Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation
C65 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3
Black scores 45.3% here across 428 club games, and no common reply does noticeably worse than the rest.
What Black actually plays here
Across 428 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 45.3% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bc5 | 195 | 45.6% | 42.8% | holds up |
| d6 | 82 | 19.2% | 53.0% | holds up |
| a6 | 50 | 11.7% | 44.0% | 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.