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ID: 1006614

Frans Mertens

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FIDE ratings

1,965Classical

Performance

50 games
22% Win
34% Draw
44% Loss

Frans Mertens's playing style

Overall score:39%11W 17D 22L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:34%in 16 games
Steady recent form:40%7W 2D 11L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:34%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
3g
Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense
100%
2g
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6
100%
2g
Vienna Game
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
27%
27%
45%
Move
12 · 55%
50%
50%
8 · 36%
75%
25%
2 · 9%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 29, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Van Gompel, Willy(1730)
L—
Aug 29, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Van Gompel, Willy(1730)
L—
Aug 27, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Mertens, Pauline(1927)
L—
Aug 27, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Mertens, Pauline(1537)
L—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Broeckmeyer, Walter(1860)
L—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Busschots, Johan(1946)
W—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Broeckmeyer, Walter(1860)
L—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Leenaerts, Robin(2073)
D—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Leenaerts, Robin(1413)
D—
Aug 1, 2003
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Busschots, Johan(1868)
W—

Research Frans Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Frans Mertens is rated 1965 in standard by FIDE. Frans Mertens plays for Netherlands.

Frans Mertens has FIDE ID 1006614.

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