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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3

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Black to move
25,822 games · 1879-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2...e5

13,327

36.4%

36.3%

27.3%

2...g6

7,885

44.2%

30%

25.8%

2...e6

6,829

40.5%

37.8%

21.8%

2...c5

4,895

37.5%

37.6%

24.9%

2...d5

2,340

42.4%

34.9%

22.7%

2...c6

698

44.8%

32.7%

22.5%

2...d6

635

48.8%

29.3%

21.9%

2...b6

110

53.6%

18.2%

28.2%

2...Nc6

90

46.7%

26.7%

26.7%

2...Ng8

T Hoang vs E Kaplan, 2011 1-0

2...h5

Potkin vs Y Dzhumagaliev, 2017 0-1

2...Nd5

S Agdestein vs Lagno, 2010 1-0

2...e5 -0.01 (37 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Timman vs Karpov, 1979 (0-1)
Keres vs Smyslov, 1953 (0-1)
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 (1-0)
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969 (1-0)
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1966 (1-0)

DEBUT: A Schwarz vs Paulsen, 1879 (0-1)
RECENT: E Iturrizaga vs D Debashis, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
A16 English: AID/Queen's Knight [White] by chess.master
A16 English: Golombek Defense [White] by chess.master
Coffee Match Preparation DELTA [White by chess.master

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