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Royal Buchanan's chess openings

7 games

Royal Buchanan has 7 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Royal Buchanan most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White3 games · +3 =0 −0 · 100%
As Black4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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