Maricela Palao's chess openings
WIM🇨🇴 ColombiaFIDE 2140100 games
Maricela Palao, Woman International Master from Colombia, has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maricela Palao most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White48 games · +18 =11 −19 · 49%
As Black52 games · +16 =17 −19 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%44 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening8%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game62%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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