Natalia Ruchieva's chess openings
WGM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2135176 games
Natalia Ruchieva, Woman Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 176 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Natalia Ruchieva most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White100 games · +37 =39 −24 · 56%
As Black76 games · +29 =17 −30 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%97 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense47%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e5 Open Game32%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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