5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd8 Bd6 21. Qh6 Nf4 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Rfd1 Nfe6 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Qg3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Nf4 27. Kh1 f6 28. Be3 Ne6 29. Rxd6 Qxb2 30. Rad1 Qxa3 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxb7 Qa4 33. Rdd7 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Nf8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Qc7 f5 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. f3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8. e4 Nc6 9. Ng3 d6 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. 0-0 Ba6 12. f4 Na5 13. Qe2 Qa4 14. f5 Bxc4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nh5 0-0-0 17. Nxg7 e5 18. Ne6 Rde8 19. d5 Rhg8 20. Rf7 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rg4 22. Bh6 Nb3 23. Qc2 Reg8 24. g3 Qe8 25. Raf1 Nc5 26. Bf8 Nxe6 27. Rxe7 Qg6 28. Rf3 Nxf8 29. Qa4 Qxe4 30. Qe8+ Kb7 31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Rxa7+ Kxa7 33. Rf7+ Nd7 34. Qxd7+ Ka6 35. Qb7+ Ka5 36. Qa7+ Kb5 37. Qd7+ Kc4 38. Qa4+ Kxc3 39. Rf3+ Kd2 40. Rf2+ Ke3 41. Qb3+ Kd4 42. Rd2+ Kc5 43. Rc2+ Qxc2 44. Qxc2+ Kxd5 45. Qb3+ Kc5 46. Qc3+ Rc4 47. Qe3+ Kc6 48. Qd3 Rgg4 49. Qxh7 Rgd4 50. Kg2 e4 51. Qf5 e3 52. Kf3 Re4 53. Qc8+ Kb5 54. Qd7+ Ka5 55. Qa7+ Kb5 56. Qd7+ Kc5 57. Qc7+ Kd5 58. Qf7+ Kd4 59. Qf6+ Kd3 60. Qxd6+ Kc2 61. Ke2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 b4 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Bc1 Re8 13. Nbd2 e6 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. b3 Bh6 16. g3 Ng4 17. Re1 exd5 18. cxd5 Rac8 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. h3 Nh6 24. g4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. g5 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Nh4 Qd7 29. Nxd6 Nc3 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qe3 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. g4 Rcb8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Nd5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ne5 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nc6 Rc8 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxh6+ Kf7 26. h4 Bb2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Be3 Ba3 29. Kd3 e5 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 Bb2 32. h6 Kg8 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Kh7 36. b4 Bb6 37. Bd2 Bd8 38. Kc4 Kg6 39. Kd5 Be7 40. a4 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Brison, Lucas"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 a5 8. Nf3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nc5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Kxg2 Nxb4 20. Ncb5 c6 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. N6f5+ Kf6 23. Ne3 Ra5 24. f4 Ng6 25. Ng4+ Ke7 26. Rxa5 bxa5 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Ra4 Kd6 29. Nb3 Nc2 30. c5+ Kd5 31. e4+ Ke6 32. f5+ Ke7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Ra2 Ne1+ 36. Kf1 Nd3 37. Nd2 Nxc5 38. Nf2 Ne6 39. Nf3 Rb3 40. Kg2 c5 41. Rc2 Rxf3 42. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxc5 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. h3 Kf6 46. h4 Ke5 47. Kf3 Nc5 48. Kg4 Nxe4 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 Nxg3+ 51. Kg6 Nf5 0-1

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Lucchi, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Nc4 b5 8. Ne3 Ndxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxb5 Bd7 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. 0-0-0 Ng6 15. Nc4 Ke7 16. g3 Bb5 17. Rhe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. c4 Bc6 20. b3 Bd6 21. Be3 Ba3+ 22. Kc2 a5 23. f3 a4 24. Ra1 Rb7 25. Bc1 Bc5 26. Bb2 Rhb8 27. Bxg7 axb3+ 28. axb3 Rxb3 29. Bc3 Ba3 30. Ra2 Bb4 31. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b4 Re8 9. Qc2 a5 10. b5 b6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Rd4 Rf8 22. h4 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kuhendiran, Tharshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Rab1 Nbd7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 a5 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Nce2 Qd6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Rc2 Rc4 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Nxd5 Rxa4 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rd2 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Qd7 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 b6 35. Rb8 Re6 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 Rd6 38. Rc8 Kf6 39. Rc7 Ke6 40. Rc4 Rd5 41. Rc6+ Rd6 42. Rc8 h5 43. Kf3 Rd5 44. Rc6+ Rd6 45. Rc7 g6 46. Ke4 f5+ 47. Kf4 Rd5 48. Rc6+ Rd6 49. Rc8 Rd5 50. Rc6+ Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. Qa4+ Qxa4 9. Nxa4 Nd7 10. e3 e6 11. Bd3 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 b5 13. Nc3 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rac1 b4 16. a3 