[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Hermann, Armin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rc8 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Re7 22. Kf2 f5 23. b4 Kf7 24. f4 Rec7 25. Rh1 b6 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. Rc2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rhc1 Kd6 30. dxc5+ Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd1 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Kc5 35. Kc3 a6 36. Kb3 g6 37. Kc3 a5 38. a3 Kb5 39. Kb3 a4+ 40. Kc3 Kc5 41. Kd3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. g4 fxg4 44. g3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. e4 dxe4 47. Kxe4 Kf6 48. Kd5 Kf5 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Kc4 Ke5 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Kc2 Ke4 55. Kd2 Kf3 56. Ke1 Kxg3 57. Kf1 Kf3 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kh1 Kf2 60. Kh2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daebel, Hasso"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nh4 Nc6 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. e3 Ne4 10. a3 0-0 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qg6 13. Qf3 b5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Na5 16. Ke1 c6 17. Bd3 Nb3 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Kf1 Qf6 20. Qxf5 Qxf5 21. Bxf5 Rad8 22. Bc2 Na5 23. b3 Re6 24. g4 Red6 25. Kg2 h6 26. Rb1 Nb7 27. b4 Kf8 28. Rbc1 f6 29. Be4 Rc8 30. Bf5 Rc7 31. Be4 Re6 32. Bf3 Rd6 33. Rc3 a5 34. Rhc1 axb4 35. axb4 Nd8 36. d5 Ke7 37. dxc6 Rd2 38. Rc5 Kd6 39. Rxb5 Ra7 40. Rb6 Raa2 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Bxd1 Rb2 43. b5 Rd2 44. Bf3 Kc5 45. Rb8 Ne6 46. Rb7 Rb2 47. Re7 Kd6 48. Rb7 Nc5 49. Rxg7 Rxb5 50. Rg6 Ne6 1-0

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Helbig, Christoph"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. c5 Nc6 4. Qa4 Bd7 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Bc6 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8. b4 e5 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. b5 Bd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. e4 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc3 Nxa2 17. Ra3 Nb4 18. Rxa7 Bxc5 19. Rxg7 Rd7 20. Rg3 Rb7 21. Bc3 Nc2+ 22. Kd1 Nd4 23. Bd3 Nb5 24. Rf3 Nxc3+ 25. dxc3 Ra7 26. Rf1 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 Rf8 29. Ba6 Kd7 30. Rd3+ Kc7 31. f3 Rg8 32. g4 Rd8 33. Bc4 Bg1 34. h4 h6 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Bf7 Ke7 37. Bg6 Bf2 38. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Maczollek, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Bartl, Birgit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1184"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. h3 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ndxe4 Rad8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Ne2 Qg5 20. f3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 Ba6 22. Ng3 Bd3 23. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 24. Kh2 Qf4 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Nxf5 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. a3 Rb8 29. Ba2 Red8 30. Bc4 h6 31. Re2 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxd5 Rd8 35. Nc3 a6 36. Kg3 g5 37. Kg4 f6 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Nxc5 Rd6 40. Ne4 Rd5 41. Rd2 Ke6 42. Rxd5 Kxd5 1-0

