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IM Merijn van Delft

Full name

Merijn Van Delft

Born

1/1/1979 (age 45)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

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 (2369) Christian Polster (2257)	1-0	56	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Hugo Ten Hertog (2528)	1-0	59	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Fred Lucas (1885)	1-0	23	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Bas Van Doren (2129)	1-0	49	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Joel Van der Werf (2114)	1-0	76	2024
Merijn van Delft (2364) Mark van der Werf (2408)	0-1	89	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Sipke Ernst (2530)	½-½	25	2024
Merijn van Delft (2376) Kees Nieuwelink (2084)	½-½	19	2024
Merijn van Delft (2369) Milo Bogaard (2066)	1-0	58	2023
Merijn van Delft (2369) Yu A Hu (2056)	1-0	27	2023

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