Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit

ECO: C21Open Games1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4

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About the Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit

The Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler 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.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4, 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