[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":98},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-merme":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":63,"similar":64,"stem":95,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":96,"__hash__":97},"bots/bots/merme.json","Kerem Mermerci is a 30-year-old marble inlay fitter from Istanbul, Turkey, who spends his working days bedding cracked tiles back into the geometric panels of the Süleymaniye Mosque. He learned the trade from his father in a workshop near the Golden Horn, and he brings that same patient, measuring eye to the chessboard. Rated around 1999, Kerem plays at a strong club level: his positional sense is refined, his tactics are reliable, and he knows the main lines of opening theory well enough to navigate the middlegame without surprise. He treats each move the way he treats a tile, scored, cut, and seated only once the line is clean. Opponents who sit down across from Kerem should expect a quiet, deeply defensive game where the tension is kept on the board for a long time, every exchange weighed like a chisel stroke before it lands.","30","merme","Turkey","tr","f37cbae6bd860373e5b272bcecdb3a26588aeb75864794cb718c7d16249eedbe","2026-07-06",1999,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Kerem?","Kerem is rated approximately 1999 Elo, placing him at the upper end of the club player bracket. At this level he combines refined positional judgement with reliable tactical calculation and solid familiarity with main line opening theory.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Kerem play?","Kerem has no fixed repertoire on file in this profile. In practice he sits in the middle of the theoretical spectrum, mixing mainline ideas with quieter, less explored move orders, and his defensive instincts shape his choice of system more than any single favourite line.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"How do strong club players prepare to face Kerem?","Players around 1800 to 2100 should prepare for a long, patient game where Kerem refuses to trade pieces and keeps the position complicated. The right approach is to avoid premature attacks, restrain his counterplay with prophylactic moves, and look for slow positional gains rather than tactical knockouts. Endgame technique matters, because many games against him will reach a heavy middlegame with the tension still unresolved.","A tile is just a tile. Cut it again.","male","Welcome. Sit, set the board like a fresh panel on the bench. I am Kerem, marble fitter from the Süleymaniye. We will cut slow, measure twice, and see which tiles seat clean and which crack at the seam. Hoş geldin.","Kerem fits the geometric marble inlay panels of the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, lifting cracked tiles, cutting fresh pieces from the workshop slab, and bedding them back into the dome's quiet patterns. He learned the trade from his father in a workshop near the Golden Horn and has spent ten years matching color and grain in the great Ottoman buildings. Chess, for him, is the same patient work in a smaller frame — every move a tile cut to fit.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A small offcut of veined cream-and-rust marble from his very first restoration, kept in his apron pocket",{},"Kerem Mermerci","Istanbul Süleymaniye marble inlay fitter",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},-0.95,0.95,2,"Kerem plays in a markedly defensive register, content to absorb pressure and let the opponent commit first. He keeps tension on the board rather than trading down, preferring complicated middlegames where small positional details matter. His opening choices sit balanced between solid and sharp, and he draws from both mainline theory and his own quieter preparation, so the game tends to feel patient, dense, and slow to resolve.",[43,46,49,51,54,57,60],{"rating":44,"msSinceEpoch":45},2001,1778406728849,{"rating":47,"msSinceEpoch":48},1996,1778406895120,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":50},1778407146346,{"rating":52,"msSinceEpoch":53},1986,1778407527818,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":56},1989,1778407960659,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":59},1976,1778408666291,{"rating":61,"msSinceEpoch":62},1982,1778820348283,"Kerem",{"sameStyle":65,"different":81},[66,71,77],{"botId":67,"name":68,"elo":12,"country":69,"countryCode":70,"category":40},"adeye","Folasade Adeyemi","Nigeria","ng",{"botId":72,"name":73,"elo":74,"country":75,"countryCode":76,"category":40},"soobh","Anand Soobhug",1917,"Mauritius","mu",{"botId":78,"name":79,"elo":80,"country":69,"countryCode":70,"category":40},"bala","Hadiza Bala",1909,[82,88],{"botId":83,"name":84,"elo":47,"country":85,"countryCode":86,"category":87},"IdBEQ","Diego Doublecheck","Chile","cl",3,{"botId":89,"name":90,"elo":91,"country":92,"countryCode":93,"category":94},"WWKSd","Sven Sauna",2007,"Finland","fi",5,"bots/merme","Club players in the 1700 to 2100 range will get the most from a session against Kerem. Aggressive attackers learn to respect a defender who refuses to crack and keeps the position complex move after move. Players who like to simplify into endgames will be frustrated, in a useful way, by his refusal to trade. Anyone training patience, prophylaxis, and middlegame technique will find him a clean sparring partner.","XTxpQHWzIlu17ryRVHkDnohq2gxQ6hcQutvfQJ0Zzio",1784583543439]