Italian Game: Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation
ECO C53 · 1,803 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| O-O | 523 | 29.0% | | |
| Nc3 | 437 | 24.2% | | |
| h3 | 271 | 15.0% | | |
| d5 | 201 | 11.1% | | |
| Ng5 | 54 | 3.0% | | |
| Bb5 | 42 | 2.3% | | |
| Be3 | 34 | 1.9% | | |
| Qb3 | 33 | 1.8% | | |
| Bxf7+ | 21 | 1.2% | | |
| Bg5 | 16 | 0.9% | | |
A further 171 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
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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.