Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection
ECO B00 · 462 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| d4 | 134 | 29.0% | | |
| Nf3 | 129 | 27.9% | | |
| Bc4 | 52 | 11.3% | | |
| f4 | 41 | 8.9% | | |
| Bb5 | 26 | 5.6% | | |
| d3 | 14 | 3.0% | | |
| g3 | 13 | 2.8% | | |
A further 53 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Pirc ConnectionB00… 2... g6106Nimzowitsch DefenseB00…33,506Nimzowitsch DefenseB00… 2. d413,430Declined VariationB00… 2. Nf313,412Kennedy VariationB00… 2. d4 e512,114Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00… 2. d4 e5 3. d57,863Scandinavian VariationB00… 2. d4 d55,338Scandinavian Variation, Exchange VariationB00… 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd54,287Scandinavian Variation, Advance VariationB00… 2. d4 d5 3. e54,177Williams VariationB00… 2. Nf3 d61,892
All 27 lines in the family
Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.