Darius Ruzele's chess openings
GM🇱🇹 LithuaniaFIDE 2531238 games
Darius Ruzele, Grandmaster from Lithuania, has 238 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Darius Ruzele most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White115 games · +52 =47 −16 · 66%
As Black123 games · +42 =56 −25 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%111 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%37 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game46%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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