Queen's Gambit Accepted
D20 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
White scores 62.0% here across 2,332 club games — but the 25.7% who answer e3 score 58.4%, 4 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 2,332 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 62.0% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 878 | 37.7% | 61.6% | holds up |
| e3 | 600 | 25.7% | 58.4% | below the line |
| e4 | 550 | 23.6% | 66.1% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 189 | 8.1% | 74.3% | holds up |
| Qa4+ | 73 | 3.1% | 40.4% | 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.