Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation
ECO C42 · 1,544 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Qe2 | 916 | 59.3% | | |
| d4 | 207 | 13.4% | | |
| d3 | 109 | 7.1% | | |
| Bc4 | 95 | 6.2% | | |
| Nc3 | 57 | 3.7% | | |
| Qf3 | 43 | 2.8% | | |
| Nf3 | 40 | 2.6% | | |
| Nxf7 | 34 | 2.2% | | |
| Bd3 | 13 | 0.8% | | |
A further 30 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Damiano Variation, Kholmov GambitC42… 4. Qe2 Qe7675Petrov's DefenseC42…15,292Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d66,237Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d6 4. Nf35,386Stafford GambitC42… 3... Nc65,304Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe45,273Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc64,371Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc52,210Classical AttackC42… 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d42,112Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc51,369
All 33 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.