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ID: 16202481

Harald Merges

FIDE ratings

1,852Classical
1,828Rapid

Performance

50 games
8% Win
32% Draw
60% Loss

Harald Merges's playing style

Overall score:24%4W 16D 30L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:25%in 20 games
Steady recent form:20%2W 4D 14L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined
33%
67%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
50%
50%
4g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation
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 Merges, Harald as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
10%
30%
60%
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20 · 100%
10%
30%
60%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Nov 23, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Rosenberger, Frank(2050)
L—
Nov 23, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Rosenberger, Frank(2050)
L—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMErmitsch, Magnus(1881)
L—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMErmitsch, Magnus(1881)
L—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bobrowski, Damian(1617)
L—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bobrowski, Damian(1617)
L—
Nov 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Alexander, Rabael(2076)
L—
Nov 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Rempeli, Alexander(2076)
L—
Aug 25, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Gentner, Markus(2001)
L—
Aug 25, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Gentner, Markus(2001)
L—

Research Harald Merges’s games and opening repertoire

Harald Merges is rated 1852 in standard, 1828 in rapid by FIDE. Harald Merges plays for Germany.

Harald Merges has FIDE ID 16202481.

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