Tom Rydstrom's chess openings
FM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2311767 games
Tom Rydstrom, FIDE Master from Sweden, has 767 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tom Rydstrom most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White392 games · +178 =95 −119 · 58%
As Black375 games · +139 =79 −157 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%355 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%17 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening2%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game76%118 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%32 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game45%52 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%44 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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