Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted
B21 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3
White scores 52.2% here across 1,043 club games, and no common reply does noticeably worse than the rest.
What White actually plays here
Across 1,043 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 52.2% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nxc3 | 908 | 87.1% | 52.0% | holds up |
| Bc4 | 106 | 10.2% | 50.5% | holds up |
| Nf3 | 29 | 2.8% | 62.1% | 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.