[Event "WS/SIM/B/48"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2024.02.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Merrell, William S."]
[Black "Barclay, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2381"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 
6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 
11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qc7 15.e3 Rac8 
16.Rac1 a6 17.Qe4 Rfd8 18.Ne5 Ba8 19.Qd3 Bb7 20.h3 g6 
21.Qe4 Qb8 22.Na4 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Qa7 24.Rd3 Ba8 25.Rdc3 Bb4 
26.R3c2 Bd6 27.Qg5 Be7 28.Qg4 Rc7 29.a3 Rdc8 30.Qd1 c5 
31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.dxc5 Rd8 33.cxb6 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Qxb6 35.Nxb6 Rxc2 
36.Na4 Bh4 37.Rd3 h6 38.f3 Kg7 39.b4 Bf2+ 40.Kf1 h5 
41.Nc5 Bh4 42.Nxa6 Rf2+ 43.Kg1 Re2 44.a4 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Re2+ 
1/2-1/2
