Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense
D38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4
White scores 53.7% here across 529 club games — but the 10.6% who answer Qa4+ score 49.1%, 5 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 529 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 53.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bg5 | 194 | 36.7% | 60.3% | holds up |
| e3 | 83 | 15.7% | 52.4% | holds up |
| Qa4+ | 56 | 10.6% | 49.1% | below the line |
| Bd2 | 55 | 10.4% | 52.7% | holds up |
| a3 | 37 | 7.0% | 47.3% | below the line |
| cxd5 | 31 | 5.9% | 56.5% | 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.