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Opening name: Center Game
Opening line: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4
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Winning percentages

White: 475 (31.52%)
Black: 522 (34.64%)
Draws: 510 (33.84%)
Most popular responses

  • 3. Qxd4 (Center Game) In the Center Game, White is happy with himself for knocking out black's only foothold in the center square, e5. At the time, all four central squares are controlled by white. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (22896780 games)

  • 3. c3 (Danish Gambit) White chooses to play an aggressive game. By giving a two pawn material advantage to his opponent, Black spends two moves to capture both of the pawns, and has to deal with a massive attack. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (18426295 games)

    Engine Evaluation

    Depth: 47
    Score: -0.03
    Best Move: Qxd4
    PV Line: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5
    Historical games for Center Game

    GameResultYear
    Carlsen, Magnus (2802) vs Aronian, Levon (2801)1/2-1/22010
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2776) vs Ding Liren (2811)1-02019
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2732) vs Carlsen, M. (2832)0-12017
    Carlsen, Magnus (2802) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2760)1/2-1/22010
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2783)1-02017
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2783)1-02017
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751) vs Anand, V. (2783)0-12017
    Nepomniachtchi, I. (2732) vs Aronian, L. (2793)1/2-1/22017
    Shirov, Alexei (2710) vs Karpov, Anatoly (2780)0-11995
    Wei Yi (2725) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2754)1-02019
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