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Merijn van Delft
M van Delft 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons  
Number of games in database: 221
Years covered: 1994 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2383 (2372 rapid, 2378 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2430

Overall record: +52 -72 =93 (45.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (50) 
    B42 B67 B90 B32 B43
 Ruy Lopez (24) 
    C78 C92 C80 C70 C96
 Sicilian Kan (11) 
    B42 B43
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (11) 
    B67 B65 B62 B63 B60
 Caro-Kann (10) 
    B18 B17 B15
 French Defense (10) 
    C18 C03 C05 C11 C04
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (34) 
    B22 B90 B48 B57 B47
 King's Indian (16) 
    E63 E77 E81 E70 E83
 Caro-Kann (15) 
    B18 B12 B13 B17 B10
 Slav (7) 
    D10 D12 D15 D11
 Semi-Slav (7) 
    D43 D45 D44
 Sicilian Taimanov (6) 
    B47 B48
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Eikelboom vs M van Delft, 2000 0-1
   L Zimmermann vs M van Delft, 2009 0-1
   A F Ker vs M van Delft, 2009 1/2-1/2
   B M Ochsner vs M van Delft, 2013 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   16th Unive Open (2012)
   11th Essent Open (2007)
   2nd Queenstown Chess Classic (2009)
   Dutch Open (2009)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   15th Unive Open (2011)
   Amsterdam Lost Boys Open (1998)
   12th Essent Open (2008)
   13th Unive Tournament (Open) (2009)
   Bundesliga 2013/14 (2013)
   European Club Cup (2011)
   Bundesliga 2012/13 (2012)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 37th European Chess Club Cup
   M van Delft vs V S Gujrathi (Oct-03-22) 0-1
   M van Delft vs M Warmerdam (Dec-01-19) 1/2-1/2
   M van Delft vs O Renet (Nov-14-19) 1/2-1/2
   Pelletier vs M van Delft (Nov-13-19) 1-0
   E Alekseev vs M van Delft (Nov-10-19) 1-0

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MERIJN VAN DELFT
(born Mar-13-1979, 44 years old) Netherlands

[what is this?]
He is an IM and a FIDE Trainer.

 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 236  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Dambacher vs M van Delft  1-0301994NED-ch U16B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. E Liss vs M van Delft  1-0221995Leeuwarden OpenB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
3. M van Delft vs M Castiglione  1-0371995Wch U16A07 King's Indian Attack
4. M van Delft vs I Jelen  1-0361996Groningen OpenB33 Sicilian
5. M van Delft vs S Ernst  ½-½291997NED-ch U18C47 Four Knights
6. A Galkin vs M van Delft  1-0471997Groningen OpenB58 Sicilian
7. M van Delft vs K Schiffer  ½-½251997Groningen OpenC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
8. M van Delft vs S Ernst  ½-½101998Dieren opC47 Four Knights
9. M van Delft vs M Bosboom  0-1341998Haarlem AKN opE91 King's Indian
10. M van Delft vs M Bosboom  1-0391998Dieren opB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
11. V Golod vs M van Delft  ½-½631998HZ opE97 King's Indian
12. M van Delft vs S Ernst  ½-½141998NED-ch U20C46 Three Knights
13. E Najer vs M van Delft  1-0251998Groningen OpenB25 Sicilian, Closed
14. Stellwagen vs M van Delft  ½-½621999Hoogovens op-CB57 Sicilian
15. F Doettling vs M van Delft  ½-½181999Apeldoorn tt U18D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. M van Delft vs S Ernst  0-1371999Dieren opC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
17. H Jonkman vs M van Delft  0-1262000Utrecht OKU I opB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
18. M van Delft vs H Jonkman  ½-½212000Soest opC67 Ruy Lopez
19. T Wirschell vs M van Delft  ½-½102000Soest opB57 Sicilian
20. J van der Veen vs M van Delft  0-1362000DierenB23 Sicilian, Closed
21. M van Delft vs J Murey  0-1202000DierenB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. B Eikelboom vs M van Delft 0-1272000DierenB50 Sicilian
23. M van Delft vs N Spaan  1-0282000DierenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
24. T Gelashvili vs M van Delft  1-0522000DierenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
25. M van Delft vs A Meijere  1-0232000DierenB42 Sicilian, Kan
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-08-14  BIDMONFA: Merijn Van Delft

VAN DELFT, Merijn
http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_delft_m...
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Jan-11-14  Refused: Good luck at Wijk (B), Merijn.
Jan-11-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I'm so relieved he survived that gunpowder explosion.

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