C21

Center Game Accepted

1 named line in this family, ECO C21. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.

Main lineC21

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4

Black has doubled pawns on the d-file.

1. e4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d5, and frees the bishop and queen.
1... e5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d4, and frees the bishop and queen.
2. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen. Theory calls this the Center Game.
2... exd4 Takes the pawn on d4, toward the centre. Theory calls this the Center Game Accepted.

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