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IM Valentin Buckels

Full name

Valentin Buckels

Born

1/1/2001 (age 23)‎

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 (2450) Arthur Kruckenhauser (2355)	1-0	35	2024
Valentin Buckels (2450) Peter Zackrisson (2217)	1-0	40	2024
Valentin Buckels (2450) Nico Stelmaszyk (2347)	1-0	45	2024
Valentin Buckels (2478) Avinash Ramesh (2304)	1-0	57	2024
Valentin Buckels (2478) Sascha Kurt (2071)	1-0	48	2024
Valentin Buckels (2478) Lennart Schroeder (2146)	1-0	41	2024
Valentin Buckels (2478) Koen Leenhouts (2454)	1-0	30	2024
Valentin Buckels (2450) Alexey Sarana (2699)	0-1	59	2024
Valentin Buckels (2478) Anton Demchenko (2609)	0-1	46	2024
Valentin Buckels (2448) Javokhir Sindarov (2677)	0-1	37	2024

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