GermanyGER
ID: 4603834

Martin Merz

FIDE ratings

1,972Classical

Performance

50 games
60% Win
26% Draw
14% Loss

Martin Merz's playing style

Strong overall score:73%30W 13D 7L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:88%in 17 games
Out of form:63%10W 5D 5L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Open has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
6g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Accepted
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

15 games in this line · White to move

Results for Merz, Martin as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
47%
20%
33%
Move
9 · 60%
33%
33%
33%
6 · 40%
67%
33%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 18, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Reller, Ole(2125)
D—
Oct 17, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WCMDamen, Josephine(1838)
W—
Oct 16, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Staub, Tom(1830)
D—
Oct 15, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Li, David(1587)
D—
Oct 14, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Ploder, Udo(1844)
W—
Oct 12, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMBrunke, Pascal(2270)
L—
Oct 12, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Nastasie, Alfred(1771)
D—
Oct 11, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMMichalczak, Thomas(2249)
D—
Apr 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Doering, Carsten(2151)
W—
Apr 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Doering, Carsten(2151)
W—

Research Martin Merz’s games and opening repertoire

Martin Merz is rated 1972 in standard by FIDE. Martin Merz plays for Germany.

Martin Merz has FIDE ID 4603834.

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