[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. 0-0 Ng6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3 e5 9. b3 0-0 10. Na4 d6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f3 Qd7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Ne2 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 d5 18. Nxf4 Rfd8 19. Nh5 f6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 Bf7 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. e6 Qxf4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qc3 Rac8 26. Rf2 Qb4 27. Qb2 Re8 28. Nf1 a5 29. Qc2 Qd4 30. g3 c4 31. dxc4 dxc4 32. Kg2 cxb3 33. Qxb3+ Qc4 34. Qb1 Kg8 35. Nd2 Qc2 36. Qa1 Qc3 37. Qb1 Rb8 38. Qf5 Qe5 39. Qd3 Rb2 40. Ne4 Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 f5 42. Qc4+ Kh8 43. h4 h6 44. Qc6 Rb8 45. f4 Qb5 46. Qd6 Rc8 47. Qe7 Qd5+ 48. Kh3 Rc2 49. Qe3 Qxa2 50. Qe8+ Qg8 51. Qe1 Qa8 52. Qd1 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas blindfold sim"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.12.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng4 6. h3 N4f6 7. e4 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e5 c6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bc5 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Nf3 0-0 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. g4 Bxe4 17. Kf1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 d4 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. a4 Qe6 23. a5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-113"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 c5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 0-0 14. b3 Re8 15. Ne1 f6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bc3 d4 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Kh1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qg6 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Qd2 Be4 25. Rdf1 h6 26. a4 d3 27. c4 Rb8 28. Qc3 Qe6 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. Qa5 Bh4 31. g3 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Bg5 33. Qc3 Be3 34. e6 Bd4 35. Qc1 Bxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Qxe6 37. Qc3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Re7 39. Ba3 Be4+ 40. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 41. Kh3 Re5 42. g4 h5 43. Rg2 Qf3+ 44. Rg3 hxg4+ 45. Kh4 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-113"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gay, Daniel Zachary"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. b3 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qe2 0-0 14. c4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Qf3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Bf8 23. Bf6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qa5 25. Ra1 h5 26. Qg5 e5 27. Qg3 Re6 28. Bg5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaliannan, Krishna"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e5 4. dxe5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. a3 Ba5 7. Qa4 Qd5 8. e3 b5 9. Qc2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. b3 a5 14. bxc4 b4 15. Qb2 c5 16. Qxg7 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Nd2 a4 20. f3 Ke7 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. g4 Rd6 23. Rhd1 Rad8 24. Bf5 b3 25. g5 Nd7 26. Be4 Ba6 27. f4 Nb6 28. Rac1 b2 29. Rb1 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Ba2 34. Bxh7 b1Q+ 35. Bxb1 Bxb1 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. h4 Bg6 39. Kd2 Ke4 40. Ke2 Bh5+ 41. Kd2 Bg6 42. Kc3 Kxe3 43. f5 Bxf5 44. h5 Bd3 45. g6 fxg6 46. hxg6 Bxg6 47. Kc4 Kd2 48. Kxc5 Kc3 49. Kd5 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Harmon, Leland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qd8 8. b4 Ng6 9. Nb5 b6 10. Nbd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. c6 Bc8 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. f4 a6 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Be7 19. 0-0 0-0 20. Be3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qc2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxc6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 Ra7 26. Rf3 Raf7 27. Rh3 Re8 28. Rh7 Qd7 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kf2 Bd7 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd4 Kf6 36. g4 Bb5 37. Re1 Be8 38. Re5 Bg6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. f5+ Bxf5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Baroudi, Ziad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. h3 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be3 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. 