French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System
ECO C02 · 5,978 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Nc6 | 3,567 | 59.7% | | |
| cxd4 | 1,485 | 24.8% | | |
| Qb6 | 461 | 7.7% | | |
| Bd7 | 105 | 1.8% | | |
| c4 | 75 | 1.3% | | |
| Ne7 | 40 | 0.7% | | |
| a6 | 29 | 0.5% | | |
A further 216 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.