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Black to move
11,426 games · 1842-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

3...Nf6

12,833

32%

41.5%

26.5%

3...g6

520

39.4%

26.7%

33.8%

3...Bc5

368

49.5%

17.7

32.9%

3...d6

257

46.7%

27.2%

26.1%

3...Bb4

181

38.1%

33.7%

28.2%

3...Be7

41

58.5%

17.1

24.4%

3...f5

28

60.7%

28.6%

3...a6

18

66.7%

27.8%

3...Nge7

12

66.7%

16.7

16.7

3...b6

3

66.7%

33.3%

3...Qf6

S Sloan vs William F Cox, 1956 1-0

3...Nf6 +0.04 (34 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (0-1)
Capablanca vs NN, 1918 (1-0)
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933 (1-0)
N Kosolapov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1936 (0-1)
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914 (0-1)

DEBUT: Staunton vs Cochrane, 1841 (0-1)
RECENT: D Dvirnyy vs K Solomon, 2018 (1/2-1/2)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
silver fox's favorite games by silver fox
The Four Knights by prime rib

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C47: Four Knights (3616)
C46: Three Knights (2637)
C48: Four Knights (2475)
C49: Four Knights (1982)
A07: King's Indian Attack (372)
C50: Giuoco Piano (161)
C66: Ruy Lopez (85)
C44: King's Pawn Game (47)
C62: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (25)

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