Rapport-Jobava System (3. Bf4 g6)

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6

The Rapport-Jobava System is a chess opening classified as ECO D01, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 797 times by this move order. White won 48%, 3% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. e3 (49% of games).

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5)

ECO: D01
Moves: 6 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/ppp1pp1p/5np1/3p4/3P1B2/2N5/PPP1PPPP/R2QKBNR w KQkq - 0 4
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	298	52%44%
1500-1999	396	45%53%
2000+	103	49%44%
All	797	48%49%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
4. e3	394 (49%)	48%49%
4. Nb5	162 (20%)	51%44%
4. Nf3	84 (11%)	48%48%
4. Qd2	78 (10%)	37%62%
4. f3	29 (4%)	66%34%
4. h4	17 (2%)	47%47%
4. h3	10 (1%)	50%50%
4. e4	7 (1%)	43%57%

Master games

214 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 16%, Black 36%). The strongest:

GM Erigaisi Arjun (2776) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2667) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th Aug Early · 2025-08-26
GM Erigaisi Arjun (2727) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2651) 0-1 · 9th Gashimov Mem Blitz · 2023-12-11
GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2604) – GM Hans Moke Niemann (2730) 0-1 · Titled Tue 7th Jul 2026 · 2026-07-07
GM Kirill Alekseenko (2686) – GM Aleksey Dreev (2606) 1/2-1/2 · Airthings Masters Play-In · 2023-02-03
GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2604) – GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2656) 1/2-1/2 · 3rd 3-0 Thu 26th Mar 2026 · 2026-03-26

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Highest-rated Lichess games

CM PchelkinVK (2658) – ANKARA_MESSI2022 (2742) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
IM unknown-maestro_2450 (2646) – ANKARA_MESSI2022 (2709) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
stepbyestep (2580) – ISEECOMPENSATION (2612) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s

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 e6) 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.