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Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit

ECO C21 · 1,908 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4
53% White3% Draw44% Black
Open this position on the board

What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nc678140.9%
c527614.5%
d527314.3%
d61638.5%
Bc51407.3%
Bb4+774.0%
Nf6562.9%
Qh4+371.9%
Qe7150.8%
Be7150.8%
f5130.7%

A further 62 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: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit 3. f4

Other lines in this family

Center GameC21… 3. Qxd48,483Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf38,185Normal VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc67,194Paulsen Attack VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe33,648Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c51,515von der Lasa GambitC21… 3. Bc41,500Berger VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf61,223Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4973Hall VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4327Ross 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.