Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit
ECO: C21Open Games1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
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About the Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit
The Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit is a line of the Center Game, 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.f4, 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.
Other lines of the Center Game
- Center GameC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4
- 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: Normal VariationC22 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- Center Game: Hall VariationC22 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qc4
- Center Game: Kieseritzky VariationC21 · 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 c5 4.Bc4