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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Dam, Ruurd
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1985-2002
Number of games
:
101
Number of wins
:
27
Number of draws
:
28
Number of losses
:
46
White score
:
24½/49 (50% - Average Elo: 2353.02)
Black score
:
16½/52 (31.73% - Average Elo: 2366.19)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Dam, Ruurd (2305) - Andruet, Gilles (2450), Groningen Casino op, Groningen (E70) - 1988
Dam, Ruurd (2315) - Kovacevic, Vlatko (2450), Lugano op, Lugano (A63) - 1989
Dam, Ruurd (2270) - Polgar, Sofia (2425), OHRA-B, Amsterdam (B44) - 1990
Ernst, Thomas (2455) - Dam, Ruurd, Lugano Open-13, Lugano (C89) - 1988
Lev, Ronen (2415) - Dam, Ruurd (2315), Lugano op, Lugano (E97) - 1989
Sowray, Peter John (2330) - Dam, Ruurd (2315), Dieren op, Dieren (B22) - 1989
Dam, Ruurd - ? (44)
Beulen, Marcel (2½/3)
Boersma, Paul (½/2)
Carlier, Bruno (½/2)
Theulings, Paul Peter (2/2)
Andruet, Gilles (1/1)
Bjertrup, Michael (1/1)
Blauert, Joerg (0/1)
Bosboom, Manuel (½/1)
Brenninkmeijer, Joris (0/1)
De Boer, Gert Jan (½/1)
Den Boer, Ber (½/1)
Du Chattel, Philippe J (1/1)
Dubois, Jean Marie (½/1)
Fauchez, E (1/1)
Haring, Ronald (1/1)
Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter (0/1)
Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (0/1)
Kaminski, Marcin (0/1)
Kharlov, Andrei (0/1)
Kolev, Atanas (½/1)
Kovacevic, Vlatko (1/1)
Kraut, Rainer (0/1)
Kuijf, Marinus (0/1)
Ligterink, Gert (½/1)
Marinkovic, Ivan (0/1)
Mathonia, Claude (0/1)
Mestel, A Jonathan (0/1)
Nijboer, Friso (½/1)
Norwood, David (0/1)
Piket, Marcel (0/1)
Pliester, Leon (1/1)
Polgar, Sofia (1/1)
Renaze, Luc (1/1)
Simon, Ralf Axel (½/1)
Struijve, E (0/1)
Uhlmann, Wolfgang (½/1)
Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur (1/1)
Van de Vorst, Christel (1/1)
Van der Wal, Jannes (1/1)
Van der Wiel, John (0/1)
Van Wely, Loek (0/1)
Verdonk, Roland (1/1)
Visser, Yge (1/1)
Zueger, Beat (½/1)
? - Dam, Ruurd (52)
Bertholee, Rob (0/1)
Beulen, Marcel (1/1)
Boersma, Jan (0/1)
Bofill Mas, Alejandro (0/1)
Booij, Johan (½/1)
Cuijpers, Frans Andre (0/1)
De Boer, Gert Jan (0/1)
De Roda Husman, Juan (1/1)
Dijkhuizen, Klaas (½/1)
Du Chattel, Philippe J (0/1)
Ermenkov, Evgenij (0/1)
Ernst, Thomas (1/1)
Gerber, Peter (½/1)
Gupta, Milon (½/1)
Gutman, Lev (½/1)
Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)
Heinbuch, Detlef Ulrich (½/1)
Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter (½/1)
Horvath, Csaba (0/1)
Inkiov, Ventzislav (0/1)
Ivanov, An (0/1)
Jonker, Marc (0/1)
Krudde, Fitzgerald (0/1)
Kuijf, Marinus (½/1)
Lalic, Bogdan (0/1)
Lemmers, Oscar (0/1)
Lev, Ronen (1/1)
Martens, Martin (½/1)
Mednis, Edmar John (0/1)
Miles, Anthony John (0/1)
Motwani, Paul (0/1)
Okkes, Menno (0/1)
Ostojic, Predrag (0/1)
Peelen, Piet (0/1)
Piket, Jeroen (0/1)
Pliester, Leon (½/1)
Plomp, Gordon (0/1)
Pytel, Bozena (1/1)
Riemersma, Liafbern (½/1)
Sarno, Spartaco (1/1)
Sowray, Peter John (1/1)
Stratmann, Burkhard (1/1)
Tiggelman, Rene (1/1)
Tukmakov, Vladimir B (0/1)
Van der Wal, Jannes (½/1)
Van Mil, Johan (0/1)
Voormans, Jan (½/1)
Wagenmakers, Eric Jan (0/1)
Wauters, Alain (½/1)
Webbink, Dinand (½/1)
Witt, Rob (0/1)
Openings played as White (42)
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2417.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O)
Average Elo:
2515
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B57 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4)
Average Elo:
1640
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2527
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 )
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1795
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (36)
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2291.25
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2500
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C88 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2590
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%