Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense
ECO A04 · 9,226 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| d4 | 3,911 | 42.4% | | |
| g3 | 1,684 | 18.3% | | |
| e4 | 1,085 | 11.8% | | Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation B00 |
| c4 | 967 | 10.5% | | |
| b3 | 381 | 4.1% | | |
| d3 | 379 | 4.1% | | |
| e3 | 345 | 3.7% | | |
| Nc3 | 274 | 3.0% | | |
| c3 | 120 | 1.3% | | |
| a3 | 15 | 0.2% | | |
| Ng1 | 13 | 0.1% | | |
| Ng5 | 12 | 0.1% | | |
A further 40 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Zukertort OpeningA04…154,861Zukertort OpeningA06… 1... d553,853Zukertort OpeningA05… 1... Nf630,752Sicilian InvitationA04… 1... c516,395Queen's Gambit InvitationA04… 1... e611,234Pirc InvitationA04… 1... d68,109Slav InvitationA04… 1... c67,154Kingside FianchettoA04… 1... g66,786Queenside Fianchetto VariationA04… 1... b63,623Old Indian AttackA06… 1... d5 2. d33,298
All 36 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.