[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Mauquoi, Rudi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e3 Rfe8 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Red1 Bf6 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg5 25. h4 Qe5 26. Qb1 Ra8 27. Rd2 Red8 28. Rdd1 Rac8 29. Rd2 Rd6 30. Qb2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 Ba6 32. b5 Bb7 33. bxc6 Rcxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd2 Rc5 36. Bf3 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Rd4 f5 39. h5 Kf6 40. g4 fxg4 41. Bxg4 Rc4 42. Bf3 Rxd4 43. exd4 Kf5 44. Kg3 Bc6 45. Bg2 a5 46. Kf3 b5 0-1

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Colson, Arnaud"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 Bb6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Na4 Qe8 10. c5 Ba5 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Nac3 Qh5 15. f3 f4 16. d5 Ne7 17. exf4 Bh3 18. bxa5 e4 19. g4 Nxg4 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. fxg4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qxg4 23. Qd1 Qg6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Be3 Nf5 26. Qe2 Nh4+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Ncxe4 1-0

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lopez Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f3 Be7 13. Ne4 h5 14. h3 Be6 15. Be3 b6 16. b3 a5 17. Kg2 g6 18. Kg3 Ke8 19. f4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh4 23. Nf2 Rh8 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Nxh1 Bb4 26. Kf2 Be7 27. Kg3 Bb4 28. Nf2 Be1 29. Kf3 Bxf2 30. Bxf2 Bd5+ 31. Ke3 Be6 32. Kf3 Bd5+ 33. Kg3 Be4 34. c3 Bb1 35. a3 Ba2 36. b4 a4 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Bb1 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. c4 Ba2 41. c5 b5 42. Bh4+ Kd7 43. Kg5 Bb3 44. Kf6 Ba2 45. Kg7 Ke8 46. Bg3 Bb3 47. e6 fxe6 48. f6 e5 49. Bxe5 Bd5 50. Bxc7 Bc4 51. Bf4 Bd5 52. Kg6 Be4+ 53. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Kalmes, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. Nb1 Rac8 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 e5 17. Qd2 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rxc8 21. Re1 h6 22. Qd3 d4 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Ne4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 0-1

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mauquoi, Rudi"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 Re8 8. Qg3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. c3 Bf8 11. Bd3 Re8 12. f4 d6 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bc4 Bg6 16. f5 Qxf5 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxg6 Qxg6 19. Rhf1 Ne5 20. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Komninos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 0-0 6. Nbd2 d5 7. c3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Re8 9. Qe2 h6 10. h3 a5 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nxg6 a4 14. Bc4 1-0

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghavami, Seyed Reza"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bg5 d6 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. a3 Qe8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. Kh1 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be3 16. Rf1 f4 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Qd3 a6 19. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Schilpp, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 cxb5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. 0-0 Nxe5 13. Bf4 h6 14. Bxe5 hxg5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Qxb5+ Bd7 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Nd5 0-0 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Bxc8 22. Qd5 1-0

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Mietek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bd6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bxf4 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg4+ 13. Kc1 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Kxe8 16. Kd2 Ke7 17. Re1+ Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re4 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 Rd5 21. Rc4 c5 22. b4 Re5+ 23. Kd3 Kd6 24. Rh4 h5 25. g4 g6 26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. Rg4 Rh3+ 28. Kc4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rxh2 30. c3 Rxa2 31. Rxg6 a6 32. Rg7 b5+ 33. Kd4 a5 34. bxa5 Ra4+ 35. Kd3 Rxa5 36. Rb7 Kc6 37. Re7 Kd5 38. Rd7+ Ke5 39. Rb7 Kd6 40. Rb8 Kc7 41. Re8 Ra6 42. Kd4 Rc6 43. Re7+ Kb6 44. Rd7 e5+ 45. Kxe5 Rxc3 46. Kd4 Rc1 47. Rh7 Ka5 48. Rb7 b4 49. Kd3 Ka4 50. Kd2 Rc8 51. Ra7+ Kb3 52. Rb7 Ka3 53. Ra7+ Kb2 54. Rb7 Rd8+ 55. Ke3 b3 56. Ra7 Kb1 57. Rb7 b2 58. Ra7 Rd5 59. Ke4 Rd1 60. Ke3 Rd5 61. Ke4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "LUX-chT 