Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler Gambit
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1.f4d52.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler Gambit23k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
46%11k81%
15%3.5k79%
12%2.6k78%
8.7%2.0k76%
7.7%1.8k91%
3.1%70975%
2.6%60473%
0.9%21677%
0.7%16775%
0.6%14671%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A03
- Line
- 1. f4 d5 2. g4
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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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