Chess Opening Explorer

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3

Black to move
962 games · 1889-2025
search database for this position

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

8...cxd4

800

47.8%

30%

22.2%

8...f6

52.4%

22%

25.6%

8...Be7

77%

13.5

8...a5

50%

16.7

33.3%

8...g6

66.7%

33.3%

8...h6

V Serban vs M T Winston Gerald, 2012 1-0

8...c4

W Bichsel vs C Azzopardi, 1974 1-0

8...f5

Szabo vs P Rethy, 1950 1/2-1/2

8...cxd4 +0.16 (31 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889 (1-0)
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938 (1-0)
Karpov vs Hort, 1973 (1-0)
W Bialas vs Uhlmann, 1951 (0-1)
D Rovner vs Tal, 1955 (0-1)

DEBUT: Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889 (1-0)
RECENT: S Bogdanovich vs Roman Lutsiv, 2017 (1-0)

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C05: French, Tarrasch (960)
C02: French, Advance (1)
C06: French, Tarrasch (1)

FEN:
URL:

<< BACK TO INITIAL POSITION