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Denis Bucher's chess openings

FM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 2294128 games

Denis Bucher, FIDE Master from Switzerland, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Bucher most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White67 games · +25 =20 −22 · 52%
As Black61 games · +20 =13 −28 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%
    62 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
  3. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nb1 Nb8

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%
    34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game8%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Bb4+

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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