Sicilian Defense: Open
B32 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Black scores 49.2% here across 2,016 club games — but the 3.7% who answer e6 score 32.0%, 17 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 2,016 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 49.2% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cxd4 | 1,868 | 92.7% | 50.3% | holds up |
| e6 | 75 | 3.7% | 32.0% | below the line |
| d6 | 26 | 1.3% | 36.5% | 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.