English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
A17 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6
White scores 54.8% here across 429 club games — but the 27.0% who answer g3 score 47.4%, 7 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 429 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 54.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| g3 | 116 | 27.0% | 47.4% | below the line |
| e4 | 95 | 22.1% | 62.6% | holds up |
| d4 | 93 | 21.7% | 59.1% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 62 | 14.5% | 51.6% | below the line |
| e3 | 32 | 7.5% | 48.4% | below the line |
| d3 | 25 | 5.8% | 54.0% | 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.