[Event "Berlin Cup op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Windmueller, Werner"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. e4 Bf8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 a6 14. a4 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bc8 19. h3 Bg7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Nc4 Re8 23. Kh1 Rae7 24. Qb3 Rb7 25. Qc2 Nh7 26. Qf2 Kh8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qf4 Rd8 29. Bh5 Nf6 30. Bf3 Ng8 31. Bh5 Bf6 32. Rae1 Qf8 33. Rf3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Na5 Rb6 36. Nc6 Re8 37. Rff1 b4 38. Na4 Ra6 39. b3 Bd7 40. Be2 Rxc6 41. dxc6 Bxc6 42. Bc4 Rd8 43. Nb6 Be8 44. Rd1 Bg5 45. Qf3 Nf6 46. Nd5 Nd7 47. Qg3 Ne5 48. h4 Be7 49. Nf4 Ra8 50. Ra1 Rc8 51. Ra7 Bc6 52. Nd5 Bd8 53. Qf4 Ra8 54. Rxa8 Bxa8 55. Ra1 Ng6 56. Qg4 Bxh4 57. Nb6 Bc6 58. Rf1 Be8 59. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Cup op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Fanin, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Ne2 c4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. b3 Qc7 13. c4 0-0 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nf8 16. Ne5 b6 17. Nc3 a6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. f4 Qe7 22. Nd3 Qh4 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Be1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bc7 26. Ne5 Nh4 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. f5 Nxg2 29. f6 Nxe3 30. fxe7 Nxf1 31. exd8Q+ Rxd8 32. Kxf1 Rxd4 33. Rc1 f5 34. Nf2 Bf4 35. Bc3 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Bxc1 37. Bd4 b5 38. Nd3 Bg5 39. c5 Bf6 40. Be5 Kf8 41. Bd6+ Ke8 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Ke3 a5 44. h4 Kc6 45. Nf4 e5 46. Nh5 Bxh4 47. Nxg7 Bg5+ 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Ke2 Bc8 50. Nh5 Be6 51. a3 Bc4+ 52. Kd1 e3 53. Ng3 f4 54. Ne2 Bxe2+ 55. Kxe2 b4 56. a4 b3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Cup op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Noetzel, Felix"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nc6 5. Ngf3 d5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e4 Nb4 10. Bb1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a3 Bc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qf3 f5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Be3 g5 20. Qh5 h6 21. h4 Bf4 22. Rad1 gxh4 23. Bb1 Rf7 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Re5 Re7 27. Rde1 Rce8 28. b4 Kg7 29. Ba2 Qg5 30. b5 cxb5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qxd5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Re7 34. Qxb5 h3 35. g3 f4 36. Kh2 fxg3+ 37. fxg3 h5 38. Kxh3 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qg5 40. Kh3 Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Qg5 42. Re4 Qd2+ 43. Qe2 Qxe2+ 44. Rxe2 Kg6 45. e6 Kg5 46. Kh3 Kg6 47. Kh4 Kh6 48. Re5 Kg6 49. a4 Kf6 50. Re3 Kg6 51. a5 Kf5 52. a6 Kg6 53. Re5 Kf6 54. Rxh5 Kxe6 55. Rh6+ Ke5 56. g4 Rf7 57. Kg5 Rg7+ 58. Rg6 Rh7 59. Rg8 Re7 60. Rg6 Rh7 61. Rh6 Rg7+ 62. Kh5 Rf7 63. Kg6 Rd7 64. g5 Rc7 65. Rh1 Rc6+ 66. Kh7 Rc7+ 67. Kh6 Rc6+ 68. g6 Rxa6 69. Kh7 Rb6 70. g7 Rb7 71. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Berlin Cup op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Prix, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. a5 Ne4 11. Ra4 Bd6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. h3 Be7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. e4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bg6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 f5 21. e5 Qd5 22. Qxb7 Bf8 23. Qa6 Be8 24. Nc3 Qd7 25. Na4 Qe7 26. Nc5 Rdb8 27. Nd3 Rb3 28. R1c3 Rab8 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. Rc2 Qc7 31. Qc4 Qb7 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. Bc3 Rb5 34. b4 Qa6 35. Be1 Qb7 36. g4 g6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rg2+ Kh8 39. Bh4 h6 40. Be1 c5 41. dxc5 Qxf3 42. Qh4 Rb8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Cup KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Tarriba Martinez Lopez, Gabriel"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. bxc3 gxf6 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. f5 0-0 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 e5 18. Bh6 Qd6 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Re4 Rg8 21. Qe2 h6 22. Qh5 Rh8 23. Ne3 Rh7 24. c4 b4 25. Ng4 Rah8 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Ng4 Nd7 28. Ne3 Nb6 29. a3 a5 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. d4 Rg8 33. Qh4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Qe7 35. Re4 Qb7 36. Rd1 Rg5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Ree8 h5 39. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Tepe, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. 0-0-0 Nd4 10. Kb1 Qd7 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 0-0-0 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh6 Qe7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. g3 h3 19. Bh4 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Nh5 21. Rxh3 Rd8 22. Rh2 Rg8 23. Bh3 d5 24. Ng2 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bd8 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. c3 Rg3 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Rc1+ Kd7 31. Qxf4 Rxd3 32. Rhc2 Re3 33. Rc7+ Bxc7 34. Qxc7+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baesecke, Helmut"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 f6 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. Ne4 Na6 12. d3 Rac8 13. d4 Bf5 14. Ned2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bh3 16. Re1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. N4f3 Ndb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Qe2 b5 23. Ncd2 Nc7 24. Rc2 Na5 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Rec1 Rcd8 27. b4 Rd3 28. Qf4 Bd6 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Ne6 33. Ne4 Nb3 34. Re1 c4 35. Nc3 Ned4 36. Bxd4 Nxd4 37. Rcc1 Kf7 38. Red1 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 a6 40. Ne2 Nc6 41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Nc6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. Nd5 Ne5 46. f3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Doering, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c5 15. b3 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb6 18. Qd3 g6 19. d5 Rfd8 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd5 Qe7 22. Qb1 Nb6 23. Be4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc2 Rcd8 26. Qc1 Bg7 27. Qa3 Qa7 28. e4 Rd1 29. Qxc5 Qd7 30. Rc1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qe6 32. Qe3 Rc8 33. Rd1 Bf8 34. Rd5 Bg7 35. Qd3 Bf8 36. Nd4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc8 38. Ne2 Rc2 39. Rd8 Qc5 40. Rd5 Qc8 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 h6 43. Ra5 Rc6 44. Nf4 Be7 45. Nd5 Bd8 46. Qd4 Kh7 47. Qa7 Qe6 48. Nf4 Qe8 49. Rxa6 Rxa6 50. Qxa6 Qxe4 51. Qd6 Bg5 52. Qd7 Kg7 53. Nd3 Bf6 54. a5 Qc4 55. Qd6 Qb5 56. g4 Qxa5 57. f4 Qd2 58. Qd5 Qe2 59. Qf3 Qxf3 60. gxf3 Bd4 61. Kg3 f6 62. Nb4 Bc3 63. Nc2 Kf7 64. Ne3 Ke6 65. Ng2 Bd2 66. Kf2 g5 67. Kg3 Bb4 68. f5+ Kf7 69. Kf2 Bc5+ 70. Ke2 Ke7 71. Kd3 Kd6 72. Ke4 Ba3 73. Ne3 Ke7 74. Nd5+ Kf7 75. Kd4 Bb2+ 76. Kc5 Be5 77. Nb4 Kg7 78. Kd5 h5 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lieb, Felix"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. g3 h6 6. Bd2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg2 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qe2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Qd3 Re4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rg4 20. h3 Rg6 21. b3 Ne4 22. Be1 Ba3 23. Rc2 a5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Bc3 Qf5 28. Kh2 Ba6 29. Qe1 Bd3 30. Rcd2 Rc8 31. Bb2 Bb4 32. Bd4 Rc2 33. a3 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Bf1 36. g4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Niehaus, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. c3 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Bg5 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. N1d2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Qg4 17. h3 Qd7 18. Kh2 a6 19. Bf1 b5 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. g3 Ne6 22. Be3 Qf7 23. Bg2 Ne7 24. Rf1 Qh5 25. Qb3 Rf6 26. g4 Qf7 27. g5 Rf4 28. Kg1 Nc5 29. Qc2 Ng6 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. b3 Qh5 32. Kh2 Nce6 33. h4 Rf8 34. Kg3 Nxg2 35. Qxg2 Nf4 36. Qh2 Qg6 37. Re1 Nh5+ 38. Kf2 Qf7 39. Re3 a5 40. Ke1 a4 41. Nd2 axb3 42. axb3 Ra8 43. Rf3 Nf4 44. Kf2 Ra2 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 c6 47. Kg3 Qa7 48. Qf2 Qd7 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Rg3 Kg8 51. Kh1 Qa7 52. Rf3 Qxf2 53. Rxf2 Kf7 54. Kh2 Ke6 55. Kg3 d5 56. Kf3 Rc2 57. exd5+ cxd5 58. c4 bxc4 59. bxc4 dxc4 60. Nxc4 Rxc4 61. Ra2 Kf5 62. Ra7 Rc3+ 63. Kf2 e4 64. Rxg7 e3+ 65. Kg1 Rc1+ 66. Kh2 e2 67. Rxh7 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Weber, Erwin"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. b4 0-0 10. b5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Nc6 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be2 Be4 15. Ne1 b5 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Rxa6 Rab8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nb4 22. Ra4 Rfc8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. Bh5 g6 28. Be2 Nc4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Nd3 Bd2 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Ne3 33. Rb1 Nxd5 34. Bf3 Be3+ 35. Kf1 Nb6 36. Nb4 Rc5 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Kd3 Bf6 39. Nc6 Na4 40. b3 Rc3+ 41. Kd2 Nb6 42. Na5 Rc7 43. Nc6 Rd7+ 44. Ke2 Rd6 45. Rd1 Re6+ 46. Kd3 Bg5 47. Kc2 Kg7 48. Rd4 f5 49. Rb4 Be3 50. Nd4 Rd6 51. Kd3 Bg1 52. h3 Kf6 53. Kc3 Bf2 54. Nc2 Bg3 55. Rb5 Bf4 56. Nb4 Bd2+ 57. Kc2 Be3 58. Nd5+ Nxd5 59. Rxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2017.