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Darius Ruzele
D Ruzele 
Photo credit: http://www.kv.ef.vu.lt  

Number of games in database: 371
Years covered: 1985 to 2002
Last FIDE rating: 2531
Highest rating achieved in database: 2550
Overall record: +159 -60 =152 (63.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (37) 
    E94 E73 E97 E75 E99
 Nimzo Indian (21) 
    E38 E32 E33 E34
 Queen's Pawn Game (17) 
    A41 E00 A45 A40 D02
 Semi-Slav (14) 
    D45 D48 D47 D46 D44
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D85 D92 D82 D84
 Modern Benoni (12) 
    A57 A61 A70 A58 A56
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (50) 
    B47 B48 B40 B22 B43
 Sicilian Taimanov (30) 
    B47 B48 B49
 Semi-Slav (22) 
    D43 D45 D48 D49 D47
 French Defense (21) 
    C11 C01 C05 C12 C02
 Queen's Gambit Declined (18) 
    D31 D37 D30 D35 D36
 Caro-Kann (15) 
    B12 B10 B17 B18 B11
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Ruzele vs Huebner, 1998 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Junior Championship (1986)
   Lithuanian Championship (2001)
   Wuerzburg Open (1996)
   URS-ch otbor Blagoveshchensk (1988)
   Muenster Open (1994)
   Staufer Open (1995)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)
   Berliner Sommer (1994)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)
   Berliner Sommer (1995)
   European Team Championship (1992)
   Yerevan Olympiad (1996)
   Groningen Open (1996)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)
   Elista Olympiad (1998)

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DARIUS RUZELE
(born Apr-27-1968, 57 years old) Lithuania

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Awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996, Ruzele represented Lithuania in the chess Olympiads from 1992 through 2000 and retired from international chess in 2002. He was Lithuanian Champion in 1988 (=Gintautas Piesina and Vitaly Maiorov). Winner of the USSR Junior Championship (1986).

Wikipedia article: Darius Ruželė

Last updated: 2023-04-27 13:46:17

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 371  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Nevednichy vs D Ruzele  1-0241985URS-chT (Juniors)C03 French, Tarrasch
2. Gelfand vs D Ruzele  1-0311985URS-chT (Juniors)B58 Sicilian
3. D Ruzele vs M Golubev  0-1231985USSR Junior ChampionshipA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
4. D Ruzele vs N Managadze  1-0371985USSR Junior ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. D Ruzele vs Ivanchuk  0-1251985USSR Junior ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. D Ruzele vs Smirin  1-0451986USSR Junior ChampionshipE90 King's Indian
7. M Ulybin vs D Ruzele  0-1531986USSR Junior ChampionshipB57 Sicilian
8. A Ivanov vs D Ruzele  1-0341986Minsk ttD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. G Makarov vs D Ruzele  1-0331986Minsk ttD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. D Ruzele vs Ivanchuk  0-1521986Sochi Juniors (U20)E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
11. Dreev vs D Ruzele  0-1381986Sochi Juniors (U20)D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. D Ruzele vs Gelfand  0-1371986Sochi Juniors (U20)E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
13. M Ulybin vs D Ruzele  1-0261986Sochi Juniors (U20)B89 Sicilian
14. Glek vs D Ruzele  1-052198618th Soviet Team-ch final AB30 Sicilian
15. Serper vs D Ruzele  1-0361987Soviet Army Team ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
16. Dautov vs D Ruzele  ½-½321988Riga2D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
17. V Neverov vs D Ruzele  ½-½471988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskB12 Caro-Kann Defense
18. D Ruzele vs Kaidanov  0-1691988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. V Zhuravliov vs D Ruzele  0-1411988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskB10 Caro-Kann
20. I Novikov vs D Ruzele  ½-½251988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. Krasenkow vs D Ruzele  ½-½321988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
22. V Moskalenko vs D Ruzele  ½-½221988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. D Ruzele vs A Kuzmin  ½-½361988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskE97 King's Indian
24. D Ruzele vs Glek  ½-½571988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskE73 King's Indian
25. D Ruzele vs N Kalantaryan  1-0431988URS-ch otbor BlagoveshchenskA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-21-05  lopium: Can we have his biography? Seems a strong player.
Sep-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: <lopium> Sure. After almost four years, here's a try :)

GM Darius Ruzele, Lithuania, born 27 April 1968. Current rating 2531, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... but no FIDE rated games since 2002.

Has played in five olympiads (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000). GM in 1996. Placed no. 2 (behind 16-year-old Victoria Cmilyte) and 3 in the Lithuanian championships 2000 and 2001. Rating peak 2550 in 2001. French and Sicilian player. ICC handle: D-Ruzele

Picture (no. 3 from left): http://www.rebel.nl/czub/team.jpg Biography: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius... (in Polish)

Why did he quit chess?

Sep-28-13  PhilFeeley: Game missing from the database:

Ruzele - Mollov, 1997

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Be1 Nf6 16. Nf2 h5 17. h3 Rf7 18. b4 Bf8 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Na2 c5 21. Nc1 Ng6 22. Kh2 Rg7 23. Rh1 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh7+ 26. Kg1 Rxh1+ 27. Kxh1 Ra7 28. Ra3 Bh6 29. Nh3 Nh7 30. Nd3 Nh4 31. Rb3 Bd7 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Rb7 Nf8 34. Qb6 Qf6 35. Bxh4 Qxh4 36. Qxd6 Bxa4 37. g5 Bg7 38. Ndf2 Be8 39. Bg4 a4 40. Qc7 Bh8 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Qxb8 Bf7 43. d6 a3 44. d7 a2 45. Qa8 1-0

Sep-28-13  tjipa: Since I had never heard of such a GM from my neighbouring Lithuania, I googled him and found that currently he is the director of a company that deals in cash registers, scales and other electronic shopping centres' equipment. Good luck to him! Although, it would be great to organize, say, a double return match Krakops-Ruzele.
Dec-24-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  phileasfogg: Ruzele was the 1986 USSR junior champion .
Dec-24-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  phileasfogg: Ruzele finished first in the 1986 USSR Junior Championship held in Daugavpils, Latvia. The event was an 11 round Swiss style event. He finished ahead of such noted players as: I. Smirnin, B. Alterman, B. Gelfand, G. Kamsky, V. Akopian, A. Shirov, and K. Sakaev among other strong players and future grandmasters.
Dec-06-17  BIDMONFA: Darius Ruzele

RUZELE, Darius
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ruzele_dari...

Apr-27-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: That 1986 USSR Jr Champioshios is a serious feather in his cap, especially considering the competition listed by <phileasfogg>.

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