Bishop's Opening (Sneaky Good Attack)

The Bishop's Opening starts out with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4. It goes against conventional wisdom of developing knights before bishops. Black usually responds by playing Nf6, Nc6, or Bc5.

If black plays 2...Nf6 then white can play the Urusov Gambit with 3. d4. You can see a dedicated video on that opening on our website. https://www.thechesswebsite.com/urusov-gambit/

Time Stamps:
2...Nf6 0:58
2...Nc6 10:33
3...Bc5 13:05

PGN to follow along with the video can be found below:
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 (2. Nf3) 2... Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3)(3. d3 Bb4+ (3...
Nf6 4. Nc3)4. c3 Ba5 (4... Bc5 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4)5. a4 Nf6 (5... a6 6. Be3)6. b4
Bb6 7. a5))(2... Bc5 3. Nf3 (3. Qg4 g6 (3... Qg5)4. Qf3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 (5...
Bxd4 6. Bg5 d5 (6... d6 7. Bxf6)7. c3 (7. Bxf6 dxe4 8. Bxd8 exf3 9. Nxf3 Bxb2
10. Bf6 O-O 11. Bxe5 Re8)7... dxc4 (7... dxe4 8. Qxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxf6 O-O 10. cxd4
exd4 11. Bxd4))6. e5 d5 (6... Ng8 7. Qxf7#)7. Bg5 Nbd7 (7... dxc4 8. Bxf6)8.
Bxd5)3... Nc6) 3. d4 (3. Nc3 Bc5 (3... Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O)(3... Nc6)4.
Nf3 Nc6) 3... exd4 (3... Nxe4 4. dxe5 Qh4 (4... Qe7 5. Nf3 (5. Qe2)5... Qb4+ 6.
Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Nxd2 (7. Bxd2))(4... Nc6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Qd5+)5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. g3
Qe7 7. Qd5+ Ke8 8. Qxe4) 4. Nf3 Bc5 (4... Nc6 5. e5 Qe7 (5... Ng4 6. O-O Ngxe5
7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Re1 d6 9. f4)6. O-O Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. f4 Qf5 10.
g4 Qg6 11. f5 Qc6 12. Qd3 d5 13. Bb5)(4... Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 (5... Nc5)6. Nc3)
5. e5 Ng8 (5... d5 6. Bb5+ (6. exf6 dxc4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5)6... c6
(6... Nfd7)7. exf6 cxb5 8. fxg7 Rg8) 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd6 Nh6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. dxc7
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