Queen's Gambit Declined
D53 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
White scores 55.7% here across 657 club games — but the 7.5% who answer Bxf6 score 46.9%, 9 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 657 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 55.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e3 | 360 | 54.8% | 59.4% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 183 | 27.9% | 53.8% | holds up |
| Bxf6 | 49 | 7.5% | 46.9% | below the line |
| cxd5 | 47 | 7.2% | 44.7% | 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.