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Nd2 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Nb6 20. Nb3 Nxa4 21. Bg3 Kd7 22. Rc2 Rhc8 23. Ra2 Nb2+ 24. Ke2 a4 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. Rb1 a3 27. f3 Kb5 28. Be5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Shafi, Declan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 Ne4 9. Be5 Bh6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd4 Ndxc5 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. e4 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nfd7 21. Be2 f5 22. f3 Rac8 23. Nb5 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rc2 26. Nd4 Rxa2 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Bb5 Rb2 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Rc7 Rxb4 31. Bd3 Rb3 32. Bc2 Rb4 33. Rxb7 Nxe4 34. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Wilks, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Bb3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 h6 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Bxh6 Qd5 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 gxh6 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Kf3 f6 26. Rg1+ Rg7 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Schulze, Lara"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. 0-0 a5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qe3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. h3 0-0 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. a3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qh4 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+ Kf7 22. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "London Mindsports Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.09.11"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Sturt, Charles A"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 0-0 8. h3 Nbc6 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rad8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bxd8 Rxd8 15. Bd3 Bxh3 16. Bxg6 Qg4 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Nh4 Qxh4 19. Qf3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Rdc1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc5 24. Rd2 Bb7 25. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Smith, Ellison"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1286"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. c3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 0-0-0 13. b4 h5 14. Qa4 g5 15. Rfb1 h4 16. gxh4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 g4 18. Ne1 Rxh4 19. g3 Rh3 20. Bf1 Qh7 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. f3 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Rg8 25. Kf2 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxf3+ 27. Qf2 Qd3+ 28. Qe2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Cook, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 0-0 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Qxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxc3 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. 0-0 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Rd3 Nce7 16. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 f5 11. a3 c4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Qc2 g6 14. h3 Nb6 15. N3h2 Bd7 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. g4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh1 f4 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. h4 Rg7 22. g5 b4 23. N1h2 b3 24. Qd2 Na4 25. Ng4 Nd8 26. Kg2 Nf7 27. Rh1 Kf8 28. Nf6 Ra7 29. Kf1 Be8 30. Ke1 Qb7 31. Kd1 Ke7 32. Kc1 Kd8 33. Qxf4 Nxc3 34. Kd2 Na4 35. Nxd5 Nxe5 36. Qf6+ Kc8 37. Qxe6+ Bd7 38. Qxe5 Nxb2 39. Qxg7 Qxd5 40. Qf8+ Kb7 41. Re1 Qb5 42. Be4+ Kc7 43. Qc5+ Qxc5 44. dxc5 Na4 45. Rab1 c3+ 46. Ke3 Nxc5 47. Nd4 a4 48. Rbc1 Nxe4 49. Kxe4 c2 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc3 Ra5 52. Kb2 Rd5 53. Nf3 Rf5 54. Re3 Bc6 55. Nd4 Rxf2 56. Nxc6 Kxc6 57. Re7 Rf4 58. Rxh7 Kd5 59. Rh6 Ke4 60. Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Rg1 Kd3 62. Rd6+ Kc4 63. g6 Rh2 64. g7 c1Q+ 65. Kxc1 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Rathbone Jones, Ifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb4 12. Nge2 Qg5 13. f4 Qxg2 14. Kd2 Bg4 15. Rhg1 Qh3 16. Raf1 0-0-0 17. Rf2 Kb8 18. a3 Ba5 19. Ng3 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Nxh5 Rxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Ng3 Bb6 25. Rgg2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Munshi, Aryan"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1227"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. Nf3 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Qb3 h6 14. e4 g5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 g4 20. Nd2 Bd4 21. Nb5 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 a6 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. e5 f6 25. e6 f5 26. Re1 Qe7 27. Nc4 a5 28. Na3 Ba6 