GermanyGER
ID: 4699980

Gerd Merkel

FIDE ratings

2,142Classical

Performance

50 games
40% Win
28% Draw
32% Loss

Gerd Merkel's playing style

Overall score:54%20W 14D 16L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:75%in 16 games
Steady recent form:55%8W 6D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Catalan Opening has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Catalan Opening
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line
100%
2g
Catalan Opening: Closed
100%
2g
Catalan Opening: Open Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense
100%
4g
King's Indian Defense
100%
2g
East Indian Defense
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 Merkel, Gerd as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
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20 · 100%
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Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Fugmann, Bernd(1933)
W—
Jul 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Rieke, Theo(2037)
L—
Jul 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Fugmann, Bernd(1933)
W—
Jul 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Rieke, Theo(2037)
L—
Jul 9, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Fitzke, Ulrich(1872)
W—
Jul 9, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Fitzke, Ulrich(1872)
W—
Jul 8, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Hinz, Ekkehard(1986)
D—
Jul 8, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Hinz, Ekkehard(1986)
D—
Jul 7, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schrems, Hermann(2034)
L—
Jul 7, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schrems, Hermann(2034)
L—

Research Gerd Merkel’s games and opening repertoire

Gerd Merkel is rated 2142 in standard by FIDE. Gerd Merkel plays for Germany.

Gerd Merkel has FIDE ID 4699980.

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