[Event "Berlin Spandau op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Janasik, Gerhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Qa5 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. f4 Nh6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Kh1 d6 14. e6 f5 15. Ba6 Ng4 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. h3 Nf6 18. g4 d5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Rg2 Rg8 22. Rag1 c5 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Qxf5 d4 25. Kh2 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Raf8 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. f5 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Berlin Spandau op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Major, Vitalij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. d3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bf4 d6 9. Bg2 Nge7 10. 0-0 h6 11. h4 0-0 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rfe1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nec6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bc1 Bg4 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. Ra2 Bf3 20. Kh2 f5 21. Qd2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 f4 24. g4 Qe7 25. Kh3 Bf6 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Rg8 28. Bf3 Rg1 29. Bd2 Qg7 30. Bg4 Qg5 31. Kh2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Heimbrodt, Birk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 e6 10. Be2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qd2 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Nbd5 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ka2 Kb8 20. c4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 c5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rhf1 cxd4 24. exd4 Qc6 25. Nd2 Bg6 26. c5 Be7 27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Nc4 e5 29. b4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Rd8 32. Qc3 Bf7 33. Kb1 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 f5 35. gxf5 Bf6 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 a6 38. Qd3 Qe5 39. Qb3 Qe4+ 40. Qc2 Qd4 41. Qb3 Qe4+ 42. Qc2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Worm, Alfred"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Na3 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. c4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 Qd7 10. Re1 e6 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Nc2 Qc6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Bxe6 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qxd4 Re6 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22. d3 Bc5 23. Qc3 Nd5 24. Qc2 Nb4 25. Qd1 Bxd3+ 26. Kg1 0-0 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rf1+ 29. Qxf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rxe3 31. a3 Nc6 32. Rc1 Re6 33. b4 Kf7 34. Rc5 h6 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Nd4 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Ra7 Nb5 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. h4 Nd6 41. g4 Nc4 42. Ra4 Rc6 43. Kf2 g6 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Ra8 Kd4 46. a4 Kc3 47. a5 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. a6 Rc5 50. a7 Ra5 51. Rg8 Rxa7 52. Rxg5 Kd4 53. Rf5 Ra8 54. Kf4 Re8 55. Rf7 Nd6 56. Rd7 Re6 57. Kg5 Ke5 58. Kh4 Ne4 59. g5 Rg6 60. Ra7 Kf4 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Ra7 Nxg5 63. Ra5+ Kf4 64. Kh5 Rg8 65. Ra4+ Ne4 66. Kh6 Kf5 67. Ra5+ Ke6 68. Ra6+ Nd6 69. Kh5 Rh8+ 70. Kg5 Kd5 71. Kf4 Rh6 72. Kf3 Rh3+ 73. Kf4 Ke6 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf4 Rf8+ 76. Ke3 Rf5 77. Ke2 Rd5 78. Kf3 Ke5 79. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Birkholz, Karl Lukas"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 cxd4 8. cxd4 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rc1 0-0 15. a3 Qd7 16. Kg2 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Qe8 18. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Hilbert, Stephan Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne4 Qc7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bc3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qe2 0-0-0 14. 0-0-0 e6 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ba5 Rd5 17. Qe1 Qf4 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rd3 Rb5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. c4 f6 27. h4 Kd7 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Kd3 Rh8 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Rh1 Rg7 32. Rg1 Kd6 33. Rh1 c5 34. d5 b5 35. Rg1 b4 36. Re1 Re7 37. Rg1 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Nxg5 Rg7 40. Nf3 Rxg1 41. Nxg1 Be5 42. Kc2 Bd4 43. Nh3 b6 44. f4 Be3 45. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Lange, Jannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Nc3 g6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxf5 Nc5 18. Qf3 a5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qg8 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. c5 Qxd5 23. cxd6+ Qxd6 24. Bd2 Bc6 25. Rad1 Rhg8 26. f3 Qd4 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Rde1+ Kd7 29. Bf4 Rae8 30. Rd1 Re2 31. Bg3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Fromm, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Qe2 0-0-0 11. 