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 h5 31. Nb5 Rf6 32. Kf2 Rh6 33. Rg1 Kg7 34. Rg2 Rbh8 35. Qc3+ Kg6 36. Qd3 h4 37. Nc3 hxg3+ 38. hxg3 Qh7 39. Nd1 Rh2 40. Ne3 Rxg2+ 41. Nxg2 Qg7 42. Qd2 Qd4+ 43. Qxd4 cxd4 44. Nh4+ Kf6 45. Ke2 Rxh4 46. gxh4 g3 47. h5 d3+ 48. Ke3 g2 49. Kf2 d2 50. h6 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "11.127"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Dicen, Elis Denele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Nf6 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Qa7 Ng4 22. Rb2 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 26. Nh5 Qd2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Ra1 Be6 29. Bf1 Qc2 30. Qb6 Kg7 31. Ra5 Rc8 32. Rc5 Qa4 33. Qa6 Qxa6 34. Bxa6 Rc7 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bb5 Bd7 37. e4 dxe4 38. d5 Ke7 39. dxc6 Be6 40. Rh5 Kd6 41. Rxh6 f5 42. Rh3 Kc5 43. Ba6 Kxc6 44. Rc3+ Kd6 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. g3 Kd6 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. Ke3 f6 49. Be2 Bg8 50. Bh5 Bh7 51. Be8 Ke6 52. Kf4 Ke7 53. Bb5 Kd6 54. h4 Bg6 55. Bf1 Ke7 56. Be2 Kd6 57. h5 Bh7 58. Bf1 Ke7 59. Bc4 Kd6 60. Bf7 Ke7 61. Bg6 Bxg6 62. hxg6 Kf8 63. Kxf5 Kg7 64. g4 Kh6 65. Kxf6 e3 66. g5+ Kh5 67. fxe3 Kh4 68. g7 Kh3 69. g8Q Kh2 70. g6 Kh1 71. g7 Kh2 72. Qf7 Kh1 73. g8Q Kh2 74. Qfh7# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "10.107"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Khoury, Theo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 h5 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. f3 Qc7 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. Nec3 0-0 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Be2 Nh7 16. Bf4 h4 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. 0-0 h3 21. g3 c4 22. Qd4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Rfa1 Nf6 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Raa7 Bd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 Rb6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Ra7 Re8 33. Na2 Rc8 34. Ke3 b4 35. Nc1 b3 36. Ra1 c3 37. Nd3 cxb2 38. Nxb2 Rc2 39. Nc4 b2 40. Rb1 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 f6 42. g4 g5 43. Nxd6 Rc1 44. Bd3 Rxd3 45. Rxb2 Rcc3 46. Nf5+ Kf8 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Nd6+ Kd8 50. Nf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.02"]
[Round "9.140"]
[White "Cooke, Suzie G"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alba"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. h3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nd7 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxd5 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Ne4 Be6 21. Qh5 Bf7 22. Qg4 d5 23. Bg5 Be6 24. Qg3 Qd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6+ Ng6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "8.77"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Nelson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 Ngf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b3 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. f4 Qe7 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Kh2 Qf8 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Rde2 Na6 26. Na2 Nd7 27. Qd2 Ndc5 28. Nc1 Nb4 29. Nc2 f5 30. exf5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nxc2 32. Qxc2 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 34. g4 Bc8 35. Bh4 Rf8 36. Be7 Rxf4 37. Bxd6 Rxf3 38. Bxc5 Rc3 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Rxc8 Kf6 41. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "7.57"]
[White "Sygnowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nb4 7. Re1+ Ne7 8. Bf1 Bf5 9. Na3 0-0 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd2 h6 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Qb3 Be4 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Qa4 Nc4 18. b3 b5 19. Qxb5 Na3 20. Qa4 Nc2 21. h4 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qf6 23. Re1 Re6 24. Re3 Ra6 25. Qd7 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. a4 Rb8 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. b4 Ne7 30. Nh2 Kf8 31. Re1 Bc2 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. Ng4 Bc4 34. Bh3 Ng8 35. Ne3 Nf6 36. f3 Ra6 37. Kf2 Bb5 38. a5 Rc6 39. g4 Rc7 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Ne8 42. Nxd5 Rc6 43. Bd7 Rc4 44. Rh1 g6 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Re1 Nc7 47. Ne3 Rc6 48. d5 Ra6 49. c4 Be8 50. Bc3+ Kf8 51. Bf6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.19"]
