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IM Valentin Buckels

Full name

Valentin Buckels

Born

Jan 1, 2001 (age 22)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game (11 games)

Slav Defense (9 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (6 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (5 games)

Black Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (6 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (6 games)

English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Accepted (6 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (6 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Valentin Buckels (2453) Jan Smeets (2564)	1-0	70	2022
Valentin Buckels (2455) Ellen Wang (2020)	1-0	49	2022
Valentin Buckels (2455) Midas Ratsma (2218)	1-0	26	2022
Valentin Buckels (2455) Tim Grutter (2363)	1-0	35	2022
Valentin Buckels (2455) Dmitrij Kollars (2622)	0-1	61	2022
Valentin Buckels (2450) Paul Hoffmann (2378)	0-1	43	2022
Valentin Buckels (2456) Romain Edouard (2554)	½-½	37	2022
Valentin Buckels (2448) Martin Petrov (2524)	0-1	35	2021
Valentin Buckels (2457) Szymon Gumularz (2534)	0-1	61	2021
Valentin Buckels (2457) Jens-Uwe Maiwald (2437)	½-½	33	2021

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