Opening name: Bishop's Opening Classical Defence
Opening line: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5
Lichess Board
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Winning percentages
White: 71 (43.03%)
Black: 31 (18.79%)
Draws: 63 (38.18%)
Bishop's Opening Classical Defence
2...Bc5
The position remains symmetrical. This does not work well for Black as White's move d4 can always be played first.
Most popular responses
3. Nf3 (Bishop's Opening Classical Defence) White position is quite sharp, an attack on the e5 pawn, a possible break on d4 would gain a tempo on the Black Bishop. Black has one one move to try for equality, that's 3...Nc6 and transpose into the Giuoco Piano. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (15688360 games)
3. Qh5 (Bishop's Opening Classical Defence) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (3197513 games)
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 36
Score: +0.13
Best Move: Nf3
PV Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6
Historical games for Bishop's Opening Classical Defence
| Game | Result | Year |
| Nunn, John DM (2580) vs Huebner, Robert (2640) | 0-1 | 1981 |
| Cruzado Dueñas, Carlos (2584) vs Szczepanski, Zbigniew (2593) | 1/2-1/2 | 2010 |
| Kristiansen, Jens (2425) vs Short, Nigel D (2676) | 1-0 | 2006 |
| Serazeev, Albert Ilievich (2490) vs Szczepanski, Zbigniew (2541) | 1/2-1/2 | 2014 |
| Tyomkin, Dimitri (2476) vs Mikhalevski, Victor (2548) | 0-1 | 2003 |
| Efimenko, Zahar (2680) vs Husari, Sate (2332) | 1-0 | 2008 |
| Novikov, Maxim (2500) vs Romanov, Evgeny (2500) | 1-0 | 2006 |
| Mamedov, Rau (2658) vs Koksal, E. (2339) | 1-0 | 2015 |
| Spasov, Vasil (2579) vs Schroll, Gerhard (2410) | 1-0 | 2008 |
| Michiels, Bart (2461) vs Orlov, Andrey (2521) | 1/2-1/2 | 2010 |