Lucas van der Merwe - Chess Player Overview
Last update: 22/08/2025 05:36:42 GMT+2
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Player's name: Lucas van der Merwe (RSA) 
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Age: 15 years old (born in 2010)
Highest FIDE Elo achieved:
Lucas van der Merwe Chess Games: 203
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Lucas van der Merwe - Charts
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Lucas van der Merwe - Chess Tournaments
| Date | Chess tournament name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 to 2024-07-13 | NMBCU TRIALS (4) UNDER 16 |
Finished |
| 2024-04-12 to 2024-04-13 | NMBCU TRIALS 2 UNDER 16 |
Finished |
| 2019-03-28 to 2019-03-31 | 2019 Boardwalk Pearson Open |
Finished |
| 2017-09-01 to 2017-09-02 | PEARSON OPEN SECTION B |
Finished |
Lucas van der Merwe - Chess Games
Lucas van der Merwe - Chess Games
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| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018.04.05 | Spence, Kayden (680) vs (816) Van Der Merwe, Lucas 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Four Knights |
0-1 | C47 | |
| 2018.04.05 | Van Der Merwe, Lucas (816) vs (903) Liang, Yi-Xuan (Bowie) 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov |
0-1 | A40 | |
| 2018.04.04 | Anderson, Aidan (697) vs (816) Van Der Merwe, Lucas 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Queen's Gambit Declined |
0-1 | D37 | |
| 2018.04.03 | Van Der Merwe, Lucas (816) vs (768) Neethling, Sean 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Queen's Pawn - Chigorin |
1/2-1/2 | D00 | |
| 2018.04.03 | Van Der Merwe, Lucas (816) vs (767) Van Urk, Milan 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Scandinavian |
1/2-1/2 | B01 | |
| 2018.04.02 | Fourie, Alex (642) vs (816) Van Der Merwe, Lucas 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Bishop's Opening Berlin |
0-1 | C24 | |
| 2018.04.02 | Van Der Merwe, Lucas (816) vs (1087) Levitan, Caleb 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Sicilian |
0-1 | B20 | |
| 2018.04.01 | Pienaar, Kyle (647) vs (816) Van Der Merwe, Lucas 2018 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships Queen's Pawn Zukertort - Chigorin |
0-1 | D02 |
Lucas van der Merwe - Other possible chess games
| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025.01.04 | Brzezina,Piotr (2274) vs (2105) van der Merwe,Alexander 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf - Byrne |
1/2-1/2 | B90 | |
| 2025.01.03 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2105) vs (2263) Kyc,Jerzy 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf - Adams |
1/2-1/2 | B90 | |
| 2025.01.02 | Krawczyk,Flawian (2231) vs (2105) van der Merwe,Alexander 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf - Byrne |
1/2-1/2 | B90 | |
| 2024.12.31 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2105) vs (2210) Azoulay,Yehonatan 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Dragon - Hungarian |
1/2-1/2 | B70 | |
| 2024.12.30 | Novotny,M1 (2219) vs (2105) van der Merwe,Alexander 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Closed |
1/2-1/2 | B23 | |
| 2024.12.30 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2105) vs (2217) Katsanis,Vasileios Dim 35th Cracovia Open A Caro-Kann - Knight (Tartakower) |
1/2-1/2 | B15 | |
| 2024.12.29 | Ribstein,Orel (2261) vs (2105) van der Merwe,Alexander 35th Cracovia Open A Reti Symmetrical - Three Knights |
0-1 | A34 | |
| 2024.12.28 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2105) vs (2203) Zarnowski,K 35th Cracovia Open A Petrov Modern - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | C43 | |
| 2024.12.27 | Ramirez Garcia,J (2222) vs (2105) van der Merwe,Alexander 35th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Alapin |
1-0 | B22 | |
| 2023.12.31 | Damia,A (2251) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 34th Cracovia Open A |
0-1 | ||
| 2023.12.30 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2113) vs (2187) Mirski,S 34th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Paulsen - Reti |
1-0 | B41 | |
| 2023.12.29 | Szczurek,Krzysztof (2175) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 34th Cracovia Open A Reti Symmetrical - Nimzovich |
