Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack
C23 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6
White scores 54.8% here across 405 club games — but the 13.3% who answer d3 score 48.1%, 7 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 405 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 54.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 116 | 28.6% | 54.7% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 56 | 13.8% | 56.2% | holds up |
| d3 | 54 | 13.3% | 48.1% | below the line |
| Qf3 | 52 | 12.8% | 52.9% | holds up |
| Qh5 | 50 | 12.3% | 70.0% | holds up |
"Below the line" means the reply scores at least three points worse than the position does overall. Replies played fewer than 25 times are left out: the sample is too small to read.
Is this costing you anything?
A table of averages cannot tell you whether you go wrong here — only your own games can. Opening Leak Lab reads your Chess.com or Lichess archive, finds the decisions you repeat, and checks each one against this book and a bundled Stockfish.