ECO A41

Rat Defense: English Rat

Rat Defense: English Rat is a chess opening classified under ECO A41. Its defining line here is 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5.

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5

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The diagram shows the position after 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

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

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