0-0-0+ Bd7 12. Bd4 Qe6 13. Bxh8 b5 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qf3 b4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. Nb3 Qe6 19. Bd3 Bd6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Bd4 Na6 24. Be3 c5 25. Rd2 Be7 26. Bf4+ Kc6 27. Re1 h5 28. Rxe4 Bxb3 29. axb3 Bf8 30. Re6+ Kb5 31. Rd7 Ka5 32. Bg5 c4 33. Bd8+ 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ossipov, Victor"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 h6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bh2 Bg7 9. c3 a6 10. Bd3 g4 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Bg3 e5 13. dxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 c6 18. a4 Bf5 19. a5 Rd8 20. Ra4 c5 21. Rf4 Qe6 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Qb3 Be5 24. Rxf5 Bxg3 25. Qc2 Qxe3+ 26. Be2 Re8 27. Rf3 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 d4 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Rhf3 Re7 31. Rf5 d3 32. Qxd3 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. 0-0-0 Nd7 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Qh7 15. Bh4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Ne5 f6 18. Bxd5 fxe5 19. dxe5 cxd5 20. Qb5+ Kf8 21. exd6 g5 22. hxg6 Qg7 23. d7 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harrison, Drayton"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nxe7+ Qxe7 9. d4 e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Bf5 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Qb3 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf4 Nxd4 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rad1 g5 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Bb4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 f6 28. b3 Kf7 29. Ke1 Ke6 30. Bc3 h5 31. h3 Kd5 32. Kd2 b6 33. Ke3 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. Kf4 Bh7 36. Bxe5 fxe5+ 37. Kg5 Kd4 38. e3+ Kc3 39. Bf1 Kd2 40. Kxh4 Ke1 41. Bc4 Kxf2 42. Kg4 Kxe3 43. Kg3 Kd2 44. Kf2 e3+ 45. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Stubenrauch, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 a5 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. a4 f6 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Na3 g5 15. h3 Kf7 16. Nb5 Rae8 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 e5 20. Qb5 Nb4 21. Qxb7 Nc2 22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qd2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxh3 26. Qd5+ Be6 27. Qxa5 Rh6 28. Qa7+ Kg6 29. Rd1 Reh8 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Ke1 Rh1+ 32. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Anderson, Renard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 d6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qa4 a6 11. Nd4 Qd8 12. N2f3 Qc7 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Rac1 0-0 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. f4 b5 20. f5 Qb6 21. Qf2 Rae8 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Rfe1 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bb6+ 25. Kf1 gxf5 26. exf5 e5 27. Ng5 d5 28. Be2 Be3 29. Bxb5 Bxg5 30. Bxe8 Bxc1 31. Rxe5 Bxb2 32. Re7 Bc8 33. Bc6 Bxf5 34. Bxd5 Bd3+ 35. Kf2 Bxc3 36. Ke3 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peterson, David Norman"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 0-0-0 8. Qb3 e6 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nd2 Rhe8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng3 g6 15. b4 h5 16. Kf1 h4 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. Nc1 Nf5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Nd3 Nd6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 b6 23. Ke2 Kd7 24. f4 Ke6 25. g4 hxg3 26. hxg3 Nb7 27. b5 Na5 28. Nb4 Be7 29. Nd3 f6 30. Nb3 Nc4 31. Nd2 Na3 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 Nxb5 34. Kd3 Kf5 35. Nf1 Nd6 36. Ne3+ Ke6 37. a4 c6 38. g4 a6 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 Ne4 41. Ng4 Kf5 42. Ne5 c5 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 c4+ 45. Kc2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barbalat, Alex"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 0-0-0 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 g6 15. Nc4 Rhf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Rf3 Kd7 19. Raf1 Ke8 20. Ng3 Rd5 21. Ne4 Rb5 22. Ra1 Rd5 23. Kf2 c6 24. Ke3 Bg5+ 25. Kd3 f5 26. exf6 Kf7 27. g3 Rfd8 28. h4 Rf5 29. Raf1 Bc1 30. Kc2 Be3 31. g4 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Re3 Rxb4 35. g5 h5 36. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. dxc5 d5 6. exd5 Bxc5 7. Bb5+ Ke7 8. d6+ Qxd6 9. Qxd6+ Bxd6 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ba4 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. c4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nbxd7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nd2 Be3 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nc4 Nxb4 19. Nxe3 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Nxb2 21. Rhb1 Nxc5 22. Nd5+ exd5 23. Rxb2 Rc7 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. Nf5+ Kf6 26. Ne3 Rd8 27. Rb6 h5 28. Rab1 Rdd7 29. g4 d4 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nd6 Ke7 32. Nxb7 d3 33. Na5 Rc2+ 34. Kd1 Rxh2 35. Nc6+ Kf6 36. gxh5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c4 Nc7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. 0-0 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nbd2 h5 18. Qd4 Rd8 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. a3 Nd3 21. Bc2 Bf4 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Re1 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Rg8 25. g3 f5 26. Nf1 Nd5 27. Ne3 Nf4 28. Nxf5 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Rf3 30. Nd6+ Kd7 31. Be3 Kxd6 32. Rad1+ Bd5 33. Kg2 Rfxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rg1 37. Rxg1 Nxg1+ 38. Kf1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Ng5 e6 11. e4 Bg6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qd8 14. Ne2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxb4 Bd5 17. Qa3 Bxb4+ 18. Qxb4 Qe7 19. Qd2 0-0 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Nxd5 exd5+ 22. Be2 Rfe8 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. f3 Rab8 25. Kf2 Qb4 26. Rc3 Qxb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 Rb7 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. Bb5 Ke7 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxc6 Kd8 35. Bb5 Nd7 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Kc3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Gishi, Takeshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c4 Nc7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ba4 0-0 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. a3 f5 16. Qe2 Be8 17. b4 Qf6 18. Bb2 Bh5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. c5 Bf4 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Nxg5 Bxe2 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Nxd8 Bg5 27. Ndxc6 a6 28. Be5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Schemm, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. 0-0 exd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 Bh5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 f5 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. e6 Nf6 20. Qxf5 Qe7 21. Qg5+ Bg6 22. Be5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 h6 24. Qxg4 Kh7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4+ Kh8 28. Rd7 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. e7 Bxe1 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. exd8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. g3 0-0-0 15. Ng2 Bd6 16. h4 h5 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 e5 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Be3 Bd6 25. Qd4 b6 26. Qxf6 Qc7 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. f4 Kb7 29. a3 a5 30. Re2 b5 31. a4 Qb6 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nb6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qe4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Be2 f5 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 f4 18. Ng4 Qa5 19. h3 Rf5 20. Rd3 b6 21. Rd6 Ba6+ 22. Kd2 Qxa2 23. Rxc6 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Anka, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Ne7 10. Qb5+ Nec6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. b3 Be7 14. Ne2 h6 15. Ne1 f5 16. Nd3 Kf7 17. Bd2 Rhc8 18. a4 Nd7 19. h3 h5 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Rc2 g5 22. f4 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. g3 Rh8 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27. Kxh1 Ndb8 28. Kg2 b6 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Nxb4 Ke7 32. Nxc6+ Nxc6 33. Nc3 Kd7 34. Nb5 Ra8 35. Ra2 Na5 36. Rb2 Nc4 37. Rb4 Kc6 38. Nc3 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nc2 40. Rb1 Nxd4 41. Ke3 Nf3 42. Nb5 Rxa4 43. Nd6 d4+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Rowley, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bxf5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxf5 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Be3 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nb6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Nb3 Rg8 16. f3 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rde8 19. Qf2 Be3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. Rhg1 Nxd1 22. Qxa7 Ne3 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qa5+ Kb8 25. Nc5 Qc7 26. Qb4 Kc8 27. g4 Nc4 28. b3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rust, Larry"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qh5 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nbd2 0-0-0 9. Qa4 Kb8 10. b4 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. Bb2 e6 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be7 15. 