[Event "NOR-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsson, Ludvig"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg7 8. Bf4 c5 9. Kc2 Nc6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nd2 Na5 12. Bb5 0-0-0 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Kxb3 Rhd8 16. Kc4 b6 17. a5 Kb7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Kb5 e5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Ra6 Kc7 23. Rha1 f5 24. Ra7+ Rb7 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Ra6 Rd6 27. Bxc5 Rd2 28. Rxb6+ Kc7 29. b4 fxe4 30. Ra6 Kb8 31. Kc6 e3 32. Ba7+ Kc8 33. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 Be6 10. Qc5 b6 11. Qa3 h6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. b3 Nd5 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c5 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. e4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Ne1 Rc3 23. Qd2 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Rb2 Qa7 26. Nc2 Rxa2 27. Nxb4 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Rb3 29. Qd2 Qa5 30. Nd5 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 1920"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2020.03.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Aulin Jansson, Joran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Asker"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. c3 b6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qb3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf8 19. h3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Ne6 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Red1 Nd4 24. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. c4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 a6 30. a4 Kd7 31. Kd3 Kc6 32. Be5 Kd7 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. Bb8 f5+ 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. f4 Ke6 37. b3 Kd7 38. Be5 Kc6 39. Kd3 Bh4 40. Ke3 b5 41. axb5+ axb5 42. Ke2 Kb6 43. Bc3 bxc4 44. bxc4 Ka6 45. Ke3 Bd8 46. Kd3 Ba5 47. Kc2 Bc7 48. Be5 Bd8 49. Bc3 Bh4 50. Be1 Kb6 51. Kd3 Kc6 52. Ke2 Bf6 53. Kd3 Bd4 54. f3 Kd6 55. Bd2 Ke6 56. Be3 Bxe3 57. Kxe3 Kf6 58. h4 h6 59. Kf2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 1920"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2020.03.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mikalsen, Harald"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alta"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. f3 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. b4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nc7 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Re1 Rab8 22. b5 Bd7 23. b6 Nxd5 24. bxa7 Ra8 25. exd5 Rxa7 26. Rd2 Rca8 27. Rb2 Bc8 28. Ra1 Ra3 29. Bd1 Rc3 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Ra3 32. Bb3 Bd7 33. Rb1 Ba4 34. Rb2 Bxb3 35. axb3 b5 36. Kf2 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rc3 38. Rb4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kh3 Rc3 41. Kg3 f5 42. h4 Kf6 43. Kf4 h6 44. g4 g5+ 45. hxg5+ hxg5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Rb7 Rxc4 49. Rxe7+ Kxd5 50. Rg7 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Kd4 52. Rxg5 Ke3 53. Rd5 Kxf3 54. Rd3+ Kxg4 55. Rxd6 Kf3 56. Rb6 Rc1+ 57. Kh2 Re1 58. Rb3+ Kf2 59. Ra3 f3 60. Rb3 Re2 61. Kh1 Kg3 62. Rb1 Rh2+ 63. Kg1 f2+ 64. Kf1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 1920"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2020.03.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Elseth, Roar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "OSS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. Be2 Bc6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 e5 14. f5 Nc5 15. b4 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. b5 Nc3 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Na4 20. Kh1 Qc8 21. Qd3 Nb2 22. Qb3 Nxc4 23. Rac1 d5 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Na3 Qh3 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rac8 28. Qe4 b6 29. Qb7 Rc3 30. Bg1 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Rfxc8 32. Rcd1 Rc2 33. Rd7 Rxa2 34. Rfd1 h5 35. Rb7 Rc3 36. Rdd7 Rc1 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 e4 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT Elite 1920"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Flaata, Alexander R"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOSS"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Qc1 Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxc3 14. Bxd5 cxd4 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rd3 Qc5 18. Rh3 h5 19. Rxh5 Rh8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qf4 Rh5 23. Re1 Rf5 24. Qd2 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Qc4 26. h4 c5 27. Qf4 Rf5 28. Qe4 Qxa2 29. g4 Qd5 30. Qxe7 Re5 31. Qc7 Qe4 32. Rd3 Qxg4+ 33. Rg3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT Club"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2018.05.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Fossan, Benjamin"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stavanger Junior"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nf3 Bf6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. b3 Qf5 17. Rd2 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Ne1 Ba6 20. Nc2 Bd3 21. Ne1 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-chT Club"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Tryggestad, Andreas Garberg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Nordstrand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d4 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Qa5 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. a3 Nd7 11. b4 Qa6 12. b5 Qb6 13. a4 cxb5 14. cxb5 Rfc8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Ba3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 e6 24. Rc7 a6 25. Rxb7 axb5 26. Bb4 Nb2 27. Rxb5 Nc4 28. f4 g5 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. e3 Kg6 31. Rb7 h5 32. h3 Ra2 33. Rb8 Rb2 34. Bd6 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Ra2 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rf8 Ne4+ 38. Ke1 Kg7 39. Be7 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1718"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Flaata, Alexander R"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Black Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. c3 Qxe4 8. e3 e6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Nf3 g6 13. 0-0 Bg7 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Kxd7 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. f4 Ke7 18. e4 Qg4 19. Rad1 Qe2 20. Nxf7 Rhc8 21. Nd6 Rc6 22. e5 Rb6 23. Qc4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rb2 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rd2 27. Rf7+ Kd8 28. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "NOR-chT 1718"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tryggestad, Andreas Garberg"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nordstrand"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a5 8. Bb5 0-0-0+ 9. Ke1 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nf6 13. Na3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rd3 15. Nc4 Rxc3 16. Nxa5 Kc7 17. Rc1 Ra3 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. a3 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf6 22. Bb2 Nf4 23. Rd2 g6 24. Rd6 Bg7 25. Kd2 Rhe8 26. Re1 Ng2 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Kb7 29. b5 cxb5 30. Rb6+ Ka7 31. Nd6 Rad8 32. Bd4 Nh4 33. Kc3 Nxf3 34. Nxb5+ Ka8 35. Nc7+ Ka7 36. c6 Re3+ 37. fxe3 Nxd4 38. Rb7# 1-0

[Event "NOR-chT 1718"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Aulin Jansson, Joran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Asker"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. e3 Qa5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. a3 Rf7 19. b4 Qa4 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 g5 23. a4 g4 24. c5 h5 25. b5 h4 26. Kf1 Rh7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Bc3 Kg6 29. Rb2 b6 30. cxb6 cxb5 31. Rxb5 axb6 32. Kd2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rh2 34. Rf1 Bd8 35. a5 Bc7 36. axb6 Bxg3 37. b7 Rb8 38. Ba5 Bxf2 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kd1 Ra2 41. Bc7 Rh8 42. Bg3 Rh1+ 43. Be1 Ra1+ 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Rc1+ 46. Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Rxb5+ 48. Kxb5 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1718"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kizatbay, Abyl"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stavanger"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bh2 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 b5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 b4 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Re3 Ne8 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. Rb7 Nf5 23. Be5 Qxc5 24. Bh5 Ned6 25. Rb3 Ne4 26. Rf3 Qc2 27. Qe1 Qd2 28. Qf1 Qg5 29. Bg4 Nd2 30. Qe2 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc2 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1718"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo SK 1911"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 e6 6. Bf4 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 d6 9. h3 0-0 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. e4 Nd7 14. 0-0 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Bd7 18. a5 Be8 19. Qd1 f3 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Kh2 Qh4 22. g3 Qh5 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. g4 Qh4 25. Rg3 Rf4 26. d6 Be6 27. Nd5 Rxg4 28. Qxf3 Rxg3 29. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Kf7 31. Rc1 Bxd5 32. exd5 Rc8 33. b4 c4 34. d7 Rd8 35. Rxc4 Rxd7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Rh4 Kf6 38. Ke4 Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rg3 Rc7 41. Rf3+ Ke7 42. Kxe5 Rc4 43. d6+ Ke8 44. Rf4 Rc3 45. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Kragero Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Kragero"]
