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
Classical Variation, Bishop; Boi Variation
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5
C23
Khan Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 d5
C23
King's Gambit Reversed, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 f5
C23
MacDonnell Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4
C23
Philidor Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3
C23
Lewis Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 d4
C23
Stein Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 f4
C23
Lopez Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 Qe2
C23
Greco Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 f4
C24
Ponziani Center Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4
C23
Lewis Counter-Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5
C23
Horwitz Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 b5
C23
Blanel Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 Nxe4
C23
Labourdonnais-Denker Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Bxb4 c3
C23
McDonnell Double Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 b4 Bxb4 f4
C23
Lopez Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 Qe2 Nf6 f4
C23
Paschmann Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 Ne2 Nxe4 Nec3
C24
Spielmann Attack, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Nc3
C24
Vienna Hybrid, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Nc3
C24
Warsaw Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 c3
C23
Lewis Countergambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5 Bxd5 Nf6
C24
Kitchner Folly, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Be7 Nf3 O-O
C23
Walker Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 c3 d5 Bxd5 Nf6 d4
C23
Kreijcik Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 f3 Bc5 Ne2 Nc6 b4
C24
Hromadka Variation, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Nc3 Bb4 Ne2
C24
Keidansky Gambit, Bishop
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nxe4 Qxd4
C23
Bishop's Opening: Flexible Fortress
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bb4 Ne2 O-O O-O
C24
Bishop's Opening: Queen Forklift
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 Bc5 Qd5 Bxf2+ Kf1 O-O Qxe4
C24
Bishop's Opening: Decoy Fork
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 Nc6 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qd5+ Ke8 Qxe4
C24
Bishop's Opening: F-File Fracture
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 d5 dxe5 dxc4 Qxd8+ Kxd8 exf6 gxf6 Nc3
C23
Bishop's Opening: Trinity Heist
e4 e5 Bc4 d6 Nf3 h6 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ dxe5 Qxd8
C23
Bishop's Opening: Shattered Kingside
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 d6 Nd5 h6 Bxf6 gxf6 Ne2
C23
Bishop's Opening: Bishop Cull
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 O-O Nd5 Be7 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Ne2
C24
Bishop's Opening: Decoy Heist
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 dxe5 d5 Bxd5 Nc5 Bxf7+ Ke7 Bg5+ Kxf7 Bxd8
C24
Bishop's Opening: Knight Cage
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 Nc6 d5 Nd4 c3 b5 Bd3 Bc5 cxd4 Bxd4 Nf3
C23
Bishop's Opening: Trinity Strike
e4 e5 Bc4 d6 Nf3 h6 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ Ke8 Qh5+ Ke7 Qf7#
C23
Bishop's Opening: H-File Clamp
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d3 Bc5 Bg5 h6 Bh4 g5 Bg3 d6 h4 g4 h5
C24
Bishop's Opening: Rook Lasso
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nxe4 Qxd4 Nd6 O-O Nxc4 Re1+ Be7 Qxg7 Rf8 Bh6
C24
Bishop's Opening: Ghost Gambit
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Bc5 e5 Ng4 h3 Nxf2 Kxf2 d3+ Kf1 dxc2 Qxc2
C24
Bishop's Opening: Queenside Shatter
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nf3 Nc6 e5 d5 Bb5 Ne4 Nxd4 Bd7 Bxc6 bxc6 O-O
C23
Bishop's Opening: C7 Cyclone
e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Nc3 Bc5 Qg4 Qf6 Nd5 Qxf2+ Kd1 d6 Qxg7 Be6 Nxc7+ Kd7 Nxe6 Nge7 Nh3
C23
Bishop's Opening: Knight Blitz
e4 e5 Bc4 Bc5 d4 exd4 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qh5+ g6 Qxc5 Nc6 Nf3 d6 Qd5+ Be6 Ng5+ Ke7 Qxe6+
C23
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
C24
Bishop's Opening: Castle Crusher
e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d4 d6 dxe5 dxe5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 Nf3 Nc6 Ng5 Be6 Bxe6 fxe6 Nf7+ Ke7 Nxh8
C24
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
C23
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
C23
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