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ID: 14120631

Irina Merkulova

FIDE ratings

2,118Classical

Performance

50 games
32% Win
36% Draw
32% Loss

Irina Merkulova's playing style

Overall score:50%16W 18D 16L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:54%in 24 games
Steady recent form:50%6W 8D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Modern Line
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk 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: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Smyslov Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Merkulova, Irina as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
38%
38%
23%
Move
24 · 92%
33%
42%
25%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 16, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
WFMYushko, Olga(2072)
W—
Oct 16, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
WFMYushko, Olga(2072)
W—
Oct 15, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Bidkova, Viktoria(2023)
D—
Oct 15, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Bidkova, Viktoria(2023)
D—
Oct 14, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Melnichuk, Mikhail(2127)
D—
Oct 14, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Melnichuk, Mikhail(2127)
D—
Oct 13, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
FMPalkovich, Denis(2312)
L—
Oct 13, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
FMPalkovich, Denis(2312)
L—
Oct 12, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVoronov, Yuri(2228)
L—
Oct 12, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
FMVoronov, Yuri(2228)
L—

Research Irina Merkulova’s games and opening repertoire

Irina Merkulova is rated 2118 in standard by FIDE. Irina Merkulova plays for Ukraine.

Irina Merkulova has FIDE ID 14120631.

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