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Center Game

ECO C21 · 8,483 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4
51% White4% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nc67,19484.8%Center Game: Normal Variation C22
d64845.7%
Nf62863.4%
c52072.4%
Qf61291.5%
d5380.4%
b6310.4%
c6230.3%
Qe7170.2%

A further 74 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5Center Game 2. d4Center Game Accepted 2... exd4Center Game 3. Qxd4

Other lines in this family

Normal VariationC22… 3... Nc67,194Paulsen Attack VariationC22… 3... Nc6 4. Qe33,648Berger VariationC22… 3... Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf61,223Hall VariationC22… 3... Nc6 4. Qc4327Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf38,185Halasz-McDonnell GambitC21… 3. f41,908Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c51,515von der Lasa GambitC21… 3. Bc41,500Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4973Ross GambitC21… 3. Bd3300

All 13 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.