[Event "DESC P2006 email"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gburek, Juergen"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. Qe1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc7 12. Bb3 a5 13. f5 a4 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Qh4 e6 17. Bh6 exd5 18. f6 Re8 19. Bxg7 Re5 20. Rae1 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bb7 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Rf2 Qc5 24. Bh6 b4 25. Bd2 b3 26. axb3 axb3 27. cxb3 Ra8 28. h3 h5 29. Qg5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. b4 Rd1 32. b5 Qb8 33. Rf5 Rb1 34. Bc1 Qd6 35. Rf1 Qd5 36. Rf2 Qc5 37. Bf4 Re1 38. Bd2 Rd1 39. Re2 1-0

[Event "DESC VM2005 email "]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keller, Gert"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 a6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Ne1 b4 13. Na4 a5 14. Nd3 Ne8 15. a3 Ba6 16. Re1 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc7 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "DESC VM2005 email "]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kull, Florian"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nf4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qb3 c5 15. Ncxd5 cxd4 16. Rc1 dxe3 17. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rxe6 19. fxe3 Be5 20. g3 b6 21. Bf5 Rd6 22. e4 g6 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Qa3 Qg5 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DESC VM2005 email "]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Hessenius, Ingo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. Bc4 a5 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 a4 19. Nc5 dxc5 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 e4 23. Rb6 Bd5 24. Rxf6 Bxc4 25. Rf4 f5 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. h4 Bb5 29. b3 axb3 30. Rxb3 Ba4 31. Rc3 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. Kg3 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "DESC P2006 email"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bekemann, Uwe"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. Qf3 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Kf7 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qd3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. b3 Qd7 17. 0-0-0 Nc6 18. Qc4+ Qd5 19. Qxd5+ Nxd5 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Kf7 23. Bg5 Rhe8 24. Bxf6 Kxf6 25. Rd2 Ke6 26. c4 Kd7 27. a3 b6 28. Rhd1 Re6 29. Kc2 Rae8 30. Kc3 Rh6 31. h3 Rg6 32. g3 Rf8 33. Re2 Rf3+ 34. Rd3 Rgf6 35. b4 Rxf2 36. Ree3 Ra2 37. Kb3 Rh2 38. g4 Rf4 39. Rd1 a6 0-1

[Event "DESC P2005"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Knoeppel, Peter Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Bc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Qf2 Nb4 12. Nb5 0-0 13. c3 Na6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Bc4 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nc7 17. Qe2 d5 18. 0-0 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxe4 21. Nxa5 Bc5 22. Rfe1 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Nd6 24. Qxe5 Qa7 25. Rxd6 Rae8 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxe3 28. Nxb7 Rfe8 29. h4 R3e4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. a5 Ra4 32. b4 Kf8 33. b5 Ke8 34. c4 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. c5 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. c6+ Kc7 39. b6+ Kxc6 40. Nd8+ Kd7 41. a6 Rg3+ 42. Kd4 Rg4+ 43. Kc5 Kxd8 44. a7 Ra4 45. b7 1-0

[Event "DESC VM2005 email "]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Heinke, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Munich Roter Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Reideburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bh7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. g5 Bg6 18. Ne3 0-0-0 19. Bg2 Bh5 20. Rb1 Kb8 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. a3 f6 24. g6 Bxg6 25. b4 c4 26. dxc4 Bf7 27. a4 Na7 28. f5 g6 29. Nd4 gxf5 30. exf5 e5 31. Ne6 Qg8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Qg3 34. Qe4 Nc5 35. Nxc5 d5 36. Nd7+ Kc7 37. Nxd5+ Kxd7 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Ra1 Nc6 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Rf3 Qh2+ 43. Kf2 Rh4 44. Qe3 Rg4 45. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "DESC P2005"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Stolz, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. 0-0-0 b4 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. h3 Bc8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. g4 Nc6 16. Nc1 Bd7 17. f5 Qc7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bf1 a5 20. Nd3 Bc8 21. Bg2 Be6 22. Rc1 Bf7 23. c3 Qb8 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Nc5 Qg3 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. g5 f5 30. Qe4 Kh8 31. h4 h5 32. