[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makilla, Tobias"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ne7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd4 c5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. b3 Nd4 14. Bc4 g5 15. fxg5 Be7 16. 0-0-0 Bb7 17. Rhf1 hxg5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Kb2 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Qxd2 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Rxd2 Kxc7 23. Rxf7 Rbe8 24. Bxa6 Nf5 25. Bd3 Ref8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Bb5 Nd4 28. a4 Kb6 29. Bxd7 Rd8 30. Bb5 Rf8 31. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Winand, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Be2 h6 8. 0-0 f5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 g5 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nh2 h5 13. f4 gxf4 14. exf4 e4 15. Be3 b6 16. Nb5 h4 17. Nd4 Nf8 18. b4 Qe7 19. Nc6 Qf7 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Bxh5 Qxh5 22. Nf1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Bd7 24. Bd4 Rg8 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Nd4 Kf7 27. Ne3 Kf6 28. Rc1 Rg3 29. Rc3 a5 30. b5 Rg7 31. Kf1 Ng6 32. Ke1 Ne7 33. a4 Rag8 34. Kf1 Ng6 35. Ne2 Nh8 36. Nd4 Nf7 37. Ne2 Nd8 38. Ra3 Nb7 39. Nc2 Nc5 40. Ne1 Be8 41. Nd4 Bh5 42. Rd2 Rg3 43. Ra1 Rc3 44. Rc2 Rgg3 45. Rca2 Rxc4 46. Ne2 Bxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Rgc3 48. Kf1 Rc1 49. Ke2 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menning, Uwe"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfb1 0-0 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. g3 Qd7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf5 21. Kg2 g5 22. Ra7 g4 23. Ne1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kg1 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Ra1 Be5 28. Rb1 b6 29. Qd3 Qa4 30. Qf5 Bg7 31. Nd3 Qc2 32. Rb4 Rc4 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Hierling, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 e6 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. a3 Red8 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 bxc5 19. b5 Nb6 20. Be2 Nfd5 21. Ne4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f5 23. Ng3 Nf6 24. Qe5 Nfd7 25. Qa1 Kf7 26. a4 Qf6 27. Qa2 Nf8 28. f4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. a5 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qd8 32. Bf3 Nc8 33. Qa3 Qd6 34. Qc3 Ne7 35. Qb3 Nd7 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Nc3 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 e5 39. Bc6 exf4 40. Bxd7 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxd7 44. Qxc5 fxe3 45. fxe3 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qxa5 47. Qd5+ Kf6 48. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Thomas"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1496"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. 0-0 Qc7 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Re1 b5 10. b3 e5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h3 0-0 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Bd8 16. Qc1 Ba5 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Re2 Nh5 19. Bh2 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. b4 Rb8 22. a3 Nf6 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Qa1 Bc7 25. Kh1 g5 26. Qc1 Nh7 27. Ng1 Rf8 28. Qe3 Bb6 29. Qf3 Bd4 30. Red2 Rbd8 31. Nge2 Bb6 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Bc7 34. Ng3 Rfe8 35. Nf5 Re6 36. Qh5 Qe8 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kh8 39. Qe2 Nf6 40. R5d2 Qc6 41. Nh6 Kg7 42. Ng4 Nxe4 43. Nxe5 Nxd2 44. Nxc6 Rxe2 45. Nxd8 Bxd8 46. Bxd6 Bf6 47. Bc5 Ne4 48. f3 Nf2+ 49. Bxf2 Rxf2 50. Rd6 Rxc2 51. Rxa6 Rb2 52. Rc6 c3 53. g3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Nekhamkis, Genadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 a6 9. Bd2 Qe8 10. Rc1 e5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bc3 e4 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Nc6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Rce1 a5 20. a4 Ra6 21. c5 Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxa4 25. b3 Rxd4 26. Nf3 Rd3 27. Kh1 b6 28. Qc2 Bb7 29. Rd1 Rexe3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. b4 Be4 32. Qc4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. h4 Rb3 35. Kh2 Rxb4 36. Re1 Rb3 37. Nd2 Rb2 38. Re2 Bxg2 39. Rxg2 c5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lanz, Juergen"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. Bg3 f5 12. Be5 Qe8 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Bc7 Rc8 15. Bb6 Nb4 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. b3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. f4 Nf6 20. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Masoudi, Kian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. a3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bh5 13. Bb2 Bg6 14. Be2 Nd8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Rfe1 f5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vega Lopez de Nava, Cesar Octavio"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Bd2 0-0 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. f4 d6 12. g4 e5 13. g5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. f5 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Qh5 Bxc3 18. Rf1 Qxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Ne7 21. Nf3 Nxf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. c3 b5 24. Nh4 Be6 25. Bd3 Bd5+ 26. Kg1 g6 27. Qd1 Bb7 28. Bc2 Rbd8 29. Bb3 Rfe8 30. Bd5 Bc8 31. Ng2 Re7 32. Ne3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Kg8 34. Qf6 Rdd7 35. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Gude, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. a3 Qe8 9. Re1 a6 10. b4 Qh5 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Bb2 d6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. d5 Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bc8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bf3 c6 19. e4 f4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd3 Ra7 23. Red1 Rd7 24. Rc2 g6 25. Rcd2 h5 26. Qe2 Qe5 27. Qd3 Rf6 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Re6 30. c5 b5 31. Rxd6 Rexd6 32. cxd6 Kf7 33. e5 Ke6 34. Re1 a5 35. g3 axb4 36. axb4 Rf7 37. Bd1 Rf8 38. Bb3+ Kd7 39. Rd1 fxg3 40. hxg3 Rf5 41. e6+ Kd8 42. Ra1 Kc8 43. Ra7 Re5 44. Rc7+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuhn, Luis"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 0-0 12. 0-0 a5 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. c3 Bc4 16. Bc2 Bd5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Rg8 20. Bxg8+ Kxg8 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Rh3 Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Friedel, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Be2 Bf5 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c4 h6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. c5 Be7 12. Rc1 0-0 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Bxc5 16. Rf3 Qb6 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Bg4 20. Rg3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 22. Ne3 Qxf4 23. Rf1 Qxe5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Ng4 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Rh3 Kh7 28. Qg3 f5 29. Nf2 Rf6 30. Rh4 Qe5 31. Qf3 Rg6 32. Nh3 Qf6 33. Qf2 Rg4 34. Rxg4 fxg4 35. Qe2 Qe5 36. Qxg4 Rf8 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Qh4 Qe4 39. Ng5+ Kg8 40. Nxe4 Nxe4 41. Kg1 Nf6 42. Qh3 Re8 43. Qc3 Ra8 44. Re1 Ne4 45. Qe5 Nc5 46. Re3 Rd8 47. Rg3 Rd7 48. Rc3 Ne4 49. Qxe6+ Rf7 50. Rf3 Nf6 51. h3 Kf8 52. Qc8+ Ke7 53. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neininger, Ralph"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bd3 h6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Rcd8 17. Kh1 Be7 18. Rfe1 Bb4 19. Rf1 Be7 20. f4 a6 21. Nh5 Bf8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Qg4 Re7 24. d5 f5 25. Qg6 cxd5 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Bxf6 Ree8 28. Bxd8 Qxd8 29. Rfe1 Bc5 30. Bxf5 Bc8 31. cxd5 e5 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Bxc8 Qxc8 34. Rxe5 Be7 35. d6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pabel, Ralph"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nb6 13. Kh1 0-0 14. a4 a5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Bg1 Bg5 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Bc2 Rfe8 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Bb3 Rf8 24. e5 Nfd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Rc8 28. Qb5 Re6 29. Qd3 Qc2 30. h3 Rb6 31. Qf3 Qc4 32. d5 Rb3 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. e6 Qe4 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Be7 38. d6 Re8 39. dxe7 Rxe7 40. Rd6 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Brehme, Ralf Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. b4 c6 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. a4 Be6 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 g5 15. d5 Bd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Nb8 18. cxd6 e5 19. b5 f4 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bb5 g4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd2 Qg6 24. exf4 exf4 25. Nb5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a6 27. Nc7 Ne8 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qb2+ Qf6 30. Qxb8 Nxd6 31. Qb3 Kg6 32. Qd3+ Kh5 33. Nxa6 g3 34. Qf3+ Kg6 35. hxg3 Nf5 36. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goebel, Andreas"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 Ba7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxb7 Rc2 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23. a4 Rb4 24. Bb5 Rd4 25. Rb1 h5 26. Rc1 f5 27. Rc6 Rd6 28. Rc8 Rd8 29. Rc3 Rd4 30. Kg2 f4 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 fxg3 33. Kxg3 f5 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. e4 Ke5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Bb5 Bc7 38. Be8 Kf6 39. Bxh5 Kg5 40. Be8 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Lanz, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. 0-0 e6 7. c4 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Engelhardt, Michael"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. c3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 0-0 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nce5 Bb7 13. Nd2 d6 14. Nef3 h6 15. 