Stephan Buchal's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2231479 games
Stephan Buchal, FIDE Master from Germany, has 479 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephan Buchal most often opens with 1.c4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White213 games · +86 =80 −47 · 59%
As Black266 games · +80 =106 −80 · 50%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening47%100 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%91 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%14 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense90%117 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense82%78 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d614%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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