[Date "2017.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kizatbay, Abyl"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 Qd7 9. c5 dxc5 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Rd1 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 Qg4 13. cxb6 Qg6 14. Qe4 Bf5 15. Qxb7 0-0 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Kd2 cxb6 19. Nh4 Bb4+ 20. Kc1 Nxe3 21. Nxg6 Rc8+ 22. Nc7 Nxd1 23. Nxf8 Nxf2 24. Bc4 Bd6 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. Qxf5 Rxc7 27. b3 Bxf8 28. Qf4 Rd7 29. Qf1 Rc7 30. Kb1 Ba3 31. Qxh1 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Verhasselt, Karsten"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 19. Re2 Bxb3 20. axb3 c5 21. Bg5 b6 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. Rae1 Rd7 24. h4 f6 25. Bh6 e5 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. Re3 Red8 28. f4 Qd5 29. fxe5 Qxe4 30. dxe4 fxe5 31. Bg5 Rf8 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Ke3 Bg7 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. Rf1 Ke6 38. Ke3 h6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. f4 exf4+ 41. Rxf4+ Ke6 42. Rf8 Rd1 43. Re8+ Kf6 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Re8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf6 48. Rf8+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 c5 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bxf3 Nfd5 16. Nb5 a5 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Rb5 Ke7 21. Rfb1 c3 22. Be4 Nd7 23. Rxa5 Rxb1+ 24. Bxb1 Rb8 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Ra3 c2 27. Rc3 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qd6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nc3 e6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qg5 18. Be5 a6 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Rc7 Bd8 21. Rxb7 0-0 22. g3 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. a4 h5 25. Rbd7 Rfd8 26. R7d3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qxa6 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34. Qf1 Qxb3 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 Kf8 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. Kf1 Kd7 40. Ke2 g5 41. h3 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kd3 f5 44. Be3 e5 45. Ba7 Bd6 46. Kc4 f4 47. Kd5 fxg3 48. fxg3 e4 49. Kxe4 Bxg3 50. Kf5 Be1 51. Kxg4 Kc8 52. Kf5 Kb7 53. Bd4 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Carnstam, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Qc7 7. d4 e6 8. c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Rd8 13. e4 Bg6 14. Qe2 0-0 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. h3 e5 17. d5 a6 18. Na4 b5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Nc3 Bg5 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. h4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b4 26. Nd5 f6 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Qc4 Na4 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Nxb2 31. Rd8 Qe7 32. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nc3 0-0 13. 0-0 Bf6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Rae1 Qe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. g3 Rae8 20. Bd3 Na4 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rc1 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Re2 25. Rb3 b6 26. a4 Rc2 27. a5 Rxc4 28. axb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c3 Kd7 14. Nd2 Rhd8 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Qh5 Qf5 18. cxd4 Kd7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 fxg5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rad1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bjorneboe, Kristian"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 b6 8. 0-0 e6 9. a4 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. a5 Bb7 12. Na4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bb5 Qc8 15. c3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bc7 Qb7 19. Bg3 Na5 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. h3 h5 23. Bf4 Nb7 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. f3 Nb7 26. Nb2 Nd6 27. Nd3 Nb5 28. Nb4 Qd6 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Rxa5 bxa5 31. Na2 Qa3 32. Qb1 Rb8 33. Bc1 Qd6 34. Kh1 Bf8 35. Bd2 Qg3 36. Qe1 Qc7 37. c4 dxc4 38. Bxa5 Qa7 39. bxc4 Nxd4 40. Rf2 Bd6 41. f4 Nf5 42. Bc3 Rb1 43. Qxb1 Qxf2 44. Qb7 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. f3 exf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nge2 0-0 12. 0-0 Kh8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Bb2 c6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Be6 17. Rad1 Ned5 18. Qe5 Re8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxf5 Rxe3 22. Rde1 Qe7 23. Bc3 h6 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Qd2 Qe4 26. Rxe3 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Tandrup, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. e4 Re8 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nc7 16. a3 Qd6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. Reb1 Qc7 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Red8 23. Bf1 Nb8 24. Qb2 Bc8 25. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schouten, Mathias Lind"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Be2 dxe5 8. dxe5 g6 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. f4 Qd4 11. Nb3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Nf3 0-0-0+ 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Nbxd2 Nd4 18. g4 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxc4 20. gxf5 Nxd2 21. Ke2 Rhe8+ 22. Kf2 gxf5 23. Rhe1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rad1 f5 26. Ke2 Rg8 27. Rg1 Rg6 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Rg1 Rh8 30. Rxg6 Rxh2+ 31. Ke3 Rxb2 32. a4 Rc2 33. Kd4 b6 34. Rf6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fossan, Andreas"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. g3 Qxc5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. c3 Nc6 10. Re1 Qh5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Nf1 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 e6 17. Rb5 b6 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. Be5 Qg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. a4 h5 22. a5 h4 23. Rb4 Qe2 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 hxg3 26. hxg3 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Rb8 28. b4 Rfc8 29. Rac5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Kf8 31. Nd2 Rb7 32. Ne4 Bd8 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 35. Nc4 Ke7 36. Kf1 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Kd3 e5 39. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Nilsen, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. Rd1 Bd6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nxc4 0-0 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Qa3 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. Be7 Rdc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Rd2 a5 24. Kf2 Qc1 25. f4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb6 Qc4 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. g4 Qc7 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. h3 Rd7 34. Qd2 Re7 35. Rxa5 Qc4 36. Rc5 Qb3 37. Qd3 Qa2 38. Rc1 Re4 39. Kf3 Qb2 40. Rd1 Qb8 41. e3 Re7 42. h4 Rc7 43. Qf5 Qb2 44. g5 Rc6 45. Qxd5 Re6 46. Rg1 f5 47. Qxf5 Qc3 48. Kg4 Qxe3 49. Rg2 Qxd4 50. Qc2 Re4 51. Rf2 Re1 52. Qb2 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Qxb2 54. Rxb2 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 h5 56. gxh6+ Kxh6 57. Kg4 Ra1 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59. h5 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rh1 61. h6+ Rxh6 62. Rxh6 Kxh6 63. Kf6 Kh5 64. Kxf7 Kg4 65. Ke6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Saltvedt, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 h6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d4 0-0 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8 15. b4 Qa6 16. e4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. e5 Nh7 19. cxd5 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 exd5 21. Nf4 Bg6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. f4 Be7 24. Rf1 Bd8 25. Rac1 Bb6 26. a4 a5 27. b5 Rbc8 28. h3 g5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxd5+ Rce6 32. f5 Nxe5 33. fxe6 Nf6 34. Bb3 Nd3 35. Bc3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Nxb6 Rc6 40. Bxa5 Kd6 41. Bc4 Nb2 42. Bb4+ Kc7 43. e7 Nxc4 44. e8Q Nxb6 45. Ba5 Kb7 46. Bxb6 Kxb6 47. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. g4 f6 23. Kg2 g5 24. Ba5 h6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. Kd2 Bd7 28. h3 Bc8 29. Kc2 Bd7 30. a4 Bf2 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Bxb5+ axb5 33. Bd2 Bd4 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kd3 Bf2 36. e5 dxe5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Ke4 Bg3 39. Bc3 Kd6 40. Bb4+ Kd7 41. Kf5 Bf4 42. Bc5 Bg3 43. Ba7 Kd6 44. Ke4 Kc7 45. Bc5 Kd7 46. Kf5 Bf4 47. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Lobersli, Henrik Oie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Qa4 Qd7 7. g4 Bg6 8. b4 f6 9. d3 e5 10. a3 Nge7 11. Nbd2 Nc8 12. Nh4 Bf7 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Rb1 Nd8 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. 0-0 Be7 18. e3 g6 19. Nf3 dxe3 20. fxe3 0-0 21. d4 f5 22. Nxe5 Be8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Bg6 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rf1 c6 30. Be4 Ne6 31. Nh4+ Kg7 32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. Rf6 Nf8 34. Bc3 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Lund, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nd1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Be4 14. Qd2 c5 15. Ne3 Nh5 16. dxc5 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Nxc5 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Rxb2 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Qb6 22. e3 Rb4 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Rfb1 Bxe5 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 26. fxe5 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vestby Ellingsen, Mads"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bb2 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Rfd8 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa4 e6 19. h3 Qb7 20. Bd4 Nd5 21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Qa3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Qc5 Nb6 28. Qb5 Qd7 29. Qe5 Qa4 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nordquelle, Daniel"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Nxf7 Bxd1 13. Nxd8 Bg4 14. Nxb7 a5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Ne4 Ra7 17. f3 Rxb7 18. fxg4 Rf4 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Nf3 Re7+ 21. Kf2 Bh4+ 22. g3 Ref7 23. gxh4 Rxf3+ 24. Ke1 Rf2 25. b3 Rg2 26. h3 Rff2 27. h5 h6 28. Kd1 Rc2 29. h4 Rb2 30. Ke1 Rxg4 31. Kf1 Rg3 32. Re1 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Rf3+ 34. Kg1 Rg3+ 35. Kf1 Rc2 36. Ke1 Rgg2 37. Kd1 Rcf2 38. Kc1 Kf7 39. b4 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 a4 41. Ra1 Rb2 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Kc1 Rgc2+ 45. Kd1 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 Rbc2+ 47. Kb1 Rb2+ 48. Kc1 Rbc2+ 49. Kb1 Rc4 50. Rf1+ Ke7 51. Ra3 Rg4 52. Re3+ Kd6 53. Re8 Rb4+ 54. Ka1 Rd3 55. Ka2 Kxd5 56. Rf5+ Kc4 57. Ree5 Rd2+ 58. Ka1 Rb5 59. Re1 Rbb2 60. Re4+ Kb5 61. Rf8 a3 62. Re1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch U20"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Gronn, Eskil Ekeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. b4 Nc6 13. a3 axb4 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 Bf5 16. Nh4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Be4 18. Rc1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qa8 20. Qc3 Qa2 21. e3 e6 22. Nf4 Ra8 23. Qc6 Bf8 24. Nd3 Ra7 25. Qxb5 Qe2 26. Qb8 Ra2 27. Rc8 Ra1+ 28. Nc1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Rxc1 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rg8+ Kf6 32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. Qh4+ Kd7 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35. Qe8+ Kb6 36. Qb8+ Ka6 37. Qa8+ Kb5 38. Qa5+ Kc4 39. Rc8+ Kb3 40. Rxc1 Qxc1 41. Qa7 f6 42. Qd7 Qc4 43. b5 e5 44. b6 exd4 45. b7 d3 46. b8Q+ Kc2 47. Qbc7 d2 48. Qa4+ Kd3 49. Qcxc4+ dxc4 50. Kf3 f5 51. Qd7+ Kc2 52. Ke2 c3 53. Qd3+ Kb2 54. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Greibrokk, Ingrid Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 d6 9. d4 Ne7 10. b4 exd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Nf4 c6 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bb2 b5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qf7 Qb7 19. d5 Neg8 20. Qxb7 Bxb7 21. dxc6 Ba6 22. Ne6 Rac8 23. Nd5 h5 24. Ndc7 Kh7 25. Nxa6 Kh6 26. h4 Kh7 27. Nac7 Kh6 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Nce6 Rxc6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Nfg5+ Kh6 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Neg5# 1-0

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 e5 9. Qa3 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. b3 f6 12. Ba3+ Kf7 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. d4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Na6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Nxc8+ Raxc8 20. Re1 Rcd8 21. Rh4 h5 22. e4 Ndb4 23. e5 Nd3 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Bf1 Ne5 27. Rf4+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rxd8 30. Bxa6 bxa6 31. Rc3 Rd2 32. a4 Rd6 33. Rc5 Kf6 34. Ra5 Rd3 35. Rxa6 Rxb3 36. Rxc6+ Kf5 37. Rc7 h4 38. Kg2 hxg3 39. hxg3 g5 40. Rxa7 g4 41. Ra8 Ra3 42. a5 Ra1 43. a6 Kg6 44. a7 Kh7 45. Kh2 Ra2 46. Kg1 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49. Rb4 Kf6 50. Rxg4 Kf5 51. Rb4 Ra2 52. g4+ Kg5 53. Kg3 Ra1 54. f4+ Kg6 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. f5 1-0

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Haug, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. e3 h6 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Na3 0-0 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Nc2 a5 12. Rb1 e5 13. b3 Re8 14. a3 Bf5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Nh4 Bg4 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Qf3 Bxb4 23. Rxb4 Ra1 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Qe2 Nf5 27. Nf3 e4 28. dxe4 Nxe4 29. g4 Qg6 30. Kh1 Neg3+ 31. hxg3 Rxe2 32. gxf5 Qxf5 33. Kg2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toby, Albert"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 Qb6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. c4 cxd4 9. cxd5 dxe3 10. dxc6 exd2+ 11. Qxd2 bxc6 12. g6 fxg6 13. Ne5 e6 14. 0-0-0 Bb4 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qxg6+ hxg6 17. Rxh8+ Bf8 18. Nxg6 Kf7 19. Nxf8 Qc5+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Bd3 Bg4 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Rd7+ Bxd7 24. Nxd7 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacArthur, John"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 f5 8. Ng3 0-0 9. Qd2 c5 10. 0-0-0 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Nge2 Rd8 14. c3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Kb1 Qe4+ 19. Ka1 Qxg2 20. h4 h5 21. Rhg1 Qf3 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Qh6 f4 24. Rg5 Rxd4 25. Rdg1 Rd6 26. Rxh5 Qd4 27. a3 Rad8 28. Rf5 Qxf2 29. Rfg5 Qc2 30. h5 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Kvisvik, Brede Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 Nf5 8. e3 Nd6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nc3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. e4 h6 16. Nf3 Qg4 17. Kg2 Rd8 18. h3 Qe6 19. Bf4 Na6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 c5 22. Nf3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qc4 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Rac1 e5 26. Nd5 exd4 27. Qf4 Qxa2 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nd5 Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nd5 Kg8 33. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 f6 5. d3 Ng5 6. f4 Nf7 7. d4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 e6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. 0-0 0-0-0 17. b4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. a4 Qxb4 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. a5 Nc4 22. Bf2 Qd2 23. Rfc1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 a6 25. g4 Kb8 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. Rc5 Rhd8 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxf5 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rh2 35. Rh5 Rg3+ 36. Ke4 Rhxh3 37. Rxh3 Rxh3 38. f5 Kc7 39. Rd1 Rh2 40. f6 Rf2 41. Ke5 b5 42. axb6+ Kxb6 43. Rd6+ Kb5 44. Ke6 Re2+ 45. Kd7 Rf2 46. Ke7 a5 47. f7 Rxf7+ 48. Kxf7 a4 49. Ke6 a3 50. Rd2 Kc4 51. Rh2 Kb3 52. Rxh7 a2 53. Ra7 Kb2 54. Ke5 a1Q 55. Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nc3 Bxb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ra7 18. Rab1 Bc5 19. Ne1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qxa6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qc5+ 24. e3 Qf5+ 25. Bf3 Qxb1 26. Qa7 Qa2+ 27. Be2 Qd5 28. Bb5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Oslo Sveins op 10th"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Papanek, Ella Sharpe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 d5 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Bc5 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. e3 Qg5 13. cxd5 Qh5 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qe2 Qf5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. d6 Bxg2 19. dxe7+ Kxe7 20. Kxg2 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 f6 22. Bb2 Rac8 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. Rac1 Rhc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qd7+ Kf6 28. Qd8+ Kg6 29. Qd3+ Qf5 30. e4 Qxh3 31. Qxc2 h5 32. Qd3 Qg4 33. Kg2 Kh6 34. Qf3 Qg6 35. Rd8 a5 36. Rh8+ Kg5 37. Ng1 Qh6 38. Nh3+ Kg6 39. Rf8 a4 40. Qf7+ Kh7 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Qxe6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Ng5+ Qxg5 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Sorensen, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ngf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. c3 Re8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Bh2 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. Rae1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne5 22. Bb5 Re6 23. Rfe1 Ng6 24. Bc7 Ra8 25. Bd7 Rf6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Bxe8 Nf4 28. Rd1 d4 29. cxd4 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxd4 31. Bxa5 Ba6+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Rxf2 34. Rd6 Bb7 35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Nd4 37. Rxc5 Nb3 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Bc3 Rf5 40. Rb8 Na5 41. Rb5 Rxb5 42. axb5 Nb7 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Kf4 f6 45. Bb4 Kf7 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 h5 48. Kc4 g5 49. b6 g4 50. Kd4 f5 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. Bc3 Nc5 54. Bd4 Nb7 55. h4 Na5 56. b4 Nb7 57. Ke5 Nd8 58. Kd6 f4 59. Kd7 f3 60. gxf3 gxf3 61. Kxd8 1-0

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Strand, Oyvin"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 d5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. dxc5 e6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Rdc1 Rfd8 18. Rab1 h5 19. h3 h4 20. g4 Rd7 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. a3 Bb5 23. Qd1 Rdc7 24. b4 Qa6 25. Qd2 Qa4 26. Bf3 Qa6 27. Bg2 Qc6 28. a4 Bxa4 29. c4 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qd6 31. c5 Qd7 32. Qf6 Rb8 33. Qxh4 Rcb7 34. g5 a5 35. Qf4 axb4 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. cxd6 Rd7 38. Ra1 Bb5 39. Rc7 Rxd6 40. Raa7 Be8 41. Rc2 Bb5 42. Rb2 Ra6 43. Rxa6 Bxa6 44. f4 b3 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Ke1 Kf8 47. Kd2 Bc2 48. Bf3 Ke7 49. Bd1 Bxd1 50. Kxd1 e5 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. Kd3 exf4 53. exf4 Kf5 54. Kd4 Rb5 55. Ke3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Amalie Isabel"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. c4 Qe4+ 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 f6 12. b3 e5 13. Bc3 Bf5 14. Be2 0-0-0 15. 0-0 Bc5 16. Rad1 Kc7 17. b4 Be7 18. a3 Bc2 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 21. Be3 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Ra1 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Bxa3 26. Bb6+ Kc6 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Ke2 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Kxc7 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. f3 Kc5 32. Kc3 f5 33. h4 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. g4 e3 36. Kd3 e2 37. Kxe2 Kxc4 38. Ke3 Kb5 39. Kd4 Kxa5 40. Kc3 b5 41. Kb3 b4 42. Kb2 Kb5 43. g5 g6 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. Kb2 Kd4 46. Kb3 Ke4 47. Kxb4 Kf4 48. Kc4 Kg4 49. Kd4 Kxh4 50. Ke4 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Haldorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nd5 h5 9. Nec3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 a5 12. h4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nb4 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Bxb7 b3 16. Qb1 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. Qxa2 c6 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. f3 Be6 21. d4 Qa7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Rd6 Qxa6 25. Qb1 Qxc4 26. b3 Qe2+ 27. Kg1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flatebo, Hallvard Haug"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. e5 Qc7 12. Be2 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Rab1 Bxe5 20. Bc6 Rc8 21. Bb5 Rd2 22. a4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Hordaland-ch NGP"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Takle, Mikael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. g3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Nxa6 15. Ne5 Nc5 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rb7 25. Ra1 h6 26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Bd6 29. b5 Nd7 30. f4 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Kd4 f6 34. e4 Bc7 35. Kc4 Nb6+ 36. Kc5 Nc8 37. b6 Bd6+ 38. Kb5 Kd7 39. Bb8 Bxb8 40. Nxb8+ Kd8 41. e5 fxe5 42. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyland, Thomas"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. f4 e6 10. Ndf3 Nfd7 11. Bd2 f6 12. Ng4 Nc6 13. c4 f5 14. Nge5 cxd4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. exd4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Rad1 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qf6 23. Bd5 Rad8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Rd6 26. c4 Rfd8 27. Rde1 Nd3 28. Re7 R6d7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. a4 Nb4 31. Rd1 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. h3 Ke7 35. g4 Kd6 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Kc5 38. Kh4 Rxd5 39. Re1 Rd7 40. Kg5 Kb4 41. Kxf5 Rf7+ 42. Kg5 Kxa4 43. f5 a5 44. f6 Rf8 45. Re7 b5 46. Rxh7 b4 47. Rb7 Kb3 48. f7 a4 49. Kg6 a3 50. Kg7 Rc8 51. f8Q Rxf8 52. Kxf8 a2 53. Ra7 Kb2 54. h4 a1Q 55. Rxa1 Kxa1 56. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Na5 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 f5 14. f3 Bh5 15. h3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Nb3 Nxc4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Qxc4 Rb4 23. Qxc5 Rxb2 24. Bxc7 Qg5 25. Rf2 Bxf3 26. Bf4 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rxf4 28. Bxf3 Be5 29. Ng3 Rf8 30. Bg4 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rb2 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qa3 0-0 9. Nf3 b6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. e5 Rc8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. h3 Be6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Nb4 21. Bb5 a5 22. Qa4 h6 23. a3 hxg5 24. axb4 Rf8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxg5 Qb6 28. Bd7 Rc4 29. Qa3 Bf6 30. Qg3 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. Nxe6 Rc2 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Ra8 Ra2 37. Rd1 a4 38. f4 a3 39. Kh2 Bc3 40. Ra4 e5 41. Rd3 Bb2 42. Ra6 Bd4 43. Rb3 Rb2 44. Raxa3 Rxb3 45. Rxb3 exf4 46. h4 Kf6 47. Rb5 Be3 48. Kh3 Bd2 49. Kg4 Be3 50. Ra5 Bd2 51. Ra6+ Kf7 52. Ra4 Kg7 53. Rxf4 Bxf4 54. Kxf4 Kh6 55. g3 Kh5 56. Ke5 Kg4 57. Kf6 Kxg3 58. Kg5 Kh3 59. Kxg6 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
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1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 Bd7 9. Rb1 Na6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. e4 f4 13. gxf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxf4 16. Bg2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne2 Rh4 19. Rbd1 Qg5 20. f4 Qh6 21. Qxd6 Bxc4 22. b3 Bf7 23. Qe7 Rf8 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. e5 Rg4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. Rxd5 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 cxd5 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34. Qxd5+ Qf7 35. Nc3 Nb4 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 a6 39. a3 Nc2 40. Na4 Kd7 41. Nc5+ Kc6 42. Ne6 Nxa3 43. Nf8 Nb5 44. Nxh7 Nc3+ 45. Kd4 Nd5 46. Ke4 a5 47. Nf8 b5 48. Nxg6 a4 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Kc2 Ne3+ 52. Kb2 Kd5 53. h4 Ke6 54. h5 Kf5 55. Ka3 Ng4 56. Kxa4 Nh6 57. Kb5 Ng8 58. Kc6 Kg4 59. e6 Kxh5 60. e7 Nf6 61. Ne5 Kh4 62. Kd6 Kg3 63. Ke6 Nh5 64. f5 Ng7+ 65. Kf6 Ne8+ 66. Kf7 Nd6+ 67. Ke6 Ne8 68. f6 1-0

