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C24

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense

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Overview

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C24.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6, after 4 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Bishop's Opening, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It is the root of 8 named variations, with Greco Gambit, Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit, Bishop's Opening: Kitchener Folly, and others among the most studied.

In total, the branch covers 12 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
C24
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
4
Parent
Bishop's Opening
Direct variations
8
Total in subtree
12

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Variations (8)

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