[Event "Troisdorf op"]
[Site "Troisdorf"]
[Date "2008.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ziabari, Morteza"]
[Black "Mertens, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. a3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. e6 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nce5 16. exd7+ Qxd7 17. Nce4 c4 18. h3 h5 19. c3 Ba7 20. b4 Rc8 21. a4 Rc6 22. axb5 Rf6 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24. Ne4 Qd3 25. Nxf6+ Ke7 26. Nxg4 hxg4 27. Rf3 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Troisdorf op"]
[Site "Troisdorf"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Frank"]
[Black "Akstinat, Sven Holger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. Qe2 hxg4 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Ne7 12. Qxg4 Qf5 13. Qg2 Nd7 14. Nge2 0-0-0 15. Rh3 Nf6 16. Re3 Rxh4 17. Re5 Qh3 18. Qxh3+ Rxh3 19. 0-0-0 Rh2 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Be3 Ned5 22. Ncxd5 cxd5 23. c4 dxc4 24. d5 Bd6 25. Rg5 Rh7 26. Rd4 b5 27. Ne2 Bc5 28. Rf4 Bxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. e4 Rh5 33. Kd2 b4 0-1

[Event "Troisdorf op"]
[Site "Troisdorf"]
[Date "2008.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reuter, Gabriel"]
[Black "Mertens, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. d5 Ne5 10. f4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. e4 Nd7 13. g4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Nbd4 cxd4 17. Bxe7 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Troisdorf op"]
[Site "Troisdorf"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Frank"]
[Black "Lange, Lutz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. 0-0 a5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qa4 0-0 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qh5 Qd8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb6 19. Re3 Rf7 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qe2 Qd4 22. Re1 Nc5 23. Bb5 Ne4 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. f3 f4 27. Bc1 Ng5 28. Rh4 Rf5 29. Bxf4 Nf7 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Bg3 Nxe5 32. Ra4 Bd7 33. Bxe5 Bxb5 34. Qxb5 Rxe5 35. Qb6 Qg5 36. f4 Qh6 37. Qxb7 Rf8 38. Qc7 Re2 39. Qd6 Qh4 40. Rf1 Qf6 41. f5 Qg5 42. Qg3 Qxg3 43. hxg3 gxf5 44. Rf2 Re1+ 45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 Rb8 47. g4 fxg4 48. Rxg4+ Kf7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Kf6 51. Rh4 e5 52. Rxh7 Rxb4 53. Rd7 d4 54. g4 Rb2 55. Rd5 Rh2 56. g5+ Ke6 57. g6 Rh6 58. g7 Rg6 59. Rd8 Rxg7 60. Ke2 Rf7 61. Kd3 Rf3+ 62. Kc4 Rc3+ 63. Kb5 d3 64. Kb4 Rc1 65. Rxd3 e4 66. Rd8 Kf5 67. Re8 Kf4 68. Rf8+ Ke3 69. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troisdorf op"]
[Site "Troisdorf"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glienke, Norbert"]
[Black "Mertens, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. 0-0 a6 11. a4 0-0 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Ra3 Rfe8 15. f3 Reb8 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nec3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 c4 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qa2 Rc2 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rc1 26. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Bg1 Ne5 28. Rc3 Qf1 29. b3 Nd3 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. Qc1 Qe2 32. Re3 Qb5 33. f4 Nd3 34. Qf1 Qxb3 35. Rxd3 Qxa4 36. e5 Qc4 37. Qf3 a5 38. e6 a4 39. Rc3 Qb4 40. exf7+ Kxf7 41. Qh3 Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Rh3 h5 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Rg3 1-0

