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ID: 12981877

Lothar Mertens

FIDE ratings

1,653Classical

Performance

50 games
10% Win
16% Draw
74% Loss

Lothar Mertens's playing style

Overall score:18%5W 8D 37L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:3%in 31 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as White:0%in 16 games
Steady recent form:25%4W 2D 14L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: London System
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack
100%
2g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

31 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
6%
94%
Move
31 · 100%
6%
94%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lehmann, Peter(1545)
L—
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lehmann, Peter(1545)
L—
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lehmann, Peter(2067)
L—
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lehmann, Peter(1545)
L—
Dec 28, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Janasik, Gerhard, Dr.(2038)
L—
Dec 28, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Janasik, Gerhard, Dr.(2038)
L—
Dec 27, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Major, Vitalij(2207)
L—
Dec 27, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Major, Vitalij(2207)
L—
Jul 15, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Heimbrodt, Birk(1818)
D—
Jul 15, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Heimbrodt, Birk(1818)
D—

Research Lothar Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Lothar Mertens is rated 1653 in standard by FIDE. Lothar Mertens plays for Germany.

Lothar Mertens has FIDE ID 12981877.

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