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French Defense: Paulsen Variation

ECO C10 · 33,154 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3

Out of 33,154 games from this position: White wins 49%, draws 6%, Black wins 45%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Nf612,67138.2%
Bb47,84923.7%
dxe47,68323.2%
c52,2456.8%
c61,1323.4%
Nc63581.1%
a61670.5%
h61570.5%
f51460.4%
Be71380.4%
Ne71330.4%
b6350.1%

A further 440 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.