Old Indian Defense
A41 1. d4 d6 2. c4
Black scores 48.5% here across 1,295 club games — but the 8.3% who answer e6 score 44.4%, 4 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 1,295 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 48.5% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 454 | 35.1% | 46.9% | holds up |
| e5 | 170 | 13.1% | 48.5% | holds up |
| g6 | 165 | 12.7% | 51.8% | holds up |
| c6 | 148 | 11.4% | 50.0% | holds up |
| e6 | 107 | 8.3% | 44.4% | below the line |
| Nd7 | 87 | 6.7% | 52.9% | holds up |
| c5 | 26 | 2.0% | 53.8% | holds up |
| f6 | 25 | 1.9% | 42.0% | 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.
Related openings
- Queen's Pawn Game A41
- Modern Defense A41