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Bishop's Opening · White

Bishop's Opening, 3...c6 Main Line and 11.d4 · White (C24)

Claim the center and open lines for the queen and the bishop on f1.

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Black repertoire · ECO C24

Sample line with full explanations: Bishop's Opening, ...c6/...d5 Foundation · Black.

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ECO C23–C24

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  1. Bishop's Opening, 3...c6 Main Line and 11.d4 · WhiteSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4

  2. Bishop's Opening, Central Liquidation and 16.Nxd4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. a4 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Nxe1 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nb3 Nf6 16. Nxd4

  3. Bishop's Opening, 5...Bd6 and Qd2 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd2

  4. Bishop's Opening, 6...dxe4 and the Ng5 Resource · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4

  5. Bishop's Opening, 5...Qc7 and Ne2 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Qc7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne2

  6. Bishop's Opening, 3...Bc5 and the f5 Space Clamp · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3

  7. Bishop's Opening, 3...Nc6 and the ...Na5 Exchange · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. Qd3 Be6 9. b3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3

  8. Bishop's Opening, 2...Nc6 Main Setup · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3

  9. Bishop's Opening, ...exf4 and Long Castling · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O

  10. Bishop's Opening, ...Na5 and Qxe3 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3

  11. Bishop's Opening, 2...Bc5 and the f5 Plan · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3

  12. Bishop's Opening, 2...c6 and the d4 Break · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne2

  13. Bishop's Opening, Calabrese 2...f5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3

  14. Bishop's Opening, Punishing 7...Ng4? · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. f5 Ng4 8. Qe2 Nf2 9. Rf1 Ng4 10. h3