Reegan Palmer's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2110278 games
Reegan Palmer, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 278 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Reegan Palmer most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White137 games · +46 =2 −89 · 34%
As Black141 games · +42 =10 −89 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%111 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%24 games · scores 46% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%52 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%19 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%34 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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