[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francois, Jean Claude"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. 0-0 a5 9. a4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf3 Nb4 14. Qb1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bh6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Ra3 Bf6 20. g3 Nh5 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Kg2 Na6 24. Qd1 b6 25. h3 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. f3 Rab8 29. b3 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Rxf1 31. Qxf1 Rf8 32. Qe2 c6 33. Bd2 Ra8 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Ra1 cxd5 36. Qxd5 Ra7 37. Rf1 h5 38. Bg5 Qb7 39. Qd3 Kh7 40. Rf3 Qd7 41. Qd5 Bh6 42. Bxh6 Kxh6 43. Rf6 Ra6 44. Rf7 Qc8 45. Qd2+ g5 46. Rf6+ Kh7 47. Qxg5 d5 48. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giroux, Fabrice"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Kh1 Ng6 12. Rad1 Rab8 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. Na4 Bb6 16. Rd3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Re7 18. f3 Rbe8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rd4 b5 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. b4 Qa6 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qc3 c5 25. bxc5 b4 26. Qe1 dxc5 27. Rd1 Qb5 28. Bb2 Ng6 29. Rf2 Qc6 30. Qd2 Nf8 31. Qe2 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. g3 Rd8 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. h4 Qd1 36. f4 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 Rd1 38. f5 Nd4 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Kf3 f6 41. e5 d3 42. cxd3 Rxd3+ 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 fxe5 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Kxe5 h5 47. Kd5 Kf6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Ke5 Kf7 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke7 52. Kf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Legrand, Stephane"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 a5 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Ng4 Be7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. c4 c6 18. f4 Bb4 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rcd1 Bf7 22. Rf3 Be6 23. Rg3 Rf6 24. h4 Qe8 25. h5 Bf7 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Be6 28. Qc2 Bf5 29. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Becquart, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 c4 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qa4 0-0 13. h3 Rfe8 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 g5 16. Ba3 Bc7 17. Ne2 g4 18. h4 Ne4 19. Rfc1 Qf5 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. exf4 Qxf4 22. Rc2 g3 23. fxg3 Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Qxg3+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Nc3 27. Qxc6 Rac8 28. Qd7 Qxd4 29. Qh3 Qe5+ 30. Kh1 d4 31. Bb2 Rc6 32. Qf3 Rh6 33. Qh3 Qe4 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Rxc3 Rxh4+ 36. Kg1 Rg4 37. Qf2 dxc3 38. Bxc3+ Kg8 39. Re1 Qxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rc8 42. Bd4 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc8 44. Rg1+ Kf8 45. Rh1 Rd8 46. Ke3 Re8+ 47. Kd3 Kg8 48. Rg1+ Kf8 49. b4 Rb8 50. Kc3 Rc8+ 51. Bc5+ Ke8 52. Rg7 Rc6 53. Kc4 a6 54. Rxh7 Rf6 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Ke5 Rf1 57. Rh6 f6+ 58. Kd5 Rf5+ 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Bd4 Rb5 61. Rxf6+ Kb7 62. Bc5 Kc8 63. Rxa6 Rb8 64. Ra7 Kd8 65. b5 Kc8 66. b6 Rb7 67. Rxb7 Kxb7 68. Kb5 Kb8 69. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Chiu, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qe7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Bb3 a5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. f3 Bh6 20. Rcd1 c6 21. Qd3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Rfd8 24. Qb3 a4 25. Qb5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Rc2 28. Rd1 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa4 Re2 32. h3 Qh4 33. Qb4 Rxb2 34. Qc4 Qf4 35. Qc7+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rc1 h5 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. h4 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Bg1+ 45. Kg3 Be3 46. Rb7 Bf4+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Rxa2 49. Rxb6 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Durez, Cedric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qh4 9. Nd5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qd8 