[Event "4NCL Division 2 2023-24"]
[Site "England ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Merry, Alan B."]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican 4NCL"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[BlackICU "2278"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "418811"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[Source "TWIC 1523"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-02/merry-wall-4ncl-2024.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Feb  6 16:39:41 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240413022754/https://www.4nclresults.co.uk/2023-24/4ncl/4/2/export/">Match
scorecard</a> and <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240717102703/https://www.4nclresults.co.uk/2023-24/media/4ncl/xtab-div2.html">final
table</a>, 4NCL web site. } { Source: TWIC 1523. }

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. d5 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 e5 9. dxe6 Nc5 10. O-O Bxe6 11. b3 h6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. e3 g5 16. Nfe2 Bg6 17. b4 Nce4 18. b5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Ba1 Rac8 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Nxe4 Qe6 24. Qb3 Rcd8 25. Nd2 Bh3 26. Bxe5
dxe5 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qf5 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Qd2 h5 32. c5
h4 33. Qc2 h3 34. Rb1 Kh8 35. Qc4 Qf6 36. Rf1 Qf3 37. Qe4 Qe2 38. Qxc6 Qxa2
39. Qd7 Qd5 40. e4 Qxc5 41. Qxh3+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Nf7 1-0