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Morczynski, Ryszard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nfd7 8. Be3 Re8 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qb3 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f3 Be6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qc2 b6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Nc3 f5 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxa6 Rd6 24. a4 Be7 25. b4 Rdd8 26. exf5 Bg5 27. Re2 Qf7 28. bxc5 Qxd5 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Noetzel, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. 0-0 d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 0-0 10. h3 h6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf4 15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Bc2 Qc8 18. Ng1 Ra7 19. Ne3 Rc7 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. g4 Qd8 22. Qf3 Neg6 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Nf3 Rfc8 25. a3 a5 26. Bb1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. c4 Ra8 29. h4 Qd8 30. h5 Nf8 31. Nh4 Nh7 32. Nef5 Bc8 33. Re3 Ra1 34. b3 Ra3 35. Nf3 b5 36. c5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Nxh5 38. Qh4 Qxh4+ 39. Nxh4 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 dxc5 41. d6 N7f6 42. Rd3 Nd7 43. Bc2 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Rxa3 bxa3 46. Bb1 c3 0-1

[Event "BL2-Nord 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Kornrumpf, Joachim"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Preetz"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. d3 0-0 10. Be2 f6 11. Nbd2 Rac8 12. 0-0 Rfd8 13. b4 a6 14. Rac1 Qf7 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bf1 Be7 17. Qb1 Na4 18. Ba1 g5 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. h3 h5 21. Ne4 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nfd2 Nd7 24. d4 exd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. Nc3 Nxd4 27. Qd3 c5 28. Nxd5 Ne5 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Berlin Cup KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gebigke, Martin"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5 0-0 9. g3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 Nfd7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. 0-0 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne5 16. b5 Nbd7 17. c6 Nb6 18. Be3 Nec4 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nd2 22. Qa7 Nbc4 23. Rd1 Nb3 24. Bb4 Be5 25. Na4 Bc7 26. Nec3 d4 27. Ne4 e5 28. Rb1 Nba5 29. Bc5 f5 30. Ng5 d3 31. b6 e4 32. Qxc7 Qxc7 33. bxc7 h6 34. Nh3 Nxc6 35. Nf4 N4e5 36. Nb6 Kf7 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Bd6 Nc4 39. Bc5 Rxc7 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Nxd3 Nd8 43. Ne5+ Nxe5 44. Bd6 Re7 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Rb6 Ne6 47. Bh3 Nd4 48. Bg2 Nd3 49. g4 fxg4 50. Bxe4 Ne5 51. Kg2 Ne2 52. Kf1 Nf4 53. Bf5 Nd5 54. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Caglar, Ertan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. 0-0-0 a5 9. Nb5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nd5 12. a3 Be7 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. e4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. d5 0-0 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na7 Qe8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 a4 23. Bb4 Rf7 24. h4 e5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Be6 28. Qxc6 Bb3 29. Rd3 Qg4 30. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ziems, Michael"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bf4 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e5 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Rce1 e4 19. f4 Nf6 20. Qd1 g4 21. Be2 h5 22. Kf2 Qa3 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Nc4 Qf5 25. Rh1 Bd5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Ne5 c5 28. c4 Bb7 29. d5 Qf5 30. a4 Ne8 31. Rh4 f6 32. Nxg4 Rh8 33. Nh2 Nd6 34. Rh1 Rh6 35. Nf1 Rah8 36. Nd2 Qg6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxh1 39. Rxg6+ Kxg6 40. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 41. Qxe4+ Kh6 42. Bd3 Rg8 43. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Zschaebitz, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Bb2 h5 13. 0-0-0 cxd4 14. cxd4 h4 15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Ng4 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rg5 20. d5 e5 21. Nh3 Rg6 22. Re2 Rb6 23. Kb1 f6 24. Ka2 Bf5 25. c4 Rd6 26. a4 b6 27. Bc1 Kf7 28. Ng1 Kg7 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Nh6 31. Re3 Bg6 32. Ba3 Nef5 33. Re1 Rdd8 34. Ne2 Ne3 35. Rhg1 Kh7 36. Be7 Rd7 37. Bxf6 Nxc4 38. Nc3 Nd2 39. Bxe5 Nxf3 40. Rxg6 Kxg6 41. Bc2+ Nf5 42. Rf1 Re7 43. Bd6 Re3 44. Bxf5+ Kxf5 45. Nb5 Ke4 46. Nxa7 Ra8 47. Nb5 Rxa4+ 48. Kb2 Rc4 49. Rd1 Rd3 50. Rxd3 Kxd3 51. Na3 Rd4 52. Bc7 Rxd5 53. Bxb6 Nxh2 54. Bf2 Nf3 55. Nc2 Re5 56. Nb4+ Kc4 57. Nc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krusemark, Gerhard"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Be6 6. e4 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. Ne5 Na6 9. Nxc4 Rd8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Be2 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Qb6 13. d5 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Qc1 Bc8 17. 0-0 Nc5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qe3 e5 20. Rfd1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qb8 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Rb5 f6 25. Rd5 Be7 26. Nb5 Be6 27. Ncd6+ Kf8 28. Rd1 a6 29. Qa7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Ke7 32. Rb6 Kd7 33. Bxa6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Nb7 35. Rb6 Nc5 36. a5 Ra8 37. Nc6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Moser, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Ndb1 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bg5 17. Ra3 Qc7 18. c4 Nf4 19. b3 Bf5 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Ra1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bc2 24. Qe1 Bxb3 25. Qxa5 Ra8 26. Qb5 Bxd5 27. Rfd1 Qe6 28. Bb6 Bc6 29. Qb2 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 e4 31. Bb3 Bf6 32. Qa2 Bd5 33. Bxd5 Qxb6+ 34. Kh1 Bxa1 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bg8 Qf6 37. Bxh7 Rd8 38. Qa3+ Qd6 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bartoszewski Reiski, Olaf"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nc3 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 Bg4+ 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qe1 Qh6 8. Kf2+ Be7 9. Be2 Qb6+ 10. Kf1 Nd7 11. d3 0-0-0 12. Qf2 Qh6 13. Nd4 Bxe2+ 14. Ndxe2 g5 15. h4 f6 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Ne4 Kb8 18. b3 Nh6 19. Bb2 Rhe8 20. Ke1 Ng4 21. Qg1 Ne3 22. Kd2 Nxd5 23. g3 f3 24. Nd4 f5 25. Nxg5 Bxg5+ 26. hxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Kd1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Ollek, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. 0-0 Be6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb1 Nce4 15. Ne2 g5 16. Be5 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Nxg5 Bc4 23. Rfe1 Rd2 24. Nd4 Nxf2 25. b3 Bd5 26. Ne2 Nd3 27. Red1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxb3 29. Rb1 Bd5 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Ngxe4 f5 32. Nd6 Nc5 33. Rb4 Rf6 34. Nc8 Kf7 35. Rb2 Ke8 36. Nb6 Rg6 37. Ncd5 Na4 38. Rd2 Nxb6 39. Nxb6 Re6 40. Nc4 Ke7 41. Rd1 Rg6 42. Rd2 Re6 43. Kh2 Bb5 44. Nb6 Kf6 45. Kg1 Bc6 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Nc8+ Kf6 48. Nd6 Re5 49. Nc4 Rd5 50. Ra2 Ke6 51. Nd2 Rb5 52. g3 Bd5 53. Ra4 Rb2 54. Ke2 Ra2 55. Rxa2 Bxa2 56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Kc3 Kc5 58. e4 Be6 59. exf5 Bxf5 60. Nb3+ Kd5 61. Kb4 Bg4 62. Nc5 Kc6 63. Kc4 b6 64. Nd3 b5+ 65. Kd4 Kd6 66. Ne5 Be6 67. g4 b4 68. g5 b3 69. Nd3 Kc6 70. Kc3 Kb5 71. g6 Kxa5 72. Nc5 Bg8 73. Nxb3+ Kb6 74. g7 Kc6 75. Na5+ Kd6 76. Kd4 Ke6 77. Nc6 Kf7 78. Ne7 Kxg7 79. Nxg8 Kxg8 80. Kc5 Kf7 81. Kb6 Ke6 82. