Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3
Black scores 48.2% here across 761 club games — but the 7.1% who answer e6 score 43.5%, 5 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 761 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 48.2% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 414 | 54.4% | 49.5% | holds up |
| Nc6 | 138 | 18.1% | 46.4% | holds up |
| e6 | 54 | 7.1% | 43.5% | below the line |
| e5 | 48 | 6.3% | 46.9% | holds up |
| g6 | 44 | 5.8% | 51.1% | holds up |
| Bg4 | 30 | 3.9% | 40.0% | 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.