Latvian Gambit
C40 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
White scores 55.1% here across 404 club games — but the 8.7% who answer Nc3 score 45.7%, 9 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 404 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 55.1% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| exf5 | 179 | 44.3% | 53.1% | holds up |
| Nxe5 | 114 | 28.2% | 57.0% | holds up |
| d3 | 47 | 11.6% | 57.4% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 35 | 8.7% | 45.7% | 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.