0-0 exd5 16. c5 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. b5 Rhe8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ka8 23. Qa4 Nf3+ 24. Nxf3 Rxe2 25. b6 cxb6 26. cxb6 a6 27. Nd4 Rxa2 28. Qb3 Rb2 29. Qa4 Rxb6 30. Ra1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fang, Joseph"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. 0-0 Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8. f4 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Nd2 Nge7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nf3 b5 13. h4 h5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nf5 16. Bg5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. a4 a6 19. Ra3 c6 20. Bf1 Nf5 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. Qd2 Rfb8 23. b4 Ra7 24. Rea1 Rab7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Rc8 27. R1a5 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rcc7 29. Qa2 g5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Qe2 h4 33. Qf3 hxg3 34. Qxg3 f6 35. Ra8 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 fxe5 37. dxe5 Kf7 38. Kf4 Ke6 39. R5a6 Ke7 40. Kxf5 Kd7 41. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Greanias, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxc2 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Be5 Rfe8 17. Bc3 Be4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. a3 f6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nf1 Bc5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Kf2 Re4 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. g3 Ke6 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. Kf4 Bb3 31. h4 g6 32. Bd4 a6 33. Bc3 Bc2 34. Bd4 h6 35. Bc3 g5+ 36. hxg5 fxg5+ 37. Kg4 Bd1+ 38. Kh3 Kf5 39. Bg7 h5 40. Bc3 Be2 41. Bh8 Bf1+ 42. Kh2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. d5 Nxd5 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Qxb7 0-0 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. h3 Nf6 14. b3 Qg6 15. Bg5 d4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Rfe1 Rfb8 19. Qe4 g6 20. Nd2 Re8 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kg7 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Re4 Qa6 25. a4 Qb7 26. Re8 Qb4 27. Rd3 h5 28. Kf1 Qb7 29. Rd1 Kf6 30. h4 Qc6 31. Rde1 Qd7 32. R8e2 Qg4 33. Re7 Bd8 34. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "US Open-101"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Valvo, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qf5 9. Qb3 0-0-0 10. dxc5 e6 11. Bb5 Ne5 12. c6 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxf3 14. cxb7+ Kb8 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Rfe1 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke2 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Nce7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. a4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Bc4 Nf4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nb3 Qd5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Ng6 23. Rcd1 Nef4 24. Re3 Rd6 25. Qc5 Rfd8 26. Rde1 Ne6 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Kf1 Rb5 29. Rc3 Ngf4 30. g3 Nd5 31. Rd3 Nb4 32. Rc3 Nd5 33. Rd3 a6 34. Nfd2 Nb4 35. Rc3 Nc6 36. Rd3 Nxa5 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 38. Nf3 Rad5 39. Red1 c5 40. Ke2 0-1

