Sicilian Defense: Closed: 3.f4?! (28% of 7.3M games)

The most played move is an inaccuracy

9 moves

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 (B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed). In 7,333,739 Lichess games between 1600 and 2200, the most played move is 3.f4 (28%). At 20 million nodes it is an inaccuracy: -0.15 against +0.43 for Nf3, 6 win-chance points, confirmed by a second search (-0.12 against +0.49). Ma…

The club move: 28% of games. inaccuracy, 6 win-chance points against Nf3. -0.15 at 20M nodes.