[Event "Herlies op 5th"]
[Site "Herlies "]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Francois"]
[Black "Brixhe, Abel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. 0-0 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Be4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Ne1 Bd4 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Nd3 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. g4 Rc7 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rc2 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. Rb1 Qa4 29. h3 Qb3 30. Ne1 Rc3 31. Qe4 Rxh3 32. Rc1 g6 33. f3 Qxb2 34. Rc2 Qxa3 35. Kg2 Rh4 36. Nd3 g5 37. Qe2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Herlies op 5th"]
[Site "Herlies "]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Francois"]
[Black "Durez, Cedric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. c5 Nb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. Ne5 f6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Qxc6+ Kf7 12. Nd2 a6 13. 0-0 Bd3 14. a4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Be7 16. b4 Ra7 17. Rb1 Qa8 18. Qxa8 Rhxa8 19. Nb3 c6 20. Na5 Rc8 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. b5 Rc8 23. b6 Rb7 24. a5 Ke8 25. Ba3 Rc6 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. f3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Kc6 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Bc1 Bd8 31. Kd3 e5 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. f4 Re4 34. Bd2 Be7 35. Bb4 Rc4 36. g3 Bxc5 37. e4 Rxb4 38. exd5+ Kxd5 39. Re1 Rd4+ 40. Ke2 Re4+ 41. Kd2 Ra4 42. Re8 Rxa5 43. Rd8+ Bd6 0-1

[Event "Dieppe op 1st"]
[Site "Dieppe"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Francois"]
[Black "Redon, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. h3 Qb6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. c4 e5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb2 Qxb2 19. Rxb2 Rd8 20. Bd3 b6 21. a4 Be6 22. f4 c5 23. f5 Bd5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e4 Be6 26. Ba6 Rd2 27. Rf2 Rd4 28. Bb5 Rxe4 29. Kh2 Rd8 30. Bc6 Rb4 31. c3 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rd3 33. Rc2 Bb3 34. Rc1 Rd6 35. Bb5 Rd2 36. Rb1 Bd5 37. Bf1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Bb3 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Bb5 Bxa4 41. Bc4 Rc2 42. Rd3 Bc6 43. Rg3 a5 44. h4 Kh6 45. Bxf7 Be4 46. Bb3 Rf2 47. c4 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Dieppe op 1st"]
[Site "Dieppe"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rose, Vincent"]
[Black "Mertens, Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Bg5 b5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxb5 cxb5 10. Bd5 Nd7 11. Bxa8 Nb6 12. Bc6 a6 13. e5 Bg7 14. Be4 d5 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Be2 e6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. c3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. b3 Bxe5 23. Qc2 Bd6 24. b4 Be7 25. a4 Rd5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rfe1 Rg5 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Re2 h5 30. Rea2 Bf6 31. Ra7 Qd6 32. Qb7 Qf8 33. Ra8 Bd8 34. R1a5 Qd6 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Qxb5 Bc7 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. dxe5 Bxe5 39. Rc8 Bxc3 40. Rxc4 Be5 41. b5 Kf6 42. b6 Ke7 43. b7 1-0

[Event "Herlies op 4th"]
[Site "Herlies"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dewailly, Nicolas"]
[Black "Mertens, Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Qf3 e6 5. Ne2 Nd7 6. c3 Nb6 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Qe3 Bd7 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. Bh6 a5 12. Nf3 a4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Qc1 f6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. f4 f5 19. Qe3 Bc6 20. 0-0 Qd7 21. a3 b5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Rf3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Rh3 Nd6 28. Ng3 Qd5 29. Ne4 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rf7 32. Ree3 Ref8 33. Rhf3 Rf5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. g4 Rxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 37. Kxf3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL corr"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mertens, Francois"]
[Black "Verbruggen, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.05.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nh3 f4 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qxb7 Nxb7 15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Bd2 Qxd4 17. Ng5 Nd6 18. Rc1 h6 19. Nf3 Qxd3 20. Bc2 Qd5 21. Nc7 Qxa2 22. 0-0 e4 23. Bc3 Rh7 24. Nd2 Qf7 25. Be5 Qf5 26. Bxd6 Bxd6 27. Bxe4 Qf6 28. Nd5 Qd4 29. Rc2 Rf7 30. Rfc1 Bc5 31. b4 1-0