0-0 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxe4 20. Qc3 Nd5 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Qa2 Nf4 23. Ncd2 Bd5 24. Qa1 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb5 27. Ba3 Qd3 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-chA"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Sachse, Guenter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 e6 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. f4 a6 13. a4 c5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe3 18. Ne2 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 cxd4 20. Bb7 Rc7 21. Bxa6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Adam, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 e6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. e5 d5 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Ba4 c6 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rf7 20. Raf1 Raf8 21. Bc2 Qh5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Kf3 h5 29. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Berresheim, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. 0-0-0 e5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. Qd3 a5 21. Nb2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nc4 a4 24. Qd5 axb3 25. Qxc5 Bg5+ 26. Kb2 Rxc5 27. Nxd6+ Kf8 28. axb3 g6 29. Nc4 h5 30. h4 Be7 31. g5 Kg7 32. Rd7 Re8 33. Ra1 f6 34. Raa7 fxg5 35. hxg5 Kf8 36. Ra1 Bxg5 37. Rg1 Bf4 38. Rxg6 h4 39. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Kreuzer, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. d3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. b5 a5 13. a4 Re8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfc1 d4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rac8 19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxe4 22. Nc6 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nc5 24. Bc4 Bc2 25. Rd5 Kf8 26. f3 Re3 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Nc6 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. b6 Bc6 34. Ke3 f6 35. Ba6 Kd6 36. Kd3 Bd5 37. Bb5 g5 38. Ke3 Bb7 39. Kd2 1-0

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Musch, Jochen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 Nh6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 Kh8 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Kg8 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Na3 a6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. g4 Kh8 15. g5 Ng8 16. h4 c6 17. Qd1 b5 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 Bg4 21. Rad1 f6 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 fxg5 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qe2 gxh4 26. Nc2 Nh5 27. Kh2 a5 28. Ne3 Qe7 29. Ng2 h3 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. Qg4 Nf4 32. Rfd1 h5 33. Qd7 Rad8 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Bf8 36. R8d7 Be7 37. R1d2 Kg7 38. Ra7 a4 39. Rdd7 axb3 40. Rxe7+ Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mueller, Michael1111"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. h4 h6 7. Bf4 c5 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. 0-0-0 h5 11. Qg3 c4 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qf4 a5 14. g4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5 Rh5 17. Qf4 Nce7 18. Bh3 Nf5 19. Bg4 Rh8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nxd5 Qc6 22. Nc3 a4 23. d5 Qc5 24. Qd4 b6 25. a3 Bb7 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Nd2 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Ne7 30. Nxc4 Nc8 31. Rdg1 Rh6 32. Rg5 Ba6 33. Ne3 Bb7 34. h5 Ne7 35. Rd1 gxh5 36. Nxf5 Nxf5 37. Rxf5 h4 38. Nb5 Rd8 39. Nd6+ Rdxd6 40. exd6 1-0

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nussbaum, Stefan"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nd7 10. Nb3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 e4 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nb8 17. Rhd1 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Ke1 Rd8 20. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Urmersbach, David"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Qf6 15. f4 exf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bd4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bxa7 b6 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxe4 Rxa2 26. Re6 Rxb2 27. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "RL-ch U17"]
[Site "Bad Marienberg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wohde, Jens"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. g4 g6 15. Qd3 gxf5 16. gxh5 Nd7 17. Kh2 Rae8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. h6 Re4 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Qg5 Re2 22. Qxf6+ Nxf6 23. Ne5 Rxf2+ 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Rg7 Rxc2 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Ng8 28. Rf8 1-0

[Event "SOK theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Lars H"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nd4 Bg6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. c5 e5 7. Nf3 a5 8. c6 bxc6 9. Qa4 axb4 10. Qxc6 Bd6 11. a4 0-0 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Bb5 Reb8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nd2 dxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20. Ke2 Nxh2 21. Bc6 Ra6 22. Bxd5 Rxa4 23. Rag1 Ng4 24. Rh4 Nh6 25. e4 Nd7 26. Bb3 Ra7 27. g4 g5 28. Rh5 Bf4 29. Nc4 Ra6 30. Ne3 Re8 31. Nd5 Rxe4+ 32. Kf3 Rae6 33. Ra1 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "SOK theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. b5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. d4 c6 12. bxc6 Rxc6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd6 16. f4 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rac1 Qh4 19. g3 Qe7 20. e4 Nb6 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. e5 Bb8 26. Ba3 Qc7 27. Qb4 h6 28. Nc5 Nb6 29. