Ralf Runau's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 231028 games
Ralf Runau, FIDE Master from Germany, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ralf Runau most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +1 =7 −2 · 45%
As Black18 games · +10 =6 −2 · 72%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 f5
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