[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Tanmay, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. Bc1 Qf6 15. Ne1 g4 16. f3 gxf3 17. exf3 Ng5 18. Kh1 Nf7 19. Rg1 Nh8 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. Ng2 Kh8 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Qc1 Bf8 24. Nc2 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 dxc4 26. Bxc4 b5 27. axb5 Nb6 28. Be2 cxb5 29. Bxb5 Bb7 30. Be2 f4 31. Rgf1 Rc8 32. Nce1 Nc4 33. Nd3 Nxb2 34. Nxb2 Rc2 35. Nc4 Rxe2 36. Nd6 fxg3 37. Rb1 Rxg2 38. Nxf7+ Qxf7 39. Kxg2 Nf4+ 40. Kxg3 Nh5+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kh1 Ng6 43. Kg1 Qd7 44. Rf2 a4 45. h4 a3 46. h5 a2 47. Rxa2 Qxd4+ 48. Rf2 Nf4 49. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.10"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Richardson, John R"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Bf4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 b5 11. Qb3 Be7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. 0-0 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Qb1 Nfe4 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Be4 19. Qa1 Bc2 20. b4 Bxd1 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Bb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Bxe2 24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Rd1 Be4 27. f3 Bb7 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Qa5 Rd6 30. Qa1 Bf6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rc1 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rxb4 34. Rc7 Rbxd4 35. Qc3 Rd3 36. Qc5 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 R1d5 38. Qa7 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Bxf3 40. gxf3 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 0-0 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe6 Nc5 10. 0-0 Bxe6 11. b3 h6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. e3 g5 16. Nfe2 Bg6 17. b4 Nce4 18. b5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ba1 Rac8 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Nxe4 Qe6 24. Qb3 Rcd8 25. Nd2 Bh3 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qf5 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Qd2 h5 32. c5 h4 33. Qc2 h3 34. Rb1 Kh8 35. Qc4 Qf6 36. Rf1 Qf3 37. Qe4 Qe2 38. Qxc6 Qxa2 39. Qd7 Qd5 40. e4 Qxc5 41. Qxh3+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Nf7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bowcott Terry, Finlay"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ngh5 Nbd7 11. c3 Rg8 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. 0-0-0 Ke7 22. Rd4 b5 23. Rhd1 a5 24. Kb1 Rc4 25. Bg3 h5 26. a4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 bxa4 28. Rd4 Nb6 29. Bf4 Nc4 30. Bc1 Rb8 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. g4 Rh8 33. g5 Kc6 34. Rf4 Rf8 35. Rd4 Kb5 36. f4 g6 37. Kb1 Rc8 38. Kc2 Nb6 39. Be3 Rc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41. Bd4 Nb6 42. Bxb6 Kxb6 43. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Kozusek, Daniel"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Audible Checks"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nge4 Nd5 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qb5 20. Nac5 Ba8 21. Rd2 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Qxb3 23. Rc1 Qxc2 24. Rdxc2 Nb6 25. Be3 a5 26. Nd2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nd5 28. Nxc4 a4 29. Na5 Re8 30. Nc6 Rb3 31. Re2 Bf8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Kg2 Ra6 34. Bc1 h5 35. Rec2 Ra8 36. Bd2 Rd3 37. Bg5 Kh7 38. Nd8 Kg8 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. Rxc7 Bg7 41. Nxf7 Rxd4 42. f4 Rb8 43. Nd6 Bxe5 44. fxe5 Rg4+ 45. Kf1 Rxg5 46. Ne4 Rf5 47. Nf6+ Rxf6 48. exf6 Rxb2 49. Ra7 Ra2 50. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "1.61"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Rogacewicz, Mikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. 0-0 b5 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Nc4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 0-0 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 a4 21. Rfc1 Ra6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nc2 Ra5 24. Na3 Nd7 25. c6 Nc5 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Ra3 Nb3 28. Rd1 Bg4 29. Nxe5 Bxe2 30. Rd7 Ra5 31. Bd5 Nc5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. c7 Ba6 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Rf3 Ke7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "11.21"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "The ADS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Nh4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. e4 Bc7 15. e5 Nh7 16. Be3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. f4 Bd7 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. Bc1 b5 25. Rde1 Qf7 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nf6 29. Ne4 N8h7 30. Qxc6 Rac8 31. Qxb5 Rxd4 32. Ref1 Bd8 33. Be3 Rd7 34. Qxa4 Qe7 35. Nxf6+ Nxf6 36. Bxh6 Ra7 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Bg5 Qe2 39. R5f2 Qh5 40. Qd3+ Kh8 41. Rf5 Qe8 42. Bxf6 Bxf6 43. Qd1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Barnet Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. b3 c5 12. 0-0 b6 13. a4 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 a6 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Ra2 b5 19. c3 Nb6 20. a5 Nd7 21. f4 Nhf8 22. h4 Qc7 23. Bf2 Rad8 24. Qc1 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f5 Be5 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Ne5 29. Rd1 Nfd7 30. Rad2 Nb8 31. Bh3 Nbc6 32. fxg6 Nxg6 33. Qf6 Qf7 34. Rxd6 Qxf6 35. gxf6 Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Nxd8 38. Bxc5 Nxh4 39. Kf2 Nc6 40. b4 Ng6 41. Bd4 Nf4 42. Bf1 e5 43. Bc5 Ne6 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Olson, Hamish"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Alba"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. a4 Nd6 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Na4 Rfb8 18. Nc5 Qd8 19. Rd1 Bc8 20. Rd3 Rb4 21. e3 Rab8 22. b3 Bd7 23. Rd2 Nb7 24. Bf1 g6 25. Rda2 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 a4 27. bxa4 Qh4 28. Qc2 a5 29. Qe2 Rb1 30. Qf3 e5 31. Qg3 Qxg3+ 32. fxg3 Bh3 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. Rf2 exd4 35. exd4 f5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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 "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 a5 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Be1 b5 15. Nb1 c5 16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Nbc3 Qa7 19. Ra1 b4 20. Nb1 Qb6 21. a4 Rac8 22. Nd2 cxd4 23. exd4 g6 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Nec1 Rec8 27. Nd3 Ng5 28. Bg2 Bg7 29. Ndc5 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Rd8 31. Qd2 Ne6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Bh3 Bc8 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Rac1 Rdc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Rc1 Bd7 38. b3 Bf6 39. Re1 Qc7 40. Re2 Kg7 41. g4 Qd8 42. f4 Kf7 43. Be3 Rc3 44. Qd1 Qc8 45. g5 Bg7 46. Bg4 Qa6 47. Bf2 Qc6 48. Be1 Rc1 49. Qd3 Bc8 50. Qe3 Rc2 51. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 52. Bf2 Bd7 53. h4 h5 54. Be2 Bxd4 55. Qxd4 Qxe2 56. Qf6+ Ke8 57. Qxg6+ Kd8 58. Qf6+ Kc7 59. g6 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 e5 61. Qxe5+ Kc8 62. g7 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Qg4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kg2 Qg4+ 66. Bg3 Kb7 67. f5 d4 68. Qc7+ Ka6 69. