Rapport-Jobava System (3. Bf4 e6)

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6

The Rapport-Jobava System is a chess opening classified as ECO D01, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6,771 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 4. e3 (48% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.05 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O)

ECO: D01
Moves: 6 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/3p4/3P1B2/2N5/PPP1PPPP/R2QKBNR w KQkq - 0 4
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	2,762	51%46%
1500-1999	3,330	50%46%
2000+	679	49%44%
All	6,771	50%46%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
4. e3	3,241 (48%)	50%46%
4. Nb5	1,943 (29%)	51%45%
4. Nf3	735 (11%)	49%45%
4. a3	409 (6%)	54%44%
4. f3	207 (3%)	56%38%
4. Qd2	68 (1%)	40%59%
4. Qd3	66 (1%)	39%59%
4. h3	34 (1%)	32%65%

Master games

1,452 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 15%, Black 35%). The strongest:

GM Richard Rapport (2731) – GM Anish Giri (2783) 0-1 · 81st Tata Steel GpA · 2019-01-15
GM Fabiano Caruana (2795) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2681) 1-0 · Saint Louis Blitz 2023 · 2023-11-17
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2716) – GM So, W. (2753) 0-1 · Armageddon Grand Finale L · 2023-09-20
GM Baadur Jobava (2705) – GM Vladimir Malakhov (2716) 0-1 · ch-European Rapid 2013 · 2013-12-15
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2676) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2731) 1-0 · Julius Baer GenCup Prelim · 2022-09-18

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Comes from

Rapport-Jobava System (2… Nf6 3. Bf4) 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4

More Rapport-Jobava System lines (all)

Rapport-Jobava System (3. Bf4 g6) D01

Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.