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SOK theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Andersson, Lars H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 gxh2+ 7. Kf1 Bc5 8. e3 Nh6 9. Bxh8 Ng4 10. Qe2 f6 11. Nf3 Qh6 12. Qc4 d6 13. Qg8+ Ke7 14. Bg7 Qg6 15. Qxc8 Nd7 16. Qxa8 Qxc2 17. Qg8 Qf5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Re1 Nge5 20. e4 Qf4 21. Ne2 Qxe4 22. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "SOK theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ng4 9. Nc3 Qf6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. g4 Be6 15. Kb1 Ne4 16. Rg1 a6 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ba3 19. Nb3 Bxb2 20. Kxb2 Qf6+ 21. d4 Rad8 22. Bg2 Bd5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Qc2 Ng5 25. Rdf1 Qh6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Qf3 Be7 6. Qd1 d5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nc5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. 0-0 Rae8 13. d4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. c4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Nd2 f6 18. Kf1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qa4 20. Ba3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. a4 Rfe8 25. Kg1 Be4 26. Bd3 Bd5 27. Rc2 g6 28. Qa3 f5 29. g3 Qd8 30. Bf1 f4 31. exf4 Be4 32. Rd2 Bd5 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Rdd1 Qe6 35. Bg2 Kg8 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. Qc5 a6 38. Qxd5+ cxd5 39. Rab1 Rc8 40. Kf1 Rc4 41. a5 Rec7 42. Ke2 Re7+ 43. Kf3 Rec7 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rd3 Ra4 46. Rdb3 Rxa5 47. Rxb7 Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Rac3 49. f5 Kg7 50. fxg6 hxg6 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. R1b6 a5 53. Rxc7+ Rxc7 54. Ra6 a4 1-0

[Event "SOK theme89 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Schirmer, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 f6 4. fxe5 fxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. c4 Be6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 a6 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nd5 dxe3 17. Nxe3 Be4 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Ne6 Qe5 0-1

[Event "SOK theme80 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Wartig, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b5 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bxb5 Bxb4 6. a3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 14. e4 Qg5 15. Qb1 Bc5 16. Nf3 Qg4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxb7 Ra7 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Rab1 Kg7 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. Ne3 Qh5 23. Rb3 Kh8 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Raa8 26. Rc1 Rg4 27. Rb7 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxf7 Rag8 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qxg4+ Kf7 33. Qh3 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. d3 0-0 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bxb5 Rb8 12. a4 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 Rxb2 14. Nc4 Rb7 15. 0-0 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rfb1 Bb4 18. a5 Nc5 19. Be2 Nce4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. a6 Rbc7 22. Be2 Nd5 23. Nd4 Bc3 24. Ra3 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nd7 26. Rh3 h6 27. Qa2 Nf4 28. Rc3 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Nb8 30. d5 exd5 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Ne3 Rd8 33. Nxd5 Red7 34. Ne3 Nxa6 35. Rc4 Nc7 36. Ra4 a6 37. Rc1 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Rcc4 Rb7 41. Ra2 Rb5 42. Rca4 Nc5 43. Ra5 Rab8 44. Kf3 Rxa5 45. Rxa5 Rb5 46. Rxb5 axb5 47. Nc2 Ke8 48. Ke3 Ne6 49. Nd4 Nxd4 50. Kxd4 Kd7 51. Kc5 Ke6 52. Kxb5 Kd5 53. Kb6 Kd6 54. Kb5 Kd5 55. Kb6 f5 56. Kc7 Ke6 57. Kc6 g5 58. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SOK theme89 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schirmer, Michael"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. b5 c5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c4 Bd6 8. Be2 Nb6 9. d3 Ng4 10. Qd2 0-0 11. h3 Nf6 12. 0-0 dxc4 13. dxc4 Ne4 14. Qd1 Ng3 15. Rf2 Bc7 16. Na3 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Rad8 18. Bb3 Rd3 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Rfe2 Ng3 21. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SOK theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wartig, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. b5 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 Bd3 10. Nc3 Nc4 11. Bc1 0-0 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd6 14. e4 e5 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Nd5 a6 17. Bb2 axb5 18. Nxe5 Re8 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Nxd7 Bxb2 21. d3 f5 22. Qe2 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qxd7 24. f3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Labahn, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.01.03"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. b4 c5 2. bxc5 e5 3. e3 Bxc5 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. c3 0-0 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. f5 h6 17. Nh3 Bc4 18. Rf4 Bd6 19. Rg4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 h5 21. Rg5 Rfe8 22. f6 g6 23. Nef4 1-0

