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Player:
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van der Merwe, Alexander
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2015-
Number of games
:
97
Number of wins
:
11
Number of draws
:
20
Number of losses
:
15
White score
:
7/15 (46.67% - Average Elo: 1950.47)
Black score
:
6½/16 (40.62% - Average Elo: 2114.12)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
van der Merwe, Alexander (1746) - Casadio, Niccolo' (2201), 59th World Juniors 2022, Cala Gonone ITA (C03) - 2022
van der Merwe, Alexander (2113) - Mirski, Stanislaw (2187), 34th Cracovia Open A, Krakow POL (B41) - 2023
van der Merwe, Alexander (1776) - Selkirk, Rebecca (1745), South African Open 2022, Cape Town RSA (B17) - 2022
Damia, Angelo (2251) - van der Merwe, Alexander (2113), 34th Cracovia Open A, Krakow POL () - 2023
Hryharovich, Aliaksei (2195) - van der Merwe, Alexander (2113), 34th Cracovia Open A, Krakow POL (D91) - 2024
Ballesteros Cardenas, Leonardo (2121) - van der Merwe, Alexander (1746), 59th World Juniors 2022, Cala Gonone ITA (D70) - 2022
van der Merwe, Alexander - ? (15)
Asllani, Dorian (½/1)
Casadio, Niccolo' (1/1)
Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri (0/1)
Grobbelaar, Jacqui (1/1)
Jacobs, Peter-John (0/1)
Louw, Gideon N (1/1)
Mirski, Stanislaw (1/1)
Mnyasta, Tezihano (0/1)
Oye-Stromberg, Alexander (0/1)
Salem Muhsan Shuaib (1/1)
Selbes, Tarik (½/1)
Selkirk, Rebecca (1/1)
Sofronie, Iulian (0/1)
Suder, Jakub (0/1)
Van Zyl, Albrecht (0/1)
? - van der Merwe, Alexander (16)
Ashwath, R (0/1)
Ballesteros Cardenas, Leonardo (1/1)
Carroll, Peter (1/1)
Damia, Angelo (1/1)
Daniel, Angelo (0/1)
De Jager, Luan (½/1)
Djurovic, Peko (0/1)
Gaal, Zsoka (0/1)
Hryharovich, Aliaksei (1/1)
Lukasiewicz, Krzysztof (0/1)
Milosevic, Milos (0/1)
Poetsch, Hagen (0/1)
Szczurek, Krzysztof (½/1)
Willenberg, Roland C (1/1)
Willenberg, Shane C (½/1)
Winkelman, Albert (0/1)
Openings played as White (13)
B57 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
1959.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2311.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
1627
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1517
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1745
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1701
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1705
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1227
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2291
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2202
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2312
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (11)
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2142.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1868
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2076.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2334.5
Result:
0/2 = 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:
1816
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
2121
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2251
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
1/1 = 100%