Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation, Maróczy Gambit
ECO B12 · 457 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| Nf6 | 108 | 23.6% | | |
| Be6 | 102 | 22.3% | | |
| Bg4 | 51 | 11.2% | | |
| Bb4+ | 38 | 8.3% | | |
| c5 | 32 | 7.0% | | |
| Be7 | 31 | 6.8% | | |
| Bc5 | 24 | 5.3% | | |
| h6 | 19 | 4.2% | | |
| Nd7 | 15 | 3.3% | | |
A further 37 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Maróczy VariationB12…5,870Caro-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.