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Opening· 7 plies

Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C23), reached after 7 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4.

Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit ECO C23
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About this opening

Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit 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 7 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4.

It belongs to the Bishop's Opening family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Lopez Variation → Lopez Gambit line). The immediate parent line is Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, transitioned via 4.f4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Bc5, 3.Qe2 Nf6, 4.f4. 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.