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Willson, Ollie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Sussex Martlets"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 b6 12. Ne1 Nd5 13. Nd3 Ba6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. e4 Rdc8 19. Nxa5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 bxa5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 Nf6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 a4 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Bg5 Ke6 30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Kd4 Ke6 32. b4 axb3 33. axb3 Kd6 34. g4 h6 35. h4 Kc6 36. h5 Kd6 37. b4 Kc6 38. Ke5 g6 39. Kd4 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kb5 41. Kxd5 Kxb4 42. Ke5 Kc4 43. Kf6 Kd5 44. Kxf7 Ke5 45. Kg6 Ke6 46. f4 Ke7 47. f5 Kf8 48. Kxh6 Kf7 49. Kg5 Kg7 50. h6+ Kf7 51. h7 Kg7 52. h8Q+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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 "Schach Attack"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bg2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 c6 12. Qa4 cxb5 13. Qxb5 Ba6 14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bh3 Bxe2 17. Bxc8 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxf1 19. Bf5 Ba6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qb1 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Re8 23. Nf3 d4 24. Bb2 d3 25. Bxg7 d2 26. Bc2 Qe7 27. Bc3 Bb7 28. Ne5 Qc5 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qd1 f6 32. Nf3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 d1Q 35. Bxe1 Qxe1 36. Qxf6 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qd4 38. h4 a4 39. Qb7 Kh8 40. h5 Kg8 41. h6 Qf6 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. Qxa4 Qd6 45. Qg4+ Kxh6 46. a4 Qc6+ 47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. f3 Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qd1 51. Qf4+ Kg6 52. Qe4+ Kg7 53. Kg4 Qd7+ 54. Kh4 Qd8+ 55. Kh5 Qc7 56. Qd4+ Kg8 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. f4 Qc2 59. Qg5+ Kh8 60. Qf6+ Kg8 61. Qe6+ Kg7 62. Kg5 Qxa4 63. Qe7+ Kg8 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Qc7+ Kg8 66. Kh6 Qd4 67. Qxh7+ Kf8 68. Qf5+ Ke7 69. Kh7 Qf2 70. Qe5+ Kf7 71. Qg7+ Ke6 72. Qg6+ Kd5 73. f5 b5 74. f6 b4 75. f7 b3 76. Kg8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "The Rookies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. Bd2 Bg6 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Ne5 19. b7 Ra7 20. Na5 Qc7 21. h3 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Bf3 h5 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Rh1 Kg8 26. Bf4 Nde5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Dilley, Jason M"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. dxc5 e6 7. b4 a5 8. b5 Na7 9. e3 Bxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Ke2 Bb7 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Nc3 Rac8 16. Na4 Rhg8 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Rxc4 19. Rd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxb6+ Ke7 21. Nxc4 Nxb5 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Nxa5 Nc3 24. Rb3 Nd1+ 25. Kd4 Rc8 26. Rb6 e5+ 27. Nxe5 fxe5+ 28. Ke4 Nc3+ 29. Kf5 Ra8 30. Nc6+ Kf8 31. Kxe5 Bc8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Nxb8 Nxa2 34. Nc6 Nc3 35. f4 Nd1 36. f5 Ne3 37. Nd4 Ng4+ 38. Kf4 Nxh2 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. f6+ Kh8 41. Nb5 Kg8 42. Nd6 Be6 43. Ne4 Ng4 44. Nc5 h6+ 45. Kh5 Kh7 46. Ne4 Bf5 47. Nd6 Nxf6+ 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. Nc4 Ng4 50. Nd2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Turner, Max N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 "North East England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Red1 Qb4 19. Qc1 e5 20. Qc2 exd4 21. Ra4 Qe7 22. Raxd4 Nc5 23. e3 h6 24. Bh3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. b4 Ne6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Nc5 e5 30. Rd2 Qf7 31. e4 Nf6 32. f3 Kh8 33. Qb3 Qe7 34. Qd1 Rf8 35. Rd6 Qf7 36. Qb3 Qh5 37. Kg2 Rf7 38. Rd3 Re7 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Qd3 Qf7 41. Rxe8+ Nxe8 42. Qb3 Qxb3 43. Nxb3 Nd6 44. Nc5 g5 45. Nd7 Nc4 46. Nc5 Nd6 47. f4 Nc4 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Nxb7 g4 50. Nc5 Nd2 51. Nxa6 Nxe4 52. Nb8 c5 53. a6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Claridge Hansen, William"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 "Oxford"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Qd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Be5 0-0 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bg5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Be3+ 19. Kg2 c5 20. Rad1 Rxf1 21. Rxf1 cxd4 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 24. Rf3 d3 25. Qa4 d2 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.22"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[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 "Spirit of Atticus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Ra3 c4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Nxb3 cxb3 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qxb3 Qb6 20. Ra4 Rb8 21. Rc1 Ng4 22. e3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Ne5 24. Qb3 h5 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. h3 Rc5 27. Qd1 Rc3 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. b5 Qd7 31. Rab4 Ra2 32. b6 Qb7 33. R1b2 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Rc5 35. e4 h4 36. gxh4 Rc3 37. Be2 Qc8 38. Bg4 Qb7 39. Qa4 Kg7 40. f4 Nc4 41. Rb1 Kh7 42. Qa7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "10.61"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qd7 8. dxe5 Na5 9. Qb5 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Ne7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bc3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Rg1 g6 15. e6 f6 16. Rg4 Be7 17. Rf4 Qg5 18. Ke2 0-0 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxf6 Rb5 22. Rd1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chTa 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 a6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 c5 13. d4 Rfe8 14. Qf5 Rac8 15. Bd3 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Bb1 g6 18. Qh3 b5 19. e4 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. exf6 Qf8 22. Bxc3 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Bb4 24. Qh4 Nd5 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Be4 Qe7 27. Qh6 Nf6 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qf4 Nh5 30. Qd2 Qd5 31. Re3 Nf4 32. Nf3 Qf5 33. g3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Nd5 35. Qa3 Rb8 36. Ne5 c3 37. Qd6 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. f3 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chTa 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Gallagher, Daniel GH"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 c5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. 0-0 Bc6 15. Re1 Be7 16. Ng5 Qb7 17. Ne4 0-0 18. f4 Rfd8 19. f5 exf5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Re8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qd2 Be4 25. Bd7 Re5 26. Ba4 h6 27. Bf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "BCF-chTa 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 b6 7. Nh3 Bb7 8. Nf4 d6 9. e4 Qd7 10. b3 e6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Ra2 h5 13. f3 g5 14. Nd3 Rg8 15. h4 gxh4 16. gxh4 Qc7 17. Kf1 Nd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 e5 20. f4 0-0-0 21. Qxh5 Na5 22. Qd1 Rxg2 23. Rxg2 Bxe4 24. Nf2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 f5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bg5 Rf8 28. Kf1 Kb7 29. h5 Qg7 30. Bf4 Ng4 31. Rh3 Rg8 32. h6 Nxh6 33. Bxh6 Qg2+ 34. Ke2 Ka6 35. Bf4 Rg4 36. Rf3 Rg6 37. Re3 Rg4 38. Rf3 Rg6 39. Qc2 Qg1 40. Be3 Qa1 41. Nd3 Qh1 42. Nf4 Rh6 43. Rf1 Rh2+ 44. Bf2 Qa8 45. Nd5 Qh8 46. Ke1 Qh6 47. Kd1 Qh3 48. Qe2 Nxb3 49. Kc2 Na5 50. Nc7+ Kb7 51. Nb5 Ka6 52. Nxd6 f4 53. Qe8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chTa 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Skulte, Christopher"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Celtic Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qg4 Qc7 13. Nf3 0-0 14. 0-0-0 e5 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Bd3 e4 18. Bxe4 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 Be7 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. Nd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. f4 exf4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nxf4 Ne6 15. Kh1 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Be6 17. Qe2 0-0-0 18. h3 h5 19. Nf3 g5 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Nxg5 Qe7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf3 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Ne4 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qg7 27. Bd4 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1 Nf2 29. Qd2 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Bxa7 c5 32. Bb6 Nf4 33. Qf2 Qg4 34. Ne1 Nxg2 35. Nxg2 h4 36. Nf4 h3 37. Ne2 f4 38. Bxc5 Bh4 39. Qg1 Qf3+ 40. Bf2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brozel, Sacha"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Bc3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. e3 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nb5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d4 Kg8 18. a4 Nc7 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Rac8 21. Rc1 Na6 22. b3 b5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. a5 b4 25. Nc4 Qb5 26. Rf2 Rc7 27. Ra2 Rdc8 28. Nb2 Nxb3 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qxb3 Rc3 31. Qa4 Rc1+ 32. Nd1 Qd3 33. Kg2 b3 34. Nf2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Yao, Lan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Qb2 Ba6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc6 22. e4 Bd3 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rbd1 Bc4 25. h4 Bd6 26. Bh3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qc7 28. Qd2 Bb3 29. Rb1 Rxc3 30. e6 d4 31. exf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Qxd4 Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Bf1 Qc7 36. Qe4 Qd8 37. Bd3 Bg6 38. Qe6+ Bf7 39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxf7 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxa4 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ Kh8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxb6 Qb4 47. Qe6 a4 48. