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Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation

ECO C22 · 3,648 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3
56% White4% Draw40% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nf61,21533.3%Center Game: Berger Variation C22
d691825.2%
b651514.1%
Bb4+3569.8%
Be71283.5%
g61133.1%
Qe71052.9%
Qf6752.1%
Nge7521.4%
h6351.0%
Bd6230.6%
Bc5170.5%

A further 96 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. Qxd4Center Game: Normal Variation 3... Nc6Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation 4. Qe3

Other lines in this family

Berger VariationC22… 4... Nf61,223Normal VariationC22…7,194Hall VariationC22… 4. Qc4327Center GameC21…8,483Kieseritzky 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.