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mihajlov, Sebastian"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 0-0 9. Be2 Qc7 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Rb1 e5 12. a4 Re8 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Bc4 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. d6 Qd8 20. Bg5 Qxg5 21. Bxd7 b6 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qd5 Qf5 24. d7 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. f3 h5 27. a5 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 h4 29. axb6 axb6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Ra1 f6 32. Ra8 Be7 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Qa8 Qc2 35. Rg1 Be7 36. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Lie, Espen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4 c5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bxa5 bxa5 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Qc8 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. a4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Nxc2 21. Be4 Nb4 22. Rfd1 Na2 23. Nxa5 Nc3 24. Bf3 Rbc8 25. Rbc1 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc7 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. e3 Kg7 30. Be2 Rcc8 31. f4 Rc7 32. Bf3 f5 33. h3 Kf7 34. g4 Rcc8 35. g5 Bg7 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37. h4 Bc3 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Kg3 Re8 40. Be6 h6 41. Kf3 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rh8 43. Kg2 Rbd8 44. a5 Rb8 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 Ra8 47. b7 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Rb8 49. Bc8 Ra7 50. Rd3 Bb4 51. Kf2 Raxb7 52. Bxb7 Rxb7 53. Kf3 Rb8 54. e4 Rh8 55. e5 Rh3+ 56. Ke2 Rxd3 57. Kxd3 d5 58. Ne3 e6 59. Nc2 Ba5 60. Ne3 Be1 61. Ng2 Bg3 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. Kf3 Bh2 64. Ke3 Bg1+ 65. Kd3 Bf2 66. Ke2 Bd4 67. Kd2 Bg1 68. Kd3 Ke8 69. Ke2 Bh2 70. Ke3 Ke7 71. Nh4 d4+ 72. Kd3 Bg3 73. Ng2 Kd7 74. Ke2 Ke8 75. Kf3 Bh2 76. Nh4 d3 77. Ng2 Bg1 78. Nh4 Kf7 79. Ng2 Bd4 80. Nh4 Bb2 81. Ng2 Bc1 82. Kf2 Bd2 83. Kf3 Ke8 84. Ne3 Kd7 85. Nd1 Bc1 86. Nf2 d2 87. Nd1 Kc6 88. Ke3 Kb5 89. Kd3 Kb4 90. Kc2 c4 91. bxc4 Kxc4 92. Ne3+ Kd4 93. Ng2 Ke4 94. Kd1 Ba3 95. Kxd2 Kf3 96. Nh4+ Kxf4 97. Nxg6+ Kxg5 98. Nh8 Be7 99. Ke3 Kh6 100. Nf7+ Kg7 101. Nd6 Bxd6 102. exd6 Kf7 103. Kd4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Qc1 Bb4 11. Nb1 0-0 12. Nh4 Be7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. e3 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Ndf6 16. Ne2 g6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Nf4 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. a3 h5 21. b4 Qd8 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. b5 h4 24. c5 Bb8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Nb4 Re6 27. Na6 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rb7 29. Bc3 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Ng4 31. Qd2 Bxg3 32. Re1 Bf2+ 33. Qxf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rbe7 36. Bd2 f4 37. Re2 Qg4 38. Kf2 f3 39. Bxf3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc5 12. dxc5 Bxa1 13. e5 f6 14. Bh6 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bc4+ e6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qa3 Kg7 20. Rd6 b6 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Rc6 Qd7 23. Bxe6 bxc5 24. h4 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Qxe5+ Kf7 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qh6 c4 34. Qxh7+ Kf6 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. g4 c3 37. g5 Ke7 38. Qf6+ Kd6 39. Qd4+ Bd5 40. Qf4+ Kd7 41. Qf5+ Be6 42. Qc2 Kd6 43. f4 Rc5 44. Qd3+ Bd5 45. Qg6+ Kc7 46. Qh7+ Kb6 47. Qc2 Rc4 48. g6 Be4 49. Qb3+ Kc5 50. g7 Bh7 51. Qa3+ Kb5 52. Qb3+ Kc5 53. Qa3+ Kb5 54. Qb3+ Kc5 55. Qa3+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes TV2 IM"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. exf3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe4 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 0-0 12. Bd3 f5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. f4 a5 16. Ke2 Ra7 17. Rhc1 c6 18. a4 Rc7 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Bd2 c5 21. Bb5 Nf6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. b4 axb4 24. Bxb4 Ne4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Ra7 27. f3 Rxa5 28. fxe4 Ra2+ 29. Kd1 Ba3 30. Rc7 fxe4 31. Bc6 Rxh2 32. Rbb7 e3 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 34. Ke1 Bb2 35. Bf3 h6 36. Be2 Bf6 37. Kf1 Rf2+ 38. Ke1 Rg2 39. Rf7 Ra8 40. Ra7 Rd8 41. Rfd7 Re8 42. Bh5 Bc3+ 43. Kf1 e2+ 44. Kxg2 e1Q 45. Bxe8 Qxe8 46. Re7 Qc6+ 47. Kh2 Bd4 48. Ra2 Kh7 49. Rd2 Bg1+ 50. Kh3 h5 51. Rg2 Bd4 52. Kh2 Qf3 53. Ree2 h4 54. gxh4 Qxf4+ 55. Kh1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Be5+ 57. Rxe5 Qf4+ 58. Kh3 Qxe5 59. Rg5 Qe3+ 60. Kg4 Qg1+ 61. Kh3 Qf2 62. h5 Qf3+ 63. Kh4 Qf4+ 64. Rg4 Qf6+ 65. Kg3 Qf5 66. Kh4 Kg8 67. Rg5 Qf4+ 68. Rg4 Qf2+ 69. Kh3 Qf1+ 70. Kh4 Qh1+ 71. Kg5 Kh7 72. Rf4 Qd5+ 73. Rf5 Qd2+ 74. Rf4 Qe3 75. Kg4 Kh6 76. Rf5 Qe4+ 77. Rf4 Qg2+ 78. Kf5 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Jacobsen, Fredrik Beer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 b6 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qb5 Bc6 19. Qd3 h6 20. f4 g4 21. Bf2 f5 22. Nd1 Bb5 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5 Rac8 25. Nc3 Rfd8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd5 Rcd8 29. Be6 1-0

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Satre, Stig"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a4 g6 10. Ra3 Bg7 11. Rd3 Qf5 12. Re3 0-0 13. c3 Rad8 14. g3 Bh6 15. Nh4 Qd5 16. Re2 e5 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Ng2 e4 19. Ne3 Qh5 20. Qd1 Ne5 21. Kg2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nd3 23. Ref2 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 c4 26. Ke2 Re6 27. b3 cxb3 28. Bb2 Rc6 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. Bc1 Rxa4 31. Rxb3 b6 32. Rb5 Ra1 33. Kd1 f5 34. Re5 Kf7 35. g4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Rd1 e5 9. Na3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Ne3 Qe6 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Qc4 0-0 15. Qxc5 Qd3 16. Qc4 Rad8 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Ne4 b6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Nf2 R3d7 21. d3 f5 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Nc4 Bf6 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nd5 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Re8 28. d4 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Nf4 30. g3 Nd3 31. Nxd3 Rxd3 32. Re2 Rc8 33. a4 Rc5 34. e6+ Ke7 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. Rae1 Rcc6 37. a5 bxa5 38. Re5 Ra6 39. Rb5 Rab6 40. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Kf4 Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. c4 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc6 46. Kd4 Re7 47. Ra6+ Kb7 48. Rf6 Rc7 49. Kd5 Rd7+ 50. Kc5 Rc7+ 51. Kd5 a5 52. c5 a4 53. Rb6+ Ka8 54. Kd6 Rg7 55. c6 a3 56. c7 Rg8 57. Kc6 Ka7 58. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Fard, Adel Gharebagi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. c4 c6 5. d4 f5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. e3 a5 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. c5 Qd5 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Rf2 Rb8 19. Qc2 b6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Bf1 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb4 25. Rfc2 Ra8 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. g4 g6 28. g5 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Ke7 30. h4 Kd6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Kg3 h6 33. gxh6 Rh8 34. Rc5 Rxh6 35. Rxa5 Rg6+ 36. Kf2 h4 37. Ra8 Rg3 38. Bg2 Rg7 39. Rh8 c5 40. dxc5+ Kxc5 41. Rxh4 Bb5 42. Bf1 Ra7 43. Bxb5 Kxb5 44. Rh6 Rxa2+ 45. Ke1 Ra6 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Rh8 Ra2+ 48. Kd1 Kc3 49. Rd8 Rb2 50. Rd6 Rxb3 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Ke1 Kc4 53. Kd1 Ra2 54. Ke1 Ra5 55. Ke2 e5 56. fxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd4+ Kc5 58. Rd8 Rd5 59. Rxd5+ Kxd5 60. Kd2 Kc4 61. Kc2 Kb4 62. Kb2 Kc4 63. Kc2 Kd5 64. Kd2 Ke5 65. Ke2 Kf6 66. Kf2 Kg6 67. Kg2 Kg5 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Kf2 Ke6 70. Ke2 Kd5 71. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Skrede, Per Arne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. exf7+ Nxf7 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. Nd5 e5 19. Rfd1 Rb7 20. Rac1 Qa5 21. Rxc5 Qxa2 22. Nb4 Qa5 23. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Alesund Grand Prix A"]