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Willson, Ollie"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Qf4 f5 13. Rad1 e6 14. Bh3 Nc6 15. d5 e5 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e4 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Be3 h5 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Bxh8 Kxh8 22. Qc3+ Kh7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Qe7 25. Rd4 exf3 26. exf3 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rfd1 Rae8 29. R4d3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Re2 31. Rb3 Kg7 32. Bf1 Rc2 33. Ra3 a5 34. Rb3 Nd7 35. f4 Nc5 36. Rb5 Na4 37. Rb3 Kf7 38. Rf3 Rxb2 39. Rf2 Ke7 40. Rxb2 Nxb2 41. Be2 Na4 42. a3 Nc3 43. Bd3 b5 44. cxb5 Nxd5 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Kh3 Ng4 47. Bc4 Ne3 48. Be2 d5 49. Kh4 Kf6 50. a4 Nc4 51. h3 Nb2 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 d4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[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 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. h4 g5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Be4 h5 19. Kg2 h4 20. Rh1 h3+ 21. Kg1 Bh6 22. Rf1 Rf7 23. Kh2 Raf8 24. f3 Rg7 25. Rhg1 a6 26. a4 Qd8 27. b3 Qa5 28. Nd1 b5 29. Ne3 bxa4 30. bxa4 Qxa4 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Qd4 33. Kxh3 c4 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. f4 c3 37. Rh1 Rc7 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. Kf3 c2 40. Ke4 Rc3 41. Kxd4 Rxg3 42. e3 Rb8 43. Rhg1 Bxf4 44. Kc3 Rb1 45. Rxg3+ Bxg3 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Kxc2 Ra1 48. Kb3 a5 49. Ra7 Be1 50. Bd7 Kf6 51. Bc6 Bb4 52. Ra8 Ra3+ 53. Kc4 Rxe3 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. Rf4 Ra3 56. Kb5 Ra1 57. Kc4 Kg6 58. Rf8 Bc5 59. Kc3 a4 60. Bb5 a3 61. Rf1 Ra2 62. Bd3+ Kg5 63. Bc2 Bd4+ 64. Kxd4 Rxc2 65. Rf8 a2 66. Ra8 Kf4 67. Rf8+ Kg3 68. Ra8 Kf2 69. Ke4 Ke1 70. Kd3 Kd1 71. Ra7 Kc1 72. Ra8 Kb1 73. Ra7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pekin, Tolgay"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. c3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Qc6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Be5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Be4 Rcd8 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 a5 27. a3 h6 28. b4 Ra8 29. f4 Rdd8 30. Rd2 Qc6 31. Red1 axb4 32. axb4 Ra3 33. Qg3 Rda8 34. f5 Ra1 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Qe1 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Ra3 38. Rd3 Qa8 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Qg4 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Rxg2 42. Qh4 Qa2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Graham, David Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c5 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. b4 Nd5 20. Qb3 f6 21. Nc4 b5 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. a4 a6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Qc3 bxa4 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Bc8 30. Ra1 Bf5 31. Rxa4 Bd3 32. Ra3 Bb5 33. Rae3 g6 34. Re8 a5 35. R1e7 Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 a4 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Rxh7 Kf5 40. f3 g5 41. h3 Kg6 42. Ra7 f5 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kh6 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Ke3 Kh5 47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rb7 Kh5 49. Rxb5 cxb5 50. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rh7 11. Qf4 c4 12. Kd1 Bd7 13. Qh4 f6 14. f4 0-0-0 15. Nf3 Rf8 16. Be2 Nge7 17. Rf1 Kb8 18. Qh3 Ka8 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Kd2 Rhh8 21. Nh4 Rhg8 22. Bg4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nd8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Be2 Qb6 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Qe1 Be8 28. g4 a6 29. Qb1 Qc7 30. Qb2 Nf7 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Rb1 Bc6 33. Qb6 Qd7 34. Rf1 Nc8 35. Qb4 b6 36. Ng6 a5 37. Qb1 Nh8 38. g5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Qe8 40. Nh4 Ka7 41. Rf2 Nf7 42. Qg1 Nxg5 43. Qxg5 Ne7 44. Bg4 Bd7 45. Rf3 Ka6 46. Ng6 Nc6 47. Qf4 Nd8 48. Rf2 Bc8 49. Bh3 Bd7 50. Rf3 Bc8 51. Qh4 Nc6 52. Kc1 Bd7 53. Bf1 Bc8 54. Be2 Bd7 55. Rf4 Bc8 56. Kd1 Bd7 57. Ke1 Bc8 58. Kf2 Bd7 59. Kg2 Kb5 60. Rf1 Bc8 61. Bg4 Bd7 62. Kh3 Bc8 63. Qg5 Bd7 64. Kg3 Bc8 65. Qc1 Bd7 66. a4+ Ka6 67. Qa3 Nd8 68. Qd6 Bxa4 69. Ne7 Rh8 70. Ng6 Rg8 71. Ne7 Rh8 72. Rb1 Nc6 73. Qc7 Bb5 74. Ng6 Rg8 75. Nf4 Nd8 76. Nxd5 Qc6 77. Qxc6 Bxc6 78. Nxb6 g6 79. h6 Rh8 80. Nxc4 Rxh6 81. Bxe6 a4 82. d5 g5 83. Bc8+ Bb7 84. Bxb7+ Nxb7 85. e6 Rh4 86. e7 Re4 87. Rb6+ Ka7 88. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Eames, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. Ne5 0-0 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. axb4 Qb6 12. 0-0 Qxb4 13. Qd2 Qb7 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qa5 Rd5 17. dxc5 Bd7 18. Naxc4 Be8 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qa3 f6 21. Nd3 Bb5 22. Ne3 Rd4 23. Qb3 Ng5 24. h4 Nf7 25. Nf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 e5 27. Ne6 Bxe2 28. Rd2 Bb5 29. Nf5 Qe4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nd8 Bc4 32. Qa4 Nd6 33. cxd6 Rxd8 34. Qd1 Ba6 35. f3 Qxb4 36. Kg2 Bb7 37. Qc1 Rxd6 38. Rb2 Qa3 39. Rxb7 Qd3 40. Rxa7 h5 41. Qe1 Rd4 42. Ra2 e4 43. Qe2 e3 44. Qxd3 Rxd3 45. Re2 1-0

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. b4 0-0 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 c5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. 0-0 Nf3+ 16. Kh1 Qd6 17. Bxf3 exf3 18. g4 Rad8 19. Rad1 h5 20. Rg1 Qd7 21. Rg3 h4 22. Rgg1 Re6 23. Nc1 Rd6 24. d3 Be4 25. Rd2 Bg6 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Qf4 Ne4 28. Rc2 Qa4 29. dxe4 Rd1 30. Bxg7 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Kxg7 32. Rd2 Qxc4 33. Rd1 Qc2 34. Qd6 Rxe4 35. Rf1 Rxe3 36. Qf4 Re6 37. Qxf3 Qe4 38. Qc3+ Qd4 39. Qf3 Rf6 40. Qa8 Be4 41. Qxa7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. b4 c6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nxe4 c5 17. Qe3 Qa8 18. Bf3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Bxb6 Nxc4 21. Qd4 Ra4 22. Nc3 Bxf3 23. Nxa4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Nxb6 25. Qxb6 Bxg2 26. Rfb1 Bh1 27. Kf1 h5 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Ke2 Bf3+ 30. Kf1 Qa6+ 31. Nb5 Qc6 32. Rb3 Bd1 33. Kg1 Bxb3 34. Nd4 Qc4 35. Nxb3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 0-0 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. 0-0 Qb8 13. Bh4 Rfd8 14. h3 d6 15. b4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qb3 Kf8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rfd1 Rd4 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qb8 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Bf1 Qd6 27. Qxd6+ Kxd6 28. Kf2 g6 29. h4 f5 30. g3 Nf6 31. Bd3 Bd7 32. Ke3 Nh5 33. g4 Nf4 34. Bf1 Bc6 35. Nb1 Ba4 36. Nd2 Kc6 37. c5 b5 38. Nb1 Bb3 39. Nc3 a6 40. g5 Bc4 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. Ne2 Nd3 43. Kd2 a5 44. Nc1 Nxb4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Kc2 f4 47. Ne2 Kxc5 48. Kb2 Kb5 49. Kc2 Ka4 50. Kb2 Ka5 51. Ng1 Ka4 52. Ne2 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makkar, Rajat"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Ne1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 f5 14. e3 Nf6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. Qe2 g5 19. Re1 Kh8 20. f3 Nf6 21. f4 Rg8 22. Ne5 Rg7 23. Rf1 Rag8 24. Ne1 Be6 25. N1f3 h6 26. Qd2 Bb4 27. Qe2 Qe8 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Nfe5 Ne4 30. Rac1 Bc8 31. Qe1 gxf4 32. exf4 h5 33. Nf3 Be7 34. Rc2 b6 35. Nfe5 c5 36. dxc5 Qxa4 37. Qe2 bxc5 38. Rfc1 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 c4 40. Nf2 Nxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Qxf2 42. Rxf2 Bb7 43. Rd1 h4 44. Bxd5 Rd8 45. Rfd2 