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Graeme N Buckley
G Buckley 
IM Graeme Buckley, courtesy of John Upham Photography 

Number of games in database: 359
Years covered: 1987 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2259 (2269 rapid, 2226 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2409
Overall record: +151 -142 =55 (51.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 11 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (26) 
    A45 A40 A41 D02 A46
 Nimzo Indian (25) 
    E41 E43 E55 E47 E53
 King's Indian (21) 
    E77 E73 E75 E92 E76
 Orthodox Defense (14) 
    D58 D66 D51 D59 D52
 Slav (13) 
    D17 D16 D15 D12 D11
 Modern Benoni (10) 
    A58 A70 A68
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (60) 
    B81 B83 B40 B80 B22
 King's Indian (42) 
    E94 E84 E92 E70 E67
 Sicilian Scheveningen (36) 
    B81 B83 B80 B82
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A45 D02 E10 A46 A40
 English (10) 
    A10 A15
 French Defense (8) 
    C02 C00 C12 C07 C03
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D King vs G Buckley, 2007 0-1
   M White vs G Buckley, 2007 0-1
   G Buckley vs S Ledger, 2001 1-0
   G Buckley vs I Sanders, 2017 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Northumbrian Masters (1996)
   Ron Banwell Masters (2001)
   Hastings Challengers 1995/96 (1995)
   Staffordshire Centenary (1997)
   British Championship (2000)
   British Championship (2011)
   British Championship (1996)
   Guernsey Open (2001)
   British Championship (1994)
   British Championship (2006)
   London Chess Classic Open (2011)
   British Championship (2007)
   World Junior Championship (1991)
   Hastings Centenary Masters (1995)
   London Chess Classic Open (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Epsom CC Blitz
   G Buckley vs P Lalic (Feb-03-25) 0-1, blitz
   P Lalic vs G Buckley (Aug-31-24) 0-1
   P Lalic vs G Buckley (May-29-24) 1/2-1/2
   G Buckley vs P Lalic (May-06-24) 1-0, blitz
   G Buckley vs B Keohane (Oct-24-23) 0-1, rapid

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GRAEME N BUCKLEY
(born Dec-25-1971, 53 years old) United Kingdom

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International Master. Married to IM/WGM Susan Arkell Lalic.

Last updated: 2019-06-09 19:24:01

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 363  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D A Holmes vs G Buckley  1-0401987British ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
2. G Buckley vs P E Rossiter  0-1471987British ChampionshipE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
3. G Buckley vs S Shutler  1-0281987British ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. A Dunnington vs G Buckley  1-0371987British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
5. G Buckley vs S Zeidler  ½-½511987British ChampionshipA80 Dutch
6. A Kinsman vs G Buckley  1-0491987British ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
7. G Buckley vs J M Way  ½-½561987British ChampionshipD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
8. G Quillan vs G Buckley  0-1301987British ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
9. J G Nicholson vs G Buckley  0-1271987British ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
10. G Buckley vs G Lane  0-1441987British ChampionshipE70 King's Indian
11. A Muir vs G Buckley  1-0401987British ChampionshipE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
12. P Girinath vs G Buckley  1-0231988Oakham Young MastersB83 Sicilian
13. G Buckley vs D Anagnostopoulos  ½-½491988Oakham Young MastersA52 Budapest Gambit
14. C Ward vs G Buckley  1-0411988Oakham Young MastersE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
15. G Buckley vs G Quillan  0-1441988Oakham Young MastersA68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack
16. R Tozer vs G Buckley  0-1541988Oakham Young MastersA45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. G Buckley vs A Lukasiewicz  1-0521988Oakham Young MastersD66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
18. G Buckley vs C Foisor  1-0371988Oakham Young MastersA40 Queen's Pawn Game
19. J Brenninkmeijer vs G Buckley  ½-½631988Oakham Young MastersE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
20. N McDonald vs G Buckley  1-0261989Barnsdale Young MastersB83 Sicilian
21. G Buckley vs A Maric  ½-½931990Oakham Young MastersD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
22. G Buckley vs M Werner  ½-½461990Oakham Young MastersE77 King's Indian
23. G Buckley vs C Iosif  0-1631990Oakham Young MastersD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
24. A Ledger vs G Buckley  1-0491990Oakham Young MastersD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
25. M Apicella vs G Buckley  0-1311990Oakham Young MastersC42 Petrov Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-11-07  Knight13: THIS is the guy that wrote <Easy Guide to the Queen's Gambit Accepted> and he himself never even played a freakin' QGA game himself!!??
Apr-11-07  dbquintillion: Correct. All of his games are in the database. You should be even more shocked to learn that he wrote <Easy Guide to the QGA> when he has only played 56 games of chess in his entire life.
Apr-11-07  Knight13: Yeah, maybe I digged to light to even make a comment on this guy. Sorry.
Apr-11-07  KingG: Well, according to Chessbase, he's only played the QGA once as Black, and four times as White. I know Chessbase isn't complete either, but i don't think they are missing that many games.

From what i can tell, he seems to be much more of a King's Indian player.

Dec-21-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: He played some quite brilliant games at the recent London congress.
Dec-25-11  BIDMONFA: Graeme N Buckley

BUCKLEY, Graeme N.
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Jun-25-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: IMs often write books on openings they don’t play just to make a buck.
Jun-25-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: Not saying most of them do it, but that’s it’s fairly common

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