will first develop the King's Bishop. Of course, he will not
place him on d3, obstructing the Queen's Pawn and thereby the
Queen's Bishop. Neither will he play B-b5, as Black could drive
him away from there immediately with P-c6, opening another
diagonal for the Queen. The choice between the remaining squares,
e2 and c4, is not difficult. On e2 the Bishop would be in the way
of the Queen and his way would soon be blocked by the King's
Knight, who for similar reasons to those given for the move of
the Queen's Knight will go to f3 in preference to other squares.
Therefore, the only move to be considered in case the King's
Bishop is played at this early stage of the game, is B-c4.

White is not forced to develop this Bishop on the second move by
any means. He could either play (2) Kt-f3 or (2) Kt-c3 or (2) P-
d4. The objection to the latter move, however, is that after (2)
...., Pxd4; (3) Qxd4 the white Queen is exposed to the attack of
the Knight b8, which means loss of time. Kt-f3 or Kt-c3 are
probably preferable to B-c4 on the second move, because it is
certain that the Knights will not find any better squares on
their initial move. The Bishop, however, may have an occasion to
be used on b5 instead of on c4, and it is a good thing, generally
speaking, to keep the option of moving a piece to different
squares as long as it is compatible with the other requirements
of the position.

That the Bishop may be used to advantage on b5 will be seen from
the following variation. Supposing White plays (2) Kt-f3. Then
the Pawn e5 is attacked. The only sensible protection is (2) ...,
Kt-c6; for P-f6 does not come into consideration, as it is a Pawn
move which does not add anything to the development of the