[Event "CCLA WS Team Div01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrus, Gary E"]
[Black "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rfc1 cxb5 18. Qxd5 Nd6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Qb4 a6 21. Ne5 Be6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rc7 24. e4 Rec8 25. Qa3 f6 26. Ng6 Qd8 27. h4 Rd7 28. h5 Bf7 29. Qb2 Rdc7 30. e5 fxe5 31. dxe5 Nc4 32. Qe2 Qg5 33. f4 Qd8 34. Bf5 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Rd1 Nd2 37. Ra3 Bc4 38. Qe1 Rc5 39. Bg4 1-0

[Event "CCLA WS Team Div01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gach, Andrew"]
[Black "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nf3 c6 10. h3 Nc7 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ne6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. c4 a5 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. g3 Nef8 18. d5 e5 19. c5 e4 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Bf4 Nfd7 23. Na4 Ra6 24. Kg2 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rae6 26. Rad1 R8e7 27. h4 Kf7 28. h5 Kg8 29. h6 Bh8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Qc4 Qc6 32. Bxe5 b5 33. cxb6 Nxe5 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Nc5 Re5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Nd7 1-0

[Event "CCLA WS Team Div01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krueger, Hilmar"]
[Black "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IECC Team"]
[BlackTeam "Pawns that Move Backward"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rd8 16. h3 Bh5 17. f4 f6 18. g4 Bf7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. 0-0 Bg6 21. Bc4 b5 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Bb3 Nf6 24. Ne6 Re4 25. Nxg7 Rd8 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rd2 28. Rcf1 Re3 29. R1f2 Rg3+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Re3 32. g5 Ne4 33. Rf7+ Ke8 34. Rf5 Nd2 35. Bf7+ Kf8 36. Bd5+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Bg2 Re2 39. Kg3 Nc4 40. h4 Ne3 41. Be4 Nf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rxe4 43. Rf7 Re2 44. Rxh7 Rxc2 45. g6 Ke6 46. h5 Rc1 47. g7 Kf7 48. h6 a5 49. Rh8 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "IECC T10009"]
[Site "IECC email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krueger, Hilmar"]
[Black "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[SourceTitle "Telechess CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rd8 16. h3 Bh5 17. f4 f6 18. g4 Bf7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. 0-0 Bg6 21. Bc4 b5 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Bb3 Nf6 24. Ne6 Re4 25. Nxg7 Rd8 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rd2 28. Rcf1 Re3 29. R1f2 Rg3+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Re3 32. g5 Ne4 33. Rf7+ Ke8 34. Rf5 Nd2 35. Bf7+ Kf8 36. Bd5+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Bg2 Re2 39. Kg3 Nc4 40. h4 Ne3 41. Be4 Nf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rxe4 43. Rf7 Re2 44. Rxh7 Rxc2 45. g6 Ke6 46. h5 Rc1 47. g7 Kf7 48. h6 a5 49. Rh8 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "CCLA WS Team Div01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Black "Ledford, Steven O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. h3 b6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. g5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bxd2+ 14. Nexd2 Rc8 15. Rg1 c5 16. Qe4 0-0 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bc4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qe5 Nb4 21. Ke2 Nbd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Ba6+ 24. Ke4 Qb7+ 25. Kf4 Rc5 26. Qd6 e5+ 27. Kg3 exd4 28. exd4 Rd5 29. Qf4 Rf5 30. Qd6 Qa8 31. Rae1 Rd8 32. Qb4 Qb8+ 33. Kg2 Rxg5+ 34. Kh1 Bb7+ 35. f3 Rh5 36. Rg2 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qf4 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Rxe4 Qxf3 40. Qe1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "CCLA WS Team Div01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Black "Ogle, Francis EW"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 b4 9. Nce4 f5 10. Ng3 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Nd2 a4 15. exf5 exf5 16. Rd1 0-0 17. Bd3 Re8+ 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Rb1 b3 20. axb3 Na6 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Qd1 Rb8 23. 0-0 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxb3 25. Nc3 a3 26. Qd1 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 axb2 28. Nb1 d6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kf7 31. Qa5 Qe7 32. Kf1 Bf6 33. Qa8 Bd7 34. Nfd2 g5 0-1

[Event "USA S91999 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Black "Ryan, Patrick J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pawns that Move Backward"]
[BlackTeam "Paul Morphy's Hair"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nh5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc8 Bxc8 19. Re1 Nf6 20. h3 Bd6 21. Nb1 Ne4 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Nf3 Ba6 24. Qc2 Nd3 25. Red1 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Bb7 27. a3 c5 28. Qc3 a5 29. Rac1 a4 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Qb3 Bc7 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Rd2 Rxa4 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Rcd1 Qd6 36. Rb2 h5 37. h4 Bc6 38. Qc3 Re8 39. Kf1 Re4 40. Rbb1 Rg4 41. Rb2 Bb7 42. Qd3 Qc6 43. Rc1 Qa4 44. Kg1 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qxf3 47. Ke1 d4 48. Qe2 Qh1+ 49. Qf1 Qe4 50. Qh3 Kg7 51. Re2 Ba6 52. Rb2 c4 53. Rb4 d3 54. Kd2 Be5 55. Kd1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "ENG-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?.15"]
[White "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Black "Wakefield, Robert J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Qd3 0-0 7. Nbd2 d6 8. e4 Qc7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Rd8 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe3 c5 14. dxc5 Bb7 15. 0-0 a5 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nd7 18. Rfa1 e5 19. Nf3 Rdb8 20. Qc3 Bc6 21. b3 f6 22. Nd2 Nxc5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Qxa5 27. Qh3 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Qa8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. c5 Qb7 31. Bd3 Bd5 32. Qd6+ Kf7 33. Bb5 Be4 34. Bc4+ Kg6 35. Bd3 Kf7 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Qd1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?.15"]
[White "Wakefield, Robert J"]
[Black "Merritt, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 bxc6 8. Nxd4 cxb5 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0 Qb7 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Ncxb5 Qxf3 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxf3 Bb4 15. Bf4 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Bb7 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Rd1+ Nd5 21. Rxd5+ Ke6 22. Rd6+ Kxf7 23. f3 Ke7 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. c3 Ba6 27. Kf2 Kd7 28. h4 Bc4 29. b3 Bd3 30. Bf4 Bb1 31. a3 Na5 32. b4 Nc4 33. Be3 Nxa3 34. Bxa7 Nb5 35. Bc5 Nxc3 36. Bd4 Nd5 37. Bxg7 Nxb4 38. g4 1/2-1/2

