French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
ECO C10 · 3,276 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Nf3 | 2,285 | 69.7% | | |
| Bd3 | 423 | 12.9% | | |
| c3 | 110 | 3.4% | | |
| c4 | 55 | 1.7% | | |
| Bc4 | 44 | 1.3% | | |
| f4 | 37 | 1.1% | | |
| Bb5 | 34 | 1.0% | | |
| Bg5 | 34 | 1.0% | | |
| Be3 | 16 | 0.5% | | |
| g3 | 14 | 0.4% | | |
| Ng3 | 12 | 0.4% | | |
| Bf4 | 11 | 0.3% | | |
A further 201 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
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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.