Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine
A40 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3
Black scores 47.2% here across 434 club games — but the 27.4% who answer exd4 score 40.8%, 6 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 434 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 47.2% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e4 | 215 | 49.5% | 52.8% | holds up |
| exd4 | 119 | 27.4% | 40.8% | below the line |
| d6 | 45 | 10.4% | 46.7% | holds up |
| Nc6 | 37 | 8.5% | 45.9% | 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.