Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon
B27 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4
White scores 50.8% here across 1,216 club games — but the 8.8% who answer Nc3 score 44.4%, 6 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 1,216 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 50.8% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d4 | 568 | 46.7% | 52.6% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 254 | 20.9% | 50.6% | holds up |
| c3 | 176 | 14.5% | 48.3% | holds up |
| Nc3 | 107 | 8.8% | 44.4% | below the line |
| c4 | 32 | 2.6% | 45.3% | 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.
Related openings
- Sicilian Defense B27