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English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation

ECO A18 · 2,056 games

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4

Out of 2,056 games from this position: White wins 52%, draws 5%, Black wins 43%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
d583740.7%
d631115.1%
Bb429614.4%
c521310.4%
c6924.5%
Be7653.2%
Nc6422.0%
b6391.9%
e5321.6%
Bc5160.8%

A further 113 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

Data: 4.0M rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.