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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Mertens, Gottfried
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1977-2019
Number of games
:
292
Number of wins
:
91
Number of draws
:
106
Number of losses
:
95
White score
:
78½/143 (54.9% - Average Elo: 1908.57)
Black score
:
65½/149 (43.96% - Average Elo: 1952.1)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Mertens, Gottfried (1977) - Romanow, Werner (2114), Hessen-ch Seniors op 08th, Bad Sooden-Allendorf () - 2012
Mertens, Gottfried (1878) - Kotlar, Alfred (2083), Wuerttemberg-ch Seniors op 25th, Freudenstadt (A02) - 2013
Mertens, Gottfried - Husser, Oskar (2061), Baden-ch Seniors, Eppingen (A02) - 2004
Kripp, Wolfgang (2159) - Mertens, Gottfried (2009), GER-ch Seniors 21st, Dresden (C18) - 2009
Gierse, Heinz Dieter (2134) - Mertens, Gottfried (2003), Baden-ch Seniors, Haslach im Kinzigtal (A04) - 2010
Boeven, Manfred (2102) - Mertens, Gottfried (1929), GER-chA Seniors 27th, Magdeburg (A80) - 2015
Mertens, Gottfried - ? (136)
Buth, Lothar (1/2)
Foltas, Hermann (1/2)
Kluever, Horst (2/2)
Nagorni, Walter (1/2)
Pape, Manfred (½/2)
Paulsen, Eckart (2/2)
Weissflog, Hans Dieter (1½/2)
Ackermann, Hermann (½/1)
Aigner, Georg (0/1)
Alefs, Heinz (0/1)
Anderer, Bernd (0/1)
Andersen, Knut (0/1)
Appel, Juergen (½/1)
Babichev, Vyacheslav (1/1)
Baum, Bernd (½/1)
Baumann, Gerhard (1/1)
Bayer, Wolfgang (½/1)
Bellingrath, Jens (0/1)
Beutelhoff, Josef (0/1)
Bleher, Walter (½/1)
Bofinger, Juergen (½/1)
Bondick, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Braun, Gottfried (½/1)
Brenzinger, Thomas (½/1)
Bruske, Manfred (0/1)
Buerger, Rudolph (½/1)
Burger, Heinrich (½/1)
Buss, Richard (1/1)
BYE (1/1)
Carl, Werner (1/1)
Causevic, Ismet (0/1)
Cimander, Norbert (½/1)
Davydov, Mihail (½/1)
Dietzsch, Dietmar (0/1)
Dorn, Hans Juergen (½/1)
Falk, Thomas (½/1)
Farin, Friedrich (1/1)
Fohler, Franz (1/1)
Franke, Helmut (0/1)
Gerhardt, Peter Michael (1/1)
Gousseinov, Aguif (1/1)
Guckes, Fabian (½/1)
Hallmann, Eberhard (0/1)
Hanke, Leonhard (½/1)
Hansch, Klaus Michael (0/1)
Haselhorst, Helmut (½/1)
Hirschenberger, Andreas (½/1)
Hohl, Rudolf (½/1)
Hoose, Hannelore (1/1)
Hottes, Dieter (0/1)
Huber, Helmut (1/1)
Huelle, Gunter (1/1)
Husser, Oskar (1/1)
Janzen, Christian (1/1)
Jentsch, Dieter (0/1)
Juergens, Peter1 (½/1)
Kage, August (1/1)
Kalix, Wolfgang (0/1)
Kargoll, Boris (0/1)
Kaufeld, Juergen (0/1)
Kaufmann, Helmut (½/1)
Khodjabagyan, Seyran (½/1)
Kissel, Ralf (½/1)
Klein, Gernot (1/1)
Klemt, Herbert (1/1)
Klimpel, Siegfried (½/1)
Klose, Hans Peter (1/1)
Knaak, Hans (½/1)
Koellmer, Dietrich (1/1)
Koester, Peter (½/1)
Kollowa, Kurt (½/1)
Kotlar, Alfred (1/1)
Kranewitter, Norbert (0/1)
Kreutzkamp, Hans Rudolf (½/1)
Krusemark, Gerhard (1/1)
Lauer, Roland (1/1)
Lehmann, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Litz, Knut (1/1)
Lueders, Guenter (1/1)
Macher, Claus (1/1)
Maczollek, Helmut (½/1)
Martus, Juergen (0/1)
Matthis, Edwin (0/1)
Meyer, Fritz (½/1)
Minte, Horst (½/1)
Minz, Michail (0/1)
Moehn, Hans (½/1)
Moeller, Peter1 (1/1)
Moerck, Peter (½/1)
Mueller, Rudolf (½/1)
Niebling, Ferdinand (0/1)
Nols, Uwe (1/1)
Pachler, Klaus (1/1)
Papa, Heiner (½/1)
Papapostolou, Christos (0/1)
Papenbrock, Volker (0/1)
Peleikis, Horst (½/1)
Petzold, Hans (0/1)
Pfitzer, Norbert (1/1)
Piankov, Evgenij (0/1)
Pocrnic, Josip (½/1)
Poeltelt, Helmut (½/1)
Rahls, Peter (0/1)
Reeh, Axel (1/1)
Romanow, Werner (1/1)
Rothfuss, Gerhard (1/1)
Rudolph, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Samarian, Cornel (1/1)
Sand, Rolf (0/1)
Schaefer, Gustav (1/1)
Schindzielorz, Stefan (1/1)
Schmidt, Heinrich (½/1)
Schmieder, Wolfgang Ernst (1/1)
