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French Defense: Classical Variation

ECO C14 · 992 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7

Out of 992 games from this position: White wins 50%, draws 8%, Black wins 42%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
f452152.5%
Nf314514.6%
Qg410010.1%
Nb5575.7%
Bd3444.4%
Qd2343.4%
Nce2161.6%

A further 75 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.