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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Merz, Ruediger
Years
:
2000-2018
Number of games
:
110
Number of wins
:
46
Number of draws
:
12
Number of losses
:
52
White score
:
25½/53 (48.11% - Average Elo: 1947.02)
Black score
:
26½/57 (46.49% - Average Elo: 1980.58)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Merz, Ruediger (1959) - Kievelitz, Bernd (2131), Berlin Kreuzberg op 3th, Berlin (B41) - 2002
Merz, Ruediger (1854) - Kapr, Klaus (2096), Kreuzberg 2000, Berlin (B19) - 2000
Merz, Ruediger (1851) - Hohn, August (2095), Berlin op 09, Berlin (B17) - 2006
Kramer, Julian (2234) - Merz, Ruediger (1909), BL2-Nord 1415, Germany (B90) - 2015
Witte, Ronald (2122) - Merz, Ruediger (1851), Berlin op 09, Berlin (B97) - 2006
Belostozkaja, Julia (2108) - Merz, Ruediger (1854), Kreuzberg 2000, Berlin (B53) - 2000
Merz, Ruediger - ? (49)
Doering, Martin (0/2)
Hahlbohm, Matthias (0/2)
Prix, Siegfried (2/2)
Schnitzer, Peter (½/2)
Belostozkaja, Julia (0/1)
Boettcher, Patrick (0/1)
Brychcy, Felix (1/1)
Caglar, Ertan (1/1)
Chung, Nicholas (1/1)
Dathe, Frederick (1/1)
Dimitrijeski, Kristian (0/1)
Fanin, Erik (0/1)
Francke, Joerg (1/1)
Friedrich, Wiede (1/1)
Fruebing, Stefan (0/1)
Guth, Thomas (0/1)
Haemmerlein, Thomas (0/1)
Haenisch, Christoph (1/1)
Helling, Bernd (1/1)
Hohn, August (1/1)
Jensen, Jonny (1/1)
Junge, Wolfgang (1/1)
Kapr, Klaus (1/1)
Kaufmann, Mathias (1/1)
Kiesewetter, Peter (0/1)
Kievelitz, Bernd (1/1)
Krusemark, Gerhard (0/1)
Landt, Stefan (0/1)
Lohse, Steffen (½/1)
Mandic, Milenko (1/1)
Matitschka, Heinz (1/1)
Morczynski, Ryszard (1/1)
Moser, Axel (0/1)
Niehaus, Frank (0/1)
Noetzel, Felix (0/1)
Olivares, Eduardo (½/1)
Ollek, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Pfeiffer, Joerg (1/1)
Poppner, Dietmar (0/1)
Sabrowski, Uwe (½/1)
Schatz, Walter (0/1)
Schlittermann, Wolfgang (0/1)
Schnabel, Ralf (0/1)
Schneider, Hans Joachim (0/1)
Tepe, Mario (1/1)
Thompson, Ian D (0/1)
Woelfert, Juergen (1/1)
Ziems, Michael (1/1)
Zschaebitz, Klaus (0/1)
? - Merz, Ruediger (57)
Alvarez, Luis (1/1)
Baesecke, Helmut (1/1)
Bartoszewski Reiski, Olaf (1/1)
Bauer, Stefan (1/1)
Belostozkaja, Julia (1/1)
Berg, Gerd (1/1)
Boettcher, Patrick (½/1)
Brameyer, Hermann (0/1)
Bruemmel, Arend (0/1)
Engelhardt, Erhard (1/1)
Fruebing, Stefan (½/1)
Fruestueck, Cord (0/1)
Gaerths, Ronny (0/1)
Gebigke, Martin (0/1)
Gschwendtner, Klaus (0/1)
Guenther, Thomas (0/1)
Hahlbohm, Matthias (1/1)
Hansen, Kay (0/1)
Jahnz, Fabian (0/1)
Kahlert, Thomas (0/1)
Kapr, Klaus (½/1)
Karwatt, Lothar (½/1)
Kiessling, Beate (1/1)
Koenig, Frank (1/1)
Kohler, Thomas (0/1)
Kornrumpf, Joachim (0/1)
Kramer, Julian (1/1)
Kramer, Ralf (1/1)
Krueger, Ekkehard (1/1)
Krusemark, Gerhard (1/1)
Kuhn, Gerd (½/1)
Lachmann, Daniel (1/1)
Lai Hop, Duong (0/1)
Lassan, Christian (0/1)
Lerch, Philipp (0/1)
Lieb, Felix (1/1)
Lorenz, Sascha (0/1)
Major, Vitalij (0/1)
Moeller, Dirk Halvard (1/1)
Noetzel, Felix (0/1)
Pfeiffer, Joerg (1/1)
Poseck, Steffen (½/1)
Pozzo, Dominic (1/1)
Richter, Michael (0/1)
Sampels, Michael (1/1)
Schatz, Walter (0/1)
Schildt, Rene (1/1)
Schnitzer, Peter (0/1)
Sondermann, Johannes (0/1)
Syre, Christian (0/1)
Tarriba Martinez Lopez, Gabriel (0/1)
Weber, Erwin (½/1)
Windmueller, Werner (0/1)
Winz, Michael (1/1)
Witte, Ronald (1/1)
Ziems, Michael (0/1)
Zschaebitz, Klaus (0/1)
Openings played as White (36)
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1968.5
Result:
2/4 = 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:
2150.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1906.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2095.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2173
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
2004
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1785
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1626
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1402
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1458
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1836
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1758
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2061
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1819
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
1569
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D80 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
Average Elo:
1778
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:
2084
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1490
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2137
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1739
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1729
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
1637
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1637
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2276
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1788
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1798
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (39)
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2214.33
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1872.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
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:
2009.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1624.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
1932
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2257
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2161.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2149
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1802
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (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 Nb8 10.d4)
Average Elo:
1646
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1934
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1762
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1821
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
1711
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2071
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1699
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1518
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1636
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2221
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2174
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1597
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5)
Average Elo:
2152
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1574
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:
1795
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2073
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2009
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2077
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1700
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1485
Result:
0/1 = 0%