Ruy Lopez
C60 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Black scores 45.6% here across 6,197 club games — but the 12.7% who answer Nf6 score 42.3%, 3 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 6,197 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 45.6% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a6 | 1,665 | 26.9% | 50.4% | holds up |
| d6 | 1,658 | 26.8% | 42.8% | holds up |
| Nf6 | 790 | 12.7% | 42.3% | below the line |
| Bc5 | 680 | 11.0% | 47.9% | holds up |
| Nge7 | 522 | 8.4% | 41.5% | below the line |
| Nd4 | 341 | 5.5% | 45.9% | holds up |
| Qf6 | 192 | 3.1% | 44.3% | holds up |
| Bd6 | 139 | 2.2% | 42.4% | below the line |
| f5 | 92 | 1.5% | 59.2% | holds up |
| f6 | 46 | 0.7% | 41.3% | 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.