Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation
B70 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
White scores 48.8% here across 534 club games — but the 10.9% who answer Bg5 score 43.1%, 6 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 534 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 48.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be3 | 201 | 37.6% | 52.2% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 83 | 15.5% | 51.8% | holds up |
| Bg5 | 58 | 10.9% | 43.1% | below the line |
| Be2 | 56 | 10.5% | 50.9% | holds up |
| f3 | 51 | 9.6% | 35.3% | below the line |
| Bd3 | 26 | 4.9% | 48.1% | 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.