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ID: 204480

Paul Mertens

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FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
2% Win
28% Draw
70% Loss

Paul Mertens's playing style

Overall score:16%1W 14D 35L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:31%in 16 games
Steady recent form:10%0W 4D 16L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
4g
Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Philidor Defense
100%
2g
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Unzicker Attack, Bronstein Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation
100%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
4%
37%
59%
Move
16 · 59%
6%
50%
44%
8 · 30%
25%
75%
3 · 11%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 12, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tbourbi, Khaled(2270)
D—
Aug 12, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tbourbi, Khaled(2270)
D—
Aug 11, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Benoit, Michel(2280)
L—
Aug 11, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Benoit, Michel(2280)
L—
Aug 10, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
McGrail, Max
L—
Aug 9, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel(2210)
L—
Aug 9, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel(2210)
L—
Aug 8, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMLevy, David N L(2360)
L—
Aug 8, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMLevy, David N L(2360)
L—
Aug 6, 1969
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Martinovic, Slobodan
L—

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Paul Mertens plays for Belgium.

Paul Mertens has FIDE ID 204480.

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