Player profile

Merkel, Philip

Standard: 1709 Rapid: 1797 Blitz: 1685 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 34631399 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: GER Sex: M Birth Year: 2006 Age: 20
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 6 Wins: 2 (33%) Draws: 1 (17%) Losses: 3 (50%)
Dossier

6 of 6 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 84%
Opened e4: 4/4
Castled kingside: 3Same-side castling: 2Did not castle: 2Castled queenside: 1Opposite-side castling: 1
Played on the queenside: 4Played in the center: 3Fianchettoed queenside: 1Fianchettoed kingside: 1Played on the kingside: 1
Sacrificed material: 6Initiated exchanges: 5Space advantage: 4Active pieces: 3Played gambits: 3Isolated pawn: 3Kept the bishop pair: 3Backward pawn: 1
Openings

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As White 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Sicilian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Barmen Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Gubinsky-Melts Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 2 games 1W 0D 1L
English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defensive System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 34

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

2024.04.13 · 36. Bd2 (−67.4% win chance) 0-1
Retzlaff, Nick
Merkel, Philip
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2024.04.13 · 27. Rf1 (−39.5% win chance) 0-1
Retzlaff, Nick
Merkel, Philip
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2024.04.13 · 14. Bxa7+ (−36.8% win chance) 0-1
Schaffert, Walter
Merkel, Philip
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2024.04.13 · 10. h3 (−32.2% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Kaufmann, Gunther
Merkel, Philip
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Games Showing all 6 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves