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French Defense: Classical Variation

ECO C11 · 14,685 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6

Out of 14,685 games from this position: White wins 48%, draws 7%, Black wins 45%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
e58,00454.5%
Bg54,56731.1%
exd58545.8%
Bd35693.9%
f31871.3%
Be31090.7%
Nf3380.3%
a3220.1%

A further 335 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.