Royal Buchanan's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 195514 games
Royal Buchanan, from United States, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Royal Buchanan most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White6 games · +2 =3 −1 · 58%
As Black8 games · +2 =1 −5 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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