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You Don’t Need To Be
A Grandmaster To Play 1.e4 And
Score 70% Against 1...e5
Discover the "forgotten" 400-year-old system that sidesteps the crippling confusion after 1.e4 e5...pumps up your win rate by up to 70%...and enables you to score victories so electrifying, your mates at the club wish they'd played it.International Master Miodrag Perunovic is a FIDE Senior Trainer with over 1000 students across 104 countries.
After coaching players of all levels for 17 years, one of his biggest gripes is seeing students play 1.e4 — and
self-destruct after 1...e5.
He’s seen club players try to copy their favorite grandmaster...only to be swallowed by the thickets of variations and “impossible” tactics.
Some try to
wing it...only to get crushed by a well-prepared opponent in less than 20 moves. Others lose their minds in the vast pool of equally appetizing candidate moves — and lose on time as a result.
If these elo-bleeding scenarios hit too close to home, then we've got just the
fix for you.
One that’s based on a punchy system from the 1620’s, which Mio personally tested along with his students — from newcomers to the game… busy C-level executives… to full-time chess professionals.
It’s the same system which allowed Mio to
score 70% against Grandmasters and International Masters in online play. (He's
TheButcher in Chess.com and
TheButcherMio in Lichess.)
In face-to-face tournaments, his score is even more impressive — 6 wins, 2 draws, ZERO losses for a whopping
87.5% win rate.
His recommendation:
Butcher 1...e5 With
The Bishop's Opening!
Butcher 1...e5: The Bishop’s Opening is an opening repertoire that delivers a “one-two punch” — which BOTH avoids opening overwhelm and steers the game to exciting attacking positions you feel
at home in.
Here’s how the opening works:
After
1.e4 e5, we bring out our bishop with
2.Bc4 — sidestepping the unpleasant surprises and near-endless theory which come with the more popular second-move choices.
This way, instead of nervously looking for traps hidden in the position, you can stay calm and focus on playing
your game.
A Single System In Which I Feel Confident Of
The Tactical And Strategic Themes
I love the surprise effect. But even more so, I don't have to learn so many different openings. No Boring Berlin...no Labyrinthine Lopez...no Russian Game...and no crazy Elephant and Latvian gambits to worry about. Imagine the goddamn theory for that!
With the Bishop's Opening, I've got a single system in which I feel confident of the tactical and strategic themes.
- Peter Dove (1616 FIDE), England
PLUS — bringing out your bishop first lets your knights hang back until the opponent’s intentions become clear.
This wait-and-see strategy leaves Black no choice but to reveal their hand — so you’re
always in time to nip their plans in the bud with a few simple “adjustments.”
But the Bishop’s Opening isn’t just about taking the opponent out of their comfort zone.
Your “free range” bishop on c4 — which stares down at the weak f7-square — all but guarantees you a fiery attack against the enemy king, and...
With
15 hours of instruction — which lays down the thought processes behind the moves..."flight paths" for your pieces...and the winning tactics you must know — converting your aggressive position to a convincing victory is just a matter of following Mio’s blueprint.
Inside
Butcher 1...e5: The Bishop’s Opening, Mio will show you:
🔪 The six-step plan which gives you a HUGE seven-on-two numbers advantage. PLUS — foolproof guides that snowball your strong start into an unstoppable raid.
🔪 How to force resignation in just nine moves. Mio and his students "rinsed and repeated" this miniature from 1996 for easy wins and rating gains. Now it’s your turn.
🔪 Everyone loves to win a pawn with check. Give Black exactly what they want — so you can whip up a killer kingside attack in just 10 moves.
🔪 The subtle blunder even top-10 grandmasters make which saps the energy of their position...and the accurate two-move combo that ensures you're playing with a "full deck" of active pieces.
🔪 Bringing out your queen too early is the worst thing you can do in the opening, right? WRONG! Chapter four explains how to refute Black's "principled" moves with a “stupid” queen sortie.
🔪 “Non-linear exchanges” which take the fangs out of dangerous enemy pieces. So yours can slide into unassailable outposts and hit multiple targets from a safe distance.
🔪 The easiest way to “net an extra piece.” No flashy combinations. No mind-bending maneuvers. You just need to push the right pawn twice.
🔪 Swashbuckling gambit alternatives that crank up the tactics on demand. Perfect for dispatching and styling over lower-rated competition, especially in blitz and rapid games.
And much, much more!
The best part?
In 90% of your games...
The Bishop's Opening Will Deliver
Twice The Knockout Power
Here’s why:
Only 4 out of 1,000 games start with 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 — and because it’s so rarely played, the majority of players have not faced it...let alone prepared against it.
Against the Bishop’s Opening, Black must cope...not only with the actual over-the-board problems it poses...but also with the realization that you just
blew a gaping hole through their precious home preparation.
I Frequently Reach Favorable Positions —
Even Against Higher Rated Opponents
The Bishop's Opening has a good deal of lines that can quickly present unexpected trouble for Black if they're not careful. And in practice, the lines are not as well-studied or known. So I frequently reach favorable or "straightforward to play" positions — even against higher rated opponents.
- Chris (1800 FIDE)
The surprise alone can send them into panic.
In contrast, you cruise through the opening and zoom to middlegame positions you
know like the back of your hand — because the course’s
260 MoveTrainer® variations drove the lessons home until you can’t get them wrong.
But you don’t even need to complete 100% of the course to reap the point-clinching perks of the Bishop’s Opening — not even 50%...nor 25%.
That’s because Mio also included a handy Quickstarter Guide.
In
just 33 core lines and
80 minutes of video, this brief chapter covers the most popular moves you’ll encounter — so you can start playing the opening
in two hours or even less.
Just how many exciting wins and rating points will you gain with the Bishop’s Opening?
Find out when you...
Take Control Of Your Game After 1.e4 e5
And Score Brilliant Attacking Wins
You Can Be Proud Of
PS: Still thinking if
Butcher 1...e5: The Bishop's Opening is for you? Here's what ambitious 1.e4 players are saying about it.
The Winning Ideas Are So Similar,
I Can Always Apply Them In The Next Game
I was able to apply what I learned in most games since the moves are simpler than your typical 1.e4 e5 opening. With the Bishop's Opening, the winning ideas are so similar...I can almost always learn and apply them in my next Bishop's Opening game.
- Ankur (1300 Online)
It Gives Me An EASY Game And An Attack On The Kingside
I love how the Bishop's Opening avoids the most boring defense — the Petroff! 😂😂😂 It gives me an easy game and an attack on the kingside...which is uncharacteristic for the Ruy Lopez or almost any other 1...e5 opening!
- Tolga K., Turkey
