Richter-Veresov Attack
D01 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5
Black scores 49.6% here across 445 club games — but the 30.1% who answer e6 score 45.9%, 4 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 445 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 49.6% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e6 | 134 | 30.1% | 45.9% | below the line |
| Bf5 | 64 | 14.4% | 46.1% | below the line |
| Nc6 | 53 | 11.9% | 50.9% | holds up |
| h6 | 46 | 10.3% | 50.0% | holds up |
| Nbd7 | 40 | 9.0% | 53.8% | holds up |
| c6 | 38 | 8.5% | 46.1% | below the line |
| c5 | 28 | 6.3% | 51.8% | 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.