[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cristian, Stefan"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxb2 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. Bxd4 exd5 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Be8 18. exf6+ Nxf6 19. Rfe1+ Kf7 20. Bd3 Bd6 21. Nf3 h6 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ba4 24. Re6 a5 25. Rc1 Rhe8 26. Rb6 Rec8 27. Rb7+ Kg8 28. Rcc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rb8 30. h3 Re8 31. Rc5 Rd8 32. Rxa5 Bd1 33. Ra7 Ne4 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jendrian, Michael"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. g3 Nd7 6. h3 h5 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bc5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Qe1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c3 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bb6 20. Nh4 Be4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bd2 g5 23. Ng2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Rc4 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nb6 27. Rg1+ Kh7 28. f5 Qh4 29. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Berthold, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rc1 0-0 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. 0-0 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6 15. b4 Qe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 b5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Nb6 21. Rfc1 Rfb8 22. Qb2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Ra3 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. Kf1 Be7 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 Bb4 30. Na4 Ra2 31. Nb6 c3 32. e4 c2 33. exd5 Ba3 34. dxc6 Bxc1 35. c7 Ba3 36. c8Q+ Kh7 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qh3+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Hannemann, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 Qe8 7. Ba3 d6 8. c4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Ng5 Ng4 12. Nxe6 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Qh5+ 14. Kg1 Rf6 15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qh6 17. Bb2 Raf8 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qd2 g5 20. Ne6 Qh5 21. Qxg5+ Qxg5 22. Nfxg5 Nc2 23. Rac1 Nb4 24. a3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rg6 27. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c5 Qd7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. Rb1 e5 12. b4 e4 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 f5 15. b5 Nd8 16. f3 Ne6 17. f4 Kh8 18. b6 axb6 19. cxb6 c6 20. a4 Rg8 21. Nb3 g5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 d4 24. exd4 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Sabfoot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Ke7 11. h3 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rac1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8 Kxd8 17. Kf1 Ke7 18. Ke2 g6 19. Na2 Nd7 20. Bc3 a5 21. Bb5 f6 22. Kd3 Nde5+ 23. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. f3 h6 26. Nc3 Kf6 27. Bc4 g5 28. Nb5 Bc6 29. Na7 Bb7 30. Nb5 Bc6 31. Nc7 Bd7 32. Na6 h5 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Bb5 Bc8 35. Kc4 e4 36. Bc6 exf3 37. Bxf3 h4 38. Kxc5 Ke5 39. Kb5 Kd6 40. Kxa5 Kc5 41. b4+ Kd6 42. b5 Kc7 43. Kb4 Kd6 44. a5 Kc7 45. Kc5 Bd7 46. a6 Kb8 47. b6 g4 48. a7+ Kc8 49. a8Q# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. h3 Bg6 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 0-0 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h5 Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. 0-0-0 Nxf2 17. Rdf1 Nxh1 18. Rxh1 Nf5 19. Ne5 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. hxg6 Qg5 23. Kb1 Rf6 24. Qh3 Qxg6+ 25. Ka1 Kf7 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1+ Qf6 28. Qb5 Qe7 29. Qf1+ Kg8 30. Nf3 a6 31. Qh3 Rf8 32. Qg3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Burger, Clemens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bf4 a6 12. h3 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. f4 Rec8 20. f5 b4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ng6 Qd6 23. Ne5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Na5 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. Qg6 Ne4 27. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Labahn, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. a3 b4 12. Na4 Rb8 13. 0-0 b3 14. Qd2 h6 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Nc5 Ba8 19. Rc3 a5 20. Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Nxb3 Nfd5 22. Rc1 a4 23. Nc5 f6 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Ne5 Rf6 28. Qg3 f4 29. exf4 Nxf4 30. Bb1 Ncd5 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Ncd3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Nf4 34. Bb1 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunez Calo, Jose Ricardo"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Ne5 f6 5. e4 Bxe4 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Bxg6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rudik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bd3 a6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Ne2 b5 12. c3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bh4 Rac8 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Qf2 Qe3 27. h3 Nxb2 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bb1 Nc4 30. Nc2 Rxc3 31. Ne1 Rxa3 32. Nf3 g6 33. Nh4 Kg7 34. Kh2 d4 35. Rf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Van Gompel, Willy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. dxe4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Qb1 b6 12. Re1 0-0 13. a3 Ne7 14. c4 c5 15. c3 Ng6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Qc1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxf3 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. Qe3 Rd6 22. Rad1 Rg6 23. Kh2 Qh4 24. Rg1 Be6 25. Bf1 Rxg1 26. Kxg1 Qh5 27. Rd6 Qh4 28. a4 Qe7 29. Qd2 h6 30. Rd3 Qh4 31. Rg3 Rd8 32. Qe3 Qf4 33. Qe2 Rd2 34. Qe1 Ra2 35. Be2 Rxa4 36. Qd1 Ra2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qf8 g6 39. Bf3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Bxc4 41. Qd6 Be6 42. Qc7 Ra2 43. Kg2 Qc1 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Qxe5 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. e4 d4 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Nc4 Bd6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne1 Bc5 12. Kh1 a6 13. f4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 exf4 15. gxf4 0-0 16. Nd3 Be7 17. e5 Nh7 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Be4 Qe8 20. Rg1 f5 21. Qxe8 Raxe8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rg6 Rg8 24. Rxc6 a5 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Rxc7 Bd8 27. Rd7 Bb6 28. c5 Rgd8 29. Rb7 Rab8 30. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Broeckmeyer, Walter"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nh5 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bd3 Bg5 12. 0-0-0 b6 13. Kb1 c5 14. Qf2 Bxd2 15. Rxd2 c4 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bh4 Qc8 18. h3 Bd7 19. g4 Nf4 20. Ne1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Qc7 22. Qh2 Rfe8 23. Bxd6 Qb7 24. Rf1 b5 25. Rdf2 Nd8 26. Nf3 a5 27. Ka1 b4 28. Bb1 b3 29. a3 Qc8 30. Ng5 Nh8 31. e5 g6 32. d5 Nb7 33. e6 Nxd6 34. Nxf7 Ndxf7 35. exf7+ Nxf7 36. Rxf7 Qd8 37. Qd6 Ba4 38. Qc5 Qb8 39. Qd4 Qe5 40. Qxc4 Rac8 41. Qxa4 Qxd5 42. Qf4 Rcd8 43. Qf6 Qe5 44. Qh4 h5 45. Bxg6 Qd6 46. Qxh5 Qd1+ 47. Bb1 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leenaerts, Robin"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Nde2 Qc7 12. Ng3 b6 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nf5 Nh5 17. Ne2 g6 18. Neg3 Nf4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qe3 Qh4 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 f3 26. Qxf3 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Busschots, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Na5 9. Rb1 0-0-0 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Nxb3 14. Rxb3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Ba4 16. Nxf7 Ng6 17. Nxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Kb8 20. Bc6 Qc7 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bb5 Ne7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nf5 25. Bxe6 Nxd4 26. Qa2 Qxe5 27. Bd5 Bc5 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Bf4+ Bd6 31. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Gert"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nce7 6. Qd3 Ng6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. c4 b6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. g3 Qd7 16. Kg2 f5 17. Nf1 f4 18. Bd2 fxg3 19. fxg3 Rf7 20. N1h2 Raf8 21. Rf1 Qd8 22. Qe2 Nxg3 23. Kxg3 Bh4+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Ng4 Bg5 27. Nfh2 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Bf4 29. Nf3 Qe8 30. Ne1 Qg6 31. Kh1 Qg5 32. Nd3 h5 33. Nh2 Rf6 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Nf3 Qh6 36. Rg1 h4 37. Rg4 Qh5 38. Rxh4 Qf7 39. Qg2 Rg6 40. Rg4 Rh6 41. Kh2 g6 42. Nh4 Kg7 43. Qf3 Qf6 44. Qxf4 Qe5 45. Qxe5+ dxe5 46. Nf3 Rh5 47. Rh4 Rxh4 48. Nxh4 g5 49. Nf3 Kg6 50. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Corluy, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 b5 4. Bb3 Bb7 5. a3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Rc8 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nf6 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd3 15. Ba2 0-0 16. Rad1 Qe4 17. Qh3 bxc4 18. Bb1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Ba2 Ned5 22. Be5 Rfd8 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Ba6 Rc6 25. Bb7 Rb6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bxd5 Rbd6 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Re1 Rd2 31. Rb1 Ke6 32. Kf1 Kd5 33. Ke1 Rc2 34. g4 Kc4 35. h4 Kb3 36. f4 Rc4 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 Rxf4 39. Ke2 Rg4 40. Rh1 Rxg5 41. Rxh7 Kxb2 42. a4 Kb3 43. Kd3 Rd5+ 44. Ke4 Rd4+ 45. Ke5 Kxa4 46. Rb7 Rb4 47. Rc7 c4 48. Kd4 Kb3 49. Ra7 a4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kc5 c3 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Hiel, Lino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. h3 Ne7 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Qe2 0-0-0 11. 0-0-0 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Qf1 Ne4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Kb8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Nac5 Re1 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qb5 24. g3 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Kc8 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Maas, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "1377"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. a3 Bf6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nbd2 Nf4 11. Nh4 Nxd3+ 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Ndf3 e4 14. Qxd3 exd3 15. 0-0-0 c4 16. Rhe1+ Be6 17. Nd2 0-0-0 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Nc5 Rd6 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. Nd4 Rxg2 22. Rg1 Rg5 23. Rxg5 fxg5 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nxg5 h6 26. Ne4 Rg8 27. Kb1 Rg2 28. h4 Nc6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Nd6+ Kc7 31. Nxc4 b5 32. Ne3 Rxf2 33. Rxd3 Ne5 34. Rd1 Rh2 35. Rd4 Nf3 36. Rf4 Nxh4 37. Rf7+ Kb6 38. Rf6 Rh1+ 39. Ka2 Rh2 40. Rxe6+ Ka5 41. Kb3 Nf3 42. Nf1 Rf2 43. Ka2 Rxf1 44. b4+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Damme, Tonnie"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. h3 h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. c3 b5 9. Qc2 c5 10. 0-0 c4 11. Be2 0-0 12. a4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f3 f5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ra5 Qh4 23. Rxb5 Ra8 24. Qc1 Qd8 25. Rc5 Ra4 26. Qd1 Qa8 27. Rc8+ Qxc8 28. Qxa4 Kh7 29. Bh5 Qd8 30. Qe8 Qf6 31. Bf7 e5 32. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Habberney, Guy"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. f4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bb5 Nf5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Na3 0-0 11. Nc2 a6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Kh1 Qd8 14. a3 f6 15. g4 Nh6 16. g5 fxg5 17. fxg5 Nf5 18. Rg1 Be8 19. Rg2 Bg6 20. h4 Qe8 21. Nh2 Nxh4 22. Rg4 Be4+ 23. Kg1 Ng6 24. Be3 Rf5 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Bg4 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5 28. Qe2 Qe7 29. Qxe4 Kh8 30. Nf3 Bf4 31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Rh1 Bg5 33. Qxg6 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zegstroo, Martin"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Nf5 Bf8 9. Nxd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. Qg3 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bd6 Qe6 14. h3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bxg6 Qxa2 19. Bd3 0-0-0 20. Ra1 Qd5 21. Rxa7 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Ra8+ Kc7 24. Rxh8 h6 25. Ra8 g5 26. Re1 h5 27. Raa1 h4 28. Re3 g4 29. Kh2 gxh3 30. gxh3 Bd5 31. Rg1 Rf6 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Pytel, Bozena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 c6 5. 0-0 Qc7 6. c4 e5 7. d5 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. a3 Qc8 12. f4 e4 13. e3 Ng4 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. b4 Nd3 16. Rab1 a5 17. Nd1 axb4 18. axb4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc4 20. Nhf2 Ngxf2 21. Nxf2 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Qxd5 23. Rfd1 Qf7 24. Bf1 Be6 25. Qd4 d5 26. Qb6 Bd8 27. Qd4 Bf6 28. Qb6 Rfc8 29. b5 Bd8 30. Qd4 Qc7 31. Rd2 Qb6 32. Nd1 Qxd4 33. exd4 Bb6 34. Ne3 Ra3 35. Nc2 Ra2 36. Rc1 Rb2 37. Kg2 Bd7 38. Kf2 Ba5 0-1

