[Event "Cologne KSV-ch"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Linke, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d5 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 0-0-0 12. Bg2 Nxe5 13. f4 Qg4+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. h4 f5 16. Nf3 Rd6 17. Ne5 Qh5 18. c5 Rf6 19. Bd5 Nh6 20. Be6+ Kb8 21. Nxc6+ Ka8 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Bd5 c6 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Bxg4 Rxe5 27. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Cologne KSV-ch"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Reinartz, Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Na6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nac5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. Qd1 d6 17. c4 Ba6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. a4 Bc8 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. Nf1 h5 23. e4 Qg6 24. Qd3 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bd3 28. Ne3 Re4 29. Rac1 Rbe8 30. Red1 Rd4 31. Rc3 Bxc4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rxc4 dxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Rc6 Rb3 36. Rxd6 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Kf2 a4 39. Ra6 Rxd5 40. Rxa4 Kh7 41. g4 h4 42. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cologne KSV-ch"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schmitz, Michael"]
[Black "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 10. Bf3 c6 11. Bg4 f6 12. e6 Nc7 13. Bf5 g6 14. Qg4 Qe8 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Bd3 Nxe6 19. Qh4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Bxb4 21. c3 Bc5 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. g3 Ng5 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Bg2 Kg8 26. h4 Nf7 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Nd4 Bg4 29. Re3 Ne5 30. Rae1 Kf7 31. b3 Bc5 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. f3 Bc8 34. Bh3 Nd7 35. b4 Bd6 36. Ne6 Rh8 37. Bg4 Ne5 38. Ng5+ fxg5 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxe5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rd8 43. Kg3 d4 44. cxd4 Rxd4 45. Re4 Rd2 46. a4 Rb2 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. Kf4 h6 49. Re4+ Kf6 50. Rd4 Ke6 51. Re4+ Kd5 52. Kg4 Rc2 53. Kg3 Rc4 54. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felsmann, Helmut"]
[Black "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. a3 Qb6 8. b4 cxb4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 bxa3 12. Rb1 Qd8 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. 0-0 Qxd6 15. Qc1 0-0 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Qxa3 Rd8 18. Ne5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Bg5 Bb5 21. Qg3 Ne4 22. Qf4 f6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Ke7 26. Qh6 fxe5 27. Qxh7+ Ke8 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Kc8 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Rfb1 Qc7 32. Qg6 Qe7 33. Rb6 Re8 34. Rab1 Bb5 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. dxe5 Ka7 37. Rxb5 axb5 38. f3 Nc5 39. Qc2 Rac8 40. Ra1+ Na6 41. Qd3 Qc5+ 42. Kf1 Qc4 43. Rd1 Qxd3+ 44. Rxd3 Rc2 45. f4 Rec8 46. h4 Ra2 47. Kg1 Rcc2 48. Rg3 b4 49. h5 Rc3 50. Kh2 Rxg3 51. Kxg3 b3 0-1

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldenstein, Arnd"]
[Black "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bg5 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. Rfc1 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. Bf4 Nb8 14. Na4 Nc6 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxa6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 bxa6 22. exf6 Bb7 23. Rc7 Ba8 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. Ng4 Rb8 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jopek, Eugeniusz"]
[Black "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Be4 Bc7 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. g3 Rf8 21. c4 d4 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. c5 Qc8 24. Bg4 Nf5 25. Ng5 1-0

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Krabes, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Kh1 d5 17. f4 Re8 18. fxe5 Re6 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxf6 Qh8 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Qf4 Kh7 23. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Krueger, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nb3 a5 8. a4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. 0-0 Bd6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bc2 Nb4 17. Ne5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Ne4 20. f3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qd6 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rae1 Rf6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rxc4 27. Qxb6 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Rc4 31. Rb6 Rxa4 32. Rb5 Rxd4 33. Rxa5 Rd2 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. h3 h5 36. g3 Ke6 37. Kg1 Kf5 38. g4+ Kf4 39. Ra7 h4 40. Rxg7 Kg3 41. Kf1 Kxh3 42. Ke1 Ra2 43. Rd7 Kg2 44. Rxd5 h3 45. Rh5 h2 0-1

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Meier, Franz1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 exd4 5. cxd4 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Ndf3 Qf4 16. Rd1 Be7 17. g3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. b4 0-0 20. Rh2 d5 21. g4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Kf1 Rfe8 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. a3 Rd6 28. Qd3 Qxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Red8 30. Ne1 Bg5 31. Ne2 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rh5 h6 34. f4 g6 35. Rh3 Rf5 36. Nd3 h5 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Re3 Kf8 39. Ne5 g5 40. fxg5 Rxg5+ 41. Kh3 h4 42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nc5 Rg6 44. Nf4 Rg3+ 45. Rxg3 hxg3 46. Kxg3 Bxc5 47. bxc5 Kd7 48. Nd3 Kc6 49. Kf4 a5 50. Ke5 b4 51. a4 b3 52. Kd4 f5 53. Kc3 f4 54. Kxb3 f3 55. Ne5+ Kxc5 56. Nxf3 Kd5 57. Nd2 Kc5 58. Nc4 Kc6 59. Nxa5+ Kb6 60. Nc4+ Kc5 61. Kc3 Kc6 62. Kb4 Kb7 63. Kb5 Ka7 64. a5 Kb7 65. a6+ Ka7 66. Ka5 Ka8 67. Kb6 Kb8 68. Nd6 Ka8 69. Nb5 Kb8 70. a7+ 1-0

[Event "KSV-ch"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkle, Christoph"]
[Black "Reinartz, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. f3 d5 11. Bb3 d4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Kh1 a5 14. c3 Bc5 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 d3 17. Qc1 a4 18. Bc4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Nf5 Kf8 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. f4 d2 24. Qc2 Qb5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Rf5 Qe6 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. e5 Ra5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxe5 31. Rff1 Rad5 32. Qxh7 R8d7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qxc6 R7d6 35. Qxa4 Qe2 36. Qf4 Qe6 37. h3 Re5 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Re2 40. Qc1 Qd5 41. Rf3 Qe5 42. Qf4 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Qe7 44. Rg3+ Kh7 45. Qg4 Qf6 46. Qh5+ Qh6 47. Qxf7+ 1-0