[Event "US Open-100"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Be2 0-0 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Qd6 14. 0-0 Rfe8 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rfc1 g5 17. Qd1 Bd7 18. Ne1 Kg7 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Nc5 c6 21. b4 Ng8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Qc2 Re7 24. a4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxb4 27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Rc5 Qd8 29. d5 f6 30. Ng3 Qe8 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Nh5+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Ke6 34. Qf5+ Kf7 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 dxc6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Bf3 Qg6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Be3 c4 12. Nd2 0-0 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Ng4 15. Nf1 a6 16. Ra5 Bc7 17. Ra2 Rad8 18. c4 Ne5 19. Be2 Bb6 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Bd3 f5 22. Ne2 Bc7 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Qh6 25. Nxe6 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rde8 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Qd2 Nxf2 31. Bc4 Ne4+ 32. Kd3 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Qg4 34. d6 b5 35. Bd5 Qg3+ 36. Re3 Qxd6 37. Nc7+ Kh8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Nxe8 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Dorsch, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 a5 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qe2 Nge7 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rac1 0-0 17. g4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc2 h6 21. Qd2 Kf8 22. Qc3 Nc6 23. a3 Bd7 24. Kg2 a4 25. Bd2 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Be3 Nc6 28. Bc5+ Kg8 29. Bb5 Nxe5 30. Bd4 f6 31. Bxe5 Bxb5 32. Bc3 e5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Bd2 Ke6 35. h4 d4 36. Ke4 Bc6+ 37. Kd3 g5 38. Ke2 e4 39. Bb4 gxh4 40. Bd2 Bb5+ 41. Ke1 Ke5 42. f4+ exf3 43. Kf2 h3 44. Kxf3 Be2+ 45. Kg3 h5 46. gxh5 Bxh5 0-1

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baker, Marcus David"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. h3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Rae8 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bh3+ Kd8 20. f4 Be4 21. Rhc1 Qe7 22. b4 a6 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bc7 25. Na7 Qd6 26. Qb2 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Rxe3 28. Kxe3 Qxf4+ 29. Kd3 Qxf5+ 30. Kc3 Qf3+ 31. Kb4 Bd6+ 32. Ka4 b5+ 33. Ka5 Bc7+ 34. Ka6 Qd3 35. Qc3 Qe2 36. Rc2 Qc4 37. Nxc6+ Kd7 38. Qh3+ Kxc6 39. Rxc4+ bxc4 40. Ka7 Bb6+ 0-1

[Event "Washington Class-ch A"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cerminaro, John"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. d3 b6 8. Nf3 h6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. e4 Qc8 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Qe1 h5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Qe8 16. d4 Nh4 17. f5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 f6 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. Qh4 Bxf5 23. Qxh5+ Bh7 24. Rg6 Qd8 25. Rbg1 Ne7 26. R1g3 Nxg6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rh3+ Nh4 29. Rxh4+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Washington Class-ch A"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Edwards, Gary B"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bd2 Ba6 9. Qg4 Qxe5+ 10. Nge2 Ba5 11. 0-0-0 Nf6 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. Nxg3 0-0-0 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rhe8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ng3 Bc4 19. b3 Be6 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Re1 Kd8 22. Re5 Bd5 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. f3 c5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3 g6 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Kxe4 Ke6 30. g4 a5 31. h4 f5+ 32. Kf4 h6 33. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fewel, Nathan"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3 Ngf6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kf1 Qb6 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Qh5 Rae8 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Qh4 Bd4 21. Na4 Qa7 22. c3 Bd7 23. cxd4 Bxa4 24. Bg5 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Nd7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Qf4 Qb6 28. b4 h6 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ Qg6 32. Qh4 Qf6+ 33. Qxf6 Nxf6 34. Kf2 Bd7 35. h4 Bg4 36. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Kf2 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Nf3+ 40. Kd1 Nxd4 41. a4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. h5 Kg7 44. g4 Nc6 45. g5 Nxb4 46. Ke2 Nc6 47. Ke3 b4 48. Kd2 f6 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Anderson, Laurence A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qb3 a5 12. 