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heydt, Hans Joachim Von De"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 0-0 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Re1 a6 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qc1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Qc2 19. d5 Qxc1 20. Raxc1 Nb8 21. c5 Bd7 22. Rb1 Bxc5 23. Rxb7 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Bb5 25. Bxc7 Nd7 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Bf4 Nf6 28. d6 Bxa3 29. Rxb5 h6 30. Rb3 Re8 31. Nd3 Ra8 32. h4 Kf8 33. d7 Be7 34. Rb7 Nd5 35. Bb8 Bd8 36. Bd6+ Be7 37. Bxe7+ Nxe7 38. Nb4 h5 39. Rb6 Rd8 40. Rd6 f6 41. f3 Kg8 42. g4 Kf8 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Kh3 g6 45. Nd3 hxg4+ 46. fxg4 Ng8 47. Nc5 Ke7 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qf3 c6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Bd3 Qxd4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. 0-0-0 Qb6 15. Rhf1 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. g6 Na6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rd7 Nb4 21. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Hilchenbach, Hubertus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. h3 e5 8. d4 Nd7 9. Be3 Qa5+ 10. c3 0-0-0 11. Nd2 Qa4 12. Nc4 Bg6 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Be7 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Bxa7 Kc7 17. a3 f5 18. f3 b5 19. Nd2 Bh4+ 20. Bf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nc5 22. Ke1 e4 23. fxe4 Rhe8 24. b4 Na4 25. Rc1 fxe4 26. Be2 Nb2 27. Nb3 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 exd3+ 29. Kd1 Re2 30. Ra1 Rxg2 31. Nd2 Re8 32. Kc1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Nittschalk, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. c4 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 c5 14. d5 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qf6 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Be5 Qd8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rd1 Qd6 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qe3 g5 27. Qe4 f5 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Bc8 30. d6 Bb7 31. d7 Rd8 32. Bxf5 Kf8 33. Be6 Ke7 34. Nf7 1-0

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Von Rosenberg, Clemens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f4 1-0

[Event "DESC SE120"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Probstfeld, Bernd"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Bxe4 b6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Nh5 g6 22. Ng3 Na5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Be4 Ba6 25. b4 Nc4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qa4 Bc8 28. b5 e5 29. Bc6 Nb2 30. Qc2 Nbd3 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Be4 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Rd2 e4 35. Nd4 Nxg2 36. Re2 Nge1 37. Qd1 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Kg1 Qb8 42. Qd2 f5 43. Qc3 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adan Bonilla, Carlos"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 0-0 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe7 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe7 16. Qxb7 Re8 17. Re2 Qb8 18. Qf3 Ng6 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 h6 21. Re4 Qxb2 22. g3 Qc1+ 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Qe2 Rb1 25. Kf3 Qh1+ 26. Ke3 Rc1 27. Kd2 Ra1 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Re3 Rxa2+ 30. Kd3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Qxh2 32. g4 Qf4 33. Re3 Qxf2 34. Kc4 Qf6 35. Re4 Qc6+ 36. Kd3 Qa6+ 37. Ke3 c6 38. c4 Qa3+ 39. Ke2 a5 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 a4 42. Re2 Qxe2+ 43. Kxe2 a3 44. Kd3 a2 45. Kc3 a1Q+ 46. Kb4 Qa6 47. Kc5 Qa5+ 48. Kxc6 Ne7+ 49. Kd6 Qd8+ 50. Ke5 Nc8 51. d5 Qe7+ 52. Kd4 Qf6+ 53. Kc5 Nd6 54. Kb4 Qd8 55. c5 Qc7 56. c6 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bahar Mosse, Tzakos"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Be2 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 c6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Qd2 Bd4 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Be6 22. Ne2 Bb6 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Qe2 c5 27. Bg3 cxb4 28. axb4 Re8 29. c4 dxc4 30. dxc4 Qc8 31. c5 Bc7 32. Bxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc4 Qd7 34. g3 Nd5 35. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hegele, Juergen"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[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. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 dxc4 6. a4 Qa5 7. Qc2 b5 8. b3 Bd7 9. Ne5 cxb3 10. Qxb3 bxa4 11. Qb7 Qxe5 12. Qxa8 Qxa1 13. Qxb8+ Ke7 14. Ba3+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loew, Bernd"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Ng5 0-0-0 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bg4 f5 12. Bh3 g5 13. f3 g4 14. fxg4 fxg4 15. Bxg4 Re8 16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. dxe4 Bg7 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Qxf6+ Ne7 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Rf7 Kd6 23. Qd8+ Ke6 24. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Berthold, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. Ne3 d4 8. Ncd5 dxe3 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe3 Be7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Rd8 13. Qe2 Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 Qd6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Rd1 Qb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rc8 21. e5 Nd4 22. Qe4 Nb3+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25. Bf3 b5 26. Be3 a5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Ba6 g5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Bondar, Dmitriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Bc4 a6 12. g4 b5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. h4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rc8 18. Kb1 f6 19. g5 fxg5 20. hxg5 Rxf3 21. Rh6 Qf8 22. Qe4 Re8 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Qe4 Rf8 25. a3 Rf4 26. Qe3 Rf5 27. Qe2 Rf2 28. Qe3 Rf3 29. Qb6 Rf1 30. Rh1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qf5 32. Qg1 Rc8 33. Qg2 Rc5 34. Kc1 Kg7 35. c3 h6 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Re1 Rxd5 39. Rxe7+ Kf6 40. Re1 Qf4+ 41. Kb1 Qf5+ 42. Ka1 Qf4 43. Rf1 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1+ Rf5 45. Qg2 Rg5 46. Kb1 Rxg2 47. Kc1 Kf5 48. Kd1 Rf2 49. b3 Rf4 50. Kd2 g5 51. Ke2 g4 52. c4 g3 53. cxb5 axb5 54. a4 bxa4 55. bxa4 g2 56. a5 g1Q 57. a6 Qf2+ 58. Kd3 Qf3+ 59. Kd2 Qd5+ 60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kf2 Qd2+ 62. Kf3 Qe3+ 63. Kg2 Rd4 64. Kf1 Rd2 65. a7 Qe2+ 66. Kg1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Koch, Michael B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 a5 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. h5 a4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bh6 Nxe4 18. Qh2 Nxc3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxh7+ Kf6 21. g5+ Ke5 22. Qh2+ Kd5 23. Rhe1 Nxd1 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxd1+ Kc6 26. f4 Bf5 27. Qg2+ Kb6 28. Qf2+ Ka6 29. Rd2 Qc7 30. c3 Rc8 31. Qe2 b5 32. Kd1 Re4 33. Qf2 Qc4 34. Qh2 Qe6 35. Qh7 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Pape, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nfd2 b6 12. Nxe4 0-0 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3 Qd4 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. 0-0-0 Rfd8 17. Rde1 Qf5 18. h3 a6 19. Qf1 Rd7 20. g4 Qf3 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Ploia, Gian Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. a3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Nc3 c4 16. Be2 h6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 a6 19. Rad1 b5 20. Qc3 Qe6 21. Bg4 Qb6 22. Rd6 Qb7 23. Rd7 Qb6 24. R1d6 Qb8 25. Qa5 h5 26. Bf3 Qc8 27. Rc7 Qb8 28. Rdd7 Bf6 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Qd2 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qb8 33. Qd1 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Rxa6 Bd8 37. Rc6 Be7 38. Rc7 Re8 39. Rb7 Bd6 40. Rxb5 Rd8 41. Rb6 Be7 42. Rc6 Bd6 43. Rxc4 Be7 44. Rc3 Bd6 45. Rd3 Be7 46. Rxd8+ Bxd8 47. Kf1 Bb6 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Kd3 Bxb2 50. a4 Ba3 51. Kc4 Be7 52. a5 Bd8 53. a6 Bb6 54. Kb5 Bxf2 55. Kc6 f6 56. Kb7 Kf7 57. a7 Bxa7 58. Kxa7 Ke6 59. Kb6 Kd6 60. Kb5 g5 61. c4 h4 62. c5+ Kc7 63. c6 f5 64. exf5 e4 65. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Ramirez Rivas, Bayardo Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 0-0 14. Qd3 c6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bxg6+ Kg7 18. Qh7+ Kf6 19. Bg5+ Kxg5 20. Qh5+ Kf6 21. Qf5+ Kg7 22. Bh5 Qd7 23. Qf3 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Nc6 25. Re3 Rh8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Solaroli, Riccardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. 0-0 b6 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Ne5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 0-0 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Nd3 c6 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Rab8 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. c3 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 c5 20. c4 Rxd4 21. b3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rios Borgen, Edgard Jose"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ c6 13. a3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd3 15. Rf1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Qxe5 18. f4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 0-0 20. Rcd1 Qc5 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 h6 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. h3 Ke7 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4+ Kf8 29. b4 Qd6 30. c5 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qa1 32. Qe3 Qf6 33. Qd2 Ke8 34. Qe2+ Kf8 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. fxe5 Ke7 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf4 f6 39. exf6 Kxf6 40. g4 g5+ 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. a4 a6 43. a5 Kf6 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 5th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rojas Mirabal, Pedro"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 0-0 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Re8 15. Bf3 Bf8 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Be3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bg4 Re4 20. Qg3 Be6 21. Bf3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe8 23. Re1 Rd8 24. b3 Qe7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Re8 27. Qf4 f5 28. h3 Qb4 29. Rad1 Qc3 30. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ciechonski, Piotr"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. Nxc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 10. Ne2 Qxc4 11. 0-0 d6 12. Re1 Be6 13. b3 Qd5 14. Qc2 Bg7 15. Nc3 Qc6 16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Kd7 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. a3 a6 21. b4 f5 22. Rb1 f4 23. h4 fxg3 24. fxg3 Rhf8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kh2 Rf5 27. a4 Rh8+ 28. Kg1 g4 29. b5 Nd4 30. bxa6 Ne2# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Freddy, Freddy"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Be3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 e4 9. dxe4 Qxe4 10. 0-0 Rd8 11. Qc1 h5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bd3 Qd5 14. Bg5+ Kd7 15. Bxd8 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Qe3 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Rxd8 19. Rg1 Qh4 20. Bf5# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johnson, Bjorn"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Rc1 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Qb3 Nd5 11. Nge2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3 0-0 15. 0-0 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rb7 21. g3 h6 22. Rc7 Rfb8 23. Kg2 a5 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. R1c7 Kg6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Kf3 b4 28. Ke4 Kf6 29. f4 g5 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rc5 Ke7 33. Rxa5 f5+ 34. Ke5 Rb7 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 g4 37. d5 Rd7 38. dxe6 Rc7 39. Kxf5 Rc3 40. Re5 Rxa3 41. Kxg4 Ra2 42. h4 Ra8 43. Kh5 Rh8 44. g4 Rh7 45. f5 Rg7 46. Re4 Kf6 47. Kxh6 Rg8 48. Kh7 Rg7+ 49. Kh8 Re7 50. Rf4 Re8+ 51. Kh7 Re7+ 52. Kh6 Re8 53. g5+ Ke5 54. Kg7 Re7+ 55. Kf8 Ra7 56. e7 Ra8+ 57. e8R+ Rxe8+ 58. Kxe8 Kd5 59. f6 Kd6 60. f7 Ke5 61. f8Q Kd5 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Qf4+ Ke6 64. Rd6# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mejia Godinez, Nery Amilear"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+ Kg8 8. d3 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. Nhxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. 0-0-0 e4 14. h3 exf3 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 fxg2 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Rxg2 Qe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. f4 Nd4 23. c3 Nf3+ 24. Kd1 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Rg1 26. Rxg1 Nxg1 27. d4 Nf3 28. b3 c6 29. c4 Kf7 30. Kc3 Kf6 31. a4 Nh2 32. g5+ Kf5 33. Kb4 b6 34. a5 Nf3 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. axb6 axb6 37. Kc3 Nh4 38. Kb4 Kxf4 39. Kb5 Kxg5 40. Kxb6 Nf5 41. Kc5 Ne7 42. Kd6 Kf5 43. Kxe7 Ke4 44. Kd6 Kxd4 45. Ke6 Ke4 46. b4 d4 47. b5 d3 48. b6 d2 49. b7 d1Q 50. b8Q Qd5+ 51. Kf6 Qf5+ 52. Kg7 Qg4+ 53. Kf6 Qf5+ 54. Kg7 Qg4+ 55. Kh6 Qh3+ 56. Kg6 Qg4+ 57. Kf6 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Bergmann, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. dxe5 Qxe5 7. Nf3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 0-0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Kf1 f6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Nge7 15. Nbd2 Bf4 16. Ne4 Bf7 17. b5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Kb8 20. f4 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bh5 Rhd8 24. f5 Rd2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Re7 Bxc4+ 27. Ke1 Rxb2 28. Bxg6 Bxa2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 a6 31. Re8+ Ka7 32. bxa6 Kxa6 33. Ra8+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Gilad, Ben Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bg5+ Nf6 7. Bb3 exd4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qf5 Qd7 11. Bxf6+ gxf6 12. Qh5 Kd8 13. f4 Ng6 14. f5 Ne5 15. Be6 Qe7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Na3 Rg8 18. 