Halldor Palsson's chess openings
🇮🇸 IcelandFIDE 199129 games
Halldor Palsson, from Iceland, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Halldor Palsson most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +2 =5 −9 · 28%
As Black13 games · +2 =3 −8 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.d4 dxe5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6
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