0-0 Qxe5 13. Ndb5 Nf6 14. Bd4 Qb8 15. h3 0-0 16. Qd1 e5 17. Bb6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qd6 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. c4 Rfd8 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. a4 Rcd8 26. Rac1 Nd2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Rc7 Rb8 29. Rfc1 Kf8 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc7 b6 33. Bc4 f6 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rxg7 Rd6 36. Bb5+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 f5 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg6 40. f3 e4 41. Kf2 Rf6 42. Be2 Rf4 43. Rb7 exf3 44. Bxf3 Rxa4 45. Rxb6 Kg7 46. Ra6 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 a4 48. Kf4 a3 49. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Emigh, Donald C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. b4 Bf8 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Na3 a6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bxb5 Nb8 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. c4 Bxb4 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Red1 0-0 21. Qe4 Bxa3 22. Bxa3 Rfd8 23. Bc5 Nd7 24. Bd6 h6 25. a3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb7 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4 Qb3 31. Re1 Qxa3 32. h4 Kg8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe4 Qc3 36. Qg4 Rc4 37. Qf5 Rc5 38. Qb1 Rb5 39. Qe4 Rb4 40. Qf5 Rb5 41. Qh3 Nf4 42. Ng5+ Rxg5 43. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Heiduczek, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Be3 0-0 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Ne7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rac1 Nfd5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Laor, Yuval"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. c3 Nc6 11. Re1 d5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Kh8 14. Nd2 f6 15. Re6 f5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. R6e2 Re8 19. Qg3 Rf7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Washington Class-ch A"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Lee, Seng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Be3 e6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Rb1 b5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. 0-0 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Qc2 d5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e5 Bg7 22. Na4 Qc6 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Nh2 h5 25. Nf3 Bh6 26. Rb2 Rec8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qe8 29. g5 Bf8 30. Nh2 Be7 31. f4 Kg7 32. Kg2 a5 33. Ng4 axb4 34. axb4 Bc6 35. Ra2 Ra8 36. Nf6 Qb8 37. Rh1 Rxa2 38. Rh7+ Kf8 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41. Qxa2 Qxb4 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nagel, Yvette"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. 0-0 h6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 c4 11. Bc2 b4 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Nc6 15. Ng3 Nce7 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Qd1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rg8 21. Qa4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bb7 23. Nxc4 Nd5 24. Ne5 Ra6 25. Rac1 Bc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Qc2 Be7 28. Qd2 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 d5 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nc3 Kd7 32. Qd3 Bf6 33. Qg6 Re8 34. Ne2 Qa4 35. Nf4 Qxd4 36. Qg4 g5 37. Nxd5 Qxb2 38. Qa4+ Kd8 39. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Washington op-B"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Dyke, Patrick"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1995.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng6 13. Bh2 c5 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Qb1 Bb4 18. Nb3 a5 19. g4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe6 25. a3 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 g6 27. Rf2 a4 28. Nd2 Ba5 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. Raf1 Re6 31. Bf4 f5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. Ne5 Kg8 34. Rg1 Kg7 35. Nd7 Rf5 36. Be5+ Kh6 37. Rh2+ Rh5 38. Bg7+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kxg7 40. Rxh5 Kxf8 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Rge1 Rc1 44. Rxc1 Kxe8 45. Rc5 Kd7 46. Rxd5+ Kc7 47. Ra5 Kc6 48. Rxa4 g5 49. Kg2 Be7 50. Kf3 Kb5 51. b3 b6 52. Kg4 Kc6 53. Rc4+ Kd5 54. a4 Bf6 55. Rb4 Bxd4 56. Kxg5 Bc5 57. Rb5 Kc6 58. Kf5 Bd6 59. Ke4 Bc5 60. Kd3 Bd6 61. Kc4 Bc7 62. Rh5 Bf4 63. Rf5 Be3 64. Rf6+ Kb7 65. Kb5 Bd4 66. Rf7+ Kb8 67. Kc6 Be3 68. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Washington Class-ch A"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wirfs, Christopher"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Be2 Bb7 5. e5 c5 6. 