[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Guo, Philipp Ziming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 0-0 11. Be2 Nd7 12. 0-0 Qe7 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb2 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Kf8 22. Kf1 e5 23. Ne2 Rxc4 24. e4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Junker, Stefan"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bad Salzuflen Caissa"]
[BlackTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nb5 Rd8 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Ng5 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. Qe4 a6 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. e3 Qc7 20. g4 Nd6 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. h3 Ne5 23. Qe4 Ng6 24. Ne2 h6 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Nf6 27. Qd3 Kf8 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29. f3 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rb8 31. e4 Ke7 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ng2 h5 34. Kf2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nd7 36. Ne3 Ne5 37. Kg3 Ng6 38. Ng2 Rh8 39. b3 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Nxf4 Nxf4 43. Kxf4 Ke7 44. e5 Kf8 45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Kh5 Kh7 47. Kg5 Kg7 48. Kh5 Kh7 49. Kg5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Lohmann, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[BlackTeam "Vohwinkel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Bxc5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. N2c3 Nc7 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. f3 Ncd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd4 b6 25. Ne4 Bc7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. b4 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Kd3 b5 32. Bxa7 Bxe5 33. Ne4 Bxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Bxh2 35. f4 Bg3 36. Bd4 g6 37. Bc5 Be1 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. Kd3 Bg7 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Bb6 Bb2 44. Kc2 Bd4 45. Bc7 Kc4 46. Bd6 Bf6 47. a3 h5 48. g3 Bd4 49. Be7 Bf2 50. Bh4 Be1 51. Kd1 Bc3 52. Kc2 Be1 53. Kd1 Bf2 54. Kc2 Bd4 55. Be7 e5 56. fxe5 Bxe5 57. Bh4 Kd4 58. Kb3 Ke4 59. a4 bxa4+ 60. Kxa4 f4 61. gxf4 Kxf4 62. b5 g5 63. Bf2 h4 64. b6 h3 65. Bg1 g4 0-1

[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Daviti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK V"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 N7f6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Rfc1 a6 19. c4 b4 20. c5 a5 21. Qh5 Rad8 22. Be4 f5 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Ng6 Rfe8 25. Bc4 Kh7 26. Nf4 Bc8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. a3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. axb4 axb4 34. Rab1 Be6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxb4 Rd7 37. Ra1 Kg7 38. Rb8 Kf6 39. Rf8+ Kg5 40. Rg8+ Rg6 41. Rxg6+ Kxg6 42. Ra6 Rc7 43. Kh2 Kf6 44. Kh3 Ke6 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Kd5 47. Ra8 Rg7+ 48. Kf3 e4+ 49. Ke2 Rxg2 50. Rh8 Rh2 51. Re8 Rh4 52. Kf1 Kxc5 53. Kg2 h5 54. Rh8 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rg5 56. Kh4 Rf5 57. Re8 Kd5 58. Rd8+ Kc5 59. Re8 Kd5 60. Rd8+ Ke6 61. Re8+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bock, Timothy"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Horst Emscher II"]
[BlackTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nf1 0-0 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. h4 h6 15. Nf1 Nb4 16. a3 Nc2 17. Qd2 Nxe1 18. Rxe1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Bxh6 Qc3 24. Qf4 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qc2 26. Re1 Qg6 27. Qf4 Kh8 28. Ng3 Rg8 29. Qg4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "DSOL 06 Liga Gr-C 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bubeck, Heiko"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Welzheim"]
[BlackTeam "Wehlheiden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 12. 0-0 Nd5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qc4 0-0 17. Rc3 Rd7 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Re4 Bb4 21. Rb3 c5 22. a3 Ba5 23. Rxb7 cxd4 24. Rf4 d3 25. Rfxf7 d2 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rhg7+ Kh8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 05th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baer, Soeren"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Kb1 0-0-0 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rhe8 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxa7 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 e5 20. Qc3 Ne6 21. Qa3 Nd4 22. Qd3 Kb8 23. c3 Ne6 24. Qb5 Nf4 25. Rd2 Re6 26. Qb3 Rb6 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rc6 29. Bb5 Rc5 30. a4 Qb6 31. h4 Ne6 32. Qd1 Nd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4 Qe6 35. Qf2 R5c7 36. Re1 Qd6 37. Qe3 Rd8 38. Qe6 d4 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Rd1 Re7 41. cxd4 Re3 42. Rd3 Re1+ 43. Kc2 Rh1 44. Kc3 Rxh4 45. Kc4 h5 46. Kc5 Rd8 47. Re3 hxg4 48. Re7 gxf3 49. Kb6 Rd6+ 50. Kc5 Rhxd4 