Chess opening
Rat Defense: English RatA41
The Rat Defense: English Rat is a chess opening classified under ECO code A41. It is reached after the moves:
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5
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Main continuations
Related lines in the Rat Defense
- Rat Defense: English Rat, Lisbon Gambit (A41)
- Rat Defense: English Rat, Pounds Gambit (A41)
- Rat Defense: Balogh Defense (A82)
- Rat Defense: Antal Defense (B00)
- Rat Defense: Fuller Gambit (B00)
- Rat Defense: Harmonist (B00)
- Rat Defense: Petruccioli Attack (B00)
- Rat Defense: Spike Attack (B00)
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