Bb4 46. Rd4 Bc5 47. R4d2 Be3 48. Bxb7 Rxd2 49. Rxd2 Bxd2 50. Bc8 hxg3 51. hxg3 c3 52. bxc3 Bxc3 53. Nd3 a4 54. Kg2 a3 55. Nc1 Re7 56. Kf3 Bd4 57. Bxf5 Re3+ 58. Kg4 Re1 59. Na2 Re2 60. Nc1 a2 61. Nxe2 a1Q 62. Nxd4 Qxd4 63. Kf3 Kg7 64. Be4 Kf6 65. g4 Qd1+ 66. Kg3 Qg1+ 67. Bg2 Qe3+ 68. Bf3 Kg6 69. g5 Kf5 70. g6 Qxf4+ 71. Kg2 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Lee, Qing Aun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Bg6 15. Nd2 Ndf6 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb3 Rfe8 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne2 Qd6 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Nd4 Ng4 23. Nf1 Ne5 24. Ng3 Nc4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rab1 Ree8 27. Rd1 h6 28. h3 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Rd1 Qg6 32. Ne2 Rb1 33. Qe1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qc6 35. Nf4 Nb2 36. Nxd5 Qxa4 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qd4 Qxe7 40. Qxb2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dong, Bao Nghia"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. h3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Bh2 d6 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qe8 11. b4 e5 12. Ra3 e4 13. Ne1 b5 14. axb5 Nb6 15. bxa6 Nxc4 16. axb7 Rxa3 17. Nxc4 Ra7 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxb7 20. c4 Qe6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. d5 Qe5 23. b5 Bd6 24. g3 Nd7 25. Ng2 Nb6 26. Qb3 Ra7 27. Rc1 Ba3 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Rc1 g5 30. Qd1 h6 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Qe2 Ra4 33. Ne1 Rb4 34. Qg4 Rb2 35. Nc2 Qc3 36. Qd1 Qd3 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Nxc4 39. Qe1 Qxd4 40. d6 Nxd6 41. Rd1 Qf6 42. Rb1 Rxb5 43. Rxb5 Nxb5 44. Qxe4 Nd6 45. Qg4 Kh7 46. Qd1 Nf5 47. Qd3 Qg6 48. Qd7 h5 49. g4 Nh4 50. Qe7 hxg4 51. hxg4 Qe6 52. Qb4 Qc6 53. Kf1 Qh1+ 54. Ke2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Brandon GI"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 g6 11. Be2 Nge7 12. g4 Bd7 13. h4 0-0-0 14. Nh3 h6 15. Qc1 Ng8 16. h5 gxh5 17. gxh5 f6 18. Nf4 fxe5 19. Ng6 Rh7 20. Nxe5 Nf6 21. f3 Be8 22. Bxh6 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nxh5 24. Bg5 Rdd7 25. Kf2 Bg6 26. Ra2 Ng7 27. Rxh7 Bxh7 28. Qh1 Bxc2 29. Qh8+ Kc7 30. Qf8 Bb3 31. Ra1 Qa5 32. Rh1 b6 33. Qa8 Qa6 34. Rh8 Qb7 35. Qg8 Kc6 36. Bf6 Kb5 37. Rh7 Ne8 38. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. Nf3 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc6 Ne5 18. c7 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qc8 20. Qe4 e5 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Rc6 Rac8 23. Rcxd6 Qe7 24. Rd7 Qc5 25. Qb7 a5 26. h3 Qc2 27. R1d2 Qc5 28. Kh2 h5 29. R2d6 Qc2 30. Qxb6 Qxf2 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Qd6 Qxe3 34. Qf6 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rxh5 Rfe8 37. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. b3 d6 11. Re1 h6 12. e4 Nd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Nf1 0-0-0 15. Ne3 e6 16. Qe2 h5 17. h3 Nde5 18. Nf1 f6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. Qf2 Nce7 22. Be3 Rhg8 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Nd2 Kb8 25. Rg1 Rdg8 26. Bh1 f5 27. Rg5 h4 28. Rag1 Qd8 29. Qe1 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Nf5 32. Bd2 Qf8 33. R1g2 e5 34. Qg1 Nxf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Rxg7 Nxg7 38. Qg5 f3 39. Qxh4 Kc7 40. Kg1 Nf5 41. Qf4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McPhillips, Joseph"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bc2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 0-0 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Ba4 Qd8 20. Ne4 Bf8 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Be3 a6 23. b4 b5 24. Bb3 N7f6 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Bg5 Red8 27. Rac1 Nh5 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Nxe6 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Rd6 31. Ng5 Nd5 32. Qc5 Nhf4 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Rxf4+ Kg7 36. Rg4 Nf6 37. Rf4 Nd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Qa7+ Rd7 40. Qxa6 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Qxd4 42. Qxb5 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa3 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. b5 Qb4 46. Qc7+ Kg8 47. b6 Qb5 48. b7 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 0-0 10. Bg2 Be6 11. 0-0 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd3 13. b4 f5 14. Qb1 Rad8 15. Rc1 e4 16. Na4 Qxb1 17. Raxb1 Rxd2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b5 Ne5 20. Rxc7+ Rf7 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rc1 Kf6 24. h3 b6 25. Na6 Bc4 26. a4 Ra2 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nd3+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1 31. Nb4 Nd3 32. Nc6 Nc5 33. a5 bxa5 34. Nxa5 Ne6 35. Nc6 Nc7 36. Nxa7 Nd5 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Nc6 Kc5 40. Nd4 Nc7 41. h4 Nxb5 42. Ne6+ Kd5 43. Nf8 Nc7 44. Nxh7 Ne6 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. Kc4 Ng7 47. Nf8 Kf6 48. Nd7+ Ke6 49. Nc5+ Ke5 50. Nd7+ Ke6 51. Nc5+ Kd6 52. Kd4 Nh5 53. g4 Ng3 54. gxf5 Nxf5+ 55. Kxe4 Kxc5 56. h5 Ng3+ 57. Kf4 Nxh5+ 58. Kg5 Ng3 59. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Qa4 d4 14. Nxd4 Ng4 15. g3 Qh6 16. h4 Nxe3 17. Nxc6 Nxf1 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rxf1 Bh3 20. Rd1 Rae8 21. Ned5 Re5 22. Qd4 f6 23. Nf4 Bg4 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxg4 g5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 f5 28. Ne2 Rg4 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Qd5+ Rf7 31. Bc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qf6 33. Nf4 g6 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Re6 Qxb2 36. Rxg6+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Re6# 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 0-0 9. Bb2 a6 10. Nxb6 cxb6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. d3 Rc8 13. 0-0 b5 14. Qd2 bxc4 15. dxc4 Qe7 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 h6 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nb3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. b5 Nb8 24. Ra1 Nbd7 25. Qb4 Bc2 26. Rd2 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 Nc5 28. Qb4 Rxa1+ 29. Bxa1 Ra8 30. Qb1 b6 31. Ra2 Qb7 32. Bf3 Nfe4 33. Bb2 f5 34. Qa1 Rxa2 35. Qxa2 Kf7 36. Qa3 Ke7 37. Bc3 Qb8 38. Bb4 Kd7 39. Qa1 Ke7 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Qb1 Qa8 43. Qb2 Ke6 44. Kh2 h5 45. h4 Qd8 46. Qa2 Qxh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe7 48. Qa8 Kf5 49. Qb8 Qe6 50. g3 Kg4 51. Kg2 Kf5 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53. Qd8 Kh6 54. Qc7 g6 55. Qc6 Qxc4 56. Qxb6 Qd5 57. Qf6 c4 58. Qc6 Qd3 59. b6 h4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qe3 a5 11. 0-0 a4 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Nxe7+ Kg7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Rxd6 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. R6d5 Qa6 20. f4 Rce7 21. e5 Qc6 22. a3 f6 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. R6d2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Rxe3 28. Bf3 Rxa3 29. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO qual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Be3 d6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nbc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qd1 Be6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. h3 Bc4 20. Re1 Nb4 21. b3 Nd3 22. bxc4 Nxc1 23. Nd5 Rxc4 24. Bf1 Rc5 25. Re3 Nxa2 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qd4 Re5 28. Ng4 h5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Qa1 Rd2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 b6 33. Bc4 Nc3 34. Qc1 Nxe4 35. Qe3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Modi, Kishan Jagdish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. f4 e4 12. d3 Qb6 13. Nd4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. h3 Rac8 17. Rf2 Nb4 18. Bf1 Kh8 19. Rd2 Bc5 20. Kh2 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxd5 Bxe3 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Rg5 Rg8 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greet, Andrew"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. e3 c5 10. c3 d5 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Nb6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Qc2 c4 20. Nf3 Qa5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Rc3 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Ra3 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. h4 h6 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. h5 Nf8 30. Rb8 Rb2 31. Ra8 g5 32. Nd5 Rb7 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. exd4 Kg7 35. Ne3 f4 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. g4 Nd7 38. Nxh6 Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kh7 40. Nd6 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Nf6 42. Rxa7 Nxg4 43. Nxf7 Nf6 44. Ne5+ Kh6 45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. 