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C23 Bishop's Opening8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♗c4

C23 is the opening Bishop's Opening of the volume C · Open games: 3 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 24 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

140 games in the collections, from 1620 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2395.

White wins 46 %, draws 19 %, Black wins 35 %

Most games: Cochrane, John (24), Staunton, Howard (12), Somacarana (10), Greco, Gioacchino (8), NN (8)

All 24 variations

  1. Bishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4
  2. Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 b5 3.♗xb5 c6
  3. Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5
  4. Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 f5
  5. Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 f5 3.d3
  6. Bishop's Opening: Four Pawns Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.b4 ♗xb4 4.f4 exf4 5.♘f3 ♗e7 6.d4 ♗h4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.O-O gxh2+ 9.♔h1
  7. Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 d5
  8. Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3 d5
  9. Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3 d5 4.♗xd5 ♘f6
  10. Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3 d5 4.♗xd5 ♘f6 5.d4
  11. Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.d4
  12. Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.♗b5+ ♗d7 6.♗xd7+ ♘xd7 7.dxe5 ♘xe5 8.♘e2
  13. Bishop's Opening: Lopez Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.♕e2 ♘c6 4.c3 ♘f6 5.f4
  14. Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.♕e2
  15. Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.♕e2 ♘f6 4.f4
  16. Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.b4
  17. Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.b4 ♗xb4 4.c3
  18. Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.b4 ♗xb4 4.f4
  19. Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 c6
  20. Bishop's Opening: Philidor Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3
  21. Bishop's Opening: Pratt Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3 ♘f6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.exf6 dxc4 7.♕h5 O-O
  22. Bishop's Opening: Stein Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.f4
  23. Bishop's Opening: Thorold Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 b5 3.♗xb5 f5
  24. Bishop's Opening: del Rio Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♗c5 3.c3 ♕g5