Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation
B01 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5
White scores 59.8% here across 4,012 club games — but the 1.5% who answer Qf3 score 53.4%, 6 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 4,012 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 59.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 3,062 | 76.3% | 60.4% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 392 | 9.8% | 57.8% | holds up |
| d4 | 335 | 8.3% | 57.8% | holds up |
| c4 | 93 | 2.3% | 61.8% | holds up |
| Qf3 | 59 | 1.5% | 53.4% | below the line |
| d3 | 40 | 1.0% | 60.0% | 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.