Simon Rutherford's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 227951 games
Simon Rutherford, FIDE Master from Australia, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon Rutherford most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White24 games · +8 =8 −8 · 50%
As Black27 games · +7 =7 −13 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense70%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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