2016/17"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Linster, Philippe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. Nf3 Qxe4+ 5. Be2 d3 6. Qxd3 Qxd3 7. Bxd3 Nf6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rae8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd8 16. Bd2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. g4 g6 20. Bc4 Kg7 21. f3 c5 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 a6 24. Na3 Kf6 25. Bf4 Ke6 26. Nc2 Nf6 27. Bg5 Be7 28. Kd1 Nd5 29. Bc1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beck, Luc"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. Rb1 Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Ne7 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Bb4 Kd7 18. a3 Ncxb4 19. cxb4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mauquoi, Rudi"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. a3 bxa3 13. bxa3 Nc7 14. Ng5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rb1 h6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Qf6+ 23. Bf3 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cerasi, Umberto"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nge2 e5 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne5 13. 0-0 Nfd7 14. Qh3 Nc5 15. Ba3 Ned7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. e4 a6 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qh5 Nxc4 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Qxc5 b6 25. Qf2 Nb2 26. Rd2 Nc4 27. Rd5 Nd6 28. Ng3 Qe6 29. Rfd1 g6 30. Qd4 Nb5 31. Qd2 Nd6 32. Qg5 Nf7 33. Qh4 Rae8 34. R1d2 Qe7 35. Qh6 Nxh6 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Osieka, Udo"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Ba3 e5 12. c5 e4 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Ne1 d5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. c4 Be6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb2 Qf7 19. e3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghavami, Seyed Reza"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. h3 Nbd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Ne2 Ncd5 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Be5 b5 22. Nd2 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Red1 Qb6 25. Ng3 Bd6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qc6 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Nf6 32. Rd8+ Ne8 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Bxf7 Rc2 36. h4 g6 37. Bb3 a5 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Upton, Timothy J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. e3 Bh5 9. Be2 Bg6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 0-0 12. 0-0 Re8 13. b4 Bd6 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bd2 a5 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Ng6 19. Bc1 Re6 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. Qc2 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd2 f5 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qc5 Nh4 27. g3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Rh6 29. h4 Nxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Biryukov, Alice"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be3 c5 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. b3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Re1 0-0 16. Ng3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 c4 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Rab1 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 21. Nh5 Rab8 22. Rbc1 Rb4 23. c3 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 cxb3 25. Qg5 Qf8 26. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Beck, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. 0-0 e5 10. d5 Rd8 11. b4 a6 12. Rfd1 c5 13. a3 Re8 14. Bf1 b6 15. Rdc1 Kh8 16. h3 Ng8 17. Be3 Nf8 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rab1 f5 20. Qc2 f4 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. Rb2 Rab8 23. Rcb1 Nh6 24. Rb3 Nf7 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Qd8 27. Qb6 Ng5 28. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxd8 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. Na4 Bf6 32. Ba5 Be7 33. Rb8 Re8 34. Nb6 Nd7 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Nxc8 Bf8 37. Bc7 Kg7 38. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pettinger, Jean Paul"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 Nd7 6. Qf3 b5 7. e5 Rb8 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 e6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh6 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. 