[Site "Alesund"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valle, Knut"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1563"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nf6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. f3 h6 17. Nh3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Kh7 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Be5 Qe6 21. Bf1 Qf5 22. Qg2 b5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Be2 Qc2 25. Bd1 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rfe8 27. Bc2 Nh5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Kf2 e6 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. h4 Rb6 32. Rae1 Reb8 33. b3 cxb3 34. Bxb3 Rc8 35. Re3 Rbc6 36. Rc1 b4 37. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Tryggestad, Andreas Garberg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Nordstrand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d4 0-0 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. d5 Qb6 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Na3 a5 14. Bc3 Qa6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 a4 17. Qb2 Nd3 18. Qb5 Nxf2 19. Rf1 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxf6 Bxg2 23. Rb6 Be4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 Kf8 26. Rd1 Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rd2 f5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. d6 Bc6 32. dxe7 Kxe7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Kc3 Ke5 35. Nd6 Rb1 36. Nf7+ Ke4 37. Rd6 Bb7 38. Ng5+ Kxe3 39. Nxh7 Be4 40. Ng5 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Rc2+ 42. Ka3 Rxh2 43. Rxg6 Kd4 44. Re6 Rg2 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46. Kxa4 Rxa2+ 47. Kb3 Rg2 48. Rd6+ Ke3 49. Rd5 Rxg3 50. Rxc5 Kd4+ 51. Kb4 e3 52. Rd5+ Ke4 53. Rd1 e2 54. Re1 Re3 55. c5 Kd5 56. c6 Kxc6 57. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Adnoy, Hallvard Voll"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Black Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Ne2 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. b3 exd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. c4 f6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e6 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bxe6 15. Qxc6 Qc8 16. Qb5 f5 17. Bb2 Qc2 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. f3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Na3 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Kf2 Rc3 27. Ke2 f4 28. Kd2 d4 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Nc2 Bf5 31. Bh1 Ne3 32. Ne1 Nf1+ 33. Kd1 Ne3+ 34. Kd2 Nf1+ 35. Kd1 fxg3 36. hxg3 Nxg3 37. Rxc3 dxc3 38. Bg2 Kf7 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Ne3 Kd6 41. f4 Kc5 42. Nxf5 Nxf5 43. Be4 g6 44. a3 Kd4 45. Bc6 Ne3+ 46. Ke2 Nd5 47. Bxd5 Kxd5 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kxc3 h4 50. Kd2 h3 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.03.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo SK 1911"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 0-0 10. d3 f6 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Be3 a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 Bd5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nbxd4 Rxa3 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Rxa3 Bxa3 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. e4 Bf7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Rc1 c5 23. Bh3 Qa4 24. Qb2 Ra6 25. Rb1 c4 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxb7 Ra7 28. Qc8 Qe8 29. Qxe8 Bxe8 30. N5d4 Bf7 31. Ne6 Ra8 32. Rc1 Nd6 33. e5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Re8 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. Rd1 Ne4 38. Bf1 g6 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Bc4 Nf6 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Rc6 Ng4 43. Rc8 Nf6 44. h4 Ra7 45. f3 h5 46. Kf2 Re7 47. Kf1 Ne8 48. Bd3 Re3 49. Be4 Nf6 50. Rc7+ Kh6 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Rf7 Nxe4+ 53. fxe4 Rb3 54. Rf3 Rb4 55. Ke3 Kg7 56. Kf4 Rb5 57. Rd3 Kf6 58. Rd5 Rb3 59. Ra5 Rc3 60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kf6 62. Rb7 Ra3 63. Rc7 Rb3 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. Rc1 Kf6 66. Rf1 Rb4 67. Rf3 Ra4 68. Re3 Rb4 69. Ra3 Rb5 70. Rd3 Ra5 71. Rd6+ Kg7 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73. Rd3 Ra4 74. Kf4 Ra5 75. Rd5 Ra3 76. Rd7+ Kf6 77. Rh7 Ra4 78. Rb7 Ra5 79. Rd7 Rb5 80. Rd5 Rb3 81. e5+ Ke6 82. Rd4 Ra3 83. Rb4 Rc3 84. Rd4 Ra3 85. Rc4 Rb3 86. Rc6+ Kf7 87. Rc7+ Ke6 88. Rc4 Ra3 89. Rb4 Rc3 90. Rb6+ Kf7 91. e6+ Ke7 92. g4 hxg4 93. Kxg4 Rc1 94. Kg5 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Haug, Johannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. b4 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. Ba3 Qd6 8. Qa4+ Nfd7 9. Ng5 0-0 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 e5 13. d3 Bf5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. 0-0 Rfe8 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Rfb1 Ne6 18. Bb4 b6 19. Rb2 Nf6 20. Rab1 a5 21. Ba3 Rec8 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Ne4 Ndc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 Qd6 27. Qa4 h5 28. Qxa5 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 e4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Qe6 32. Qb5 Qxe4 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb2 h4 36. Qd2 Kg8 37. Qd3 Qa8 38. a3 h3 39. f3 g6 40. Qb3 Qa5 41. Kf2 Qd2 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. g4 Qc1 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qxc5 Qh1 48. Qe5 Qg2+ 49. Ke1 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. Qa5 Qg1 52. Qe5 Qa1 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qb3 Qg1 55. Qb8 Qe3+ 56. Kd1 Qg1+ 57. Kc2 Qe3 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qe3 60. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moller, Sophus Mechlenburg"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qa3 Bg4 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Be2 e5 12. Be7 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxf8 Bxa1 16. 0-0 Be5 17. g3 Nd7 18. Bh6 c5 19. Be3 b6 20. Bg2 c4 21. f4 Bd6 22. Qa4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b5 25. Qd1 Nf8 26. f5 Re8 27. Qf3 Re7 28. f6 Re8 29. Bh3 Qd4 30. Re1 c3 31. a3 a5 32. Rc1 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Bg2 Re6 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 b5 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. e4 a6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Qe2 a5 12. Rab1 Na6 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Bf8 16. a3 b4 17. a4 Qc7 18. d4 c5 19. Rbc1 dxe4 20. d5 f5 21. Qh3 g6 22. g4 Qf4 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh5 Qxd2 25. Rc2 Qf4 26. dxe6 fxg4 27. Bc1 Qf5 28. Bxg5 Re8 29. Rd2 Be7 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rfd1 Bxd7 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Bf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nilsson, Joakim"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Be6 15. Ra3 cxd4 16. cxd4 a6 17. Bc4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. e4 Rb5 20. d5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Ra4 Bb6 23. Rd1 Rxb3 24. e5 Rd8 25. d6 exd6 26. exd6 g5 27. Bg3 f6 28. Kf1 Rd7 29. Re4 Kf7 30. Rde1 Bc5 31. Re7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kg6 33. Rc7 b6 34. Ke2 Rb4 35. d7 Rd4 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. f4 Rd5 39. fxg5 Kxg5 40. Be1 Be7 41. Bf2 Bd8 42. Rb7 b5 43. Be1 f5 44. Ra7 Kg4 45. Rb7 Kf4 46. Ra7 Kg4 47. Rb7 f4 48. Ra7 Rd6 49. Bb4 Rd4 50. Be1 Re4+ 51. Kf1 Re7 52. Bb4 Rh7 53. Bc5 Kf5 54. Kf2 Ke4 55. Rxa6 Rxd7 56. Bb4 Rd4 57. Bc3 Rc4 58. Bg7 Bh4+ 59. Kg1 Rc1+ 60. Kh2 Bg3+ 61. Kh3 Kf5 62. Rf6+ Kg5 63. Rxf4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hallman, Valo"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Nf4 Rd8 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Bd2 Bxd1 17. Bxa5 Bxb3 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. axb3 g5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rd1 Bxb2 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 b6 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke2 Bc1 27. f4 h6 28. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch U17"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Keinanen, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 c5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Qe4 Ra4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Qc2 Qa8 21. e4 Bd8 22. f3 Ne7 23. Bg5 Qa7 24. Rf2 Nc8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Rfd2 Ra1 28. Kh3 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qc7 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qa4 f6 32. Qa6 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. f4 Qc7 36. Qa8 Ke7 37. h4 h6 38. Kh3 Kd7 39. Qa1 Ke7 40. exf6+ gxf6 41. e5 f5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Qb7 44. Qa2 Qe4 45. Qb3 Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Qg6+ 47. Kf2 Qe4 48. Kg3 Qg6+ 49. Kf3 Qh5+ 50. Kg3 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2017.01.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Valerenga"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxc4 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Rc1 Qa2 17. Ba6 0-0 18. b4 Qa3 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. 0-0 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. b5 Rc4 24. e4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 dxe4 27. a5 g5 28. Bc7 d3 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. g4 h5 32. Rb4 Rc8 33. Rc4 f6 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kf7 36. Ke1 Ke6 37. Rxd4 Rxc7 38. Rxe4+ Kd5 39. Rb4 Kc5 40. Rb1 Rb7 41. b6 axb6 42. Kd2 b5 43. Kxd3 b4 44. Ke4 Ra7 45. Rd1 b3 46. Rd5+ Kc4 47. Rd6 Rxa5 48. Rc6+ Rc5 49. Rb6 Re5+ 50. Kf3 Rb5 51. Rc6+ Kb4 52. Rc1 b2 53. Re1 Kc3 54. Re3+ Kd2 55. Re2+ Kd1 56. Rxb2 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch rapid"]
