[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ciortan, Mihail"]
[Black "Merten, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Qc8 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bg5 Bh5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e3 0-0 15. 0-0 Rb8 16. Qa3 Qb7 17. b3 Be7 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. e4 Rc7 20. f3 Qb6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Ne2 Bg6 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc6 Bd3 26. Nf4 Bb5 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. Bf1 Bf6 29. Rd1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rc7 31. Rd2 Bg5 32. Ke2 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Rc3 34. Rd3 Rc1 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Kf8 37. b4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. a4 Ke7 40. Ke2 f6 41. Ke3 e5 42. h3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Ke3 Kb6 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Covlea, Vlad"]
[Black "Merten, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 b6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qh5 Rad8 15. Rf3 Kh8 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Nf3 d4 18. Ng5 Rgf8 19. exd4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb8 21. Nh7 Rg8 22. Nf6 Rxd4 23. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ilyes, Imre"]
[Black "Merten, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 a6 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Qe1 e5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. a5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Ra4 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. Rc4 Nf6 21. Bb6 Rd7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bg4 Re7 24. g3 exf4 25. gxf4 Rfe8 26. Re1 Na7 27. Re2 Nc8 28. Bf2 Rc7 29. Rb4 Rc6 30. Bd7 Na7 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merten, Lothar"]
[Black "Boehm, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Qe3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 e6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. d3 Be7 13. 0-0 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rb1 0-0 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. b3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. c4 bxc4 24. dxc4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bd4 26. Rfd1 Qe6 27. Be3 Rfd8 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Ne5 30. Qe4 Rac8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. c5 g6 33. Rb6 Qe8 34. f4 Nd7 35. Rc6 Nb8 36. Rd6 Rc8 37. Qxe8+ Rxe8 38. c6 Nxc6 39. Rxc6 f5 40. Rc7 Rd8 41. Ne2 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rd3 43. Nc1 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rd1 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Nb3 Rd3+ 47. Kh4 Rxb3 48. g4 Rb4 49. Kg5 fxg4 50. hxg4 Re4 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Re8 53. Kh6 Re5 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merten, Lothar"]
[Black "Calotescu, Ana Cristina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. e4 a6 8. d5 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 0-0 15. Qe3 b5 16. a3 Ne8 17. Rd2 Nd6 18. Be2 Qa5 19. Na2 Bf6 20. Rc2 Qa4 21. Bd3 Bg5 22. Qe2 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. fxg6 exd3 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rc7 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. f4 d2 29. g3 Rad8 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. bxc3 Rxd5 33. f5 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merten, Lothar"]
[Black "Staflin, Soren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Qe8 8. 0-0 h6 9. h3 c6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bh2 e5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. c5 f4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. dxe5 Qxb4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Nh4 Nd7 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Ne2 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Kh7 23. Re4 Nb6 24. Bxf4 Nd5 25. Bd2 a5 26. f4 b5 27. f5 Rfe8 28. Rae1 b4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Nf5 Re6 31. Ng3 h4 32. Rxh4 a4 33. Nf5 Kg6 34. Rf1 b3 35. Rg4+ Kf7 36. Bxh6 Ree8 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Nd6+ Ke6 39. Rf2 Rab8 40. axb3 axb3 41. Nc4 Rb4 42. Nb2 Ne3 43. Re4 Nc2 44. d5+ Kxd5 45. Rxb4 Nxb4 46. Rf3 Kxe5 47. Rxb3 Nd5 48. Nc4+ Kd4 49. Nb6 Rxf6 50. Nxd5 cxd5 51. g4 Ke4 52. Kg2 d4 53. g5 Rf8 54. Kg3 d3 55. h4 d2 56. Rb1 Rd8 57. Rd1 Kf5 58. Kf3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merten, Lothar"]
[Black "Szabo, Virag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. dxe6 fxe6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Kh8 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe2 d4 13. Nb1 Qc7 14. e6 b6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Ng5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bxg5 18. 0-0 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qf4 20. Rf1 Bxe6 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxd2 25. Kh1 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Nc4 27. Rc2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peter, Janos"]
[Black "Merten, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qd3 c5 11. 0-0 c4 12. Qg3 g6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. f4 Bg7 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Qh3 Bc6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc op"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Puskas, Janos"]
[Black "Merten, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. d4 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 0-0 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Be7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Ne5 c5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Na6 16. Nxd7 1-0

