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ID: 34646582

Alexander Merkel

FIDE ratings

1,765Classical
1,723Rapid

Performance

31 games
42% Win
19% Draw
39% Loss

Alexander Merkel's playing style

Overall score:52%13W 6D 12L over 31 games
Steady recent form:45%7W 4D 9L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation
100%
3g
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Rubinstein Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling Line
50%
50%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit
100%
2g
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Delayed Castling Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
1g

Repertoire

16 games as white in scope
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7
6
5
4
3
2
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b
c
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e
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h
Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Merkel, Alexander as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
56%
19%
25%
Move
8 · 50%
75%
25%
8 · 50%
38%
13%
50%

Game History

(31 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1993
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Mazingue, Bernard(1275)
D—
Jan 1, 1993
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Mazingue, Bernard(1275)
D—
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - Codekiddy
Hlavac, Rudolf
L—
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - Codekiddy
Hlavac, Rudolf(2125)
L—
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Aichner, A.
W—
Jan 1, 1990
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Kelvin Klein
D—
Jan 1, 1989
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Knapp, Christoph
W—
Jan 1, 1989
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Knapp, Christoph(1947)
W—
Jan 1, 1985
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Kugler, Beatriz Halat
W—
Jan 1, 1985
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Kugler, Beatriz Halat
W—

Research Alexander Merkel’s games and opening repertoire

Alexander Merkel is rated 1765 in standard, 1723 in rapid by FIDE. Alexander Merkel plays for Germany.

Alexander Merkel has FIDE ID 34646582.

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