[Event "Sochi Pearl Blitz op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khripachenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nce5 19. Nd4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 e6 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. b6 Ncd7 24. Ndb5 Qxb6 25. Nxd6 Qc6 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Nb5 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Pearl Blitz op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. h3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Re1 Bxc4 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Nd4 Qxc3 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe7 Rfd8 19. Rc1 Rd7 20. Bg5 Bb5 21. Qg4 Ne6 22. Be3 Qxa3 23. Qh4 Qb2 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Bh6 Qd4 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Re3 Nd4 28. Bd1 Nf5 29. Qf4 Qd4 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 Nxe3 33. Bxe3 a5 34. Ra1 a4 35. Bd4 Kg7 36. Bc2 c5 37. Bc3 d5 38. Bb2 d4 39. Ba3 c4 40. Be4 Re8 41. Bf3 d3 42. Rb1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Pearl Blitz op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3 Nc6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. a5 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. Qa4 Kh7 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. d3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Nh2 f3 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. Ne7 Qc7 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Ne7 Qb8 26. Nd5 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Bd7 28. Qa2 Qc8 29. f4 0-1

[Event "Sochi Pearl Rapid op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zakaryan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d5 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qe4 Nc5 10. Qc4 Bd7 11. Nf3 Na5 12. Qe2 Nab3 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. 0-0 Nxa1 16. b4 Ncb3 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Ng5 Rd8 20. Re1 h6 21. Ne4 Qxe5 22. f4 Qc7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Kf8 25. Nh5 Rg8 26. Kh1 Rg5 27. Rf1 Qd6 28. Nf4 Rg4 29. Qe3 Nc2 30. Qh3 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Sochi Pearl Rapid op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 c5 7. bxc6 Nxc6 8. Ba3 0-0 9. Bb5 Bf5 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Qb1 Qa5 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rc3 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. Rd1 b6 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rd2 h5 22. h4 Qc6 23. Qd1 e6 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Be7 27. Rh1 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Rc1 Qxc1 30. Nxc1 Rxc1 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Rc7 33. Qg3 Rd7 34. Qb8+ Rd8 35. Qe5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Early Bird Rating"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kazantsev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Bd3 Be4 7. Nbd2 Bxd3 8. cxd3 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Bh2 c5 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15. dxe4 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Rd2 h6 18. Rcd1 e5 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Bg3 Rab8 22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. Bxh4 f6 24. f4 Nb7 25. g4 Kh8 26. g5 fxg5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Re8 29. Rg2 Re6 30. Qe1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Early Bird Rating"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krukovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Ne7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nf5 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nfd4 Nc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Re8 13. 0-0 Qf6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nd4 a6 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. b3 Ne5 22. Bb1 Rc5 23. Kh1 Rcc8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Bc5 26. Re1 Ba3 27. Rcd1 Bc5 28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Nf4 Rcd8 30. h3 b5 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Bb6 33. b4 Rd7 34. a3 Red8 35. Qe2 Qf6 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Red1 Qe6 38. Qb2 f6 39. Qc2 f4 40. Bxf4 d4 41. f3 dxe3 42. Rxd7+ Rxd7 43. Rxd7+ Bxd7 44. Qe2 g5 45. Ba2 Qe7 46. Bh2 Bf5 47. c4 bxc4 48. Bxc4 a5 49. bxa5 Bxa5 50. a4 Qa3 51. Bb5 Qc1+ 52. Bg1 Bb6 53. Kh2 h5 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 Bg6 56. Kg2 Bc2 57. a5 Ba7 58. Qc4 Qd2+ 59. Kh1 Bd1 60. Qc7+ Kh6 61. Qc6 Qd4 62. Kg2 Qb2+ 63. Kh3 Bd4 64. Qe8 Bb3 65. Bd3 f5 66. Bxf5 Kg7 67. Bxe3 Bxe3 68. Qxe3 Qa1 69. Qxg5+ Kf8 70. Qd8+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kh6 72. Qh7+ Kg5 73. Qe7+ Kf4 74. Qe4+ Kg5 75. Qe3+ Kf6 76. Qxb3 Qf1+ 77. Kg3 Qe1+ 78. Kf4 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Early Bird Rating"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manin, Viktor L"]
[Black "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. Rfe1 Qh5 16. Ne5 Qh4 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. h3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Kf7 21. Kf1 Nd7 22. R5e3 Nf6 23. Ba3 Rg8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Bc8 26. Rxc6 Re8 27. Rxc8 Qxd4 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Early Bird Rating"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzlyakov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bezstrakhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 h6 9. e4 d6 10. c3 c5 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. e5 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Be7 16. 0-0-0 a6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bg6+ Kf8 19. Qxe6 Bg5+ 20. f4 Nc5 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Nxb6 Be7 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Rhe1 Bc6 25. g4 Be8 26. Bxe8 Kxe8 27. Rd5 Nd7 28. a3 Rf8 29. g3 Rf6 30. Rd2 Nc5 31. Rd5 Re6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. b4 Nc7 34. Rd3 a5 35. Kc2 Nb5 36. c4 Nc7 37. b5 Na8 38. Kb3 Nb6 39. Re3 Kd7 40. a4 Bc5 41. Rd3+ Kc7 42. Rd2 Bb4 43. Re2 Nd7 44. Kc2 Nf6 45. g5 hxg5 46. fxg5 Nd7 47. Re6 Bd6 48. Rg6 Be5 49. Ra6 Nb8 50. Re6 Bd6 51. Kd3 Nd7 52. Kd4 Bxg3 53. c5 Bf2+ 54. Kd5 Kd8 55. Rd6 Ke7 56. Rc6 g6 57. b6 Be3 58. Re6+ 1-0

