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Bishop's Opening

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Bishop's Opening is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.

46master games
2622avg. Elo
2variations
White wins %46 · draw %43 · Black wins %11

Played by: Sindarov, Wei Yi, So, Aronian, Abdusattorov, Firouzja, Praggnanandhaa, Giri

Main line

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.b4 a6 9.a4 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ra2 Qd7 12.Rd2 Qe8 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Nd8 15.Rb2 Qg6

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Variations played by masters (2)

Berlin Defense · ECO C24 · for White

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.b4 a6 9.a4 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 …
26 games · avg. Elo 2625 · W/D/L 9/13/4 · Model game: Warakomski – Mastrovasilis, 2024 (0-1)

Paulsen Defense · ECO C24 · for White

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Re8 10.d4 exd4 …
20 games · avg. Elo 2618 · W/D/L 12/7/1 · Model game: Sindarov – Erdogmus, 2026 (1-0)

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Other openings

Sicilian DefenseQueen's Gambit DeclinedRuy LopezEnglish OpeningItalian GameIndian DefensePetrov's DefenseNimzo-Indian DefenseFrench DefenseZukertort OpeningCaro-Kann DefenseQueen's Pawn GameKing's Indian AttackFour Knights GameQueen's Gambit AcceptedCatalan Opening

Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.