Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation
ECO B12 · 5,870 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| dxe4 | 2,929 | 49.9% | | |
| e6 | 1,125 | 19.2% | | |
| Nf6 | 460 | 7.8% | | |
| e5 | 356 | 6.1% | | |
| Qb6 | 318 | 5.4% | | |
| g6 | 303 | 5.2% | | |
| a6 | 82 | 1.4% | | |
| c5 | 81 | 1.4% | | |
| Nd7 | 76 | 1.3% | | |
| h6 | 20 | 0.3% | | |
| f6 | 16 | 0.3% | | |
| h5 | 13 | 0.2% | | |
A further 91 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Maróczy Variation, Maróczy GambitB12… 3... dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bc4457Caro-Kann DefenseB12…124,211Advance VariationB12… 3. e543,838Exchange VariationB13… 3. exd5 cxd539,498Exchange VariationB13… 3. exd538,646Caro-Kann DefenseB15… 3. Nc331,531Main LineB15… 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe428,002Caro-Kann DefenseB15… 3. Nc3 dxe426,055Exchange VariationB13… 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc616,197Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls DefenseB12… 3. e5 c514,063
All 76 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.