0-0 h6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nb6 g4 15. Ne1 Rg8 16. Nd3 Bg7 17. Qxg4 Kf8 18. g3 Bxe5 19. Bxh6+ Ke7 20. Qh5 Bf6 21. Rae1 Rh8 22. Nd5+ Ke8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Qg4 f6 26. Rxe6+ dxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Rd1 Rad8 33. Rc1 Bf3 34. h4 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. f3 e4 38. g4+ Ke6 39. fxe4 Bxg4 40. Kg3 Be2 41. Bd4 Rg8+ 42. Kf2 Bd3 43. Kf3 Rf8+ 44. Ke3 Bb1 45. a3 Rf1 46. e5 Rh1 47. Bc3 Rxh4 48. b4 Kd5 49. a4 Rh3+ 50. Kd2 Rd3+ 51. Kc1 Rxc3+ 52. Kxb1 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "NWC op 02"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McLean, Brent"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qc2 a5 10. 0-0 c4 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 Qf4 14. e5 Ng8 15. g3 Qh6 16. Kg2 Ne7 17. Nh2 b5 18. f4 Nf5 19. Rf3 Qg6 20. Kf2 b4 21. Qa4 0-0 22. Rg1 Nb8 23. Qd1 f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Qh6 27. Bxh5 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Nc6 29. Rg5 Qxg5 30. Bg4 Qg6 31. Nf3 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3 33. Ng5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rf6 35. Ke3 Rb8 36. Rg2 a4 37. Bd1 a3 38. Kxd3 Na5 39. Nf3 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "Reno op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Margulis, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nc4 Qc5 9. cxd4 Qh5 10. Ncd2 g6 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Ng4 15. d6 e6 16. Nde4 f5 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Bxe6 Nxe3 19. Bf7+ Nxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Qf6+ Kc8 22. Rc1+ Bc6 23. fxe3 Bxd6 24. Qxh8+ Kd7 25. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "NWC January op"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franett, Michael"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 a5 8. bxc4 b4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. e4 0-0 13. Re1 h6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Bb2 Nbd7 17. e5 Nh7 18. d5 exd5 19. e6 Ndf6 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Ne5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Ng6+ Kxf7 26. Qxe7+ Qxe7 27. Nxe7 Rd2 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nc6 b3 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxa5 b2 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. Rb1 Ra3 34. Rxb2 Rxa5 35. Ke2 Ra4 36. Rc2 Ke7 37. Kd2 Kd7 38. Rc3 Ra1 39. Rd3+ Kc7 40. h4 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Rc2 42. Rd4 f5 43. Rf4 Kd6 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. Rxf5 Rd1+ 46. Ke4 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Rd1 48. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "NWC November op"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merwin, Steve"]
[Black "Miller, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qb3 b5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 b4 10. Nd5 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Washington op"]
[Site "Bellingham"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eschbach, Ralph"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1987.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Nxc4 Ne4 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. e4 Bxa1 12. Ba3 Qxd4 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. exf5 e5 15. Qb3 c5 16. Nxf7 Ke7 17. Qe6+ Kf8 18. Nd6 1-0

[Event "NWC September op"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pendergast, Michael J"]
[Black "Merwin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 e5 11. f3 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. Qf2 Bd6 14. Bf1 e4 15. f4 Ne6 16. Ne2 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc7 18. Qe1 Rde8 19. d4 Qb6 20. Nc3 a5 21. Na4 Qa7 22. c4 Bb4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 b6 25. c5 b5 26. Nb6+ Kd8 27. g4 Nxg4 28. Qe1 Nf6 29. h4 Ke7 30. Qg3 Na8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Qg5 Rh5 33. Qg3 a4 34. b4 a3 35. Be2 Qa4 36. Qe1 Rh6 37. Rc1 Rah8 38. Bd1 Qa8 39. Qg3 Ng8 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. Kc3 Ne7 42. Bg4 Qb8 43. Qf2 Qd8 44. Rh2 Ng8 45. Rch1 Nf6 46. Bd1 Ng8 47. Bg4 f6 48. Qg3 Qc7 49. Qf2 Ke7 50. h5 gxh5 51. Rxh5 g6 52. R5h4 Kf7 53. Kb3 Kg7 54. Be6 Rxh4 55. Rxh4 Rxh4 56. Qxh4 Nh6 57. Bh3 Qa7 58. Qe1 g5 59. Qg1 Qe7 60. Qg3 Nf7 61. Bf5 Qa7 62. Qg1 Kf8 63. Bg6 gxf4 64. Bxf7 Qxf7 65. Qh2 f3 66. Qb8+ Kg7 67. Qg3+ Qg6 68. Qc7+ Kh6 69. Qh2+ Qh5 70. Qf4+ Qg5 71. Qh2+ Kg6 72. Qf2 Qg2 0-1

