Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Bishop's Opening › Boi Variation › Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation › Lopez Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Bishop's Opening C23
- Boi Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation C23
- Lopez Gambit C23 you are here
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit
Overview
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C23, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4.
The line refines Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C23
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
325 games · White 45.8% / Draw 2.8% / Black 51.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d6 | 148 | |
| exf4 | 76 | |
| Nc6 | 48 | |
| d5 | 20 | |
| O-O | 19 | |
| Bxg1 | 9 | |
| Qe7 | 3 | |
| c6 | 2 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:37:14
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