Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+
The Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C24, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+. 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 4 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 7. Be2 (75% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 7. Be2 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O)
- ECO
- C24
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rnb1k2r/ppp1qppp/5n2/3P4/1bBp4/2P2N2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Be2 | 3 (75%) | |
| 7. Kf1 | 1 (25%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 10%, draw 40%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- IM Matvey Galchenko (2438) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2732) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Jan Early · 2024-01-09
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2557) – GM Zhongyi Tan (2517) 1/2-1/2 · 2nd IMSA Rapid w 2017 · 2017-12-10
- IM Maciej Mroziak (2364) – GM Krzysztof Jakubowski (2474) 0-1 · Ustron Open A 2021 · 2021-08-17
- Miaoyi Lu (2399) – WFM Afruza Khamdamova (2139) 0-1 · World Rapid Women 2022 · 2022-12-26
- IM Sameer Mansour (2308) – CM Malek Saif (2168) 1/2-1/2 · Asian Zonal 3.1 2021 · 2021-06-03
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Plieverst (2316) – Abanamate (2397) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Adeis (2111) – Caspablanca5 (2094) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- go_go_pro (2085) – polerio18 (1980) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 5s
Comes from
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3
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.