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Merriman,J vs Barwick,Carmel

2026.02.13 · game 1

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[Event "49th Blackpool Conference"]
[Site "Blackpool ENG"]
[Date "2026.02.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Merriman,J"]
[Black "Barwick,Carmel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "402362"]
[BlackFideId "442925"]
[EventDate "2026.02.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qf3
O-O 9. b3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Nb5 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Bb7 16. Qf4 Be4 17. Rb2 Qe7 18. f3 Bg6 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Rd1 a6 22.
Nc3 Rxb2 23. Bxb2 Nd4 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Bd1 h6 26. Qd3 Nh5 27. Nd5 Qg5 28. Qe3
Qxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Nf4 30. Kf1 Nfe6 31. Bc3 Kf8 32. Rb2 Rxb2 33. Bxb2 f6 34. Nd5 Be8
35. Kf2 Bc6 36. g3 Ke8 37. Ke3 Kd8 38. Bc3 Ke8 39. f4 Bxd5 40. exd5 Nf8 41. fxe5
fxe5 42. Ke4 Nd7 43. d6 Kf7 44. Kd5 e4 45. Bxd4 cxd4 46. Kxd4 Nf6 47. c5 Ke6 48.
Bb3+ Kd7 49. Bc2 e3 50. Kxe3 Ng4+ 51. Kd4 Nxh2 52. Kd5 Nf1 53. c6+ Kd8 54. c7+ 1-0

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