Richard Russell's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 231313 games
Richard Russell, FIDE Master from United States, has 13 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Russell most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%
As Black9 games · +2 =0 −7 · 22%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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