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 d6 13. b3 Be6 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nh4 17. Nf4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Rd4 Qh5 24. Qxb7 Rfc8 25. g3 g5 26. Qe4+ Qg6 27. Red1 a5 28. Kg2 a4 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qf3 axb3 31. axb3 Ra2 32. Rd5 Rf8 33. R1d2 Ra1 34. Qe2 g4 35. Rd1 Rfa8 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Qc2 c6 38. Rxf5 Kh6 39. e4 Qe6 40. Qd2+ Kh7 41. Qf4 Re1 42. Qxg4 Rxe4 43. Rh5+ Kg8 44. Qxe6+ Rxe6 45. Ra5 Kf7 46. Ra6 c5 47. g4 g5 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. h4 gxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Ke5 51. g5 Kf5 52. Ra8 Re1 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Rxd6 Rb1 56. Rb6 Rb2 57. f4 Rd2 58. Kg4 Rd4 59. Kf5 Rd2 60. Rb5 Rd3 61. Rb7+ Kh8 62. g6 Kg8 63. Kf6 Rd6+ 64. Kg5 Rd1 65. f5 Kf8 66. Rc7 Rd3 67. Rxc5 Rxb3 68. Rc7 Rd3 69. c5 Rd1 70. g7+ Kg8 71. Kf6 Rd8 72. Kg6 Rd6+ 73. f6 Rc6 74. Rf7 Rc8 75. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Sanchez, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b4 Re8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. c5 Ne6 15. Bc4 Bf8 16. Ne2 a5 17. a3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Qb3 Kg7 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Nc3 axb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Ne2 b6 25. cxb6 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rxb6 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Ba6 29. Rd5 Reb8 30. Nc3 Qc7 31. h3 Bc5 32. Qa2 Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rxb5 34. Rbd1 Rb2 35. Rd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelle, Sebastien"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bf6 8. Qd3 Ne7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. f4 Be6 11. Be3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd7 15. e5 Rad8 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Rd5 Rd7 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Rg5 g6 21. f5 Ne7 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qb3 d5 25. Rg4 Qe5 26. Rg5 Qe4 27. h3 b6 28. Rg4 Qe6 29. Bg5 Rc8 30. Rf1 d4 31. Qg3 Qe5 32. Qh4 f5 33. Bf6 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxg6+ Rg7 37. Qh5 Rcc7 38. Rxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qxf5 Qe2 40. Rf2 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe7 42. Qd5+ Kh7 43. Qxd4 Qg5 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 5th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rivier, Kevin"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1020"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nxd4 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 a6 12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Re3 Be6 14. Be2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. c4 Rae8 17. b3 Ng6 18. Qd4 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Re8 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nf4 22. Bg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Nxd3 24. Rd1 Ndxf2 25. Re1 Nxg4 26. Kf1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Danzanvilliers, Patrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. 0-0 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 Qf6 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rfd1 0-0-0 15. Ne4 c6 16. a3 Kc7 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Kg2 d5 21. b4 Be7 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Nf5 Bd8 25. e4 Be6 26. Ne3 Be7 27. f4 Bd6 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Be7 30. f4 Rf8 31. Rf1 g6 32. Kg3 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 g5 35. Ne3 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 b6 37. Nf5 Kd7 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Kg5 Bd5 41. Kf5 Bb3 42. h4 Bc2+ 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Be3 Kd5 45. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.21"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Rubino, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. 