[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. a4 Nc6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. cxb4 Bxb4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nc3 Bd4 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nf4 b6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. f4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Bd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qb7 22. Rfe1 a5 23. Re4 Rad8 24. Rae1 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd7 26. Qe7 Qc8 27. f5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Rf8 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qg6 Qd7 31. Re2 Kh8 32. Re4 Qxa4 33. Rh4+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bh6 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qc3+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Bd2 Re8+ 40. Re4 Rxe4+ 41. dxe4 Qxe4+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kf2 Qxd5 45. Qh5+ Ke7 46. Qe2+ Qe5 47. Qxe5+ dxe5 48. Kf3 a4 49. Bc1 b5 50. Ke4 Kd6 51. h4 b4 52. h5 a3 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Kc2 c4 55. Kb1 Ke4 56. h6 gxh6 57. Bxh6 Kxf5 58. Bd2 b3 59. Bb4 a2+ 60. Ka1 c3 61. Bxc3 Ke4 62. Be1 f5 63. Kb2 Ke3 64. Bb4 d3 65. Bc3 d2 66. Bxd2+ Kxd2 67. Ka1 e4 68. Kb2 e3 69. Ka1 e2 70. Kb2 e1Q 71. Kxb3 a1Q 72. Kc4 Qc3+ 73. Kd5 Qee5# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Jason"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Bd2 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne7 16. h4 c5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Ng5 g6 21. e6 Kg7 22. exd7 Qxd7 23. Qf3 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Nf3 Rfb8 27. Rfe1 Rb3 28. Re3 Bd3 29. Ne5 Rxc3 30. Rf3 Ra7 31. Nc6 Ra6 32. Nd8 Ra7 33. Re1 Rd7 34. Nc6 Ra3 35. Nxa5 Rxa4 36. Nc6 Ra6 37. Ne5 Re7 38. Nxd3 cxd3 39. Rxe7 d2 40. Rexf7+ Kh6 41. Rd3 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 d1Q 43. Rxd1 Rxd1 44. Rf4 Rd2 45. Kg3 Kh5 46. Rg4 Rxf2 47. Rg5+ Kh6 48. Kxf2 Kg7 49. Rxd5 Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rxg6 Kf7 53. Ke3 Ke7 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Ke5 Ke7 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Kf6 Ke8 58. Ke6 Kd8 59. Re7 Kc8 60. h5 Kd8 61. h6 Kc8 62. h7 Kd8 63. h8Q# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maly, Alexey"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. 0-0-0 Qd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Ng4 12. Rxd7 Nxe5 13. Rxe7+ Kd8 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Rxg7 fxg5 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Rdd7 Rb8 19. Rxc7+ Kd8 20. Ne4 Rc8 21. Rgd7+ Ke8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Ayyappan, Santhosh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Ng6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nge5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Bxc5 d6 13. Bd4 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nc3 a6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Ne4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxd5 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxc7 b5 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rac8 27. Rfc1 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Re8 29. Kg1 d5 30. Kf2 g6 31. Rc6 Re6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Bxa6 Kf5 37. Bb5 Kxf4 38. Bxa4 Kf5 39. b4 Kf6 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ke5 Kd7 42. b6+ Kc8 43. Kxe6 d4 44. Kd5 d3 45. Kd4 d2 46. Kd3 Kb7 47. Kxd2 Kxb6 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. Kf4 Kd4 50. Bc6 Kc5 51. Ba8 Kd6 52. Kg5 Ke7 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. Kxh7 Kf7 55. Kh6 Kf6 56. Bb7 Kf5 57. Be4+ Kxe4 58. Kxg6 Ke5 59. h4 Ke6 60. h5 Ke7 61. h6 Kf8 62. h7 Ke7 63. h8Q Ke6 64. Qe8+ Kd6 65. Kf5 Kd5 66. Qd8+ Kc5 67. Ke5 Kc4 68. Qd5+ Kc3 69. Qd4+ Kc2 70. Ke4 Kc1 71. Qd3 Kb2 72. Qc4 Ka3 73. Qb5 Ka2 74. Qb4 Ka1 75. Kd3 Ka2 76. Kc2 Ka1 77. Qa4# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Estrada Nieto, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. 