Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
C26 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6
White scores 49.4% here across 573 club games — but the 41.9% who answer Nf3 score 45.0%, 4 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 573 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 49.4% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 240 | 41.9% | 45.0% | below the line |
| Bc4 | 124 | 21.6% | 52.4% | holds up |
| f4 | 114 | 19.9% | 60.1% | holds up |
| d3 | 37 | 6.5% | 41.9% | below the line |
| a3 | 28 | 4.9% | 42.9% | 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.