Volkhard Ruehrig's chess openings
Peak rating 2375132 games
Volkhard Ruehrig has 132 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Volkhard Ruehrig most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White78 games · +30 =24 −24 · 54%
As Black54 games · +15 =17 −22 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%58 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1.c4 English Opening10%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense85%17 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game10%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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