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Van Volsem, Merlijn

Standard: 2308 Rapid: 2214 Blitz: 2238 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 258806 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: BEL Sex: M Birth Year: 2004 Age: 22
Title: FM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 14 Wins: 3 (21%) Draws: 4 (29%) Losses: 7 (50%)
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Dossier

12 of 14 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.9%
Opened d4: 3/7Opened c4: 3/7Opened Nf3: 1/7
Castled kingside: 10Same-side castling: 10Castled queenside: 1Opposite-side castling: 1Did not castle: 1
Fianchettoed kingside: 8Played on the queenside: 7Fianchettoed queenside: 3Played in the center: 3Played on the kingside: 1
Isolated pawn: 8Space advantage: 8Active pieces: 8Kept the bishop pair: 6Backward pawn: 5Initiated exchanges: 5Sacrificed material: 4Missed tactics: 3Avoided exchanges: 2Played gambits: 1
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Openings

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As White 7 games 3W 1D 3L
English Opening 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Neo-Catalan Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Defense Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Romanishin Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Uhlmann-Szabo System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Janowski Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 7 games 0W 3D 4L
Sicilian Defense 5 games 0W 3D 2L
Accelerated Dragon 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Modern Bc4 Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Barmen Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
French Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hungarian Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 62

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.07.09 · 25. Nhg5 (−36.8% win chance) 0-1
Bauer, Christian
Van Volsem, Merlijn
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2026.07.06 · 54... Rf7 (−33.6% win chance) 1-0
Van Volsem, Merlijn
Lu, Maximillian
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2025.07.09 · 23. Neg1 (−31.7% win chance) 0-1
Bauer, Christian
Van Volsem, Merlijn
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2025.07.18 · 67. Kh1 (−28.6% win chance) 0-1
Ruzhansky, Elias
Van Volsem, Merlijn
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Games Showing all 14 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves