Bishop's Opening: Kitchener Folly
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O
The Bishop's Opening: Kitchener Folly is a chess opening classified as ECO C24, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 131 times by this move order. White won 45%, 5% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nxe5 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.88 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5. Nxe5 c6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 cxd5)
- ECO
- C24
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 75 | |
| 1500-1999 | 55 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 131 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nxe5 | 66 (50%) | |
| 5. O-O | 28 (21%) | |
| 5. h3 | 10 (8%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 9 (7%) | |
| 5. Ng5 | 5 (4%) | |
| 5. Be3 | 5 (4%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5. h4 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Alexandre Dgebuadze (2487) – Goran Obradovic (1797) 1-0 · 31st Geneva Open 2014 · 2014-07-29
- FM Frank Buchenau (2190) – FM Rushan Bogaudinov (1912) 1-0 · Titled Tue 24th Sep Late · 2024-09-24
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Kitchener Folly and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- norbertjayz (1998) – Nurse_Consultant (2021) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- rockanrolla (1985) – G4T0P4RD0 (1932) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- Agusart53 (1844) – Y_Batman_Y (2066) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6
More Bishop's Opening lines (all)
- Bishop's Opening C23
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- Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Four Pawns Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (3. c3 d5) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (4. Bxd5 Nf6) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation C23
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.