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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Merz, Martin
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1993-2025
Number of games
:
74
Number of wins
:
34
Number of draws
:
21
Number of losses
:
19
White score
:
18½/37 (50% - Average Elo: 2028.78)
Black score
:
26/37 (70.27% - Average Elo: 1940)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Merz, Martin (2070) - Kunz, Konstantin (2186), Passau op 7th, Passau (D32) - 1999
Merz, Martin (2014) - Herud, Martin (2008), Ruhrgebiet Verbandsliga Gruppe 2 1819, Nordrheinwestfalen (B51) - 2019
Merz, Martin (2015) - Achenbach, Manfred (1997), NRW Verbandsklasse Group3 1314, Nordrheinwestfalen (B38) - 2014
Bremond, Pascal (2106) - Merz, Martin (1999), FRA-chT3 Gr01 0607, France (A90) - 2007
Baudson, Charles (2065) - Merz, Martin (1999), FRA-chT3 Gr01 0607, France (C10) - 2007
Neumann, Carsten (2013) - Merz, Martin (1979), Ruhrgebiet Verbandsliga Gruppe 1 1718, Germany (D03) - 2017
Merz, Martin - ? (37)
Achenbach, Manfred (1/1)
Berg, Dietmar (½/1)
Breidenbach, Olaf (½/1)
Breidenbach, Rolf (½/1)
Brunke, Pascal (0/1)
Burchert, Wolfgang (½/1)
Czap, Bernhard (½/1)
Damen, Josephine (1/1)
Deglmann, Ludwig (0/1)
Doering, Carsten (1/1)
Dunsbach, Ralf (0/1)
Hartung, Thomas (½/1)
Hermann, Juergen (½/1)
Herrmann, Uwe (1/1)
Herud, Martin (1/1)
Huettemann, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Jungbluth, Michael (0/1)
Kartsev, Nikolaj (0/1)
Kelm, Marcel (1/1)
Khenkin, Igor (0/1)
Krieglstein, Marcel (½/1)
Kuhn, Manfred (½/1)
Kunz, Konstantin (1/1)
Lerner, Konstantin Z (0/1)
Li, David3 (½/1)
Mecklenburg, Roland (0/1)
Pusch, Hermann (1/1)
Rehfeldt, Jens (0/1)
Schorra, Helmut (1/1)
Seppelfricke, Guido (1/1)
Simanowski, Mio (0/1)
Soehnchen, Andreas (1/1)
Stadtmann, Jens (1/1)
Ter Steeg, Marcus (0/1)
Vogel, Robert (0/1)
Watzlawek, Markus (0/1)
Wloczek, Josef (1/1)
? - Merz, Martin (37)
Baudson, Charles (1/1)
Belic, Jordanka (0/1)
Biancalana, Marc (1/1)
Boehmfeldt, Rolf (1/1)
Bremond, Pascal (1/1)
Bressac, Stephane (1/1)
Dorgarten, Armin (½/1)
Dreier, Daniel (1/1)
Freitag, Roland (1/1)
Grodotzki, Thomas (1/1)
Heinzel, Olaf (0/1)
Joergens, Markus (0/1)
Kindermann, Carsten (1/1)
Kloster, Josef (0/1)
Kniest, Oliver (½/1)
Meister, Robert (½/1)
Michalczak, Thomas (½/1)
Morgenroth, Hubertus (1/1)
Nastasie, Alfred (½/1)
Neumann, Carsten (1/1)
Nowak, Steven (1/1)
Parodi, Philippe (1/1)
Ploder, Udo (1/1)
Preusser, Gernot (1/1)
Reichmann, Oleg (0/1)
Reller, Ole (½/1)
Roth, Bernd (1/1)
Rutz, Dirk (1/1)
Schimmer, Michael (1/1)
Schneider, Peter (0/1)
Schoen, Siegfried (1/1)
Sinnwell, Horst (½/1)
Spiess, Timo (½/1)
Staub, Tom (½/1)
Westhoven, Joerg (1/1)
Wiechen, Ulrich (1/1)
Yanik, Mehmet (½/1)
Openings played as White (29)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2068.4
Result:
2/5 = 40%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2027.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2125.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2265.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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:
1997
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1859
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2100
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1839
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1973
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:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1839
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:
1923
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1867
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1796
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2186
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1997
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1942
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C87 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6)
Average Elo:
1917
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1922
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (32)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1953.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2207.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2161.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1752
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1489
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1500
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1551
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1706
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
2283
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
1945
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1889
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2106
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2011
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1947
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
1991
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1726
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2013
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1978
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1979
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5)
Average Elo:
1863
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1843
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
½/1 = 50%