Indian Defense: Normal Variation
A50 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
Black scores 50.0% here across 3,338 club games — but the 7.0% who answer d5 score 40.3%, 10 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 3,338 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 50.0% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e6 | 1,195 | 35.8% | 50.7% | holds up |
| g6 | 1,070 | 32.1% | 50.9% | holds up |
| e5 | 366 | 11.0% | 53.0% | holds up |
| d5 | 232 | 7.0% | 40.3% | below the line |
| c5 | 173 | 5.2% | 45.1% | below the line |
| d6 | 165 | 4.9% | 52.1% | holds up |
| b6 | 68 | 2.0% | 53.7% | holds up |
| c6 | 39 | 1.2% | 42.3% | below the line |
"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.