French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation
ECO C00 · 14,322 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| d5 | 9,781 | 68.3% | | |
| c5 | 966 | 6.7% | | |
| b6 | 714 | 5.0% | | |
| c6 | 679 | 4.7% | | |
| d6 | 570 | 4.0% | | |
| Ne7 | 226 | 1.6% | | |
| Be7 | 216 | 1.5% | | |
| Nf6 | 199 | 1.4% | | |
| Qh4+ | 163 | 1.1% | | |
| g6 | 154 | 1.1% | | |
| Nc6 | 153 | 1.1% | | |
| a6 | 101 | 0.7% | | |
A further 400 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
La Bourdonnais Variation, Reuter GambitC00… 2... d5 3. Nf3 dxe4253French DefenseC00…265,885Normal VariationC00… 2. d4155,654French DefenseC00… 2. d4 d5120,931Knight VariationC00… 2. Nf361,382Advance VariationC02… 2. d4 d5 3. e539,933Exchange VariationC01… 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf337,299Advance VariationC02… 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c535,506Exchange VariationC01… 2. d4 d5 3. exd534,991Paulsen VariationC10… 2. d4 d5 3. Nc333,154
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.