1/2-1/2 | A05 | |
| 2023.12.28 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2113) vs (2185) Selbes,T 34th Cracovia Open A Two Knights - Modern Bishop |
1/2-1/2 | C55 | |
| 2023.12.27 | Ashwath,R (2284) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 34th Cracovia Open A Gruenfeld |
1-0 | D70 | |
| 2024.01.04 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2113) vs (2438) Sofronie,I 34th Cracovia Open A Two Knights - Modern Bishop |
0-1 | C55 | |
| 2024.01.03 | Hryharovich,Aliaksei (2195) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 34th Cracovia Open A Gruenfeld Three Knights (Petrosian) |
0-1 | D91 | |
| 2024.01.02 | Lukasiewicz,Krzysztof (2290) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 34th Cracovia Open A Indian |
1-0 | A45 | |
| 2024.01.02 | van der Merwe,Alexander (2113) vs (2312) Suder,Jakub 34th Cracovia Open A Sicilian Barnes |
0-1 | B45 | |
| 2024.01.06 | Poetsch,H (2471) vs (2113) van der Merwe,Alexander 22nd Prague Open 2024 Sicilian Closed |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2022.07.17 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1705) Van Zyl,Albrecht South African Open 2022 Robatsch - Small Center |
0-1 | B06 | |
| 2022.07.16 | De Jager,Luan (1875) vs (1776) van der Merwe,Alexander South African Open 2022 Sicilian Moscow |
1/2-1/2 | B51 | |
| 2022.07.16 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1701) Louw,Gideon N. South African Open 2022 Sicilian |
1-0 | B40 | |
| 2022.07.15 | Willenberg,Shane C. (1816) vs (1776) van der Merwe,Alexander South African Open 2022 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf (Opecensky) |
1/2-1/2 | B92 | |
| 2022.07.13 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1745) Selkirk,Rebecca South African Open 2022 Caro-Kann Knight Steinitz |
1-0 | B17 | |
| 2022.07.12 | Willenberg,Roland C. (1682) vs (1776) van der Merwe,Alexander South African Open 2022 Sicilian Closed |
0-1 | B23 | |
| 2022.07.11 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1517) Grobbelaar,Jacqui South African Open 2022 Petrov - Lopez |
1-0 | C42 | |
| 2022.07.10 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1627) Mnyasta,Tezihano South African Open 2022 Sicilian Moscow |
0-1 | B52 | |
| 2022.07.09 | Daniel,Angelo (1561) vs (1776) van der Merwe,Alexander South African Open 2022 Reti Symmetrical - King's Indian |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2022.07.09 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1776) vs (1686) Jacobs,Peter-John South African Open 2022 Sicilian Sozin - Two Knights |
0-1 | B57 | |
| 2022.10.16 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1746) vs (2291) Flores Quillas,Diego Saul Rodri 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Sozin - Two Knights |
0-1 | B57 | |
| 2022.10.15 | Carroll,Peter (2115) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf |
0-1 | B90 | |
| 2022.10.14 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1746) vs (1227) Salem Muhsan Shuaib 59th World Juniors 2022 Caro-Kann - Knight (Tartakower) |
1-0 | B15 | |
| 2022.10.13 | Djurovic,Peko (2084) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf - Adams |
1-0 | B90 | |
| 2022.10.22 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1746) vs (2201) Casadio,Niccolo' 59th World Juniors 2022 French Tarrasch |
1-0 | C03 | |
| 2022.10.13 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1746) vs (2233) Oye-Stromberg,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Sozin - Benko |
0-1 | B57 | |
| 2022.10.21 | Winkelman,Albert (2229) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf - Adams |
1-0 | B90 | |
| 2022.10.12 | Milosevic,Milos (2379) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Indian |
1-0 | A45 | |
| 2022.10.20 | Gaal,Zsoka (2298) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Reti |
1-0 | A04 | |
| 2022.10.19 | van der Merwe,Alexander (1746) vs (2202) Asllani,Dorian 59th World Juniors 2022 Sicilian Rossolimo (Fianchetto) - Rossolimo |
1/2-1/2 | B31 | |
| 2022.10.18 | Ballesteros Cardenas,Leonardo (2121) vs (1746) van der Merwe,Alexander 59th World Juniors 2022 Gruenfeld - Goglidze |
0-1 | D70 | |
| 2019.06.30 | Van der Merwe, Alexander (1574) vs (1989) Anilkumar, O ch-Commonwealth 2019 Alekhine |
