Rapport-Jobava System, with e6

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4

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

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 13,496 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nf6 (25% of games).

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3… Bb4 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bxd6)

ECO: D01
Moves: 5 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/4p3/3p4/3P1B2/2N5/PPP1PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 1 3
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	5,793	50%47%
1500-1999	6,745	50%46%
2000+	958	52%44%
All	13,496	50%46%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3… Nf6	3,433 (25%)	50%46%
3… Bd6	2,282 (17%)	50%46%
3… Bb4	1,890 (14%)	48%49%
3… a6	1,861 (14%)	49%47%
3… c5	1,311 (10%)	48%48%
3… c6	727 (5%)	50%45%
3… Nc6	714 (5%)	54%41%
3… f5	288 (2%)	51%46%

Master games

840 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 11%, Black 37%). The strongest:

GM Naroditsky, D. (2619) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2835) 1/2-1/2 · Bullet Chess Losers 2023 · 2023-07-21
GM Naroditsky, D. (2619) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2835) 1/2-1/2 · Bullet Chess Losers 2023 · 2023-07-21
GM Erigaisi Arjun (2727) – GM Teimour Radjabov (2723) 1/2-1/2 · 9th Gashimov Mem Blitz · 2023-12-11
GM Nihal Sarin (2716) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2698) 1-0 · Chess.com Open PlayIn3 · 2026-03-23
GM Andrew Hong (2572) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 1-0 · Titled Tue 17th Sep Early · 2024-09-17

Search all games of the Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

CM PchelkinVK (2660) – GM cutemouse83 (2924) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
CM PchelkinVK (2644) – Freerunning (2763) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
TheEssssjuuus (2604) – KaptanPark (2626) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 e6) 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6

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.