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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Ruth, Walter
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1993-2004
Number of games
:
197
Number of wins
:
70
Number of draws
:
66
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
55/98 (56.12% - Average Elo: 1959.69)
Black score
:
48/99 (48.48% - Average Elo: 1927.08)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Ruth, Walter - Starck, Bodo (2290), GER-chT Seniors 04th, Bad Schandau (A03) - 1995
Ruth, Walter (1985) - Hoffmann, Hans (2190), GER-ch Seniors 06th, Bad Schussenried (D11) - 1994
Ruth, Walter - Minz, Michail (2133), RLP-ch Seniors, Kettig (A01) - 1999
Schmidt, Erhard (2250) - Ruth, Walter, Moselpokal op, Bad Bertrich (A18) - 1997
Oehlmann, Dieter (2072) - Ruth, Walter (1995), Wuerttemberg-ch Seniors 07th, Ellwangen (B32) - 1995
Kohlei, Rolf (2068) - Ruth, Walter, SVR-chS, Reil (A30) - 2000
Ruth, Walter - ? (89)
Bierbach, Utz Friedrich (1½/2)
Boeckenhaupt, Rudi (1½/2)
Denda, Ronald (½/2)
Engerer, Hans (½/2)
Hoffmann, Hans (1½/2)
Lange, Gustav (2/2)
Papapostolou, Christos (0/2)
Schaefer, Gustav (1/2)
Weigel, Herbert (½/2)
Alicke, Manfred (½/1)
Badestein, Hartmut (0/1)
Bast, Kathrin (1/1)
Blumenstiel, Helmut (1/1)
Both, Hartmut (1/1)
Braun, Gottfried (½/1)
Brauner, Rudolf (0/1)
Breiden, Rudi (1/1)
Burtscheidt, Michael (1/1)
Claus, Joachim (½/1)
De Rooi, Paul (½/1)
Detert, Heinz (0/1)
Diete, Guenter (0/1)
Dohnow, Manfred (0/1)
Fassmann, Kurt (1/1)
Fluegel, Wilhelm (½/1)
Franck, Rudolf (0/1)
Frantzke, Helmut (½/1)
Geissler, Dieter (0/1)
Gergs, Wolfgang (0/1)
Gerhardt, Peter Michael (0/1)
Gestrich, Wolfgang (½/1)
Haack, Karl (1/1)
Hahner, Anton (½/1)
Hausner, Alfreda (½/1)
Heilemann, Manfred (½/1)
Henkes, Hermann (1/1)
Hoechst, Otto (1/1)
Hoehne, Peter (½/1)
Hofmann, Hans (1/1)
Hornetz, Burkhard (0/1)
Jaeger, Erich (1/1)
Jugow, Alexander (0/1)
Jung, Thomas (0/1)
Junker, Wilfried (½/1)
Kaden, Guenter (1/1)
Karnbach, Hubert (1/1)
Kley, Thomas (1/1)
Kneip, Jakob1 (1/1)
Koellmer, Hans Peter (1/1)
Krasevec, Viktor (½/1)
Lehner, Erich (1/1)
Loechner, Friedrich (1/1)
Mayer, Albert (1/1)
Mayer, Bodo (1/1)
Miessner, Rolf (½/1)
Minz, Michail (1/1)
Moeckel, Edgar (1/1)
Mohrenstecher, Juergen (½/1)
Muders, Martin (1/1)
Oser, Thor (1/1)
Peierl, Walter (½/1)
Rebholz, Robert (0/1)
Richter, Gerhard (½/1)
Ros, Peter (½/1)
Rothlaender, Karl (1/1)
Sakaev, Konstantin (0/1)
Schaffarth, Peter (0/1)
Schatz, Werner (0/1)
Scheffler, Siegfried (1/1)
Schoen, Siegfried (1/1)
Schottenheim, Rolf (½/1)
Schratzenstaller, Albert (½/1)
Semasev, Kim (0/1)
Siegl, Wolfgang (1/1)
Skarke, Hermann (1/1)
Sohn, M (1/1)
Starck, Bodo (1/1)
Stephan, Olaf (½/1)
Tessmer, Herbert (½/1)
Thielemann, Joachim (0/1)
Thielen, Dankward (0/1)
Tochtermann, Georg (½/1)
Van Bommel, P (1/1)
Vatter, Ludwig (1/1)
Villing, Dieter (0/1)
Wieteck, Helmut (0/1)
Winter, Rudolf (1/1)
Wohlfart, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Xander, Karl (½/1)
? - Ruth, Walter (89)
Jaeger, Erich (2½/3)
Trumpp, Thomas (1/3)
Gestrich, Wolfgang (1½/2)
Kohlei, Rolf (1/2)
Mueller, Guenter (1/2)
Peters, Paul (1/2)
Rueggeberg, Wilhelm (2/2)
Urbild, Oskar (2/2)
Ahlberg, Guenter (½/1)
Assmann, Siegfried (0/1)
Aufmwasser, Guenter (½/1)
Baer, Helmut (½/1)
Balcerak, Jakob (1/1)
Barlitz (½/1)
Bernhoeft, Erhard (0/1)
Bierwisch, Bernhard (0/1)
Blumenstiel, Heinrich (1/1)
Boeckenhaupt, Rudi (0/1)
Borger, Martin (½/1)
Both, Hartmut (½/1)
Breiden, Rudi (½/1)
Breustedt, Werner (0/1)
Damke, Boris (1/1)
De Mol, Ferdinand (1/1)
Dennler, Guenther (½/1)
Didzuhn, Werner (1/1)
Erler, Klaus Juergen (½/1)
Escher, Franz (0/1)
Falke, Karl (0/1)
Felser, Franz (½/1)
Fluegel, Wilhelm (0/1)
Franck, Rudolf (½/1)
Frantzke, Helmut (0/1)
Fries, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Frueh, Heinrich (0/1)
