Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Siegener Gambit
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1.f4e52.d4exd43.Nf3c54.c3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Siegener Gambit429 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
69%29646%
20%8656%
4.7%2073%
2.8%1258%
0.9%40%
0.7%30%
0.7%367%
0.5%2100%
0.2%10%
0.2%10%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3
Gambit
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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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