Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit
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1.f4h62.Nf3g5
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Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit4.5k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
63%2.9k47%
15%66747%
6.4%28858%
5%22447%
3.8%17243%
2.9%13159%
2.3%10245%
0.4%1945%
0.3%1443%
0.2%1145%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Metello, Marcello Gomes (2230) – Chaves, Jorge Antonio (2200)- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
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- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 h6 2. Nf3 g5
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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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