0-0 Na5 12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe7 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Qb5 Nxe4 19. Rd7 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qe8 21. Qd3 e4 22. Qd1 Bc6 23. Rxa7 exf3 24. gxf3 Qe6 25. Kg2 Rfd8 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Qd5 28. Rb1 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Bxf3 31. Qf1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Bouvier, Robert"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Bb5 Rac8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. b3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rd8 20. Rc1 Qd5 21. Rc2 h6 22. f4 Qf5 23. f3 Qd5 24. Kf1 Qh5 25. e4 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qh4 27. Rxc5 Qxf4 28. Rc2 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qe5 30. Ke1 Qd4 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Gautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 0-0 8. a3 Bc5 9. b4 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 e4 11. Ng5 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 e3 13. Nh3 exd2 14. Qxd2 Re8 15. e4 Qf6 16. Bd3 Qd4+ 17. Kf1 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxa1+ 19. Qe1 Qxa3 20. Nef2 Nce5 21. Nxg4 Qxd3+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ 23. Nhf2 d6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. h3 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Kh2 d5 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Rd1 h6 30. Nd3 Qc2 31. Qe1 Qc3 32. Qh4 Qf6 33. Qe1 Rc2 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. Qf3 Qf5 36. Qg3 Qg5 37. Qf3 Kh7 38. Nc5 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Qe2 40. Qxe2 Rxe2 41. Nxb7 Re4 42. b5 Rb4 43. Nd6 Ra4 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Ra2 47. g4 h5 48. Rd4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rg2 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. Kf4 Kh6 52. Nf5+ Kg6 53. Nd6 Ra3 54. Nf5 Kf6 55. g5+ Kg6 56. Ne7+ Kh5 57. Nxd5 Bxd5 58. Rxd5 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra5 60. Rd7 Rxb5 61. Rxf7 Kg6 62. Rxa7 Rxg5 63. Kf4 Rb5 64. Ra4 Kh5 65. Ra8 g5+ 66. Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kg2 Rb2+ 68. Kg3 Rb3+ 69. Kg2 Rb6 70. Kg3 Kg6 71. Rg8+ Kf5 72. Rf8+ Kg6 73. Rg8+ Kf6 74. Rf8+ Kg7 75. Ra8 Rb4 76. Ra6 Kf7 77. Rc6 Rd4 78. Rb6 Rf4 79. Rc6 Kg7 80. Ra6 Kf7 81. Rb6 Kg7 82. Ra6 Rf6 83. Ra4 Kg6 84. Kg4 Rc6 85. Rb4 Kf6 86. Ra4 Re6 87. Rb4 Kg6 88. Ra4 Kf6 89. Rb4 Re5 90. Rb6+ Kf7 91. Rb7+ Ke6 92. Rb6+ Kf7 93. Rb7+ Kg6 94. Rb6+ Kg7 95. Rb7+ Kh8 96. Rb8+ Kh7 97. Rb7+ Kg8 98. Rb8+ Kf7 99. Rb7+ Kf6 100. Rb6+ Kg7 101. Rb7+ Kg6 102. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Lechifflart, Alain"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Bb1 N7f6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd5 15. Rc1 Qg5 16. Qf3 f5 17. a3 Rab8 18. g3 c5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Qb3 Re8 21. f4 Qh5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qa4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rc2 g5 26. Qxa7 Rbd8 27. b4 Rd1 28. Qa6 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 cxb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Nc5 Qc6 33. Qc1 Qb6 34. fxg5 Qxb4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Rc8 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.17"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Castaignet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Ba3 a6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nxd4 13. exd4 d6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. d5 Rb8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 e5 19. Qe3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Bc8 22. h3 h5 23. Qg3 Bd7 24. Qg5 e4 25. Re1 Re5 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. Qa3 Bf8 28. Bf1 Bf5 29. f3 Ree8 30. g4 Ra8 31. Qb2 Bg7 32. Qc2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bc8 34. Qh2+ Kg8 35. Bxd6 Qd7 36. Rc2 exf3 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Bh3 g5 40. Qg3 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 f6 42. Rd2 Ba1 43. Bb4 Ba6 44. Qxf3 Bxc4 45. a3 Re8 46. d6 Ba6 47. Qb3+ Kg7 48. Qd1 Rh8 49. Qxa1 Rxh3+ 50. Kg1 Qxg4+ 51. Rg2 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Fayolle, Guy"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Bxc6 Nxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Bd6 10. Qg4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Qf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qg3 Qg6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Rf3 Bg4 18. Rf1 Rd8 19. h4 Qh5 20. Qg3 Bd4 21. c3 Be2 22. cxd4 Bxf1 23. Qxg7 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe2+ 25. Kg3 Qe1+ 26. Kf3 Rf8 27. Qg5 f6 28. Qf5 Rd7 29. Bb2 Qd2 30. Rc1 Qd3+ 31. Ne3 Qd2 32. Rc2 Qe1 33. Nd5 Qd1+ 34. Re2 Qd3+ 35. Ne3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Bourgoin, Patrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1440"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Be2 Nc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. 