[Site "Sandefjord"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grundekjon, Christian S"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. exd6 cxd6 7. 0-0 g6 8. c4 Nf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Kh1 f5 15. b3 e4 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Rad1 a6 18. a4 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. g3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 e5 23. h3 Nf6 24. b4 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxe5 Rae8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd8 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. Ne6 Rc8 32. Rfd1 h6 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Kf1 g5 35. h4 Kg6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ke2 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxe6 39. Ra5 Rc3 40. g4 f4 41. Rdd5 Rc2+ 42. Ke1 Rb6 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. Rgf5+ Ke6 45. Rae5+ Kd6 46. Rf6+ Kxe5 47. Rxb6 a5 48. g5 f3 49. g6 Rc1+ 50. Kd2 Rf1 51. Rb5+ Kf4 52. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 53. Ke1 Rg2 54. Ra6 Ke3 55. Kf1 Ra2 56. Kg1 Ra1+ 57. Kh2 f2 58. Rf6 Rg1 59. a5 Rg5 60. a6 Ke2 61. a7 Rxg6 62. Rxg6 f1Q 63. a8Q Qf4+ 64. Rg3 Qf7 65. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Bergen Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gandrud, Vegar Koi"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. 0-0 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Be6 15. Bd7 b6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ba3 e5 18. Rd7 Bf6 19. g3 Kf7 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Rcc7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Ke8 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rd4 25. Re2 Ra4 26. Bc1 e6 27. f3 Be7 28. Be3 Rc4 29. Kf1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rxc5 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Ke7 35. Ke2 b5 36. Rb2 a6 37. a4 bxa4 38. Rb6 a3 39. Rxa6 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra5 Kd6 42. Ra6+ Kc5 43. Rxe6 a2 44. Ra6 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. Ke3 Rh2 47. f4 exf4+ 48. Kd3 f3 49. Ke3 f2 50. Ke2 f1Q+ 51. Kxf1 a1Q+ 0-1

[Event "Bergen Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Kalinin, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bh7 11. a3 a5 12. Bc3 Qb6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Rxb7 e5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. e3 Ne5 23. Rb6 Nxc4 24. Rxc6 Qb4 25. Rc7 Ne5 26. Bf1 Nd3 27. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Bergen Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Nakken, Roar E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d4 c6 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. b3 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 f5 13. Qc2 f4 14. e4 f3 15. Bh1 Qg5 16. Qd3 Rf7 17. e5 Be7 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Raf8 21. Bg2 g5 22. f3 h5 23. Bf1 g4 24. f4 Nb6 25. c5 Nc8 26. b4 b5 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Nb3 Bd8 29. Be1 Bc2 30. Rc1 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Na7 32. b5 cxb5 33. Bb4 Re8 34. Bd6 Be7 35. Bxb5 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Nxc8 37. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Bergen Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Otterlei, Olav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 Qb6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 Ne4 8. e3 f5 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Qd8 14. h4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 h6 16. Nh3 Be6 17. Bd2 Bb3 18. Rdc1 Bd6 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Bh3 Rhd8 21. Be1 g5 22. Ne2 Kg6 23. h5+ Kf6 24. Bc3+ Be5 25. Bxe5+ Kxe5 26. Rc5+ Rd5 27. Rxd5+ Bxd5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. g4 f4 30. Nc3 Bc4 31. exf4+ gxf4 32. Re1 e3 33. fxe3 Rd2 34. exf4+ Kxf4 35. g5 Nd4 36. Bg2 Bd3 37. g6 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Kxf3 39. Kh1 Kg3 40. Re3+ Kf2 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Ne4+ Kf1 43. Kh2 Rd7 44. Kg3 Ke2 45. Nf6 Rg7 46. Ng4 Kd2 47. Nxh6 Kc2 48. Nf5 Rg8 49. g7 Kxb2 50. h6 Rc8 51. h7 1-0

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Machlik, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bergens"]
[BlackTeam "Tromsoe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. d4 0-0 11. c3 c5 12. e3 Nc6 13. f4 b5 14. g4 Qb6 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6 17. h5 Nf5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bh3 b4 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qd2 Raf8 22. a3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 cxd4 24. exd4 Bxg5 25. Qe3 Nd8 26. Nd2 Bxf4 27. Qd3 e5 0-1

[Event "NOR-chT 1617"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sandal, Eirik"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SK 96"]
[BlackTeam "Bergens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. b3 Re8 10. Nge2 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rac1 Nbd7 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. Nce2 Re7 20. Rc3 Qf6 21. f4 Ng6 22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Nh5 Qh4 24. Rh3 Qg4 25. f5 Ne4 26. Qd1 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Nf8 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Rhe3 Nd7 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. g4 h6 32. h3 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. a3 Nb1 38. f6 g6 39. Ng7 Nxa3 40. c5 Nb5 41. Kf3 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nxb3 43. d6 cxd6 44. cxd6 Nc5 45. h4 Nd7 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 a5 48. Kd3 a4 49. Kc4 e4 0-1

[Event "Liljevatnet BGP U20"]
[Site "Liljevatnet"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holleland, Sigve"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 a6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qc7 18. Qd6 Be5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bc5 b6 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. Bd4 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Bb7 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxc1 26. Bxa6 b5 27. Bb7 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. a3 Rc4 30. Be5 Rxe4 31. Bd6 f5 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Bb4 Rxb4 35. axb4 0-1

[Event "Liljevatnet BGP U20"]
[Site "Liljevatnet"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Fjeldstad, Vegard Lauvik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "754"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 Nc6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd5+ Kf8 11. Qxe5 d6 12. Qd4 Kf7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg5 c5 15. Qf2 Rf8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Liljevatnet BGP U20"]
[Site "Liljevatnet"]
[Date "2016.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mansoor, Afras"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be3 0-0 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ne2 Nfd7 18. 0-0 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nc4 22. Qd3 Nxb2 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Rfa1 Qb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Ra7 Rb3 29. R7a3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Nc4 31. Bc1 Nxa3 32. Bxa3 Ra8 33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Kf2 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc1 36. Ne2 Rc2 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Kd3 Ra2 39. Ke3 f5 40. h4 Kf6 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Ke5 43. Nc1 Ra3+ 44. Nd3+ Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Liljevatnet BGP U20"]
[Site "Liljevatnet"]
[Date "2016.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Haldorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 0-0 5. Ne2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. h3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nbd6 Nxc3 17. Nxb7 Nxd1 18. Raxd1 Qxb7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Rxd7 Bxg5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. f4 Bf6 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kg2 c4 26. Rb1 c3 27. Rb6 c2 28. Rc6 Rb8 29. Rcc7 Rbxb7 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rfe7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Liljevatnet BGP U20"]
[Site "Liljevatnet"]