0-0-0 Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. g4 h4 14. Kb1 b5 15. Rhg1 Bh2 16. Rge1 Bd5 17. Qd2 Bf3 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Ng1 Be4 20. Ka1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxg1 22. Rxg1 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. c4 Ne6 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. d5 Nf4 27. Rgd1 Ng2 28. Bc5 Rd8 29. d6 Rd7 30. Bxa7 Re6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Bc5 Nf4 33. Kb1 Nxh3 34. Rc7 Nxf2 35. Rxd7 Nxd1 36. Re7 Rxd6 37. Bxd6 Nf2 38. b3 Nxg4 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 f5 41. a5 Nf6 42. a6 Nd5 43. a7 Nb6 44. Rb7 Nc8 45. a8Q Nxd6 46. Rb4 h3 47. Rh4+ Kg6 48. Rxh3 Ne4 49. Kc2 Kg5 50. Qg8 Kg4 51. Rh7 g5 52. Rxf7 Nd6 53. Rf8 Ne4 54. Qe6 Ng3 55. Rxf5 Nxf5 56. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
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1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 0-0 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. f4 Nc7 13. f5 Ne5 14. g4 e6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. b3 b5 18. Rf2 a5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rb8 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rxf6 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Re1 Qb8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. Ne3 b5 19. Ncd5 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa7 21. Rb1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nd7 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Nc2 Bc8 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. Nc6 Bb7 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Nxa5 Ba8 31. Rb1 Bc3 32. Nc6 Bf6 33. Bg2 Rc8 34. f4 Kf8 35. g4 h6 36. Kh2 g5 37. Kg3 gxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Bg5 39. h4 Bxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Bxc6 41. dxc6 Ne5 42. Rb6 a5 43. g5 hxg5+ 44. Kxg5 f6+ 45. Kf5 Nxc4 46. Rb7 Ne3+ 47. Ke6 Nxg2 48. Kd7 Rxc6 49. Kxc6 Nxh4 50. Rb5 f5 51. Rxa5 Kf7 52. a4 Ke6 53. Ra8 f4 54. Rh8 Nf5 55. a5 Nd4+ 56. Kb6 Kd5 57. a6 Nc6 58. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Qe2 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rc2 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Ne5 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Nb1 a5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6 22. Bb5 Qe7 23. Bc6 Ne4 24. Qd1 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rab8 27. Bd4 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qd7 29. Qa6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Nd2 31. Rxe6 Nxb3 32. Rd6 Qc7 33. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6 Qxb2 9. Nbd2 gxh6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nf1 f6 14. Bd3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bd7 18. Qb1 b6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6 Rbc8 21. Nh5 Na5 22. Rd3 Rc4 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Qd1 Nc6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh5 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Bd3 Bb7 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. f3 d4 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Ke2 a5 37. Ba6 b5 38. Kd3 b4 39. Kxd4 Bc6 40. Bc4 Kf7 41. Kc5 Ba8 42. Kb5 Bd5 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Eggleston, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. Rb1 c6 15. bxc6 Nxc6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Nd4 18. e3 Nb3 19. Qc2 Qd2 20. Qe4 Nc5 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Bf5 23. e4 Bh3 24. Rfd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1 Kg8 28. Rxf3 Rad8 29. Bc1 Rd4 30. Be3 Rxc4 31. Nd5 Nxe4 32. Rxb7 Bxa3 33. Nb6 Rb4 34. Rff7 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Nxa4 Ra1 37. Nc5 Nd6 38. Ra7 Re1 39. Kf2 Rh1 40. Rfd7 Rxh2+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Bf2 e4 43. Bd4 Nf5 44. Nb3 Rb8 45. Rab7 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 Nxg3 47. Rb8 Kf7 48. Nc5 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Nge7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a5 0-0 13. Be2 f5 14. Nf1 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Qc1 Na5 18. N3d2 d5 19. f3 d4 20. Bf2 h5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. c4 Bh6 23. f4 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. bxc4 exf4 26. Qd1 Nac6 27. gxf4 Nb4 28. Ng3 Ra1 29. Nb1 Na2 30. 0-0 Nc3 31. Qb3 Nxe2+ 32. Nxe2 Ng6 33. Bg3 Qe7 34. Nd2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bf7 36. Qb8+ Bf8 37. Bf2 Qd6 38. Qb7 Be8 39. Qf3 Ne7 40. Ng3 Bc6 41. Qe2 Qxf4 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Qf7 Qxd2 46. Qxf8+ Ng8 47. Qxf5 Qd1+ 48. Be1 Bf3 49. Qxc5 Qxd3+ 50. Kg1 Nh6 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Qe7+ Kh8 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qc7+ Kh8 55. Qb8+ Kh7 56. Qa7+ Kg8 57. Qb6 Kh7 58. Bf2 Qd1+ 59. Nf1 Be2 60. Qc7+ Kg8 61. Qd8+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Kf7 64. Qf4+ Ke8 65. Bxd4 Bxf1 66. Qe5+ Kd7 67. Qd5+ Kc8 68. Qc6+ Kb8 69. Qe8+ Kc7 70. Qe5+ Kd7 71. Qd5+ Kc8 72. Qc6+ Kb8 73. Be5+ Ka7 74. Qc7+ Ka6 75. Qc8+ Ka5 76. Qc5+ Ka4 77. Qb5+ Ka3 78. Qa5+ Kb3 79. Qb5+ Ka3 80. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL GM"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 d5 9. Qb1 Nbd7 10. b4 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Nc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nfd5 18. Ra3 Qd6 19. Bh4 e5 20. Bg3 f5 21. axb5 f4 22. Bh4 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Kg2 exd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Ng5 Nc3 28. Qc1 Bf6 29. Re6 Nbd5 30. Be4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 f3+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qd1 Qxh4 34. Nxf3 Qxf2 35. exd5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qa6 Bxf4 12. exf4 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Nxb3 15. Ra3 Rb8 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bd3 Nc1 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. Ne5 Rfb8 21. Qa5 Ne4 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. c4 f6 24. c5 fxe5 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. cxb6 Rxc2 27. 0-0 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 N4c3 29. fxe5 Rb2 30. Rxa6 Nxd4 31. Rfa1 h5 32. R1a3 Ne4 33. Ra2 Rb1 34. Ra1 Rb2 35. R1a2 Rb1 36. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Ne8 14. 0-0 Nd6 15. Rad1 Nbc4 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Ncb5 a6 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Rfe1 Nf5 21. Ne5 Qb5 22. d6 Be6 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bxb7 Rxa2 25. g4 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxb2 27. Nf3 Bf8 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Rd8 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Rb8 33. Be4 Kg7 34. Bf4 Rc8 35. Rc1 Bc4 36. Bd5 Rc5 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. f3 g5 39. Be3 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qa5 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rb5 Rd8 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Kd3 Rc1 22. Rxd5 Ra1 23. Nh4 Rxa2 24. f4 g6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rd6 Ra3+ 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. Nxf5+ Ke8 29. Rc6 b5 30. Rc7 a5 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rxf7 Ra2+ 33. Kf3 Ra1 34. e6 Re1 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. e7 b4 37. Kf2 Re4 38. e8Q Rxe8 39. Rxe8 b3 40. Re1 Kb6 41. Ke2 Na3 42. Ne3 b2 43. Kd3 b1Q+ 44. Rxb1+ Nxb1 45. Nc4+ Kb5 46. d5 a4 47. d6 a3 48. Nxa3+ 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Welling, Gerard J"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Qc7 9. Bg3 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd5 15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bf1 Rg8 20. Qh3 Rg6 21. Re3 Ne4 22. Nf3 Rag8 23. c4 Qc5 24. Rd1 f5 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Ne5 Rf6 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxe4 Rg6 29. Red4 Rfg7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. R8d7 Qb2 32. Qb3 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. a3 a5 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Bf8 10. Be2 d6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb8 14. f4 g6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bb5 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bc4 Ra7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1 Qxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Kh8 23. Bc4 Ra7 24. Qe4 Bg7 25. h4 c5 26. Bc3 Nd7 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Qd6 Bf6 29. Bb5 Kg7 30. g3 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Ng2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 Ne7 12. Qb3 c6 13. 