ECO family guide

Bishop's Opening — all variations and ECO codes

41 named lines across 6 ECO codes (C23–C43). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 (C23). Open this line on Lichess → · Bishop's Opening on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, playing as white — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	36,905,936	51.3% / 3.7% / 45.0%	53.1%
1600-1800	31,107,895	50.8% / 4.0% / 45.3%	52.7%
1800-2000	15,913,925	49.9% / 4.4% / 45.7%	52.1%
2000+	4,774,043	49.0% / 5.1% / 45.9%	51.6%

All 41 named variations

Every named line in the Bishop's Opening family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

C23Bishop's Opening (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4
C23Anderssen Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 c6
C23Boi Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5
C23Calabrese Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
- C23Jaenisch Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.d3
C23Four Pawns Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.O-O gxh2+ 9.Kh1
C23Khan Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5
C23Lewis Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5
C23Lewis Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6
- C23Walker Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.d4
C23Lewis Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4
C23Lisitsyn Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Ne2
C23Lopez Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4
C23Lopez Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2
- C23Lopez Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.f4
C23McDonnell Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
- C23La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3
- C23McDonnell Double Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4
C23Philidor Counterattack — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6
C23Philidor Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3
C23Pratt Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.exf6 dxc4 7.Qh5 O-O
C23Stein Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.f4
C23Thorold Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 f5
C23del Rio Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 Qg5
C24Berlin Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6
- C24Greco Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4
C24Kitchener Folly — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 O-O
C24Krejcik Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f3 Bc5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.b4
C24Pachman Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Ne2 Nxe4 4.Nec3
C24Paulsen Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
C24Ponziani Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4
C43Urusov Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3
- C24Panov Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Bb4+ 6.c3 Qe7+
- C43Keidansky Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qxd4
C24Vienna Hybrid — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3
- C26Spielmann Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3
- C28Hromádka Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2
C24Warsaw Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
C26Horwitz Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b5
C27Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3
- C27Lichtenhein Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 d5