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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Merkel, Gerd
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1983-2023
Number of games
:
110
Number of wins
:
47
Number of draws
:
36
Number of losses
:
27
White score
:
34/55 (61.82% - Average Elo: 2121.5)
Black score
:
31/55 (56.36% - Average Elo: 2135.74)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Merkel, Gerd - Kappler, Jean Marie (2295), Verbandsliga Sued Baden 9495, Germany (B00) - 1995
Merkel, Gerd - Van Baarle, John (2271), Alpenpokal op 29th, Oberstdorf () - 2003
Merkel, Gerd - Bierwisch, Bernhard (2173), Alpenpokal op 29th, Oberstdorf (E99) - 2003
Weindl, Alfred (2344) - Merkel, Gerd (2203), Verbandsliga Sued Baden 1314, Germany (A26) - 2014
Pape, Manfred (2231) - Merkel, Gerd (2185), Oberfranken-ch Seniors 27th, Bischofsgruen (B06) - 2010
Wempe, Juergen (2202) - Merkel, Gerd, Alpenpokal op 29th, Oberstdorf (A48) - 2003
Merkel, Gerd - ? (55)
Aicher, Hans (1/1)
Aufmwasser, Guenter (1/1)
Bach, Edwin (0/1)
Baum, Hans Juergen (½/1)
Bierwisch, Bernhard (1/1)
Boes, Julian (1/1)
Boeven, Manfred (1/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (0/1)
Doehner, Hans Juergen (1/1)
Drewitz, Friedel (½/1)
Eidam, Horst (1/1)
Fiderer, Lukas (0/1)
Filipovic, Branko (½/1)
Fink, Markus (1/1)
Grosshans, Ralf Michael (1/1)
Hatz, Alexander (½/1)
Hinz, Ekkehard (½/1)
Jeske, Eckhard (½/1)
Jud, Marc (½/1)
Kappler, Jean Marie (1/1)
Kasueschke, Gregor (1/1)
Keller, Harald (½/1)
Ketterer, Christian (½/1)
Koesler, Thomas (1/1)
Kuepferle, Ernst (1/1)
Lerch, Patrice (0/1)
Liebetruth, Jimmy (1/1)
Lohmar, Joerg (1/1)
Luebbers, Doris (1/1)
Meyer, Gerd1 (½/1)
Mohebbi, Jaffar (½/1)
Moller, Michael (½/1)
Morlock, Juergen (1/1)
Papapostolou, Christos (½/1)
Pleyer, Felix (1/1)
Ragni, Marco (1/1)
Rieke, Theo (0/1)
Schaedler, Juergen (½/1)
Scherer, Helmut (0/1)
Schlindwein, Rolf (½/1)
Schmidt, Werner (½/1)
Schneider, Bernd2 (0/1)
Schuh, Hubert (½/1)
Schwabik, Bruno (½/1)
Siegel, Georg (½/1)
Spurga, Josef (½/1)
Steiger, Wolfgang (0/1)
Sticker, Otto (1/1)
Toth, Bela (½/1)
Trefzer, Erhard (0/1)
Van Baarle, John (1/1)
Weidemann, Joerg (0/1)
Weissflog, Hans Dieter (1/1)
Wessbecher, Hubert (1/1)
Winter, Erwin (½/1)
? - Merkel, Gerd (54)
Weindl, Alfred (1½/2)
Alberts, Gerhard (½/1)
Bannasch, Holger (0/1)
Belikan, Thomas (1/1)
Borchert, Reinhard (1/1)
Brennenstuhl, Oliver (0/1)
Bruening, Rolf (1/1)
Buttenmueller, Thomas (1/1)
Cepo, Toni (½/1)
Dittmar, Peter (0/1)
Ehmann, Thilo (0/1)
Ernst, Rolf (½/1)
Fischer, Ernst (1/1)
Fitzke, Ulrich (1/1)
Fruehe, Norbert (½/1)
Fugmann, Bernd (1/1)
Graf, Joachim (½/1)
Grun, Stephane (0/1)
Hommeles, Theo (0/1)
Huenerberg, Clemens (½/1)
Jolowicz, Matias (½/1)
Junker, Reiner (0/1)
Kratochwil, Christian (0/1)
Krotofil, Kurt (1/1)
Loch, Hagen (0/1)
Merklinger, Markus (0/1)
Meyer, Gerd (1/1)
Mueller, Erich (1/1)
Nehlert, Peter (1/1)
Neufeld, Matthias (1/1)
Otto, Klaus (1/1)
Pape, Manfred (1/1)
Petermann, Michail (1/1)
Poffers, Adrian (0/1)
Prang, Edgar (0/1)
Prill, Daniel (½/1)
Rauch, Uwe (1/1)
Schild, Christoph (½/1)
Schindele, Andreas (1/1)
Schmied, Andreas (1/1)
Schmieder, Siegfried (1/1)
Schneider, Daniel1 (1/1)
Schrems, Hermann (0/1)
Schroeter, Guenter Paul (1/1)
Schuh, Hubert (½/1)
Schulze, Eberhard (½/1)
Schumacher, Gottfried (0/1)
Steinmacher, Josef (1/1)
Tammert, Iamze (0/1)
Urytskyy, Arkadiy (0/1)
Von Buhrmeister, Peter (0/1)
Vreugdenhil, Frans (½/1)
Wempe, Juergen (1/1)
Wunderer, Eckart (½/1)
Openings played as White (40)
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2081
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2317
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2263
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
1788
Result:
2/2 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2173
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1749
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2316
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1986
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2358
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2037
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2379
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D97 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2036
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2)
Average Elo:
1880
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2354
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (31)
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2047.2
Result:
3/5 = 60%
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2028.5
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2194
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2318
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2301.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2031.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2216
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1894
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2203
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2102.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2183
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2289
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1786
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1994
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2143
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2031
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1933
Result:
1/1 = 100%