Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Mieses Variation
B01 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6
White scores 52.3% here across 417 club games — but the 9.1% who answer Bc4 score 42.1%, 10 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 417 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 52.3% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 178 | 42.7% | 53.1% | holds up |
| Bd2 | 172 | 41.2% | 54.9% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 38 | 9.1% | 42.1% | 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.