Fuchs, Ro (1/1)
Ganslmayer, Herbert (½/1)
Geissler, Dieter (0/1)
Gimber, Robert (½/1)
Girod, Gudrun (1/1)
Glattacker, Georg (0/1)
Herzog, Manfred (½/1)
Heyse, Juergen (1/1)
Hommann, Horst (1/1)
Igney, Volkhard (0/1)
Jaton, Pierre Andre (0/1)
Jentsch, Dieter (0/1)
Johannsen, Ingbert (0/1)
Kahler, Heinz (½/1)
Klinkhammer, Heike (1/1)
Kotzem, Ernst (0/1)
Krafzik, Joachim (½/1)
Kramer, Gerhard (½/1)
Kreuzberger, Ernst (1/1)
Krickemeyer, Horst (1/1)
Kuchenbrod, Karl (1/1)
Loch, M (1/1)
Marcus, Heinz (0/1)
Meyer, Gerd (0/1)
Meyer, Walter (½/1)
Minz, Michail (1/1)
Mosionzhik, Ilya Samoilovich (½/1)
Nietsch, Horst (½/1)
Oehlmann, Dieter (1/1)
Oldach, Ehrenfried (0/1)
Rahn, Oskar (½/1)
Richter, Gerhard (½/1)
Rodemann, Edmund (0/1)
Ruppe, Otto (0/1)
Rutkowski, Ingo (0/1)
Schatzberg, Wolfgang (1/1)
Schmidt, Erhard (1/1)
Schmitzer, Horst (½/1)
Schroeder, Werner (½/1)
Schubert, Hans Joachim (½/1)
Schwertel, Johann (½/1)
Siegmund, Rainer (0/1)
Staettler, Rolf Dieter (½/1)
Stahl, Heinz (0/1)
Striefler, Erich (½/1)
Thieme Garmann, Alexander (½/1)
Tochtermann, Georg (½/1)
Vorderbruegge, Franz Josef (½/1)
Weinheimer, Peter (1/1)
Werl, Wolfgang (1/1)
Wieteck, Helmut (0/1)
Wittelsberger, Helmut (0/1)
Wohlfart, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Wunderer, Eckart (0/1)
Openings played as White (23)
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1999.93
Result:
17/30 = 56.67%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2003.27
Result:
13½/23 = 58.7%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1959.29
Result:
9/16 = 56.25%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1696
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1934
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
1608
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1755
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo:
1779
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2190
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1890
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1665
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2069
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (50)
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
7/12 = 58.33%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1820
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1900.6
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2111.5
Result:
½/5 = 10%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1860
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2050.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1930.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1399
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1725
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1538
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1761
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1604
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2068
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1670
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1800
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1885
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2051
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1725
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1836
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2068
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1740
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1770
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1595
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1745
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1670
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1500
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1962
Result:
0/1 = 0%