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Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit

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Overview

Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C21 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It is reached after 9 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4.

It is a variation of Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C21
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit

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