Opening name: Bishop's Opening
Opening line: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6
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Winning percentages
White: 431 (38.31%)
Black: 283 (25.16%)
Draws: 411 (36.53%)
Bishop's Opening
2...Nc6
Black's Queen's Knight defends the e5 pawn and can be a possible threat to move to a5 attacking the White Bishop.
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 52
Score: +0.18
Best Move: d3
PV Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O a5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O
Historical games for Bishop's Opening
| Game | Result | Year |
| Caruana, F. (2822) vs Nakamura, Hi (2769) | 1/2-1/2 | 2018 |
| Aronian, L. (2785) vs Nakamura, Hi (2750) | 0-1 | 2022 |
| Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2778) vs Nakamura, Hikaru (2736) | 0-1 | 2020 |
| Artemiev, V. (2746) vs Aronian, L. (2758) | 1/2-1/2 | 2019 |
| Karjakin, Sergey (2752) vs Nakamura, Hi (2736) | 0-1 | 2020 |
| Rapport, R. (2736) vs Andreikin, D. (2722) | 0-1 | 2019 |
| Vachier Lagrave, M. (2745) vs Le Quang Liem (2703) | 1-0 | 2013 |
| Rublevsky, Sergei (2688) vs Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2741) | 1/2-1/2 | 2012 |
| Kasparov, Garry (2790) vs Huebner, Robert (2630) | 0-1 | 1992 |
| Hou Yifan (2671) vs Mamedyarov, S. (2736) | 1/2-1/2 | 2015 |