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Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation

ECO C21 · 973 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4
63% White3% Draw34% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nc627127.9%
d619019.5%
h612913.3%
Be712612.9%
Nf610110.4%
f6525.3%
Qe7121.2%
d5111.1%

A further 81 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: Kieseritzky Variation 3. Nf3Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation 3... c5Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation 4. Bc4

Other lines in this family

Kieseritzky VariationC21…1,515Kieseritzky VariationC21…8,185Lanc-Arnold GambitC21… 3... Bc5 4. c3111Center GameC21… 3. Qxd48,483Normal VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc67,194Paulsen Attack VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe33,648Halasz-McDonnell GambitC21… 3. f41,908von der Lasa GambitC21… 3. Bc41,500Berger VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf61,223Hall VariationC22… 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4327

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.