Melanie Buckley's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2126215 games
Melanie Buckley, from England, has 215 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Melanie Buckley most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White111 games · +25 =55 −31 · 47%
As Black104 games · +23 =44 −37 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%107 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense83%50 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense12%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense46%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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