0-1 | B03 | |
| 2014.03.12 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2237) Teh, Eu Wen Aron N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Evans Gambit - Alapin (Tartakower) |
0-1 | C52 | |
| 2014.03.11 | Johannsdottir, J. (1865) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Sicilian Alapin |
0-1 | B22 | |
| 2014.03.10 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (1756) Hauksson, Ho N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Sicilian - Chekhover |
1/2-1/2 | B53 | |
| 2014.06.08 | Van der Merwe, C. (2030) vs (2157) Gorbanovsky, O. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Giuoco Piano - Greco |
0-1 | C54 | |
| 2014.06.07 | Matviishen, Viktor (2190) vs (2030) Van der Merwe, C. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Reti |
1-0 | A04 | |
| 2014.06.06 | Van der Merwe, C. (2030) vs (2217) Azarya, J. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Sicilian Closed - Zukertort |
1/2-1/2 | B23 | |
| 2014.06.04 | Van der Merwe, C. (2030) vs (2192) Asgarov, M. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf |
0-1 | B99 | |
| 2014.06.03 | Van der Merwe, C. (2030) vs (1770) Simeonov, Svetoslav Grand Europe Albena 2014 Sicilian Closed - Zukertort |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2014.06.02 | Lornye, Pylyp (2249) vs (2030) Van der Merwe, C. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Reti Symmetrical - Barcza |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2014.03.09 | Steindorsson, S. (2215) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 English Sicilian (Two Knights) - Carls (Smyslov) |
1-0 | A22 | |
| 2014.03.08 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2196) Sahl, S. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf |
1/2-1/2 | B98 | |
| 2014.03.07 | Thorsteinsson, Arn (2205) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | B30 | |
| 2014.03.06 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (1754) Norlander, Svante N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Pirc Austrian - Unzicker |
1-0 | B09 | |
| 2014.03.05 | Pajeken, W. (2308) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reti Symmetrical |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2014.03.05 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (1782) Tijssens, Rob N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Sicilian - Chekhover |
1-0 | B53 | |
| 2014.03.04 | Ramirez, Alej (2599) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. N1 Reykjavik Open 2014 Reti Symmetrical |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2014.06.01 | Petrisor, A. (2432) vs (2030) Van der Merwe, C. Grand Europe Albena 2014 Gruenfeld Three Knights (Burille) - Closed |
1-0 | D94 | |
| 2013.07.13 | Jansen Van Rensburg (1778) vs (2054) Van der Merwe, C. Commonwealth & RSA Open Sicilian Closed |
1/2-1/2 | B23 | |
| 2013.07.12 | Du Toit, S. (1809) vs (2054) Van der Merwe, C. Commonwealth & RSA Open English Anglo-Indian (Queen's Knight) - Anglo-Grünfeld |
1/2-1/2 | A16 | |
| 2013.07.11 | Van der Merwe, C. (2054) vs Jasson, Alexander Lu Commonwealth & RSA Open Caro-Kann Knight Classical - Spassky |
1-0 | B19 | |
| 2013.07.09 | Chandna, Priyav (1729) vs (2054) Van der Merwe, C. Commonwealth & RSA Open Indian East Indian |
1-0 | A48 | |
| 2013.07.09 | Van der Merwe, C. (2054) vs (1737) Conradie, Andre Commonwealth & RSA Open Caro-Kann |
1/2-1/2 | B10 | |
| 2013.07.07 | Van der Merwe, C. (2054) vs Swanepoel, Rihaldo Commonwealth & RSA Open Sicilian Paulsen - Polugaevsky |
1/2-1/2 | B42 | |
| 2013.07.07 | Willenberg, Roland C vs (2054) Van der Merwe, C. Commonwealth & RSA Open Sicilian Closed |
1/2-1/2 | B24 | |
| 2013.07.06 | Van der Merwe, C. (2054) vs Berrange, Anton Commonwealth & RSA Open Sicilian - Chekhover |
1-0 | B53 | |
| 2014.04.05 | Yildiz, B. (2337) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Karpos Open 2014 Indian East Indian |
1/2-1/2 | A48 | |
| 2014.04.04 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2302) Papp, Petra Karpos Open 2014 Sicilian Barnes |
1-0 | B44 | |
| 2014.04.03 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (1766) Karatrajkov, Nikola Karpos Open 2014 Sicilian Closed - Zukertort |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2014.04.02 | Aharon, O. (2316) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Karpos Open 2014 Sicilian Maroczy |
