Scotch Game: Lolli Variation
C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4
Black scores 46.8% here across 773 club games, and no common reply does noticeably worse than the rest.
What Black actually plays here
Across 773 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 46.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d6 | 290 | 37.5% | 45.7% | holds up |
| Nf6 | 135 | 17.5% | 46.7% | holds up |
| Qf6 | 101 | 13.1% | 45.5% | holds up |
| c5 | 86 | 11.1% | 50.0% | holds up |
| b6 | 63 | 8.2% | 53.2% | holds up |
| Ne7 | 34 | 4.4% | 54.4% | 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.