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GermanyGER
ID: 4675657
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Markus Merkel

FIDE ratings

2,156Classical
2,080Blitz

Performance

50 games
24% Win
44% Draw
32% Loss

Markus Merkel's playing style

Overall score:46%12W 22D 16L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:56%in 16 games
Out of form:35%2W 10D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Modern Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: French Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kavalek Defense
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

32 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
25%
44%
31%
Move
16 · 50%
38%
38%
25%
8 · 25%
25%
25%
50%
4 · 13%
100%
2 · 6%
100%
2 · 6%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 2, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sonnenfeld, Daniel(2091)
D—
Feb 2, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sonnenfeld, Daniel(2091)
D—
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMWildi, Marcel(2238)
D—
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMWildi, Marcel(2238)
D—
Nov 10, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Chernykh, Arkady(2119)
D—
Nov 10, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Chernykh, Arkady(2119)
D—
May 5, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schulte, Juergen(2064)
L—
May 5, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schulte, Juergen(2064)
L—
Mar 31, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMMaier, Christian(2328)
D—
Mar 31, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMMaier, Christian(2328)
D—

Research Markus Merkel’s games and opening repertoire

CM Markus Merkel is rated 2156 in standard, 2080 in blitz by FIDE. Markus Merkel plays for Germany.

Markus Merkel has FIDE ID 4675657.

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