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Opening· 15 plies

Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C23), reached after 15 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne2.

Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation ECO C23
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About this opening

Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C23. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 15 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne2.

It belongs to the Bishop's Opening family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Lisitsyn Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 c6, 3.d4 d5, 4.exd5 cxd5, 5.Bb5+ Bd7, 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.