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruemmel, Arend"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. c5 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Qb2 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Ne8 16. Rfc1 N4f6 17. b5 a6 18. c6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. Rb6 Qe7 21. bxa6 Nc7 22. Rc6 Qd8 23. Bb6 Nfe8 24. Rac1 Bxa6 25. Bxc7 Nxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Chung, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qc7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Rxc8# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Prix, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 0-0 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Bf2 Nbd7 13. Be2 a5 14. 0-0 Re8 15. Qb3 Bb4 16. Na2 c5 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb7 Qc7 20. Nc5 e5 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Bb5 Rac8 24. d5 Nb8 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Rc6 f6 27. Rfc1 Rfd8 28. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zschaebitz, Klaus"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. 0-0 e5 8. a3 Be7 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Nde4 Rc8 13. f4 0-0 14. Be3 Nd4 15. fxe5 Bb3 16. Qd2 fxe5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bh3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. Qe1 c4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qf2 cxd3 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. exd3 Na4 26. Nxa4 Bxa4 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Bg4 Bc6 29. Nd2 b6 30. Nc4 Kf6 31. Nd6 b5 32. Bc8 a5 33. Ke3 g6 34. Nb7 Bxb7 35. Bxb7 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Ke4 Nb5 38. Kd5 b3 39. Bc6 Nd4 40. Ba4 g5 41. Kc4 Nf3 42. Bxb3 Nxh2 43. Bd1 Nf1 44. Kc5 Nxg3 45. b4 Ke7 46. Kd5 Nf5 47. Kxe5 Nd6 48. Bg4 Nb5 49. Kd5 Kd8 50. Kc5 Na7 51. b5 Nc8 52. b6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Olivares, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Be2 Be6 11. 0-0 a5 12. Nc3 a4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Rc4 Qa5 17. Rb4 a3 18. b3 Bb2 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Rb5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bc1 22. Kf1 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Rc7 24. Ke1 Nd7 25. Kd1 b6 26. Rb4 Rca7 27. Bb5 Nc5 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Kc2 Kg7 30. Bc3+ Kf8 31. e5 Rc7 32. Rh4 Kg8 33. Rb4 Kf8 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moeller, Dirk Halvard"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 c6 4. c4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 e5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. 0-0 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Ne4 g5 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. c5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 f5 22. Ng3 Bxc5 23. Nxf5 0-0 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. Rce1 Kh8 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. Kh1 Bb6 29. e4 Kh7 30. Qd2 Nc5 31. Qe2 Rg6 32. Ng3 Ne6 33. Nh5 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Ng3 Ng7 37. Qc3 Re6 38. h4 g4 39. Nh2 Rg6 40. Nf5 Nh5 41. Rd1 Bd4 42. Qa3 c5 43. Nf1 Rb6 44. b3 Qb7 45. N1g3 Nf6 46. Nxd4 cxd4 47. Rf1 Qg7 48. Nf5 Qf7 49. Qc1 Nh5 50. Qxh6+ Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Krusemark, Gerhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Rc1 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. c5 c6 9. b4 a6 10. Nf3 Ne8 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Be2 Re8 14. h4 Nef8 15. f4 f6 16. h5 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Qe7 21. f5 Qg5 22. fxg6 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 h6 24. c6 Reb8 25. Rh3 Qg5 26. Qc7 Nb6 27. Bxa6 Nd5 28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qc5 Ne6 30. Qa5 Nxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Qxe3 32. c7 Rf8# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boettcher, Patrick"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Qe2 Re8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 g6 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Qf4 Qb8 19. Rd3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd3 21. Bxd3 Bg7 22. h4 f5 23. h5 Qd8 24. Qf3 Re7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg3 Rd7 27. Bf1 g5 28. Bc1 Bh6 29. Be2 c5 30. Qh3 Kg7 31. Qh5 Qe7 32. Bf3 Bc8 33. g4 Qf7 34. Bxg5 Qxh5 35. Bf6+ Kf7 36. gxh5 Rd2 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Bb7 39. f3 Bg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. f4 Kh6 42. Kf2 Bc6 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Kh4 Bf7 45. Bf3 Be8 46. a3 a5 47. Bb7 Bxh5 48. Bc8 Bf7 49. Bd7 Kg6 50. Bc6 Kh6 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kh4 Kh6 53. Bf3 Be8 54. Bb7 Bf7 55. Bf3 Be8 56. Be2 Bf7 57. a4 Be8 58. Bf3 Bf7 59. Bb7 Kg6 60. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Helling, Bernd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. b3 Bb4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Na6 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Qxa6 Ba5 14. a3 c5 15. dxc6 Qe7 16. b4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. g3 Rfc8 19. Kg2 Qd6 20. Qb7 Qd5 21. e4 Qxe4 22. Rce1 Qd5 23. Re5 Qd6 24. c7 f6 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Rc3 Ke7 27. Qe4 g6 28. Qh4 h5 29. Ne5 g5 30. Ng6+ Kd7 31. Qxh5 Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Qxc7 33. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Guth, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Pankow Rotation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. Bb4 b6 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. 0-0 Bc6 20. Rfe1 Kd7 21. Nf1 Nd5 22. Nd2 Rxd4 23. Nb3 Rc4 24. Nd2 Rd4 25. Nb3 Rxb4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Nd4 Bb7 28. g3 Rg5 29. Ra1 a5 30. Red1 Kc7 31. c3 Nc6 32. Nc2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Rc5 35. Rdc1 f5 36. Kg2 Ne5 37. Rc2 Nd3 38. h3 Bc8 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Ng2 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 e5 42. Ra4 Bb7 43. Ra1 f4 44. Ne1 fxg3 45. fxg3 e3 46. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 47. Kg1 Rd5 48. Rh2 b5 49. Re1 Rd3 50. Rc2 Kc6 51. Ra2 a4 52. Rc2 Kc5 53. g4 e4 54. g5 Rd2 55. Rec1 Kc4 56. Kf1 Kd3 57. c4 Rxc2 58. Rxc2 Kxc2 59. cxb5 a3 0-1

[Event "BL2-Nord 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. b3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfc8 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. Rfd1 Qf8 19. Be3 h5 20. Qe1 Bh6 21. Qf2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qg7 23. Kg1 Qf6 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Rcd1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rc7 30. Bd3 Ne6 31. Bb1 a4 32. Rc1 axb3 33. axb3 Ra3 34. b4 Rb3 35. b5 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Nf4 37. Rdd1 Nxg2 38. Rc3 Rxc4 39. Ra3 Rd4 40. Ba2+ Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Woelfert, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 d5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. b3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Kg2 Bf6 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Qc2 e3+ 20. f3 Bd4 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qb2 Qf6 24. Qa3 Bf5 25. Rfe1 Bc2 26. Rc1 Bf5 27. Red1 h5 28. Qxa7 h4 29. Qb6 Be6 30. g4 Qf4 31. Nb2 Bxg4 32. Qb7 Be6 33. Nd3 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Bd5 35. Qc7 Qf6 36. Qf4 Qb6 37. Rg1 Rd6 38. Rg4 Rf6 39. Qxd4 Qe6 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Nxe5 Re8 42. Rxh4 g5 43. Nd7 Rxf3 44. exf3 Bxf3+ 45. Kg1 Rd8 46. Rd4 Kg7 47. Rd3 Bh5 48. Ne5 Re8 49. Rxe3 f5 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Kf2 f4 52. Re1 Rd8 53. Rd7 Rc8 54. Nc4 g4 55. Re5 g3+ 56. hxg3 fxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Bf7 58. Rxf7 Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Doering, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb5 c6 15. Nxa7 Ra8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rxa2 18. Qb3 Qa8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxb6 Bc5 23. Rb5 Bd4 24. Bc3 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 26. Kg2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Qh1 28. Ke3 Qxh2 29. Be1 Qh1 30. Bf2 Qc1+ 31. Kxe4 Re8 32. Rc5 Qg5 33. Kf3 Qh5+ 34. g4 Qh3+ 35. Bg3 Qf1+ 36. Bf2 Qh3+ 37. Bg3 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Qg1+ 39. Bf2 Qxg4 40. Qd5 Qg5+ 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. Qc4 Qg4+ 43. Ke3 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jahnz, Fabian"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 b5 8. b3 Qc7 9. 