Luis Merkel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 207613 games
Luis Merkel, from Germany, has 13 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luis Merkel most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White4 games · +0 =1 −3 · 13%
As Black9 games · +2 =1 −6 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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