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ID: 218960

Francois Mertens

FIDE ratings

1,684Classical

Performance

50 games
26% Win
24% Draw
50% Loss

Francois Mertens's playing style

Overall score:38%13W 12D 25L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:43%in 28 games
Out of form:15%1W 4D 15L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation
100%
2g
Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
1g
Torre Attack: Classical Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Mertens, Francois as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
36%
14%
50%
Move
28 · 100%
36%
14%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 4, 2002
OTB - BenBase
WIMPytel, Bozena(2053)
L—
Jul 2, 2002
OTB - BenBase
IMVan der Stricht, Geert(2404)
L—
Jul 2, 2002
OTB - BenBase
IMVan der Stricht, Geert(2404)
L—
Jul 1, 2002
OTB - PGNMentor
Petitpas, Franck(2100)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Durez, Cedric(2002)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Rose Vincent(1017)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Durez, Cedric(2002)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Brixhe, Abel(2053)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Brixhe, Abel(2053)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Rose Vincent(1017)
L—

Research Francois Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Francois Mertens is rated 1684 in standard by FIDE. Francois Mertens plays for Belgium.

Francois Mertens has FIDE ID 218960.

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