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Bird Opening: From's Gambit
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1.f4e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: From's Gambit2.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
71%1.9M51%
11%286k44%
6.4%171k48%
3.4%92k46%
1.2%33k44%
1%27k34%
0.2%6.5k30%
0.2%4.4k4%
Famous games in this line406 master games
Bartel, Mat (2609) – Tomczak, J. (2588)Hauge, Lars Oskar (2483) – Ganguly, S. (2658)Lie, Kjetil A (2560) – Sulskis, Sarunas (2577)Mastrovasilis, Athanasios (2539) – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2583)Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2600) – Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (2510)Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2600) – Dyachkov, Sergej (2510)Agdestein, Simen (2610) – Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (2495)Rodriguez Vila, Andres (2538) – Flores, Diego (2541)Heroes of this opening Hauge, Lars Oskar · Sulskis, Sarunas · Malaniuk, Vladimir P · Dyachkov, Sergej
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- 1. f4 e5
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Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit2.Nc3Bird Opening: Platz Gambit2.fxe5 Ne7Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit2.fxe5 f6Bird Opening: Schlechter Gambit2.fxe5 Nc6
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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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