0-0-0 Rde8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Ng2 f5 17. f3 Rhf8 18. Rdf1 Nd8 19. Nb3 Nf7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne5 22. Qc2 N7c6 23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Re1 Qxd4 27. Qc2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nb4 29. Qd2 Nxa2+ 30. Kd1 Qxc5 31. Ne3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Re8 33. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 Qc4+ 36. Kf3 b6 37. Ne7+ Kb7 38. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 39. Nxd5 Nc1 40. Ne7 Nd3 41. Nf5 Nxb2 42. Nxh6 a5 43. Nf5 a4 44. Ne3 a3 45. Nc2 a2 46. h4 gxh4 47. g5 Nd3 48. Kg4 Ne5+ 49. Kxh4 b5 50. Kg3 b4 51. Na1 Kc6 52. Kf4 Kd5 53. Ke3 c5 54. g6 Nxg6 55. Kd3 c4+ 56. Kd2 b3 57. Kc3 Kc5 58. Kb2 Kb4 59. Nxb3 cxb3 60. Ka1 Ne5 61. Kb2 a1Q+ 62. Kxa1 Kc3 63. Kb1 b2 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 17th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Nour, Alaa"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 a6 10. Qa4 axb5 11. Qxa8 Nf5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Ba5 Qd7 14. cxb5 Nd4 15. Rc1 0-0 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. Bc4 Qf4 20. Rd1 Nc2 21. Bb3 Ne3+ 22. Ke2 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxh2 24. Bb6 Bg4+ 25. Kd2 Bxd1 26. Bxd1 Qxg2 27. Bb3 Be7 28. a4 Qe4 29. Kc3 Qe1+ 30. Kc4 Qc1+ 31. Kb4 Qxb2 32. a5 Bg5 33. Be3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qd2+ 35. Ka4 Qxe3 36. Bc4 Qc5 37. Kb3 h5 38. a6 bxa6 39. bxa6 h4 40. Bf1 Qxd5+ 41. Kc2 Qd4 42. Kb3 g5 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abele, Anais"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 0-0 10. 0-0 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rbc8 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. Ne3 Qd6 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qf4 22. Ba6 Qe4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 h6 26. h3 Rd7 27. Qc2 Kf8 28. Qc5+ Ke8 29. Qc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Ke7 31. Nc4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd7 33. a4 Nd5 34. a5 Rb7 35. a6 Rxb3 36. Ra8 Nb6 37. Rxa7+ Nd7 38. Ne5 Ra3 39. Nxd7 Kd6 40. Nb8 Kc5 41. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Gazizov, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nb5 d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. exd5 exd5 9. c3 0-0 10. Be3 Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. Qd2 Bc5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ba6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. 0-0 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe2 20. Qc1 Rae8 21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Re2+ 23. Kg1 Qg6 24. g3 Qd3 25. Qf4 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. f4 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Kotyk, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 f5 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. d3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. 0-0-0 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Qxg2 16. Nf3 Qxf2 17. Qxf2 Bxf2 18. Nxe5 g6 19. h4 Kg7 20. Rdf1 Bg3 21. Nf3 f4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. h5 h6 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Bxe6 g5 26. Bg4 Rfe8 27. Rd1 Re3 28. Rhf1 Rf8 29. Rf3 Rfe8 30. Rff1 Bh4 31. Bf3 b6 32. Kc2 Kf6 33. Kd2 Kf5 34. Be4+ Kg4 35. Bg6 Re2+ 36. Kc1 R8e3 37. Rg1+ Bg3 38. Rdf1 Rh2 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 f3 41. Rf1 f2 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schubert, Nikita"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 bxc6 8. Ba3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Be2 Ne7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. c4 Re8 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. cxd5 Rd8 18. c4 Red7 19. Qb3 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc5 22. Bf3 Rd2 23. Qe3 Qf8 24. Rbd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. Qxa7 Re7 27. Qa8 Re8 28. Qd5 g6 29. h3 h5 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. a4 h4 32. a5 Qc7 33. a6 Re7 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schreiber, Nico"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 c5 7. c3 c4 8. Qc2 g6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Kf2 Bc5 14. Re1 a5 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nd4 a4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. a3 b3 19. Qd2 Rf8 20. Nf3 Qb8 21. Rh6 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Reh1 Rf7 24. Ng5 Rg7 25. Bf3 Qd6 26. Ra1 Bc6 27. Ke2 e5 28. Bg4 Bd7 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. Kf3 exf4 31. exf4 Re8 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Re7 34. Rxh7 Rxh7 35. Nxh7 d4 36. Ng5 dxc3 37. Qxc3 Qd1+ 38. Ke4 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Kliewe, Hans Juergen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nb3 Bd6 6. exd5 exd5 7. c3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nd4 0-0 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Nf3 e5 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Be2 Na5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxb6 21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxd6 Nc4 24. Re6 Rcd8 25. Kc2 Rf6 26. Re7 Kf8 27. Rc7 b5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Re1 Nd5 30. Rc5 Nf4 31. Nxe5 Nxg2 32. Ng4 Nxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC op 16th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Witek, Jarne"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Bh3 Bc8 8. Bxc8 Qxc8 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Nc3 