0-0-0 Bxf6 16. exf6 Nf5 17. Qc6 Qe8 18. Bc5+ Nxc5 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 20. Nf3 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1415"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Oberweis, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. g4 Rb8 6. d3 b5 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. Ne2 d5 9. Ng3 d4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. g5 Nd7 12. f5 Nde5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nh5 0-0 15. f6 g6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 c4 20. h4 b4 21. h5 cxd3 22. cxd3 Ba6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bh3 Rb6 25. Qh2 Rf7 26. Qc2 b3 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1314"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neuman, Carlo"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. d4 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Bf2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Qd7 14. Rd1 Rae8 15. g3 c5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Rff1 Rd8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nbd2 cxd4 22. cxd4 d5 23. e5 Rc8 24. Nb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. Qd3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Goerens, Jean Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. f3 Qe8 12. 0-0-0 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 Qc5 15. Bh6 Bd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Elbeshausen, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. 0-0-0 Nf6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Nxc5 b6 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. Be2 0-0 13. Rhg1 d6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Bc4 d5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. h4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Kb1 Rad8 21. c3 Rd6 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Mertens, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e3 7. Bxe3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 e6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Ne4 0-0 14. a3 b5 15. Bg5 Nb6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Rd5 20. c3 Rh5 21. Ng3 Rh6 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. h3 f5 24. Nf2 Nd5 25. Nd3 f4 26. Rfe1 Qg3 27. Kh1 Ne3 28. Rxe3 fxe3 29. Qxe3 Rf8 30. Qe5 Rxf3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Ne5 Rf6 33. Kg1 h5 34. Nxc6 Re3 35. Rd2 h4 36. Nxa7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rff1 38. g4 Rh1+ 39. Kg2 Reg1+ 40. Kf2 Rg3 41. Ke2 Rgxh3 42. Nxb5 Rg3 43. d5 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 Rg1+ 45. Kc2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxd2 exd5 47. Nd4 h3 48. Nf3 Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Wagener, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Bh2 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qc2 e5 12. a4 a5 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Na7 e4 15. Nd2 Ra8 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nb3 Ne8 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Rfd1 Nd3 22. c6 Bc8 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Qd2 Qb4 25. N3d4 Qxa4 26. Qxd3 Ba6 27. Rc4 Bxb5 28. Rxa4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rd8 30. Kf1 Nd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Ke2 Rfd8 33. Kd2 Kf8 34. Raa3 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 36. exd4 Rxd4+ 37. Kc3 Rd6 38. Kc4 Rxc6+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Kries, Yvon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Qb3 e6 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. f3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Kg7 15. e4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Nb5 c4 20. Qc3 e5 21. Nxd4 Qc5 22. Bc2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd7 24. Kh1 Na4 25. Qd2 exd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bb5 28. Rd2 Re8 29. Red1 c3 30. bxc3 Nxc3 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Kg1 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Bxe4 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Kf2 g5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Rc7 h5 40. Rc8 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kf4 h3 43. Rg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mueller, David"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. e5 d5 14. Bxd5 Bd8 15. Bc4 Bc7 16. Ne4 Nge7 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rcd1 Bc8 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Ng5 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Ng6 23. Bg3 Bd7 24. h4 Qd8 25. f4 h6 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. h5 Nf8 28. Bh4 Qe8 29. g4 Nh7 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Rf1 Qd8 33. g5 Ne8 34. g6 Qxh4 35. Nxd7+ Kg8 36. gxf7+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wians, Camille"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qe2 d6 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. g3 Nf6 16. e4 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Nh4 g6 20. Ng2 Nfd7 21. f4 Kg7 22. f5 g5 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 f6 27. Rf1 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. Qe2 Nc7 30. a4 Kg8 31. Nc4 Ne8 32. Kf2 Rh7 33. h4 Rc7 34. Rh1 Qd8 35. Rh2 Rcg7 36. Rdh1 Qe7 37. Qc2 Qb7 38. Qb3 Qd7 39. Ne3 Qb7 40. Qb5 Qd7 41. Qc6 Qd8 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Ng4 Rxh2+ 44. Rxh2 Qd7 45. Qa8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Ke7 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. Qxe8 Qxe8 49. Rxe8 Rh7 50. Kg2 g4 51. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1213"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Peiffer, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 e5 7. Nf3 a5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 f5 17. e3 Nf6 18. Qc2 h6 19. Ng1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schammo, Jean"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. f3 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. b3 h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Rc1 e6 13. h4 Ne7 14. Nh3 Nd7 15. Rc2 b4 16. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Hasani, Driton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 Qc8 10. Bh1 Nbd7 11. a3 h5 12. Qd2 Nh7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qc2 axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. Rfb1 h4 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. b5 Bf6 20. Nd2 Rfe8 21. Nc3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Nb3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nhf8 25. Ra7 Qb6 26. Ra2 Ne6 27. Na4 Qc7 28. Qa1 Qc8 29. Ba3 c5 30. Bb2 Nd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Na5 Rh8 33. Bxb7 Qc7 34. b6 Nxb6 35. Nxb6 Qxb6 36. Rb2 Qa7 37. Ra2 Qb8 38. Bd5 Be6 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Nc6 Qe8 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Qa6 Kf5 43. Qb7 Qh5 44. Nxd4+ cxd4 45. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Hartung, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 h6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. c4 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. 0-0 Rhd8 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rdc8 21. Rcd2 Be7 22. Na5 Ba8 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Nce5+ Ke6 26. Nd3 c4 27. Nf4+ Ke7 28. Nxd5+ Bxd5 29. Rxd5 cxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Ra5 Rc6 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rb2 34. d5 Rcc2 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Ra1 Rab2 37. Rf1 Rb6 38. Rfa1 Rf6 39. Rf1 Rd2 40. Re1+ Kd7 41. f3 Rb6 42. Kh2 Rbb2 43. Rg1 Ra2 44. Rxa2 Rxa2 45. Rb1 Kc7 46. d6+ Kxd6 47. Rb7 Ke6 48. g4 Rd2 49. Ra7 Rd6 50. Kg3 g5 51. Kf2 f5 52. gxf5+ Kxf5 53. Kg3 h5 54. Ra8 h4+ 55. Kh2 Kf4 56. Rf8+ Ke3 57. Re8+ Kd4 58. Ra8 Kc5 59. Kh3 Kb5 60. Kg4 Rd5 61. Rb8+ Kc4 62. Ra8 a5 63. Rc8+ Kb4 64. Rf8 Kc3 65. f4 gxf4 66. Rxf4 Rd4 67. Rxd4 Kxd4 68. Kxh4 a4 69. g4 a3 70. Kh5 a2 71. g5 Ke5 72. g6 a1Q 73. g7 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berend, Elvira S"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 a5 11. Bf4 b4 12. h4 a4 13. a3 Nc7 14. N1h2 Nb5 15. Ng4 bxa3 16. bxa3 Nc3 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. h5 Qd8 22. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.15"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Bishop, Peter"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Bb2 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ng3 e6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. 0-0 Bh4 12. Ne2 f6 13. c4 bxc3 14. Bxc3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Kh2 Nh6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20. Bxc5+ Qxc5 21. Na3 Qc6 22. Qb4+ Kf7 23. Nb5 Rhf8 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Salentiny, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Be3 d6 9. Qc1 Nf5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Ncd4 15. e3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bc6 17. Nd5 a6 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. e4 b5 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Qe1 f5 22. Ba5 Qe8 23. Bd2 bxc4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. dxc4 f4 26. Qe2 Bh6 27. f3 Bg5 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Kh1 Kf7 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Qf1 Be6 33. Bh3 Rg6 34. Bxe6+ Qxe6 35. b3 Rbg8 36. Qe2 h4 37. Rbd1 Bd8 38. Qf2 Rg3 39. Bc1 Qh3 40. Qe2 Rxg1+ 41. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 a5 43. Qg2 Qe6 44. h3 Qg6 45. Qg4 Qf6 46. Kf1 Qe7 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qg4+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Qc8 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Scholtes, Theo"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bc1 Be6 10. e4 Qd7 11. Nc3 Bh3 12. Bh1 Bg4 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Nb8 17. h3 Be6 18. Kh2 c6 19. Rg1 Nbd7 20. Qe1 Nb6 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Nd2 Bc8 24. f3 Nbd7 25. Bf2 b6 26. Rb1 Bb7 27. Qd1 Ng8 28. g4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Bf6 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. f4 Bg7 32. f5 g5 33. Nc4 b5 34. Nd2 f6 35. Bf2 Ne7 36. Nb3 Nc8 37. Qa5 Ncb6 38. Qe1 Rh8 39. Ng3 Bf8 40. Nh5 Be7 41. Rh1 Kg8 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Nd2 d5 44. Qd1 c5 45. Qe2 Qb8 46. Ng3 Qa8 47. Be3 d4 48. Bf2 Nc8 49. Ra1 Bc6 50. Nh5 Nd6 51. Ng3 Reg8 52. Nh5 Ne8 53. Nf1 Ng7 54. Nfg3 Nb6 55. Bf3 Nc8 56. Kg2 Nd6 57. Nxg7 Kxg7 58. h4 Kf7 59. h5 Rb8 60. Rhc1 Rhc8 61. Be1 Be8 62. b3 Kf8 63. Bd2 Bf7 64. Qe1 Qc6 65. a4 a6 66. axb5 axb5 67. Ra7 Ra8 68. Rxa8 Rxa8 69. Ra1 Qb7 70. Qb1 Ra7 71. Bd1 Qa8 72. Rxa7 Qxa7 73. Qb2 Nb7 74. Ne2 c4 75. bxc4 bxc4 76. dxc4 Bxc4 77. Nc1 Kg7 78. Bb4 Nc5 79. Qa3 Qb6 80. Be2 Bxe2 81. Nxe2 Qc6 82. Qf3 Kf7 83. Bxc5 Bxc5 84. Qb3+ Kg7 85. Kf3 Bb6 86. Qd3 Ba7 87. Qb3 Qb6 88. Nc1 Qxb3+ 89. Nxb3 Kf7 90. Ke2 Ke7 91. Kd3 Kd6 92. Kc4 Bb6 93. Kb5 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Adami, Eric"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. c3 Nf6 6. f3 0-0 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Bh6 Bb7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ng3 c5 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Nd2 e6 15. Bd3 h5 16. f4 d5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. h3 Nh6 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Re2 Ne6 25. h4 Nxf4 26. Rc2 Ne6 27. Ne2 a5 28. Qg3 Ba6 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bd3 31. Rcc1 Be4 32. Nd2 Qc7 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. Qf4 f6 35. exf6+ Qxf6 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. g3 Qb6 38. b3 c4+ 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. Rfe1 Qa7 41. Qf3 Be4 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. Rxe3 Bd3 44. Rce1 Kf7 45. bxc4 dxc4 46. Kg2 Rxe3 47. Rxe3 Rb8 48. Nf3 Be4 49. Re2 Rd8 50. Kf2 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 Rd3+ 52. Re3 Rd2 53. Re2 Rxe2 54. Kxe2 Ke6 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Kf3 f4 57. gxf4+ Kf5 58. a4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Murzynski, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. 0-0-0 c6 12. g4 Qb6 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. h5 Rfd8 16. hxg6 Bxg6 17. Bh6 e5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 Kf8 22. Qa3+ Ke8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Bh5 Qf7 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. f3 Kd7 27. fxe4 Re8 28. e5 Rh8 29. b3 h5 30. Rg1 Qf7 31. Qh3+ Ke7 32. Rf1 Qe6 33. Qh4+ Kd7 34. Rf6 Qg4 35. Rd6+ Kc8 36. Qe7 Qf4+ 37. Kb2 Qf8 38. Qd7+ Kb8 39. c3 h4 40. Rf6 Qc8 41. Qd6+ Ka8 42. e6 h3 43. Qh2 Qg8 44. e7 Qe8 45. Re6 Rh7 46. a4 Rxe7 47. Rxe7 Qxe7 48. Qxh3 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Ka7 50. Qd7 Qc2 51. Kb4 a5+ 52. Kc4 Qe2+ 53. Kc5 Qh5+ 54. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.10"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Fadil, Hicham"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[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 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Qa5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 0-0 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Rab8 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. b3 Rb7 18. h4 Bb5 19. Rc5 Bc6 20. Bh6 Ra8 21. h5 e6 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. h6 Bf8 25. Rc3 Be7 26. Nh2 Qd8 27. Rf3 Qf8 28. Ng4 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Kh8 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rcc3 a4 32. Rf6 axb3 33. axb3 Rab8 34. Rcf3 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qd8+ Qg8 38. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Geschwindt, Gilbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 Bc6 13. Nf3 Kd8 14. Qe2 Kc7 15. c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Serban, David"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qb6 8. Nc3 e6 9. a4 Ne7 10. Qe1 0-0 11. d3 d5 12. a5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nb4 16. Ned4 Qe7 17. Bd2 Na6 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nb4 20. Qc1 Bc6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Bxd4 Qxe4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-ch AB"]