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zell, Gregor"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Re5 Qc7 12. g3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Ne4 0-0-0 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rde8 18. c3 f6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Qg4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Kf1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Qe8+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Kd8 26. Bd6 Ke8 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. h4 Ke6 29. Bc7 b5 30. b3 Nf8 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Nh7 33. Bb8 a6 34. a5 f5 35. Kf4 Nf6 36. f3 Nd7 37. Bc7 Nf8 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. Kf4 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "GER Cup GrD Seniors 1st"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Anlauf, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bd3 0-0 16. Qc2 f5 17. c4 Be6 18. c5 Rf6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. a4 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. g3 Rb8 24. Ba3 b5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Bb4 Qa7 29. Qb2 h5 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Rg1 Bg4 32. Ke1 Bf3 33. Qf2 Qa7 34. Qc2 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Qb2 Qc8 37. Ke1 h4 38. Qf2 Qg4 39. Ba5 h3 40. Bc7 Qc8 41. Ba5 Qa6 42. Qd2 Bg2 43. Bc3 Qb7 44. Bb4 Rf6 45. Qa2 Rf8 46. Qd2 Ra8 47. Kf2 Qa6 48. Rxg2 Qa2 49. Rg1 Ra4 50. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 51. Kf1 Rxh2 52. Be1 Rc2 53. Rh1 h2 54. Bf2 b4 55. Kg2 b3 56. Rb1 b2 57. g4 h1Q+ 58. Rxh1 Rc1 59. Rh5 b1Q 60. Re5 Kf7 61. f5 Qb5 62. g5 Qf1+ 63. Kg3 Rc2 64. g6+ Kf8 65. f6 Qxf2+ 66. Kg4 Qf3+ 67. Kg5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Jackl, Guenter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Be2 0-0 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Qe1 e4 15. Nf4 Qxc5 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Qa3 18. Qa1 Ne7 19. Qb2 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Rac8 21. Rb3 g5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nc6 25. Rbb1 Ne5 26. Rb3 Kg7 27. Be2 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Ng4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rc3 b5 31. Ra3 Rc7 32. h3 b4 33. Ra6 Nxe3 34. Rxe6 Nxc2 35. Re4 Na3 36. Kf2 c3 37. Re1 Rf7+ 38. Kg1 Rd7 39. g4 Rc7 40. Rc1 a5 41. Bd3 Nc4 42. Kf2 Nd2 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. h4 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf4 49. hxg5+ hxg5 50. Bf5 a4 51. Kg3 Rxf5 52. gxf5 Kxf5 53. Kf2 b3 54. axb3 axb3 55. Rxc3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roggenbach, Ottomar"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[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 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. Bg5 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Ne2 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bxc7 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nd2 0-0 15. 0-0-0 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. h4 Kg7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. f4 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vogel, Alfred"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[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 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nge7 6. Ngf3 h6 1-0

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Schwarz, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ncd2 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 Nf4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Nf6 19. f3 Nd5 20. Qf2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qe1 f6 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. a3 Ba6 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 b5 30. Ne4 Kf7 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. f4 g6 33. Ne4 Ke7 34. g3 Bb7 35. Nc3 a6 36. Ke3 h5 37. Nd1 Kd6 38. Nf2 e5 39. dxe5+ fxe5 40. Nd3 exf4+ 41. Nxf4 g5 42. Nh3 g4 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Nxh5 Bd5 45. Nf4 Bc4 46. Ng2 Bf1 47. Ne1 Bc4 48. Nc2 Bd5 49. Nd4 Bb7 50. Ne2 Bc6 51. Nf4 Be4 52. h3 gxh3 53. Nxh3 Kd5 54. Nf4+ Ke5 55. Nd3+ Kd5 56. Nc5 Bc2 57. Nxa6 Kc4 58. Kd2 Bf5 59. Kc1 Kb3 60. Nc7 Kxb4 61. Nd5+ Kc5 62. Ne3 Be6 63. Kd2 Kb4 64. g4 Bf7 65. g5 Kb3 66. Kc1 Bg6 67. Ng4 b4 68. Ne5 Bf5 69. g6 Bxg6 70. Nxg6 Kc4 1-0

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geisler, Reinhard"]
[Black "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. b4 Bf8 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. b5 Na5 17. Ba2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Qc5 21. Qd3 Nc6 22. Rc1 Nxe5 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Qxb7 Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Rc7 g6 27. Bb1 Ned7 28. g4 Rb8 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Nf8 31. h3 Qb4 32. Bc2 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qd6 34. Qc3 g5 35. h4 e5 36. Bf5 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Qc2 0-1

[Event "Thueringen-ch Seniors 5th"]
[Site "Bad Frankenhausen"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merbach, Manfred"]
[Black "Kampfhenkel, Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. 0-0 c6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bb6 16. h3 Bd4 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Kf1 Rad8 19. Nb3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxe4 21. Re3 Nd6 22. Bd3 f6 23. c5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Na5 Bd3+ 26. Kg1 Ba6 27. f4 Rd5 28. b4 Kf7 29. fxe5 Rdxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. g3 Kd5 34. Ke3 b6 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Nb3 Bc4 37. Nc1 b5 38. h4 h6 39. a3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kd2 e4 42. Kc2 e3 43. Kd1 Ke4 44. Kc2 Kf3 45. Kc3 e2 46. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