h5 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Rae1 h4 18. Rg1 g5 19. Rg2 Ra7 20. Reg1 h3 21. Bc1 hxg2+ 22. Rxg2 f5 23. f4 Qb7 24. fxe5 Qxd5 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Bxg5 Kd8 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Kg1 Bd6 29. Bg5+ Kc8 30. Rf2 Rf8 31. Qh5 Raf7 32. Bh6 Rh8 33. Qg6 Re8 34. Rf1 Rfe7 35. Bg5 Re1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kf2 Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Rxe6 39. h4 Kd7 40. h5 Bf8 41. h6 Bxh6 42. Bxh6 Rxh6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Bernhardsson, Sten Hilding G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Be2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Kh1 c5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. Rab1 d4 27. g3 Re8 28. Rd3 Re7 29. Rbd1 Rce8 30. R1d2 g6 31. c3 dxc3 32. Nxc3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qe7 35. Kf2 Qf6 36. Rcd3 c4 37. bxc4 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kh3 Qe6+ 40. g4 h5 41. Rg2 hxg4+ 42. Rxg4 Kg7 43. f5 Rh8+ 44. Rh4 Rxh4+ 45. Kxh4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menkhaus, Wolf Dieter"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Rc1 0-0 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 N5f6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 a6 17. Nfd2 Rac8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 c5 21. Bxb7 c4 22. Qa3 Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kallweit, Paul"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "922"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. 0-0 a6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. Bd2 c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kg2 Qf6 17. f4 Ne4 18. f3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 h6 20. Re2 Nd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Kg3 Qd6 23. Kh3 Nf6 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. f5 Rg8 26. e4 Qf4 27. e5 Qxf3+ 28. Rg3 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Ree3 f6 31. e6 Nb8 32. Be2 Qe8 33. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Seichter, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne5 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. 0-0-0 d5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Qxc4 Bf8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Qe2 a6 19. g4 g6 20. Qf2 c5 21. Nb3 Nd7 22. Nd5 Qc6 23. Qd2 b6 24. Qg2 Bb7 25. c4 Qa4 26. Qc2 Rac8 27. a3 Qc6 28. Bf2 Ba8 29. Bg3 Bg7 30. Rd3 Bh6 31. Kb1 Bg7 32. Red1 Nf8 33. Re1 Nd7 34. Qf2 Bb7 35. Bh4 Bf8 36. Bg5 h6 37. Bf6 Kh7 38. h4 Qa4 39. Qc2 Qc6 40. Rde3 Ba8 41. h5 Bb7 42. hxg6+ fxg6 43. e6 Nxf6 44. Nxf6+ Kh8 45. Nxe8 Rxe8 46. Qxg6 Bg7 47. f5 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Roehr, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Nd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bb4 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. a3 Nxe3 14. axb4 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 Qxb4 16. b3 0-0 17. Ra4 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng3 c5 20. Kf2 Bd7 21. Raa1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 c4 23. b4 Bb5 24. Kg1 Rf6 25. Rad1 h6 26. Qe3 f4 27. Qe4 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 fxg3 29. hxg3 Raf8 30. Rd6 Qf2 31. Re2 Qxg3 32. c3 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Luther, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 0-0 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bd2 e5 10. a3 Be7 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Kf2 Rab8 16. Ne2 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Be3 c5 19. b3 Rbc8 20. Rd2 Ra8 21. Rhd1 Rdc8 22. Rc1 Ra3 23. Rcd1 h6 24. h3 c4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1 Nh5 28. Rd3 Ra2 29. Rd2 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Ke1 Nf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Kd1 Ra7 34. Rb1 Rac7 35. Rb3 Kh7 36. Rbd3 Kg6 37. Rd6+ f6 38. Rd7 Rxc2 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Rb2 Rc4 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43. Kc2 Ke6 44. Kb3 Kd6 45. Ka4 Kc5 46. Rc2+ Rc4 47. Rd2 Rc3 48. Rb2 Ra3# 0-1

[Event "Rostock SSC 07 op 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schuett, Matthias"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 c3 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. b3 h6 12. Bc1 Nd7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Be3 N7b6 15. 0-0 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Ne1 Rb8 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 N7f6 22. Qh4 Kd7 23. Nf3 g5 24. Ne5+ Kxd6 25. Qg3 Ke7 26. Nc4 Rbd8 27. Rfe1 Qb7 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Qb8 31. Qf5 Rd5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Ne5 Rh7 34. Rf1 Ne8 35. Ra2 Rg7 36. Raf2 f6 37. Qh5 Kd8 38. Qh4 Kc8 39. Nc4 h5 40. Qe4 Qd7 41. Rf4 Rdg5 42. Ne3 Nd6 43. Qd3 f5 44. R1f2 Ne4 45. Rc2 e5 46. Qa6+ Kb8 47. dxe5 Qd4 48. Rf3 Nd2 49. Qxc6 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Weimert, Miriam"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[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 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Qxg7 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Na4 Rd8 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. f3 Ke7 22. Kf2 Rhg8 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nb6+ Kc7 29. Nxc8 Kxc8 30. Kg3 Kd8 31. Kg4 Ke7 32. Kg5 Kf8 33. Kf6 h5 34. h4 Ke8 35. Kxe5 Ke7 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. e5+ Kg6 38. g4 f6 39. exf6 Kxf6 40. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Stumbries, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf5 Qb6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rb1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. b3 Bb4 18. Ne5 Be4 19. f3 f6 20. fxe4 fxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd4 Qg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 c5 25. Bxc5 Bxc3 26. Re3 d4 27. Re2 Nd7 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Rxd4 Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. c4 Kf7 33. c5 Nd7 34. b4 Ne5 35. Rc2 Ke7 36. b5 Rc8 37. a4 Nd3 38. Kg3 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorreiter, Heiko"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Ba3 a6 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Rd2 Qc6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. c4 b6 19. Re2 f5 20. Re3 Rf8 21. Rh3 Rf6 22. Bc1 Rg6 23. Qf3 f4 24. Kf1 Qf5 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qd4 Rf8 27. Re1 f3 28. g4 Rxg4 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Bg5+ 33. Kxe4 f2+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Eichhorn, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. f3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d5 9. exd5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qxd5 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Qd2 Be6 13. 0-0-0 Rfe8 14. Rhe1 Rad8 15. Qf2 Nd4 16. Kb1 Bc8 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Bxd4 Be6 20. b3 b6 21. Bb2 Qa8 22. Qh4 g6 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Re5 Qd7 25. Qe1 Ng7 26. Re4 Nf5 27. g4 Ne7 28. Qc3 f6 29. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Just, Gabriele"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 c6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qf3 Nh7 12. Qg3 Bf6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qg5 15. Qf2 f5 16. Nf3 Qg6 17. h3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. h4 Qg4 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Bd3 Qg4 22. Be2 Qg6 23. Qf4 Bd7 24. a4 a5 25. Rae1 b5 26. Rf3 Kh8 27. Rg3 Qh7 28. h5 Be8 29. Rh3 Kg8 30. Bd3 Qh8 31. Rf1 Ra7 32. g4 Raf7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. e6 Rf6 36. Qd6 g5 37. Qxd5 g4 38. e7+ R8f7 39. Rg3 Kg7 40. Qe5 Kg8 41. Rf4 Qg7 42. Bxf5 Rxe7 43. Qd5+ Kh8 44. Rfxg4 Rxf5 45. Qxf5 Qf7 46. Qc5 Qe6 47. e4 Qd7 48. d5 Kh7 49. Qc3 Bxh5 50. Rg8 Qa7+ 51. Kg2 Bf3+ 52. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Marek, Sascha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. f4 Bc4 11. Bd3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxg5 17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. Nd5 Rd7 19. Qc8+ Rd8 20. Qc6+ Nd7 21. Rf5 Qd2 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Raf1 f6 24. Qd5 Nc5 25. d4 Qa5 26. Qc6 Rd7 27. Nd5+ Ke8 28. dxc5 Be7 29. cxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bertram, Marina"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1046"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Rb1 c5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. Bf3 a6 14. Be1 b5 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Ba5 Qc7 17. b3 Qc6 18. c3 Nd7 19. c4 Kh8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc3 Qe6 22. b4 Rab8 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Re1 Rfd8 28. Qb3 Rbc8 29. Rbd1 Rc4 30. Qd3 g6 31. g4 Rxf4 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Qg6+ 35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. e6 Rc7 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Bg4 Kg7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Kg3 Bc6 43. h4 Bb7 44. Kf2 Bc8 45. Rd4 Bxe6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Rxd5 Kf6 48. Kf3 Rc6 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50. e4 Ra4 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rxg6 Rxa3 53. Rg7+ Kf6 54. Rg5 b4 55. Rf5+ Ke6 56. Re5+ Kf6 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Rf5+ Ke6 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Rd5+ Kc6 62. h5 b3 63. Rd2 Ra2 64. Rd3 b2 65. Rb3 Ra5 66. h6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Brauer, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d4 exd3 7. Bxd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qd4 9. Ne2 Qxb2 10. 0-0 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 0-0 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qd3+ Kg8 15. Qg3 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Qxe5 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Bf6 Bc4 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Rfe1 Qc3 24. Qh4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rd8 27. h4 Nd4 28. Nh5 Qg6 29. Qxc7 Ne6 30. Qxc4 Qxh5 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Rd2+ 33. