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Van't Kruijs Opening: Bouncing Bishop Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A00), reached after 5 half-moves: 1. e3 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bb3.

Van't Kruijs Opening: Bouncing Bishop Variation ECO A00
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About this opening

Van't Kruijs Opening: Bouncing Bishop Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A00. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 5 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e3 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bb3.

It belongs to the Van't Kruijs Opening family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Bouncing Bishop Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e3 e5, 2.Bc4 b5, 3.Bb3. 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.