Blunderbase

Bishop's Opening

The Bishop's Opening starts 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4. The opening book names 39 variations of it, under ECO C23 to C43.

The main line, move by move

Starting position3 more to go

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All 39 Bishop's Opening variations

  • C23Anderssen Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6
  • C23Boi Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5
  • C23Calabrese Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5
  • C23Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3
  • C23Four Pawns Gambit1. 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
  • C23Khan Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d5
  • C23Lewis Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 d5 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C23Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. d4
  • C23Lewis Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4
  • C23Lisitsyn Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne2
  • C23Lopez Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. f4
  • C23Lopez Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2
  • C23Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4
  • C23McDonnell Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4
  • C23McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3
  • C23McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4
  • C23Philidor Counterattack1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6
  • C23Philidor Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3
  • C23Pratt Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. exf6 dxc4 7. Qh5 O-O
  • C23Stein Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. f4
  • C23Thorold Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 f5
  • C23del Rio Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qg5
  • C24Berlin Defense1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6
  • C24Berlin Defense, Greco Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f4
  • C24Kitchener Folly1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O
  • C24Krejcik Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f3 Bc5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. b4
  • C24Pachman Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Ne2 Nxe4 4. Nec3
  • C24Paulsen Defense1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6
  • C24Ponziani Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4
  • C24Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+
  • C24Vienna Hybrid1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3
  • C24Warsaw Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
  • C26Horwitz Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b5
  • C26Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
  • C27Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3
  • C27Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 d5
  • C28Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2
  • C43Urusov Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3
  • C43Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4

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