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 23rd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schreiter, Thomas"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a4 0-0 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. a5 Nbd5 11. Nxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 Nf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Ne3 Be8 19. Kh1 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. c4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 b5 23. e5 Nd7 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qe2 Nb6 27. Rc1 Qa7 28. d5 exd5 29. Bd4 Qa5 30. Qg4 g6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Nxd5 Qb2 33. Nxe7+ Kf8 34. Qg5 Qxf2 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Wulff, Jens Peter"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. Qc2 h6 9. h3 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 c5 12. Be2 c4 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bf3 Qc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rad1 Nd3 24. Qd2 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qc5 26. b4 Qf5 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Qb6 Qa8 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. f3 Rd7 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Qb6 Qc8 34. Qd4 Rb7 35. Rd2 f6 36. Re2 e5 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Re4 f5 39. Re2 f4 40. Bf2 Rf7 41. Bc5 Kg8 42. Bf2 g5 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Qd5 Qb7 45. Rxe5 Nxe5 46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. Bd4 Kg6 48. Qe6+ Kh5 49. Bf6 Qd7 50. Qe5 Kg6 51. Be7 Rxe7 52. dxe7 Qe8 53. Qe6+ Kh5 54. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Henkel, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h4 d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 8. g3 Bf6 9. Bb5 Kf8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Rf1 Ne7 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Bd2 h5 14. 0-0-0 h4 15. gxh4 Nxh4 16. Rh1 Rg8 17. Nxh4 Bxd1 18. Ng6+ fxg6 19. Kxd1 Qd7 20. Qf3 Ke7 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Re1 Raf8 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Qg2 Rf6 26. Kc1 Kc8 27. b3 Rgf8 28. Re2 Rf1+ 29. Kb2 Qd6 30. Be3 Qf6 31. a4 Rf3 32. Qg4+ Qf5 33. Qc4 Kb7 34. Qd4 Ra8 35. Ne4 Qd5 36. Nc5+ Kc8 37. Qg4+ Rf5 38. Bd4 Kd8 39. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Hopp, Peter"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. h3 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c3 Qf6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. g4 e3 14. Nf3 exf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qf6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rae1 0-0 19. Ned4 Na6 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Re1 Nd6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. b3 Bd7 28. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "986"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8. Qd3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. Be3 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. h3 h5 13. Rhg1 h4 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Nh7 16. g6 Nf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qg6+ Ke6 20. f5# 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Fromm, Marius"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1535"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc6 Nxe4 16. Qf3 d5 17. c3 Bd7 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nc2 f5 20. Rad1 Rfc8 21. Bd4 e5 22. Be3 d4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Bc6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd5 Ng5 27. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Herzog, Jana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd2 d6 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nf3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Qc1 f6 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Kf7 17. Qd1 Rh8 18. Qf3 Qg8 19. Nb5 Bd8 20. Be3 a6 21. Nc3 c6 22. Kd2 Bb6 23. Rhg1 Bxe3+ 24. fxe3 Ke7 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. d4 Nb6 27. Nc3 Rac8 28. Ra5 c5 29. d5 Rhg8 30. Raa1 h5 31. Na4 Nxa4 32. bxa4 h4 33. a5 Rh8 34. c4 Qe8 35. Qd1 Rb8 36. Qb3 Qd7 37. Ra3 Qc7 38. Qa2 Rhg8 39. Qa1 Rh8 40. Kc3 Rhg8 41. Rg2 Rgc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock SSC op 14th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Schulz, Michael"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Bf5 4. e3 Qd7 5. Nf3 Qc8 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Bg3 Qd8 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e5 Qb4 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Kf8 17. Rfe1 b6 18. h3 Bh5 19. d5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. d6 Qe8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 e5 24. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keil, Michael"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1321"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Nh5 7. h3 Nxf4 8. exf4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd4 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. b3 Nd7 16. f5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Nf6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Bc4 Qc7 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Re2 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd7 28. g4 Re7 29. Ra2 a5 30. g5 Qe5 31. h4 Bd6 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qe5 34. Kg2 Bb4 35. Rc2 f5 36. gxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rc6+ Ke5 39. Bg8 Bd6 40. Rb6 b4 41. Rb5+ Kf4 42. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bielfeldt, Michael"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Bh2 Nb6 14. Nb5 Rd8 15. a3 Nfd7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nf8 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nc8 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Qd1 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nb3 Qe7 25. Bh5 Qg5 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Kh2 Rad8 28. Nd2 Re7 29. b4 a6 30. Nf1 Rde8 31. Ng3 Qd6 32. Kg1 Bh7 33. Ne2 Re4 34. Nf4 Bf5 35. Ne2 Bc8 36. Rc5 Qg6 37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Nxd5 cxd5 39. Qc2 Be6 40. Qd3 Rf4 41. Qe2 Rh4 42. f3 Qg6 43. Kh2 Qh5 44. Qf1 g5 45. g4 Qg6 46. Kg3 h5 47. Rc7 hxg4 48. fxg4 Qe4 49. R1c3 Rf8 50. Qf6 Qg6 51. Qxg6+ fxg6 52. Rxb7 Rh7 53. Rb6 Rhf7 54. Rxe6 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 R8f2+ 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Salm, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1483"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. Ne4 Qb6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Be2 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 0-0-0 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Qb2 Rhg8 16. a4 a5 17. Nd2 c5 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. f3 Bh5 21. Nxa5 Qc7 22. b4 Qg3+ 23. Kd2 Qxg2 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rhg1 Ne4+ 26. Ke1 Qxg1+ 27. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 28. Bf1 Rd7 29. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Didt, Hartmut"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Na5 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rfd1 b4 13. Na4 0-0 14. b3 Bc6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nh3 Nh5 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. f4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. Rxd7 Rac8 22. Bb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qc3 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. R7d3 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damm, Holger"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd3 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 Re8 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bd2 a5 16. Kh1 Ba6 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qf4 Rb6 20. b3 Rb4 21. Qf3 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Nguyen, Alex Dac Vuong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Bg3 Nf5 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Qxe4 Nc6 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re1 h6 24. Nf1 c6 25. Ne3 Kh7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Qa6 28. a3 Qe2 29. Ne3 Ng6 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. cxd3 Nf4 32. Nc4 Nxd3 33. b4 Ne5 34. Nd6 b6 35. Nc8 a5 36. Nxb6 axb4 37. axb4 Nd3 38. Kf1 Nxb4 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Nc4 c5 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nc4 Kd5 44. Nb6+ Kc6 45. Nc4 Nd5 46. Ke4 Nb6 47. Ne3 g6 48. g4 c4 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. f4 Kb4 51. Nd1 Na4 52. Nf2 Nc5 53. f5 g5 54. Nd1 Na4 55. Ne3 c3 56. Nd5+ Kb3 57. Ne3 c2 58. Nxc2 Kxc2 59. Kd5 Nc3+ 60. Ke6 Ne4 61. Kf7 Kd3 62. Kg7 Ke3 63. Kxh6 Kf3 64. Kh5 Kg3 65. h4 gxh4 66. g5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Gerhardt, Dirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e5 b6 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. Ng5 e6 11. h4 Ne7 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Rh3 b5 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Ndf3 Qa5+ 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 19. c3 Qa4 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nb3 Be7 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rb1 c5 24. dxc5 Bxg5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Be7 27. Rb4 Qa5 28. Qb2 Rb8 29. Kf1 0-0 30. a4 a6 31. Ra3 Qc7 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rab3 Bxh4 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Rc8 36. Qb4 Bd8 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Qb2 Qc8 39. g3 Bc7 40. Rb7 Ra1+ 41. Qxa1 Qxb7 42. Qd1 Qb4 43. Qa1 Ba5 44. c6 Qb6 45. Qa4 Qc7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Kg2 Bb6 48. Kf3 Bxd4 49. Qxd4 Qxc6 50. Qd3 Qc4 51. Qd1 Qc3+ 52. Kf2 d4 53. Qe2 d3 54. Qd1 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 g5 56. fxg5 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naumann, Peter"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf6 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. h3 c5 17. d5 c4 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ba2 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Bb1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Nh4 Qg5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. g3 Nd7 28. Qd1 Nc5 29. Nf5 Kg8 30. f4 Qf6 31. Nd6 Ba8 32. e5 Qe7 33. Qc2 Nd3 34. Qe2 Qa7+ 35. Kf1 Qd4 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Nde4 dxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 22nd"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Weber, Benedikt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d4 exd3 7. Bxd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Bf4 Qd5 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qe4 Bc5 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. b3 Qc5 15. Bd2 Qf2+ 16. Kd1 0-0-0 17. Rf1 Qc5 18. b4 Qd5 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Qxh7 g6 22. Be2 c5 23. b5 Rh8 24. Qg7 Rdg8 25. Qf6 Bd8 26. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxf6 28. exf6 Rh4 29. Bg3 Rhh8 30. a4 Rd8 31. Bf3 Rhe8 32. Re1 Bf5+ 33. Kc1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Rd6 35. g4 Be6 36. Kb2 Rd3 37. Bd1 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Schlosser, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 N7f6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17. Re2 h5 18. g3 0-0-0 19. Qc1 Nd5 20. Re5 g6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qe3 g4 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Re2 f5 29. Qf4 Qf6 30. Re5 Qg6 31. Re2 h4 32. Qe5 Qh6 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 h3 35. f4 Rc8 36. Kf1 b5 37. b3 Rc6 38. Ke1 a5 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kc2 Rc8 41. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalliwoda, Enrico"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Ne2 c6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 h5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4+ Be6 13. c3 Nd7 14. b4 Bb6 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 e5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Nc3 0-0-0 21. Qa4 Kb8 22. b5 Nxc5 23. Qc4 Nd3 24. bxc6 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rxe7 Bxf4 28. Rxb7+ Kc8 29. Nb5 Bb8 30. c7 Nd7 31. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Wraga, Teresa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 0-0 6. 0-0-0 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 Bb7 10. Nf3 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 h5 13. Rhg1 Nc5 14. Qe3 Ne6 15. g4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e6 17. gxh5 Qxh4 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nc7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rg4 Qe7 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23. Rxg6 Nd5 24. Qg3 Nxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Nxe6 Rc7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. e6 Re7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. e7+ 1-0

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Behringer, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. c4 h6 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Rc1 Nfd7 15. 0-0 Nf6 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nbd7 18. b4 b6 19. Nb3 Qb7 20. Qd3 0-0 21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. Rf1 Re8 23. a4 Rc7 24. a5 b5 25. c5 Qxd5 26. Qb2 dxc5 27. Rfd1 Qb7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Be3 Qe7 33. Rb1 Nd5 34. Bf2 Qc7 35. Bd3 Qxa5 36. Qxe5 Nf6 37. Bf5 Re8 38. Qb2 Qd8 39. h3 Qd5 40. Qc2 Rd8 41. Bb6 Ra8 42. Be4 Nxe4 43. Qxe4 Qxe4 44. fxe4 Rb8 45. Ba5 Re8 46. Rb4 Re5 47. Kf2 f5 48. Kf3 g5 49. g3 Kf7 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Kf3 h5 52. exf5+ Kxf5 53. h4 Rd5 54. hxg5 Kxg5 55. Ke3 Rd1 56. Kf3 Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Ra3 58. Bd8+ Kg6 59. Kh3 Rd3 60. Ba5 Rd1 61. Re4 Rd6 62. g4 hxg4+ 63. Kxg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Rc6 65. Ke3 Re6 66. Rxe6+ Kxe6 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Kc3 b4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richter, Joachim"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 a6 6. a3 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. e3 Re8 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. 0-0 Bf5 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Ne2 Bxh3 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Nh2 Qh4 19. g3 Qh5 20. Kg1 Bh3 21. Nf4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nf6 24. Re1 Re7 25. f3 Rae8 26. Kf2 Bc8 27. Rc2 Nh5 28. Rce2 f5 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Nf1 g5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Ng3 Nf6 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. b4 h5 37. Rh1 b5 38. Ree1 Ra7 39. Rc1 Bd7 40. Ra1 a5 41. Bc2 axb4 42. axb4 Rea8 43. Rab1 Ra2 44. Rbc1 R8a3 45. Nf1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Colbow, Collin"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bb5 0-0 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 d5 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe4 12. 0-0-0 exf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Qe3 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qa5 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Qf6 23. Qa3+ Kg8 24. Rf1 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blankenburg op-B 19th"]
[Site "Blankenburg"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Reckner, Jens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 d6 7. Qc2 h6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 Ne7 12. Nge2 Qc7 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Nh5 Bd4 15. 0-0 g6 16. Ng3 0-0-0 17. Nge2 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Nb5 axb5 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bb2 b4 22. Ra2 Rf7 23. Rfa1 h5 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Nb6 26. Bc1 Kd7 27. h4 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Ng3 Ng8 30. Bb2 Bb7 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5+ Kd8 33. Be6 Rg7 34. Bxg7 Qxg7 35. Rf1 Nf6 36. f5 Nbd7 37. Qf2 Ne5 38. Qf4 Kc7 39. Kh1 Bc8 40. Ra1 Bb7 41. Kg1 Kb6 42. Rf1 Kc7 43. Qf2 Qg4 44. Qf4 Qg7 45. Kh1 Ba6 46. Ra1 Bb7 47. Rf1 Ba6 48. Kg1 Bb7 49. Qg5 Qf8 50. Kh1 Qh8 51. Re1 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geike, Eberhard"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Re1 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. c4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Qa5 11. Bf4 a6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Nh5 17. Bd2 0-0 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. b5 Nb8 20. a4 Bf6 