[Event "Crailsheim op"]
[Site "Crailsheim"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grau, Helmut"]
[Black "Merklinger, Otto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qg5 9. Nxc6 Qxg2 10. Rf1 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Rxf3 Bd6 13. h3 Rb8 14. d4 Bb4 15. Bf4 Ba5 16. b3 Ne7 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. Rd1 f6 19. Na4 Kf7 20. c4 Rhe8 21. a3 Ng6 22. Kd3 c5 23. Nxc5 Bb6 24. b4 Rxd4+ 25. Kxd4 Rd8+ 26. Kc3 Rxd1 27. Nd3 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Bd4+ 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. Rd3 Be5 31. Nd5 Ke6 32. Kb3 Rb1+ 33. Ka4 c6 34. Ne3 h5 35. Ka5 Re1 36. Ka6 g5 37. Kxa7 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Bd4+ 39. c5 Bxe3 40. Kb7 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. a4 g3 43. a5 g2 44. a6 g1Q 45. a7 Qg7+ 46. Kb6 Qf8 47. Kxc6 Qc8+ 48. Kb6 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Crailsheim op"]
[Site "Crailsheim"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merklinger, Otto"]
[Black "Werner, Holger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 c5 8. Re1 a6 9. e4 Qc7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Rxe6 Nb6 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Re7 Bf6 17. Re1 Nxc4 18. b3 Na5 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Rb1 Rc8 21. Qd2 c4 22. Bc3 b6 23. b4 Nc6 24. Re3 Qxb1+ 25. Ne1 Qf5 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. d5 Rc7 28. Rf3 Qd7 29. Qh6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Crailsheim op"]
[Site "Crailsheim"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merklinger, Otto"]
[Black "Woerlein, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Nc5 10. Qf7+ Kd7 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qxg7 Nh5 13. Qf7 Nf6 14. Qe6+ Kc6 15. Nf7 Qg8 16. Qc4+ Nc5 17. Nxh8 Qxh8 18. a4 a6 19. b4 d5 20. b5+ Kd7 21. Qh4 axb5 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. d4 Nb3 24. Rb1 bxa4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Ne5+ Ke6 27. f3 c5 28. Bf4 c4 29. Nc6 a3 30. Nb4 a2 31. Ra1 Nxa1 32. Rxa1 Ra3 33. Be5 Qf8 34. Bxf6 exf6 35. Qxh7 Rxc3 36. Na6 Rb3 37. Rxa2 Qc8 38. Nc7+ Kd6 39. Ra7 Qd8 40. Nxd5 c3 41. Nxf6 Kc6 42. Qb7+ Kb5 43. Qa6+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 45. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Hohenlohe op"]
[Site "Hohenlohe"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merklinger, Otto"]
[Black "Straub, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. d4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nb3 Bf6 16. Ne1 Nd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rxd6 Bxg2 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxf6 Be4 21. Qg4 Bg6 22. Bc3 Qc6 23. h4 f6 24. Na5 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. f3 Bg6 27. Kf2 e5 28. e4 Rcd8 29. Ke2 Bf7 30. Ng2 Rb8 31. Ne3 Kf8 32. Nb3 Rc8 33. Bb2 Ke8 34. Ba3 Rc6 35. Nxc5 Rdc7 36. Nd3 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Kd2 Rxc1 39. Bxc1 Rc4 40. Bb2 Kd8 41. Bc3 Ra4 42. Nc1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Ra6 44. Bb2 Rc6+ 45. Kd2 Ra6 46. a3 Ke6 47. Nd3 Rb6 48. Kc2 Rc6+ 49. Bc3 Rc8 50. a4 Kd7 51. Nb4 Kd6 52. Nd5 Rb8 53. Ba5 Ke6 54. g4 h5 55. Kd3 hxg4 56. fxg4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hohenlohe op"]
[Site "Hohenlohe"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwalbe, Gerhard"]
[Black "Merklinger, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Ne5 Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. Bc3 Rd8 16. Nc5 e5 17. e3 exd4 18. exd4 Bf8 19. Nd3 c5 20. a4 Qb6 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Rb4 25. Rfd1 Bd7 26. a5 Bg4 27. Rd2 Re8 28. Bc3 Ra4 29. Rc1 Be2 30. Bxd5 Bb5 31. f3 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Ra1+ 34. Rd1 Rxa5 35. Rc7 Be8 36. Rd8 1-0

