King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: 3.Bc4? (48% of 7M games)

The most played move is an inaccuracy

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 (C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit). In 6,973,667 Lichess games between 1600 and 2200, the most played move is 3.Bc4 (48%). At 20 million nodes it is a mistake: +0.24 against +1.60 for Nxe5, 12 win-chance points, confirmed by a second search (+0.28 against…

The club move: 48% of games. mistake, 12 win-chance points against Nxe5. +0.24 at 20M nodes.