[Date "2016.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Sunde, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1389"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. b3 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. e4 Bh7 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. d4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nf8 21. Ba5 Qd7 22. Rac1 Re8 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. f4 Nfd7 26. Nb3 Na4 27. c5 b6 28. Rd2 bxc5 29. dxc5 Nb8 30. Ba5 Qb7 31. Qc4 Qb5 32. Qxb5 cxb5 33. Bb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Storme, Isak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Qd3 0-0 11. Nd4 g6 12. f4 Qc7 13. h4 Rac8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Ne3 19. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxd1 21. Kxd1 Qd5+ 22. Nd2 Qxa2 23. Kc1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qb5 25. h5 h6 26. g4 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. c3 Rc8 29. Kc2 Re8 30. Bh4 g5 31. Bf2 Rd8 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Bc5 b5 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Kd3 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. Bxb4 Rc4 38. Bc5 Ra4 39. Bd4 Ra2 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Nd2 Ra2 42. Kd3 Ra3 43. Ne4 Ra1 44. Kc2 Ra4 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ 47. Kc5 Re1 48. Nd6 Re2 49. Ne8+ Kf8 50. Nf6 Ke7 51. Kxb5 Rg2 52. Kc6 Kd8 53. Kd6 Rd2 54. Kc6 Rd3 55. Kb7 Rd2 56. Bb6+ Ke7 57. Bc5+ Kd8 58. c4 Ra2 59. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markovic, Dino"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 f6 14. h5 g5 15. h6 e5 16. Qe3 b6 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. g3 Kh8 20. 0-0 Rg8 21. Kg2 Rg6 22. Rh1 Qf8 23. Rh5 Rxh6 24. Rbh1 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 Qd6 26. Rh6 Rg8 27. Nf3 Qf8 28. Rh1 h6 29. Nh2 Kg7 30. Bg4 Qc8 31. Qf3 Rh8 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Ng4 Qf7 34. Ne3 h5 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. f4 b5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. d6 Nc4 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Rxh5 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 Rxh5 43. Qxh5 Qxd6 44. Qxg5+ Kf7 45. Qxe3 Kxe7 46. Qg5+ Qf6 47. Qe3 Qd6 48. Qg5+ Kd7 49. Qf5+ Kc7 50. Qf7+ Kb6 51. Qe8 c4 52. a4 a6 53. axb5 axb5 54. Kg2 c3 55. Qc8 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 c2 57. Qb8+ Ka5 58. Qc7+ Ka4 59. Qa7+ Kb3 60. Qc5 Qb4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Bugar, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. b3 d5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. cxd5 Bc5 14. Qh4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qg5 d4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 h6 21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Rc1 Re7 23. h4 Rae8 24. e3 Qf3 25. Rd8 Qe4 26. Rcc8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kh7 28. h5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cirovic, Miroljub"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 c5 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa2 11. 0-0 Qe6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. e5 Qd8 14. Be3 h6 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Nc5 f5 19. d5 Qf6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Bd4 Qf7 23. Ne6 Bxd4 24. Nxf8 Bf6 25. Ne6 Bb7 26. Rbc1 Nd7 27. Rc7 Bc8 28. Rdc1 Qe8 29. Bb5 Be5 30. Bc6 Bxc7 31. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Birkisson, Bjorn Holm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Na5 12. Na3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. c6 Nxc6 15. Qxc4 Na5 16. Qe2 Nb3 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qc2 20. Rxb3 Qxb3 21. Bb4 Rc2 22. Qd1 Rb8 23. Bxb7 h6 24. Bxa6 Nd5 25. Bb5 Nxb4 26. axb4 Rb2 27. Qd6 Rf8 28. a5 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Bf3 Ra4 32. a6 Rc3 33. Bb7 Rca3 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Kf4 Kc7 40. Kf3 Ra2 41. Kg2 f5 42. Kf3 e5 43. Kg2 Kd6 44. Kf3 e4+ 45. Kg2 Ke5 46. Kf1 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Kg1 f4 49. gxf4+ gxf4 50. Bc8 f3 51. Bb7 Kf5 52. Bc8+ Kg5 53. Bb7 Kg4 54. Bc8+ Kh4 55. Bb7 Ra4 56. Kh2 Ra2 57. Kg1 Kg4 58. Bc8+ Kg5 59. Bb7 Kf5 60. Bc8+ Ke5 61. Bb7 Kf5 62. Bc8+ Kf6 63. Bb7 Ke5 64. Bc8 Ra1+ 65. Kh2 Rf1 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kh3 Rf1 68. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Todorov, Kaloyan"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b4 a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. Bb2 d4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. c3 c5 13. Nfd2 f5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. a4 Nbc6 17. Qd2 f4 18. f3 g5 19. g4 Be6 20. Rfc1 b6 21. Bf1 Rfc8 22. Be2 Bf8 23. Bd1 Ng6 24. Qe2 Bb4 25. Nbd2 Nge7 26. Ba3 Qb7 27. Rab1 Bxa3 28. Nxa3 h6 29. Ndc4 Ra6 30. Nb5 Qd7 31. Nba3 Rb8 32. Rb5 Nc8 33. Rcb1 Qc7 34. R5b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Jurasek, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. b3 d5 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Bd6 12. Qd4 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Nc6 14. Qf4 dxc4 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Bd6 Qc8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Na4 Nd7 20. bxc4 e5 21. Qg4 Nd4 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Nxb6 Qh3 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Rab8 27. c5 Bc6 28. Rd6 Red8 29. Rcd1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Be4 31. f3 Bb7 32. f4 Nc6 33. Rd7 g6 34. Rc7 Nd8 35. Kf2 Ne6 36. Nd7 Nxc7 37. Nxb8 Bd5 38. a3 Kg7 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kd4 Be6 41. e4 Nb5+ 42. Ke3 a5 43. a4 Na7 44. c6 Ke7 45. e5 Kd8 46. Kd4 Kc7 47. Kc5 Kxb8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. b4 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bd4 Bf5 9. f4 e6 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. fxe5 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Qe2 d4 17. Kg1 Rd8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. Re1 Qh6 20. Nc4 Rg8 21. h3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Brejnik, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ng5 Qb8 15. Qf5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Nxd5 Nxe5 21. f4 Nc6 22. e3 Kh7 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Westerlund, Ola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 e5 9. e3 Re8 10. Nc3 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxa1 17. Bf4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd6 Be6 20. Ng5 Bxa2 21. Bxc6 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Rc8 23. Ne4 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxe4 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. c6 Be6 27. Rd8 Rc4 28. c7 a4 29. Bd6 h5 30. Rb8 Bd4 31. f4 Kf6 32. Kf3 Bc3 33. Ke3 Ba5 34. Rb7 Kg7 35. Be5+ Kh6 36. Kd3 Bxc7 37. Bxc7 a3 38. Be5 a2 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Brorsen, Jacob Abildlund"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. a3 a6 13. axb4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. cxb5 Bb3 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Qd1 h6 18. h3 Qd7 19. b6 Qc6 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. b5 Qd7 23. Ndb1 Ra1 24. Qd2 Bc4 25. Na3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Bd3 27. f3 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Bc5 f6 30. Qd2 Nxb6 31. Qe3 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. b6 Qe6 34. b4 f5 35. Nd1 Bg5 36. Qc3 e4 37. fxe4 Qxe4 38. Ne3 Bb5 39. Kh1 f4 40. Ng4 Bc6 41. Qd2 f3 42. Be3 fxg2+ 43. Kh2 g1Q+ 44. Kxg1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2 Bh4+ 46. Ke2 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kristensen, Kjell Ole"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qd4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bb4 13. e6 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. 0-0-0 N8d7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Rg1 h6 21. Bh3 Kxf7 22. Rde1 g5 23. Nd2 Bc5 24. Bxf6 Rhe8 25. Rgf1 Nd5 26. Bc3 Be3 27. Kc2 Bf4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf2 Be3 30. Rf1 Bf4 31. Rh1 Re2 32. Rd1 Ne3+ 33. Kc1 Nxd1 34. Kxd1 Rxh2 35. Bc8 h5 36. Bxb7 h4 37. Nf1 Rh1 38. Ke2 h3 39. Kf2 h2 40. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 41. Kf1 Bc1 42. b3 cxb3 43. axb3 Be3 44. Bd5+ Ke7 45. Be5 Rd2 46. Be4 Bd4 47. Bb8 Ke6 48. Bg3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Hofmann, Rares"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. a4 c5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. Nb5 0-0 12. Rb1 a5 13. b3 e5 14. Bb2 e4 15. Ng5 e3 16. f4 h6 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Qd4 Bc5 20. Nd5 Qxe4 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxc5 Qf5 23. Qxe3 Re8 24. Qa7 Be6 25. Be5 Rbc8 26. Qxb7 Rc2 27. Rbc1 Rxe2 28. Qb5 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bd5+ 30. Kf2 Rxe5 31. Rfe1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Qh3 33. Ke3 Qxh2 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. f5 Qc2 36. Rf1 Qc3+ 37. Ke2 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molvig, Henrik"]
[Black "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rfd8+ 16. Kc2 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 Bxe5 18. Nc3 Nd4+ 19. Kb1 f5 20. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkesvik, Sondre"]
[Black "Palozza, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 h6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c5 Qe7 11. f4 Bd7 12. b4 Be8 13. a4 Bh5 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qd2 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Be8 19. b6 Nd7 20. Ra1 Bh5 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. Rcb1 Nf8 23. Bf1 Qf6 24. Ra7 Rab8 25. e3 Ng6 26. Be2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qe7 28. Nf2 Qf7 29. Ng4 Rf8 30. Rba1 Qe7 31. h4 Rfe8 32. h5 Nh8 33. Ne5 Qd8 34. Qg4 Nf7 35. Ng6 Nh8 36. Nh4 Qf6 37. R1a2 Nf7 38. Rf2 Red8 39. Kf1 Kh7 40. Rg2 Re8 41. Kf2 Red8 42. Ra1 Re8 43. Qh3 Qe7 44. g4 Nh8 45. g5 Rf8 46. Ng6 Nxg6 47. hxg6+ Kg8 48. gxh6 gxh6 49. Qxh6 Qg7 50. Rh1 1-0

