Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation
A01 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6
White scores 51.4% here across 901 club games, and no common reply does noticeably worse than the rest.
What White actually plays here
Across 901 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 51.4% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e3 | 475 | 52.7% | 50.6% | holds up |
| g3 | 177 | 19.6% | 51.7% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 86 | 9.5% | 54.7% | holds up |
| d3 | 44 | 4.9% | 59.1% | holds up |
| e4 | 35 | 3.9% | 51.4% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 28 | 3.1% | 57.1% | 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.