Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4
The Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C23, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −1.23 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 4… d5 5. exd5 e4 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nc3)
- ECO
- C23
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4
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Comes from
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2
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.