0-0 bxc4 10. bxc4 Bc6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Nc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Nxc5 Nd6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. e5 fxe5 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qb5 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. Qxb5+ axb5 27. Bb6 Ke7 28. Bxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rc6 b4 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. Rb6 Rd7 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. Rb7+ Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. f3 Kd7 38. Rc1 Bc7 39. Rc4 Bd6 40. h3 Kd8 41. Rc6 Kd7 42. Rb6 Ke7 43. Ra6 Bb8 44. g4 h6 45. h4 Bd6 46. Rb6 Bc5 47. Rb5 Bf2 48. Rxb4 Bxh4 49. Kxe5 Bf6+ 50. Ke4 Kd6 51. a4 Kc5 52. Rb8 Kc6 53. a5 Kc7 54. Rb3 Bh4 55. a6 Bf2 56. Rb7+ Kc8 57. Rxg7 Kb8 58. Rh7 Bg3 59. Rxh6 Be1 60. Rxe6 Ka7 61. g5 Bc3 62. g6 Bb2 63. g7 Bxg7 64. Re7+ Kxa6 65. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bauer, Stefan"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Nbd2 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. f4 f5 10. Nf3 c5 11. c3 a5 12. a4 Qc7 13. b3 Rd8 14. Qe1 b6 15. h4 Nf8 16. Kf2 Bb7 17. Rh1 Rac8 18. h5 d4 19. cxd4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxd4 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Be3 Bb4 23. Qf1 Bc5 24. Rc1 Rd5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bc4 b5 27. axb5 a4 28. Qd3 axb3 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qxb3 Qb6 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Kg3 Rxb5 33. Qa2 Rb2 34. Qa8+ Kf7 35. Rf1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Boettcher, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Nce3 Bg5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. a4 Be6 18. axb5 axb5 19. h4 Bd8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Rd1 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rf4 23. Qd3 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Bxh4 25. g3 Bg5 26. Bg2 Qf7 27. Ra1 h5 28. Be4 h4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Bf5 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Bd7 35. Nd5 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. f3 Bd8 38. Ne3 Bb6 39. Bd5+ Kf6 40. Nc2 Kf5 41. Na3 g5 42. Be4+ Kf4 43. Bd3 Bh3 44. Nxb5 d5 45. Nd6 Bg2 46. c4 Bxf3+ 47. Kd2 dxc4 48. Bxc4 g4 49. Bf1 g3 50. Nc4 Bd4 51. Kd3 Ba7 52. b5 e4+ 53. Kd2 e3+ 54. Kd3 e2 55. Bxe2 Bxe2+ 56. Kxe2 g2 57. b6 Bxb6 58. Nxb6 g1Q 59. Nc4 Qc5 60. Nd2 Qd4 61. Nf1 Qc4+ 62. Kf2 Qc2+ 63. Ke1 Kf3 64. Nd2+ Ke3 65. Nf1+ Kd3 66. Ng3 Qg2 67. Nf1 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lieb Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramer, Ralf"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Nf6 5. g4 Bg6 6. g5 Nd5 7. Nxe4 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. c4 Nde7 10. Ne2 Nf5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf4 Nd4 13. Bg2 Bxe4 14. fxe4 Qxg5 15. Qxd4 Qxg2 16. Nxg2 Nf3+ 17. Ke2 Nxd4+ 18. Kd3 Nb3 19. Rb1 exd5 20. cxd5 0-0-0 21. Kc4 Nc5 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Bf4 b6 24. b4 Kb7 25. Bg3 c6 26. dxc6+ Kxc6 27. Kb3 Rc8 28. Rbc1+ Kb7 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Rc1+ Kd8 31. Rc7 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Ka4 Nc5+ 34. Kxa5 f6 35. a4 Nxe4 36. Rc2 Bd6 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Rd2 Kc7 39. Rc2+ Kd7 40. Kb4 Rb8+ 41. Ka3 Ne4 42. Ne3 Rc8 43. Nc4 Ke6 44. Ka2 f5 45. a5 f4 46. a6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "BL2-Nord 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kramer, Julian"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK II"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. 0-0-0 Ng4 10. g3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. f4 0-0 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nf6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Rg1 Ne8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qg4 h6 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qh4 b5 25. Bd3 Rfd8 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. Bc2 Rad8 28. Rdg2 Rg8 29. Qe1 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Be4 Rd4 32. Bc2 e4 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Rf2 Qc5 35. Qf4 e3 36. Re2 Rd2 37. Rxd2 exd2 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. a3 Qd4 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. b4 Ng4 42. Rg1 Ne3 43. Bd1 Kg8 44. b3 Nxf5 45. Kc2 Ne3+ 46. Kc3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gnass, Erhard"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 a5 5. Bg2 Na6 6. d3 a4 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. 0-0 a3 9. Be5 f6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 d5 12. Nb1 Ne7 13. Bd2 b4 14. h3 g6 15. Be1 Bg7 16. Nbd2 e4 17. Nh2 f5 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. e3 Nc7 20. g4 0-0 21. f3 exd3 22. cxd3 Nb5 23. Bh4 Qc7 24. Qc2 Nc3 25. Rbe1 Ba6 26. Rf2 Rd7 27. Nhf1 fxg4 28. hxg4 Nc6 29. Bg3 Qd8 30. Nb1 Na5 31. Nfd2 c4 32. bxc4 Nxb1 33. Rxb1 dxc4 34. d4 c3 35. Nb3 Nc4 36. Nc5 Nxe3 37. Qb3+ Bc4 38. Qxb4 Rxd4 39. Qxa3 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Ne4 c2 43. Rd2 c1Q 44. Qd6 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 hxg4+ 46. fxg4 Qh1+ 47. Bh2 Rf3+ 48. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 49. Ng3 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Olivares, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 d6 8. f3 0-0 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Na4 Ne5 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Nc3 a4 15. Na5 Ra6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe6 19. Qe2 Rxb6 20. Nxb6 Nd4 21. Qd3 f5 22. 0-0 fxe4 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 b5 25. Ne3 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Bxb2 27. Rae1 Nc3 28. f5 d5 29. Ng4 h5 30. Ne5 Rxf5 31. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 e6 33. Nf4 Nxa2 34. Nxe6 a3 35. Nc5 Nb4 36. Nb3 Nxc2 37. Rf2 Nd4 38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. Rd2 e3 0-1

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Eichhoff, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nf5 Ndf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. Qd3 a6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. b3 b5 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Ncd5 Nexd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc6 19. Rc1 Be7 20. c4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 0-0 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. Rxa6 Rxc4 26. f3 Rc2 27. h4 Kg7 28. Kh2 h5 29. Kh3 Rc3 30. Ra5 f6 31. Ra7+ Kg8 32. Kg3 Rd3 33. Kf2 Rc3 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rh3 36. g5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Rc3 38. Ra5 Kf7 39. Rxe5 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Rxa2 41. Rb5 Ra1 42. Kf4 Rf1+ 43. Ke5 Rf2 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ke6 Rf8 46. Rd7 Re8+ 47. Re7 Rf8 48. Rd7 Re8+ 49. Kd5 Rf8 50. Kd4 Rf4 51. Rd5 Rf8 52. Kc5 Re8 53. e5 Kf7 54. Kd4 Re7 55. Rd6 Ra7 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rxg6 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf5 Ra5 61. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Uebelhoede, Klaus"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nh2 Ng8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd4 15. Bg4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. b3 b4 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Kh1 Bb7 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. e5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nb5 23. exd6 f5 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxd6 26. Bf3 Bc3 27. Bf4 Bxd2 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Re6 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lampe, Christian"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 cxb4 13. Rxb4 b5 14. cxb5 Nc6 15. Rb1 axb5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. d4 Na5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. e5 Rb8 21. Bg5 Nc4 22. Qf4 Qa5 23. Nc3 d5 24. exd6 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Qh4 Nxd6 27. Nd5 Nf5 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. g4 h6 30. gxf5 hxg5 31. f6+ Bxf6 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Rc6+ Kg7 34. Qf3 Bc8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bd5 Be6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Rbc1 1-0