0-0-0 Rg5 19. Rxd4 Kc7 20. g4 Bh6 21. Kb1 Rg7 22. Rhd1 Rd8 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Bf4 25. Qf3 Be5 26. Qb3 b5 27. Qxb5 Qe8 28. Qa5+ Kb8 29. Qb4+ Rb7 30. Qa4 d5 31. Rb4 Qe7 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Rxb7+ Qxb7 34. Qa3 a5 35. Rd3 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc7 37. Rxb7+ Rxb7 38. b3 d4 39. Qxa5 d3 40. Qd8+ Ka7 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Heinrichsen, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. exd6 Nxd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bf5 10. Nd5 Ne4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nh4 Qxh4 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 cxd6 18. g3 Qa4 19. a3 Nd4 20. Rd2 Nxc2 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 23. Rhd1 Nb4+ 24. Kb1 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc2+ 26. Ka2 Qxd3 27. f4 Rc2 28. f5 Qc4+ 29. Ka1 Qb3 30. f6 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Koch, Michael B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. g4 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 a6 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 b5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nde2 Rh8 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Qxh8 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Pont Font, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 Nh5 15. f4 b5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nd5 a5 19. f5 e6 20. f6 Bh8 21. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Silva A, Horacio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Qxd5 12. c3 Rfe8 13. Be3 Rad8 14. b3 Qh5+ 15. Kg1 Ne7 16. Re1 Nd5 17. c4 Nc3 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qd1 h6 20. Qc1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Bxh6 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg6 25. Qd2 Nxd2# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Starzynski, Waldemar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qd2 b6 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. f3 0-0 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qh4 21. h3 Qc4 22. Qd3 Qc5 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. Qd3+ g6 25. h4 Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2+ 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qd7 h5 29. Nb5 Ba6 30. a4 Bxb5 31. axb5 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Qxh4+ 33. Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Qxa7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 37. Kd3 Qxb5+ 38. Kc3 Qc5+ 39. Kd3 h4 40. Qd7 h3 41. Qb7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Phanthomas2004"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxe4 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Qb3 13. Qxb3 cxb3 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 0-0 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxb4 Bf5 20. Rc7 Re2 21. Bc3 Kg8 22. Nd4 Rxb2 23. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ciechonski, Piotr"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qc5 10. Re1+ Kd8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Ne5 Qxb3 13. Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "FrauHelga"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Qc2 N7f6 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Rfe1 0-0 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd5 18. Bh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Rac8 21. Qa4 Rxc4 22. Qxa7 Rxh4 23. Qxb6 Bxa2 24. g3 Ra4 25. Ra1 Rfa8 26. h4 Bd5 27. Rb1 Ra1 28. f4 R8a2 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kf1 Bg2+ 32. Ke1 Bd5 33. Kf1 g6 34. g4 Kg7 35. h5 g5 36. f5 f6 37. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koter, Marek"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Nd5 Ra7 16. c3 c6 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. d4 c5 19. Nd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 cxd4 22. Bc6 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rc7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. c4 b5 27. cxb5 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 axb5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd7 32. Kd3 Kc6 33. f3 Kc5 34. a3 b4 35. axb4+ Kxb4 36. Ne2 d5 37. Nf4 d4 38. Nd5+ Kc5 39. Nf4 Be5 40. Nh5 g6 41. Ng3 Bxg3 42. hxg3 Kd5 43. f4 f5 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Kd2 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Ke2 f4 48. gxf4 Kxf4 49. Kf2 d3 50. g3+ Ke4 51. g4 Kf4 52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Kd1 Ke4 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. Kc1 Kc3 56. Kd1 d2 57. Ke2 Kc2 58. Ke3 d1Q 59. Ke4 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Bondick, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 d6 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Bxf5 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. f3 Bb4 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Ngxe4 Qh4+ 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Nf5 Bxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Qxe4 16. c3 Be7 17. Bf3 Ne3+ 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kd1 Qd3+ 20. Ke1 Bh4+ 21. g3 Qxf3 22. Rf1 Bxg3+ 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kd1 