Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation
B15 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6
White scores 54.3% here across 541 club games — but the 12.8% who answer Bc4 score 50.0%, 4 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 541 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 54.3% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 217 | 40.1% | 54.8% | holds up |
| c3 | 157 | 29.0% | 64.6% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 69 | 12.8% | 50.0% | below the line |
| Bf4 | 25 | 4.6% | 30.0% | 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.