Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense
C65 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
White scores 58.0% here across 785 club games — but the 25.0% who answer Bxc6 score 49.7%, 8 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 785 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 58.0% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O-O | 278 | 35.4% | 68.9% | holds up |
| Bxc6 | 196 | 25.0% | 49.7% | below the line |
| d3 | 186 | 23.7% | 53.0% | below the line |
| Nc3 | 120 | 15.3% | 54.6% | 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.