Bishop's Opening: What are the sharp replies from black?

Greetings everybody!

One of my real life chess friends plays the bishop's opening a lot and I, as black, suffer almost every time because I fail to open the games properly. Is there anybody who can help me with some sharp replies of black against this opening? I need some good lines which don't fall into traps and able to finish the opening part at least with no advantage for white.

Thanks.

Opening Principles:

1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5

2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key

3. Castle

4. Connect your rooks

Thanks Diakonia, but I already know those principles. Problem is how to implement these things as black against the Bishop's opening.

It would help if you would post some games with your own analysis in the opening.  Also i dont understand "worrying" about move 2?  

But see if this helps you out.

https://www.chess.com/blog/paolodm/simple-dangerous-openings-the-bishops-opening

Possibly helpful:

Beating the open games, Mihail Marin

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195205/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen102.pdf

Open-Games-Black-Igor-Lysyj

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627104938/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen159.pdf

Play the Open Games as Black by John Emms

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627022601/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen11.txt

Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Bologans-Black-Weapons-in-the-Open-Games-76p3873.htm

Starting Out: Open Games by GM Glenn Flear (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232452/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen134.pdf

Play 1 e4 e5! by Nigel Davies (2006)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626201436/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen80.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627083715/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen98.pdf

The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White by Larry Kaufman (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626221508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen162.pdf

Opening Repertoire: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (2015)

Playing 1.e4 e5 - A Classical Repertoire by Nikolaos Ntirlis (2016)

Ah! These links made my day. Thanks guys.

Play the Sicilian Defense!

good Bishop's Opening link...

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/bishops/index.html

The related Urusov Gambit....just for completeness..

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/

An old, but relevant article on the Bishop's Opening by Tim Harding which is archived on the now defunct ChessCafe.com site.  This is probably worth copy-pasting & saving for reference.  As far as I know, Tim Harding may have written the first "modern" book on the B.O., in 1973, as he mentions in the article.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627073631/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz27.txt

The following books have significant content devoted to the Bishop's Opening and are probably the best books on the opening.....it's a flexible opening "system" of development for White, which can morph into many different lines of play...

"The Bishop's Opening Explained" by Gary Lane...an interesting introduction to B.O., demonstrating the many lines of play it can lead to...

https://www.amazon.com/Bishops-Opening-Explained-Gary-Lane/dp/0713489170/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470163579&sr=1-3&keywords=bishops+opening

"Attacking With 1 e4" by John Emms....an opening repertoire for White, and probably the most comprehensive treatment of Bishop's Opening....

https://www.amazon.com/Attacking-Everyman-Chess-John-Emms/dp/1857442679/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470163852&sr=1-1&keywords=attacking+with+1e4

"Beating 1 e4 e5...." by John Emms...an opening repertoire for White featuring the Italian Game and the Bishop's Opening...

https://www.amazon.com/Beating-1e4-e5-Repertoire-White/dp/1857446178/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N7PCRT02HV7R9E2FBVAV

"Winning with 1 e4" by Andrew Soltis.  This is the predecessor, and similar to Emms' "Attacking With 1 e4", though the coverage is not quite as comprehensive as in Emms.  However, like the Emms book, it is a repertoire book which features the Bishop's Opening as the main line for White.  Still a decent book to get some initial exposure to the B.O., especially for less than $10USD.

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-E4-Complete-Opening-System/dp/B000FJ0A7Y/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470164106&sr=8-5&keywords=andrew+soltis+winning+with+1+e4

Thanks a ton RussBell, that's an amazing link. Just what I was looking for.