0-0-0 Kh7 14. g4 g6 15. Nf4 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. g5 Bg7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. h5 d5 20. Rdg1 hxg5 21. hxg6+ Kg8 22. Rxg5 Qd6 23. Qd1 b4 24. Na4 Bd7 25. Bf1 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 c5 27. Qd1 cxd4 28. Kb1 d3 29. Qh5 Rc8 30. Bxd3 Qf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Nh5 Qh6 34. Rgg1 Ng8 35. Nf6 Qg7 36. Nxd7+ Qxd7 37. Rh7 Qc6 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rxf5 exd3 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. e4 Bxc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Qe2 Ng4 9. h3 Nd4 10. hxg4 Nxe2+ 11. Nxe2 0-0 12. Bf4 d6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bc3 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Ned4 e5 18. Nf5 e4 19. Bxg7 exf3 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Bf6 Be5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Kh2 Qg7 27. Rh1 Bxg4 28. Kg1 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Bd7 30. Kh2 Bxg3+ 31. fxg3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Rf8 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Ra2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 Qb5 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rc1 f5 19. Qd1 Qxa3 20. Rf3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Re3 Ng4 23. Re2 0-0-0 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Bf4 Nc6 26. f3 Nf6 27. Bxh6 Rg8 28. Be3 Qd6 29. h6 Nh5 30. Qd2 f4 31. Bf2 Qxh6 32. g4 Nf6 33. Ng2 Qh1 34. Qxf4 Rdf8 35. Bc5 Nh5 36. Qxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bxf8 Ng3 38. Bd6 Qxf1+ 39. Kd2 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Thanet op-A 50th"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderson, John"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. 0-0-0 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Qa5 15. h5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Kb1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Thanet op-A 50th"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Taylor, Martin R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. c5 N6d7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Nf3 b6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. h5 Nc7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Qf3 Nf8 18. 0-0-0 d5 19. Rh4 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rdh1 Rac8 22. Kb1 Re7 23. g4 Ne8 24. Nce4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qh3 Rec7 28. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Thanet op-A 50th"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gray, Edward"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Bd3 Bxf3 8. Bxf5 Bxd1 9. Bc8 Nbd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Kxd1 c6 12. Ke2 Nf6 13. Be3 e6 14. f3 Be7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. c3 0-0 18. h4 Rfe8 19. g4 f5 20. Nf2 Bd6 21. Nd3 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 24. Kf2 fxg4 25. fxg4 Rf8+ 26. Kg3 Nf6 27. Bf4 Re2 28. Rhf1 Rxb2 29. Rae1 Rxa2 30. Re7 Nd5 31. Rxb7 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Thanet op-A 50th"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Gregory, Philip J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Bxe4 8. Bf4 Qd7 9. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL op 22nd"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Steven"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Nd2 exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Be1 b5 17. axb6 Qb8 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Ra3 Nxb6 21. Nc6 Qb7 22. Rb3 Nxa4 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. c3 Nxb2 25. Qc2 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxe2 28. Rb1 Rae8 29. h3 Na4 30. Qb3 Bxc6 31. dxc6 R2e4 32. c7 Rb4 33. Qxa4 Rxa4 34. Rb8 Rae4 35. Rd8 Kg7 36. c8Q Rxd8 37. Qxd8 Rd4 38. Kf1 h5 39. g3 Kh7 40. Qb6 Kg7 41. Qxa6 Kg8 42. Qa7 Kg7 43. Qb6 Kg8 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Qb8 Rd5 46. Ke3 Rd4 47. Qa8 Rb4 48. Qc8 Rd4 49. f4 f5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Qxg4 Rd5 53. Qd7+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qb8 Rd4 56. Kf3 Rd3+ 57. Kg4 Rd2 58. Qb3+ Kf6 59. Qg8 Ke7 60. Qg7+ Kd8 61. Kg5 c4 62. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL op 22nd"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Lentzos, Ioanis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 9. fxg3 cxd4 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 0-0-0 14. b5 Na5 15. Kh1 Bc5 16. a4 f6 17. Bd2 Rhf8 18. Qe1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL op 22nd"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 c5 15. Nc4 cxd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Qe6 20. Bc3 Rd7 21. h3 Rad8 22. Rfc1 b6 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. a4 Rd5 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. Bd4 h6 27. h4 Qe4 28. Rb5 Rxb5 29. axb5 Qxh4 30. Qc7 Rd5 31. g3 Qh3 32. Qxa7 Rh5 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxb5 36. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telford 4NCL op 22nd"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Walton, Alan J"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Nge2 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. 0-0 Rad8 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qf7 17. Bf1 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Ne2 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bc3 22. Re2 h5 23. Qc1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 h4 25. Qxg5 hxg3 26. Qxg3 Rd7 27. Qh3+ Qh7 28. Qxe6 Be5 0-1

[Event "Telford 4NCL op 22nd"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Staples, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Rab1 Qg5 15. Kh1 Re6 16. f4 Qh4 17. g3 Qh5 18. Rbe1 f5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Rg6 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Nb1 Rge6 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nf6 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Na3 Bf3 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Rxf3 Ne4 30. Qg2 Qf8 31. Nc2 h5 32. Ra1 Nd6 33. Qe2 Nc4 34. Qd3 g5 35. Ra7 Re4 36. Rf1 R8e7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. fxg5 Qxg5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. exf4 Qg4 41. Ne1 h4 42. Qf3 Qg7 43. Qd3 Nd6 44. Kg2 Ne4 45. Qe3 Qg4 46. Nf3 h3+ 47. Kg1 Kg7 48. Qa3 Qd7 49. Qa8 Qg4 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Kf8 53. Qf7+ Kxf7 54. Ne5+ Ke6 55. Nxg4 Nd6 56. Ne5 Kf5 57. Nxc6 Ke4 58. Kf2 Nb5 59. Ke2 Nd6 60. Ne5 Nf5 61. Nf3 Nh6 62. Ng5+ Kxd4 63. Kf3 Kc3 64. Nxh3 d4 65. Nf2 Kd2 66. g4 Ke1 67. h4 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Eggleston, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d5 8. Qa4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. Bb2 a6 19. Ra3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 d4 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. e4 Qb6 25. Rea1 Bb7 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. Rc1 Qb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Qb4 Qc5 31. Rb3 Qh5 32. Bg2 Bc6 33. Ra3 Ng5 34. Nxg5 Qxg5 35. Ra6 Be8 36. Bxd4 Qc1+ 37. Bf1 Qc8 38. Rxf6 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 gxf6 40. Qxf6 b4 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. e5 Qe6 44. Qh4+ Kf8 45. Qxb4+ Kg8 46. Qd6 Qxd6 47. exd6 Bd7 48. f4 f6 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Bf5 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Kc5 Kd7 53. d4 Kd8 54. h3 h6 55. g4 Bg6 56. h4 Bf7 57. Bd3 Bg8 58. Bf5 Bf7 59. h5 Bg8 60. g5 fxg5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. h6 g4 63. h7 Bxh7 64. Bxh7 g3 65. Be4 g2 66. Bxg2 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Rad1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bg2 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 b6 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. h4 Rf6 22. Rh1 Raf8 23. f3 Qa4 24. Qe2 a5 25. a3 Rb8 26. Rc1 Bh6 27. Rc3 Qe8 28. b3 Ra8 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Kf1 Bf8 31. Ke2 Bh6 32. Kd1 Bf8 33. Kc2 Be7 34. Kb1 Rf8 35. Ka2 Kg7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rc2 a4 38. bxa4 Rxf3 39. Bxf3 Qxf3 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Rxh5 h6 42. Rhh2 Kg6 43. g4 Rf4 44. Kb3 Rxg4 45. Kb4 Bg5 46. Kb5 Be3 47. a5 bxa5 48. Kxa5 Kf5 49. a4 Ke4 50. Ka6 Kd3 51. Kb7 Rxc4 52. Rxc4 Kxc4 53. a5 Kxd5 54. a6 e4 55. Kxc7 Bd4 56. Rd2 e3 57. a7 exd2 58. a8Q+ Kc4 59. Qf3 Be5 60. Kc6 h5 61. Qxh5 Kd3 62. Qd1 Bf4 63. Kb5 d5 64. Kb4 d4 65. Kb3 Ke3 66. Kc2 d3+ 67. Kc3 Be5+ 68. Kc4 Bf4 69. Qf1 Bg5 70. Qxd3+ Kf2 71. Kb3 Bf4 72. Kc2 Be3 73. Kd1 Bf4 74. Qe4 Kg3 75. Ke2 Kg4 76. Qf3+ Kg5 77. Kd3 Kf5 78. Kd4 Kg5 79. Ke4 Kg6 80. