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Michael Buscar's chess openings

🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 20162,621 games

Michael Buscar, from Canada, has 2,621 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Buscar most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White1,281 games · +492 =138 −651 · 44%
As Black1,340 games · +492 =117 −731 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%
    697 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%
    280 games · scores 51% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%
    88 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%
    516 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game16%
    98 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%
    16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game59%
    217 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%
    146 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...d60%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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