ECO A41

Rat Defense: English Rat, Pounds Gambit

Rat Defense: English Rat, Pounds Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO A41. Its defining line here is 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Be6.

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Be6

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The diagram shows the position after 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Be6. 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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