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Bishop's Opening

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4. ECO C23–C43, 41 named variations.

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Bishop's Opening

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All Bishop's Opening variations

ECOVariation
C23 Bishop's Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4
C24 Berlin Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6
C23 Boi Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5
C23 Calabrese Countergambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
C23 Khan Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5
C23 Philidor Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6
C24 Berlin Defense, Greco Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4
C23 Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.d3
C23 Lewis Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4
C23 Lopez Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2
C23 McDonnell Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
C23 Philidor Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3
C24 Ponziani Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4
C23 Stein Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.f4
C23 Anderssen Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 c6
C23 del Rio Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 Qg5
C26 Horwitz Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b5
C23 Lewis Countergambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5
C24 Paulsen Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
C23 Thorold Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 f5
C27 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3
C23 Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.f4
C23 McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3
C23 McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4
C24 Pachman Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Ne2 Nxe4 4.Nec3
C43 Urusov Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3
C24 Vienna Hybrid
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3
C26 Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3
C24 Warsaw Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
C27 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 d5
C24 Kitchener Folly
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 O-O
C23 Lewis Countergambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6
C24 Krejcik Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f3 Bc5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.b4
C23 Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.d4
C23 Lopez Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4
C43 Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qxd4
C28 Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2
C24 Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Bb4+ 6.c3 Qe7+
C23 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 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 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

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