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 05th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hess, Johan"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 d4 8. Nbd2 Nd5 9. Nc4 b5 10. e4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Bh4+ 12. Kd2 bxc4 13. dxc4 Qf6 14. Nxh4 Qxf4+ 15. Ke2 Qxh4 16. c3 Bb7 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 0-0-0 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Qg1 Qd2+ 21. Kf1 Qd3+ 22. Ke1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Rd2+ 24. Ke1 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 05th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Lehnert, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 Rac8 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. e3 Qa6 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Ne2 c5 24. dxc5 Qa5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. c6 Rd2 28. Qc1 c3 29. Qe1 Rxa2 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qe3 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 h6 33. Qd4+ f6 34. Qd6 Qd5 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Bf7 37. Qe3 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Bc4+ 40. Qd3 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 05th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Richter, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 Nd5 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. a3 c3 12. Rd1 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Rb8 14. e4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bc4 16. Rd2 Qc8 17. Re1 Qa6 18. Qc1 Rb6 19. Nd1 Rfb8 20. Ne3 Ba2 21. Qa1 Bb3 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Qa5 24. Rde2 h6 25. Nf5 Bxa3 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bxa3 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 05th"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radke, Rocco Mario"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qh3 Na5 10. Nf3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 g6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. 0-0 Ba8 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nc3 Ne4 22. Ncxe4 dxe4 23. Qf4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 cxd4 25. Nxe4 Qc6 26. Bd3 f5 0-1

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hankel, Dennis"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nec6 13. Ne2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. h5 Qb6 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qa4 0-0-0 18. 0-0 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rhg8 20. Rfc1+ Kb8 21. Rc3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. b4 g6 25. hxg6 Rxg6 26. f3 Bg5 27. Nc5 Rd8 28. Nxa6+ Kb7 29. Nc5+ Kb8 30. R1c2 Bf4 31. Kf2 Rdg8 32. Nd3 Bg5 33. Rc7 h5 34. Rxf7 hxg4 35. f4 g3+ 36. Kg1 Bd8 37. f5 exf5 38. Rxf5 Rh6 39. Rg2 Rgh8 40. Kf1 Bb6 41. Rf4 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 R8h2 43. Rxh2 gxh2 44. Nf2 Ra1 45. Rh4 Rxa2+ 46. Kf3 Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 48. Kg2 Bxe5 49. Rh5 Bc3 50. Rxd5 a6 51. b5 a5 52. Kxh2 a4 53. Rd3 Bb2 54. Rd2 a3 55. Kg2 Kb7 56. Rd6 a2 57. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heyme, Sibylle"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. Be3 Bg6 8. c3 Nf5 9. Bf4 c5 10. Qa4 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Qd1 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. Nb3 c4 15. Nbd2 Be7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Nf1 Na4 18. Qc1 Rb8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Ne3 Be4 21. Nd2 g5 22. Bg3 Bg6 23. Bf3 Kd7 24. Qd1 Kc7 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Ndxc4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 a3 29. Qa4 Qd7 30. Qxa6 Ra8 31. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Brittner, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ng4 13. Qe1 Rab8 14. h3 Nge5 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 Nc4 17. Ba1 dxc5 18. bxc5 Qd2 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Qxe1 21. Rfxe1 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 f6 23. Nb3 Rd7 24. Nc3 Rbd8 25. Red1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Nd2+ 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 28. Ke1 Rb2 29. Rb1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc2 31. Rd3 Ne5 32. Kd1 Nxd3 33. Kxc2 Nxc5 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5+ e6 36. Bg2 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd6 38. f4 h5 39. Kc4 b6 40. Bf3 f5 41. Kd4 b5 42. Bg2 a5 43. Bf3 Na6 44. a3 b4 45. axb4 Nxb4 46. e4 Nc2+ 47. Kc3 Ne1 48. e5+ Kd7 49. Bh1 a4 50. Kb4 h4 51. gxh4 Nd3+ 52. Kxa4 Nxf4 53. Bf3 Nd3 54. h5 Nxe5 55. hxg6 Nxg6 56. Kb5 Kd6 57. Bg2 Ke5 58. Kc4 Kf4 59. Kd3 Kg3 60. Bf1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Felgentreff, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Ndf6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. e4 Bc8 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. f4 Qb6 18. e5 e6 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Qc3 Qc7 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Rac1 Bb7 23. c5 b5 24. Nf2 