[Round "7.92"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Singh, Rishipal S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "Uxbridge A"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nh3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d5 c6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Nf4 Na6 10. h4 Nc5 11. Be3 Na6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Ne5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Kh8 16. b5 Nc7 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nb5 Ne5 20. Bxa8 Nxa8 21. Qd4 a6 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. c5 Nbc4 24. cxd6 exd6 25. Nd3 Qf6 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rfd1 Rc8 28. Nd5 Qf7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Qxd6 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Rc1 Ne5 35. f4 Ng4 36. Rc6+ Kf7 37. Rxa6 Ne3 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. a4 Nc2 40. a5 Nd4 41. a6 Nc6 42. Rc7 Nd4 43. a7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "6.88"]
[White "Agrawal, Shivam"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bg2 Re7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. a5 Ne5 20. Qb1 c4 21. Rd1 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Qa2 Nd3 24. Rd2 Nxb2 25. Rc2 Qb3 26. Qb1 Bxc3 27. Rxa6 Nd3 28. Qa2 Qxa2 29. Raxa2 Nb4 30. Rxc3 Nxa2 31. Rxc4 Nb4 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Ke3 Nc5 35. Kd4 Rb3 36. Rxc5 dxc5+ 37. Kxc5 Rxg3 38. Kd6 Kf8 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Rxg2 41. e6 Re2 42. h4 Re4 43. Kc5 R7xe6 44. dxe6 Rxe6 45. Kd5 Kf7 46. Kd4 h6 47. Kd5 g5 48. h5 g4 49. Kd4 g3 50. Kd5 g2 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "5.58"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Radha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. c4 h6 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Rg1 Ng5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qf5 Kf8 21. Bb5 Nd7 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rc4 Qb2 26. Kg2 Qxa2 27. Ra4 Qb2 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29. Ra4 Rd3 30. Qb4+ Qxb4 31. Rxb4 Rd2 32. Rgb1 Nc5 33. R4b2 Rd7 34. Rxb6 Ne6 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. R8b7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kf6 38. Kg3 h5 39. f4 g6 40. f3 Nc5 41. Rb5 Ne6 42. Rd5 Ke7 43. e4 Kf6 44. f5 Nf8 45. fxg6 Nxg6 46. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.03.22"]
[Round "5.94"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Holland, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "Watford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. Ne2 b6 8. e4 e5 9. f3 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qh4 15. Rf3 Nxh2 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 0-0 19. fxe5 cxd4 20. g3 Qe7 21. Kg2 dxe5 22. Rh1 f6 23. Qh5 h6 24. Be4 Rad8 25. Qg4 dxc3 26. Bxh6 Rd4 27. Bd5+ Rxd5 28. cxd5 Qf7 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Be3 Qxd5 31. Qh5 Kf8 32. Qg6 Qxh1 33. Bg5 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Rxg3# 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.94"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Zheng, Harry Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "Poisoned Pawns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 c5 9. 0-0 a5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Ba6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Bc3 Nb4 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nf5 Ne6 21. Qg3 f6 22. Rd2 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qf2 a4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxd5 Qc5 27. e4 Bc4 28. Nb4 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nc5 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. Nd4 Ba6 32. Bb4 Rf7 33. Ke3 Rb7 34. a3 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rxd4 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Kxd4 Rc1 38. Bc3 Kg8 39. Kc5 Kf7 40. Kb4 Ke6 41. Kxa4 Kd6 42. Ka5 Bc4 43. Kb4 Ba6 44. b3 Kc6 45. a4 Kb7 46. e5 fxe5 47. Bxe5 g6 48. f4 Rb1 49. Ka3 Ra1+ 50. Bxa1 Kc6 51. b4 Kd5 52. b5 Bxb5 53. axb5 Ke4 54. b6 Ke3 55. Rxd3+ Kxd3 56. b7 Ke4 57. b8Q Kf5 58. Qe5+ Kg4 59. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.13"]
[Round "4.86"]
[White "Stewart, Ashley"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 0-0 8. Nf3 cxb4 9. axb4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. d4 Bf6 14. e3 Bf5 15. Ra1 Qd7 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. 0-0 Nc8 19. Na4 Be7 20. Rfc1 b6 21. Nc3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Ne7 23. Ne2 Rdc8 24. Rca1 Rc7 25. Nf4 Rac8 26. h4 Kg7 27. Bf1 Nf5 28. Ra6 Rb7 29. Nd3 Ne7 30. Qa3 Rcc7 31. Kh2 f6 32. Nf4 Kf7 33. Qb3 Qd6 34. Bg2 Rd7 35. Rc1 h6 36. Raa1 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Rc3 Rbc7 40. Rac1 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 f5 42. Qa2 Kg7 43. Ra3 Nc8 44. Qc2 Ne7 45. Rc3 Qd6 46. Bh3 g4 47. Bg2 Rd8 48. Rc7 Rd7 49. Rc3 Rd8 50. Qa2 Rd7 51. Kg1 Kh7 52. Kf1 Qb4 53. Qb3 Qxb3 54. Rxb3 Rc7 55. Rb1 Kg6 56. Ke1 Kf6 57. Kd2 Ke6 58. Ra1 Nc8 59. Rh1 Ne7 60. Rh6+ Kd7 61. Bf1 Rc8 62. Rf6 Rh8 63. Bd3 Rh5 64. Ke2 Rg5 65. Kf1 Rh5 66. Kg2 Rg5 67. Bc2 Rh5 68. Bb1 Rg5 69. f3 Rh5 70. fxg4 fxg4 71. Bd3 Rg5 72. Rf4 Ke8 73. Kf2 Nc8 74. Rf6 Ke7 75. Rc6 Kd7 76. Rh6 Ne7 77. Ke2 Rg7 78. Rf6 Rg5 79. Kd2 Rg7 80. Rf4 Nc8 81. Be2 Nd6 82. Rxg4 Ne4+ 83. Kc2 Rxg4 84. Bxg4+ Kd6 85. Bf5 Nxg3 86. Bg6 Ke6 87. Kd2 Kf6 88. Bc2 Ke6 89. Bh7 Nh5 90. Ke2 Nf6 91. Bd3 Ne8 92. Kf3 Nd6 93. Kf4 Kf6 94. Bf1 Ne4 95. Bh3 Nc3 96. Bf1 Ne4 97. Be2 Nc3 98. Bd3 Na2 99. Kf3 Nb4 100. Bf1 Na2 101. Kf2 Nc1 102. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.12"]
