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ID: 12938386

Daniel Merk

FIDE ratings

2,018Classical

Performance

50 games
30% Win
30% Draw
40% Loss

Daniel Merk's playing style

Overall score:45%15W 15D 20L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:50%in 22 games
Steady recent form:48%4W 11D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Indian Defense: London System
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Accelerated
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: French Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
3g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Morozevich Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Merk, Daniel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
39%
26%
35%
Move
22 · 96%
36%
27%
36%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 23, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMGerber, Richard(2227)
L—
Aug 23, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMGerber, Richard(2227)
L—
Apr 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zollinger, Stefan(2193)
D—
Apr 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zollinger, Stefan(2192)
D—
Apr 19, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Zollinger, Stefan(2198)
D—
Jun 10, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Burian, Simon(1934)
D—
Jun 10, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Burian, Simon(1934)
D—
Jun 9, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMZimmer, Raphael(2065)
L—
Jun 9, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMZimmer, Raphael(2065)
L—
Jun 8, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMDobrikov, Marco(2012)
D—

Research Daniel Merk’s games and opening repertoire

Daniel Merk is rated 2018 in standard by FIDE. Daniel Merk plays for Germany.

Daniel Merk has FIDE ID 12938386.

Check the official FIDE record for ratings and identity. It is not a complete archive of game moves.

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