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IM Merijn van Delft

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
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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
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