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Rat Defense: Small Center Defense

ECO C00 · 8,641 games

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d6

Out of 8,641 games from this position: White wins 52%, draws 4%, Black wins 44%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Nf32,35827.3%
Nc31,79620.8%
c41,71819.9%
f41,08012.5%
Bd37398.6%
c31772.0%
Be31291.5%
e51071.2%
Nd2941.1%
d5820.9%
Bc4820.9%
h3240.3%

A further 255 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.