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On this page of chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com you can study all variations of the Bishop's Opening. The Bishop's Opening is C23-C24, and it has 20 official variations in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO). Not all the official variations of the Bishop's Opening are very common in play, but the most popular variation of the Bishop's Opening is the Berlin Defense (70-75% of all games at master level). Below is a list of all 20 official variations of the Bishop's Opening...
Important. At the bottom of this page you will also find 3 useful links which will explain how to correctly play the following variations of the Bishop's Opening: the Classical variation, the Ponziani and Urusov Gambits, and the Berlin Defense. Welcome!
C23: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
C24: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6
C23 Bishop's opening
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
Analyzed by chess engine: Position is equal (+0.01, depth 25).
C23 Bishop's opening, Philidor counter-attack
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6
C23 Bishop's opening, Lisitsyn variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne2
C23 Bishop's opening, Calabrese counter-gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5
C23 Bishop's opening, Calabrese counter-gambit, Jaenisch variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3
C23 Bishop's opening, Classical variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5
• How to Play the Classical Variation of the Bishop's Opening
C23 Bishop's opening, Lopez gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. f4
C23 Bishop's opening, Philidor variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3
C23 Bishop's opening, Pratt variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. exf6 dxc4 7. Qh5 O-O
C23 Bishop's opening, Lewis counter-gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 d5
C23 Bishop's opening, del Rio variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qg5
C23 Bishop's opening, Lewis gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4
C23 Bishop's opening, Wing gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4
C23 Bishop's opening, MacDonnell double gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4
C23 Bishop's opening, Four pawns' gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 Bh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8. O-O gxh2+ 9. Kh1
C24 Bishop's opening, Berlin defence
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6
Analyzed by chess engine: Position is equal (+0.18, depth 25).
• How to Play the Berlin Defense Variation of the Bishop's Opening
C24 Bishop's opening, Greco gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f4
C24 Bishop's opening, Ponziani gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4
• How to Play the Ponziani and Urusov Gambits of the Bishop's Opening
C24 Bishop's opening, Urusov gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3
C24 Bishop's opening, Urusov gambit, Panov variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+
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