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Rat Defense: Small Center Defense (C00)

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d6

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Rat Defense: Small Center Defense (ECO C00) is a chess opening starting with 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d6. See its main lines, common continuations, and win/draw/loss statistics from real games.

Common Continuations

Master games in this opening 330 games

Adolf Anderssen vs Staunton, Howard1851 · London1-0 Adolf Anderssen vs Staunton, Howard1857 · London0-1 Paul Morphy vs Meek, Alexander Beaufort1857 · USA-01.Congress1-0 Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen1858 · Paris m11-0 Paul Morphy vs Bierwisch, Bernhard1858 · Paris sim1-0 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Bird, Henry Edward1866 · London m21-0 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Fleissig, Bernhard1882 · Vienna1-0 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mason, James1882 · Vienna½-½ Wilhelm Steinitz vs Schwarz, Adolf1882 · Vienna1-0 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Weiss, Miksa1882 · Vienna1-0 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Winawer, Szymon1882 · Vienna playoff0-1 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Winawer, Szymon1882 · Vienna1-0