[Event "SOK theme60 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Labahn, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 c6 6. bxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. d3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c4 g5 12. h3 Ng6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Rab1 f5 16. Nh2 g4 17. hxg4 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Qh4 20. f3 h5 21. d4 e4 22. Ne5 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 Qg5 24. Rf1 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe5 26. fxe4 Rf2 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Qh3 Rf7 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Nf3 Bg3 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. exd5 a5 34. Rc1 Bd6 35. Qe6 Kg7 36. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bb5 Rab8 13. d4 a6 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Nbd2 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. e4 Bh3 21. e5 Be7 22. Rab1 Bg5 23. Bf1 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Ne7 25. Be2 Qf5 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Bg2 c6 28. Be4 Qh5 29. Qe2 Bg4 30. f3 Be6 31. Qc2 h6 32. Re2 Qg5 33. Bc1 Qe7 34. f4 Bg4 35. Rf2 Red8 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. f5 Ne7 38. Be3 g6 39. e6 fxe6 40. fxg6 Nf5 41. Bf4 Qxd4 42. Bxf5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7 8. d3 h6 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. f4 g5 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. 0-0 Qd8 16. Rf2 Bg6 17. Nd2 g4 18. g3 Nh7 19. e4 f5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bxg4 Rf8 22. Bh5 Qe8 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Nf1 Qe7 25. Bd4 Rae8 26. a3 Bh6 27. Ra2 Ng5 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. b5 cxb5 30. h4 Nf7 31. Rc2 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. d4 Qe7 34. Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxe5 Bxb4 4. e3 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. c4 Bg4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. d4 a6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qg4 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h3 Qe4 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. e4 Qf4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qg6 26. e5 Bd8 27. d5 Ne7 28. e6 f6 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Rbd1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. d6 cxd6 33. e7+ 1-0

[Event "SOK theme41 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Drefke, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Be2 Bf5 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Rxf5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Nebe, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. a3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. N2f3 a6 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. Rxc7 Bxc7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rc1 h6 21. Kf1 Qd7 22. b5 a5 23. Qd1 f5 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. g3 g5 26. Ng2 Be5 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qc2 Ne7 29. f3 Nd6 30. Bc3 b6 31. Bb2 Bg7 32. a4 h5 33. Ba3 Bxd4 34. exd4 Kg7 35. Qe2 Ndc8 36. Qe3 Kf6 37. Bc1 1-0

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. b5 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. c4 e5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nxc4 e4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. 0-0 Rhe8 16. f3 Kg8 17. f4 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 e6 8. Nc3 N7f6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Rc8 11. b5 axb5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Rc1 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 c6 16. Bxb5 e5 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe5 0-0 20. a4 Ra8 21. 0-0 Rxa4 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rc1 c5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxc5 Be6 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Nc5 7. d3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. e4 Bg6 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. 0-0 Nf4 12. Nd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bh5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. a4 f5 16. Qc2 fxe4 17. dxe4 Rxf3 18. h3 Rf4 19. f3 Raf8 20. Ra3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Nc5 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Ne6 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Be2 Re8 12. 0-0 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Be2 Nfe4 16. Nd5 Bf8 17. a4 Nf6 18. Nf4 Be4 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Qc2 f6 23. h3 Nh6 24. Rad1 Qf7 25. Nd2 Ree8 26. Nf3 Re4 27. Nd2 Ree8 28. e4 Rbd8 29. Rfe1 Qd7 30. Nd5 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Bf5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Bg6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nfd7 12. f3 f5 13. d4 exd3 14. Bxd3 Bf6 15. f4 Re8 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rfe1 axb5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. cxb5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 c6 21. a4 Qd7 22. Qd2 Bf7 23. Nd1 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Re4 25. Qc3 Bd5 26. Kf2 Qe7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Qd2 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Nxe2 Be7 7. c4 Nbd7 8. d3 0-0 9. 