Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Lasker Variation
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1.f4d52.Nf3Nf63.e3c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Lasker Variation299k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
35%106k55%
21%63k49%
13%39k54%
13%38k51%
9.4%28k51%
2.5%7.5k48%
2.1%6.2k48%
1%3.1k48%
0.5%1.6k48%
0.5%1.4k48%
Famous games in this line107 master games
Fedoseev, Vl3 (2701) – Zhao Jun (2619)Narciso Dublan, M. (2517) – Robson, R. (2670)Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2614) – Mitrabha, G. (2471)Gleizerov, Evgeny (2573) – Al Sayed, Mohamad Naser (2498)Tsoi, Dmitry (2321) – Sjugirov, S. (2665)Schmidt Schaeffer, Sebastian (2393) – Maslak, Konstantin (2571)Tsoi, Dmitry (2321) – Paravyan, D. (2629)Brunello, Sabino (2583) – Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat Qizi (2363)Heroes of this opening Zhao Jun · Robson, R. · Mitrabha, G. · Maslak, Konstantin
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A03
- Line
- 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5
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Henry Edward Bird, a London accountant, returned to chess in the 1870s after six years away: 'Having forgotten familiar openings, I commenced adopting KBP for first move.' He never stopped, and in 1895 wrote that no opening had given him more enjoyable games. It's the Dutch Defense with an extra tempo — kingside ambition from move one, named for the one player stubborn enough to make it a lifestyle.
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