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ID: 4661087

Raphael Merz

FIDE ratings

1,587Classical
1,576Rapid
1,603Blitz

Performance

34 games
29% Win
35% Draw
36% Loss

Raphael Merz's playing style

Overall score:47%10W 12D 12L over 34 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:44%in 18 games
Steady recent form:50%6W 8D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:35%of games are draws

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
33%
33%
33%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation
100%
4g
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

18 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
22%
44%
33%
Move
18 · 100%
22%
44%
33%

Game History

(34 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 25, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMGholami Orimi, Mahdi(2500)
L—
Oct 25, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMGholami Orimi, Mahdi(2500)
L—
Jul 28, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Herzog, Manfred(1830)
D—
Jul 28, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Herzog, Manfred(1830)
D—
Jun 19, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wolf, Axel(1691)
W—
Jun 19, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schneider, Norbert(2069)
L—
Jun 19, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schneider, Norbert(2069)
L—
Jun 19, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wolf, Axel(2200)
W—
Apr 13, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
Reck, Bruno
L—
Apr 13, 2004
OTB - Codekiddy
Reck, Bruno
L—

Research Raphael Merz’s games and opening repertoire

Raphael Merz is rated 1587 in standard, 1576 in rapid, 1603 in blitz by FIDE. Raphael Merz plays for Germany.

Raphael Merz has FIDE ID 4661087.

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