0-0 f5 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Be3 b6 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Ng5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc7 20. Nb5 h6 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nf3 Nxb5 24. cxb5 Bd5 25. b3 Nf7 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 g5 28. g3 g4 29. Ne1 Kh7 30. Qd3 h5 31. a4 Qb7 32. Bf2 Nh8 33. Qd6 Qf7 34. Nd3 Bf8 35. Qc6 Ng6 36. a5 Ne7 37. Qd7 Kg7 38. Qxa7 Nc8 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. axb6 Nxb6 41. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 42. Nxc5 Ke7 43. Kf2 Nxc4 44. Ke2 Nb6 45. Kd3 Nd7 46. Nxd7 Kxd7 47. Kc4 Kc7 48. Kc5 Kb7 49. Kd6 Kb6 50. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Aurel, Luc"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Nc3 c6 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. Nge4 0-0 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. d3 Rac8 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Bh6 Qxh6 20. Qxb4 Rxc2 21. Qxb7 Qd2 22. Qxa6 Rxb2 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rad1 Qc3 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. dxc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. Ra1 Rb6 29. a5 Ra6 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Kd3 f5 33. Kc3 Kc5 34. h4 g6 35. Re1 e4 36. Rd1 Rxa5 37. Rd5+ Kb6 38. Rxa5 Kxa5 39. Kd4 Kb6 40. Kd5 Kc7 41. g3 Kd7 42. h5 Ke7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cerovic, Novo"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. h3 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bd3 b5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Bb2 b4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nb7 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. a4 Qc7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Nb7 27. Bc3 Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. f3 h6 32. Bd3 Na5 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. e4 Kd6 35. e5+ Ke7 36. Ke3 Nb8 37. g4 g5 38. Bd1 f6 39. Bc2 fxe5 40. dxe5 Nd7 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Kf7 43. h4 Kg7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. hxg5 Nc5 46. Bd1 Ncxb3 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denis, Eric"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f3 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 b4 16. Nd5 e5 17. h6 Nxd5 18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf2 Rh8 21. Qxd5 gxf3 22. Rxh8 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxh8 24. Qxd6 Rh2 25. Bc5 Qf4 26. Bd4 f6 27. Qe7+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Kg5 29. Rg1+ Rg2 30. Rh1 Qxe4 31. Be3+ Kg4 32. Qc8+ f5 33. Qc5 f2 34. Qd6 f1Q+ 35. Rxf1 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Collette, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 0-0 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qd3 Qd5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 a6 17. h3 h6 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. Qb4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rb8 21. Qc5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. f4 b5 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. a3 g6 27. Kf2 Ra7 28. Kf3 Kf8 29. e4 Ke7 30. f5 Rd7 31. Ke3 Rd6 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. f6+ Kd8 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. d5 exd5 36. exd5 Kd7 37. Kd3 Kd8 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Rc7 40. Kb6 Rxc6+ 41. dxc6+ Kc8 42. Kxa6 Kc7 43. Kxb5 Kc8 44. a4 Kc7 45. a5 Kb8 46. Kb6 h5 47. a6 g5 48. a7+ Ka8 49. c7 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Fournier, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxe5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. 0-0 a5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a3 Nc5 14. b3 Kh8 15. Qc2 Ng8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. Qb2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. b6 f5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. bxc7 Qxc7 24. Rd1 Nf7 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Qf2 f4 27. d6 Qc6 28. Qd2 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. d7 Kg7 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Ne6+ Kh6 33. Nxd8 Nxd8 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. Qd5 Qb6+ 36. c5 Qf6 37. Rc1 Nc6 38. h3 Qh4 39. Rd1 Nd4 40. Qe4 Qh5 41. Rxd4 exd4 42. