[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Abdulyazanov, Malik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. 0-0 Rfd8 13. Qb2 cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. h3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makarenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nh5 Qh4 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Rxb7 Nd5 21. Qc2 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Be4 Nce7 24. Ne2 Nf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qd2 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rb2 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Be5 f6 32. Bd4 Rd2 33. a4 Nxd4 34. cxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Ra3 Ke5 38. f3 Kd5 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Kc5 41. Kc3 f5 42. f4 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Filonov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 c5 15. d5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. h3 g6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Nc4 Nh5 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne8 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. f4 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. f5 Qh4 29. Rbe1 Rbe8 30. Nd6 Re7 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Nc4 Qg7 33. f6 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Nc5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4 b5 9. Be2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne6 11. Bg3 Ba6 12. a3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nbd2 d5 16. c3 Be7 17. Ra2 Nd7 18. Rfa1 Rfb8 19. Nf1 Ndc5 20. c4 Nb3 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Kolosov, Anatoly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 a6 5. a4 Qc7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. f4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxb5 Rd8 21. Qf3 Qf5 22. Qg3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. Nb5 Qe5 27. Ra7 Bf5 28. d6 Be6 29. Re7 Qg7 30. Bxe6 Rxb5 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Bc4 Rxf3 33. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Zuev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. Bg5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Bd2 Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Rae1 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Ree1 e4 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Ne2 c6 20. h3 c5 21. Bc3 Rf7 22. Qa4 Nh5 23. Rc1 Ng3 24. Nxg3 Qxg3 25. Be1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qd3 27. Bc3 Rg7 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rfxd1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 h5 31. Kh2 h4 32. Rg1 Kf7 33. g4 hxg3+ 34. Rcxg3 Rxg3 35. Rxg3 Rh8 36. Rb3 b6 37. a4 Re8 38. Kg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zvjgincev, Valentin"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 f6 13. Bf4 f5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qb4 Nb3 22. Qxb7 Na5 23. Qb2 Nc4 24. Qc1 f4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rf2 Qd5 27. Qd2 Rab8 28. h4 Ba3 29. Ng5 Rb2 30. Qe1 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Be7 32. Nf3 Rb8 33. Qd2 Qe4 34. Re1 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Qb2 Bd5 38. Qb7 Kf8 39. c4 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Qc2+ 41. Kh3 Qxc4 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. Qxf4 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kashicina, Elena"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Qc2 a5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. h3 Ne4 16. Rac1 Ng5 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh2 f5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Qc3 Kh8 22. Rfe1 g5 23. g3 Rg8 24. Bd3 Qg7 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Rge1 Bd7 27. Qc5 Qg7 28. Rg1 b6 29. Qd6 Rae8 30. Rce1 Re6 31. Qa3 Rg6 32. Qa1 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Gusakov, Vitaly Semenovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. 0-0-0+ Nbd7 8. Nf3 Kc7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. e3 f5 13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Kb1 Nb3 19. Rdd1 Be6 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Na2 Rhd8 22. Nb4 Rd7 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Nd3 Re8 26. Rd1 b6 27. Nd2 c5 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Nc1 Rf8 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rf1 exf3 32. gxf3 h5 33. Rh1 g4 34. Rxh5 gxf3 35. Bf1 Be4+ 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Kc2 f2 38. Rh2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk-ch sf"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Safronov, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 Bg4 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qb4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Qxa5 e5 17. Qc3 Qf5 18. Qb4 Qf6 19. Qa4+ Kd8 20. c5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qh4+ f6 23. Qg3 Qxg3+ 24. hxg3 Kd7 25. Rac1 h5 26. c6+ bxc6 27. dxc6+ Ke6 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd7 Rbc8 30. e4 Rhd8 31. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk-ch sf"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davydov, Ivan"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 14. Qe4 Qg5 15. h4 Qf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rfe8+ 18. Kd2 Qxf2+ 19. Kc3 Qf6+ 20. Qd4 Re5 21. b4 c5 22. Qc4 Re4+ 23. d4 Rxd4 24. Qf1 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk-ch sf"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loboda, Nikolay"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 f5 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bc4 a6 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bb3 Ng4 11. Nd4 b4 12. Nc6 Qd6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f5 N6e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Bxf5 17. Bxe5 Qg6 18. 0-0 0-0-0 19. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Palamarchuk, Anatoliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. d4 Na4 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc8 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Ng5 Na6 19. Bg8 e6 20. Bxe6 Ke7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Qxg7 Qxg7 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Nxg7 Nb4 26. Rh2 Rhg8 27. f5 Raf8 28. f6+ Kd7 29. e6+ Kc8 30. f7 Rxg7 31. Bh6 Rfxf7 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. 