Merlin Maenken's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 218629 games
Merlin Maenken, Candidate Master from Germany, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Merlin Maenken most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +8 =2 −4 · 64%
As Black15 games · +7 =3 −5 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d3 Mieses Opening7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense29%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 Nc6
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