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French Defense: Steinitz Variation

ECO C11 · 80 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7

Out of 80 games from this position: White wins 46%, draws 4%, Black wins 50%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Bd33037.5%
Bg51215.0%

A further 38 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.