0-0-0 Kc7 34. Re2 b5 35. axb5 cxb5 36. Rde1 Nd5 37. Re5 Rd7 38. b3 b4 39. Kb2 Kc6 40. Bf8 Kb5 41. Rxd5+ Rxd5 42. Re5 Kc6 43. Rxd5 Kxd5 44. Bg7 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. c3 bxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Ke4 48. Kc4 Kf3 49. h4 Kg4 50. Bf6 Kf5 51. Bd8 Ke6 52. Bxa5 Kd7 53. d5 Kd6 54. Bb4+ Kc7 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. d6 Kc8 57. Kc6 Kb8 58. d7 Ka7 59. d8N Ka8 60. Bc5 Kb8 61. b4 Ka8 62. b5 Kb8 63. b6 Ka8 64. Nf7 Kb8 65. Nd6 Ka8 66. Nb5 Kb8 67. Be7 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eremin, Boris"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. 0-0 Nxd3 7. Qxd3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Qxb7 Nb4 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bf4 0-0 15. Rad1 h6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Qb7 18. b3 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. a4 d4 22. Na3 Nb6 23. c4 Nc8 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Ne1 Bf5 26. Rbb2 Ne7 27. Bh2 Qg6 28. Kh1 Nc6 29. Nf3 Bc8 30. Nb5 Bb7 31. Nc7 Rac8 32. Nd5 Ne7 33. Nf4 Qe4 34. e6 fxe6 35. Nxe6 Rd7 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Ne5 Rb7 38. f3 Bf5 39. Nxf8 Kxf8 40. g4 Bh7 41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Nxc6 Rxc6 43. Bg1 Rcb6 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Rxd4 Rxb3 46. Rxb3 Rxb3 47. Rd8+ Ke7 48. Rc8 Rb7 49. c5 Kd7 50. Rh8 Bc2 51. a5 Kc6 52. Re8 Rc7 53. Re5 Kb5 54. Kf2 Kxa5 55. Ke3 Kb5 56. Kd4 a5 57. f4 a4 58. f5 a3 59. Re8 a2 60. Rb8+ Kc6 61. Rb6+ Kd7 62. Ra6 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Efremychev, Anatoliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Na3 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxb2 15. Nc2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qxa2 17. 0-0 Bb5 18. Nb4 Rxc1 19. Qxb5+ axb5 20. Nxa2 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nd5 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nd3 Kd7 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bd6 26. Bd2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Belousov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 d5 6. c5 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. g3 Bg4 9. Be3 Bf3 10. Rg1 0-0 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. 0-0-0 Re8 13. Bg2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bh6 15. Nf4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxf4 17. exf4 Ne7 18. f5 Nxf5 19. Nxd5 c6 20. g4 Nh4 21. Nc3 Nxg2 22. Qxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qe3 24. h4 Rad8 25. d5 Qxc5 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Ng5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubkov, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. 0-0 e5 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. c3 b5 9. Bb3 Bc5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. a4 Bb7 12. a5 Qd6 13. Qf3 0-0-0 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Nc3 Rdf8 16. Rfc1 Kb8 17. Rc2 Qb4 18. Ra3 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Ra1 b4 21. Nd1 Rxc2 22. Bxc2 d5 23. Ra4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qd7 25. Be1 Rc8 26. Qb3 Nxe4 27. Rxb4 Nc5 28. Qg3 Ne6 29. Be4 Nc5 30. Bxb7 Nxb7 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 f6 33. Qf3 Qc6 34. Qe2 Ka7 35. f3 Kb8 36. Qd3 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 Qxa5 38. Qd6+ Qc7 39. Qxa6 Qc6 40. Qa3 Qd7 41. c4 Qe7 42. Bf2 Rc7 43. Qa7+ Kc8 44. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Gusakov, Vitaly Semenovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. 0-0 Na5 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. c5 Ne4 12. cxd6 c5 13. Qc2 Nxd6 14. Bxc5 Qf6 15. Rad1 Rfc8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qa3 19. Rd7 Qxa2 20. c4 Rf8 21. Bd3 g6 22. Qf6 Qa4 23. Rd5 Qc6 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 Rae8 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Rd5 b6 28. Bc2 Rd8 29. Qd4 Nc6 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Rd7 Qc5 32. R7d5 Qb4 33. Qf6 Qxc4 34. Bf5 Rc7 35. h4 Qb4 36. Rd6 Ne7 37. Rd8 Rc1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Black "Zuev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Bb6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. 0-0 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Ng3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd5 19. Qc3 Rd8 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rc7 Rd3 26. a4 a5 27. bxa5 Rd4 28. Rxb7 Rxa4 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Kg6 31. a6 Kf5 32. a7 Kf4 33. Kg2 f5 34. h4 h5 35. Rh8 Rxa7 36. Rxh5 Ra8 37. Rg5 Rh8 38. Kh3 Rh6 39. Rg7 f6 40. Rg3 Ke5 41. Rg1 Kf4 42. Rg3 Ke5 43. f4+ Kxf4 44. Ra3 Rh8 45. Ra6 Rh6 46. Ra3 Rh8 47. Rc3 Rh7 48. Re3 Rh8 49. Rg3 Rh6 50. f3 Rh8 51. Rg6 Kxf3 52. Rxf6 Kf4 53. Rf7 Rh5 54. Ra7 Rh8 55. Ra4+ Kf3 56. Ra3+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nizhnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. d3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 d4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 dxc3 11. Bxc3 Qa3 12. e4 e6 13. Rg1 0-0-0 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Rxg7 Nh5 16. Qxf7 Nxg7 17. Qxe7 Rd7 18. Qg5 Rg8 19. Ke2 c4 20. dxc4 Qe7 21. Qa5 Kb7 22. Rg1 Qe8 23. b4 Rc7 24. Be5 Rf7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rb1 Ka8 27. cxb5 Qc8 28. c3 Qc4+ 29. Ke3 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arslanov, Ildar"]
[Black "Merkulov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2 exd4 9. Nb5 Bc5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qh4 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 0-0-0 14. 0-0 a6 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Rhe8 17. Rfc1 Ne5 18. Rab1 c6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nc7 21. Rb2 Bd5 22. Kg2 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nd5 24. a4 Rd7 25. Rc4 Re4 26. h3 Rde7 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rd2 h6 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bd6 g4+ 31. hxg4 fxg4+ 32. Kg2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Rxd4 Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Nf5 36. Rd3 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxa2 38. Rxh6 Rxa4 39. f4 gxf3 40. Kf2 Rg4 41. Kxf3 Rg8 42. Kf4 Kc7 43. g4 a5 44. Kf5 a4 45. g5 b5 46. g6 b4 47. Kf6 b3 48. Rh3 b2 0-1

