most likely because d4 isn't common, 3.e5 is
Having trouble understand opening lines
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Not all that common according to chess.com's database:
| Move | Games |
White Wins
Draws
Black Wins
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| 3.e5 | 1,239 |
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| 3.Nc3 | 1,021 |
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| 3.d3 | 136 |
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| 3.d4 | 9 |
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| 3.c3 | 2 |
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| 3.Qe2 | 2 |
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| 3.Bd3 | 1 |  Vojtek Vladimir (SVK) - Cvicela Anton (SVK) (1995.??.??) |
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| 3.g3 | 1 |  Shushpanov Vladimir (RUS) - Nepomnishay Mikhail I (RUS) (1996.??.??) |
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I don't know where I got d4. At least I'm not crazy then.
One thing I am doing to learn chess is study the normal openings, but some of them leave me very confused as to why players follow this as the "normal" line. This one leaves me supremely confused and so I'm posting an example- the Nimzowitsch variation of Sicilian.
I hope this isn't a stupid question with an obvious answer, but it leaves me very confused.
EDIT: Ugh, wrong forum. Sorry.