Center Game (센터 게임)
한국어The Center Game family holds 18 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.
The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.
Main line
1. e4 e5 2. d4
One move per board, left to right. The two outlined squares are the move just played.
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Center Game (C20)
1. e4 e5 2. d4
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Variations in this family
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C20Center Game3 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4
C21Center Game5 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4
C21Halasz-McDonnell Gambit5 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4
C21Kieseritzky Variation5 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3
C21Ross Gambit5 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bd3
C21von der Lasa Gambit5 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4
C21Kieseritzky Variation6 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5
C21Kieseritzky Variation7 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4
C21Lanc-Arnold Gambit7 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3
C21Halasz-McDonnell Gambit, Crocodile Variation9 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3
C21Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit9 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
C22Normal Variation6 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6
C22Hall Variation7 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4
C22Paulsen Attack Variation7 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3
C22Berger Variation8 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6
C22l'Hermet Variation8 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 f5
C22Charousek Variation10 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7
C22Kupreichik Variation17 movesPlay this line
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Bc4 d6 9. Nh3
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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.