C23: Bishop's opening, Classical variation

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5

Bishop's opening, Classical variation

C23 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 1412
Last Played: Jan 2020
Overall score:
48.5%19.6%31.9%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Howard Staunton 11 games
John Cochrane 8 games
Rudolf Spielmann 7 games
Black  
NN 9 games
Howard Staunton 9 games
John Cochrane 7 games

Possible continuations:

3. Nf3  683
46 % 19.3 % 34.7 %
3. Nc3  261
48.3 % 24.5 % 27.2 %
3. d3  163
50.3 % 20.2 % 29.4 %
3. Qh5  80
55 % 33.8 %
3. c3  73
46.6 % 23.3 % 30.1 %
3. Qf3  46
41.3 % 47.8 %
3. b4  30
70 % 16.7 %
3. Qe2  23
47.8 % 21.7 % 30.4 %
3. Qg4  20
65 % 15 % 20 %
3. Ne2  9
55.6 % 22.2 % 22.2 %
3. f4  8
62.5 % 25 %
3. d4  6
83.3 % 16.7 %
3. Nh3  4
50 % 50 %
3. Bxf7+  3
66.7 % 33.3 %
3. h3  2
50 % 50 %