Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit
ECO C50 · 4,118 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| Nxd4 | 1,738 | 42.2% | | |
| Nxe5 | 740 | 18.0% | | |
| c3 | 575 | 14.0% | | |
| O-O | 485 | 11.8% | | |
| d3 | 267 | 6.5% | | |
| Bxf7+ | 138 | 3.4% | | |
| Nc3 | 130 | 3.2% | | |
A further 45 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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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.