Valerie Ruchinskaya's chess openings
WFM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 1992271 games
Valerie Ruchinskaya, Woman FIDE Master from Canada, has 271 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerie Ruchinskaya most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White139 games · +57 =16 −66 · 47%
As Black132 games · +40 =14 −78 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%137 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense93%62 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game87%33 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
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