Frank Buchenau's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 21783,433 games
Frank Buchenau, FIDE Master from Germany, has 3,433 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Frank Buchenau most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White1,711 games · +756 =149 −806 · 49%
As Black1,722 games · +646 =158 −918 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%1,686 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 h5 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.d3 Mieses Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense99%796 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense99%560 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense1%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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