Merins Emmanuil Lipovich (born 14 October 1946, Riga) - honoured coach of Latvia and Belarus in draughts.

Emmanuil Merins was a multiple participant in the USSR Championships and USSR Cups, and an international master. Under Merins' guidance, Belarusian draughts player Lyudmila Sohnenko became world champion in 1979. Among his students are former men's world champion and multiple world championship medallist Guntis Valneris, international master and junior world championship silver medallist Andris Keisels, and others. He moved to Berlin, where he headed the German Draughts Federation and organised the Berlin Open international tournament. He was also a children's coach in football, basketball, volleyball and draughts.