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ID: 4641671

Michael Mertens

FIDE ratings

2,154Classical

Performance

50 games
30% Win
42% Draw
28% Loss

Michael Mertens's playing style

Overall score:51%15W 21D 14L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:57%in 15 games
Struggles in the Zukertort Opening as White:40%in 20 games
Steady recent form:45%3W 12D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:42%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation has the largest White sample, with 1 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation
100%
1g
French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation has the largest Black sample, with 5 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
60%
40%
5g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
100%
2g
Czech Defense
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
25%
33%
42%
Move
20 · 83%
25%
30%
45%
4 · 17%
25%
50%
25%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 12, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Guo, Philipp Ziming(1728)
L—
Aug 12, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Guo, Philipp Ziming(1728)
L—
Aug 7, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Junker, Stefan(1805)
D—
Aug 7, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Junker, Stefan(1734)
D—
Jul 30, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lohmann, Tobias(1649)
L—
Jul 30, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lohmann, Tobias(1649)
L—
Jul 16, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Maisuradze, Daviti(1818)
D—
Jul 16, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Maisuradze, Daviti(1818)
D—
Jul 10, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bock, Timo(1654)
W—
Jul 10, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bock, Timo(1654)
W—

Research Michael Mertens’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Mertens is rated 2154 in standard by FIDE. Michael Mertens plays for Germany.

Michael Mertens has FIDE ID 4641671.

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