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qc2 f5 27. Nd3 Rac8 28. Nb4 Ba8 29. Bf3 Nb8 30. Bc3 Bb7 31. Rg1 Na6 32. Nd3 h5 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Kf2 Rh8 35. Ke3 Rh7 36. Qg2 Rch8 37. h3 Kf8 38. Rh1 Ke8 39. Rc2 Kd7 40. Rg1 Qd8 41. Qf1 Qe7 42. Rcg2 Bf8 43. Rh2 Rg8 44. Ke2 Rgh8 45. Bd2 Kc7 46. Rgh1 Kd7 47. Qg2 Qg7 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rxh2 50. Rxh2 Rxh2 51. Qxh2 Qh6 52. Qxh6 Bxh6 53. Kf2 Bf8 54. Kg3 Be7 55. Bd1 Ke8 56. Be1 Bc8 57. Kh3 Bd7 58. Bc2 Kf7 59. Bb1 Kg7 60. Ba2 Bd8 61. Bd2 Be7 62. Ba5 Kf7 63. Ne1 Kg7 64. Nf3 Bc8 65. Be1 Nc7 66. Bh4 Bxh4 67. Kxh4 Bd7 68. Ne1 Na6 69. Nd3 Bc8 70. Kg5 Bd7 71. Bb1 Be8 72. Bc2 Bd7 73. Kh4 Be8 74. Kg3 Bd7 75. Kf3 Kf7 76. g5 Ke7 77. Ke3 Be8 78. Bd1 Kd7 79. Kd2 Kc7 80. Bf3 Bf7 81. Kc3 Be8 82. Nb4 Nxb4 83. Kxb4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Kitzler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ 9. Ke1 Qd6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Qd4 e5 12. Qxd5 0-0 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. cxd6 Nc6 15. Na3 Rd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Nbd2 Nd4 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. b3 b5 21. Nxe5 Rxd6 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Ba3 Rd7 24. Rac1 Rdc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rc2 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Bb2 Nd5 29. Nf4 Nce3 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Lieder, Guenter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Ndb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Ncb5 Ng4 14. Bd2 e5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. a4 Bc5 17. Qe1 e4 18. Ba5 Qh6 19. Bd2 e3 20. fxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rg1 Rd1 26. Qc3 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Bh3+ 29. Kf2 Qb6+ 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Nc5 32. a5 a6 33. Nd6 Nb3 34. Nxb7 Bc8 35. Nd6 Be6 36. Nb7 Bc8 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Nd6 Nf5+ 39. Nxf5 Bxf5 40. Kd4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. h3 Bf5 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. d4 0-0 11. c4 Re8 12. f3 Qe7 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 g5 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Be1 Nf8 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Qc3 Red8 21. Rd2 Bg6 22. Rfd1 Ng7 23. b4 Nh5 24. Kh2 b6 25. d5 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Rdb7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qa3 Rb4 31. Bf1 a6 32. Qe3 Rb2 33. Re2 Rb4 34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. Bxc5 Rb1 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Bf8+ Kg8 38. Bh6# 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bergmann, Andy"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. 0-0 d6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 0-0 13. e4 Qf6 14. Nf3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qf5 18. Qc6 Rf7 19. Re2 Ref8 20. Rfe1 g5 21. h3 g4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Qe4 Rg7 24. Qxg4 Rxg4 25. Re4 Rg7 26. Kf1 e5 27. dxe5 Nc5 28. R4e3 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Rg5 30. b4 Nb7 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. R8e7 Rgf5 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Ne5 Re7 36. Nc6 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Nd6 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Nc4 40. a4 Nb2 41. a5 Nd3+ 42. Ke2 Nxc5 43. Nxa7 Kf6 44. Nb5 Na6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. f4+ Kd5 47. g4 Kc4 48. Nd4 Nb4 49. Ne6 c6 50. g5 Kb5 51. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beutel, Hubert"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. c3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. h3 f5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. 0-0-0 Nf6 15. Ne1 Bg7 16. f3 h5 17. Nc2 0-0-0 18. Rde1 Bh6 19. Kd1 h4 20. Bh2 g4 21. fxg4 fxg4 22. Rhf1 Rdf8 23. Re2 g3 24. Bg1 Ne4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Ne1 Be7 27. Nef3 Rf8 28. c4 Nxd2 29. Nxd2 Bg5 30. e4 Bxd2 31. Kxd2 Rf1 32. Be3 Bxe4 33. Bg5 Rf2 34. Bxh4 Bxg2 35. Bxg3 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Bxh3 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Kc3 a5 39. c5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beutelhoff, Josef"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. e3 b6 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxg3 14. Nxc6 Qf6 15. hxg3 dxc6 16. Ne4 Qg7 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Be2 Rb8 19. b3 Bb7 20. g4 Qf6 21. 0-0 e5 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rfd1 Qe6 24. R7d6 1-0