[Round "3.106"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Franco, Gaston Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Celtic Tigers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne6 12. Be5 g6 13. b4 Ng7 14. b5 Bf5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Rb7 Ne4 19. Rxa7 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 h5 22. h3 Nfxg3 23. fxg3 Bd6 24. Nc3 Bb8 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rb7 Rc7 27. Qb3+ Kg7 28. Nxg5 fxg5 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Rxb8 Rxf7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 Rdf8 34. Qe5+ Kg6 35. h4 Rf5 36. Qe6+ R8f6 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. hxg5+ Rxg5 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. e4 Rb5 41. e5 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rff1 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. g4 h4 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qd6+ Kg7 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "2.94"]
[White "Ghaderi, Parviz"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Bf5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4+ Kh8 11. Nh4 Nbc6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. h3 Bxh3 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qh5 Nce7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Rce1 g6 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. g3 Qd6 27. Qc1 Nb4 28. Qh6 f5 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "1.94"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "Wessex Some Stars II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 e6 11. Rb1 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Bd3 c4 14. Nxc4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Ndc5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Bd4 Bf8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Bb2 Qe4 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Nd3 25. Rc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nxb2 27. Rxb2 Bg7 28. Nc6 Bxb2 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. h3 Bf2 38. a5 a6 39. Ke2 Bh4 40. Kd3 Bf6 41. Kc2 Kc5 42. Kb3 Be7 43. h4 Bxh4 44. d6 Kxd6 45. Kxb4 Bg3 46. c5+ Kc6 47. Kc4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "2.136"]
[White "Pelling, Kyle"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manchester Manticores"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qg4 Qf6 10. Nf3 Rxg7 11. Qxh4 Qxh4 12. Rxh4 Nc6 13. a3 Bf8 14. g3 Bd7 15. Bb5 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Be7 17. Rh5 Bf6 18. Rh6 Rg6 19. Rxg6 fxg6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Ne5 Rh8 23. f4 g5 24. Ne2 Rh3 25. Kd1 Bb5 26. Nc3 Be8 27. Rg1 c6 28. Ne2 Kc7 29. Nf3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "1.144"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Blake, J Morgan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e3 Nd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bd3 g6 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. b4 Bf5 14. a4 0-0 15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Nxd5 Qxb3 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Ne8+ Kf8 27. Nxc7 Nd6 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Nxb6 Nxb5 30. Ncd5+ Kf8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Ra8 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Nc7 34. Rxa5 Nxd5 35. Nxd5 Qb8+ 36. g3 Qb2 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rc5 Qb7 39. e4 Qb2 40. Nc3 Qd2 41. d5 h4 42. g4 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Rc4 Qd3 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "7.93"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "O'Shea, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "Harrow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Ne5 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. 0-0 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Be3 b6 16. Bd4 f5 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qxg6 hxg5 20. Rd3 g4 21. g3 Re4 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Rad1 a5 24. Rd4 Re2 25. R4d2 Qf7 26. Qg5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Be5 28. Qe3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd8 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. d6 c5 32. Qc3 Qe6 33. Qd3 Rd7 34. b3 g6 35. Rd1 Kf7 36. Qd2 Kf6 37. Qh6 Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.02"]
[Round "6.124"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Kalitsis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels"]
