Mark Ruston's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 197185 games
Mark Ruston, from England, has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Ruston most often opens with 1.e4 (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 White49 games · +20 =10 −19 · 51%
As Black36 games · +5 =4 −27 · 19%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%48 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense95%20 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
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