Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit
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1.f4e52.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit28k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
62%17k49%
13%3.6k47%
11%3.1k48%
4.4%1.2k45%
2.1%57640%
1.3%37345%
1.3%35945%
1%28839%
0.7%19743%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Rossi, Carlo (2318) – Lazic, Miroljub (2459)- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 e5 2. Nc3
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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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