Doug Butcher's chess openings
15 games
Doug Butcher has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Doug Butcher most often opens with 1.b3 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White7 games · +0 =4 −3 · 29%
As Black8 games · +1 =0 −7 · 13%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7
- 1...b6 English Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 e6
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