0-0 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. e4 f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nf7 14. Nbc3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Bxe5 cxb5 22. cxb5 dxe5 23. Qxa4 Qf2 24. Ng1 Bh4 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Nf3 Bg3 27. Qb4 Rg8 28. Qc4 Rf8 29. Rf1 Qb6 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rd1 Qe3 32. Rd3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Be7 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 e4 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Ndc5 12. a4 Qd7 13. Bg4 f5 14. Bh3 Ng5 15. Kh1 Nxh3 16. gxh3 f4 17. Qg4 fxe3 18. fxe3 Bf6 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. a5 Bg5 23. Nf1 Rf2 24. Ng3 Bxe3 25. Bc1 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Be7 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d3 Nb6 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Nc8 13. bxc6 Qxc6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nd7 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. d4 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Ne7 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qe1 Ng6 25. Rf5 Nxe4 26. Bf3 Nf6 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. a6 Re8 29. Qg3 Ne4 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Rcf1 Qb6 32. Kh1 Re7 33. d5 Ne5 34. Qg3 Ng6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxf6 Rbe8 37. Qxd6 Qxb3 38. Qc6 Qb4 39. Qc1 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 f6 4. fxe5 fxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. e3 d5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qc2 Ne8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nef6 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. N2f3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh5 17. Kh1 Bg6 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Rg1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfe8 21. Nf5 g6 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Rxd6 Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rd1 exf5 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. 0-0 b5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bg6 12. Bxb5 a6 13. Be2 Nb6 14. c4 Qd7 15. b5 axb5 16. Bf3 bxc4 17. Bc6 Qd8 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. a4 Nfd5 20. Nb5 Bd3 21. Re1 Rb8 22. e4 Nf4 23. g3 Ne6 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Qg4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rec1 c6 28. Na3 Nd4 29. Kg2 0-1

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bg6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Nb3 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qg5 19. Be2 Nh4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rad1 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Ng5 Ree8 25. Bh5 h6 26. Nf3 Rbd8 27. Nd4 Ne5 28. Be2 Na4 29. Ba1 Nb6 30. Rc1 Na4 31. Nf3 Nc5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 Be7 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. c4 Nbd7 8. d4 Bxb1 9. Qxb1 e4 10. Ng5 Re8 11. Nxe4 c6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. a4 a5 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Bc3 Rb7 21. Rfb1 Reb8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Rb1 Be7 24. Nh4 Nd5 25. cxd5 Bxh4 26. Bb4 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 dxc5 30. Qb6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 gxh2+ 7. Kf1 hxg1Q+ 8. Kxg1 Qg4 9. Bxh8 Bc5+ 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. e3 Qg6 13. Nd5 d6 14. a4 Be6 15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Rh5 Qe7 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Raxa5 Bxa5 19. Rxa5 b6 20. Bxa8 bxa5 21. Bc6+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Qxd7 23. Qh5 a4 24. Qxh7 Qg4+ 25. Ng2 a3 26. Bg7 Ne7 27. d5 a2 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. c4 Nf5 30. Bf6 a1Q+ 31. Bxa1 Nxe3 32. Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. d4 e4 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. f3 Bf8 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qg3 Bd6 26. Qf3 Qh4 27. g3 Qg5 28. Rc3 Rg4 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Bc1 Rge4 31. Bd2 Rb7 32. Bc1 Bb8 33. Rc2 Bd6 34. Rc3 Rd7 35. Rxc4 Qd8 36. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. a3 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. c5 d5 6. cxd6 Bxd6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne5 12. f3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 exf3 14. Rxf3 Bd3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxf6 Bxc4 17. Rxd6 Bxe2 18. Nc3 Bg4 19. h3 Be6 20. Ne4 b6 21. Ng5 Rad8 22. Rxc6 Rxd2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Re4 Rd7 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Rd4 Re7 28. e4 Rc8 29. a4 Rc3 30. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "GER theme m"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 h6 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Qe2+ Kf8 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. 0-0-0 hxg5 21. Qf2 Nf6 22. Rde1 Qd7 23. h4 Re8 24. hxg5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxg5 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Qxg5 Rh2 28. Ne2 Qd6 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Orang Utan theme corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. h3 Rc8 10. Be2 a6 11. d3 e5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Be4 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 0-0 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Qxe5 Qd5 22. a3 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SOK theme31 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nebe, Lutz"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Qd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. d4 Rfe8 12. Nbd2 a6 13. 