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Be4 axb5 23. Bxb7 Rc4 24. Nxb5 Bxb2 25. Nxd6 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxa4 28. Ne5 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Rc7 Ba4 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Ra7 Bc2 33. h3 Bg6 34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Ne5 Rf8 36. Kf1 Be4 37. Be2 Bd5 38. Bd3 Be4 39. Be2 Bd5 40. f3 Bb3 41. Rb7 Bd5 42. Ra7 g5 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Kaiser, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf4 Ne7 11. h4 Ba6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb5 14. Qe3 f4 15. c4 fxe3 16. cxb5 exd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxb5 18. dxc5 0-0 19. a4 Bc4 20. Ke1 Rab8 21. Nd4 Rf4 22. c3 Re4+ 23. Kd1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlegel, Harald"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd5 12. Bxg7 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Kxg7 14. c4 Be6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Rc8 18. b3 a5 19. a4 b6 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke1 Ke8 22. Kd1 h5 23. h4 Rd8 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. g3 Kd7 26. Kc2 Kd6 27. Kc3 Kc5 28. Re2 Rd6 29. Re5+ Kc6 30. Be4+ Kc7 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxc5+ Kb6 33. Rb5+ Ka6 34. Bd3 Rc6+ 35. Kd2 Rd6 36. Ke2 Bg4+ 37. Ke3 Be6 38. f4 Rc6 39. Rxh5+ Kb6 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. b4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Rc3 43. Kd4 Ra3 44. Bc4 Bxc4 45. Rxc4+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Didt, Hartmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. c3 Qc7 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. g3 e6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. c4 Be7 15. h4 Rh5 16. Bd2 a5 17. g4 a4 18. Qc3 Rhh8 19. Qc2 a3 20. Ba5 axb2+ 21. Kxb2 c5 22. Qb3 Rd6 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc5 25. Qb5 Qc6 26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Bxb6 Bxb6 28. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Just, Gabriele"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 c5 11. Qg4 g6 12. c3 c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. 0-0 h5 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qg4 Bb7 17. a4 Ba6 18. Rf3 Bb7 19. Rh3 0-0-0 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Nxh4 g5 22. Nf3 Rxh3 23. Qxh3 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg8 25. Nd4 a6 26. Re1 Qe8 27. f5 Ng5 28. Qe3 Ne4 29. Nf3 Nc5 30. g3 Qc6 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Qh6 Qe8 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rf1 Rh8 35. Qg6 Bc6 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rf6 Bd7 38. h4 Kd8 39. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Lehmann, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. a4 b4 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Qe1 d6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Bc4 Nxe4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f5 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxf2 28. Nc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Ne4 30. a5 Rc8 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Black "Franke, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Qd6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. Qd2 0-0-0 11. 0-0-0 Bg7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. c4 Qc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. g3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortlepp, Konstanze"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 d6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 Bh6 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Qg3 Bg7 16. f5 c5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Bc1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bb5 23. Bg4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. c3 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bg5 e5 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. a3 d5 31. Qf3 c4 32. Be3 Bg7 33. Bc5 Bf6 34. Qg3 Be5 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. Qg3 Qe5 37. Qf2 Kf7 38. Bd4 Qf5 39. Bxf6 Qb1+ 40. Qf1 Qxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Kxf6 42. Kf2 Kf5 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 g5 45. g4 a5 46. a4 h6 47. h3 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kf3 d4 51. cxd4+ Kxd4 52. Ke2 Kc5 53. Kd2 Kb4 54. Kc2 Kxa4 55. Kc3 Kb5 56. b3 cxb3 57. Kxb3 Kc5 58. Ka4 Kd5 59. Kxa5 Ke5 60. Kb5 Kf4 61. Kc5 Kg3 62. Kd5 Kxh3 63. Ke5 Kxg4 64. Kf6 h5 0-1

[Event "Leipzig VfB op 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2014.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herfurth, Thomas"]
[Black "Mertens, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c3 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nfg5 h6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bf6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Rf2 Rfc8 17. g4 Qe7 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. Qh5 Bh6 21. Bxh6 f5 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Bg2 c5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Be3 Qe4 26. Qf3 Qh4 27. Rg2 Rc7 28. Bf4 Rd7 29. Be5 Qh6 30. Re1 g5 31. Qg3 g4 32. h3 Rh7 33. hxg4 f4 34. Qf3 Qh4 35. Kf1 Rf7 36. Ke2 cxd4 37. cxd4 Qh7 38. Kd2 Rc8 39. Qd3 Qh6 40. g5 Qh5 41. Rgg1 f3 42. Ref1 Rf5 43. Qe3 Rxe5 44. Qxe5 Qg6 45. Rc1 Rf8 46. Rh1 1-0

