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Brendan J Ruane's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 1840113 games

Brendan J Ruane, from England, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brendan J Ruane most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White58 games · +19 =14 −25 · 45%
As Black55 games · +11 =15 −29 · 34%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%
    36 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening16%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 e5
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game45%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense23%
    5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense14%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
  3. 1...Nc617%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d5 Nce7

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