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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Bc4/2...Nf6/3. d3

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence

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3. d3

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Responding to Black's threat on the e4 pawn, White simultaneously defends it and supports their light-squared bishop. The dark-squared bishop is also opened up for future strategic potential.

Black's most common responses are Bc5 and Nc6, which both solidify control over the d4 square.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3

3 4 5 6 7 8
...
c6
Nf3
d6
O-O
Be7
c3
O-O
Bb3
Nbd7
Re1 =
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nbd2
Nbd7
a4 =
...
...
...
...
...
...
Re1
O-O
a4 =
Two Knights

Defence 4. d3

...
Nc6
Nf3 =
Giuoco Pianissimo ...
Bc5
Nf3
d6
c3
O-O
O-O
Nc6
=

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Goeller, Michael. The Bishop's Opening.
  • Harding, Tim (August 1998). The Kibitzer: What Exactly is the Bishop's Opening?. ChessCafe.com.
  • Harding, Tim (September 1998). The Kibitzer: The Eternal Appeal Of The Urusov Gambit. ChessCafe.com.
  • Harding, Tim (October 1998). The Kibitzer: Is the Urusov Gambit Sound?. ChessCafe.com
  • The Chess Website.com (2023). Bishop’s Opening
  • Chessgeek.com (2021). Learn the POWERFUL Bishop's Opening.
  • Perunovic, Miodrag (2023). The Bishop's Opening: How To ATTACK!!.
  • Remote Chess Academy (Smirnov, Igor) (2021). The Unbeatable Bishop’s Opening (simple and powerful).
  • TheChessGiant.com (Solomon, Ruddell) (2021). Chess Openings: Learn to Play the Bishop’s Opening!.


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1. e4
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