Schneider, Klaus (½/1)
Schneider, Siegfried (1/1)
Schumacher, Ursula (1/1)
Schweizer, Horst (½/1)
Stadt, Hans (½/1)
Stoll, Robert (1/1)
Strozewski, Guenter (1/1)
Sutterer, Robert (0/1)
Tepel, Juergen (0/1)
Thieme, Hans (0/1)
Tomas, Johann (0/1)
Voeller, Lothar (0/1)
Von Ehr, Martin (0/1)
Weisenburger, Horst (0/1)
Werchan, Hans (½/1)
Werner, Bernd Michael (½/1)
Westphal, Gerd (1/1)
Wilfert, Eva Maria (1/1)
Winkler, Werner (1/1)
Yusym, Anatoly (1/1)
Zachariassen, John (1/1)
Zimmerer, Martin (1/1)
Zimmermann, Manfred (0/1)
? - Mertens, Gottfried (143)
Bachmann, Rolf (0/2)
Edling, Karlheinz (1/2)
Funk, Paul (0/2)
Gierse, Heinz Dieter (1/2)
Petzold, Hans (½/2)
Villing, Dieter (½/2)
Ackermann, Hans Werner (0/1)
Alder, Bodo (½/1)
Armbruster, Wolfgang (1/1)
Aufmwasser, Guenter (0/1)
Bartels, Lothar (½/1)
Bauer, Burkhardt (0/1)
Baust, Guenter (1/1)
Becker, Wolfgang (½/1)
Bengsch, Norbert (½/1)
Berger, Volkmar (1/1)
Berner, Wolfram (½/1)
Bischoff, Klaus (1/1)
Bitsch, Karl (½/1)
Boettcher, Elke (½/1)
Boeven, Manfred (1/1)
Boldt, Heinrich (½/1)
Bondick, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Brem, Stephan (0/1)
Bucher, Horst (½/1)
Buck, Klaus Michael (1/1)
Bureik, Matthias (½/1)
Buttenmueller, Josef (1/1)
Daebel, Hasso (1/1)
Dauner, Karl (½/1)
Davydov, Mihail (0/1)
Diaz Franco, Francisco Jorge (½/1)
Dittmar, Hans Joachim (½/1)
Droese, Manfred (1/1)
Dushatskiy, Fedor (0/1)
Etzold, Ernst Walter (½/1)
Fahnenschmidt, Gerhard (0/1)
Falk, Thomas (0/1)
Fleckenstein, Wolfgang (1/1)
Fleischer, Martin (½/1)
Freck, Klaus (½/1)
Fries, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Geissler, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Geist, Wolfgang (½/1)
Gensch, Manfred (½/1)
Grams, Arthur (1/1)
Grasmik, Waldemar (1/1)
Gross, Markus (1/1)
Haase, Wolfgang (0/1)
Hein, Gernot (1/1)
Heinzel, Peter (½/1)
Hoehler, Waldemar (½/1)
Hoehne, Peter (1/1)
Hoeschele, Hans Ulrich (0/1)
Hohler, Peter (0/1)
Hommann, Horst (1/1)
Hoose, Hannelore (1/1)
Huber, Martin1 (½/1)
Huelle, Gunter (½/1)
Huelsmann, Josef (0/1)
Hunold, Rolf (½/1)
Hurst, Peter (0/1)
Husser, Oskar (1/1)
Jacob, Helmut (½/1)
Jeske, Eckhard (0/1)
Josting, Friedel (1/1)
Juergens, Peter1 (½/1)
Just, Joachim (1/1)
Kaiser, Helmut (½/1)
Ketzscher, Roland (½/1)
Kienel, Norbert (0/1)
Knaak, Hans (0/1)
Knaak, Joachim (½/1)
Kotlar, Alfred (½/1)
Kozel, Friedrich (½/1)
Kripp, Wolfgang (1/1)
Kuehner, Peter (½/1)
Kunzelmann, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Ladstetter, Josef (½/1)
Lainburg, Viktor (0/1)
Lieb, Harald (0/1)
Ljubarskij, Jurij (0/1)
Ludwig, Siegfried (1/1)
Lueders, Guenter (1/1)
Mattern, Andre (0/1)
Menges, Karlheinz (½/1)
Meyer, Fritz1 (0/1)
Meyer, Walter (1/1)
Micheel, Peter (0/1)
Molez, Karl (0/1)
Mueller, Alfred Sr (½/1)
Mueller, Klaus2 (0/1)
Mueller, Robert (0/1)
Mueller, Waldemar (0/1)
Novak, Josua (1/1)
Oelze, Joern (0/1)
Ophoff, Rigobert (½/1)
Oser, Thor (0/1)
Papapostolou, Christos (1/1)
Pape, Manfred (0/1)
Pawletko, Herbert (1/1)
Porubszki, Georg (½/1)
Prill, Gerhard (0/1)
Raub, Othmar (1/1)
Reichel, Rolf (1/1)
Reinhold, Klaus (½/1)
Roeschlein, Stefan (0/1)
Rogge, Manfred (½/1)
Rosen, Willy (0/1)
Ruessel, Bernhard (0/1)
Samarian, Cornel (½/1)
Sand, Rosemarie (½/1)
Schlag, Franz (0/1)
Schmidt, Eugen (1/1)
Schmitt, Karl (½/1)
Schmoll, Heinz (0/1)
Schneider, Alexander (½/1)
Schneider, Klaus (1/1)
Scholtyssek, Werner (1/1)
Scholz, Herbert (1/1)
Schrems, Hermann (0/1)
Schroeder, Klaus (½/1)
Schulz, Gerhard1 (1/1)
Schulze, Ulrich (0/1)
Schumacher, Ursula (1/1)
Schwertel, Johann (0/1)
Seyffer, Guenther (½/1)
Shapiro, Yosip (0/1)
Simon, Goetz Jochen (1/1)
Stock, Andreas (½/1)
Straub, Peter (0/1)
Strehlow, Horst (0/1)
Stumpf, Joerg (½/1)
