Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation
B00 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5
White scores 50.5% here across 548 club games — but the 53.8% who answer e5 score 47.3%, 3 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 548 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 50.5% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e5 | 295 | 53.8% | 47.3% | below the line |
| exd5 | 162 | 29.6% | 51.5% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 67 | 12.2% | 61.9% | 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.