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French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation

ECO C00 · 14,322 games

1. e4 e6 2. f4

Out of 14,322 games from this position: White wins 48%, draws 4%, Black wins 48%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
d59,78168.3%
c59666.7%
b67145.0%
c66794.7%
d65704.0%
Ne72261.6%
Be72161.5%
Nf61991.4%
Qh4+1631.1%
g61541.1%
Nc61531.1%
a61010.7%

A further 400 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.