Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation: 3...Nc6?! (33% of 10.1M games)

The most played move is an inaccuracy

9 moves

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 (C42 Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation). In 10,075,185 Lichess games between 1600 and 2200, the most played move is 3...Nc6 (33%). At 20 million nodes it is an inaccuracy: +0.15 against -0.54 for Nxe4, 7 win-chance points, confirmed by a second search (+…

The club move: 33% of games. inaccuracy, 7 win-chance points against Nxe4. +0.15 at 20M nodes.