United StatesUSA
ID: 30932629

Richard W Buchanan

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
70% Win
14% Draw
16% Loss

Richard W Buchanan's playing style

Strong overall score:77%35W 7D 8L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:75%in 16 games
Steady recent form:73%14W 1D 5L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation has the largest White sample, with 1 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation
100%
1g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense
100%
1g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation
100%
1g
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit
100%
1g
King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
50%
50%
2g
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
1g
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack
100%
1g
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, Rubinstein Variation
100%
1g
King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit
100%
1g

Repertoire

25 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Buchanan, Richard W as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
72%
8%
20%
Move
13 · 52%
69%
15%
15%
8 · 32%
63%
38%
2 · 8%
100%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 13, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Thompson, Cedric
L—
Feb 14, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Canney, Randy
D—
Feb 13, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Bariya Helen
W—
Jan 1, 1992
OTB - MillionBase2.9
IMMulyar, Michael(2375)
W—
Jan 1, 1992
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Grove, S.
W—
Jan 1, 1986
OTB - MillionBase2.9
FMSchulien, Charles(2330)
L—
Jan 1, 1986
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Illing
W—
Jan 1, 1985
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Moore, Harry(2290)
W—
Jan 1, 1985
OTB - Codekiddy
Acuna Moore, Kevin Stiven
W—
Jan 1, 1984
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Aboobacker Siddeeque(1105)
L—

Research Richard W Buchanan’s games and opening repertoire

Richard W Buchanan plays for United States.

Richard W Buchanan has FIDE ID 30932629.

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