Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Double Duck Formation
4/4
1.f4f52.d4d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Double Duck Formation107k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%52k54%
46%50k54%
1.3%1.4k50%
0.9%1.0k53%
0.9%99650%
0.7%75854%
0.3%31649%
0.2%25049%
0.2%20246%
0.2%19248%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 f5 2. d4 d5
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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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