Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation
B12 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3
Black scores 49.8% here across 400 club games — but the 46.5% who answer dxe4 score 45.2%, 5 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 400 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 49.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dxe4 | 186 | 46.5% | 45.2% | below the line |
| e6 | 81 | 20.2% | 53.1% | holds up |
| e5 | 35 | 8.8% | 55.7% | holds up |
| Nf6 | 31 | 7.8% | 56.5% | 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.