IM Merijn van Delft Full name Merijn Van Delft Born 1979 (age 47) Place of birth Federation Netherlands Profiles #1116 World Ranking 2359 Classical 2372 Rapid 2379 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (14 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (13 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (11 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (10 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Anti-Sozin Variation (15 games) Slav Defense (14 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (12 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (11 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Merijn van Delft (2359) Taco Van de Poel (1891) 1-0 41 2025 Merijn van Delft (2359) Leander Merz (2034) 1-0 27 2025 Merijn van Delft (2359) Thomas Beerdsen (2513) 0-1 57 2025 Merijn van Delft (2359) Koen Leenhouts (2476) 0-1 61 2025 Simon Provoost (2189) Merijn van Delft (2359) 0-1 39 2025 Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng (2132) Merijn van Delft (2359) 0-1 37 2025 Evert Rademakers (2205) Merijn van Delft (2354) ½-½ 21 2025 Luuk Baselmans (2391) Merijn van Delft (2353) ½-½ 35 2025 Bryan Habig (2017) Merijn van Delft (2359) ½-½ 32 2025 Zyon Kollen (2384) Merijn van Delft (2350) ½-½ 32 2025 Show All Games