Simon T Buckley's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2340246 games
Simon T Buckley, from England, has 246 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simon T Buckley most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White133 games · +45 =55 −33 · 55%
As Black113 games · +25 =45 −43 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%80 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%36 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening13%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense47%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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