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Player:
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Carlsen,Magnus
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Merkle, Egon
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2009-2025
Number of games
:
84
Number of wins
:
26
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
21
White score
:
19/39 (48.72% - Average Elo: 2143.45)
Black score
:
25½/45 (56.67% - Average Elo: 2130.7)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Merkle, Egon (2160) - Dorst, Johannes (2254), Hessenliga 0910, Germany (A26) - 2009
Merkle, Egon (2160) - Kettler, Bernhard (2240), Hessenliga 1921, Hessen (E69) - 2019
Merkle, Egon (2160) - Bosbach, Gerhard (2129), Hessenliga 1819, Hessen (D14) - 2018
Rapoport, Vladimir (2303) - Merkle, Egon (2160), Hessenliga 1112, Germany (A25) - 2012
Karabalis, Harilos (2252) - Merkle, Egon (2160), Hessenliga 1718, Hessen (C54) - 2017
Staller, Peter (2244) - Merkle, Egon (2160), Hessenliga 1213, Germany (A25) - 2013
Merkle, Egon - ? (36)
Krahe, Frank (1/2)
Schupp, Uwe (1/2)
Will, Dominik (1/2)
Bahlke, Philipp (½/1)
Bethke, Richard (½/1)
Bollmann, Henrik (½/1)
Bosbach, Gerhard (1/1)
Branowski, Mieczyslaw Wiliam (1/1)
Bravo Lutz, Sebastian (½/1)
Burkhardt, Rudolf (1/1)
Degenhardt, Horst (½/1)
Diaz, Joaquin (½/1)
Diyap, Murat (0/1)
Dorst, Johannes (1/1)
Duncker, Joachim (0/1)
Glauder, Jan (½/1)
Holzschuh, Gerald (½/1)
Kaulfuss, Helmut (½/1)
Kettler, Bernhard (1/1)
Kohl, Gerald (1/1)
Kuepper, Martin (0/1)
Luechtemeier, Peter (½/1)
Minor, Samuel (0/1)
Neubauer, Andreas (0/1)
Nothnagel, Holger (0/1)
Patarcic, Domagoj (0/1)
Perlitz, Sven (1/1)
Prudlo, Simon (½/1)
Rothenbacher, Jochen (½/1)
Schmidt, Daniel1 (½/1)
Sergin, Mark (½/1)
Skliarov, Viktor (½/1)
Spitzl, Philipp (½/1)
Tennstedt, Andreas (½/1)
Von Rahden, Arvid (½/1)
Weise, Martin (0/1)
? - Merkle, Egon (41)
Kraft, Wolfgang (1½/2)
Meyer, Stefan (½/2)
Weiss, Matthias (½/2)
Zimmermann, Hendrik (1/2)
Akbarinia, Sayed Arash (0/1)
Aslan, Benjamin (0/1)
Bajramovic, Bego (1/1)
Camacho Collados, Marcos (0/1)
Dios, Erwin Michael (1/1)
Drill, Frank J (½/1)
Engel, Jan (1/1)
Holzschuh, Gerald (1/1)
Karabalis, Harilos (1/1)
Kierzek, Matthias (1/1)
Knickel, Aaron (0/1)
Kreiling, Carsten (½/1)
Kribben, Johannes (1/1)
Ngo, Quang Thai (1/1)
Orwatsch, Gerhard (0/1)
Ramlow, Marcus (0/1)
Rapoport, Vladimir (1/1)
Reinhard, Stefan (1/1)
Rosenberger, Berthold (½/1)
Rueger, Erhard (½/1)
Schmidt, Arndt (½/1)
Schnegelsberg, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Schnitzspan, Lothar (½/1)
Schupp, Tobias (1/1)
Seidel, Juergen (0/1)
Solonar, Stefan (½/1)
Spitzl, Philipp (½/1)
Staller, Peter (1/1)
Steyer, Bernd (½/1)
Sunder, Thomas (0/1)
Voellinger, Florian (½/1)
Waffenschmidt, Joachim (0/1)
Wafzig, Peter (½/1)
Wilhelm, Jochen (1/1)
Zunker, Reinhard (1/1)
Zweschper, Erich (½/1)
Zwirner, Jan (1/1)
Openings played as White (37)
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2133
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2223
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2151
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5)
Average Elo:
2111
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2254
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2117
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2193
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2240
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1747
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2178
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
1991
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2218
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2303
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2214
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2139
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:
1900
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2079
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2167
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2362
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2204
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (37)
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2122.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2101.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2156.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2273.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2217
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2146
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2179
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6)
Average Elo:
2164
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2086
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2137
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
2132
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2324
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2144
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2093
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2122
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2078
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2058
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
1803
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2252
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2157
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2108
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1986
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 (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 Re8 10.Nd2)
Average Elo:
1919
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2377
Result:
0/1 = 0%