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qd2 Qxc5 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. g4 Nxe5 12. gxf5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. 0-0-0 Rfd8 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Rd7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rhg1 Rc6 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Bg5 b5 23. b4 Rdc7 24. c3 Re6 25. Kd2 Ra6 26. Ra1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Petitpas, Franck"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Nf2 Nb6 10. Nb1 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Be6 12. 0-0-0 Nf6 13. Be2 Nfd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. c3 Nb6 19. Ne2 a4 20. a3 Na8 21. Ka1 Nc7 22. Bg5 Kd7 23. Nf4 Rb3 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Nh3 Rhb8 26. Bc1 Nb5 27. Ng5+ Kd7 28. Bd2 Nxa3 29. Bc1 Nc2+ 30. Ka2 a3 31. bxa3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Goch op 12th"]
[Site "Goch"]
[Date "2001.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Supplieth, Peter"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goch op 12th"]
[Site "Goch"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dehn, Marcus"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. h3 h6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bh2 c5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Be4 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. b4 a6 22. b5 Rb6 23. f3 e5 24. Nc2 Bb3 25. Ne1 Nd7 26. Rc7 Be6 27. b3 Nf8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Ne6 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Nd3 Rxc4 33. Nxe5 Rc7 34. Rd2 f6 35. Nd7 Rbc6 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Nb8 Rb6 38. Nxa6 Ra7 39. Rda2 Rb3 40. e4 Nf4 41. Nc5 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 Re3 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Kg3 Rc3 45. Kxf4 Rxc5 46. h4 h5 47. g3 Rb5 48. Rd7 g6 49. g4 g5+ 50. Kg3 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 hxg4 52. Kxg4 Kf8 53. f4 Ra5 54. Rb7 Rc5 55. f5 Rc1 56. Kf4 Rc4 57. Ke3 Ra4 58. Kd3 Ke8 59. Rc7 Kf8 60. Rc4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goch op 12th"]
[Site "Goch"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Tymura, Achim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 Rf7 13. a4 g5 14. a5 h5 15. c5 Bf8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Driessens, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 f5 4. d5 exd5 5. Qxd5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Qd1 Be6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. e4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 0-0 16. e5 Be7 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. 0-0 Kf7 19. Rfc1 g5 20. Bd2 f4 21. Ba5 Rd5 22. Bc3 Rfd8 23. h3 Kg6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Rc2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Ne1 Kf5 28. g3 f3 29. Rcc1 Bg5 30. Nc2 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rh8+ 32. Kg1 Rd7 33. Ne3+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Be7 11. a3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Ng4 16. Bc2 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bf6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. Ree1 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Qf3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nd5 26. Bc2 Ne7 27. Ng4 Qd5 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Be4 Qg5 31. Qf3 Rfd8 32. g3 Nd5 33. h4 Qf6 34. Qb3 Rc7 35. Rd3 h5 36. Red1 Qe7 37. Bg2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Leentjens, Gilbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 0-0-0 15. 0-0 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. exd8Q+ Rxd8 22. Qa8+ Nb8 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Ne7+ Kc7 25. Bf4+ Kb6 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. Re1 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. g4 Rd4 30. Bxb8 Kxb8 31. Nc6+ Kc7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Re7+ Kd6 34. Re8 c2 35. Rc8 Bf5 36. Kf1 Bxc8 0-1

