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French Defense: Steiner Variation

ECO C00 · 7,031 games

1. e4 e6 2. c4

Out of 7,031 games from this position: White wins 51%, draws 5%, Black wins 44%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
d54,15259.1%
c581011.5%
c66829.7%
b63915.6%
d62673.8%
Nf61802.6%
Ne7971.4%
a6761.1%
g6580.8%
Be7510.7%
Nc6450.6%
Bc5440.6%

A further 178 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.