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ID: 24601616

Heiko Mertens

FIDE ratings

2,268Classical

Performance

50 games
16% Win
36% Draw
48% Loss

Heiko Mertens's playing style

Overall score:34%8W 18D 24L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:42%in 24 games
Steady recent form:38%4W 7D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
33%
67%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: London System
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

30 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
27%
33%
40%
Move
24 · 80%
25%
33%
42%
4 · 13%
50%
50%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 29, 2018
OTB - PGNMentor
IMBellaiche, Anthony(2459)
L—
Jul 29, 2018
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMBellaiche, Anthony(2459)
L—
Aug 23, 2016
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMBerescu, Alin-Mile(2458)
D—
Aug 23, 2016
OTB - PGNMentor
GMBerescu, Alin-Mile(2458)
D—
Aug 22, 2016
OTB - BenBase
IMFauland, Alexander(2431)
D—
Aug 22, 2016
OTB - BenBase
IMFauland, Alexander(2431)
D—
Aug 21, 2016
OTB - PGNMentor
Ferster, Fabian(2186)
W—
Aug 21, 2016
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Ferster, Fabian(2186)
W—
Aug 20, 2016
OTB - BenBase
FMBabar, Michael(2136)
D—
Aug 18, 2016
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMBurmakin, Vladimir(2553)
L—

Research Heiko Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Heiko Mertens is rated 2268 in standard by FIDE. Heiko Mertens plays for Germany.

Heiko Mertens has FIDE ID 24601616.

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