[BlackTeam "CSC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 h6 12. f3 Nh5 13. g3 g5 14. Be3 Ndf6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bc8 17. c5 Bh3 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 bxc5 21. bxc5 Kg7 22. Nb5 g4 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Re8 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra6 Nxd5 27. Bd4+ Ndf6 28. Rxd6 Qe7 29. e5 Kg8 30. Qc3 Nd7 31. Bf5 Nf8 32. Rxh6 Nxf4 33. Qc2 Qg5 34. Bh7+ Kg7 35. Nd6 Nxh7 36. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "5.151"]
[White "Borman, Philip"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hertford"]
[BlackTeam "Kent KJCA Kestrels II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qb3 Qxb3 5. axb3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Nge2 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 0-0 12. 0-0 d5 13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Na5 15. Nd3 Nxb3 16. Nxb4 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 a6 18. Nd3 Bc6 19. g3 Rac8 20. Kg2 f6 21. f4 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. b4 Ra8 25. h4 e5 26. dxe5+ fxe5 27. Rd1 a5 28. N5e4+ Kc7 29. Nxd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 exf4 31. exf4 axb4 32. Rb5 Ra4 33. Bc4 b3 34. Bd5 Rd8 35. Nc3 Rd4 36. Ke3 R4xd5 37. Nxd5+ Kc6 38. Nc3 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Rxb3 Rf1+ 41. Kg4 g6 42. Ne4 b5 43. Nc3 Rc1 44. Nxb5 Kc5 45. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch U14"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2021.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mehta, Shaurya"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe8+ 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bxb5 Qxg2 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bxh1 15. f3 c6 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Kf2 Nbd7 18. Nh3 Nb6 19. Bb3 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rxh1 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. a3 Rc2+ 26. Ke3 Be1 27. Nf4 Rxc1 28. g4 Rc2 29. Nxd5 Rxb2 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nc6 Rb3+ 32. Ke4 Rxa3 33. d5 Bb4 34. Ke5 Be7 35. d6 Bxd6+ 36. Kxd6 Rxf3 37. Nxa7 Rg3 38. Nc6 Rxg4 39. Ne5 Rg1 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. Ke5 h5 42. Kf4 h4 43. Ne5 h3 44. Ke3 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch U14"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2021.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Agrawal, Shivam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g6 15. f4 Ng7 16. e4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rfd8 20. Nd6 Rd7 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. h3 h5 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kg1 Rad8 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rd4 Rxd6 28. exd6+ Rxd6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Red1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4+ Kc7 32. Kf3 Bb1 33. a3 c5 34. Rd2 f5 35. Kg3 b5 36. Kh4 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Kg5 Kc6 39. Kxg6 Be4 40. Kxh5 c3 41. Rd8 c2 42. Rc8+ Kb5 43. Kg6 Bc6 44. h4 c1Q 45. h5 Qxf4 46. h6 Qd6+ 47. Kg5 Qe7+ 48. Kg6 Be8+ 49. Rxe8 Qxe8+ 50. Kxf5 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch U14"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2021.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pert, Nina P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 0-0-0 12. 0-0 Kb8 13. a3 g5 14. b4 g4 15. Ne1 Bd6 16. Bb2 Rhg8 17. Nb5 Bf5 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Bc1 Rh6 21. g3 Rg5 22. f3 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qd6 25. Ne5 Qxe5 26. e4 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch U14"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2021.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Vaidya, Raghav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Ne2 N7f6 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. d5 e5 20. Nf5 c6 21. d6 b5 22. Ba2 c5 23. f3 c4 24. Qe3 Ra8 25. Qg5 Ne8 26. h4 f6 27. Qe3 Nf4 28. g3 Ne6 29. h5 Qf7 30. a4 Qxh5 31. axb5 Ng5 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33. Nh4 Nxd6 34. Be2 Qh6 35. Kg2 Rac8 36. Rh1 Ndxe4 37. fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Nf3 Qg6 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rd1 Bxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Rxd1 42. Bxd1 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch U14"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2021.