Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit
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1.f4e52.fxe5f6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit43k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%29k53%
23%10k53%
3.4%1.5k63%
2.5%1.1k58%
1.2%49847%
0.6%27455%
0.2%9352%
0.2%8750%
0.2%7545%
0.1%4749%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Gray, Garvin (2200) – Kruse, Herbert (2436)Gray, Garvin (2200) – Háse, Pavel (2332)- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
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- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 f6
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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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