Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack
B13 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Black scores 44.4% here across 717 club games — but the 11.6% who answer e6 score 41.0%, 3 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 717 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 44.4% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 383 | 53.4% | 45.2% | holds up |
| Nc6 | 122 | 17.0% | 48.0% | holds up |
| dxc4 | 97 | 13.5% | 41.8% | holds up |
| e6 | 83 | 11.6% | 41.0% | below the line |
| Bf5 | 27 | 3.8% | 31.5% | below the line |
"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.