Library/Openings/Bishop's Opening/Urusov Gambit/Panov Variation ECO C24
Opening· 12 plies

Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C24), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+.

Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation ECO C24
87654321
abcdefgh
Black rook
Black knight
Black bishop
Black king
Black rook
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black queen
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black knight
White pawn
Black bishop
White bishop
Black pawn
White pawn
White knight
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White rook
White knight
White bishop
White queen
White king
White rook
12/12
  1. 1.
  3. 2.
  5. 3.
  7. 4.
  9. 5.
  11. 6.
Use ← → arrows or click moves to step through.

End of this line

No further variations branch from this position in our database. To explore neighbouring ideas:

About this opening

Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C24. 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 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+.

It belongs to the Bishop's Opening family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Urusov Gambit → Panov Variation line). The immediate parent line is Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, transitioned via 6…Qe7+.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nf6, 3.d4 exd4, 4.Nf3 d5, 5.exd5 Bb4+, 6.c3 Qe7+. 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.