database wise 2.bc5 is actually quite rare. but can lead to some unique positions. For example, if white tries to tranpose back to the italian, you can get positions like 3.nf3 d6 which resemble reverse bishops' opening if white goes for 4.c3.
although some of these lines are objectively a little worse than transposition to more normal stuff so they are an acquired taste to spice things up.
Idaho's finest might bestow upon us the Boise Bois Attack.
If you play it against the Biebs then you could do the fanboi attack...
Where Idaho... is a Red dumdum state?!
Yea because "blue" voters, in all their urban antifa glory, are a shining beacon of erudition.
People say to Lion... that on US map... Blue mean clever and Red mean dumdum? But Lion say no... many Red people vote for Donald... and so many people cannot be dumdum...
People say to Lion... that on US map... Blue mean clever and Red mean dumdum? But Lion say no... many Red people vote for Donald... and so many people cannot be dumdum...
You're saying that Republicans have to be smart because they voted for Trump? I don't think that that really works out 
When I coached a high school chess team in the 1990's, we rode the Bishop's Opening - then out of favor among the grandmasters for 60 years - to 3 consecutive county championships and 3rd, 4th, and 5th place State Scholastic Championship trophies. No one played it, it was almost impossible to find books about it, and our players studied it in-depth, played it over-and-over, and had an edge. Then Kasparov played it in a World Championship match and suddenly everyone knew it. Still, it worked for us because our choice of variations had a built-in plan.
We generally liked a development that generally went like: 1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Bc5 3 d3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 f4, after which we planned to castle O-O-O and then launch a Pawn Storm on the Kingside - where our opponent usually castled.
Opening Explorer says there are 272 master games with 47% White wins, 22% Draws, and 31% Black wins so the opening is clearly workable.
Here's a 14-move game that transposes into the same position as above that I played a while back - one of my first daily games so my rating was still a few hundred points lower than my skill level - that demonstrates how strong the position can be:
Remember you gave this story before... shows the idea of learning a less popular opening very well. Kasparov did similar with Scotch game.
Lion dream of visiting US... could somebody recommend one state or city? Lion has seen pictures of Charleston, South Carolina... amaaazing... but are the peoples Red or Blue? Lion would like to avoid areas where they talk... slow... and have lots of guns?
US is great country.
To my knowledge there is no way to exploit 2...Bc5 and it normally transposes to the Italian. You played a fine game.
3.Qg4 is an interesting independent try, which leads to rather unusual positions.
Is QG4 sound? Seems like it's an easy way to get your queen chased around while black develops pieces and gains tempi in the process.
Seems that 3.Qf6 is only move, white has misplaced his queen but black is obliged to do the same. SF: +0.16
Lion dream of visiting US... could somebody recommend one state or city? Lion has seen pictures of Charleston, South Carolina... amaaazing... but are the peoples Red or Blue? Lion would like to avoid areas where they talk... slow... and have lots of guns?
US is great country.
Visit Chicago. Only the most unsafe city other than Detroit in out beautiful country.
Hmm... how about somewhere warmer? Maybe South US... but not too close to any mexico peoples? Southern people are good, friendly yes? Lion is Donald fan.
you might come up with a novelty and call it “the altar bois variation of the bishops opening”.