Royal Pin | Kosteniuk - Galliamova | World blitz 2019

Galliamova plays two knights defence with black, which in Blitz can be annoying. Alexandra decided to surprise her opponent first with Bishop's opening.
2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2483)
Galliamova, Alisa (2438)
Event: World Blitz Women 2019
Site: Moscow RUS Date: 12/30/2019
Round: 17.5 Score: 1-0
ECO: C24 Bishop's opening, Berlin defence
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Nc3 Bc7 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.O-O-O Qd7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Na4 b6 14.d4 e4 15.Nh4 f5 16.g3 f4 17.f3 f5 18.gxf4 Bxf4 19.Nc3 Kb7 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Rhg1 Qe7 22.Ng2 Bxh2 23.Rh1 Bc7 24.Ne3 Qg7 25.Rhg1 Qf7 26.Nxe4 Na5 27.Ng5 Qe7 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Bxd5+ 1-0
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The Bishop's Opening is one of the oldest openings to be analyzed; it was studied by Lucena and Ruy Lopez. Later it was played by Philidor. Larsen was one of the few grandmasters to play it often, after first using it at the 1964 Interzonal tournament. Although the Bishop's Opening is uncommon today, it has been used occasionally as a surprise by players such as Kasparov. Nunn uses it to avoid Petrov's Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6),[1] and Lékó played it in the 2007 World Championship against Kramnik, known to consistently play the Petrov.

Weaver Adams in his classic work White to Play and Win claimed that the Bishop's Opening was a win for White by force from the second move.[2] He was unable to prove this by defeating players stronger than himself, however, and later abandoned the Bishop's Opening for the Vienna Game, making the same claim.[3] Grandmaster Nick de Firmian, in the 14th edition of Modern Chess Openings, concludes that the Bishop's Opening leads to equality with best play by both sides,[4] and notes that, "Among modern players only Bent Larsen has played it much, but even Kasparov gave it a whirl (winning against Bareev)."
Main variations

Because White's second move makes no direct threat, Black has many possible second-move responses. As shown below, the Bishop's Opening offers opportunities to transpose to several other Open Games.
Berlin Defense: 2...Nf6

Probably Black's most popular second move is 2...Nf6, forcing White to decide how to defend the e-pawn.


Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit: 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3

After 3.d3 Black must be careful not to drift into an inferior variation of the King's Gambit Declined. One continuation that avoids this pitfall is 3...c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6.

White sometimes chooses the Bishop's Opening move order to transpose into the Giuoco Piano while preventing Black from playing Petrov's Defense. For example, 2...Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 reaches the quiet Giuoco Pianissimo.
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