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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Mertens, Paul
Years
:
1965-2006
Number of games
:
108
Number of wins
:
28
Number of draws
:
19
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
19/53 (35.85% - Average Elo: 1832.25)
Black score
:
18½/55 (33.64% - Average Elo: 1815.22)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Mertens, Paul (1537) - Mertens, Frans (2033), Brasschaat op 03rd, Brasschaat (A00) - 2003
Mertens, Paul (2015) - Slosse, Freddy (1874), Brasschaat op 02nd, Brasschaat (C26) - 2002
Mertens, Paul (1537) - Broeckmeyer, Walter (1860), Brasschaat op 03rd, Brasschaat (B02) - 2003
Minyeyevtsev, Semen (2162) - Mertens, Paul (1986), Brasschaat op 04th, Brasschaat (C62) - 2004
De Weerd, Jan (2092) - Mertens, Paul (2015), Brasschaat op 02nd, Brasschaat (B40) - 2002
Speksnijder, Robert (1910) - Mertens, Paul (1575), LUX-chABC, Dudelange (D55) - 1998
Mertens, Paul - ? (51)
Dhaene, Gilbert (1½/2)
Vanderhallen, Nicolas (½/2)
Agovic, Esad (0/1)
Albano, Marco (½/1)
Anoshin, Gennadi N (0/1)
Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel (½/1)
Benoit, Michel (0/1)
Broeckmeyer, Walter (1/1)
Buchnicek, Petr (0/1)
Bukacek, Emil (0/1)
Cleuren, Freddy (½/1)
Dardha, Arben (0/1)
Eichhorn, Ernst2 (0/1)
Filipek, Jakub (0/1)
Haas, Dirk (1/1)
Halfdanarson, Jon (1/1)
Hankipohja, Antti (0/1)
Jacobs, Paul (1/1)
Jeannet, R (½/1)
Johansson, Gunnar1 (½/1)
Johansson, Sture (½/1)
Kalabic, Dzelal (0/1)
Kaplan, Julio P (0/1)
Kasanen, Juha (½/1)
Kerins, Nick (½/1)
Kessler, Lucien (1/1)
Kovacevic, Vlatko (0/1)
Kronabether, E (0/1)
Levy, David Neil Lawrence (0/1)
Linster, Jos (1/1)
Lorentz, Jacques (0/1)
Lorsche, Jean (0/1)
Maarse, Willy (1/1)
Maas, Eddy (1/1)
Magalhaes, Pedro (0/1)
Martinez, D (½/1)
McGrillen, Hugh (0/1)
Mertens, Frans (1/1)
Nordstrom, Felix (0/1)
Peeters, Simonne (0/1)
Peleman, Tony (0/1)
Romano, Antonino (½/1)
Slosse, Freddy (1/1)
Spassov, Liuben (0/1)
Stork, Wim (0/1)
Van Bunderen, Gert (0/1)
Van den Herik, Jaap (0/1)
Van Praet, Jan (1/1)
Verlaine, Alex (0/1)
Vilarnau, Enrique (1/1)
Weill, Roland (0/1)
? - Mertens, Paul (51)
Cankja, Redi (½/2)
Felix, Paulo (0/2)
Scemama, A (½/2)
Sirkia, Mauri O (½/2)
Albano, Marco (0/1)
Arnaudov, Petar (0/1)
Baete, Guy (1/1)
Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel (0/1)
Bouaziz, Slim (0/1)
Burt, Gordon J (1/1)
Caro, Romina Judith1 (0/1)
Colpin, Guy (1/1)
Cordier, Gilbert (1/1)
De Weerd, Jan (1/1)
Diesel, Carlo (1/1)
Dockx, Michel (1/1)
Docx, Stefan (0/1)
Doossche, Carlo (1/1)
Engel, Ewald (0/1)
Enklaar, Bert F (½/1)
Espig, Lutz (0/1)
George, Peter M (0/1)
Henx, Francois (1/1)
Heyar, Fred (1/1)
Jeitz, Olivier (0/1)
Jongsma, Daan (0/1)
Kolbak, Jens (0/1)
Krukowski, Meir (0/1)
Larnsson, Gudmundur (½/1)
Lebredo Zaragoitia, Gerardo (0/1)
Levy, David Neil Lawrence (0/1)
Maes, Wim (0/1)
Magalhaes, Pedro (0/1)
Malmgren, Sven Goran (0/1)
Martinovic, Slobodan (0/1)
Metras, Dominique (0/1)
Minyeyevtsev, Semen (1/1)
Nepper, Francois (1/1)
Penson, Thierry (0/1)
Radulov, Ivan (0/1)
Rehlinger, Rouven (1/1)
Schendstok, Bernard (0/1)
Slosse, Freddy (½/1)
Smet, Lievin (1/1)
Spassov, Liuben (0/1)
Speksnijder, Robert (1/1)
Spiridonov, Nikola (0/1)
Tbourbi, Khaled (½/1)
Verlaine, Alex (0/1)
Verlinden, Willem (0/1)
Weber, Tom (0/1)
Openings played as White (42)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1695
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2002.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1649
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1687
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2037
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2077
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
0
Result:
0/2 = 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:
1748
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1681
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1860
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2291
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2301
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1460
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
½/1 = 50%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1727
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1580
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
1650
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C20 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1660
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1675
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1825
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2132
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (36)
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1873
Result:
1½/8 = 18.75%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1803.5
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2105.33
Result:
0/3 = 0%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
1808
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1448
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1761.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0/1 = 0%
E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1840
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1635
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1625
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (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)
Average Elo:
1945
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1530
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1910
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:
1890
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1749
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1639
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1425
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
1803
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2162
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
0/1 = 0%