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ID: 4695640

Ruediger Merz

FIDE ratings

1,958Classical
1,902Rapid

Performance

50 games
38% Win
14% Draw
48% Loss

Ruediger Merz's playing style

Overall score:45%19W 7D 24L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:13%in 16 games
Steady recent form:53%9W 3D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Winawer Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Winawer Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation
100%
3g
Petrov's Defense
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon
67%
33%
3g
Queen's Indian Defense
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Merz, Ruediger, Dr. as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
8%
62%
Move
16 · 62%
13%
88%
10 · 38%
60%
20%
20%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 9, 2026
OTB
IMSzabolcsi, Janos(2182)
L—
Aug 8, 2026
OTB
Zeitz, Philip, Dr.(2113)
W—
Aug 6, 2026
OTB
Krefenstein, Sergej(2069)
L—
Aug 4, 2026
OTB
Matiashvili, Alexander Michael(2096)
L—
Aug 3, 2026
OTB
Hubai, Mykola(2163)
D—
Jul 6, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tepe, Mario(1637)
W—
Jul 6, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tepe, Mario(1637)
W—
Jun 29, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Baesecke, Helmut(1694)
W—
Jun 29, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Baesecke, Helmut(1700)
W—
Jun 22, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Doering, Martin(1758)
L—

Research Ruediger, Dr. Merz’s games and opening repertoire

Ruediger, Dr. Merz is rated 1958 in standard, 1902 in rapid by FIDE. Ruediger, Dr. Merz plays for Germany.

Ruediger, Dr. Merz has FIDE ID 4695640.

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