1-0 | B36 | |
| 2014.04.01 | Veljanoski, Andrej (1531) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Karpos Open 2014 Sicilian Accelerated Dragon |
0-1 | B34 | |
| 2014.03.31 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2360) Draskovic, L. Karpos Open 2014 Pirc |
0-1 | B07 | |
| 2014.03.30 | Radovanovic, J. (2372) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Karpos Open 2014 Reti Symmetrical - King's Fianchetto |
1/2-1/2 | A15 | |
| 2014.03.25 | Becskei, Z. (2362) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Caissa IM March 2014 Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening |
0-1 | A00 | |
| 2014.03.24 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2368) Hajnal, Z. Caissa IM March 2014 Giuoco Piano - Greco |
1/2-1/2 | C54 | |
| 2014.03.22 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2237) Sarosi, Z. Caissa IM March 2014 Caro-Kann Knight (Nimzovich) - Knight |
0-1 | B16 | |
| 2014.03.21 | Dauletova, G. (2246) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Caissa IM March 2014 Sicilian Rossolimo (Fianchetto) - Rossolimo |
1/2-1/2 | B31 | |
| 2014.03.20 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2248) Farkas, Ti Caissa IM March 2014 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf |
1/2-1/2 | B96 | |
| 2014.03.19 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2362) Becskei, Z. Caissa IM March 2014 Giuoco Piano - Greco |
0-1 | C54 | |
| 2014.03.19 | Hajnal, Z. (2368) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Caissa IM March 2014 Sicilian Accelerated Dragon (Modern) - Simagin |
1-0 | B35 | |
| 2014.03.18 | Sarosi, Z. (2237) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Caissa IM March 2014 Gruenfeld Saemisch (Accepted) - Landau |
1-0 | D84 | |
| 2014.03.18 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (2246) Dauletova, G. Caissa IM March 2014 Evans Gambit |
0-1 | C51 | |
| 2014.03.17 | Farkas, Ti (2248) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Caissa IM March 2014 Sicilian Maroczy |
1-0 | B36 | |
| 2014.03.30 | Van der Merwe, C. (2026) vs (1367) Arda, Dogasu Karpos Open 2014 Evans Gambit |
1-0 | C52 | |
| 2014.03.29 | Colovic, A. (2493) vs (2026) Van der Merwe, C. Karpos Open 2014 Sicilian Maroczy |
1-0 | B36 | |
| 2014.05.02 | Skomorokhin, R. (2384) vs (2038) Van der Merwe, C. 5th LUCOPEN 2014 Gruenfeld |
1-0 | D70 | |
| 2014.05.02 | Van der Merwe, C. (2038) vs (1844) Verriere, Nicolas 5th LUCOPEN 2014 Sicilian - Chekhover |
1-0 | B53 | |
| 2014.05.01 | Van der Merwe, C. (2038) vs (1697) Andriamandimbisoa, M. 5th LUCOPEN 2014 French Open Tarrasch (Exchange) |
1/2-1/2 | C08 | |
| 2011.12.26 | Van der Merwe, C. (2057) vs (2546) Kosintseva, N. FIDE Women's World Teams Sicilian Closed - Zukertort |
0-1 | B23 | |
| 2011.12.25 | Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2341) vs (2057) Van der Merwe, C. FIDE Women's World Teams Indian |
1-0 | A45 | |
| 2011.12.24 | Van der Merwe, C. (2057) vs (2497) Danielian, E. FIDE Women's World Teams Caro-Kann - Advance |
0-1 | B12 | |
| 2011.12.22 | Van der Merwe, C. (2057) vs (2463) Ushenina, A. FIDE Women's World Teams Robatsch |
0-1 | B06 | |
| 2011.12.21 | Yildiz, B. (2297) vs (2057) Van der Merwe, C. FIDE Women's World Teams French Open Tarrasch |
1-0 | C07 | |
| 2011.12.20 | Van der Merwe, C. (2057) vs (2512) Harika, D. FIDE Women's World Teams Robatsch |
0-1 | B06 | |
| 2011.12.19 | Ju Wenjun (2543) vs (2057) Van der Merwe, C. FIDE Women's World Teams King's Indian Yugoslav - Taimanov |
1-0 | E97 | |
| 2011.12.18 | Van der Merwe, C. (2057) vs (2475) Javakhishvili, L. FIDE Women's World Teams Sicilian Closed |
0-1 | B23 | |
| 2011.12.27 | Dembo, Y. (2468) vs (2057) Van der Merwe, C. FIDE Women's World Teams French Paulsen - Steinitz (Boleslavsky) |
1-0 | C11 | |
| 2012.09.01 | Frayna, Janelle Mae (1991) vs (2043) Van der Merwe, C. 40th Olympiad Women English Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | A20 | |
| 2012.08.31 | Van der Merwe, C. (2043) vs (1978) Bejatovic, B. 40th Olympiad Women Alekhine Modern |
1-0 | B04 | |
| 2012.08.30 | Silva, Na (1918) vs (2043) Van der Merwe, C. 40th Olympiad Women Bird Dutch |
1/2-1/2 | A03 |