Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Platz Gambit
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1.f4e52.fxe5Ne7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Platz Gambit2.4k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
74%1.8k56%
19%45555%
2.4%5861%
1.3%3263%
0.8%1945%
0.7%1753%
0.5%1346%
0.3%743%
0.2%450%
0.1%367%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 Ne7
Gambit
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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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