French Defense: Exchange Variation
ECO C01 · 37,299 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Nf6 | 19,301 | 51.7% | | |
| Bd6 | 6,195 | 16.6% | | |
| Nc6 | 2,772 | 7.4% | | |
| c6 | 2,304 | 6.2% | | |
| Bg4 | 2,270 | 6.1% | | |
| c5 | 1,446 | 3.9% | | |
| Be6 | 951 | 2.5% | | |
| h6 | 607 | 1.6% | | |
| Bf5 | 485 | 1.3% | | |
| f5 | 304 | 0.8% | | |
| Be7 | 185 | 0.5% | | |
| Ne7 | 54 | 0.1% | | |
A further 425 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Exchange VariationC01… 4. Nc39,288Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo VariationC01… 4. c45,823Exchange VariationC01…34,991French DefenseC00…120,931Advance VariationC02… 3. e539,933Advance VariationC02… 3. e5 c535,506Paulsen VariationC10… 3. Nc333,154Advance VariationC02… 3. e5 c5 4. c328,603Advance VariationC02… 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc620,580Advance Variation, Paulsen AttackC02… 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf317,698
All 126 lines in the family
Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.