Center Game: Berger Variation

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6

ECO C22

The Center Game: Berger Variation is a chess opening line in the Center Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6.

It is catalogued under code C22 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nf6 is chosen by Black on move 4.

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This position is covered in the Danish Gambit course: a GM-authored repertoire you study move by move, then practice against a human-like AI opponent.

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