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C23: Bishop's opening

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4

Bishop's opening

C23 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 17225
Last Played: Mar 2025
Overall score:
42.6% 26.4% 31.1%

Played frequently by:

White  
Nikola Mitkov 90 games
Sergei Tiviakov 51 games
Willy Hendriks 50 games
Black  
Atousa Pourkashiyan 25 games
Daniel Fridman 23 games
Howard Staunton 16 games

Possible continuations:

2... Nf6  12183
41.1 % 28.1 % 30.8 %
2... Nc6  2735
42.9 % 24.7 % 32.4 %
2... Bc5  1426
48.5 % 19.6 % 32 %
2... d6  397
48.6 % 22.4 % 29 %
2... c6  149
53 % 22.8 % 24.2 %
2... Be7  73
60.3 % 17.8 % 21.9 %
2... f5  62
41.9 % 16.1 % 41.9 %
2... Qe7  32
65.6 % 21.9 %
2... Nh6  29
51.7 % 37.9 %
2... Qf6  23
56.5 % 39.1 %
2... g6  21
61.9 % 19 % 19 %
2... Qh4  15
40 % 46.7 %
2... Bb4  14
57.1 % 35.7 %
2... d5  13
69.2 % 23.1 %
2... f6  11
72.7 % 18.2 %
2... h6  10
80 % 20 %
2... c5  8
75 % 25 %
2... b5  8
50 % 50 %
2... b6  5
80 % 20 %
2... Qg5  4
25 % 25 % 50 %
2... Bd6  3
66.7 % 33.3 %