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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation

ECO A34 · 10,681 games

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3

Out of 10,681 games from this position: White wins 50%, draws 6%, Black wins 44%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Nc65,94955.7%
Nf61,33612.5%
e61,19611.2%
g67847.3%
d67817.3%
b62842.7%
e51641.5%
a61431.3%
d5130.1%

A further 31 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.