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French Defense: Chigorin Variation

ECO C00 · 1,589 games

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2

Out of 1,589 games from this position: White wins 50%, draws 5%, Black wins 45%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
d563339.8%
c534521.7%
Be71076.7%
b61026.4%
Nf6764.8%
Nc6684.3%
c6684.3%
e5452.8%
d6422.6%
Ne7362.3%
Bc5201.3%
g6140.9%

A further 33 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.