Bernard Palmer's chess openings
Peak rating 220092 games
Bernard Palmer has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bernard Palmer most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +9 =18 −16 · 42%
As Black49 games · +9 =9 −31 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%21 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6
- 1.c4 English Opening47%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense65%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game12%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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