About this opening
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code C24. ECO group C (C00–C99)
covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached
after 12 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+.
It belongs to the Bishop's Opening family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Urusov Gambit → Panov Variation line). The immediate parent line is Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, transitioned via 6…Qe7+.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nf6, 3.d4 exd4, 4.Nf3 d5, 5.exd5 Bb4+, 6.c3 Qe7+. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of C24 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.