Center Game
ECO: C21Open Games1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Center Game
The Center Game is catalogued under ECO code C21, in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Center Game has 18 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
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Other lines of the Center Game
- Center GameC20 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4
- Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell GambitC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
- Center Game: Kieseritzky VariationC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3
- Center Game: Ross GambitC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bd3
- Center Game: von der Lasa GambitC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4
- Center Game: Kieseritzky VariationC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 c5
- Center Game: Kieseritzky VariationC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 c5 4.Bc4
- Center Game: Lanc-Arnold GambitC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3