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French Defense: Steinitz Variation

ECO C11 · 3,340 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3

Out of 3,340 games from this position: White wins 44%, draws 13%, Black wins 43%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Nc62,77082.9%
cxd42858.5%
a6722.2%
Qb6672.0%
Be7310.9%

A further 115 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.