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ID: 4618815

Klaus Mertens

FIDE ratings

2,034Classical
2,039Rapid

Performance

50 games
44% Win
44% Draw
12% Loss

Klaus Mertens's playing style

Strong overall score:66%22W 22D 6L over 50 games
Dominates 1.Nf3 as White:75%in 20 games
Steady recent form:60%8W 8D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Attack has the largest White sample, with 8 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Attack
50%
50%
8g
King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Czech Defense
100%
4g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
60%
30%
10%
Move
20 · 100%
60%
30%
10%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 14, 2024
OTB - TWIC
WIMJahn, Claudio(1685)
D—
Apr 14, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Jahn, Claudio(2042)
D—
Apr 12, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Luciani, Carlo(2165)
D—
Apr 12, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Luciani, Carlo(2159)
D—
Apr 10, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Doeserich, Juergen(1933)
W—
Apr 10, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Doeserich, Juergen(1933)
W—
Apr 9, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Jensen, Thomas Dall(1953)
D—
Apr 9, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Jensen, Thomas(1953)
D—
Apr 8, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
IMSchneider-Zinner, Harald(2335)
L—
Apr 8, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMSchneider-Zinner, Harald(2335)
L—

Research Klaus Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Klaus Mertens is rated 2034 in standard, 2039 in rapid by FIDE. Klaus Mertens plays for Germany.

Klaus Mertens has FIDE ID 4618815.

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