Owen Defense
B00 1. e4 b6
White scores 53.9% here across 2,608 club games — but the 25.7% who answer Nf3 score 49.7%, 4 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 2,608 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 53.9% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d4 | 1,125 | 43.1% | 56.3% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 669 | 25.7% | 49.7% | below the line |
| Bc4 | 329 | 12.6% | 53.0% | holds up |
| f4 | 112 | 4.3% | 65.2% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 99 | 3.8% | 50.5% | below the line |
| Be2 | 56 | 2.1% | 69.6% | holds up |
| d3 | 54 | 2.1% | 42.6% | below the line |
| c4 | 34 | 1.3% | 55.9% | holds up |
| e5 | 27 | 1.0% | 46.3% | below the line |
| Qf3 | 25 | 1.0% | 44.0% | 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.