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Villiers, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. h3 Bf3 9. Kf1 Nf6 10. Bxf3 Nxf3 11. Nf4 Nd4 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf4 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qxf4 Qb6 17. Kg2 Rd8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Qd4 h5 21. Re7 Rh6 22. Rhe1 Rc8 23. Nc3 b5 24. Rxa7 b4 25. Ne2 Qxc2 26. Rc1 Qf5 27. Qf4 Qe6 28. Nd4 Qe8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Nf5 Qd8 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 32. Qxh6 d4 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Ra6 Qd5+ 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. Rd6 Nc3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. Rxd4 c2 39. Rc4 c1R 40. Rxc1 Kg7 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Siddharth, Jagadeesh"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. 0-0 Be7 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Qf3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 0-0 16. e4 b5 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Qe2 Qa7 20. Rf1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rfe8 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Rcd1 Qb6 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Bh3 Be3 27. Qd1 Bxd2 28. Bxg4 Bc3 29. Bxc8 Bxb2 30. Bd7 Rd8 31. Bh3 Bd4 32. Qf3 Qc5 33. Bg2 g6 34. Qf6 Rd6 35. Qg5 Kg7 36. Qe7 Rxd5 37. Qb7 Rd6 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Bf6 40. Rf1 h5 41. Qe4 b4 42. Qf4 a5 43. Rc1 Qd4 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 45. Bf1 Rd2 46. Rc7 Be5 47. Rc5 f6 48. Rxa5 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh2+ 50. Kg1 Rxh4 51. Bc4 Rd4 52. a3 bxa3 53. Rxa3 g5 54. Ra8 g4 55. Rg8+ Kh6 56. Bf7 Rf4 57. Kg2 f5 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. Rg5 Bd6 60. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Akeya Price, Robert A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 c5 7. e4 Bg6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nf4 0-0 10. h4 e5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. a3 Nxd5 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ng4 17. Nc4 Bxd3 18. Rd1 e4 19. cxd3 exd3 20. 0-0 Rxb3 21. Na5 Rxb2 22. Nc6 Qd6 23. Qxe7 Qg6 24. Qxc5 Kh8 25. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verma, Aditya"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Ne2 Nge7 13. Nf4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 d4 16. Qb3 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 0-0-0 18. Bg2 Qxe5 19. Nxg6 Qf6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxh8 hxg4 22. Qd3 Qxf2 23. Rf1 Qg2 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kc8 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qb7+ Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kd5 29. Qb3+ Kc5 30. Qd3 Rd5 31. a4 g3 32. b4+ Kb6 33. a5+ Ka7 34. Ng5 Bxb4 35. Rb1 Rb5 36. Ne4 Qh3 37. Nxg3 Qxh4 38. Ne2 Rf5 39. Rg1 Bf8 40. a6 Ka8 41. Ra1 Qf6 42. Qe4 e5 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Qe8+ Ka7 45. Qd7+ Kb6 46. Qb7+ Kc5 47. Ra5+ Kd6 48. Qb8+ Kd7 49. Qa7+ Kc8 50. Qb7+ Kd8 51. Qb6+ Kd7 52. Rxf5 Qxf5 53. Qxd4+ Kc7 54. Qd3 Qh5+ 55. Kc1 Qa5 56. Rf1 Qa1+ 57. Kd2 Bb4+ 58. Ke2 Qe5+ 59. Kf3 Bd6 60. Rf2 g5 61. Rf1 Qf4+ 62. Ke2 Qg4+ 63. Kd2 Qb4+ 64. Ke2 Qg4+ 65. Kd2 Qb4+ 66. Ke2 Qg4+ 67. Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank 2nd"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2019.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tambini, Jasper"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Nf5 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxa3 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. g4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Ng5 g6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qh4 22. h3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 b5 27. g5 b4 28. h4 a5 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd8 31. Kc1 Kc7 32. Kb2 Be8 33. Ba6 a4 34. a3 Kb6 35. Be2 Ka5 36. Bg4 Bd7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bxh5 Kb6 39. Bd1 b3 40. Be2 Kc7 41. Bd3 Kd8 42. Bxh7 Ke7 43. Bd3 Kf7 44. Kc3 Kg7 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Kc3 Be8 47. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. d3 Qc7 10. e4 d6 11. Bh3 h6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nc2 0-0-0 14. Ne3 e6 15. f4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. d4 Ne7 18. d5 Nf6 19. dxe6 Kb8 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h5 22. Rf3 h4 23. Nd5 Nexd5 24. cxd5 hxg3 25. h3 Rxh3 26. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Qg7+ 28. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nf6 7. f3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. c3 0-0 10. Nh3 Rd8+ 11. Kc2 b5 12. Nf2 c4 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Rhd1 Nb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. f4 e5 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Nxh3 Bc5 22. Nd5 exf4 23. gxf4 Ra7 24. e5 Rad7 25. Nf6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 h6 28. Ke2 g5 29. Nd7 Kg6 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nf2 Kf5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Ke3 Ne5 35. h3 Nd3 36. Ne4 Nxb2 37. Nd6+ Ke5 38. Nxb5 Na4 39. Kd2 Kf4 40. Nd6 Nb6 41. Nb7 e5 42. Nxc5 e4 43. Ne6+ Kf5 44. Nc5 Nd5 45. a4 e3+ 46. Ke2 Nxc3+ 47. Kxe3 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akshat, Khamparia"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bd2 e3 14. fxe3 Kd8 15. Qc2 d6 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. e4 g5 19. Qxf6 exf6 20. e3 Bd7 21. Rh7 Kc7 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Kf2 Bg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kg3 Ne5 27. Rf1 Rh6 28. Bc1 Kd7 29. Bd2 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Ke7 31. Kg4 Rh2 32. Kf5 Kf7 33. Rg1 Ne5 34. Bd2 Rh4 35. Be1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 e4 10. Nxe4 Bxa2 11. Ra1 Bd5 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. e3 Qf6 16. Bg2 Bxc3 17. dxc3 0-0 18. Ba3 Rfb8 19. Rfd1 a4 20. Qc2 Na5 21. Rd4 Nb3 22. Rh4 h6 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. c4 Rd2 25. Qe4 c6 26. Bh3 c5 27. Qxb7 Qd6 28. Rf4 Rf8 29. Bf5 Ra2 30. Bc1 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 a3 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Qa7 a2 34. Qa3 Qd2 35. Ra1 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Lemos, Damian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rac1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nfd5 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Be1 Bd6 21. Bf3 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. Rcd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Kg2 Re5 29. a4 a5 30. Rd8 Rf5 31. Rd6 Qa1 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rd8 Qe5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. exd4 Rc3 36. Rb8 Rxb3 37. Rxb7 Rb2 38. d5 cxd5 39. Bxd5 Nxa4 40. Rxf7+ Kh8 41. Ra7 Nb6 42. Rb7 Rd2 43. Bb3 a4 44. Rxb6 axb3 45. Rxb3 Rd7 46. h4 Kg7 47. Kg3 Ra7 48. f3 Rc7 49. Ra3 Rb7 50. Ra6 Rc7 51. h5 g5 52. h6+ Kf7 53. Kf2 Rc4 54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Rd6 Ra4 56. Kd3 Rf4 57. Ke2 Ra4 58. Ke3 Rb4 59. Rd4 Rb6 60. Rd5 Kg6 61. Ke4 Re6+ 62. Re5 Rf6 63. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. d4 c5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e6 13. Bd3 Bd5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be4 Ne7 17. Bb4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc6 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Bd2 d6 21. 0-0 dxe5 22. Rfe1 0-0 23. h5 g5 24. Nxe5 Qb7 25. Qf3 f6 26. Ng6 Rfe8 27. Bb4 Qf7 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Neg5 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nxh7 Rxh7 12. Bxh7 Qh4 13. Bd3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Qxh2 15. Rxg2 Qxg2 16. Bf4 0-0-0 17. 