Danish Gambit Accepted
C21 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3
White scores 56.8% here across 1,280 club games — but the 21.2% who answer Nxc3 score 51.5%, 5 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 1,280 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 56.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bc4 | 935 | 73.0% | 58.7% | holds up |
| Nxc3 | 271 | 21.2% | 51.5% | below the line |
| Nf3 | 57 | 4.5% | 55.3% | 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.