Markus Merkel's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 215632 games
Markus Merkel, Candidate Master from Germany, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Markus Merkel most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +2 =7 −7 · 34%
As Black16 games · +5 =6 −5 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game75%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...d640%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4
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