[Site "Differdingen"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Weber, Jean Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Qd2 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 f6 10. Bg3 e6 11. 0-0-0 Qe7 12. h4 h5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf4 Kf7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. f3 Nc6 18. Bf2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Qe1 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Re8 24. Qg3 Be5 25. Qh3 Bd6 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Qxh3 28. Rxh3 Rxe2 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. h5 Rh2 31. Rxh2 Bxh2 32. Rh1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Pardubice op-E"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 b6 14. f3 Ne8 15. Rc1 g6 16. 0-0 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 exf4 19. Nb5 Kh8 20. Rc3 Rg8 21. Bd4+ Bf6 22. Rfc1 Qe7 23. Rh3 Bc8 24. Rcc3 Bb7 25. Rh6 Rg7 26. Rch3 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Kg8 28. Re6 Qf8 29. Bh5 Ba6 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Nxc7 Qc8 33. Ne6 Qd7 34. Nxg7 Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-E"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Vinklarek, Ondrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 0-0 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. e6 fxe6 9. Bxe6+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Bxd4 11. Nf7+ Rxf7 12. Bxf7 Ne5 13. Bb3 b6 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. f3 a5 16. 0-0-0 c6 17. h4 Nf6 18. Ne4 a4 19. Be6 b5 20. h5 Nxh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Ng5 Qb6 23. Qe4 Ng6 24. Rh1 Bf6 25. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Pardubice opB"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Reutsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 c5 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. exd4 f5 15. Nf3 a5 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rf3 Bc6 19. Rh3 Be8 20. a4 Rc7 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rf8 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qe2 Rg7 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Qd3 Rb7 0-1

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Fage, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. c3 c6 8. Re1 Be6 9. Ng5 Nbd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. Be3 d5 13. Bg2 b6 14. h3 Qd6 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. f3 d4 17. Bf2 Nc5 18. c4 Bh6 19. b4 Ncd7 20. a3 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Be1 Ra6 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rfa8 26. h4 Nh5 27. Kf2 Nc5 28. Bf1 Qe7 29. Bh3 Nf4 30. Bf1 Nh5 31. Bh3 g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Bg4 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qxg4 35. Qe2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gengler, Pierre"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Qa5+ 8. c3 c5 9. Qd1 Ng8 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qb3 0-0-0 12. Bxf7 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. 0-0 e6 16. Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Nd2 d6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Nc4 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Degano, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1222"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d4 6. e4 g6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Ng5 Bh6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Qe7 12. a3 0-0-0 13. b4 h5 14. b5 Na5 15. Nxe5 h4 16. Nxg6 Qg7 17. Nxh8 Qxh8 18. Bh3 hxg3 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 20. hxg3 Qh5 21. Kg2 b6 22. a4 Nb7 23. Rh1 Qe5 24. Bf5 Nd6 25. f4 Qe8 26. Bh3 Nh5 27. e5 Qg8 28. Qe1 Nf7 29. Be6 Qg6 30. Bxf7 Qxf7 31. Qd1 Rh8 32. Qf3 Qg6 33. Rh4 Rh6 34. Rah1 Nxg3 35. Rxh6 Qxh6 36. Rxh6 Nf5 37. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "LUX-ch U18"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steil Antoni, Dario"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Qc1 a6 16. Nbc3 Nd4 17. Qe3 Nxc2 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Nxa1 20. Re2 Re8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Bd3 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Nc2 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Bd3 d5 28. Nb6 Be6 29. Na4 Rc8 30. g3 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nxd3 33. Nb6 Rc2 34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. Kf3 Rxf2+ 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Kxd3 Rxb3+ 38. Kd4 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mossong, Bernadette"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2 d6 8. Qc1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d5 Re8 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. e4 h6 14. Nh3 N8d7 15. 