ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 2.Bc4 · Black to move

Bishop’s Opening

The list files 41 lines under the name Bishop’s Opening, spread over six codes (C23–C24, C26–C28, C43). C23 alone holds 24 of them. From the starting position of Bishop’s Opening, the most-travelled continuation is 2...Bc5, with 16 lines. The deepest, Bishop’s Opening: Four Pawns Gambit, runs to 9.Kh1. At the end of 14 lines one side is ahead on material; 22 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4e5
2Bc4

Where the lines split

Thirty-six of the 41 lines continue from 2.Bc4; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other four reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 2...Bc516
    1. 3.c36
    2. 3.b44
    3. 3.Qe23
    4. 3.d41
  2. 2...Nf613
    1. 3.d45
    2. 3.d33
    3. 3.f41
    4. 3.f31
  3. 2...b52
    1. 3.Bxb52
  4. 2...c62
    1. 3.d41
  5. 2...f52
    1. 3.d31
  6. 2...d51

Codes holding Bishop’s Opening lines

Volume C

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
  6. 05
  7. 06
  8. 07
  9. 08
  10. 09
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. 16
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. 19
  21. 20
  22. 21
  23. 22
  24. 23
  25. 24
  26. 25
  27. 26
  28. 27
  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
  35. 34
  36. 35
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  38. 37
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  40. 39
  41. 40
  42. 41
  43. 42
  44. 43
  45. 44
  46. 45
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  48. 47
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  50. 49
  51. 50
  52. 51
  53. 52
  54. 53
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  92. 91
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  94. 93
  95. 94
  96. 95
  97. 96
  98. 97
  99. 98
  100. 99
CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
C23Bishop’s Opening24Bishop’s Opening: Four Pawns Gambit (17)
C24Bishop’s Opening: Berlin Defense10Bishop’s Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation (12)
C26Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation2Bishop’s Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack (7)
C27Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation2Bishop’s Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense (8)
C28Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation1Bishop’s Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation (9)
C43Petrov’s Defense: Modern Attack2Bishop’s Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit (9)

Longest Bishop’s Opening lines

  1. Bishop’s Opening: Four Pawns Gambit 17
  2. Bishop’s Opening: Lisitsyn Variation 15
  3. Bishop’s Opening: Pratt Variation 14
  4. Bishop’s Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation 12
  5. Bishop’s Opening: Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation 9
  6. Bishop’s Opening: Lopez Gambit 9
  7. Bishop’s Opening: Krejcik Gambit 9
  8. Bishop’s Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation 9