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bus, Tom"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 a6 9. d3 Qe7 10. Nc3 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Rad1 Bc7 15. Nh4 g6 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qh6 f6 19. Rd2 Nb8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 c5 22. f3 Nc6 23. Bh3 Nd4 24. Kg2 Qf7 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Qe3 Bd6 27. Qd3 Bf8 28. Rd1 Bh6 29. Ng2 Rd8 30. Ne3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Bg2 Rf8 34. f4 Qe6 35. Kg1 Rf7 36. a3 Re7 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Rf2 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. h4 Qe6 41. Kh2 Qg4 42. Qd3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peric, Mijo"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8. g5 c5 9. dxc5 Nf5 10. Nf4 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Qa5 14. Kxf2 Qxa4 15. Rh3 Nc6 16. Qe2 Nfd4 17. Qd1 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nf5 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Qd4+ 21. Ke2 Qg4+ 22. Rf3 Nd4+ 23. Ke3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxh4 25. Rf1 Qxg5+ 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. c3 Rc4 28. Ke1 Re4+ 29. Kd1 Qg4 30. Nc5 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heltzel, Joost"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Bh5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bg6 11. Bf1 0-0 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. f3 Bg6 19. Bf2 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Rd4 Rc7 22. g3 h6 23. h3 a5 24. Kh2 Bc2 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Rdc8 27. f4 Rc5 28. Be2 Kf8 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg3 g5 31. Rf1 Be4 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Rc4 34. Rdf3 Rf8 35. f5 Re4 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Rb6 Rxe5 39. Rxb7+ Kd6 40. Rf6+ Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kb5 42. Rxh6 f5 43. b3 f4+ 44. Kf2 a4 45. Rb7+ Kc5 46. Ra7 axb3 47. axb3 Kb5 48. Rb7+ Kc5 49. Rbb6 d4 50. Rbc6+ Kb5 51. cxd4 Re3 52. Rc5+ Kb4 53. Rxg5 Kxb3 54. Rf5 Rfe8 55. Rxf4 Re2+ 56. Kg3 R8e3+ 57. Rf3 Rxf3+ 58. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "LiSB-ch"]
[Site "Stein"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Van Zanten, William PC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Be2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga NRW 9596 I"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Mertens, Frans"]
[Black "Fecke, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen III"]
[BlackTeam "Lippstadt Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Ng6 9. g3 Nxf4 10. gxf4 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. a3 Be7 13. Bg2 Qxf4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Qd2 Qe4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 c5 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Rb1 Kd7 21. Rg1 g5 22. Ne4 h6 23. Kd2 Ke6 24. Rge1 h5 25. f3 Rb6 26. Re2 Rhb8 27. Kc2 Kf5 28. Ng3+ Kg6 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Rg1 Kh6 31. Ng3 Re8 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nxe7+ R8xe7 34. f4 Kf5 35. Rxg5+ Kxf4 36. Rxh5 Rxe5 37. Rhxe5 Rxe5 38. Rf2+ Kg3 39. Rxf7 Re2+ 40. Kc1 Rh2 41. Rxc7 Kf3 42. Re7 a5 43. b4 cxb4 44. axb4 a4 45. Re4 a3 46. Kb1 Rd2 47. Rxd4 Ke3 48. Rd8 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Kd2 50. Ra8 Kc2 51. Rxa3 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goch op 03rd"]
[Site "Goch"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schroeder, Wilfried"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Qa4 c5 11. e3 Bd6 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxb5 Bc6 15. Ncxd6 a6 16. dxc5 axb5 17. Qc2 b4 18. b3 Ra5 19. Bb2 Ne6 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Nf5 Re8 22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Rac1 Rd8 24. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Douai op"]
[Site "Douai"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ng1 Nf6 9. e3 b6 10. c4 Qa5 11. Ne2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 0-0 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. h3 h6 15. Be2 a6 16. 0-0 Rfe8 17. a4 Bg6 18. Rfc1 Red8 19. Be1 Na5 20. Rab1 Nc6 21. Rb2 Nd7 22. Nd5 Rdc8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Bg3 Ra7 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Nc3 Bg6 27. Bf3 Ne7 28. e4 f5 29. e5 Ke8 30. h4 Nf8 31. d5 Nd7 32. a5 Rb8 33. d6 cxd6 34. e6 Nc5 35. axb6 Rab7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Rd1 Nxe6 38. Bxd6 Nd8 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Eindhoven CC-ch"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beulen, Marcel"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Neg5+ Kg8 9. Ne6 Qe8 10. Nxc7 Qd8 11. Nxa8 Nf8 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxa8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Re2 Ng6 20. Qb3+ e6 21. Rae1 Re8 22. c4 Qd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. cxd5 Bf6 26. d6+ Kf8 27. Qf3 Kg8 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Qe6 Qd8 30. d7 1-0

