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French Defense: Normal Variation

ECO C00 · 155,654 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4

Out of 155,654 games from this position: White wins 48%, draws 5%, Black wins 47%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
d5119,18276.6%
c58,3895.4%
b66,7934.4%
c65,6113.6%
d65,3563.4%
Ne72,0281.3%
Nf61,8681.2%
Be71,3860.9%
g61,2180.8%
a69980.6%
Nc65730.4%
h64860.3%

A further 1,766 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.