Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation
B01 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8
White scores 60.7% here across 840 club games — but the 3.9% who answer d3 score 51.5%, 9 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 840 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 60.7% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 361 | 43.0% | 59.1% | holds up |
| d4 | 263 | 31.3% | 63.9% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 111 | 13.2% | 63.5% | holds up |
| d3 | 33 | 3.9% | 51.5% | below the line |
| h3 | 25 | 3.0% | 44.0% | 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.