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yong Gui"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 a5 9. Re1 Qb6 10. Qa4 0-0 11. Nf1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 h6 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Ng4 19. Re2 e5 20. Qb3 Be6 21. h3 a4 22. Qc2 e4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. hxg4 Bxa2 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Qe4 Rae8 28. Qc2 Bb3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qf5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Pink, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3 0-0 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 h5 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. h3 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Nh1 Nh7 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nf2 f5 20. Rab1 Nf6 21. b4 fxe4 22. fxe4 b6 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. Nd3 Nfd7 27. Nd1 Bb7 28. N1f2 Qf6 29. Rf1 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rbe8 32. Nf2 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Bxd5 34. Bxa6 Bxe4 35. Rbe1 Bc6 36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Bd3 Rf8 39. Bc2 Bd4 40. Be1 Ne5 41. Kg1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. 0-0 Ne6 14. Rab1 Ng5 15. f4 Nge4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b4 Qg6 19. Kh1 axb4 20. axb4 Be6 21. b5 Bc4 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rfc1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Modi, Shyam Jagdish"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. e4 Na6 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Rfe1 b4 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Bc3 22. Qd3 Bxe1 23. Qxa6 Bd2 24. Qxa7 Rc8 25. e5 Bxf4 26. Bd5 Rc7 27. Qb6 Bxe5 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Qb7 Qc7 30. Qa6 Kg7 31. Re3 Re8 32. Kg2 Qc8 33. Qa7 Qg4+ 34. Rg3 Bxg3 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. hxg3 Rc8 37. Be6 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxc6 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op 25th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Starley, Robert"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qb6 13. Bb5 0-0 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. b3 f6 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. Rc5 Qb7 20. Nxe5 Rac8 21. Ra5 Bb5 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. a4 Be2 24. Kxe2 Qh4 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. Kf1 Rf6 27. h3 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Qg6 29. fxg3 Rxf3 30. Qe2 Rf6 31. Kh2 Rcf8 32. Nd7 Rf2 33. Nxf8 Qf5 34. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op 25th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Truman, Richard G"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. f4 Re8 16. Re1 Ng4 17. e5 dxe5 18. h3 Nh6 19. fxe5 Nf5 20. g4 Nh4 21. Bf4 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 b5 23. Qd3 b4 24. Na2 Bb7 25. Rad1 Qd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxb8 Bxd5+ 28. Kh2 Rxb8 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Rd3 Bd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Nxb4 Qxa4 33. Nxd5 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 exd5 35. Qe5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 d3 38. Qe6+ Rf7 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Qf6 41. Qxf6+ Rxf6 42. Re3 Rb6 43. Rxd3 Rxb2 44. Rxd5 Ra2 45. Rd7+ Kf6 46. Rxh7 a5 47. Ra7 Kg5 48. Ra6 a4 49. Kf1 a3 50. h4+ Kxh4 51. Rxg6 Rb2 52. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op 25th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Black "Merriman, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nfxd4 0-0 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nf7 18. Qh3 Nf5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qb4 Nd6 24. f4 g5 25. e3 b5 26. Rd4 Rd7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Rxd6 a5 29. Qd4 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 gxf4 31. Bxe4 Qg5 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qd7 Qh5 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op 25th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. b3 e5 7. d5 Nf6 8. bxc4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 f5 10. f3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc3 12. Qxe5+ Kf7 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qg3 Qe7 15. Bb2 g6 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rd1 Na6 18. f4 b4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Rxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Rb1+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op 25th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Seymour, Timothy P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qd4 Kg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Spring Online op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Cole, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. f3 Bd7 15. 0-0-0 a4 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Ra8 18. g4 hxg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxg4 Kg7 21. Bf3 Rh8 22. g5 Be7 23. Ng3 Qd8 24. Rdg1 c6 25. h5 b5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. cxb5 Bd7 28. hxg6 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 fxg6 30. Qh2 Qh8 31. Qg2 Qf8 32. Nge2 Nd3 33. Nd5 Nf4 34. Nexf4 exf4 35. Qh2 Kf7 36. Qh7+ 1-0

