ECO C20

English Opening: The Whale

English Opening: The Whale is a chess opening classified under ECO C20. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. c4.

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1. e4 e5 2. c4

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

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