Jack Van Zyl-Rudd's chess openings
FM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2209280 games
Jack Van Zyl-Rudd, FIDE Master from South Africa, has 280 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jack Van Zyl-Rudd most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White144 games · +45 =56 −43 · 51%
As Black136 games · +31 =56 −49 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%116 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%25 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%40 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense12%7 games · scores 86% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5
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