Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack
B10 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3
Black scores 47.7% here across 1,135 club games — but the 5.6% who answer Nf6 score 42.1%, 6 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 1,135 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 47.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dxe4 | 606 | 53.4% | 48.9% | holds up |
| Bg4 | 284 | 25.0% | 45.6% | holds up |
| d4 | 131 | 11.5% | 48.9% | holds up |
| Nf6 | 63 | 5.6% | 42.1% | below the line |
| e6 | 28 | 2.5% | 48.2% | 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.