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Laurent, Dominique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Bd2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 h5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. e4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. f3 Bg5 21. Kg2 Bf4 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 Bxe5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Rd3 29. Bc2 Rxc3 30. Ra2 Kf8 31. Kf4 hxg4 32. hxg4 f6 33. Rb2 Ke7 34. a5 Rc5 35. Bd3 Rxa5 36. Rxb7 Kd6 37. Ra7 Be8 38. Rxa6+ Rxa6 39. Bxa6 g5+ 40. Ke3 Kc5 41. Bd3 Bb5 42. Bc2 e5 43. Bd1 Kb4 44. Kd2 c5 45. Bc2 Ba4 46. Bd3 c4 47. Be2 c3+ 48. Kc1 Kc5 49. Bd3 Kd4 50. Ba6 Ke3 51. Bc8 Kxf3 52. Bf5 Ke3 53. Bg6 Kd3 54. Bf5 Bc6 55. Bc8 Bxe4 56. Ba6+ Ke3 57. Be2 Bf3 58. Ba6 Kf2 59. Kc2 e4 60. Kxc3 e3 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Paris, Antony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. 0-0 Nh5 9. Qb3 c6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Bg4 h6 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. c5 Qe7 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxc5 21. Rxg6 Kh8 22. Rg4 Rad8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Na4 Qa3 26. Qxc6 Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 Rxa2 28. Nc5 Rc2 29. Qd5 Rg8 30. Kg1 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bd4+ 33. Kf3 Bxc5 34. Kxf4 Rg2 35. f3 Rxh2 36. Rc1 Bb6 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Kf5 Rh5+ 39. Kg4 Rg5+ 40. Kf4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaquier, Albert"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 b5 6. Bb3 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. b3 Nac6 16. Nf1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. e5 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ng3 Qe6 22. Rg1 f6 23. f4 f5 24. a3 Kh7 25. b4 g6 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Ne2 a5 28. Qc2 Ne7 29. Bd2 Rfc8 30. Qd3 c6 31. Rg2 Ra7 32. Rcg1 Raa8 33. Qg3 axb4 34. Bxb4 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Nd4 Qc8 38. Qh4 Ra7 39. Qf6 Qg8 40. Ne6 Rc8 41. Nd4 Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Nxb5 Ra5 44. Nd6 Rc3 45. Rb1 Rcxa3 46. Rg3 Rxg3 47. fxg3 Ra7 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Nd6+ Kg6 52. Rb6 Kh5 53. Nf7 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kg4 56. Rb4 Kg3 57. Kf1 Ng6 58. e6 Ra6 59. Nd8 Rd6 60. Rb7 Rxd8 61. Rg7 Kxf4 62. Rxg6 Re8 63. Rh6 Ke5 64. Rh2 Rxe6 65. Re2+ Kd6 66. Rd2 Re3 67. Kf2 f4 68. Rd4 Ke5 69. Ra4 d4 70. Ra5+ Ke4 71. Ra4 Rb3 72. Ra8 Rb2+ 73. Ke1 d3 74. Re8+ Kf3 75. Kd1 Re2 76. Rh8 Kf2 77. Rh2+ Ke3 78. Rh8 f3 79. Rh3 Ra2 80. Kc1 Ke2 81. Rh2+ f2 82. Kb1 Rc2 83. Rg2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bouabdellah, Rachid"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e4 b5 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Bg5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Rxh2 15. Be5 Qxe5 16. dxe5 Rxh1 17. Qd2 a5 18. Qd6 Bd7 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Qxb8+ Ke7 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Qb8+ Ke7 23. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fayolle, Guy"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bd6 9. d4 Qe7 10. Bg5 0-0-0 11. Qf5+ Kb8 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Rxd7 14. fxe5 Nxe4 15. Bh4 g5 16. exd6 gxh4 17. dxc7+ Kxc7 18. Rf4 Re7 19. Na3 Rg8 20. Re1 Rge8 21. Rxh4 f5 22. Rf4 Nd6 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. Nc4 Rg7 26. Ne3 Ng3+ 27. Ke1 Rf7 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. Kd3 b5 30. b3 Ke6 31. c4 Rd7 32. Rf3 Rg7 33. Rf4 Rd7 34. Nf1 Rg7 35. Ne3 Rd7 36. a3 h5 37. Rf3 Rg7 38. Rf2 Rd7 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Rc2 Rd6 41. Rc5 f4 42. Nc2 Kd7 43. Rg5 Re6 44. Re5 Rf6 45. Ne1 Kd6 46. Nf3 Rf8 47. Ng5 Ra8 48. Ne4+ Nxe4 49. Kxe4 Rxa3 50. Rxh5 Rxb3 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. Kxf4 Rd3 53. Ke5 b4 54. Rh7+ Kc8 55. Rf7 b3 56. Rf2 Kd7 57. h4 Ke7 58. h5 Rg3 59. Kf4 Rd3 60. Ke4 Rg3 61. Rb2 Kf6 62. Kf4 Rd3 63. Rf2 Kg7 64. Ke5 Kh6 65. Rf6+ Kxh5 66. Rxc6 b2 67. Rb6 Rd2 68. g3 Kg5 69. d5 Re2+ 70. Kd6 Rd2 71. Ke6 Re2+ 72. Kd7 Rd2 73. d6 Kf6 74. Kd8 Kf7 75. d7 Rc2 76. g4 Rd2 77. g5 Rc2 78. g6+ Kf8 79. Rb7 Kg7 80. Ke7 Re2+ 81. Kd6 Rd2+ 82. Ke5 Kxg6 83. Ke6 Re2+ 84. Kd6 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferre, Gael"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. f3 Rc8 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Rd1 Nbd7 19. e4 h6 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Bb2 Rc2 22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 Kf8 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Bxc5+ R2xc5 26. Nf1 Nd7 27. Nd2 Rc2 28. Nb3 Nc5 29. Red1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Ke7 31. b4 Ba6 32. a4 Rb2 33. b5 Bb7 34. Rd3 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guitton, Olivier"]
