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NetherlandsNED
ID: 1004417

Merlijn Donk

FIDE ratings

2,298Classical

Performance

50 games
26% Win
40% Draw
34% Loss

Merlijn Donk's playing style

Overall score:46%13W 20D 17L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:50%in 18 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:44%in 18 games
Steady recent form:50%4W 12D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Geller Gambit
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation has the largest Black sample, with 5 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation
40%
60%
5g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Benko Gambit
100%
2g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Donk, Merlijn as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
30%
50%
20%
Move
18 · 90%
22%
56%
22%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 20, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
IMVan de Mortel, Jan(2403)
L—
May 20, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
IMVan de Mortel, Jan(2403)
L—
Apr 30, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
FMPiket, Marcel(2345)
D—
Apr 30, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
FMPiket, Marcel(2345)
D—
Apr 29, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVan Wissen, Michiel(2231)
D—
Apr 29, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVan Wissen, Michiel(2231)
D—
Mar 19, 2000
OTB - PGNMentor
IMCuijpers, Frans Andre(2466)
D—
Mar 19, 2000
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMCuijpers, Frans Andre(2466)
D—
Mar 18, 2000
OTB - PGNMentor
IMVan Haastert, Edwin(2419)
L—
Mar 18, 2000
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMVan Haastert, Edwin(2419)
L—

Research Merlijn Donk’s games and opening repertoire

FM Merlijn Donk is rated 2298 in standard by FIDE. Merlijn Donk plays for Netherlands.

Merlijn Donk has FIDE ID 1004417.

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