C21: Centre game

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4

Centre game

C21 Sub-variants:

Centre game
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4

Centre game, Kieseritsky variation
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4 b5

Halasz gambit
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4

Danish gambit
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3

Danish gambit, Collijn defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Qe7

Danish gambit, Schlechter defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5

Danish gambit, Soerensen defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5

Centre game
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4

Overview

Games on Database:

6702

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

44.8%

20.9%

34.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Jacques Mieses	57 games
Frank James Marshall	31 games
Miguel Munoz Pantoja	23 games

Black
Siegbert Tarrasch	9 games
Mikhail Chigorin	7 games
Joseph Henry Blackburne	7 games

Possible continuations:

3. Qxd4

3395

44.6 %

21.2 %

34.3 %

3. c3

1550

45.2 %

19.1 %

35.7 %

3. Nf3

1365

45.9 %

23.4 %

30.7 %

3. Bc4

266

41.7 %

18 %

40.2 %

3. f4

111

43.2 %

16.2 %

40.5 %

3. Bd3

37.5 %

62.5 %