William Rutherford's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 191437 games
William Rutherford, from Scotland, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Rutherford most often opens with 1.d4 (88% 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 White17 games · +8 =4 −5 · 59%
As Black20 games · +5 =5 −10 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense89%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
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