Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
B51 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
Black scores 47.1% here across 539 club games, and no common reply does noticeably worse than the rest.
What Black actually plays here
Across 539 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 47.1% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd7 | 322 | 59.7% | 46.6% | holds up |
| Nd7 | 132 | 24.5% | 49.6% | holds up |
| Nc6 | 85 | 15.8% | 45.3% | 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.