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Bishop's Opening: Complete Guide

An old-school direct approach — White develops the bishop to c4 before the knight, eyeing f7 from move two. Drill every main line against an adaptive engine, backed by real Lichess win rates and Stockfish evaluations.

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All 54 variations of the Bishop's Opening

Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Nc6 ECO C23 153M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening ECO C23 96M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: Nf3 ECO C23 49M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: d6 ECO C23 40M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense ECO C24 32M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation ECO C23 12M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Bc5 ECO C23 10M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: Nc3 ECO C24 6M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: Qf3 ECO C24 5M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Qf6 ECO C23 5M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: d3 ECO C23 4M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: Nf3 ECO C24 3M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: Nc3 ECO C23 3M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack ECO C23 2M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: Qf3 ECO C23 2M games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit ECO C24 1M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Nf6 ECO C23 1M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: d4 ECO C24 1M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense ECO C24 1M games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: d3 ECO C24 1M games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit ECO C23 695K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: Nf3 ECO C23 615K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: Qf3 ECO C23 606K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: Bxf7+ ECO C23 598K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense: Bxf7+ ECO C24 508K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit ECO C23 502K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Variation ECO C23 475K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit ECO C23 446K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit: Nxe4 ECO C24 378K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense: Nc3 ECO C24 334K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation: Qh5 ECO C23 309K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense: Nf3 ECO C24 261K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: d3 ECO C23 229K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense, Greco Gambit ECO C24 192K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit: d6 ECO C24 169K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Stein Gambit ECO C23 120K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: c6 ECO C23 109K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense: Bg5 ECO C24 106K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: Nc3 ECO C23 101K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense: a3 ECO C24 99K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation ECO C23 95K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: Qh5 ECO C23 71K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Paulsen Defense: c3 ECO C24 67K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit: d5 ECO C24 65K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit: Nc6 ECO C24 57K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack: d4 ECO C23 56K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit ECO C23 25K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation ECO C23 23K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit ECO C23 23K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit ECO C26 7K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit ECO C23 2K games Openings & Plans Bishop's Opening: del Rio Variation ECO C23 1K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit: exd4 ECO C24 1K games Gambits Bishop's Opening: Thorold Gambit ECO C23 427 games

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The Bishop's is a chess opening family with 54 variations covered on Chessy. Over 445 million Lichess games have reached these positions across all rating levels.

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