0-0 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. Qxf4 Re5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. h3 Re8 22. Qd2 Be4 23. Bxe4 Nfxe4 24. Ncxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qc1 Re2 27. Rf2 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Re7 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 g5 36. b3 h5 37. a3 g4 38. h4 c6 39. dxc6 bxc6 40. b4 a4 41. b5 cxb5 42. cxb5 Ke6 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. Kg5 Kc5 45. b6 Kxb6 46. Kxh5 d5 47. Kxg4 Kc5 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Gudendorf, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. 0-0 f6 9. b3 Ne7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Ne2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qd3 g5 14. Ng3 0-0-0 15. Nf5 Qf7 16. f3 a6 17. c4 b6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Nd5 Qh7 20. Bc1 Bh6 21. Be3 Rdf8 22. Rf2 Rhg8 23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Raf1 h4 26. Kd1 Bh6 27. h3 Kd7 28. Qc3 a5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qg8 31. Kc1 Rff8 32. Kb2 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. cxd5 c5 35. dxc6+ Rxc6 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Rd1 Rf4 39. Rfd2 Bf8 40. Kc3 Kc6 41. Kc4 Rf7 42. Rd3 Rf4 43. Kc3 Be7 44. Rg1 Bd8 45. Kb2 Be7 46. Ka3 Bd8 47. Rb1 Rf7 48. Rc3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Muller, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bb4 11. f3 0-0 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 h6 14. Rac1 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rc2 Nc7 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. Qf2 Qh5 20. Ne2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Ne8 22. Kh2 g5 23. f4 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Kh7 26. Rec2 Ng7 27. g4 h5 28. Rc7 hxg4 29. hxg4 Kg6 30. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romano, Antonino"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1675"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. c3 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 a5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 axb4 15. cxb4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Bg5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Qg4 Nf8 21. h4 Kh8 22. h5 Qd7 23. Rf3 Ng6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh3 h5 26. Qe2 Kg8 27. g4 Qa7+ 28. Kg2 Qd4 29. gxh5 Qxa1 30. hxg6 Rxa3 31. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speksnijder, Robert"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qe8 16. Qc2 Qg6 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. c5 d5 20. c4 Rae8 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Rc2 Rf7 27. Rec1 Rc8 28. Rc6 Qd8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Kg7 31. Qc3 Kh7 32. e6 Re7 33. Qe5 Kg6 34. Rd1 Qh8 35. Qxd5 Rce8 36. e4 Qf6 37. e5 Qg7 38. g4 Qf8 39. Qc4 fxg4 40. Rd7 Qf4 41. Qd5 Qf5 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Qd8 g3 44. fxg3 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qe4 46. Qxe7 Qxc6 47. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Bishop, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d3 a6 3. g3 Be7 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e4 d6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nf1 Ngf6 10. h4 c5 11. N1h2 Qc7 12. Nd2 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. a4 Ne5 15. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 g4 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 0-0-0 19. Bf3 d5 20. e5 Rh7 21. Bg2 Rdh8 22. f3 d4 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Rh1 Rdh8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Qe2 Qd8 28. Rh1 Qh8 29. Qd1 c4 30. Rxh7 Qxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leyder, Alphonse"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Be5 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ba6 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Ngf3 Ncd7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. c4 Rhc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, David"]
[Black "Kneip, Jean Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Re1 Ne8 11. e4 d4 12. Nc4 Bb4 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 a5 16. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daubenfeld, Gilles"]
[Black "Mertens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf5 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Rb2 c5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 b6 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Ne7 20. Qc4 Ng6 21. Bg3 Ngxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Qxh5 Re7 25. Rb3 Qd6 26. Re3 Rce8 27. Rfe1 Qg6 28. Qd1 Qf6 29. Qd5 Ng6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Bf4 Kh5 36. g3 Nd5 37. Bb8 a6 38. c4 Nc3 1/2-1/2

