Keith Ruxton's chess openings
FM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 226792 games
Keith Ruxton, FIDE Master from Scotland, has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Keith Ruxton most often opens with 1.e4 (64% 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 White44 games · +14 =14 −16 · 48%
As Black48 games · +16 =15 −17 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%28 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense60%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense28%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense12%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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