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klueting, Reiner"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Qc7 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 f5 16. Nf3 Bf4 17. Nf1 Rg8 18. Rg1 Nf6 19. N1d2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne1 0-0-0 22. g3 Bh6 23. Ng2 e5 24. Rad1 exd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nf4 Rd6 28. f3 Bxf4 29. gxf4 exf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rd2 31. Rg7 Rxc2 32. Rxf7 Rxc3+ 33. Ke4 c4 34. Rh7 Rc1 35. Rxh5 b6 36. Rh7 Rd1 37. Rxa7 c3 38. Ra3 Rc1 39. Kd3 Rh1 40. Rxc3+ Kd7 41. Ke4 Rxh4 42. Rd3+ Ke7 43. Rb3 Rh2 44. a3 Ra2 45. Kf5 b5 46. Rxb5 Rxa3 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kg6 Ra6+ 49. Kg5 Ra5+ 50. f5 Ra6 51. Rb4 Kf7 52. Rb5 Rc6 53. f6 Rc7 54. Kf5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krausse, Eckhard"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Na4 Qc7 9. c4 cxd4 10. cxd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxd5 12. Be3 dxe3 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Nd4 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Nge7 17. f4 Be4 18. Rhc1 Rc8 19. Kxe3 0-0 20. Nb3 a6 21. Bf1 Ba5 22. Nbc5 b5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 g5 26. c4 gxf4+ 27. Kxe4 Ng6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ncxe5 30. h4 Nxg4 31. a4 f5+ 32. Kf3 N4e5+ 33. Kf2 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rd8 35. h5 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Nh4 37. a5 Nd3 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. a6 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marchio, Enrico"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 d5 8. Ng5 Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. dxc3 f6 12. Nh3 e5 13. f4 Na6 14. b4 c5 15. b5 Nc7 16. f5 Qe8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Nf2 Rd7 20. a4 Qb8 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Ra2 Bf8 23. Qc2 Rd6 24. Qe2 Qa8 25. Qh5 R8d7 26. Bf7 Qd8 27. Bg6 h6 28. h4 c4 29. Qe2 Rd3 30. Nxd3 cxd3 31. Qd1 Bc5+ 32. Be3 Qg8 33. Rd2 Qc4 34. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. Qf3 Qxc3 37. Red1 Rd4 38. Qxd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 Kg8 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Bengsch, Bertram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. e4 d6 10. Qe2 0-0 11. a3 a5 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Bb2 Ba6 15. Qe1 b5 16. Rac1 b4 17. a4 Rc7 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 d5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rdc1 Rac8 23. Qe4 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Qd3 Na7 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Bd4 h6 30. Qa6 Rc6 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rc1 Nc3 34. Bxc6 Qd6 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Bf3 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe3 38. Rg1 Nd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Qxd5 h5 41. Rd1 h4 42. Qd3 Qf2 43. gxh4 Qxf4 44. Rg1+ Kh6 45. Qg3 Qe4+ 46. Qg2 Qe3 47. Qg7+ Kh5 48. Qh7+ Qh6 49. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Ebelink, Maik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 Nb4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 Be7 7. e4 0-0 8. Bc4 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. 0-0 b6 11. a3 Na6 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. b4 Nb8 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rc1 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Re1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rxe7 Qa8 23. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Hobusch, Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 f5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 d4 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Bxb7 dxe3 21. Bxa8 exd2 22. Bf3 Qxb2 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Kg2 Qc3 25. Qe4 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Bd1 e5 28. f3 Rb8 29. Bb3 Rb4 30. Rd1 Bc3 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke3 Rd4 33. Rb1 Kg7 34. Bd1 Bb4 35. Rb3 Kf6 36. Ke2 e4 37. a3 Bf8 38. Rb6+ Kg5 39. fxe4 Bxa3 40. Rb3 Bb4 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Rd3 Kf6 43. Rd5 Rc1 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Rb5 Kd6 46. h4 Kc6 47. Rg5 Ra1 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 a4 50. Rxh7 a3 51. Ra7 a2 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Hofene, Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Nge7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ng6 8. Bg3 Bd6 9. Bb5 0-0 10. h4 Bxg3 11. Qxg3 Nge7 12. Nd2 Nf5 13. Qf4 Nce7 14. h5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Kalkhof, Sandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qb1 Bf8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 g6 17. Rd3 Qe7 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. Qc1 Red8 20. Ba3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxe4 22. cxb6 Qe8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. b7 1-0

