Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3

ECO C21

The Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit is a chess opening line in the Center Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3.

It is catalogued under code C21 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move c3 is chosen by White on move 4.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Schippler Gambit.

Named variations

• Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit — ECO C21

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