0-0 Bf8 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Bc4 Bg6 18. g3 Qg4 19. Nxf7 Bxf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qc4+ Kg6 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Qxc7 Ned3 24. f3 Qd7 25. Qb6+ Qe6 26. Qa5 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe1+ 28. Rxe1 h6 29. f4 Qg4 30. Rf1 Kh7 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Qd3 g5 33. e5+ Kh8 34. fxg5 Nxg5 35. h4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Nh7 37. Rf7 Bg7 38. d5 Rf8 39. Rxb7 Rc2 0-1

[Event "SOK theme04 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brinkmann, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. b5 Bd6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. d4 Rc8 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bb3 Qh4 15. g3 Qe7 16. e4 c6 17. a4 c5 18. e5 Bb8 19. f4 Rfd8 20. a5 Nd5 21. Rac1 Nb4 22. Ne4 cxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Qd7 25. Rd1 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxb5 27. f5 Nc6 28. Bc2 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxa5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bb3 Bxe5 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Rf1 Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Rf5 b5 37. Rh5 Qe3 38. Qf7 Bf6 39. Bf5 h6 40. Qg6 Kg8 41. Be4 Kf8 42. Bd5 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qe8 44. Qxe8+ Rxe8 45. Bc6 Bg5 0-1

[Event "SOK theme04 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jung"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. b5 Bd6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. d4 Rc8 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. e4 Be7 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. d6 1-0

[Event "SOK theme04 corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merten, Rainer"]
[Black "Brinkmann, Wilhelm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 Bg4 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rad8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qe4 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. f4 h6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Nh3 b5 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. Nf2 a5 23. Qc1 b4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Qxc6 bxa3 26. Rfd1 Qa5 27. Ng4 Re6 28. Qc2 Red6 29. d3 Rb8 30. Ne5 Qa7 31. d4 c5 32. d5 c4 33. Nxc4 Rc8 34. Qb3 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Rf6 37. Qd4 Qe2 38. Rd2 Qb5 39. g3 h5 40. Qd3 Qa4 41. Rc2 g6 42. Rc8 Kg7 43. Kg2 h4 44. Qc4 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 e5 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxc4 8. Bxb7 Rb8 9. Bc6 Bxb4 10. Bxe5 0-0 11. Bd4 Bc5 12. Bc3 Rb6 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bb5 Qd3 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Nbd7 17. 0-0 Ne4 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 c6 20. Bb3 Bb4 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. h3 f5 23. Nc3 Nc5 24. Rab1 Rfb8 25. Rfc1 Nd3 26. Rc2 c5 27. Nd5 Rd6 28. Bc4 Ne5 29. e4 Rf8 30. a3 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. a3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 c5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nd2 0-0 12. 0-0 Na4 13. Rfb1 a6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 b5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. h3 h6 19. Rc2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 a5 24. Qc8+ Qf8 25. Qc3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bf1 e6 10. a3 c5 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. d4 Be7 13. Bg2 Ra7 14. Nbd2 Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. Nc6 Qb6 18. Nxa7 Qxa7 19. Rc1 0-0 20. 0-0 h5 21. d5 exd5 22. gxh5 Be4 23. h6 Bf6 24. hxg7 Bxb2 25. gxf8Q+ Nxf8 26. Qxb2 Qe7 27. f4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1985.09.20"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. a4 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. Nd2 axb5 10. axb5 Bd7 11. c4 c5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. Nf3 dxc4 15. dxc4 Rfd8 16. 0-0 e5 17. Qc2 e4 18. Ng5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nh3 b6 23. Nf4 h5 24. Rd1 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 26. Qd1 Qe5 27. Nxh5 Nxh5 28. Bxh5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Orang Utan theme corr"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jung"]
[Black "Merten, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 d5 4. f4 exf4 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. exd5 Bxb4 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. Nbc3 Nd7 10. Nb5 Ne7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Nxf4 Kf7 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5 15. 0-0 h5 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Ne6 Nec8 18. h3 Nd7 19. d4 Re7 20. Rf4 h4 21. Ref1 b5 22. Nc7 Re2 23. R4f2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 b4 25. Na6 Ndb6 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Bc1 Be4 29. Bd2 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 1-0

