Valentin Buckels's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2441565 games
Valentin Buckels, International Master from Germany, has 565 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Buckels most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White283 games · +105 =106 −72 · 56%
As Black282 games · +89 =102 −91 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%224 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%44 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game88%113 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%56 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%30 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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