Fri Mertens's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 211150 games
Fri Mertens, from Germany, has 50 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Fri Mertens most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White27 games · +6 =12 −9 · 44%
As Black23 games · +10 =4 −9 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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