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Kleinhenz, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 d5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. Be4 h6 15. Bf3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. b3 Bc5 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. a3 a5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Rad1 g5 24. Qd2 Raf8 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Rxf3 28. exf3 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Ra4 d4 31. Ra7 Qd5 32. Rb1 Rf7 33. Qd3 Qxf3 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Ra8+ Bxa8 36. Rb8+ Qf8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Lange, Corinna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. e3 h5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 h4 17. b4 Qb6 18. a3 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke3 g5 29. f4 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Be6 31. Bh3 Kg6 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Bd3 a5 34. g4 b5 35. Bxf5+ Bxf5 36. gxf5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Risch, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rad1 c6 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Ned5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Ne4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rde1 Qf7 21. Re2 Nd5 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. c4 Nb6 24. d5 Nxc4 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Qd4 Rfe8 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Schlingensiepen, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Be5 g4 9. Ne1 cxd4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 dxe3 12. fxe3 Qxb2 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nd3 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qg7 16. c4 Qc3 17. cxd5 Qxd3 18. dxc6 Qxd2 19. cxb7 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Baunatal op 2nd"]
[Site "Baunatal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Schultz, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Nc3 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. h3 a4 15. bxa4 Qb4 16. Nb3 Qxc4 17. Rxd6 Nfxe4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Rd8 Be6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+ Kg8 25. Qxb7 Rc8 26. Rc1 c5 27. Bd5 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Michael"]
[Black "Ulms, Sandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 c6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nc2 Bc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Nxb4 19. Ba1 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 f6 21. f4 Rf8 22. Qc3 Qc7 23. h3 Ng7 24. Rd3 Be6 25. Rde3 Qf7 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. g4 Qg7 28. e5 dxe5 29. g5 Bc8 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxe5 Ng7 32. c5 Kh8 33. Re7 Nh5 34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peter, Frank Stephan"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. d4 Nxg4 10. Nge2 0-0 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Be5 Rd8 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nd3 Qf5 17. Nc5 Nbd7 18. Rae1 Ng4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Re4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 b6 22. e6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Qc7 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bb7 26. Rc4 Qb8 27. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peters, Andreas"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. d3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qe3 b5 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 b4 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Rxb7 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Re1 Nc7 24. Ng5 Bf4 25. Nxf7 Rxd3 26. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schuering, Andreas"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nh4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 cxd4 10. Nf3 dxc3 11. Be3 Qc7 12. bxc3 Nge7 13. Qa4 Ng6 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Bd4 Be7 16. Rb2 0-0 17. Rfb1 b6 18. Bb5 Na5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Bd3 Rad8 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. Bc2 Qd4 28. Qe2 Qd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. R5b2 Rfd8 32. Kf1 R8d4 33. g3 g5 34. Ke1 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Re4+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 f6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Kc4 a6 40. Kd4 Kg6 41. g4 f5 42. h3 f4 43. Kc4 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Kd4 Kc6 47. Kc4 b5+ 48. Kb4 Kb6 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Kb3 a5 51. Kc3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sieben, Ferdi"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bf1 Qe8 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. Nh2 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f3 gxf4 18. g4 Qh4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Nf3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Kassel op"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thimm, Thomas"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Qa4 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nge2 0-0 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 03rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zobel, Andrej"]
[Black "Mertens, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Bg3 c5 9. Qe3 Be6 10. 0-0-0 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a3 0-0-0 16. Be2 b5 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Kc7 19. Ne1 Rb8 20. f4 b4 21. f5 bxa3 22. fxe6 axb2 0-1

