C23-C24
Bishop's Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 About This Opening
The Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) develops the bishop to its most dangerous diagonal before committing the knights. It sidesteps the Petroff Defense and frequently transposes into Italian Game or Vienna structures on White's terms.
Variations
47 found C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C24 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C23 C24 C24 C24 C23 C24 C23 C23 C24 C24 C23 C24 C24 C24 C23 C23 C23 C24 C24 C23 C23 C24 C24 C24 C23 C23 C23 C24 C24 C23 C23
Classical Variation, Bishop; Boi Variation
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 Khan Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 d5 King's Gambit Reversed, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 f5 MacDonnell Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Philidor Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 Lewis Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 d4 Stein Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 f4 Lopez Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 Qe2 Greco Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 f4 Ponziani Center Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Lewis Counter-Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5 Horwitz Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 b5 Blanel Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 Nxe4 Labourdonnais-Denker Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Bxb4 c3 McDonnell Double Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Bxb4 f4 Lopez Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 Qe2 Nf6 f4 Paschmann Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Ne2 Nxe4 Nec3 Spielmann Attack, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Nc3 Vienna Hybrid, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Nc3 Warsaw Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 c3 Lewis Countergambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5 Bxd5 Nf6 Kitchner Folly, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Be7 Nf3 O-O Walker Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5 Bxd5 Nf6 d4 Kreijcik Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 f3 Bc5 Ne2 Nc6 b4 Hromadka Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Nc3 Bb4 Ne2 Keidansky Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nxe4 Qxd4 Bishop's Opening: Flexible Fortress
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bb4 Ne2 O-O O-O Bishop's Opening: Queen Forklift
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 Bc5 Qd5 Bxf2+ Kf1 O-O Qxe4 Bishop's Opening: Decoy Fork
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 Nc6 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qd5+ Ke8 Qxe4 Bishop's Opening: F-File Fracture
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 d5 dxe5 dxc4 Qxd8+ Kxd8 exf6 gxf6 Nc3 Bishop's Opening: Trinity Heist
e4 e5 Bc4 d6 Nf3 h6 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ dxe5 Qxd8 Bishop's Opening: Shattered Kingside
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 d6 Nd5 h6 Bxf6 gxf6 Ne2 Bishop's Opening: Bishop Cull
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 O-O Nd5 Be7 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Ne2 Bishop's Opening: Decoy Heist
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 d5 Bxd5 Nc5 Bxf7+ Ke7 Bg5+ Kxf7 Bxd8 Bishop's Opening: Knight Cage
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nc6 d5 Nd4 c3 b5 Bd3 Bc5 cxd4 Bxd4 Nf3 Bishop's Opening: Trinity Strike
e4 e5 Bc4 d6 Nf3 h6 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ Ke8 Qh5+ Ke7 Qf7# Bishop's Opening: H-File Clamp
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 h6 Bh4 g5 Bg3 d6 h4 g4 h5 Bishop's Opening: Rook Lasso
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nxe4 Qxd4 Nd6 O-O Nxc4 Re1+ Be7 Qxg7 Rf8 Bh6 Bishop's Opening: Ghost Gambit
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Bc5 e5 Ng4 h3 Nxf2 Kxf2 d3+ Kf1 dxc2 Qxc2 Bishop's Opening: Queenside Shatter
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nc6 e5 d5 Bb5 Ne4 Nxd4 Bd7 Bxc6 bxc6 O-O Bishop's Opening: C7 Cyclone
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Bc5 Qg4 Qf6 Nd5 Qxf2+ Kd1 d6 Qxg7 Be6 Nxc7+ Kd7 Nxe6 Nge7 Nh3 Bishop's Opening: Knight Blitz
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 d4 exd4 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qh5+ g6 Qxc5 Nc6 Nf3 d6 Qd5+ Be6 Ng5+ Ke7 Qxe6+ Vienna Game: Bishop Swap
e4 e5 Nc3 Nc6 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Bc5 f4 d6 Nf3 Bg4 Na4 Bb6 Nxb6 axb6 c3 O-O O-O Bishop's Opening: Castle Crusher
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 d6 dxe5 dxe5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 Nf3 Nc6 Ng5 Be6 Bxe6 fxe6 Nf7+ Ke7 Nxh8 Bishop's Opening: H7 Crush
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nxe4 Qxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Qh4 Be7 Bg5 O-O O-O-O d6 Bd3 Vienna Game: Bishop's Prize
e4 e5 Nc3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 Qg4 g6 Qf3 Qf6 Nd5 Qxf3 Nxf3 Bb6 d3 d6 Be3 Be6 Bxb6 Bxd5 exd5 axb6 dxc6 Bishop's Opening: Fork Cascade
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 d4 Bxd4 Nf3 Nc6 Nxd4 Nxd4 Be3 Nc6 Qg4 Qf6 Nc3 d5 Qg3 dxc4 Nd5 Qg6 Nxc7+ Kd8 Nxa8 Qxg3 O-O-O+ Bd7 fxg3