Qg4+ 25. Kc2 Nd7 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. b3 Nd6 28. Ba3 Qg2+ 29. Kd3 Qf3+ 30. Re3 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Nb5 32. Bb4 Re8 33. Rae1 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 a5 35. Bc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Qxc5 37. Rd3+ Kc7 38. Re3 a4 39. b4 Qc4 40. Rg3 Qf4+ 41. Re3 Nxc3 42. Kd3 Qxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Rf8 44. Kd4 g5 45. Ke5 g4 46. Ke6 g3 47. b5 cxb5 48. a3 g2 49. Ke7 Rf1 50. Ke8 h5 51. Ke7 h4 52. Ke6 h3 53. Ke5 h2 54. Kd4 g1Q+ 55. Kxc3 h1Q 56. Kb4 Kb6 57. Kc3 Rb1 58. Kc2 Rb3 59. Kd2 Rxa3 60. Ke2 Rc3 61. Kd2 Rc8 62. Kd3 b4 63. Kd2 b3 64. Ke2 b2 65. Kd3 a3 66. Kd2 a2 67. Ke2 Ka5 68. Kd2 b5 69. Ke2 b4 70. Kd2 b3 71. Ke2 b1Q 72. Kd2 a1Q 73. Ke2 Qf5 74. Kd2 b2 75. Ke2 b1Q 76. Kd2 Qad4+ 77. Ke2 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Meme, Lui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 dxc3 7. dxc3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nd2 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. f4 0-0 12. Bd4 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Kh1 f5 15. Bf3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bc2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Qd6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Nb3 e5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qg2 Rae8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nd4 h5 26. Nf3 Qe4 27. Nh4 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 hxg4 29. Nxg6 Rf6 30. Ne5 Nh5 31. Nxg4 Rg6 32. h3 Nf6 33. Kf3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Motorola, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. c4 Nc7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd8 11. Qe2 a6 12. 0-0-0 b5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Be4 Rb8 15. a3 Nd5 16. d4 c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd7 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Qxc8 Qxc8+ 21. Kd2 exd5 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Msullivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Re8 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. g4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Bg5 b4 20. Qh2 bxc3 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh8+ Kf7 24. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Riscado, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Kh1 Nbd7 9. f4 0-0 10. Bc4 Qc7 11. Bxe6 Nb6 12. Bxc8 Raxc8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. f5 Nc4 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Qc5 17. Nf3 b5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Bxe5 Rxa2 24. Rfd1 f6 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rb2 27. Rxa6 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Rd8 29. Rb6 Rd4 30. Rc1 h6 31. h3 Rxe4 32. g4 Kf8 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rb6+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Kxc8 37. Rxg7 Re3 38. Kg2 Rxb3 39. Rf7 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 b3 41. Rxf6 Rc2 42. Rb6 b2 43. f6 Kd8 44. f7 Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Ke3 Rh2 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. Kd3 Kxf7 49. Ke4 Rh2 50. Kf5 Rxh3 51. Kf4 Rh4 52. Kf5 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kf3 Rxg4 56. Ke3 h5 57. Kd3 h4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. h4 Nd5 10. Ne5 Bxg5+ 11. hxg5 g6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Qh3 f5 14. gxf6 N7xf6 15. Ng5 Nf4 16. Qh4 N4h5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nxg6 e5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Nxh7 Ng6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Qxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Nxe5 Ke6 25. Bh3 Kd5 26. Bg2+ Ke6 27. c3 b5 28. Bh3 Kd5 29. Rde1 Be6 30. Nxc6 Rf8 31. Rxe6 Kc4 32. b3+ Kd3 33. Re3# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Neu, Gerhard"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nce2 0-0 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. c3 Bd7 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Bc2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nxf3 19. Rxf3 Bg5 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schoeneberg, Manfred"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 11. Nxe5 0-0-0 12. Nxg4 Bc5 13. Ne3 Rhe8 14. d3 f5 15. 0-0 f4 16. Nc4 f3 17. gxf3 Rd5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rg5+ 20. Kf2 Re6 21. Rg1 Rh5 22. Rg2 Reh6 23. Rag1 g5 24. Rxg5 Rxh2+ 25. R1g2 R2h3 26. f4 Rf6 27. R5g3 Rhh6 28. Kf3 Rf8 29. e4 Re8 30. f5 Rf8 31. