Bishop's Opening: Knight's Capture Variation
This opening is known as the "Bishop's Opening: Knight's Capture Variation." If the opening is countered by your opponent as planned, it will eventually lead to one of two scenarios: 1. You checkmate your opponent in 8 moves. 2. Your opponent is forced to sacrifice his/her knight to your pawn, in order to avert checkmate.
The opening begins with the most common opening, pawn to e4. When they counter with pawn to e5, you play bishop to c4, threatening your opponents f7 pawn. This is an aggressive move, as the f7 pawn is only protected by the king, making it a vulnerable target. This means that if you plant an attack on this square, your opponents king is forced to take. If the piece you are attacking with is defended, it means the game is over and you win.
If your opponent tries to defend his/her e5 pawn by playing knight to c6, play queen to f3, threatening checkmate. When they block the attack with knight to f6, play pawn to c3. This protects your queen from being threatened by guarding the d4 square. C4 is important to protect because your opponents c6 knight can threaten your queen from this square, forcing her to retreat to d1, ultimately jeopardizing the opening altogether. Regardless of his/her next move, we play pawn to g4, preparing the attack on his/her knight. If they open up a lane to take your pawn with their bishop by moving pawn to d6, protect your pawn by playing your h2 pawn to h3. This must be done because if ignored, your opponent will take your pawn, and threaten your queen. This, much like the potential attack from their knight moving to d4, will jeopardize the opening. After they play their next move, we push our g4 pawn up one square to g5, giving them two options. 1. Move the knight away, allowing for mate in one. 2. Leave their knight to be taken. If they choose option one, move your queen to f7, checkmating their king. If they choose option two, take their knight with your g5 pawn.
Now you know the Knight's Capture Variation of Bishop's Opening. This opening is strong as it contains aggressive moves and will leave you with a strong advantage in the beginning of the game.
