Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Advance Variation
B00 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
Black scores 49.8% here across 684 club games — but the 19.9% who answer e6 score 45.2%, 5 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 684 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 49.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bf5 | 334 | 48.8% | 51.3% | holds up |
| f6 | 159 | 23.2% | 51.9% | holds up |
| e6 | 136 | 19.9% | 45.2% | 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.