0-0 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nc6 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Be3 0-0 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15. Nc4 Na5 16. Nb2 Nc3 17. Qc2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nxb3 19. Rab1 Qd5 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. Nf4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qf5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rc2 25. Rfc1 Rfc8 26. Bb2 a5 27. Nd4 R2c4 28. Nd3 Be4 29. Ne5 R4c5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Re1 Bd5 32. Nd3 Rc4 33. Ne5 Rc7 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Kf8 36. Kf1 Bf6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Nxf6 gxf6 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. f3 Kc5 41. Kd3 Bb7 42. Bb2 Ba6+ 43. Kc2 Bf1 44. g3 Kc4 45. f4 f5 46. Nb3 Bd3+ 47. Kd2 Be4 48. Nxa5+ Kc5 49. Nb3+ Kc4 50. Nc1 b3 51. Bc3 Bc6 52. a5 Bb5 53. Bb2 Ba6 54. Bc3 Bb5 55. Ne2 Ba6 56. Nd4 Bb7 57. Ne2 Ba6 58. Nc1 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Gao, Jaden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qc3 Nd5 9. Qd3 Qxe5 10. c3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 d5 13. c4 Be6 14. b3 Be7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. 0-0 Kc7 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Rxf7 Kd6 20. Nc3 Ke6 21. Bc4+ Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Kd6 23. Bc4 Bf6 24. Ne4+ Kc6 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6+ Kc7 27. Re1 Rad8 28. Re7+ Kb8 29. Rff7 Rd2 30. Rxb7+ Ka8 31. Rxa7+ Kb8 32. Rfb7+ Kc8 33. Ba6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Su, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Qc2 N5f6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. 0-0 Nbd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. e5 f5 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Nc4 Nxd3 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Qxd3 a5 24. Rab1 b6 25. Qh3 Qd8 26. Qh5 Qf8 27. Rxb6 Bd7 28. Rfb1 Qg7 29. Rb7 Rhd8 30. R1b6 Kf8 31. h3 Be8 32. Rxg7 Bxh5 33. Rbb7 Rab8 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Rh7 Kg8 37. Rxh6 Be8 38. Rxe6 Rxf2 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Nxe8 Kf8 41. Nf6 f4 42. Rxa5 Rc2 43. Rc5 f3 44. Kg1 Rxg2+ 45. Kf1 Rh2 46. Rxc6 Rxh3 47. a4 Rh2 48. a5 Ra2 49. a6 Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. a7 Kf5 52. d5 Kf4 53. d6 Kg3 54. d7 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Qa5 11. bxa6 Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Nge2 Ne5 14. 0-0 Nc4 15. Qc1 Nd7 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfb8 18. Rac1 c4 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rc2 Nc5 21. Rfc1 Ra3 22. Nb1 Rxe3 23. Rxc4 Rxe2 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. R4xc3 Rxa2 26. R1c2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Kg3 Rb4 32. Kf2 Rd4 33. Kg3 Rxd5 34. Kf2 e5 35. Kg3 Rd1 36. Kf2 f4 37. g3 Nd3+ 38. Kg2 d5 39. Ra2 d4 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Ra5+ Nc5 44. Ra7 d3 45. Rxh7 d2 46. Rh8 Rg1+ 47. Kxg1 d1Q+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qxf3 50. Rd8+ Ke4 51. Rd2 Qh5+ 52. Kg2 f3+ 53. Kf1 Qh3+ 54. Ke1 Nd3+ 55. Kd1 Qf1+ 56. Kc2 Qc1+ 57. Kb3 Qxd2 58. Kc4 Qb4# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne4 Ne7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Re1 Nxd5 17. Rxe5 Rad8 18. Re2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Qb2 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. h3 Nf4 24. Be3 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Qa6 26. Ke1 Nf4 27. Qa2 Qd3 28. Qd2 Nxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Qc1 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Qd3# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Yu, Jiangwei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. e3 Bxa6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. 0-0 d6 11. e4 Qa5 12. Bf4 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Rab1 Qb3 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Qe1 Na4 21. Nd2 Qb7 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Qd1 Rba8 24. Rc2 Nb5 25. Nc4 Nd4 26. Rc3 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Bxc3 28. Qf1 Bg7 29. b3 R4a6 30. Qc1 h5 31. Qc2 Kh7 32. h3 Rf8 33. Bg5 Ra7 34. Be3 Qc7 35. b4 Rb7 36. Na5 Rb5 37. Nc4 cxb4 38. axb4 Rc8 39. Rc1 Rxb4 40. Na3 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Rbc4 42. Ra1 Rxc2 43. Ra7 Be5 44. f4 Bf6 45. e5 dxe5 46. fxe5 Bxe5 47. Rxe7 Bg7 48. Rxf7 R2c7 49. Rf3 Rd7 50. Bf4 Rxd5 51. Ra3 Rc2 52. Ra7 Rf5 53. Be3 Kg8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Ra8+ Rf8 57. Ra7 Re2 58. Bc5 Rf7 59. Ra8+ Kh7 60. Ra6 Be5 61. Ra5 Re1# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naveen, Aarush"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 0-0 12. Qxe4 Nd6 13. Qd3 b6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 a5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bc4 21. Re7 Bxd5 22. Nf5 Bf7 23. Nxd6 Rcd8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Qd5 Rdf8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qa8+ Qd8 29. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vega, Isaac"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. h3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. b3 0-0 13. Be3 d5 14. 0-0-0 c6 15. Bf4 Rb6 16. g4 a5 17. Na4 Rb4 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 c4 20. Bd2 c3 21. Bxc3 Rb7 22. f6 gxf6 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rdg1+ Kh8 25. h5 d4 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. h6 dxc3 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qg4 30. Qxc3 Qg5+ 31. Kb1 Qxh6 32. Qxc6 Qh5 33. Rg1 Qd5 34. Qc3 Qe6 35. f4 Rc8 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. Qf2 Rxg1+ 38. Qxg1 Qg4 39. Qe1 Bb4 40. Qf1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baskin, Robert"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. Nb5 Qe7 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Ne5 Qxb5 12. Bxb7 Qa5 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Bxa8 Qa6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Qc8 17. Ba3+ Ke8 18. Bc6+ Kd8 19. Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kong, Alex"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qc2 0-0 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ba3 Bg6 14. Rae1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Qe3 h6 19. h3 Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qe3 Na5 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. Re7 Qe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Nc4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Be7 Re8 28. Qf7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 b6 30. Qxc7 a5 31. Kf1 Nd2+ 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Kd3 Nb2+ 34. Kc2 Nc4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxd5 Na3+ 37. Kb3 Nb1 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Qxb1 Kf7 40. Kc4 Ke6 41. Qe4+ Kf6 42. Kd5 Kf7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Ke5 b5 45. Kf5 b4 46. Kg6 bxc3 47. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Li"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 d5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. a3 Nxd4 16. g4 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rc1 Rf8 20. Kg2 c6 21. Re1 Qe7 22. b4 Rf7 23. Rc3 Nc4 24. b5 cxb5 25. Qxd5 a6 26. a4 Nb6 27. Qd4 Nxa4 28. e6 Rf6 29. Rd3 Rxe6 30. Qd5 Re8 31. Nd4 Nb6 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Nxe6 a5 35. Nc5 b4 36. Nxb7 a4 37. Nc5 a3 38. Rd2 Nc4 39. Rc2 Nb2 40. Nb3 Kf7 41. f4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Ke3 Nc4+ 44. Kd3 Nb2+ 45. Ke3 Nc4+ 46. Kf3 Nb2 47. h4 Nc4 48. Re2 Nb2 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kd6 51. Kg4 Kd7 52. Kf5 Kd6 53. Kg5 Kd7 54. Rd2+ Ke6 55. f5+ Kf7 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. h6 gxh6+ 58. Kxh6 Kf8 59. Kxh7 Ke8 60. Rc7 Kd8 61. Rb7 Nd3 62. f6 Ke8 63. Kg7 Nf4 64. f7+ Kd8 65. f8Q# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Zimeng"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg5 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Bxd8 Nxd1 14. Bxc7 Nxb2 15. Bxd6 Rfd8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Na4 18. Rxe6 Rac8 19. Re4 Nb6 20. Nd4 Rd7 21. Rae1 Rdd8 22. Ne6 Rd7 23. R1e2 Nd5 24. Rd4 Nc3 25. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Rxc2 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. d4 Nc3 30. Rb3 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luo, Leon"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 h6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4+ Qd5 15. Qxd5+ Nxd5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. b3 Ndb4 18. Re2 Nxd3 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf4 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Na6 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rd5 28. Nc3 Nd4 29. Ree1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Nde2+ 31. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luo, Will"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1445"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bxd4 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. e4 Bg6 12. Ne2 Bc5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nef4 Qd7 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Qxd7 Rac8 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxc5 Rcd8 20. Rbd1 Rc8 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. Qd5 Rf8 23. Rd1 h5 24. Qe6 g5 25. Qf5 Rg8 26. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Deng, Haoyou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Be3 Bg4 8. 0-0 c6 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qh4 13. Bg5 Qh3 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Bf1 Qe6 16. Bg2 Na6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rad8 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rcd1 Na4 24. Qf3 Nb2 25. Rb1 Nc4 26. Rbd1 a5 27. e5 c5 28. Qc6 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Qb5 Na3 31. Qa4 Qe6 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. cxb3 Nb5 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bc6 Nc3 36. a4 bxa3 37. Ra1 a2 38. Bf3 Rd3 39. Bg2 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Nxd1 41. Bf3 Nc3 42. Bc6 a1Q+ 43. Kg2 Ne2 44. Kf3 Qxe5 45. Be4 Nd4+ 46. Ke3 f5 47. Kd3 Qxe4+ 48. Kc4 Ne2+ 49. Kb5 Qd3+ 50. Kb6 Qxb3+ 51. Kc7 c4 52. Kd6 c3 53. Ke7 c2 54. Ke8 c1Q 55. Ke7 Qb7+ 56. Ke8 Qcc8# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Hernandez Riera, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxa6 Qc7 19. Bd3 e5 20. f3 e4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bg6 24. Re3 Qb6 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26. Rd1 Qxa2 27. Qe2 Bxd3 28. Rdxd3 Qa5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rd3 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rb3 Re7 33. Kg1 g5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Kf6 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Kd4 b6 39. c3 h5 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Kf3 f4 43. g4 fxg3 44. Kxg3 Ke4 45. Kf2 Kd3 46. Kf3 g4+ 47. hxg4 hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kxc3 49. Kf3 b5 50. Ke2 Kc2 51. Ke3 b4 52. Kd4 b3 53. Kc4 b2 54. Kc5 b1Q 55. Kd5 Qb4 56. Ke6 Qc5 57. Kf6 Qd5 58. Ke7 Qc6 59. Kf8 Qb7 60. Ke8 Kd3 61. Kd8 Kd4 62. Ke8 Ke5 63. Kf8 Kf6 64. Ke8 Qe7# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Kona, Vidip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rc1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bd4 Bc6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rcd1 a5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. c4 d4 20. Qd2 e5 21. h3 a4 22. Bc2 Rab8 23. Qd3 f5 24. Ng3 e4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 27. Rc1 Bg5 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Re1 Bxg3 30. Re2 Rxa2 31. c5 Ra1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rd8 34. Bc2 Rd4 35. Kf1 Bb5 36. Bb1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Paredes, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Be3 exd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rad1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 a5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Be5 23. Bf2 Rad8 24. Bd4 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. f4 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qd7 28. Qxa5 Qg4 29. Rf2 h5 30. Rc5 Qd1+ 31. Rf1 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Re2+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Su, Ethan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Re1 Bc7 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bd8 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Nc3 Nd5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. c3 Be6 20. Rc1 b5 21. b4 Ne7 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qd2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nc5 Nc4 35. Nxa6 Nxa3 36. Nc7 Nc4 37. Nxb5 Kd7 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Na7+ Kb7 40. Nb5 Kc6 41. Na7+ Kb7 42. Nb5 Kb6 43. Nd6 Nxd6 44. f3 Kb5 45. Kc2 Nc4 46. Kd3 Nb2+ 47. Kc2 Na4 48. Kb3 Nb6 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Kd2 Na4 51. Kc2 Nxc3 52. Kd2 Nb5 53. Ke3 Nxd4 54. Kf4 Ne2+ 55. Ke5 Kxb4 56. Kxe6 d4 57. Ke5 d3 58. Ke4 d2 59. Ke3 d1Q 60. Kf2 Nf4 61. Kg3 Nh5+ 62. Kg4 Nf6+ 63. Kf5 Qd3+ 64. Kf4 Qd4+ 65. Kf5 Qd5+ 66. Kf4 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nce2 Nxe4 12. Qd3 Nc5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Qxb4 Nbd7 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Rbd1 Be7 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Rg1 Rfd8 24. Qc3 g6 25. Qe3 Bf6 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Ng3 Be5 28. Qe3 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Qh4 30. Rg2 Bg7 31. Rgg1 d5 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. Qxa6 