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bishop's opening

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
bish-op's open-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Open Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, in which white's second move is king's bishop to the fourth rank.

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Usage

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What does bishop's opening mean?
An Open Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, in which white's second move is king's bishop to the fourth rank.

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