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Krefenstein, Sergej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[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 0-0 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. c5 a5 18. b5 Ne5 19. Kg2 Bxc5 20. Bb2 Re8 21. Ng3 Ng6 22. Ba2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Qd2 g5 25. Rac1 d4 26. Qc2 Re5 27. Qc4 Rf8 28. Bb1 Qe6 29. Bf5 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Bb6 33. a4 Ree8 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. f3 h6 36. Bc8 Ng6 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. Rcc1 Rf6 39. Bxb7 Nxf3 40. Bd5 Nh4+ 41. Kh1 Nf3 42. Rf1 g4 43. Rcd1 Rc8 44. Bc6 Rg6 45. Rc1 Rg5 46. Ba3 d3 47. Bd6 Be3 48. Rcd1 d2 49. Kg2 Rg6 50. Bg3 Rcxc6 51. bxc6 Rxc6 52. Rxf3 gxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Rc3 54. Ke2 Bg5 55. Bf2 Ra3 56. Rg1 Kh7 57. Bd4 Rxa4 58. Kd3 Ra3+ 59. Bc3 Bf6 60. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 61. Kc2 Be5 62. Rf1 f6 63. h4 Rh3 64. h5 Rxh5 65. Kd3 a4 66. Kc4 Rh4 67. Kd5 a3 68. Rb1 a2 69. Rb7+ Kg6 70. Ra7 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Zehlendorf op 14th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meinicke, Kurt"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 g5 8. Bg3 dxc4 9. Qc2 g4 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bh4 Qxd4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nde4 Qg7 14. a3 Be7 15. Ng3 h5 16. e3 h4 17. Nge2 e5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Qe4 Kd7 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. Nxb5+ Kb6 23. Qxc4 Be6 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qc2 Rhd8 26. Bc4 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qg8 29. Qa4 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-Nord 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Karwatt, Lothar"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Goettingen"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. e4 Nfd7 13. Nbd2 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kahlert, Thomas"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. 0-0 Bf6 11. Ne4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qa3 Qd7 15. Nd6+ Kd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be4 Kc7 18. Nb5+ Kd8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Nc7 Qe7 22. Rxd5+ Bd7 23. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lassan, Christian"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. 0-0 Qxd5 13. Rb1 e5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qg4+ Ke8 17. Rfc1 Qxd2 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Junge, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[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 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 0-0 12. Nh2 Bd6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Ndf3 Nxf2 16. Qxf2 Bxg3 17. Qg2 Bxe1 18. Qxg6 Bxg6 19. Nxe1 Rae8 20. Bf4 Rf7 21. Nhf3 Bh5 22. Kf2 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 g6 24. Rg1 Kg7 25. Bb5 Re4 26. Bxc6 Rxf4 27. Bxd5 Re7 28. Bxb7 h6 29. h4 c5 30. Bc6 cxd4 31. cxd4 Rc7 32. d5 Kf6 33. Re1 Re7 34. d6 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Ke6 36. d7 Ke7 37. Ne5 Rd4 38. Nxg6+ Kd8 39. Ne5 Ke7 40. Kf2 Rd6 41. Ba4 Ke6 42. Nc4 Rd4 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Bc6 Re6 46. Na5 Rd6+ 47. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krueger, Ekkehard"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. f4 h6 16. a5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nbd7 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. c4 Kg7 22. Qe3 Rh8 23. h3 Rh7 24. Rf2 Rdh8 25. Rdf1 Kg8 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rf1 f5 29. Rd1 Qd7 30. c5 f4 31. Qe4 Rxh3+ 32. Kg1 Rxb3 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Qc2 Rb4 35. Bf3 Kf6 36. Rc1 Rh7 37. Be4 Kg5 38. Qe2 Rb3 39. Kf2 Qb4 40. Bxg6 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alvarez, Luis"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 e5 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. f4 Nh5 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Rf3 Rb8 17. h3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. fxe5 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe5 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Rf2 Rbe8 23. Bxa7 Bxg2 24. Bd4 Bxh3 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nf4 Rg5+ 27. Ng2 Be5 28. Qc2 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 f5 30. Qxc7+ Bxc7 31. Bc4 f4 32. Rd3 Bf5 33. Rfd2 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Bb6+ 36. Kh2 Rh5+ 37. Nh4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Rd7+ Ng7 40. a4 h5 41. Rd6 Ba5 42. Rd5 Bb6 43. a5 Be3 44. a6 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Kh6 46. Rd3 Nf5 47. Ke4 Rg1 48. Kd5 f3 49. Kc6 Ra1 50. Rxe3 Nxe3 51. Bb5 h4 52. Kb6 h3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Landt, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Qd1 d6 10. f3 0-0 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. a3 b5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qf2 d5 16. Bc5 Rfe8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. b4 f5 20. Nd6 Nxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Qxd6 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Kf2 Nf4 24. Rhd1 Qf7 25. Rab1 e4 26. Bf1 e3+ 27. Kg1 Qg6 28. g3 e2 29. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Bb3 31. Qd3 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Qe6 33. Kf2 h6 34. Rd2 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Kh8 36. Rf2 Qe5 37. Rd2 Qf6 38. Bd4 Qf7 39. Bc5 Re6 40. Rf2 Rce8 41. Qd5 Qg6 42. Qd2 Re1 43. Bd4 Qe6 44. Qc3 Re7 45. Bc5 Rd7 46. Bd4 Re2 47. Qc5 Rxf2+ 48. Bxf2 Kh7 49. h4 Rd3 50. Qc1 Qd5 51. Qf4 Rd1 52. g4 fxg4 53. Qxg4 Qd3 54. Qc8 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Rd6 56. Qf5+ Rg6+ 57. Kf4 Qxf2 58. h5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kohler, Thomas"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 c5 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Ndb5 Rd8 13. Rc1 Rd7 14. Nd5 Bf8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. f4 Qd8 17. Nc3 Bg7 18. Qh5 Nb4 19. Red1 Rc8 20. b3 Nc6 21. Bf2 Ne7 22. Bh3 Nc6 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Rc2 Rg8 26. Rcd2 Rgd8 27. Bg2 Kg8 28. Be1 a6 29. Nc3 f5 30. Rd3 Nb4 31. Re3 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 d5 34. cxd5 Qc5+ 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Nc2 37. Red3 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 exd5 39. Na4 Bf8 40. Rc1 b5 41. Nb2 Ba3 42. Rc2 Re7 43. Nd1 d4 44. Kf2 Re4 45. Rc6 Rde8 46. Rxa6 Re2+ 47. Kf3 Rxa2 48. b4 Re1 49. Rxd4 f5 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Re7 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Ra8 Ra1 54. Ne3 Bb2 55. Nxf5+ Ke6 56. Rxa1 Bxa1 57. Ke4 Bc3 58. Nd4+ Kf6 59. Nxb5 Bxb4 60. g4 Be1 61. Nc7 Bh4 62. Nd5+ Kg6 63. Ne3 h5 64. g5 Bf2 65. Kf3 Be1 66. Ng2 Bd2 67. Ke4 Bb4 68. Nh4+ Kf7 69. f5 Be7 70. Nf3 h4 71. Ne5+ Kg7 72. f6+ Bxf6 73. gxf6+ Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Matitschka, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 c5 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. 0-0-0 Rg6 12. Qe3 Nb6 13. c4 Na4 14. Ba1 Bd7 15. Nf4 Rg4 16. d5 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc3 19. Qe5 Nxd1 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. d6 Qxa3+ 23. Kxd1 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lerch, Philipp"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. g4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Bg2 Ndxe5 17. Qg3 Ra7 18. Rhe1 f6 19. h4 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Kf7 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Ne4 Rd7 27. Qc3 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 Ne7 29. Rf1 f5 30. Nbc5 Rc7 31. Nd6+ Kg8 32. Rg1+ Ng6 33. Qf6 Rg7 34. Nxc8 Qe3 35. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 12th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Dathe, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1458"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Qc8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. f4 Neg4 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. h3 Nh6 20. g4 e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. g5 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Be3 Nf7 25. gxf6 Bf8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Bg4 Bh6 28. Bxh6 Nxh6 29. Be6+ Nf7 30. Qc2 Qa7+ 31. Qc5 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Kuhn, Gerd"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pinneberg"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Ne5 c6 9. Bc3 Nfd7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb2 Qb8 16. Rxc8+ Qxc8 17. Nf3 0-0 18. Qd2 Qb8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Lai Hop, Duong"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen II"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd5 0-0 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Qd3 g6 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Nh4 f4 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Bd8 Nb7 29. Nf5 h5 30. Rd7 Nxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenrade op 07th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a6 8. c3 b5 9. g3 b4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. Kf2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a3 Nc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5+ 15. Kg2 0-0 16. b4 Ba7 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Be3 e5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Bg1 Nf2 22. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kf3 Bxa1 26. Bc4 dxc4 27. Rxa1 Bb7+ 28. Kf4 c3 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. e6 c2 31. Ke5 Kf8 32. Kd6 Ke8 33. a4 Rc6+ 34. Ke5 Ke7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rc4 37. Rf1 c1Q 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 Qg5+ 40. Kd6 Qc5# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenrade op 07th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Schnabel, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qd8 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. g4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nf5 exf5 16. gxh5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. c3 Re8 19. Bh3 g6 20. Qg2 Qd7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Rae1 Nc4 25. Qc1 Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kh7 27. Bf4 b5 28. Bg2 Rac8 29. Qb1 a6 30. b3 Nxa3 31. Qa2 b4 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. cxb4 Rc2 34. Qxa3 Qe2 35. Rg1 Bxd4 36. Qc1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Be3 38. Bxe3 Qxe3 39. Rf1 f4 40. h3 Qxb3 41. Ra1 Qxb4 42. Rxa6 Kg7 43. Ra1 Qb3 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 d4 46. Rd1 d3 47. h4 Qe2 48. Rh1 d2 49. Kh3 Qf2 50. Kh2 Qxh4+ 51. Kg1 d1Q+ 52. Bf1 Qd4+ 53. Kg2 Qdf2# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Ziems, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 a6 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 0-0 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bb4 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxh1 20. Bc5 Bb7 21. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lachmann, Daniel"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qc5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 Na6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Qe6 Nc7 12. Qf7+ Kd7 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nf7 Rh7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Re1 e4 17. Bf4 g5 18. Ne5+ Ke8 19. Bg3 b6 20. Nd2 Ncd5 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Qd3 Rg7 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Qa6 e6 27. Nd3 Qc6 28. Be5 Ra5 29. Qxa5 bxa5 30. Bxf6 Rb7 31. Bxd4 Qd5 32. Rxe6+ Qxe6 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bc5 Bg7 36. Ba3 Kd5 37. Kf1 Rc7 38. c3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rxc3 40. Bf8 Rxd3 41. Ke2 Kc4 42. a4 h5 43. Bh6 Rd5 44. f4 g4 45. Ke3 Rd6 46. Bg7 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Ra3 48. f5 Kd5 49. Kf2 h4 50. Bf6 g3+ 51. hxg3 hxg3+ 52. Ke2 Ke4 53. Bd8 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Rxa4 55. Bf6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Kiesewetter, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. f3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qc7 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 0-0 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. 0-0-0 b4 17. Na4 Bd4 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Bc1 Bc3 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Rd3 Bxb2 25. Kxb2 Bb5 26. axb5 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rxb5 28. Rxd6 Ra5 29. c4 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiessling, Beate"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. e4 c6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nde2 Nc5 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Qc2 Ncxe4 13. Qd1 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ra1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Be3 c5 19. Nc2 Bc6 20. Qc1 d5 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Nc4 Re6 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ne3 g5 27. Bxe4 gxf4 28. Ng2 Rxe4 29. Nxf4 Qg4 30. Rd3 Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Schlittermann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 h6 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Be2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. 0-0 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Nxe5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qg5+ Qg7 22. Qd8+ Kh7 23. Qh4+ Qh6 24. Qxb4 Qb6+ 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. a3 Kg7 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Rxb6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2 32. Ke1 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2 34. Ke1 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rg1 36. Kc3 Rxg2 37. Ba6 Nd7 38. Rb4 Rxh2 39. Rd4 Nc5 40. Bb5 Ke5 41. Rd1 Ne4+ 42. Kb4 Rxb2+ 43. Ka5 Nc3 44. Re1+ Kd6 45. Be8 Rb8 46. Bg6 Rb5+ 47. Ka6 Bc8+ 48. Ka7 Ra5+ 49. Kb8 Bd7 50. Be8 Rxa3 51. Kb7 Rb3+ 52. Ka6 Na4 53. Bxd7 Nc5+ 54. Ka5 Nxd7 55. Rh1 Ne5 56. Ka4 Rb8 57. Ka3 Kc5 58. Rh7 Nc4+ 59. Ka2 Nd6 60. Rh6 d4 61. Rh7 Kc4 62. Rc7+ Kd3 63. Rh7 Nc4 64. Rh3+ Kc2 65. Rh2+ Nd2 66. Ka3 Kc3 67. Rh3+ d3 68. Ka4 Ne4 69. Rh4 d2 70. Rxe4 d1Q+ 71. Ka5 Qd5+ 72. Ka4 Ra8# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Major, Vitalij"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Bd3 h6 11. 0-0 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd8 13. a3 Bd6 14. e4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. e5 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Kxg4 e5+ 21. Kg3 exf4+ 22. Kh2 Qxd4 23. Rae1 Qd8 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ Kxh7 27. Nxf8+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd6 31. Qe5+ Kd7 32. Qxe6+ Kc7 33. Qe5+ Qd6 34. Nb5+ Kd7 35. Qxd6+ Kc8 36. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Dimitrijeski, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qh5 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qh7 Bxf3 21. h3 Qg5 22. g4 Bxg4 23. f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hahlbohm, Matthias"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Bc2 d5 5. Qe2 d4 6. h3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nf1 Re8 10. g4 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Nh2 Be6 14. 0-0 b5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. a4 dxc3 18. bxc3 b4 19. Bb2 b3 20. Bb1 c4 21. Ng5 Bc8 22. dxc4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Na5 24. Bd3 Ba6 25. Qe2 Nxc4 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Nf3 Nd7 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Qd6 30. Rd1 Qxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Nc5 33. Rd2 Nxa4 34. Ne2 a5 35. c4 Nxb2 36. Rxb2 Rb8 37. Nc3 Bf8 38. Kf1 Rb4 39. Ke2 a4 40. Kd3 a3 41. Rb1 b2 42. Kc2 a2 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Kaufmann, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Be2 a6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf4 Bh6 18. Bd4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 e5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxb7 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. g3 Qc8 24. Rb3 Rc2 25. Qxd6 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qh3 27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Qf1+ 29. Ke3 Qe1+ 30. Re2 Qg1+ 31. Rf2 Re1+ 32. Kd4 Qxf2+ 33. Ke5 Qc5+ 34. Kf6 Qc6+ 35. Kg5 f6+ 36. Kh6 Rh1 37. h4 g5 38. Qf5 Qc2 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Poseck, Steffen"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qxa7 Ra8 9. Qb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Bb5 0-0 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. 0-0 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bd3 17. Re1 Rb4 18. Qa5 Rxc4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd2 Ra8 21. Rec1 Kf8 22. a3 Ke8 23. Na2 Rac8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Nc3 Bb3 28. f3 Bd8 29. Ne2 Kc6 30. Nc1 Bc2 31. Kf2 Kb5 32. Ke2 Be7 33. Bc3 Kc4 34. Kd2 Bb1 35. b3+ Kb5 36. a4+ Kb6 37. b4 Bd6 38. g3 h5 39. Nd3 h4 40. gxh4 Bxh2 41. h5 Bd6 42. e4 Ba2 43. e5 Be7 44. b5 Bb3 45. Nc5 Bxc5 46. dxc5+ Kxc5 47. b6 Kxb6 48. a5+ Kb5 49. a6 Kxa6 50. Bb4 Ba4 51. Bf8 Be8 52. Bxg7 f5 53. h6 Bg6 54. Ke3 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Sabrowski, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Ne4 d5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nec5 a5 15. Bb5 Qf7 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bd2 Nh4 18. Rc3 Bc7 19. f4 Qg6 20. Rg3 Qd6 21. Bc3 Nf5 22. Rd3 d4 23. Bd2 b6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Ng3 Nb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Nxd4 Ra5 28. Qb3+ Kh7 29. Qxb4 Bd6 30. Qc3 Bc5 31. a4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Qd6 33. Rfd1 Rxf4 34. Ne2 Rh4 35. g3 Rh5 36. Nf4 Rg5 37. Kf1 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qc5 39. Rc4 Rxb5 40. Rxc5 Rbxc5 41. Qb3 Rgf5 42. Ke2 g5 43. Nd3 Rc6 44. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pozzo, Dominic"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Nce2 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Ng5 f6 10. Nh3 Nge7 11. f4 Be6 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nef4 Bf7 14. Nf2 h5 15. c3 g5 16. Qa4+ N5c6 17. Nd5 0-0 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. c4 Ne5 21. Bf3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bg6 23. Qd1 Rd6 24. g4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Qe8 26. Nh3 Re6 27. Kh1 Re5 28. Rg1 Bh5 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Nf4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Rg5 32. Bxg5 fxg5 33. Raf1 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Bf6 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qxa7 Be2 37. Re1 Bxd3 38. Qa4 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 d3 40. Qd1 Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Hahlbohm, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b4 Rac8 15. Na4 Ned7 16. Nb3 Bc6 17. Nb2 Bb7 18. Na4 Rb8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 b5 21. Nb2 Bc6 22. Nd3 Ra8 23. Na5 Rfd8 24. Qc3 Nb8 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Nb4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Be8 28. Bd6 Bd8 29. Nb3 Nc6 30. Nd3 Qb7 31. Nf4 h6 32. e5 Nd7 33. Bd3 Rc8 34. Qe1 Ne7 35. Kh1 Nf8 36. Qg3 Nf5 37. Qf2 a5 38. Nd4 Bh4 39. Qb2 Nxd4 40. Qxd4 Be7 41. Qb2 Bc6 42. Bxe7 Qxe7 43. Qf2 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gschwendtner, Klaus"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d4 0-0 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 e6 11. c4 exd5 12. cxd5 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. a4 a5 16. Nc4 Ne8 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. Nb6 Kh8 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Qc2 b6 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. b3 h6 25. Be7 Bxa4 26. d6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Friedrich, Wiede"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 d5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd4+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. g3 Ke5 24. Kf2 g5 25. Bd3 g4 26. Be4 gxf3 27. Bxf3 Kd6 28. a3 b5 29. g4 a5 30. h4 b4 31. Kg3 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rb8 33. Rc4 Rb3 34. Ra4 e5 35. Kf2 Nc3 36. Rxa5 e4 37. Bg2 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg1 e3 41. Bf1 Ne4 42. Ra7 Ke5 43. Rxh7 Kf4 44. Rf7+ Kg3 45. Re7 Kf3 46. g5 Ng3 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48. Re7 Nf5 49. Re8 Kxh4 50. g6 Rb6 51. Bd3 Rxg6+ 52. Kf1 Ng3+ 53. Ke1 Rb6 54. Rxe3 Rb3 55. Kf2 Rxa3 56. Rxg3 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3 58. Rg4+ Kh5 59. Rd4 Kg5 60. Ke4 Kf6 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Rh6 Ra4+ 63. Kd5 Rg4 64. Be4 Rg1 65. Ke5 Rg7 66. Rb6 Rg5+ 67. Bf5 Rg1 68. Rb7+ Kd8 69. Rd7+ Ke8 70. Kf6 Rf1 71. Rc7 Kd8 72. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winz, Michael"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. e3 d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ba6 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. h3 b5 21. Qd2 Rc4 22. Rc3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. R3c2 Nb6 25. Qe2 Na4 26. Ba1 Qd5 27. g3 Nb6 28. Bb2 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Nc4 31. Qe2 Rf3 32. Kg2 Qg5 33. Bc1 h5 34. h4 Qd5 35. Qe1 a5 36. Qc3 a4 37. Qb4 Kf7 38. Qe1 g5 39. Qh1 Kg6 40. hxg5 Qxg5 41. Qh3 Qe7 42. Rc3 Rf5 43. Kf1 Qf8 44. Qg2 Rf3 45. Qh2 e5 46. dxe5 Qf5 47. Rc2 Nxe5 48. Rc5 Rxf2+ 49. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Schnitzer, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. c4 Bc5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Qd3 0-0 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bb4+ 19. Bd2 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Ne3 f5 22. Rhc1 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf2+ 24. Ke1 Rcf8 25. Nd1 Qa5+ 26. Nc3 Bc8 27. Qxe5 Qc5 28. Ne2 Bg4 29. Ng3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 7th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sampels, Michael"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 e5 6. Nf3 exf4 7. d3 g5 8. h3 Bg7 9. Bd2 h5 10. Qe2 g4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Rxh8 Bxh8 13. Bxf4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Qh4+ 15. Kd2 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. Bxg3 Kd7 18. Re1 Bg7 19. e5 Bh6+ 20. Re3 d5 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berg, Gerd"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Rb1 e6 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Nc1 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd3+ 15. Nxd3 Qxd3 16. Bf1 Rxe4+ 17. Be3 Rxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Re8+ 21. Kf3 Ne4 22. Rc1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Engelhardt, Erhard"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Re8 9. c4 d5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Qe1 b6 13. Qg3 Ng6 14. Ndf3 d4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne5 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nh7 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qxg6 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rf3 Kg8 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. h4 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Rf3 Ng4 31. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fruestueck, Cord"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e6 7. fxe4 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kapr, Klaus"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[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. a4 Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Bc7 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. Rc6 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rd6 Rfd8 25. axb6 Rab8 26. Bxa6 Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Bb7 Kf8 29. b3 Ke7 30. Rd1 Kd6 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Rc6+ Ke7 33. Rc3 Rb8 34. Ba6 Ra8 35. Bf1 Ra1 36. g3 Rd1 37. Rd3 Rb1 38. Re3 Rd1 39. Kg2 Rxd5 40. Bc4 Rd2 41. h4 f6 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Bxd3 h6 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. Kg4 Nc5 46. Bc2 Ne6 47. Bd3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Haemmerlein, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. c5 Bc7 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxc7 Qxc7 11. Qd6 Qd8 12. g3 Nbc6 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 Ng6 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qd1 Rd5 17. Qe2 Nge5 18. Kf2 Qf8 19. Kg2 a5 20. Rd1 a4 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Nc1 d6 23. cxd6 Bf5 24. Qd2 Qxd6 25. Be2 Qe6 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. h4 Ne5 32. Qc3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Hahlbohm, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Na4 Ned7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. b4 g6 18. Bf1 Ba8 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. Nb3 Qb7 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Naxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qb4 27. Nxa6 Qa3 28. Rc7 Ne8 29. Qc5 Qa4 30. Qc4 Qa5 31. Rc5 Qd2 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Rc2 Bb7 34. Nc5 Bc6 35. Qf2 Nc7 36. a4 Ra8 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Ra2 Ra5 39. Nb3 Rxa4 40. Rc2 Bb5 41. Bxb5 Nxb5 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Qb2+ e5 44. Nc5 Rc4 45. Nd3 Rxc8 46. Qxb5 Qa7+ 47. Kf1 f6 48. f4 Rb8 49. Qd5 Qd4 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Qxe5+ Qxe5 52. Nxe5 Re8 53. Nf3 Rxe4 54. Kf2 Ra4 55. h4 h6 56. Kg3 Kf6 57. h5 g5 58. Nh2 Kf5 59. Nf3 Rb4 60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Ne5+ Kxh5 62. g4+ Kh4 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Kg2 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Jensen, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. c3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Bb2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nfd2 Bb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 f5 21. b4 Qg5 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rg3 Qe7 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. f4 c6 26. Nf1 Rfe8 27. Ne3 g6 28. Ne2 Nb8 29. Rg5 Bc8 30. h4 Be6 31. Qc3 Rg8 32. h5 h6 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 34. hxg6 Kg7 35. g3 Kxg6 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. g4 fxg4 39. f5+ Bxf5 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Ng3+ Kg6 42. Nxe4 Qe6 43. Kg3 Qf5 44. Nd6 h4+ 45. Kg2 Qg5 46. Rf1 h3+ 47. Kh2 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Ng3 Kg7 50. Rf5 Qg6 51. Qc5 Rf8 52. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Mandic, Milenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbc3 0-0 7. f3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. 0-0 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. Nf4 Qh4 16. Nxh5 Qxh5 17. Rb1 Qh4 18. Rb3 f5 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Bd2 f4 21. Ra3 g5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 Qe8 24. a4 Rf6 25. Kf2 g4 26. Ke2 Qh5 27. Rh1 gxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rg6 29. Rf1 Bf6 30. Kd1 Bh3 31. b6 Bxf1 32. b7 Qxf3+ 33. Kc1 Bxd3 34. b8Q+ Kg7 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qxd6 Bxe4 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rg1+ 40. Be1 Bh4 41. Qxc5+ Kg4 42. Qc8+ Bf5 43. h3+ Kf3 44. Qxf5 Bxe1 45. Qh5+ Kg2 46. Ke2 Bg3 47. Qf3+ Kh2 48. Kd3 Rg2 49. Kxd4 Rf2 50. Qh5 f3 51. a5 Rf1 52. Qxh7 f2 53. Qc2 Kg1 54. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Berlin Lichtenberger op 6th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schatz, Walter"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Qe2 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qh4 f6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. dxe6 e4 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Berlin op 09"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Hohn, August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. Ngf3 c5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Bf4 a6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. c4 Qa5 22. Bb1 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Rd1 g6 26. Bxg6 Kg7 27. Bb1 Qg5 28. Qd4 Re2 29. Bd3 Rxa2 30. Rb1 e5 31. Qa7 e4 32. Bf1 Qf5 33. Rxb7 Nd7 34. Rxd7 e3 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. Qxe3+ Qf4 38. Rd5+ f5 39. Qe7+ Kh5 40. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin op 09"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Schatz, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. f3 e6 8. c4 Bd6 9. g3 h5 10. c5 Be5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qd2 h4 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. 0-0-0 0-0 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Bg5 b6 21. Bxh4 bxc5 22. Qxd5 Bb7 23. Qxc5 Na5 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. Be2 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxe2 30. Rxa4 Bxf3 31. Rf1 Be4+ 32. Kc1 Rc2+ 33. Kd1 Nc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Rf2 Bd5 36. Rc2 Rd4+ 37. Ke2 Bxa2 38. Kf3 Be6 39. h3 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Rb3 41. Rd2 Kh7 42. Re2 Kh6 43. Rd2 Kg5 44. Rc2 Kh4 45. Rc5 Rxb2+ 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 g6 48. g5 Bxh3+ 49. Kf2 Bf5 50. Rc7 Be6 51. Rc5 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Berlin op 09"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2006.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Witte, Ronald"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. exd6 Nc5 13. Rb1 f6 14. Bh4 Bxd6 15. Bg3 0-0 16. Ne4 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 b5 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. N4xf3 Nc6 21. 0-0 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bc5+ 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rd6 27. a3 Na5 28. a4 Rc8 29. axb5 Rxc2+ 30. Kg3 Rc4 31. Re2 Rb6 32. Ra2 Nc6 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. bxa6 Ra4 35. Rb6 Ne7 36. Nd2 Nd5 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. a7 Nxf4 39. a8Q Nh5+ 40. Kf3 Rxa8 41. g4 Ra3+ 42. Nb3 e5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Ke4 Kh6 45. Kf3 g5 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Kg3 h5 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. Nc5 Rxb7 51. Nxb7 Kf5 52. Nd6+ Kf4 53. Ne8 f5 54. Ng7 h4 55. h3 g4 56. Ne6+ Kg3 57. hxg4 fxg4 58. Ng7 h3 59. Nh5+ Kf3 60. Kh2 e4 0-1

[Event "Berlin op 07"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richter, Michael"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Bf4 b5 7. cxb5 Bxb5 8. Qb3 a5 9. Nc3 a4 10. Qc2 Bb4 11. Bg2 0-0 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Ne5 Ra6 16. Rab1 Rd8 17. e4 a3 18. exd5 Qa7 19. dxc6 Ba4 20. Qe2 Nxc6 21. Nxf7 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Kxf7 23. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin op 10"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2005.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Haenisch, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2005.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Bxh7 Nxh7 12. Rxe6+ fxe6 13. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin op 10"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2005.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koenig, Frank"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. e3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 b5 13. c5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Ng5 Na5 20. Nce4 Qa8 21. f3 Nc4 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Bg5 Bxe4 25. Bxe7 Bd5 26. Bg5 e5 27. Qf2 exd4 28. Rxd4 f6 29. Bf4 Rae7 30. Rcd1 Bc6 31. a4 Re2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. Rd8+ Qxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kf7 35. axb5 Bxb5 36. Bf1 Rc2 37. Bd3 Rc3 38. Be4 Na5 39. Bd2 Ra3 40. Kf2 Bc6 41. Bxc6 Nxc6 42. Rd6 Ne7 43. Be3 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin op 10"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Schneider, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. c4 b5 15. cxb5 0-0 16. bxc6 Qxc6+ 17. Bc3 Nd5 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Kd2 Bd6 20. Ne2 Nb4 21. Qb1 Nf6 22. Ke1 Rab8 23. Kf1 Qa4 24. a3 Nbd5 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Nexc3 27. Nxc3 Qb3 28. Rc2 Nxc3 29. Nd2 0-1

[Event "Berlin op 10"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schildt, Rene"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 b5 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Rxd5 Bxh4 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Rd1+ Ke7 21. Qxb4+ Ke8 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Rd7 Qb6 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. c4 Qb4 27. Kc2 Kg8 28. a3 Qb8 29. Nbd4 g6 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qd6 32. b4 Kh7 33. c5 Qxh2 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. Ne6 Qh4 36. N2f4 Qf6 37. Qb7+ Be7 38. c6 g5 39. c7 gxf4 40. c8Q Rxc8+ 41. Qxc8 f3 42. Kd2 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Qe2+ 44. Kf4 Bd6+ 45. Kf5 Qe5+ 46. Kg4 Qg3+ 47. Kf5 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "Berlin Kreuzberg op 5th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schnitzer, Peter"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h4 Nxg4 10. Rxg4 Nxd4 11. Rg3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nd5 0-0 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h5 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nxe7 Rce8 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. exf5 Nb7 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rc6 Rc8 25. c4 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Rc8 27. fxg6 Rxc6 28. h6+ Kxh6 29. g7 Ne4 30. g8Q Nxf2 31. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Kreuzberg op 4th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gaerths, Ronny"]
[Black "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Nc3 g6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 Rd8 13. g4 h6 14. Qf4 e5 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Nd2 0-0 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. e4 Rc5 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Rc2 29. a4 Bc5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc6 32. h4 Kf8 33. f3 Ke7 34. Kg3 a5 35. Rd3 g5 36. h5 Rc5 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 b5 39. Rd5 Rc6 40. Rxb5 Ra6 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Rb5 Ke7 43. Rb8 Rf6+ 44. Ke3 Rc6 45. Rb5 Ra6 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. e5 Ke7 49. Rf6 Rxf6 50. exf6+ Kxf6 51. b4 axb4 52. a5 b3 53. Kc3 Kg5 54. a6 Kxg4 55. a7 Kxh5 56. a8Q f5 57. Qg2 b2 58. Kxb2 f4 59. Qh3+ Kg5 60. Kc3 h5 61. Kd4 h4 62. Ke5 f3 63. Qf5+ Kh6 64. Kf6 f2 65. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Berlin Kreuzberg op 3th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merz, Ruediger"]
[Black "Belostozkaja, Julia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. N2f3 Ne5 16. Bf4 g6 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. g4 Bf8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. b3 Nexg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Bg3 Bh6 24. Nh2 Qh3 25. Ra1 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Ndf3 d5 28. Qe2 Bg7 29. Rac1 Bd4 30. Qf1 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 0-1