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tontheon"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d3 Be6 9. Bxe6 Rxe6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. Qg4 Rg6 13. Qf3 Rf6 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. e5 Rg6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rge6 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. Re3 Rxe5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rf1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. Rf3 d4 24. exd4 Re1+ 25. Rf1 R1e2 26. g4 Rxc2 27. g5 Ree2 28. Rf2 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Ree1 30. gxf6 Rg1+ 31. Kh3 Rg6 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Qf5 Rh6+ 34. Kg3 Rg6+ 35. Kf4 Rf6 36. Kg5 Rxf5+ 37. Kxf5 Rc6 38. Re2 Rf6+ 39. Kg4 Kxf7 40. Rc2 Rg6+ 41. Kh3 c6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winkler, Georg"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd2 d5 11. Bb3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxe4 13. 0-0 exd3 14. Qxd3 Be6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qg5 18. Qxb7 Nf4 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qf3 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alexopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 b6 7. e5 Bc5 8. Qf4 Qe7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Qxe5 12. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Qxc8+ Ke7 15. Qxh8 Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Qf4+ 17. Kxg2 Qg5+ 18. Kf1 Qf4+ 19. Ke1 Qh4+ 20. Kd1 Qd4+ 21. Kc1 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Qf2 23. Qxg7 c5 24. Rf1 Qxh2 25. Qxf7+ Kd6 26. Qf4+ Qxf4 27. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bill, Eugen"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 0-0 8. Be2 Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 cxd5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rhc1 h6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nxc6 Rdc8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rc3 Rb2+ 24. Ke1 Rb1+ 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kf3 f6 27. Nc6 Rb7 28. Nd8 Rb8 29. Nxe6 Kf7 30. Nc5 Rc8 31. Rb3 Ke7 32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kaminski, Adam"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Qe7 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Qe2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. b3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Rxd4 12. d3 f5 13. Bf3 Qxe2 14. Bxe2 g5 15. g3 fxg3 16. Bxg5 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Bd6+ 18. Kh3 Rd5 19. Bf3 Rc5 20. c4 Be7 21. Be3 Ra5 22. d4 Bf6 23. Bd5 Ne7 24. Be6+ Kd8 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Nxf5 27. Bf4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 c5 29. b4 b6 30. Bg5+ Kd7 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Bc1 Re8 33. Ba3 Kc6 34. Rf1 Re3+ 35. Kg4 Nh6+ 36. Kh5 Rxa3 37. Kxh6 Rxa2 38. Kxh7 Rh2+ 39. Kg6 a5 40. Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larios, Manolo"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bg4 10. Bd3 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Rde1 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ng5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Be5 16. f3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Be6 18. Qh4 f6 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Ke7 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxg7+ Kd8 23. gxf6 Na5 24. f7 Bxf7 25. Qxf7 c6 26. b3 c5 27. Rh7 Re1+ 28. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Bini, Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bh5 7. exd6 exd6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd5 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Bd8 13. Nxd6+ Kf8 14. Nxb7 Nc6 15. Nxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Kd2 Bg6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bd4 Kf7 23. Rae1 Rb8 24. b3 Rb7 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Rhe1 Be4 27. f3 Bg6 28. g4 a5 29. f4 Kg7 30. f5 Bf7 31. Re7 Rbc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Rc4 35. Bc5 d4 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Kxc1 Bxa2 38. b5 Bc4 39. b6 Ba6 40. Kd2 Kf7 41. Bxd4 Ke8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Breznsoizer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Nd4 6. c3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. 0-0 f5 13. Nd2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Rae1 Bg6 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Bxd5 Bxd3 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6 Rbd8 23. Rf3 Bg6 24. Ref1 f5 25. h3 Rd2 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxa2 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Rf7+ Kg6 31. Rf3 Ra3 32. c4 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Rg3+ Kf5 35. Rg7 h5 36. Rh7 Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kh6 38. Re7 Rf1 39. Re3 Bxe3 40. g3 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rc2 42. Be6 Bc5 43. Bd5 Kg5 44. Be6 Kf6 45. Bd5 Ke5 46. Bf7 h4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Be8 Kg7 49. h5 Rxc4 50. Bc6 Kh6 51. Kg2 Kxh5 52. Bf3+ Kh4 53. Bg4 Rb4 54. Bd7 Rb3 55. Kf1 Rb2 56. Ke1 Kg3 57. Kd1 Rh2 58. Ke1 Bb4+ 59. Kd1 Rxh3 60. Bxh3 Kxh3 61. Kc2 Bc5 62. Kb3 Bb6 63. Kc4 Kg4 64. Kd5 Kf5 65. Kc6 Ke5 66. Kb7 Kd5 67. Ka6 Kc5 68. Kb7 Kxb5 69. Kc8 c5 70. Kb7 c4 71. Kc8 c3 72. Kb7 c2 73. Kc8 c1Q+ 74. Kb7 Qc6+ 75. Kb8 Qc7+ 76. Ka8 Qc6+ 77. Kb8 Bc7+ 78. Kc8 Bd6+ 79. Kd8 Qc7+ 80. Ke8 Qe7# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Dv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5 4. 