Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit
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1.f4f52.e4fxe43.Nc3Nf64.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit270 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
63%17142%
17%4636%
6.3%1744%
5.9%1628%
4.8%1338%
1.5%425%
0.4%10%
0.4%10%
0.4%10%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4
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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