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Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense

ECO C24 · 1,388 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6
46% White4% Draw50% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nf331022.3%
Bg524717.8%
Nc323717.1%
a31339.6%
h3997.1%
c3836.0%
Bb3735.3%
f4725.2%
Ne2705.0%
a4332.4%

A further 31 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5Bishop's Opening 2. Bc4Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense 2... Nf6Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense 3... c6

Other lines in this family

Vienna HybridC24… 3... Nc6 4. Nc35,995Berlin DefenseC24…22,037Ponziani GambitC24… 3. d42,530Urusov GambitC43… 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf31,175Urusov Gambit, Keidansky GambitC43… 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4188Berlin Defense, Greco GambitC24… 3. f4167Bishop's OpeningC23…69,259Boi VariationC23… 2... Bc58,213Philidor CounterattackC23… 2... c61,986Calabrese CountergambitC23… 2... f5878

All 19 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.