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French Defense: Mediterranean Defense

ECO C00 · 1,985 games · White to move

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6

50% White4% Draw46% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
e5	756	38.1%
Nc3	669	33.7%
Bd3	334	16.8%
Bg5	74	3.7%		Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense, Big Center Variation A45
Nd2	49	2.5%
f3	44	2.2%

A further 59 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4 French Defense 1... e6 French Defense: Normal Variation 2. d4French Defense: Mediterranean Defense 2... Nf6

Other lines in this family

Normal VariationC00…155,654 French DefenseC00… 2... d5120,931 Advance VariationC02… 2... d5 3. e539,933 Exchange VariationC01… 2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf337,299 Advance VariationC02… 2... d5 3. e5 c535,506 Exchange VariationC01… 2... d5 3. exd534,991 Paulsen VariationC10… 2... d5 3. Nc333,154 Advance VariationC02… 2... d5 3. e5 c5 4. c328,603 Advance VariationC02… 2... d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc620,580 Advance Variation, Paulsen AttackC02… 2... d5 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.