Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Exchange Variation
B00 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5
White scores 51.7% here across 414 club games — but the 19.3% who answer Nc3 score 45.0%, 7 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 414 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 51.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 232 | 56.0% | 55.2% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 80 | 19.3% | 45.0% | below the line |
| Be3 | 50 | 12.1% | 49.0% | holds up |
| c3 | 45 | 10.9% | 50.0% | 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.