0-0 h6 5. Re1 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 9. Bf1 d6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. h3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. a4 Nh7 14. Be3 f5 15. a5 f4 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Rc1 h5 18. Qd2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nh2 Qh5 21. Qd1 Ng5 22. Be2 f3 23. gxf3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Rxf3 26. Re3 Bg4 27. Rxf3 Bxf3 28. Qf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Knyazkov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. 0-0 Bb6 8. cxd4 d6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Nd2 0-0 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1 a6 16. Nf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe5 Qg5 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Bd5+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Soares, Bruno Flavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Na3 Ne5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 e5 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Bd5 Bc6 20. Rad1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. c4 Bf5 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nc1 Qb4 25. b3 a4 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 axb3 28. Nxb3 b6 29. Rb2 Ra3 30. Re3 Rc8 31. Nd2 Ra6 32. Reb3 Rb8 33. f3 Bd7 34. Ne4 Ba4 35. Rb4 Rd8 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Bd7 38. Rxd6 Kf8 39. Nc5 Ke7 40. Nxd7 Rxd7 41. Ra6 Rd6 42. Ra4 Kd7 43. Kf2 Kc7 44. Ra7+ Kb6 45. Rxf7 Kc5 46. Rxh7 Kxc4 47. Ra7 Kxd5 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Ra3 e4 50. fxe4 Ke5 51. Rd3 Rxd3+ 52. Kxd3 Kf4 53. a4 g5 54. a5 g4 55. a6 g3 56. hxg3+ Kxg3 57. a7 Kxg2 58. a8Q Kg3 59. Qf8 Kg4 60. Ke3 Kg5 61. Kf3 Kg6 62. Kf4 Kh7 63. e5 Kg6 64. e6 Kh7 65. e7 Kg6 66. e8Q+ Kh7 67. Qef7# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merx, Michael"]
[Black "Stroebel, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. d4 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 Nh7 18. gxh6 g6 19. h5 Kh8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg4 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Bg5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Qxe6 Re8 25. Qg4 Qb6 26. b3 Rg8 27. Nxd5 Qc6 28. Nxf6 Qxh1+ 29. Kb2 Nxf6 30. Qe6 Rbe8 31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. d5 Qxh6 34. Bd4+ Rg7 35. Bxg7+ Qxg7+ 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Rf3 Kf5 39. Kc3 Re4 40. d6 Re8 41. Kd3 Rd8 42. c5 a5 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kf5 45. Re4 Rb8 46. d7 Rd8 47. c6 Kf6 48. Kd5 Kf5 49. Re5+ Kxf4 50. Kd6 Rf8 51. Re8 Rf6+ 52. Kc7 g5 53. d8Q 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shcherbinin, Kirill"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. 0-0 Nxe2+ 9. Nxe2 0-0 10. c3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. f5 a6 13. a4 c6 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Bc4 Bd8 18. Nh5 Qg5 19. Qe2 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 g6 21. fxg6 Qxg6 22. Rf6 Qg5 23. Raf1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Ra7 25. Rxd6 Bc5 26. Rdf6 Be7 27. R6f5 Qg6 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shlyamin, Pavel"]
[Black "Merx, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 c5 10. Qe3 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Rhe1 f6 18. b3 Kf7 19. Re6 Rfe8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Re2 22. Bg3 g5 23. Rd2 Re1+ 24. Kb2 Re7 25. Bd6 Rd7 26. Bxc5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. f3 h5 29. a4 Ke6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kc3 Bc6 32. Kd4 f5 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. g3 Be4 37. Ba7 Bc6 38. Bb8 Kd7 39. Bf4 Ke6 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb6 Be4 42. c5 Bf3 43. Bd6 Be4 44. Kb5 Bc6+ 45. Kc4 Be4 46. Kd4 Bf3 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Kf4 Be4 49. Kg5 Bf3 50. Kg6 Be4 51. Bf4 Bf3 52. Kg7 Be4 53. Kf8 Bc6 54. Bd6 Kf6 55. Be7+ Ke6 56. Bg5 Bd7 57. Bf4 Bc6 58. Kg7 Bd7 59. Kg6 Bc6 60. Kg5 Be4 61. Bd6 Bc6 62. Kf4 Be4 63. Ke3 Bc6 64. Kf2 Be4 65. Ke2 Bf3+ 66. Kd3 Be4+ 67. Kc3 Bc6 68. Kb4 Bd5 69. Ka5 Bc6 70. Kb6 Kd7 71. Bf8 Be4 72. Bh6 Bf3 73. Bf4 Be4 74. Be3 Bf3 75. Kb5 Bc6+ 76. Kc4 Be4 77. Kd4 Ke6 78. Bf4 Bd5 79. Be5 Be4 80. Bd6 Bd5 81. Ke3 Be4 82. Kf4 Bf3 83. Bf8 Be4 84. Bg7 Bd5 85. Be5 Be4 86. Bd6 Bd5 87. Kg5 Be4 88. Kh4 Bf3 89. h3 gxh3 90. Kxh3 Be4 91. Kh4 Bd5 92. Kg5 Be4 93. Kf4 Bd5 94. Be5 Be4 95. Bd4 Bd5 96. Kg5 Be4 97. Kg6 Bd5 98. Kg7 Be4 99. Kf8 Bc6 100. Be3 Bd7 101. Bf4 Bc6 102. Kg7 Bd7 103. Kg6 Bc6 104. Kg5 Bf3 105. Kg6 Bc6 106. Kg5 Bf3 107. Kh6 Bc6 108. Kg7 Bd7 109. Kf8 Bc6 110. Kg7 1/2-1/2