Thome, Volker (0/1)
Unseld, Johannes (½/1)
Van Houten, Henk (0/1)
Voit, Emil (0/1)
Weisenburger, Horst (0/1)
Wurmb, Peter (0/1)
Wurmbauer, Nils (½/1)
Zimmer, Frank (½/1)
Zunker, Reinhard (0/1)
Zwanepol, Johan (0/1)
Openings played as White (26)
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1910.4
Result:
35½/65 = 54.62%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1889.46
Result:
15½/30 = 51.67%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2021.6
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1928.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2122.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1985.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1893.5
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1720.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1912
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1731.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2082.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1910.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1993
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1955
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1881
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1708
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1855
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1825
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2166
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2192
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1602
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1611
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (39)
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1943.82
Result:
6/13 = 46.15%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2023
Result:
3½/12 = 29.17%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1950
Result:
6/10 = 60%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1980.88
Result:
4½/9 = 50%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1851.29
Result:
4/9 = 44.44%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1985.86
Result:
3½/8 = 43.75%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1777.4
Result:
4½/7 = 64.29%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1980.17
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1889.67
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2076.5
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
1958
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1855.5
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2038.75
Result:
0/5 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1973.2
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2021.25
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3)
Average Elo:
2111.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1862.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1994.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2101
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8)
Average Elo:
1650
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
1848
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2012.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1903.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A95 Dutch, Stonewall (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
1785
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1665
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
1839
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
2116
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1704
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2104
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1772
Result:
½/1 = 50%