ScotlandSCO
ID: 2400570

Walter F. Buchanan

FIDE ratings

2,068Classical
2,126Blitz

Performance

50 games
52% Win
24% Draw
24% Loss

Walter F. Buchanan's playing style

Strong overall score:64%26W 12D 12L over 50 games
Steady recent form:63%11W 3D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Yusupov-Rubinstein System has the largest White sample, with 8 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Yusupov-Rubinstein System
100%
8g
East Indian Defense
50%
50%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Winawer Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Winawer Variation
100%
2g
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation
100%
2g
Yusupov-Rubinstein System
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
100%
2g

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, Walter F. as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
56%
28%
16%
Move
13 · 52%
46%
38%
15%
12 · 48%
67%
17%
17%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 15, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Smith, Peter R(2073)
W—
Jul 15, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Smith, Peter R(2073)
W—
Jul 14, 2018
OTB - PGNMentor
FMGourlay, Iain(2369)
L—
Jul 14, 2018
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMGourlay, Iain(2369)
L—
Jul 13, 2018
OTB - PGNMentor
Spanton, Tim R(1927)
W—
Jul 13, 2018
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Spanton, Tim R(1927)
W—
Jul 12, 2018
OTB - TWIC
Mork, Ramona(1713)
W—
Jul 12, 2018
OTB - TWIC
Mork, Ramona(1713)
W—
Jul 11, 2018
OTB - TWIC
McQuillan, Stephen G(1958)
L—
Jul 11, 2018
OTB - TWIC
McQuillan, Stephen G(1958)
L—

Research Walter F. Buchanan’s games and opening repertoire

Walter F. Buchanan is rated 2068 in standard, 2126 in blitz by FIDE. Walter F. Buchanan plays for Scotland.

Walter F. Buchanan has FIDE ID 2400570.

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