Matthias Ruf's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2282172 games
Matthias Ruf, International Master from Germany, has 172 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Ruf most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White73 games · +29 =27 −17 · 58%
As Black99 games · +28 =34 −37 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%36 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%28 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...e5 Open Game13%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense46%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d621%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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