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- King's Pawn Game C20
- Center Game C20
- Center Game Accepted C21
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Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation
Overview
Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C21.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5.
It is a variation of Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation.
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- ECO code
- C21
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 1
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