[Black "Merly, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rfd1 N8d7 12. e5 Nf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Nc3 20. Rd2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Qxd4 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Re4 Qd2 24. Qg3 Qxa2 25. Rh4 Qd2 26. Re3 Rd4 27. f4 Red8 28. Rf3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. Qg5 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 Qe1+ 32. Kg4 Rh8 33. Qxe7 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Florentin, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne4 Qd5 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. Qd1 d3 15. e3 Nd4 16. 0-0 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qe1 Rc5 22. Nh2 Rh5 23. f4 Rxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Magnier, Patrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E78"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Nd5 Qa6 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. 0-0 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Be3 Qxc4 19. Qf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Qf2 Qxd5 22. Qxb2 Qe4 23. Qb3 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rfc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bf2 b6 27. Re1 Re2 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qa4 f6 30. Qxa7 b5 31. Qb7 Kf7 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qb7 h5 34. Kh2 Kf8 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Ke8 37. Qc6+ Kf8 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qb7 g5 40. f5 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bg3 Kf8 43. Qa8+ Kf7 44. Qd5+ Ke8 45. Qa8+ Kf7 46. Qd5+ Kf8 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Scozzesi, Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 8. Bd3 e6 9. a3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Be3 0-0 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bb1 a5 22. Qd3 b4 23. a4 g6 24. b3 Nb8 25. h4 Nd5 26. Ne2 Bxh4 27. Qe4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bf6 29. Qf4 Bg7 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. Bd3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Qa8 Qc7 35. Bc4 Bh6 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. g3 Bg5 38. Ng1 h5 39. Nf3 Be7 40. Qe4 Bd6 41. Qh4 Nd7 42. e4 Nf6 43. e5 Ng4+ 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Qh1 Qc6 46. Qb1 Nh2 47. Qd3 Nxf3 48. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Bg5 50. d5 exd5 51. Bxd5 Kf8 52. e6 fxe6 53. Bxe6 Ke7 54. Bc4 Kf6 55. Bd3 Bd2 56. Kg2 g5 57. Kf3 Be1 58. Kg2 Ke5 59. Bg6 h4 60. gxh4 Bxh4 61. Kf3 Kd4 62. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Urtado, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nh2 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. f4 Nf8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Ndf3 Bd6 15. g4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. Qe2 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3 20. Rg1 Bxh2 21. Qxh2 Qxe3 22. Nc4 Qf3+ 23. Rg2 e3 24. Bb2 e2 25. Ne5 Qe4 26. Re1 f6 27. Nc4 Qd5 28. Kg1 c5 29. Rgxe2 cxd4 30. Qd6 Qf3 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Na5 Qxg4+ 34. Kf2 Qxf5+ 35. Kg3 Qxa5 36. Qxd4 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Bxe5 Kf7 39. a4 Ne6 40. a5 a6 41. b4 h5 42. Kh4 Kg6 43. Bc3 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin opB"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merly, Johann"]
[Black "Vesson, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. b4 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qc6 13. 0-0 f6 14. Bg3 g6 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Re1 e6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Nxb5 Qb7 21. Qa4 Kf7 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. f4 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. dxe5 d4 28. c6 Qb6 29. Qa7+ Qxa7 30. Rxa7+ Ke6 31. Ra5 d3 32. Kf2 Be4 33. c7 Kd7 34. Ke3 Bxg2 35. Kxd3 Rg8 36. Kd4 h5 37. Rb5 1-0

