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French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

ECO C02 · 17,698 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3

Out of 17,698 games from this position: White wins 47%, draws 5%, Black wins 48%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Qb67,70243.5%
Bd74,26824.1%
Nge72,20612.5%
cxd41,84510.4%
a62221.3%
Nh62041.2%
f61480.8%
Qa51380.8%
f5780.4%
h6720.4%
Be7620.4%
Qc7460.3%

A further 707 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.