East Indian Defense
A48 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
White scores 48.7% here across 1,566 club games — but the 9.5% who answer Nc3 score 43.6%, 5 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 1,566 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 48.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c4 | 352 | 22.5% | 51.3% | holds up |
| Bf4 | 308 | 19.7% | 48.2% | holds up |
| e3 | 259 | 16.5% | 47.1% | holds up |
| g3 | 203 | 13.0% | 50.2% | holds up |
| Bg5 | 154 | 9.8% | 47.4% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 149 | 9.5% | 43.6% | below the line |
| c3 | 55 | 3.5% | 63.6% | holds up |
| Nbd2 | 33 | 2.1% | 54.5% | 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.
Related openings
- London System A48