Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation
B01 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4
White scores 49.5% here across 819 club games — but the 5.1% who answer Bc4 score 42.9%, 7 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 819 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 49.5% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 292 | 35.7% | 46.6% | holds up |
| c4 | 230 | 28.1% | 50.4% | holds up |
| d4 | 108 | 13.2% | 55.6% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 89 | 10.9% | 60.7% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 42 | 5.1% | 42.9% | 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.