Bishop's Opening [C25]
The topic for this February is a back to basics Bishop's Opening in a variation where slightly inaccurate play by Black lets White get an early and powerful Qg4.
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK1NR b KQkq - 0 2"]This move targets the f7-square, which is always the weakest square for Black at the start of the game since only the king defends it.
2...Bc5
This is sort of unusual because it is committal: Black knows that the knights belong o...
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