Ruslan Ponomariov's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26322,772 games
Ruslan Ponomariov, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 2,772 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ruslan Ponomariov most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,379 games · +582 =606 −191 · 64%
As Black1,393 games · +395 =673 −325 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%781 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%395 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%116 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%257 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%178 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%54 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%332 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%127 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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