Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening
C55 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6
Black scores 46.5% here across 631 club games — but the 15.1% who answer d5 score 38.4%, 8 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 631 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 46.5% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bc5 | 206 | 32.6% | 47.8% | holds up |
| Be7 | 153 | 24.2% | 57.2% | holds up |
| d5 | 95 | 15.1% | 38.4% | below the line |
| h6 | 90 | 14.3% | 42.8% | below the line |
| d6 | 53 | 8.4% | 41.5% | 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.