Ra8 34. Qe2 Qa3 35. Ra1 Bxa1 36. Rxa1 Rdc8 37. Qd2 Qa5 38. Qd1 Qc3 39. Qe2 Qxa1+ 40. Kg2 Rxa2 41. Qe3 Rcc2 42. Kh3 Rxf2 43. Qg5 Rxh2+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Nxh5 Rxh5 46. Qf4 Rg2+ 47. Qg3 Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Qg1+ 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50. Ke5 Qg3+ 51. Kf6 Qxf3+ 52. Ke7 Qf6+ 53. Kxf6 d4 54. Ke5 d3 55. b4 d2 56. b5 d1Q 57. b6 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Yavuz, Kerem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h5 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Re1 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 f6 13. Be3 c6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 b4 18. c3 Qg4 19. cxd4 Qh4 20. Ng3 Bxd4 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Kf8 25. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 2"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Zong, Davis Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb3 c4 11. Ba4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Nxe4 Qxf4 18. Nxc6 Bxe1 19. Rfxe1 dxe4 20. Ne5 Be6 21. g3 Qg5 22. Rxe4 Bd5 23. Rg4 Qf5 24. Rf4 Qxc2 25. Nd7 Qxb2 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Ne5 c3 28. Nd3 Qd2 29. Re3 Rab8 30. Ne1 Rb1 31. Kf1 c2 32. Kg1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nbd7 21. e5 Qb4 22. exf6 Qxh4 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Re3 Kh8 25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Ne2 Rg8 27. Qd2 Qf6 28. Ng3 Qa1+ 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Nh5 Qg6 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. g3 Qg5 33. Bg2 Qf5 34. Qd4+ Kh7 35. Be4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4+ Kh8 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Qxe6 Nf8 39. Qxh6+ Nh7 40. Re7 Rg7 41. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "RBI op Qualifier 3"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bd7 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Re1 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Re8 15. Nh2 Qc8 16. f4 d5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Ba3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. g4 Na5 21. f5 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Bf4 Rbd8 25. f6 g6 26. Bxh6 Kh7 27. Bf4 Rh8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. e6 fxe6 30. f7+ Kf8 31. Nxe6+ Kxf7 32. Nxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rf1 Ke6 34. Qxg6+ Kd7 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Rbe1+ Qe7 37. Bg5 Qxe1 38. Rxe1+ Ne7 39. Rxe7+ Kd8 40. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Liang, Alan Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nb5 Rc8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. 0-0 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 0-0 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. a3 Bd6 16. Qe3 d4 17. Qf3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Rab1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. h3 Be5 23. Rd3 Qc4 24. Rfd1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. Rd7 Rxc3 27. Rxa7 Rxc2 28. g3 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Rb7 Bxa3 31. Rxb6 Be7 32. Rb7 Bf6 33. Kg2 g5 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Rb4 Kg6 36. Kg4 Rd8 37. h4 Rd4+ 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39. hxg5 Bxf2 40. Kh4 Be3 41. Kg4 Bxg5 42. Kf3 h5 43. g4 h4 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Kh3 Ke5 46. Kg2 Kf4 47. Kh3 Kf3 48. Kh2 Kxg4 49. Kg2 f5 50. Kh2 h3 51. Kg1 e5 52. Kh1 e4 53. Kg1 e3 54. Kf1 h2 55. Kg2 e2 56. Kxh2 e1Q 57. Kg2 Qg3+ 58. Kf1 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Bh4+ 60. Kd2 Qf2+ 61. Kd3 Bf6 62. Kc4 Qc2+ 63. Kd5 Qd3+ 64. Ke6 Qe4+ 65. Kxf6 f4 66. Kf7 f3 67. Kf6 f2 68. Kg7 f1Q 69. Kg8 Qfc4+ 70. Kg7 Qcd4+ 71. Kg8 Qdd5+ 72. Kg7 Qde5+ 73. Kg8 Q4d5+ 74. Kh7 Qf7+ 75. Kh6 Qeg7# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Zhang, Kyrene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Bxd7 h6 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxd5 Qd7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Kylie"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 0-0 12. Qxe4 Nd6 13. Qf4 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. c4 Re8 16. Qg4 f6 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 Qf7 20. Bc3 Bxc4 21. Ne5 Qxd5 22. Nxc4 g6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Qd4 Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Re1 Qe4 28. Rxe4+ Kd8 29. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harish, Neeraj"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Be7 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Rad1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Qe3 Kh7 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qe4+ Kh8 17. Rd3 Kg8 18. Red1 f5 19. Qe3 Kh7 20. Qd2 Kg8 21. a4 Kh8 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Rg3+ Bg5 25. Rxg5+ Ng7 26. e6 Qe7 27. Nd5 Qe8 28. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lin, Benjamin"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. 0-0 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Bb6 14. Qf3 c6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. d4 Bc7 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Qg1 Rad8 21. Na3 c5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Be3 b6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rb8 29. Qf2 Kg8 30. Rd5 Qa5 31. a3 Kf8 32. Kg1 Rb5 33. Qd2 Rb8 34. Re5 Qc7 35. Re2 Qb6 36. Kh1 Rd8 37. Qc2 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Qe4+ Qe6 40. Qa8+ Ke7 41. Qxa7+ Kd6 42. Qb6+ Kd5 43. Qb3+ Kc6 44. Qxe6+ fxe6 45. Kg1 Kb5 46. Kf2 g6 47. b3 c4 48. bxc4+ Kxc4 49. a4 Kc5 50. Ke3 Kb6 51. c4 Kc6 52. a5 Kb7 53. c5 Ka6 54. c6 Kxa5 55. c7 Kb6 56. c8Q Kb5 57. Kd4 Kb4 58. Qc5+ Kb3 59. Qc4+ Kb2 60. Qc3+ Kb1 61. Kc4 Ka2 62. Qb4 Ka1 63. Kc3 Ka2 64. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Shi, Ted"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Rd8 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Bxc6 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Qc6 Rac8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bg5 Rxd4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Rad1 Rdc4 24. Ne5 R4c5 25. Nd7 R5c6 26. Ne5 Rc5 27. Nf3 h6 28. Rd3 b5 29. a3 Bf6 30. Rc1 a5 31. Kf1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Na2 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Ke2 Bxb2 36. Kd2 Rc8 37. Nd4 Bc3+ 38. Ke2 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Rb8 40. Rd2 g5 41. g4 Kg7 42. Ke3 b3 43. Rb2 Rb4 44. f3 Kg6 45. Kf2 f5 46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. Kf2 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Rb1 Kc2 51. Rh1 b2 52. Ke3 b1Q 53. Rxb1 Kxb1 54. Kd3 Kb2 55. Ke3 Kc3 56. Kf2 Kd3 57. Kg3 Ke3 58. Kg2 Rf4 59. Kg3 Rxf3+ 60. Kg2 Kf4 61. Kg1 e5 62. Kg2 e4 63. Kg1 e3 64. Kg2 e2 65. Kh2 e1Q 66. Kg2 Qf2+ 67. Kh1 Rxh3# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merriman, Dann"]
[Black "Xiao, Marina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 0-0 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxf3 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Re1 Bc5 24. h3 Nd6 25. Ba4 Ne4 26. Rd1 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Bb3 d4 29. Be1 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Nxb3 32. axb3 Re8+ 33. Kd2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf8 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Kxd4 Kd6 38. g3 f6 39. g4 a6 40. b4 b6 41. b3 b5 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 f5 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Kc5 Kf4 46. Kb6 Kg3 47. Kxa6 Kxh3 48. Kxb5 g5 49. Ka5 g4 50. b5 g3 51. b6 g2 52. b7 g1Q 53. b8Q Qc5+ 54. Qb5 Qxb5+ 55. Kxb5 h5 56. Ka5 h4 57. b4 Kg2 58. b5 h3 59. b6 h2 60. b7 h1Q 61. b8Q Qh5+ 62. Qb5 Qxb5+ 63. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Thanksgiving U2200 op"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wu, Andrew"]
[Black "Merriman, Dann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 d6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. f5 Ne7 18. g4 Nc6 19. g5 Qd8 20. Qg3 f6 21. g6 h6 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Qh3 Re7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bc1 Na5 27. Qf3 Nc6 28. Qh5 Nd8 29. Qh4 Nc6 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Qxf6 Rg7 32. d5 Ne5 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. dxe6 Nxg6 35. f6 Rh7 36. f7+ Kf8 37. h4 Rg7 38. Kh1 Ne7 39. h5 Rg5 40. Rf6 Rxh5+ 41. Kg2 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Rxf5 Nxf5 44. Ke4 Ng7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Nxe6 47. Kf5 Kxf7 48. b4 h5 49. a4 Ng7+ 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. c4 d5 52. cxd5+ Kxd5 53. b5 Kc5 54. b6 Kxb6 55. Kg3 Ka5 56. Kf4 c5 57. Kf3 c4 58. Ke3 h4 59. Kf3 c3 60. Ke2 h3 61. Kd1 h2 62. Kc2 h1Q 63. Kxc3 Qe1+ 64. Kc2 Kb4 65. Kd3 Nf5 66. a5 Qe3+ 67. Kc2 Nd4+ 68. Kb1 Qb3+ 0-1

