[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Nb5 Nb6 11. Bb3 a6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Oliver, Bruce R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 0-0 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rad8 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Bc4 b5 16. b4 Na4 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Bb3 c5 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 cxb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Gannon, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Rc8 7. 0-0 dxe4 8. Nxe4 e5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxe4 15. Rfe1 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rxe5+ Be7 19. Ne4 Kf7 20. Rd7 Re8 21. Rxb7 Rb6 22. Rxa7 Rxb2 23. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scorer, David M"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. Re1 c5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bd4 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. e5 Rae8 18. exd6 exd6 19. Qd2 f5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bc8 23. h3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 c5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Nh4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe5 12. f4 N5g6 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Be5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ne3 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bc5 19. Qf3 0-0 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Bd3 Rac8 23. Qh3 Qd4 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qg5 Rc7 26. h4 Qc5 27. h5 Qe7 28. Rf6 Rd7 29. Qh6 Rc7 30. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Sartain, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 h6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. Ng4 h5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. c4 0-0-0 14. e5 Nh7 15. Be3 d5 16. Rac1 f5 17. c5 c6 18. b4 g5 19. a4 g4 20. Nd2 gxh3 21. gxh3 Bg5 22. Nf3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rdg8+ 24. Kh2 Qf7 25. Rg1 f4 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. Rxg8+ Rxg8 28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kh2 Qg7 32. Qf3 Qf7 33. Qg2 f3 34. Qg5 Qf5 35. Qg3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scorer, David M"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. c3 Nd5 9. Bg3 c6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. e4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldsmith, Jennifer"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1428"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Re8 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Nc5 16. Be2 Be6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rab1 Red8 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Rd3 24. Nbd2 Nd4 25. Kh1 g5 26. Bg3 Nf7 27. Rec1 Nd6 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Rc7 Nxf3 31. Nxf3 Rb3 32. h4 g4 33. Nh2 h5 34. f3 Rxb2 35. Rc1 Bh6 36. Rd1 Rb4 37. Nf1 Rd4 38. Ra1 Nc4 39. Bf2 Rd3 40. Rb1 gxf3 41. gxf3 Rxf3 42. Kg2 Rf4 43. Ng3 Rxh4 44. Nf5 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Nd2+ 46. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 d5 12. e5 Nh7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qg4 Bg5 16. f4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Re2 Rc6 20. h4 Rfc8 21. f5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Qb5 23. Rf2 Rf8 24. Raf1 Re6 25. Qf3 Rg6 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. Bh3 Qc6 28. Bf5 b6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qg4 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Nf8 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qd1 Nh7 34. Qb3 Bd8 35. Qa4 Qe7 36. Qc6 Nf8 37. Qb5 Kh7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qxd5 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Horspool, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Be7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. c3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. c4 c6 19. Qb4 c5 20. Qd2 b4 21. a5 Bg7 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Qd1 Bc8 24. Bc6 Ra7 25. Qc2 Nb8 26. Ba4 Qc7 27. Bb3 Ng8 28. Qd2 Qd8 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Nh2 Ndf6 31. Nf3 Ne8 32. Nh2 Ne7 33. f4 f5 34. Qd2 g5 35. Nh5 exf4 36. Nxf4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 fxe4 38. Bc2 Ng6 39. Be3 Qg5 40. Bf2 Qf6 41. Bxe4 Qxb2 42. Qd3 Be5 43. Qg3 0-1

[Event "London Classic U1600 op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorman, Orla"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. d5 Nb4 9. Qb3 a5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a3 Na6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. 0-0 Bg7 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qc2 0-0 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rb3 26. Rd1 Rcb8 27. Rdd2 Bh6 28. e6 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 fxe6 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. dxe6 Bxe6 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Ne4 Bf5 34. Rf2 Kg8 35. Nc5 Rb6 36. Rd2 Rc6 37. Nb3 a4 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Nd4 Rd6 40. Rxd6 exd6 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 Bd7 43. Ke4 Bb5 44. Kd5 Ke7 45. Nf3 Kd7 46. Ng5 Bc6+ 47. Kd4 h6 48. Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic U1600 op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Sankar, Deekshitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. d5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qg5 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 0-0-0 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 Ne7 17. 0-0 Kb8 18. b4 c6 19. b5 a5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rab1+ Kc7 22. Qa6 Rb8 23. Qxa5+ Kc8 24. Rxb8+ Kxb8 25. Rb1+ Kc8 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qxh8 cxd5 28. Qb8+ Kc6 29. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "London Classic U1600 op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agarwal, Aditi"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. c3 b5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qc2 b4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ng4 15. Re2 Qd5+ 16. f3 bxc3 17. bxc3 e6 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. d4 Nc4 20. Qa4 a5 21. Bh6 f5 22. Bxg7 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qh5 24. Qxc4 Kxg7 25. Qxc7+ Kh6 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rf8+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 29. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic U1600 op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1393"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Be3 Nge7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf5 14. Ne2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg5 17. Qd3 0-0 18. h4 Qd8 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Bg4 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. 0-0 Qe7 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. Raf1 Qe8 25. h5 g5 26. h6 g6 27. e4 Qd7 28. Qf3 Bxd4 29. Qf6 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Kh7 35. Rxg5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 d4+ 1/2-1/2