0-0-0 Nc5 18. Bg3 g6 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rd4 21. a3 Qd5 22. f4 c5 23. Qc2 Kb8 24. Rd2 Qh1+ 25. Ka2 Qf3 26. Bh2 b6 27. Qb3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Bg1 Kb7 30. Kb3 Bg7 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Be3 Kc6 33. b3 Rh8 34. d4 Rh3 35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Ke4 cxd4 37. Bxd4 Rxb3 38. Rh2 Bxa3 39. Rh7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Clement Bay"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Ba6 3. e4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 h6 9. 0-0 f5 10. Rfe1 Nd7 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. d5 e5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ra3 e4 15. Nd4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qg5 17. f4 Qf6 18. Nxe4 Qxd4 19. Nf6+ Kf7 20. Qxd4 Bxf6 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Bc8 24. Bf3 Nc5 25. Qd2 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qd2 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rc3 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. h3 Bc5 33. Rb3 h5 34. Qxa5 Bd7 35. Qxc7 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Bg1+ 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kxh4 Bf2+ 39. Kg5 Re7 40. Rb7 Bd4 41. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Doran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. Bh4 Qb4 20. f4 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Nxb3 22. Qe3 Qxc4 23. Bf6 h6 24. Rxd6 Ncd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Rfd8 28. Bf6 Rd3 29. Ne2 Re3 30. Ng3 Rb3 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Re1 Re3 33. Rf1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. f5 b4 36. Kg1 Rd3 37. Ne2 Re3 38. Nf4 Kh7 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rd1 Rb3 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. f4 Bh3 11. f5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe7 13. h3 h6 14. g4 Nh7 15. Rf3 f6 16. Rg3 Rab8 17. a4 Kf7 18. Ng1 Ke8 19. Nf3 Kd7 20. h4 Rbe8 21. Be3 Kc8 22. Ra2 Rh8 23. Kg1 Kb8 24. Rag2 Nf8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nd7 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Nh2 Qd8 29. Rg7 Reg8 30. Qg4 Ne7 31. Kf1 b6 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Qh5 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Nc5 35. Ng4 Qg8 36. Kf3 Nxd3 37. Nxf6 Qxc4 38. Qe8+ Nc8 39. Qb5 Ne1+ 40. Kg4 Qxc3 41. Qe2 Nc2 42. Nd5 Qb3 43. f6 Qxa4 44. Qf3 Qd7+ 45. Kg5 Qf7 46. Qh5 Qg8+ 47. Qg6 Qd8 48. Qg7 Nxe3 49. Nxe3 d5 50. Nf5 dxe4 51. Kg6 e3 52. f7 e2 53. Qxe5 Qd2 54. Nd4 e1Q 55. Nc6+ Kb7 56. Nd8+ Qxd8 57. Qxe1 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Surtees, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 c5 4. a3 Ba5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 f5 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Rd1 0-0 10. d4 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. b4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. bxc5 Bd5 23. Bh3 g6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. f4 Qh3 27. fxe5 Ng4 28. Qd2 Bc6 29. Bd4 e3 30. Qa2+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Rcd1 Bd5 33. e6+ Kh6 34. Qe2 g5 35. e7 Re8 36. Bg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxd5 Rxe7 38. Rxg5+ Kh6 39. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sumit, Kumar1111"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 Nbc6 8. Re1 0-0 9. c3 h6 10. h4 e5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nde7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxa8 Nxd3 17. Be4 Nxe1 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Rxe1 Be6 21. Qa4 Nc8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Nd6 Bg4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. f3 Be6 26. Bd6 Qe8 27. Qxa7 Qb5 28. Rd2 f5 29. Bb7 Rd8 30. Ba6 Qc6 31. Bb7 Qb5 32. Ba6 Qc6 33. Bb7 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cusick, Peter W"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Bd1 Rab8 16. Bg5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Nxd2 21. Bxd6 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Rbc8 23. Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Be2 Nf7 27. Bb5 Re5 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Bc6 c4 30. bxc4 b3 31. Kf1 Nd6 32. Nb2 Ne4 33. f3 Nc5 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Kf8 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd6 38. f4 Rb6 39. Ba4 Ra6 40. Bb5 Ra1 41. Kb4 Rb1 42. Ka3 Rg1 43. g3 Rg2 44. Ba4 Rxh2 45. Bxb3 Rg2 46. Na4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1a 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "White Rose"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. Qe2 a6 9. a4 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. a5 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Nbd4 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qc6 21. Nf3 Qxb5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ra3 Ne5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Rg3+ Ng6 26. Nb3 Qe5 27. Nd4 Qe4 28. Qb4 Ba8 29. Rdd3 e5 30. f3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1a 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Oyama, Akito"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "North East England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Qxe5 d6 13. Qe2 d5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. f4 c4 17. dxc4 Rb8 18. c3 Re8 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. 0-0-0 e5 21. Qxh5 g6 22. c5 gxh5 23. cxd6 Bg4 24. Rde1 e4 25. Nc2 Rbd8 26. f5 Kf7 27. Ne3 Rg8 28. Rf4 Kf6 29. Kd2 Rxd6 30. Nxg4+ Rxg4 31. Rxg4 hxg4 32. Rf1 c5 33. Rf4 g3 34. Rg4 Kxf5 35. Rxg3 d4 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. Rg8 d3 38. Re8 Rg6 39. Rf8+ Ke5 40. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf2 h6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. a3 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5 15. Re1 Rd8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 exf3 21. gxf3 Ke7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rd4 24. c3 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Rhd8 26. f5 R8d2 27. Rg3 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 exf5 29. exf5 Rd5 30. Re3 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Re6+ Kxf5 33. Rxa6 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rb6 Rh3+ 36. Kd4 Rh4+ 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Kd4 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sygnowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Re1+ Nge7 8. c3 Qd7 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 0-0 11. Rb1 b6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rb2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Na5 17. Rbe2 Rf7 18. h4 Nc4 19. h5 Nf8 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Nf5 Qxh5 22. Re7 g6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Ng7 Qh6 26. Bxc7 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qxa3 28. Qe2 Qxc3 29. Nf5 Kh8 30. Qg4 Qc2 31. Nh6 Qxf2 32. Bg3 Qd2 33. Qh4 g5 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Qh6 Ne3 36. Qxg5+ Ng6 37. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. d3 0-0-0 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Rae1 Rde8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Re3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc6 21. Qe2 e5 22. f4 Rhg8 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 g5 26. Qd5 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Bxg5 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Ne5 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qxa7+ Kc8 33. Qa8+ Kc7 34. Qa7+ Kc8 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qe4 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 Ng6+ 38. Kg4 Ne5+ 39. Kh4 Ng6+ 40. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Brotherton, Trevor S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 g6 7. c5 a6 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. f3 Bd7 13. d6 Nc6 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc8 18. Bxa6 Nge7 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc5 Rxb3 21. Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Nxb3 Nc6 23. Be3 1-0

[Event "Shropshire op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Edge, John"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ned4 Qb6 13. a3 Bb7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qf3 c3 17. bxc3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rc8 19. Qg3 g6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Nd7 23. Bh6 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Re1 Rc6 26. Qh4 Rxd6 27. Bg7 Qe2 28. f3 Rd1 0-1

